The daughter of the Marquis is too delicate, the abstinent prince pinches her waist and loves her

Chapter 188 The Enchantress of the Sheng Family
"Sheng Yunqing, the Empress Dowager has been muttering about the Sheng family's witch all morning. Is she talking about you? What did you do to the Empress Dowager?" Ye Jinfeng's eyes flashed with anger, as if he was about to lose control. The next moment, he dragged Sheng Yunqing to the Meridian Gate to be beheaded.

Sheng Yunqing lowered her head calmly and said, "Your Majesty, there must be something fishy about this. I will treat the Empress Dowager immediately."

Before she finished speaking, Sheng Yunqing had already walked to the bedside, quickly grabbed the Empress Dowager's wrist, and felt her pulse.

Her arms were ice-cold, almost lifeless, and her pulse was abnormally erratic, sometimes strong and sometimes weak. Her pupils were dilated with reddish edges, and her purplish tongue had black streaks.

Sheng Yunqing frowned, placed his left hand in a mudra on her Baihui acupoint, and with his right hand, he closed his eyes and ran his fingers across her eyes. When she opened her eyes, golden light emerged.

She carefully observed the Empress Dowager's unusual behavior and said, "The Soul-Binding Silk is a form of witchcraft from Western Shu."

There was a cloud of black mist over the Empress Dowager's chest, through which the face of a woman in pain could be vaguely seen.

That face... looks so familiar...

She closed her eyes, immersing herself in a void of illusion. A gust of cold wind swept past behind her. She sneered, formed a hand seal, and golden ropes extended from her fingertips to entwine the gust of wind. She raised her hand and grabbed the female ghost's collar: "Bold ghost, surrender at once!"

The girl's fair face glowed, and beneath her blood-stained white clothes, her beautiful face, filled with tears, gazed at her, her pained expression seeming to plead for help.

When the girl's heart was touched, Sheng Yunqing felt a sharp pain in her heart. As she opened her eyes, she suddenly heard a sound.

"Hua'er! That's Hua'er's soul!" Sheng Yunqing's hand trembled suddenly as she lowered it, and the smoky blue hairpin in her hair became scorching hot.

Sheng Yuting said to Sheng Yunqing, "Qing'er, I can feel Hua'er's soul residing within the Empress Dowager's body..."

Sheng Yunqing's eyes reddened. Was the girl he had just seen Sheng Jinhua?
My sister... has been turned into a Gu poison?

She bit her lip hard, swallowed hard, and to avoid alerting the worms, she calmly suppressed her emotions and used silver needles to seal several acupoints on the Empress Dowager to prevent the worms from spreading further.

After instructing the nanny to light the calming incense according to the prescription, she reported to Ye Jinfeng: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is suffering from symptoms of palpitations. My acupuncture and calming incense have provided some relief, however..."

"But what?"

Sheng Yunqing rolled her eyes and said, "These symptoms are strange. I'm afraid something unclean has come into contact with them. I implore Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate what Your Highness has been in contact with recently."

"allow."

In less than three hours, the Empress Dowager's delirious ramblings reached the imperial court, and memorials impeaching Sheng Yunqing piled up like a mountain.

Sheng Yunqing could tell with her toes that it was Duke Bai who started it all.

She looked at the Empress Dowager's recent food, clothing, and other necessities laid out in front of her, and a ceramic box gave off a familiar smell.

She opened the box, and inside were rows of red pills.

Upon seeing this, the maidservant said, "Miss Sheng, this is the beauty pill that the Empress Dowager takes every day. She has been taking it for eight years."

Sheng Yunqing brought the beauty pill to her nose and smelled it; her sharp eyes noticed something amiss.

This beauty pill contains blood, and it's the blood of the Sheng family.

She rolled her eyes and asked, "Where did you get this beauty pill?"

"It has always been offered by the Duke's Mansion."

Upon hearing this, Sheng Yunqing let out a cold laugh, while his fist clenched tightly in his sleeve.

If her sister's wronged soul has not found peace because of the Duke of Bai, she will certainly not let it go! (Crown Prince's Residence)

The maids didn't understand why, ever since Ye Jingnian stopped going to the back courtyard, the concubines there had been dying one after another.

The backyard is now completely empty, giving off a chilling feeling that makes passersby feel a cold sweat.

Chunyu had been assigned to be Bai Muling's maid, but now that Bai Muling had passed away, she volunteered to sweep the backyard.

While she was working silently with her head down, she saw something she shouldn't have seen. In order to survive, she dared not say a word to anyone.

The usually dark and desolate backyard was suddenly lit up, and Chunyu heard the women crying one after another.

She swallowed hard, but still mustered her courage and walked toward the source of the sound.

She was more afraid of people than the vengeful ghosts that the maids spread rumors about.

Upon seeing that familiar figure in the dark blue python robe, Chunyu's heart skipped a beat.

What are they doing in this deserted backyard at night?
Ye Jingnian sat on the throne, a faint sense of fatigue revealing his usual languor, the wine pot at his fingertips emanating an intoxicating aroma of wine.

A row of maids knelt before him, restrained by guards. One of the maids cried out, "Your Highness, spare my life! Please don't cut out my tongue! I will serve Your Highness with all my heart!"

Chunyu's pupils suddenly contracted. Tongue cut off?! These are the maids serving the Crown Princess?
Yan Chuan, standing behind Ye Jingnian, glanced coldly at the person on the ground and raised his hand in a gesture of respect.

Screams erupted, and a strong stench of blood filled the air.

"Your Highness, two people have died from the pain," the guard reported after examining them.

Ye Jingnian tilted his head back and drank a mouthful of Qianqiu wine. He was already numb to the scene before him and said lazily, "Just find two more."

Chunyu felt a chill run down her spine. Ye Jingnian had always been cruel, and if Yan Chuan were to randomly grab two maids to replace her, it was very likely that she would be the one!
She quietly backed away, saw a dog hole by the wall, and crawled out.

The Duke's Mansion.

"Master, there is a maid outside who says she used to serve the Empress and has something important to tell you," the servant reported to Duke Bai.

"Bring it in."

In a moment, Chunyu knelt before Duke Bai, kowtowing repeatedly until her forehead was bleeding, but she did not stop: "Your Excellency, His Highness the Crown Prince is cutting out the tongues of his maids. I have come to seek refuge with you in order to protect myself!"

Duke Bai gave her a cold look and said, "You don't actually think you can treat my Duke's mansion as a dilapidated temple for sheltering refugees, do you?"

Chunyu hurriedly shook her head and said, "This servant is the maid of the Crown Princess Bai. I know some secrets about the current Crown Princess Xie! This Crown Princess is actually His Highness's former maid, Zhixing! Today, His Highness... seemed afraid that the news would leak out, so he cut out the tongues of the maids..."

Duke Bai's eyes dimmed; this was something he had known all along.

He let out a sigh of disappointment, raised his hand, and waved for the guards beside him to drag her away and deal with her.

"That day in the Imperial Garden, I saw the White Crown Princess... drowned in the lotus pond! If Your Excellency is willing to take me in, I will tell you everything I know!"

Duke Bai frowned, sat up straight, and said, "What happened that day? Tell me quickly!"

Chunyu swallowed hard and said, "Shortly after the Crown Princess Bai had an argument with Miss Sheng that day, His Highness kicked her out. The Crown Princess Bai specifically asked Crown Princess Xie to come with her. After arriving at the Imperial Garden, the Crown Princess Bai dismissed us servants. I was curious, so I went back to peek and discovered... discovered..."