It's like they're waiting to drag her down to hell at any moment...

The candlelight flickered, shadows were heavy, and the air seemed to have plunged into the depths of winter, the bone-chilling cold feeling like a knife slowly cutting through the skin.

She and Wang were the only ones in the room, but it felt as if many people were watching her from all around...

"hehe……"

One of the little ghosts seemed to have noticed her. Suddenly, it raised its head and looked at Yin Yuzhu with its sinister eyes.

The other three animals at the corner of the bed slowly raised their heads, their necks seemingly strangled by ropes, and looked over stiffly and eerily...

Goosebumps suddenly rose all over Yin Yuzhu's body. A chill, like a leech, crept up from her feet to her back, making every hair on her body stand on end. Her heart pounded in her chest like a drum.

This was the first time she had ever seen a ghost, and her forehead was already covered in beads of sweat.

Damn Wuyazi!

If she had known it was this scary, she would have insisted that he handle it himself!

"No, don't grab me! I don't want to go to hell, I don't want to be boiled in oil..."

Suddenly, Wang screamed, clutching her head, her whole body trembling like a leaf, desperately pulling one ankle back.

Suddenly, a little imp reached out a bluish-black hand and touched her ankle...

"mother……"

Yin Yuzhu's scalp suddenly tingled, her hair stood on end as if she'd been electrocuted, and only one thought occupied her blank mind: "Run!"

"Whoosh!"

The Five Thunderbolts Talisman in her hand fell to the ground, and she suddenly stopped in her tracks.

No, she can't leave!

If her mother is captured by these little devils, who will she be able to rely on to protect her in the future?

She relies on her selfish, cold-hearted, bullying, and cowardly father!

Yin Yuzhu gritted her teeth, suppressing the fear in her heart, and bent down to pick up the yellow paper talisman, trembling as she reached for the candle flame beside her...

The four little ghosts seemed to sense something was wrong and suddenly disappeared the moment the yellow paper talisman burned.

"boom……"

Flames leaped onto the yellow paper talisman, and a faint rumble of thunder sounded in my ears.

The eerie chill vanished instantly, as if the tight ropes binding my body had been untied, and the chilling sensation receded like a receding tide...

Yin Yuzhu suppressed her fear and carefully walked to the bedside.

"mother……"

"A ghost, a ghost..."

Wang huddled in the corner of the bed, her eyes glazed over and her face filled with terror.

"It's alright, Mother, there are no more ghosts..."

Yin Yuzhu hurriedly opened a paper packet that Wu Yazi had given her, rinsed the powder inside with water, pinched Wang Shi's face, and forced it down her throat.

This is a talisman to calm the nerves and collect the soul; it cost her fifty taels of silver!

Wu Yazi said that a person has three souls and seven spirits. The three souls are the foundation and the seven spirits are the auxiliary. When a person is overly frightened, their souls and spirits become unstable and are easily separated from their body.

Wang's speech became erratic; when the spirit is lost, the mind is unsettled, which means that a person has lost their soul and needs to be summoned back with a soul-summoning talisman.

The talisman was expensive, but it was quite effective. In less than fifteen minutes, Wang's eyes regained some color, and she burst into tears.

"Yuzhu? Yuzhu, Mother... Mother saw ghosts! They're going to take me to hell, they're going to eat my flesh... Yuzhu, Mother is so scared!"

Seeing that her expression had returned to normal, Yin Yuzhu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly covered her hand, saying...

"Don't be afraid, Mother! The ghost has been driven away by Wu Yazi's exorcism talisman!"

The Taoist priest's talismans are very powerful; they dare not come again!

"They chased them away? Yuzhu, what exactly happened?!"

Wang looked at her blankly, her voice trembling uncontrollably, "I... I remember feeling a little tired, so I went to bed to rest, and as I was sleeping, I don't know how, I just floated up."

It felt like someone grabbed my hands and feet and carried me out... The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a monstrous demon, ferocious and menacing! It wanted to eat my flesh and drink my blood!

"It's that bitch Yin Liuli!"

Yin Yuzhu dug her nails into her palms until they bled, and said viciously, "Master Wuyazi said she used a dark magic trick of having ghosts carry you away to kill you without anyone knowing!"

Wang slammed her hand on the bed, her face contorted with rage, and roared.

"Kill her! I must kill her!"

I will not rest until I have killed this vixen and that slut Zhen! I will make sure they, mother and daughter, die without a burial place!

"Yuzhu, go and find Wuyazi for me. I'll pay any amount of silver he wants!"

"Mother, do you think I don't want to kill her? But she can't die yet; she still has to jump into that fire pit of the Princess's mansion in my place!"

A sinister smirk curled at the corner of Yin Yuzhu's lips.

"Mother, think about it. When Wuyazi destroys her cultivation on the day of the wedding procession, she will be just an ordinary person who can't even kill a chicken."

"Will we even need to kill her then? We'll use some tricks; even if that scoundrel Gu Jinyan can't kill her, someone else will torture her to death for us!"

"Yes, Yuzhu, you're right!"

Wang clenched her fists and said fiercely, "Killing that witch with one blow would be too good for her! Yuzhu, let's wait and see how she's tortured to death!"

A ruthless glint flashed in Yin Yuzhu's eyes as she whispered,

"Although we cannot take revenge immediately, we cannot let her off easily either!"

"Trying to do whatever she wants in the Marquis's mansion? That's wishful thinking! I won't let her get away with this, Mother, I have an idea..."

……

Phoenix perches on the parasol tree.

The next day, as soon as it was light, Madam Zhen got up early and went to the small kitchen. She personally made hot soup and steamed buns for her daughter, and stir-fried three delicious dishes with oil and salt. She put them in the room covered with a cage and waited for her daughter to get up.

"Mother, you're up?"

Yin Liuli vaguely heard Zhen Shi and Granny Jin whispering something at the head of the bed, and turned over to look.

Did I wake you up?

Madam Zhen patted her head tenderly and handed her a piece of clothing she was holding. "Liuli, look, which one do you think looks better, the one that your nanny and I chose?"

Since it won't be convenient for you to wear the Taoist robe at home in the future, your mother has picked out a few clothes for you.

Your skin is so fair, Mother has decided this pale yellow dress suits you perfectly!

Granny Jin said with a smile, "Madam's choice is certainly correct, but this old servant thinks this rouge-colored dress is more suitable for a young lady; she would certainly look beautiful in it!"

"Wear what Mother chose first, and wear what Granny chose tomorrow."

Yin Liuli yawned lazily, hugged the blanket and took a deep sniff, saying in a coquettish tone, "Mom's blanket smells so good..."

Zhen felt a surge of warmth in her heart.

This was a scene she had longed for for so many years, and now it had actually come true; it felt like a dream.

Granny Jin hurriedly said,

"By the way, this old servant went out early this morning to look at several people and inquired about their family backgrounds. Please make the decision, young lady."

Yin Liuli nodded, "I'll watch it after breakfast."

Before the words were finished, someone suddenly spoke in the quiet courtyard.

"Is Granny Jin here? She conveys the old master's message: please invite Madam Zhen and Miss Zhen to the main hall for questioning."

Granny Jin hurried out to inquire.

"What is it?"

The visitor was from Old Master Yin's courtyard. His expression was neither hurried nor slow. "The old master said we'll find out when we get there."

She was summoned to the main hall early in the morning for questioning. The gentle smile on Madam Zhen's face froze, and she felt a surge of nervousness.

"What could the old man want us to do?"

"Could it be about what happened last night when Madam Wang was carried away by a ghost? What if this causes a scene?"

Granny Jin nervously wrung her hands and whispered, "Young lady, you absolutely mustn't admit it when we get there!"

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