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"You're back!"

The dim sunlight shone in from outside, making Aning's eyes sparkle.

"Sister Yingxia, quick, Aning needs your help!"

Upon hearing this, Yingxia didn't have time to think about anything else. She hurriedly put her water glass on the table and asked with a serious expression:

"What does Miss Aning need me to do? Whatever it is, as long as it heals Madam, I'm willing to do anything!"

Aning pointed to her mother, who was covered in cold sweat on the bed, and said, "Aning is going to start performing the ritual. Sister Yingxia, please move a chair to the bedside and wipe Mother's sweat."

Yingxia: "???"

"Miss, is all you've done... is wipe your sweat?"

"Mmm!" Ah Ning nodded seriously, "Mommy is sweating a lot, and it must be very uncomfortable for her to feel sticky."

Yingxia paused for a moment, her expression shifting several times, then quickly moved a chair to the bedside and took out a silk handkerchief.

Ah Ning smiled and said, "Then Ah Ning will begin!"

After saying that, Aning first took out a talisman from her small pouch, set it on fire, and put it into a water glass, turning it into a glass of pitch-black water.

Then he grabbed all the talismans on the table, huffed and puffed as he took off his shoes and climbed onto the bed. Starting from his chest and working his way down to his feet, he pasted the talismans one by one in order.

When only one talisman remained in her hand, Aning huffed and puffed as she climbed off the bed and stood facing her mother. She pinched the talisman between two fingers, held it upright in front of her chest, closed her eyes, and muttered incantations.

After reciting a string of incantations, Ah Ning's thick eyelashes fluttered, and she suddenly opened her eyes!

The next instant, a thick wisp of black mist slowly drifted out from the mother's forehead, condensing into a thin thread that continuously floated out of the house...

Yingxia sat in the chair wiping the sweat off the lady, and saw A Ning's series of actions clearly.

A sense of awe and respect welled up within me.

She always felt that although her young lady was very young, she was very capable!

Seeing that her young mistress's expression changed drastically shortly after getting out of bed, her small face instantly becoming serious, Yingxia's heart tightened, and she couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, Miss? Even you can't help with Madam's health?"

"No, that's not it." Aning shook her head, knowing that Yingxia couldn't see the black line, so she could only instruct, "Sister Yingxia, Aning is going out for a while now. You stay by Mother's side and don't let anyone into the room."

"Remember, you absolutely must not let anyone near your mother!"

The young lady's statement implies that allowing others to get close to the lady would be dangerous!

The young lady actually entrusted her with such an important task as protecting the madam. Yingxia's eyes were firm: "This servant has remembered!"

Ah Ning smiled with relief, then pointed to the water on the table where the talisman had been dissolved, "Mother should wake up in a little while. Once she wakes up, give her this cup of water immediately, and make sure she drinks it all, not a single drop!"

Yingxia assured her again, "Don't worry, Miss!"

Ah Ning glanced at her mother one last time, then casually stuffed the silly boy into her small purse and ran off into the black mist.

Thanks to the midday prayer for clear skies, the sun was able to appear, melting much of the snow on the ground.

Grandma once said that the coldest time is when the snow melts.

Ah Ning kept in mind what her grandmother had said and quickly took out a talisman from her small purse and stuck it on the inside of her clothes.

That way, Aning won't be cold anymore!

If I go back with my face all red from the cold, my mother will feel sorry for me when she wakes up.

Ah Ning looked up at the sky and saw the black line stretching outwards from inside the mansion, drifting further and further away. She cautiously followed it.

My master said that some spells are very powerful, but they have limitations.

For example, the curse will only take effect when the person is near the caster or within a certain range of the caster's location.

Yingxia said that her mother fainted twice in the south, so there is a high possibility that the person who cast the curse is over there!

Ah Ning followed the black mist until it was completely dark, and then she arrived at the gate of a mansion.

She looked up and watched as the black mist drifted in, a surge of excitement welling up inside her.

This is it! We'll find the one who cast the curse soon, and we can save Mother!

Ah Ning is awesome!

Just then, the door creaked open, and a handsome man walked out...

"Father?"

Ah Ning tilted her head in confusion, "Why is Father here?"

Upon seeing A Ning, a hint of surprise flashed in Ye Linqian's eyes, and he immediately began to tease her while waving his folding fan.

"Oh, isn't our Ah Ning busy saving the world? What are you doing here?"

As he spoke, he bent his long legs slightly and squatted down in front of A-Ning, raising his hand to gently stroke the tip of her pert nose. "Did you anticipate that Father would be here, and thus wait here on purpose?"

Ah Ning blinked her big eyes in surprise: "Father Ye, how did you know it was Ah Ning who dispelled the dark clouds?"

Ye Linqian smiled indulgently: "The problem that the Grand Preceptor of Liang has been painstakingly researching for four whole years without success, can he really solve it by simply going up to that high platform and saying a few words today?"

As he spoke, he pinched the soft flesh on Aning's cheek again, "Besides our Aning, I can't think of anyone else who could have such supernatural powers."

In just a few words, they were praising her to the skies. Ah Ning felt a little embarrassed and wanted to tell her father in a serious tone that she had come to do something important, but she couldn't suppress the smile on her lips.

Ah Ning coughed twice to clear her throat, then pointed to the magnificent mansion behind him. "Father, who lives here?"

"What's wrong at the Prince Yong'an's residence?"

"A prince's mansion? Is it inhabited by very powerful people?"

Ye Linqian held the fan handle against his smooth chin and said carefully, "To say whether he's powerful or not... Prince Yong'an is the current emperor's only elder brother, and he holds real power. He's not someone to be underestimated."

"But if Father remembers correctly, Prince Yong'an is also your mother's biological father."

Biological father?

Mother's father?

Ah Ning blinked, feeling an overwhelming sense of wonder.

Was Mother's father a good father like Father Ye?

Or is he as wicked as that father in the Prime Minister's mansion?

Why have I never heard my mother mention this?

Ah Ning's little brain was working at lightning speed; she was practically ready to rob someone.

Suddenly, her brows furrowed, and she stood with her hands on her hips, glaring angrily at the closed gates. "He must treat Mother very badly! He's a bad father!"

Otherwise, how could someone who cast a curse on Mother be living in this mansion?!

A Ning grew angrier the more she thought about it, while Ye Linqian was both amused and exasperated. He took her hand and led her toward the Prime Minister's residence.

"Alright, little Aning, no matter why you came here, it's best not to go in lightly."

Ah Ning looked up: "Why?"

The scene he had just witnessed in the mansion flashed before his eyes. Ye Linqian's gaze darkened as he said, "Because a very terrifying monster lives inside. It will swallow little Aning whole."

Aning shook her head: "Aning isn't afraid!"

Knowing where the person who cast the curse lived, Aning didn't plan to act rashly, after all, this was her mother's former home.

Aning didn't want to hurt her mother's family or make her mother sad.

She wanted to go back and ask her mother if she could remember who had hurt her like that!

Aning obediently let Ye Linqian lead her, avoiding the puddles as they made their way to the Prime Minister's residence.

But after a short while, she sniffed and smelled a bitter and foul odor!

Ah Ning's face scrunched up like a bitter gourd. She covered her nose, tilted her head back, and said in a muffled voice:

"Father, it seems like there's a monster following us."

No sooner had they finished speaking than a vicious dog, bigger than an adult, leaped over their heads, blocking their path with a ferocious look, as if it would devour them in the next second!