The mysterious milk group, hands on hips, is being fought over by five dads who are going crazy over

Ah Ning's thumb flew across her knuckles, quickly tracing the characters "Da An," "Liu Lian," and "Su happy"...

Finally, it landed steadily on the "Liulian" point at the tip of the index finger.

Lingering means delaying or getting entangled.

It is a danger that, while not fatal, is difficult to escape.

Trouble is imminent!

Ah Ning frowned, tugged at Qiao Wan's sleeve, and whispered:

"Mother, there might be danger soon. Stay close behind Aning and don't stray too far!"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Wanxin's heart sank. She exchanged a glance with Yingxia and nodded gently.

In fact, as soon as the carriage entered the capital, Qiao Wan felt a little unwell, with a dizzy and heavy head.

I initially thought it was because I was too tired after a busy day.

But now it seems, perhaps it's related to the curse on her...

The bright moon hung high in the sky, half of which was obscured by dark clouds.

Yingxia carried the lantern and walked behind with Qiao Wan, while A Ning walked alone at the front, calculating as she went.

The three of them walked all the way to Biyou Courtyard.

As soon as she reached the gate of the courtyard, Aning stopped. Her slender fingers flew swiftly, making it look from a distance as if she were dancing with her fingers.

Soon, the thumb remained firmly on the tip of the index finger.

The hexagram remains unchanged.

But Ah Ning, with her sharp eyes, noticed something in the bushes to the left of the courtyard gate...

Ah Ning held her breath, lifted her foot, and slowly walked forward, parting the pile of grass that was as tall as her knees—

Three incense sticks were firmly stuck in the soil, two long and one short.

If you look closely, you can even see that there's still a lot of incense ash mixed in with the soil...

Ah Ning's brows furrowed tightly, and her fair and tender face, which was always adorned with smiles, now looked extremely unpleasant!

"Sister Yingxia!"

"Quickly, fetch three sticks of incense!"

"I also need brown sugar and salt, and go to Mother's embroidery room to get a few strands of bright red thread!"

It was rare to see Ah Ning speak so seriously, so Yingxia immediately straightened her expression, picked up the lantern, and went into the courtyard!

"I'll be right back!"

"A-Ning?" Qiao Wan took two steps forward and saw the strangely burning incense. She felt even more dizzy, as if she would fall to the ground if she lost her balance.

But she didn't say anything, only asked worriedly, "What happened?"

Ah Ning bit her lower lip, her eyes burning with anger: "Someone is performing a ritual to take my mother's life!"

Qiao Wan was stunned. She, who was usually very eloquent, could only open her mouth but did not know what to say.

After a moment of silence, Yingxia came running over, panting, carrying a lantern:

"Miss! I'm here! I've brought everything!"

Aning immediately squatted down and rummaged through the basket.

She first took out three incense sticks, then pulled out a talisman from the small pouch at her waist. With a flick of her hand, a sound like wind breaking was heard, and the talisman spontaneously combusted.

Ah Ning gathered three incense sticks together and lit the tip of one incense stick in front of the fire.

After the talisman burned out, Ah Ning held three incense sticks, chanted incantations, and rhythmically flicked the incense sticks three times in the air.

Then, holding the incense sticks, she knelt down before the two long and one short incense sticks that were still burning on the ground...

Almost at the same time, the three incense sticks in the pile of dirt snapped off at the waist!

A contemptuous look appeared in Ah Ning's eyes, as if she were mocking the person behind the trouble for being so weak that she couldn't even kneel before her.

Then, Aning began to pray.

She held the incense sticks carefully, and with each bow, a piece of the three incense sticks in front of her would break off!

After the three bows, the three incense sticks had broken into just sticks...

Ah Ning held the incense stick firmly and inserted it into the soil, muttering incantations.

"May the incense be rebuilt, may the home be safe and sound, and may all misfortunes be turned into good fortune and disasters be averted."

After speaking, she stood up briskly and took a piece of brown sugar from the basket.

Yingxia stared intently at her movements, astonished that a four-year-old child could fluently recite so many idioms.

After all, her young mistress was asking during the day, "What's the point of a wild goose if it knows it's wrong and can correct it?"

Yingxia was curious about the purpose of brown sugar when she saw her little master put it to his lips, take a small bite, frown, and savor it for a while before commenting:

"It's not very sweet."

Yingxia: "???"

Is it just that I wanted to eat it?

After waiting for a while, Ah Ning saw that the three newly inserted incense sticks were burning at about the same speed, with no sign of two burning longer than one.

He then crushed the brown sugar in his hand and scattered it into the soil mixed with incense ash.

Yingxia couldn't help but ask, "Miss, why did you spill the brown sugar?"

Hearing this, Ah Ning turned around and blinked: "This is called using sweetness to neutralize evil spirits. This way, the evil energy at the entrance of the courtyard can be resolved."

As she spoke, Aning bent down and picked up the red thread from the basket, saying, "Sister Yingxia, why don't you sprinkle this salt around the base of the courtyard wall? This will help ward off bad luck."

Bad luck...

Yingxia shook herself and quickly picked up the salt to start sprinkling.

Ah Ning strung several red threads together, carefully tied them to Qiao Wan's hand, and made a very special knot, solemnly saying:

"Mother, you must wear this red string close to your body and never take it off, not even when you take a bath."

"You must wear it for the full seven days!"

"As long as we do as Aning says, Mother will be fine in seven days."

Qiao Wan ran her fingers over the unique knot on her wrist and said softly, "Okay, Mother will remember."

Looking up at her mother's gentle and tender appearance, Aning secretly made up her mind.

No matter how difficult it is, she will definitely find out who is behind this mess!

She would never let her mother be bullied for nothing!

"Waaaaah—"

"Waaaaahh ...

Suddenly, a sobbing sound came from afar.

It sounds like a child crying.

Ah Ning listened intently, then asked疑惑地问道, "Mother, besides Ah Ning and Qiao Qiao, are there any other children in the manor?"

She really wanted to know if Qiaoqiao was crying.

Qiao Wan looked in the direction of Su Xiaoyin's courtyard, "The crying must be coming from over there."

"Qiaoqiao has an older sister who shares the same birthday as you, have you forgotten?"

Sister Qiaoqiao?

Same birthday?

"Ah!" Ah Ning opened her clear eyes wide. "Ah Ning remembers! It's the person who wrongly accused Ah Ning of breaking the vase!"

"Is she crying? Or is it Qiaoqiao crying?"

"Mother, Aning wants to go and see her. Aning is worried about Qiaoqiao."

Qiao Wan took her hand without hesitation. "Let's go, Mother will take you there."

Now that Su Xiaoyin is locked up, her two children have been handed over to a wet nurse to take care of, and they inevitably cry because they can't see their mother.

Although she was about to divorce Huo Ting, she was still the mistress of the Prime Minister's residence and should go and check on the situation.

Over here, Yingxia is holding a bag of salt, bending over and carefully sprinkling salt along the corner of the wall.

But when she looked up again, she found that the place where her two masters had been standing was now empty!

A gentle breeze blew by, and only the three incense sticks behind the haystack gently shook off a little ash...