Chu Jingyue temporarily left the Earl’s Mansion that night. Those resentful ghosts had too much obsession. Unless she helped them eliminate their obsession, she could not transcend them and make them willing to enter reincarnation.
Otherwise, she could only shatter their souls, but the consequence of doing so was likely to be that she would be tainted with karma.
Although she cultivated the ruthless way, killing people and ghosts was taboo-free, but no one is perfect, and not all ghosts are evil.
She had to find the missing bone ghost first. It had not yet taken revenge, and it would definitely go to the Earl’s Mansion again.
Early the next morning, the Earl’s Mansion sent someone to invite Wenren Si over first.
Chu Jingyue was worried that she had no reason to go, so she immediately took her Qiankun bag and followed.
As soon as she entered the Earl’s Mansion, she could see several coffins placed in the courtyard. Wenren Si frowned, “What’s going on? Why buy so many coffins?”
The butler of the Earl’s Mansion respectfully opened his mouth and said, “Your Highness, you don’t know, several young ladies in the mansion suddenly felt unwell last night, and it looks like they are about to die. That’s why the madam asked you to come over. Such a big event happened at home, and it should be notified to Your Highness.”
Wenren Si asked in a cold voice, “How could this happen?”
The one who was seriously injured was his grandfather, so why were his cousins on the verge of death?
Chu Jingyue didn’t speak, but pointed to the bracelet on her wrist that belonged to her.
Wenren Si still couldn’t accept it. Even though he had seen the strangeness last night, he still didn’t believe that his grandfather would really be related to the life-borrowing bracelet that Chu Jingyue said.
“Where are the cousins?” Chu Jingyue asked.
There was no time to care about the old master’s affairs, she needed to see if those girls could still be saved.
“They are all in the madam’s courtyard, so it’s convenient for the imperial physician to check together.” The butler said as he led the way in an understanding manner.
When Chu Jingyue passed the garden, she looked at the octagonal pavilion a few more times, her eyes sinking slightly.
Soon they arrived at the Countess’s courtyard. Several girls were placed in a room, and the imperial physician was exclaiming and sighing inside.
“You can go out.” Chu Jingyue said with a cold face as soon as she entered.
The imperial physician’s eyeballs were bigger than the night-shining pearls. Just as he was about to ask who this rude person was, the maid Xichun quickly stepped forward to smooth things over.
“Sir, my Qi King wants to ask you about the young ladies.”
When the imperial physician heard that Wenren Si was here, he didn’t care about Chu Jingyue’s rudeness, and quickly left with his medicine box.
“Princess, even if you are noble now, you should be polite when dealing with people.” Xichun was a little dissatisfied. Wasn’t the princess’s behavior causing trouble for the Qi Royal Mansion?
Chu Jingyue glanced at her, “You go out too.”
Xichun opened her mouth to refute, but in the end she didn’t say anything and turned to leave.
After all, she was the King’s savior, so she should be more tolerant.
Chu Jingyue didn’t understand what human relationships were. In her past world, there were only a few things: cultivating Taoism, finding her true body, and looking at handsome men and beautiful women.
She never did superfluous things.
Chu Jingyue walked to the bedside, and all the girls had life-borrowing bracelets on their wrists, and their faces were sallow.
To further confirm, she raised her hand and tore open the collar of the girl in front of her. Before she could take a closer look, a piercing scream from behind made her frown.
“Who are you? How dare you be so bold?!”
Chu Jingyue turned her head, she remembered that she had seen her.
“You are the maid beside the Countess, how is your young lady?”
The maid was stunned. Perhaps Chu Jingyue’s aura was too calm, and she almost subconsciously replied, “My young lady is fine, but she said she was dizzy this morning.”
Chu Jingyue understood in her heart, and reached out to take off the bracelets worn by the girls one by one.
Fortunately, there was still some life force in the bracelets, and these girls could still be saved.
Chu Jingyue looked at the maid and said, “Your young lady should also have such a bracelet, right? Bring it over.”
The maid’s eyes lingered, and she was immediately furious, “How dare these concubine daughters wear the same bracelet as the young lady?”
“Go get the bracelet.” Chu Jingyue glanced over coldly. Was this the time to care about what status should wear what?
This maid didn’t seem to be very smart.
“I don’t know what the Princess wants the bracelet for? If you want to take my young lady’s things, there should be a reason.” The maid refused to move. Even the Qi King had to be polite in the Earl’s Mansion, so what could the Qi Princess do?
Chu Jingyue lost her patience, and her face sank. Before she could say anything, a voice sounded outside the door.
“Let her go if the Princess tells you to, if the Countess asks, just say that this King allowed it.”
As soon as Wenren Si spoke, the maid turned and left even if she was unwilling.
Chu Jingyue turned back with a blank expression, took out a few new talisman papers from the Qiankun bag, and sat at the table to draw talismans.
Wenren Si came in and wisely remained silent until she finished drawing the talismans and pasted them on the girls’ foreheads, then he asked, “What does this mean?”
“Suppressing the soul, their life span has been taken away, and their souls are in a state of semi-separation. This talisman can prevent them from being taken away by the ghost messengers, but if they can’t get their life span back within three days, they will still die.”
Chu Jingyue raised her hand and shattered all the jade bracelets, using a small amount of life force to protect their souls and let them return to their bodies.
Wenren Si turned his head and didn’t look at the cousins lying on the bed, but continued to ask, “How to take it back?”
“There is only one way.” Chu Jingyue finished speaking and looked up at him, “Kill the person who took their life span, and they will live if he dies.”
As soon as she finished speaking, a voice came from outside the door again.
“How dare you?!”
This time it was the old lady who came in a hurry, she looked at Chu Jingyue with a ferocious face, “You demon woman who doesn’t know where you came from, you are so bewitching my grandson!”
Chu Jingyue looked at her calmly and asked, “What did I bewitch him to do?”
The old lady choked and couldn’t speak, and instantly realized that Chu Jingyue was trying to trick her.
She snorted coldly, “You are just bewitching my grandson to kill people. These children are clearly sick, but you are saying something about the soul taking life. How can you be worthy of being the Princess of Qi with such alarmist talk?”
“The old lady came all the way here, is it because she knew that the jade bracelet was broken?” Chu Jingyue’s calm and indifferent attitude made the old lady feel very unsure.
Especially her eyes, as if she knew everything, really made her afraid.
But the old lady was a person who had lived for decades after all, and still pretended to be angry, and said, “What jade bracelet is broken, what nonsense are you talking about? Outsiders all say that the Second Miss Chu is a madman, and today I see that it is indeed the case.”
After she finished speaking, she pulled up Wenren Si’s sleeve, and said worriedly and seriously, “Such a person must not be left by your side, she insults the name of the Princess of Qi!”
Chu Jingyue withdrew her gaze, still holding the broken jade bracelet in her hand.
Wenren Si had never believed her, if he wavered, should she just knock him unconscious?
Pei Feng was outside, and he should be able to respond.
Chu Jingyue had already thought about the plan, but what she heard was something else.
“Grandmother, I saw grandfather’s injuries with my own eyes last night. Whether it’s true or false, you let me see him, and I’ll know at a glance.”