Aunt Qu quickly took the two keys from his waist.

A dark figure appeared in Xie Anfeng's study, candlelight illuminating the room as he searched for the portrait of "Xu Zhiyan".

However, the study seemed to be different from what Xie Xiangxiang had described; the entire study gradually became distorted.

Just then, a gust of wind blew in from somewhere and extinguished the flickering candle. The bright moonlight shone through the window, and a shadow drifted down from the wall.

The "person" was frighteningly pale, their feet barely touching the ground, and they chuckled softly, saying, "Ah Rong~"

Xu's skin crawled instantly. She instinctively shrank back and tried to see the person by the moonlight. When she saw the face she remembered, Xu, who was originally ruthless and thought someone was plotting against her, couldn't help but feel her bile surge to the extreme.

A scream rang out: "No, don't come any closer! You're a ghost, you're not human..."

"Ah Rong, I've treated you well, why are you treating me like this? My head hurts so much, it hurts so much, it hurts so much..."

The entire study was filled with the endless loop of "It hurts so much," just like when Xu Zhiyan had a headache during her pregnancy and banged her head against the wall.

A sudden chill rose from all sides, and Xu felt both frightened and cold, her whole body trembling as if she were being shaken.

She screamed uncontrollably, trying to escape, but she could never find the door.

"Elder sister, please, please spare me. I know I was wrong... I didn't kill you, it was the Empress. She's the one who gave me the medicine. Go and take revenge on her!"

"You gave medicine to both me and Granny Xu, so why did I die? My Zhaozhao was so young, how cruel you are!"

"Sister, she was just testing the drug on you; I didn't drug her."