"Stay home and rest for a month, avoiding raw, cold, spicy, and chilled foods. Keep your diet light, and you should be fully recovered after a month."

After putting everything away, Xu kept talking without even looking up.

Fu Kang, who had been waiting outside, was let in and stood beside Jiang Yuanqing. Seeing the man's weak and covered in cold sweat, he couldn't help but feel worried.

Before she could ask, Xu Nian, sensing her intention, spoke first: "Don't worry, the Gu worms have been in his body for a long time, and he's had some blood drawn. It's normal for him to be weak; he'll be fine in a couple of days."

"Oh, right." Before leaving, she blinked, "We still can't have sex for a month. Just bear with it, I'm going back now."

"This is really..." Fukang was genuinely angered by her gloating expression, and he pointed in the direction the person had left, feeling both ashamed and annoyed, unable to speak for a long time.

Jiang Yuanqing was too weak to do anything but manage a gentle smile to comfort him. Then, as the effects of the pill wore off, he tilted his head and fell into a deep sleep.

"Wow, why are there so many people at the General's Mansion?" Xu Nian didn't take a carriage and walked back by herself.

To be honest, every time I see so many people, it reminds me of when the streamer was arrested.

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Xu Nian: "Don't just say that's what you think, I think that way too right now."

The person who was watching from afar, thinking about turning around and entering through the side door, hadn't even moved an inch when Liu Yun, who was dealing with them at the door, spotted them.

Pushing through the crowd, she rushed over. "Madam, those people said they want to invite you to Xuanming Mansion. It must be about the Crown Prince."

What could possibly happen to the Crown Prince?

Xu Nian looked puzzled. Surely the butler couldn't have been acting out of superstition...

...

It really is because of an evil spirit.

Standing in the main hall of Xuanming Mansion, Xu Nian listened to Yun An's story. Her lips twitched. She glanced at the man's face, but it was so gray and she couldn't see anything clearly.

He was surrounded by a dark aura, but it wouldn't be entirely true to say he encountered a ghost.

Perhaps because this was a courtroom, filled with righteous energy, she really couldn't see any evil spirits clinging to Yun An.

“Theoretically speaking, there shouldn’t be any evil spirits haunting the Crown Prince’s residence.” Xu Nian rested her chin on her hand, scrutinizing Yun An’s face. “You said you bumped into someone that day, where did you bump into them?”

The kneeling person was tense all over and pointed to his shoulder.

In front of everyone, Xu Nian pasted a yellow talisman there. The person who had been calm and peaceful suddenly screamed, as if enduring great pain.

He was curled up on the ground, rolling around, while the person who did it just watched.

He sat leisurely in his chair, sipping tea and closing his eyes, seemingly quite content, amidst the shocked and terrified gazes of the crowd.

Liu Ru'an was completely stunned. Yun'an's voice was particularly pitiful, but the Princess of Fu'an seemed not to hear it at all. "Princess, this, this..."

The person sitting down didn't say anything, but just shook their finger. "Soon, it'll be fine once the yellow talisman has burned out."

After a while, the yellow talisman on Yun'an's shoulder turned into specks of light and slowly disappeared. He was so weak that he lay on the floor and couldn't get up.

Xu Nian then got up and half-squatted beside Yun An, pulling the man's shoulder away with her delicate hand.

A striking purplish-red bruise was visible on his yellow skin. Xu Nian's eyes flickered. "You're not possessed by an evil spirit, you've been cursed."

"A curse?"

“That’s right, this thing is different from a ghost. You can cast a spell on any part of your body, whether it’s your shoulder or arm. Sang Yu can take another strand of hair, put it in the doll, and then she can control your mind.”

Yun An's face turned pale. "This, that old man? But, he didn't mean to do this?" They had no grudges against each other, and that day was the first time they had met.

"Because your master is the crown prince."

"Cough cough cough!"

Liu Ruan was terrified by Xu Nian today. How could she say such a thing so openly without fear of offending people?

Yun An was so shocked that he couldn't speak, his face blank.

"Alright. The curse on you has been lifted. There's nothing more for me to do here, I'll be going now." Xu Nian clapped her hands, said goodbye to Liu Ru'an, and turned to leave.

She was light and agile, like a butterfly that fluttered in and then leisurely left.

After leaving Xuanming Mansion, she boarded her carriage and drove quite a distance. Only then did her expression suddenly darken, her speed startling Liuyun, who was following behind.

"Madam, is there a problem?"

Xu Nian: "Go to Anqing, no, go to the Princess's Mansion."

She has people by her side, sent by the Second Prince. Whether it's surveillance or protection, they are people she can command.

She dismissed everyone and stood alone in the room, clapping her hands. A figure appeared from the darkness. "Take this to the Crown Prince's residence and bring the Crown Princess here. She's pregnant, so be discreet and don't let anyone find out."

The Fifth Prince's residence, a dark and sunless underground space.

The old man, with disheveled white hair and tattered clothes, suddenly opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of blood!

The burning pain in his hands tormented his soul; he was in unbearable agony but couldn't even cry out in pain!

"Old Master Xun! What's wrong with you?!" The guard's expression immediately changed. He rushed to the man, saw his pale, almost dead face, and ran out of the basement on all fours.

Before long, the Fifth Prince arrived with a large entourage.

The first wave of backlash pain had just subsided, and Xun, drenched in sweat, lay on the bed panting heavily. The spot where the doll had stood not far away was now empty, reduced to black ash.

"What's going on?!"

After a moment of calm, Xun Lao was helped to drink some water before he finally had the strength to speak. "Someone broke my spell, and this is a backlash."

The first thing Jiang Yuanche thought of was that bright, stunningly beautiful face.

Xu Nian!

He didn't know who else, besides this person who appeared out of nowhere, could break Elder Xun's curse and cause him to suffer a backlash!

Jiang Yuanche's eyes turned slightly cold. "It's alright. I didn't want to use my trump card. Since that's the case, I have no choice but to present this matter."

He wanted to see how this Princess Fu'an would manage to ruin everything this time!

"You mean, someone wants to harm the Crown Prince?" Su Wanting's expression remained relatively calm; she had been quite startled when the man in black appeared.

Knowing that it was Xu Nian who sent them, they felt relieved and followed along.

Now, when she hears what her friend says, she is not only not surprised, but also takes it for granted.

"Don't take this lightly. Since they can control Yun'an with magic, there's no guarantee they won't use the same trick on the Crown Prince. Besides, the Crown Prince..."