Linlang, who had been listlessly hanging her head, suddenly raised her head upon hearing this.

He stared at Xiao Qingyin in shock.

Xiao Qingyin asked her, "Are you surprised that I know you have worms inside you, or surprised that I have insecticide, or are you surprised by both?"

Linlang nodded three times.

Xiao Qingyin understood; she was surprised by both of them.

"Did you implant those bugs yourself?"

Linlang shook her head.

"Is your face your own?"

Xiao Qingyin continued to ask.

Linlang hesitated for a moment.

He neither nodded nor shook his head.

"I understand, it's not yours."

Linlang's eyes widened.

Xiao Qingyin smiled.

"Since I know that insects exist, how could I not know how to use them?"

Linlang lowered her eyes.

"How long ago was your face changed? A nod indicates a year."

Linlang nodded twice.

"Only two years?"

Xiao Qingyin found it unbelievable.

Princess Zhaoyang's older sister has been dead for over twenty years, so how could her face have been replaced with Linlang's face only two years ago?

Did she fake her death back then, or was her face preserved for over twenty years using a secret method?

What kind of powerful preservative must it be to keep food fresh for so long?

And it's so fresh.

Yi Shuihan's face darkened.

The fact that Aunt's face was transplanted onto Linlang's body means that Aunt's face was stripped off.

He couldn't imagine his mother's reaction when she found out.

Who could possibly harbor such deep hatred towards these two sisters, and be so determined to seek revenge against them?

Xiao Qingyin asked Linlang many more questions.

Linlang is only unable to speak, not unable to write; she was just pretending to be illiterate.

She asked Xiao Qingyin to bring her pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and wrote down her experiences.

She was originally a wealthy young lady from Muzhou, with outstanding features and figure. Unfortunately, she had a birthmark on her left cheek and was born mute, so she was always pointed at and gossiped about when she went out.

She was very distressed and often went to the temple to burn incense, praying to the Bodhisattva to help her remove the birthmark on her face.

The Bodhisattva naturally did not respond to her.

But a lady who came to offer incense, after learning about her troubles, told her that she had a way to help her remove the birthmark and become more beautiful.

However, she wouldn't give it to her for nothing; she needed her help with something.

After the lady demonstrated her magic by restoring a snake that had been broken in two to its original state, Linlang believed her.

She and her maid stayed at the guest quarters of that temple and received cosmetic treatments from that lady.

She didn't know how the other party did it. She drank the soup and medicine the other party gave her and fainted. When she woke up, several days had passed.

The woman in the mirror has a different face now.

This face is worlds apart from her original face; it's like comparing heaven and earth.

Linlang never dreamed she could become so beautiful.

She knew there was no such thing as a free lunch; the other party had given her such a big surprise, and what they wanted her to do was definitely not an ordinary thing.

When she heard that the other party wanted her to come to the capital to seduce the Marquis of Yong'an and sow discord between him and the Princess, Linlang refused without hesitation.

She hoped the other party could change the terms, even if it meant giving her all of her dowry.

But the other person's expression changed, and after letting her smell a little fragrance, she felt as if thousands of ants were gnawing at her internal organs.

"You've been infected by my Gu worms. Without medication to suppress them, they could drain your blood and kill you at any time."

That's what the other party said.

Linlang was afraid of dying, so she agreed to her request.

The other party found a nanny for her and let her receive two years of education as a noble lady before sending her to the capital.

From the moment she was found by the heir of the Marquis of Yong'an to the series of actions she took after entering the manor, everything was at his behest.

Yi Shuihan summoned the Marquis of Yong'an and asked him to find a way to draw a portrait of the lady Linlang had met.

It was a very plain face.

So ordinary that you wouldn't notice them if you met them in a crowd, and you'd forget them the moment you passed by.

"This may not be the other person's true appearance."

"That's what the Marquis of Yong'an said."

Yi Shuihan nodded.

"That person is very knowledgeable about the characteristics of these insects, and she can use these insects to constantly change her face."

This face-swapping technique is so seamless that no one can detect it.

Yi Shuihan couldn't help but worry. If someone used this face-swapping method to impersonate a servant in the manor, it would be very difficult to expose them.

Marquis Yong'an also had this concern.

"The people in the manor need to be screened again."

"Um."

Yi Shuihan also decided to screen the Southern Five Camps.

Xiao Qingyin gave Linlang the insecticide, and after the insects died, Linlang's heart failure symptoms were relieved considerably.

"If you replenish your blood properly, you should recover quickly."

Xiao Qingyin gave her instructions.

"You won't need to take those suppressant drugs anymore."

Linlang wrote a few words.

They asked her if she could go back to her home in Muzhou.

Marquis Yong'an countered, "Aren't you afraid that you'll be controlled by that person again after you go back?"

Linlang was taken aback.

"Stay here for now. As long as you behave yourself, we won't do anything to you."

"The Marquis of Yong'an said in a deep voice."

Linlang nodded in agreement.

"Father, I'll leave the explanation to you regarding Mother."

Yi Shuihan smiled.

A hint of worry flashed across the eyes of the Marquis of Yong'an.

If Qingqing knew the truth, she would be heartbroken.

As he expected, the next day, Princess Zhaoyang heard the truth and cried so hard she almost fainted.

After barely calming himself down, he immediately sent people to the Song family ancestral graves.

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