Otherwise, the child would have to flee with her before he was born.

Lingzhi was not in a hurry to tell Xiao Qingyun that she was pregnant with his child.

After all, the pregnancy is less than three months and the fetus is still unstable. It’s not too late to tell him after three months.

Due to her pregnancy, Lingzhi became very lazy, like a fat cat. She wanted to sleep when she was full, and wanted to eat when she was full of sleep.

I haven't gone out much in the past two days.

But today, as soon as Xiao Qingyun left her courtyard, Cuizhu came in to report that Xia Qinghe's maid Ziyi had arrived.

Lingzhi thought that she hadn't seen Xia Qinghe for a few days and thought that she had fallen back into the pool and woke up, but she didn't expect that the maid would come to her house again.

She was bored and thought that some house fighting could help her pass the time, so she asked Cuizhu to invite someone in.

After Zi Yi entered the room, he was not as arrogant and trouble-making as Lingzhi thought.

Instead, he knelt down in front of Lingzhi and begged sadly: "Miss Lingzhi, please save my aunt!"

"Xia Qinghe? What happened to her?"

Lingzhi said in surprise, "Get up and talk."

Cuizhu went over and helped Ziyi up. Tears welled up in Ziyi's eyes and she finally couldn't help but let them fall.

"My aunt has disappeared. Her life or death is unknown. I have been searching for her for two days but have not been able to find her."

"How could such a healthy and living person disappear?"

Lingzhi felt a little strange. The number of people disappearing in the mansion recently was too frequent.

"When did you discover she was missing? How long had she been missing? Did you report it to Butler Zhou?"

Zi Yi replied, "She disappeared the afternoon before yesterday. I've already reported it to Butler Zhou, but he said...that the officials haven't found Concubine Ye yet, so there's no need to report Concubine Xia's case to the authorities yet..."

After hearing this, Lingzhi had an idea. Wasn't it the afternoon before yesterday when Xia Qinghe went to the Koi Pond to provoke her?

Could it be that he really drowned?

Zi Yi said anxiously, "But I'm afraid that if Madam Xia encounters something unexpected, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Lingzhi was also getting anxious, so he called out to Cuizhu, "Hurry up and get someone to go to the koi pond and try to salvage the fish."

When she heard they were going to salvage the body from the water, Ziyi burst into tears: "Auntie, you died so tragically!"

Lingzhi frowned and said, "Don't cry yet, lest you cry too early."

She burped and forced herself to stop, then followed Lingzhi out the door.

The koi pond was not deep, and the people fished for a whole day and night but found nothing.

Xiao Qingyun arrived and took Lingzhi back to the room.

Lingzhi pinched the corner of his clothes and asked, "Is Xia Qinghe really dead?"

Xiao Qingyun sighed and said, "Several people have disappeared in the mansion in succession. This is the first time such a bizarre thing has happened."

Lingzhi's face was solemn: "Did something unclean enter the palace?"

Xiao Qingyun picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly: "Do you know something?"

Lingzhi shook his head, frowning slightly as he said, "Ghosts are good at sucking people's yang energy, demons are good at sucking people's essence, and some evil spirits feed on human blood. There are all kinds of strange things in the world, so I dare not jump to conclusions for now."

Xiao Qingyun laughed and shook his head: "Things about ghosts and gods are all fabricated, you don't have to be afraid."

Lingzhi knew that if she talked too much, no one would believe her and they would think she had some problem, so she stopped talking about it.

Xiao Qingyun slowly opened the fan and then gently closed it, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a moment, he said to her, "There's been some unrest in the palace lately. In a few days, I'll invite a famous mage from outside the capital to perform a ritual to ward off evil and prevent disaster for the palace."

He just said he didn't believe it, but now he's performing a ritual.

Lingzhi rolled her eyes deeply: "I don't believe in this weird stuff, I won't be participating later."

Xiao Qingyun's expression froze for a moment.

He pondered for a moment, then smiled meaningfully and said, "This ritual is extremely important to you and me. You cannot be absent."

Seeing how serious he was, Lingzhi didn't refuse anymore.

"Since you can't do it without me, it won't hurt for me to go and take a look."

She didn't care much. There were people in the world who could see through the secrets of heaven, but they were definitely not those deceitful wizards.

"good."

His voice was a little hoarse and his eyes were filled with complicated emotions.

…

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The day of the ritual was a full moon night.

Xiao Qingyun brought Lingzhi to the back mountain, where an altar had been built at some point.

There are four acupuncture points in the middle of the altar, which is several meters high, symbolizing the four poles and connecting the heaven and earth.

The altar is surrounded by countless strange runes, which makes it inexplicably eerie and terrifying.

The red talisman made people feel extremely uncomfortable to look at. Even the grass and trees around it seemed to have lost their vitality and became wilted.

Xiao Qingyun stepped in and extended his hand to Lingzhi.

Lingzhi stood there without moving.

The altar in front of him was shrouded in a layer of surging black air, which was not a good sign.

"Lingzhi, come up!"

Seeing that she did not take his hand to climb onto the altar, Xiao Qingyun could not help but urge her.

"Your Highness, this altar is a little strange. We should..."

Lingzhi hadn't finished speaking when someone grabbed her wrist the next moment.

She turned her head sharply and met his wild, glowing eyes.

Lingzhi was frightened by the murderous look and froze, saying, "Your Highness..."

Xiao Qingyun seemed to have just come to his senses and forced a smile at her: "Don't be afraid, a Taoist priest will be here soon to perform a ritual and call on the gods to exorcise the evil spirits."

After he finished speaking, he dragged Lingzhi onto the altar without further explanation.

The sky gradually darkened, the wind suddenly blew stronger and colder, and the surrounding trees swayed in the air.

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