Chen Shuyu looked around in a panic, but could no longer see any trace of the female ghost. Just as she was about to stand up, she accidentally stepped on the memorial tablet next to her, slipped, and fell to the ground again.
The memorial tablet, which had been in perfect condition, suddenly broke in two, with one half falling in front of her.
The words "Li Shi" on the memorial tablet suddenly appeared before her eyes. Before she could react, some liquid seemed to slowly seep out from inside the tablet, which startled her so much that she screamed and threw the broken tablet aside.
However, the next second, a blood-covered face reappeared before her eyes, accompanied by a strange, ethereal female voice, "You crushed my memorial tablet."
Chen Shuyu was so frightened that she immediately closed her eyes, lay on the ground trembling, and begged for mercy: "Who are you? I, I have never harmed anyone. Please, please let me go, let me go."
However, the woman's voice persisted, saying, "You trampled my memorial tablet."
The ethereal yet somewhat strained voice seemed to be slowly torturing Chen Shuyu. She felt as if her body was no longer under her control; she wanted to scream, but no sound came out.
He kept repeating, "No, I, I didn't hurt anyone, I didn't hurt anyone, no, don't come looking for me."
But the woman's voice still lingered, causing Chen Shuyu to tremble all over in fear. After a while, she suddenly realized something, "Li, Li Qingmeng, you, you are Li Qingmeng, you, you were not killed by me, it wasn't me."
If you're going to look for someone, look for Lu Chengyuan and that person. It was him, it was them, they're the ones who killed you, not me, not me.
At this moment, it was as if I could hear Li Qingmeng's screams on the day she died all over again.
Extremely painful and agonizing, yet filled with profound grief and indignation.
In a daze, she felt as if she had returned to that day, and the memories buried deep in her heart came rushing back like a tidal wave, and everything was displayed in front of her as if she were right there.
The young and beautiful girl managed to slip past the guards at the back gate of the Marquis's mansion and secretly entered the enormous mansion.
Because her daughter Lin'er can recite the Three Character Classic, although she stumbles over it, it's already quite impressive compared to other children her age, and she wants to share this good news with Lu Chengyuan.
I wanted to surprise my sweetheart, but I got lost instead.
After passing through several identical side gates, Chen Shuyu finally broke down.
Seeing guards approaching her from a distance, she gritted her teeth and walked down a side path.
She had planned that if she still couldn't find Lu Chengyuan, she would reveal her identity to the maids and servants she encountered and ask them to take her to Lu Chengyuan.
Unexpectedly, the journey was unusually quiet. Not only did they not encounter a single maid or servant, but the surrounding scenery also seemed somewhat out of place for the magnificent Marquis's mansion.
The courtyard not far away, in particular, was far too remote.
There wasn't a single servant at the entrance to the courtyard, and the flowerbeds inside were overgrown with weeds; it was eerily quiet.
Chen Shuyu was curious about what was in the courtyard, so she went in alone.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered, they heard a shrill scream, accompanied by a woman's painful words, "Ah, you and Lu Chengyuan will both suffer retribution, you will both die a horrible death."
Chen Shuyu was terrified by the scream and wanted to turn around and leave, but then she heard Lu Chengyuan's name from the woman's mouth.
She paused, hesitated for a moment, and then followed the sound.
The closer she got, the louder the screams became. She cautiously hid in the corner and looked out the open window.
Upon closer inspection, she saw a face covered in blood, which terrified her so much that her legs went weak and she almost collapsed to the ground.
The two people inside didn't notice her. The richly dressed person just held the person on the bed tightly under the chin and said mockingly, "Don't worry, Cheng Yuan and I are destined to be apart. As for you, you're about to die, so don't be so naive as to talk about things that are impossible."
Cheng Yuan said you'll soon be completely poisoned and die, bleeding from all seven orifices, but I think that's too slow. It's unsettling for me to have you alive; I must watch you die myself."
As soon as she finished speaking, the elegantly dressed woman picked up a pillow from the side and smothered the person on the bed in the face.
Chen Shuyu stared wide-eyed, covering her mouth tightly to prevent a scream from escaping.
She watched helplessly as the person on the bed went from struggling violently to falling silent, completely losing all strength, collapsing onto the bed with wide-open eyes, dying with unfinished business.
The richly dressed woman breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that the person was dead. She walked straight out of the house, her face full of smugness, showing no trace of the fear she had just experienced after killing someone.
Chen Shuyu didn't remember how she ran back. The screams of Li Qingmeng and the image of blood flowing from her seven orifices kept echoing in her mind. The bloody scene terrified her and gave her nightmares for a long time.
Until Lu Chengyuan came to find her, took good care of her, and treated her with exceptional kindness.
At that time, she was easily moved by him. Because she didn't believe that the person she loved would treat her that way, she indulged in the beauty of those days.
She fell for him, believing everything Lu Chengyuan said—that he would treat her well and marry her into the Marquis's mansion.
The long-awaited promise was finally fulfilled. Overwhelmed by joy, she deliberately forgot everything she had seen that day, treating it all as a dream.
Looking back now, it's clear that her fate was no different from Li Qingmeng's.
If those two knew what she had seen, she would die a far worse death than Li Qingmeng.
The ethereal and eerie voice continued to repeat in her ears. Chen Shuyu was so frightened that she trembled all over. For a moment, she couldn't tell where she was. She covered her ears and cried out in terror, "It's, it's Consort Zhang. It's all Consort Zhang. It's not me. It's not me. It has nothing to do with me. If you want to find someone, go find her."
She and Lu Chengyuan poisoned you back then, and she also smothered you to death.
I did nothing, I did nothing.
It has nothing to do with me, nothing to do with me.
The ancestral hall quickly quieted down, but Chen Shuyu had gone mad. She sat in a corner, covering her ears, shaking her head frantically with her eyes closed, muttering to herself, "It wasn't me, it wasn't me, I didn't, I didn't hurt anyone, it wasn't me."
When the old nanny returned from getting up in the middle of the night and opened the ancestral hall door, she heard a shrill scream, which nearly made her faint on the spot.
Chen Shuyu kept pointing at the door and shouting, "There's a ghost! There's a ghost! Li Qingmeng is back! She's back! She's back! Help! Help!"
Because of Chen Shuyu's shouting, candles were lit again throughout the Marquis's residence.
Lu Chengyuan frowned and walked towards the ancestral hall. The servant beside him was covered in cold sweat and stammered, "Lord, Lord, Madam seems to have gone mad."
Lu Chengyuan frowned slightly. Before even entering the ancestral hall, he could hear the shouts from inside. He immediately said with displeasure, "What happened? Why did she suddenly go crazy? Did you call a doctor?"
The servant quickly wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "Reporting to the Marquis, we have already gone to invite them."
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