Qi Chengshuo discovered that most of those who came for fortune telling were ordinary people, and they asked about trivial matters, which Ye Xianya handled quickly.
Some people even came to Ye Xianya seeking comfort and remedies because they felt unwell and thought they had encountered a ghost.
The prescriptions she wrote were much more effective than those of other doctors.
During a break, Qi Chengshuo laughed and said, "Xianya, I've noticed that fewer and fewer high-ranking officials and nobles are coming to your fortune teller!"
Ye Xianya nodded upon hearing this: "Now that I am a princess of the dynasty, those people are naturally somewhat wary of me. They dare not come to me for fortune telling because they are afraid that I will find out about what's going on in their mansion. After all... if I find out, it means my father will find out!"
She ate meals with her mother and father every day, and would tell them about the strange things she encountered when she consulted fortune tellers.
Ye Xianya laughed as she spoke: "Before, someone even sent their servants to tell fortunes, but after I exposed their secrets in just a few words, no one in the wealthy and powerful families in the capital dared to come to their door anymore."
Ye Xianya didn't care; she just wanted to tell fortunes for ordinary people and help them solve their problems.
It doesn't matter whether those high-ranking officials and nobles come or not; she's not short of money right now.
After the two finished speaking, Ye Xianya drank some tea before asking Shen Furong to invite the next group of fortune tellers in.
The leader was a woman who looked to be about the same age as Ye Xianya. She was wearing a light blue dress embroidered with fluttering butterflies, which looked very lively.
The woman was very beautiful, and her pretty outfit made her even more stunning.
"Your subject, Dong Yunzhu, pays respects to the princess and His Highness Prince Duan!" The woman quickly curtsied before Ye Xianya and Qi Chengshuo.
Ye Xianya couldn't help but exchange a glance with Qi Chengshuo.
He had just said that no high-ranking officials or nobles had come to her for fortune-telling, but here they are now.
"What does Miss Dong want to know?" Ye Xianya asked, looking up.
Dong Yunzhu seemed a little nervous. She tightly gripped the handkerchief in her hand and spoke after a long while: "My grandmother has been bedridden for more than a month and has not gotten better. I sent someone to Xuantian Temple to ask a Taoist priest to perform a ritual, but there was still no improvement. I would like to ask the princess to help me calculate whether my grandmother is ill or possessed by an evil spirit?"
Large families believe in keeping family scandals private. Ye Xianya is, after all, a princess. Dong Yunzhu came to her for fortune-telling, which was actually a secret from her family, hence her hesitation earlier.
But when she thought of her grandmother who had protected her for many years and whose fate was now unknown, she couldn't care less about anything else.
She was willing to be punished as long as it could help her grandmother get better.
Seeing that she looked anxious and it didn't seem like she was faking it, Ye Xianya started calculating with her fingers.
This is such a simple matter that it can be calculated without using any mystical arts.
"Third Miss Dong, your grandmother is not sick, nor is she possessed by an evil spirit; she has been poisoned!"
Upon hearing Ye Xianya's words, Dong Yunzhu's eyes reddened with anxiety: "May I ask, Princess, is there an antidote for this poison?"
No wonder, despite her repeated consultations with imperial physicians and the Taoist priests of Xuantian Temple performing rituals, her grandmother's condition showed no improvement; it turned out she had been poisoned.
The imperial physicians were extremely skilled, so why didn't they diagnose that my grandmother had been poisoned?
Could it be that he was bribed by those people in the manor?
But she invited four imperial physicians to her door one after another, including the very upright Physician Zhang. Surely her stepmother couldn't have bribed all of these physicians?
"Your grandmother was poisoned by Gu, and there is no antidote. However, the Gu master has a mother Gu in his body. As long as the person who cast the Gu is killed, the mother Gu will die, and the Gu worms in your grandmother's body will naturally die as well."
As Ye Xianya spoke, she looked up at Dong Yunzhu in front of her and said, "Actually, you were also poisoned by Gu, but you are still young and have been practicing martial arts for a long time, so your blood and qi are abundant. Apart from occasionally feeling some pain in your chest, you are not in any immediate danger to your life."
Dong Yunzhu trembled all over after hearing her words.
"Princess, was the same Gu Master who poisoned me and my grandmother?" Dong Yunzhu asked, taking a deep breath.
"Yes!" Ye Xianya nodded: "Someone spent a lot of money to invite a Gu master from the Zhuwu Kingdom, treating him to good food and drink, just to poison you and your grandson with Gu and kill you."
Dong Yunzhu wanted to ask if it was her stepmother who wanted to kill them, but then she thought, if it wasn't that woman, then who could it be?
The person in this mansion who most wanted them dead was that extremely vicious woman.
“You can capture that Gu Master and have him control the mother Gu, drawing out the Gu worms from your bodies, and the Gu poison will naturally be cured. You can also kill that Gu Master directly, after all… our Great Yan Dynasty does not allow people to practice Gu techniques, so such a person should be killed,” Ye Xianya said.
"Thank you for your guidance, Princess!" Dong Yunzhu quickly curtsied to Ye Xianya.
Just as she was about to ask where the Gu Master was, Ye Xianya's voice came to her ears again.
“When a Gu master uses Gu to harm someone, he cannot be too far away from the victim, otherwise the mother Gu will not be able to control the child Gu. Therefore, that Gu master is living in your mansion. You just need to check which servants and maids have entered your mansion in the past six months, and you will be able to find the person.”
After Ye Xianya finished speaking, she drew a talisman and gave it to Dong Yunzhu: "I'm afraid you won't be able to tell the difference. Take this talisman back to your residence. When you get to the gate, light it with a tinderbox. This talisman will lead you to that Gu Master."
This is not just a talisman; Ye Xianya has also cast a special spell on it.
"Thank you, Princess!" Dong Yunzhu quickly expressed her gratitude.
She wanted to give Ye Xianya another five hundred taels of silver, but Ye Xianya stopped her.
Ordinary people only need to give her five copper coins to have their fortunes told.
As for the high-ranking officials and nobles? Ye Xianya did not force them to give her money.
She wouldn't say anything even if she were given only five copper coins.
The reason she accepted all comers in the past was because she was short of money at the time.
We don't need it now!
However, it's probably because people spread the word after they come to her for fortune telling.
Occasionally, a high-ranking official or nobleman would come to have their fortune told, and they would almost always give him five hundred taels of silver. Dong Yunzhu was no exception.
"You've already given me enough. Go back now and save your and your grandmother's lives as soon as possible."
"Yes!" Dong Yunzhu replied and quickly left.
"Why doesn't this girl ask you who's behind this?" Qi Chengshuo asked, somewhat puzzled.
“They’re smart enough to already know who’s behind it all, so there’s no need to ask anymore!” Ye Xianya said with a smile.
"I've heard about the Dong family. Dong Ming, the Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies, lost his first wife more than ten years ago. His second wife is very powerful. She not only completely controls Dong Ming, but also manages the household affairs. She makes all the decisions in the mansion."
"She was not kind to Dong Yunzhu, the daughter of her first wife, but she was kind to the eldest and second daughters of her concubines. She arranged good marriages for these two daughters. The old lady of the Dong family protected Dong Yunzhu, the daughter of her first wife, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were not on good terms and often quarreled."
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