After slowly finishing the chicken soup, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.
The maid said: Three days from now, it will be the Pei family's sacrificial day. From today on, all the houses belonging to the Pei family must implement the "avoidance ceremony".
Although Ji Yuqi completely couldn't understand the rules of the Pei family.
I don’t know what the sacrificial day is or what the avoidance ceremony is.
However, by eight o'clock in the evening, Ji Yuqi had not seen any trace of any living creature in the main house. She could clearly feel the importance of the sacrificial day to the entire Pei family.
The night lighting system was clearly fully turned on, and even the most remote corners of the vast mansion were brightly lit.
Ji Yuqi was still extremely frightened and uneasy.
The imperial palace, which is full of luxury, seems to be in a distorted state at this moment.
It's like a dead city with no one in it.
Suffocating, layer upon layer.
Horrible, extremely thick.
Ji Yuqi couldn't remember how many times he had walked back and forth between the hall and his room.
During the day, she went to Ji Niancheng's room.
No one.
Afterwards, Ji Yuqi immediately ran to the top floor of the main house, stood in front of the wide floor-to-ceiling window at the end of the corridor, and looked out: as far as the eye could see, not only were there no people on all the buildings, but even in the several secret guard rooms set up in the mansion, there were no guards.
At that moment, Ji Yuqi finally understood: the so-called "avoidance ceremony" meant that the entire mansion had to evacuate.
But she was the only one left behind.
Is it true that in Pei Yucheng's heart, she is not a member of the Pei family at all?
That's why I forgot about her.
Ji Yuqi really couldn't stand this atmosphere and originally wanted to leave the Yu Mansion, but she didn't dare to do so because of the strange atmosphere in the mansion.
I didn't even have the courage to step out of the main house.
Ji Yuqi was trapped in an intense and boundless fear from which he could not escape.
When she thought she would stay in this environment until the recusation ceremony was over, Liu Tong suddenly took the elevator to the lobby on the first floor.
When Liu Tong saw the woman curled up on the sofa in the hall, he was stunned.
Ji Yuqi's brain took a long time to buffer before it started to work.
"Manager Liu!" Ji Yuqi ran straight towards Liu Tong without even thinking.
No slippers were worn.
Seeing this, Liu Tong's brows immediately furrowed, especially when he saw Ji Yuqi's pale face, her lips pale, and her large, distinct black and white eyes filled with intense fear. He respectfully asked, "Miss Ji, why aren't you resting in your room? Is your temperature rising again?!"
Liu Tong wanted to take out the thermometer from the medicine box he brought with him to help Ji Yuqi measure his temperature, but Ji Yuqi said, "Manager Liu, why is there no one in the mansion?!"
When Liu Tong understood the reason for Ji Yuqi's panic, he explained, "The Imperial Palace is enforcing the etiquette of recusation. The maids are in the East Garden, the male servants are in the West Garden, the ordinary guards are in the North Garden, and the Pei family's third-rank and above secret guards are in the South Garden."
Seeing the intense fear still flickering in Ji Yuqi's eyes, Liu Tong couldn't help but think of the incident a few days ago when Ji Yuqi encountered a ghost in the kitchen. Thinking that her fear had not subsided, he hurriedly comforted her, "Miss Ji, you don't have to be afraid. When performing the avoidance ceremony, the Imperial Mansion directly activated the S-level defense system, especially the main house. Although there are no guards patrolling, not even a fly can fly in. You don't have to be afraid."
Ji Yuqi moved her lips, wanting to speak but hesitant for a long while, before she whispered, "Manager Liu, I want to go home, can I borrow your car?!"
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