Chapter 101: Counterattack Begins
Obviously, just mentioning the person behind Ji Yunchuan.
Cui Mingzhu couldn't help but feel a chill growing from the bottom of her bones.
From the moment they started working for that person, they had their heads hanging on their waists.
If you succeed, you will be granted a title of nobility.
If you fail, you will die!
"Zhu'er, be careful with your words!" Ji Yunchuan scolded.
Cui Mingzhu then shut her mouth, but still looked at Ji Yunchuan with concern.
He asked, "Brother Yunchuan, if we can't find that person, and he exposes your fake death, then we're done for, right?"
Ji Yunchuan nodded, "That's exactly the truth."
Cui Mingzhu's face darkened. "If that's the case, then we must find a way to catch that person today!"
"But before that, there is one thing that Zhu'er needs to do."
"What's up?"
Ji Yunchuan said: "When you are in the Marquis' Mansion today, find an excuse to stay with Shen Ningyuan, and follow her closely."
"Why?" Cui Mingzhu asked subconsciously.
“Because I suspect that the person I met in the ancestral hall that night was Shen Ningyuan.”
Ji Yunchuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and a dangerous look flashed in his eyes.
"What?" Cui Mingzhu was so shocked that she cried out, "How is it possible?"
Ji Yunchuan shook his head, his expression even more serious than before, and said: “Chen Ningyuan has changed so much recently that I have to wonder if she has discovered something.”
Cui Mingzhu shook her head and said, “Brother Yunchuan, you must be wrong. Shen Ningyuan is so stupid, how could he notice these?”
She didn't believe it at all.
If the person that night was really Shen Ningyuan.
She should have exposed this matter a long time ago, why would she wait until now?
Ji Yunchuan was silent for a moment and decided to be cautious.
He immediately said, "It's better to be safe than sorry. This is a serious matter, so we should be more careful."
Ji Yunchuan looked at Cui Mingzhu, "So Zhu'er, you still have to listen to me. You must stay by Shen Ningyuan's side today, and don't leave her side at all. If she makes any move, you must inform me in time."
Cui Mingzhu was reluctant at first.
But seeing Ji Yunchuan insisted, Cui Mingzhu still agreed.
"Okay, I'll listen to Brother Chuan."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden noise outside the yard.
The two were startled and carefully hid in the corner, listening to the noise outside.
"What on earth is Madam going to do? Why did she suddenly invite all the guests to the front hall and leave Madam alone in the ancestral hall?"
Hearing that it was related to Shen Ningyuan, Ji Yunchuan's expression immediately became serious.
"Who knows? It is said that the young master will be buried soon, so the young mistress and the young master will stay for a while."
"So that's how it is. I thought something had happened!"
"Let's not ask about the above matters casually, just do our work properly!"
"Yes, yes, yes, getting things done first is more important than anything else."
“…”
Hearing the noisy footsteps fading away, Ji Yunchuan's face turned ugly.
He asked in a low voice: "Mother invited all the guests to the front yard. What was she doing leaving Chen Ningyuan alone in the ancestral hall?"
After a while, Ji Yunchuan felt something was wrong and immediately said, "Something is wrong!"
Then he looked at Cui Mingzhu, "Zhu'er, listen to me, go to the ancestral hall and guard Shen Ningyuan. No matter what happens, don't leave her alone!"
"Okay, I'll go right away!"
Before leaving, Cui Mingzhu specifically told Ji Yunchuan to be careful in everything.
Ji Yunchuan nodded in agreement.
After Cui Mingzhu left, Ji Yunchuan lowered his head and walked towards another courtyard in the marquis's mansion.
After faking his death for so long, it was time for him to go see her.
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After Cui Mingzhu and Ji Yunchuan separated, they immediately went to the ancestral hall.
At this moment, the ancestral hall, which happened to be crowded with people, was now unusually quiet.
Cui Mingzhu stepped over the threshold of the ancestral hall and saw Shen Ningyuan kneeling in front of the coffin, with his hands clasped together, praying for something.
Seeing this scene, Cui Mingzhu thought that Shen Ningyuan must be praying for Ji Yunchuan.
But in fact, Shen Ningyuan put his hands together and was praying.
But she prayed:
"God bless me, let me find evidence against the Ji family and Ji Yunchuan, and send the Ji family to hell in one fell swoop!"
"May Ji Yunchuan do all the bad things he has done and be reborn as a pig in his next life!"
"May my nephew in my sister-in-law's belly be born safely."
Shen Ningyuan muttered something.
There were footsteps behind him, Shen Ningyuan stopped praying and waited quietly for the person behind him to approach.
"Cousin, your cousin is here to accompany you."
Hearing Cui Mingzhu's voice, Shen Ningyuan's mouth curled up slightly.
She knew that Cui Mingzhu would definitely come.
"Cousin, everyone has gone to the front hall, why are you here?"
Shen Ningyuan raised her head, revealing a pair of slightly red eyes.
Seeing her red eyes from crying, Cui Mingzhu knew that Ji Yunchuan's guess was false.
Shen Ningyuan loves Ji Yunchuan so much, how could the person in the ancestral hall that night be her?
Thinking of this, Cui Mingzhu squatted down and pretended to be concerned and said, "Your brother-in-law's funeral will be held soon. You are alone in the ancestral hall. Your uncle is afraid that you will do something stupid, so he asked me to accompany you."
“Cousin, it’s okay, you don’t have to come and accompany me specially, you should go out and have a rest!” Shen Ningyuan pretended to be reserved and refused.
Cui Mingzhu quickly said, "We are all family, don't be so formal. Now that your brother-in-law is in trouble, your cousin needs someone to accompany her. As your sister, of course I have to stay by your side."
Now that things have come to this, if Shen Ningyuan refuses again, she will be immature.
"Well, since my cousin wants to accompany me, I'll trouble her."
"As a family, we don't talk about trouble."
As Cui Mingzhu spoke, she picked up a cushion and knelt beside Shen Ningyuan.
Put your hands together and pray with her.
Cui Mingzhu silently chanted in her heart: "Ji family ancestors, please bless Brother Yunchuan's plan to succeed, bless Chen Ningyuan to die early without a burial place, and bless the child in my belly to be born safely!"
Shen Ningyuan knelt beside Cui Mingzhu and could clearly feel her gnashing of teeth.
I guessed that Cui Mingzhu's prayer in her heart was definitely not something good.
But it doesn't matter.
They are all the same.
The two men knelt in the ancestral hall and were at peace at first.
But gradually, Cui Mingzhu's expression became obviously wrong.
She tugged at her collar irritably, looked at Shen Ningyuan beside her strangely, and asked, “Cousin, don’t you feel that something is suddenly wrong?”
Hearing this, Shen Ningyuan looked at Cui Mingzhu in pretended confusion and asked, “No, is there anything wrong with my cousin?”
Cui Mingzhu swallowed, shook her head randomly, and said, "I don't know, I just got hot all of a sudden and felt very irritable."
At this time, Cui Mingzhu's face was showing an abnormal flush.
She looked at Shen Ningyuan dazedly, and said in a daze: “Cousin, I feel dizzy and want to sleep so much!”
After saying this, Cui Mingzhu's head tilted and the flush on her face was even more severe than before.
Shen Ningyuan looked at her flushed cheeks, and the coldness in her heart became even stronger.
Cui Mingzhu, be ready to accept the great gift I have for you and Ji Yunchuan!
Thinking of this, Shen Ningyuan stood up and said softly, “Come in.”
As soon as Shen Ningyuan finished speaking, Yi Ge walked into the ancestral hall with a homeless man with festering hands and feet.
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