"You're still speaking up for them?" Miao Xiuniang was exasperated. She was trying to save them, but they willingly jumped back into the fire. They were hopeless.
Fu Lingxi lay back down in her physical body and quickly opened her eyes. As soon as she got up, she was about to kneel down and kowtow to Yuan Qi to express her gratitude.
Yuan Qi placed a soul-stabilizing talisman on her forehead: "Your soul has just returned to your body and needs to be nurtured. Don't remove this talisman."
Fu Lingxi touched her face and said, "Master, you must save my face. Our Fu family will pay any amount of money."
Yuan Qi Tian Tian nodded in agreement: "Don't worry, I'll prescribe a medicine for you when we get back. Remember to do more good deeds and accumulate more merit."
She looked at Miao Xiuniang and said, "Your soul is weak. There are many wandering ghosts here. If you stay here, you will easily be eaten. Do you want me to call the underworld officials to send you to the netherworld?"
Miao Xiuniang shook her head: "No, I want to go find Tan Wu and ask him why he treated us like this. What have my father and I done to wrong him?"
Yuan Qi shrugged: "A thousand years have passed. Tan Wu has already reincarnated more than ten times. Besides, whatever he did in his life, he will be judged after death. He may have already received his retribution."
“Then I want to see it with my own eyes.” Miao Xiuniang was very stubborn. “I won’t be satisfied until I see his fate. Heavenly Master, don’t worry about me. In this area, no one dares to mess with me.”
Yuan Qi did not forcibly send her to the underworld. Miao Xiuniang had been trapped here for a thousand years, devouring only lonely ghosts and wandering spirits. Occasionally, she would help people fulfill their wishes, which was all due to her own good fortune. Once she entered the underworld, judges would come to judge her merits and demerits, and she did not want to meddle in other people's business.
"Let's go."
Before leaving, Yuan Qi took the item hidden under the stone statue: a fragment of a ghost blade. This one was slightly larger, about half the size of a palm, and had a hollowed-out skull design on it. As soon as Yuan Qi held it in her hand, she felt an evil force trying to control her.
She ignited crimson lotus flames at her fingertips, instantly turning the object into ashes.
If it falls into the hands of evil people, they will surely use it for bad things.
Miao Xiuniang has been tainted by this fragment of the ghost knife for so many years, yet she has not turned into a vengeful ghost, which shows that Miao Xiuniang has a strong will.
Yuan Qi also took out the other fragments of the Ghost Blade used for setting up the formation and turned them into ashes using the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.
Back at the Feng residence, Yuan Qi examined Fu Lingxi's pulse and prescribed medicine in one go.
"Take this medicine for half a month first, and then come to me again after half a month. You'd better go back to your family and tell your mother that the birthmark on your face was caused by someone poisoning your mother when she was pregnant with you."
Fu Lingxi's face was extremely ugly, and she was filled with hatred. She wondered who had poisoned her mother and made her unable to hold her head up for so many years.
She will not let the person who committed the heinous act off easily.
"Thank you for the reminder, Celestial Master..."
Although Fu Lingxi was only seventeen or eighteen years old, she was very well-educated by her mother and was very experienced in dealing with people. She thanked Yuan Qi politely and did not treat him perfunctorily just because he was young.
Madam Feng sighed inwardly, thinking that this daughter-in-law was good in every way, except for her face, which was really embarrassing to show off.
She had seen doctors about the birthmark on her daughter-in-law's face before, and even consulted the imperial physician, who said it couldn't be removed. But this young Taoist priest claimed he could remove it. Who knew if this young Taoist priest was just trying to scam people out of their money?
But the daughter-in-law believed him and kept talking about him, becoming closer to him than to herself.
Vice Minister Feng pulled Yuan Qi aside and whispered, "Young Taoist priest, how much silver do you think I should give you?"
Yuan Qi was taken aback and held up one finger.
Vice Minister Feng smiled slightly: "One set for two, I'll have the steward fetch them right away."
He was quite pleased with himself; the young Taoist priest was kind, only asking for a hundred taels for doing such a big job, which was really not much.
Yuan Qi forced an awkward smile, her eyes and lips narrowing into slits. She corrected him, word by word: "Yes, one, thousand, taels."
Vice Minister Feng staggered, almost losing his balance: "One, one thousand taels? That's too much!"
His annual salary was only one thousand taels...
The little girl is asking for an exorbitant amount.
He was in a difficult position and wanted to bargain with Yuan Qi.
Fu Lingxi saw it too, and she calmly gave instructions to the maid, who then turned and left.
This father-in-law is good in every way, except he's too stingy.
Before long, a maid came over with a box, which Fu Lingxi took and handed directly to Yuan Qi.
Yuan Qi readily accepted the money. She didn't say anything, but she felt that Vice Minister Feng was stingy and not as generous as her daughter-in-law. The Feng family didn't seem that poor, so why was he so stingy?
Vice Minister Feng was utterly humiliated, losing face in front of his daughter-in-law and a little girl. He ordered his servants to escort Yuan Qi out, then turned and left, also calling his son Feng Zhaolin away.
This daughter-in-law needs to be kept in check; I wonder how much money she gave to that person.
Although Yuan Qi was a little unhappy, he didn't say anything.
If it were Xiangli Youming or Bai Youhui, they would definitely give them ten thousand taels.
The round trip took almost half a day. Bai Youhui personally escorted Yuan Qi back to the Jiang residence, and by the time Yuan Qi returned, the sun had already set.
Shenxun had been busy building his nest all day. He brought back straw and twigs, and the little nest was quite comfortable.
Jiang Jiulu arrived just as she entered the house.
“You’re out all day long, aren’t you afraid that the new magpie will be stewed? At lunch today, Fourth Sister kept saying that she hated this magpie and asked Father to send someone to catch it and stew it. You don’t know that Father even came to see the magpie himself.”
Yuan Qi was a little surprised: "A magpie even disturbed Father? What did he say?"
"After Father arrived, the magpie kept chirping. Father thought it was auspicious, so he didn't allow it to be stewed. He said that stewing a magpie was unlucky. Fourth Sister made a fuss for a long time, but in the end, it wasn't stewed. Fourth Sister was unwilling to give up, but Sixth Sister persuaded her."
Yuan Qi let out an "oh," still feeling that the magpie would face the risk of being stewed again in the future.
Jiang Jiulu chattered on and on: "You don't know how ugly Fourth Sister's hair is. When she comes of age, I'd like to see how she will face the Crown Prince."
Yuan Qi had no interest in Jiang Bailu or her coming-of-age ceremony, nor was he particularly curious about the Crown Prince.
But Jiang Jiulu was very interested and talked to Yuan Qi about Jiang Bailu and the Crown Prince.
"They got engaged three years ago. I heard that the Crown Prince originally planned to get engaged to the eldest daughter of the Xiangli family, who is the younger sister of the Ninth Master who came to see you today. However, the head of the Xiangli family said that the young lady was not in good health. Master Huineng of Wuxiang Temple said that it would be better for the young lady to get engaged after she turned seventeen. So the Crown Prince had to give up on the young lady and instead got engaged to the Fourth Sister."
"Fourth Sister was very unhappy when she found out about this. Today, when she heard that Ninth Master came to see you, she was even more unhappy and chased after him. But by the time she chased after him, Ninth Master had already left."
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