Chapter 144 Not a ghost, but a bad person!

If Xu Yanyi remembered correctly, this painting was painted by the court painter for her coming-of-age ceremony at the age of fifteen.

I have to say that Master Yue's painting is very lifelike, and it is exactly the same as Xu Yanyi.

Xu Yanyi couldn't help but think of the paintings in the costume dramas she had watched before. Most of them were ugly, especially the paintings of the government offering a reward for catching the real culprit. They were almost like ghost paintings. They were able to catch people only because the population was small.

Xu Yanyi wanted to give a thumbs up to Master Yue's painting, which is more realistic than a portrait sketch!

"Wasn't this the painting the court painter drew for me at my coming-of-age ceremony?"

Xu Yanyi spoke.

Master Yue nodded slightly, his sharp eyes staring at her quietly through the mask: "See if there is anything I have missed. It will be perfect for the altar."

"Why have you seen this painting?"

Xu Yanyi was a little puzzled.

Master Yue said calmly, "When you, Princess Huiyang, had your coming-of-age ceremony, the late emperor attached great importance to it. You even rode the Nine-Phoenix Step Chariot around the entire capital with a huge fanfare. The painting was also seen by the common people along with you. That's how it was. I was lucky enough to see it once, and I remember it."

No wonder.

Xu Yanyi nodded and walked over to look at the painting.

According to the memories left in the original owner's mind, she picked up the pen and added some of the things that Master Yue had missed on the drawing paper one by one, even the three butterflies that the original owner had casually added to the painting when he was looking at the painting. Xu Yanyi added all the colors and positions.

"Okay, that should be it."

Xu Yanyi read it carefully.

Master Yue paused slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, Master Yue picked up the painting and handed it to Master Huang Mei: "Take the painting to the altar and perform the ritual."

"Shouldn't I go up there myself?"

Xu Yanyi was a little curious. Was there really someone who could tell whether she was a human or a ghost, or was he just making a fuss?

Mu Nanzhou, who had been watching from a distance, frowned. What did Xu Yanyi mean? Didn't she know whether she was a human or a ghost? Moreover, it was obvious that someone had spread rumors and framed her, and that's why they sent the Taoist priest to the palace to cause all this trouble. Why was she cooperating like this?

However, Xu Yanyi had indeed changed a lot since her last death, and he almost didn't recognize her anymore.

Just as Mu Nanzhou was wondering, he heard Master Yue speak: "Princess Nanling is not opposed to this, aren't you afraid?"

"What are you afraid of? Am I afraid that you will find out what kind of demon or ghost I am?"

Xu Yanyi yawned, "I also want to quickly prove my innocence, so that people with ulterior motives won't make rumors about me from time to time. I still have a lot of things to do, and I don't have time to be held back by these trivial matters."

"Princess Nanling, is there anything else you need to do? If you don't mind, I can help you."

Master Yue suddenly spoke.

Xu Yanyi blinked her eyes and said without disguising, "I want to find out who killed my father three years ago and framed me to prove my innocence. Only then can I regain my freedom!"

Upon hearing this, Master Yue sighed: "What happened back then is very complicated, I'm afraid it will be difficult to investigate."

"It's hard to check, but we have to check anyway. Hey, from the sound of your voice, do you know something?"

Xu Yanyi asked sharply.

Young Master Yue avoided her sight and looked towards the high altar, where Taoist Huang Mei and several of his disciples were holding the painting and chanting incantations, as if they were blessing it, and it looked quite realistic.

"My benefactor, you..."

Xu Yanyi frowned and looked at him. Master Yue then said calmly: "I don't know what it is, but I believe that the princess will not do such a thing that harms others and does not benefit herself."

After saying this, Master Yue nodded at her and said, "I will go upstairs and do it now. If you are worried, Princess..."

"There's nothing to worry about. If you trust me, I will trust you too. But I find it strange that you don't need my cooperation to do this? Do you want me to give you some blood or some underwear?"

Xu Yanyi tilted her head to look at him. Master Yue did look like an immortal, and was much more reliable than Master Huang Mei. But why did she feel that Master Yue was deliberately delaying time?

Master Yue shook his head and said, "No need."

Xu Yanyi watched Master Yue slowly go up to the altar, and then Huang Mei Zhenren came down. She stopped Huang Mei Zhenren and asked, "How long will this ritual take to produce results?"

"Yes, it will take several hours, and the results will be known tomorrow morning."

Master Huang Mei said tremblingly.

Xu Yanyi choked: "Why would a ritual take so long? It's weird."

When Master Huang Mei saw that Xu Yanyi didn't say anything, he swallowed his saliva, turned around and ran away.

Xu Yanyi rolled her eyes in disdain: "Coward, do you think I'm some kind of evil ghost?"

"You are not a ghost, but you are a bad person!"

Mu Nanzhou came over at some point and stood to one side.

Xu Yanyi was startled by him and said impatiently: "Where is your crying cousin? If you don't comfort her now, what will you do if she faints again later?"

"You don't need to be hypocritical about Qiu'er's affairs." Mu Nanzhou also looked up at the high judge's platform before saying, "Are you familiar with him? You keep talking so much nonsense all day long!"

Xu Yanyi sneered: "No matter how familiar we are, we are not as familiar with each other as you are with him. If you don't mind telling me something about him, I don't mind listening."

"You wish, you..."

Mu Nanzhou was about to retort when the guards came running over in a hurry: "Your Highness, Your Highness! Something bad has happened. There is news from Prince Yu's Mansion that Princess Yu just committed suicide by cutting her wrists. Although she was saved, she is still crying and is very emotional.

Prince Yu had no choice but to knock the man unconscious. Prince Yu heard that a Taoist priest came to Nanling Palace today to exorcise the evil spirit for the princess. He thought that the man was Princess Yu who had just been harmed in Nanling Palace, and her blood was weak and her luck was bad, so she was invaded by the princess' evil spirit.

Prince Yu heard that to dispel such evil spirits, the blood of the person who was possessed could be used to wash them away, so…so he sent someone here to ask the prince to get a bowl of the princess’ blood to exorcise the evil spirit for Princess Yu.”

Mu Nanzhou's face darkened immediately. What did he think of the Nanling Palace as? How dare Prince Yu, a leisurely prince with no power or influence, order him to do things!

It's a joke!

Mu Nanzhou said in a cold voice: "Drive the people from Prince Yu's Mansion away! I don't have time to deal with him! If you want to go to the palace, go ahead!"

After saying this, Mu Nanzhou walked away quickly.

Xu Yanyi also frowned: "Is this honorary king a pig? If I were really an evil spirit, I would go and swallow him up right now! He even asked for a bowl of my blood, why didn't he ask for a piece of meat?"

The guard hesitated for a moment, then said cautiously: "The people on Prince Yu's side said that if...if the princess does not cooperate, he will go to the palace to complain now, and also said that when the time comes, Li Qiu'er will be accused of poisoning the royal family and will definitely be beheaded. Then it will be useless for the prince to exchange the princess."

Good guys!

Even a servant could see how cold-blooded and ruthless Mu Nanzhou was. If anything happened to Li Qiuer, he would use her, Xu Yanyi, in exchange!

Mu Nanzhou can do it!

Okay, it’s just a bowl of blood!

Xu Yanyi hooked her finger at the guard, with an evil smile on her face: "Come on, you need blood, lend me a knife."