Wang Yulang's soul was trapped.
In addition, his soul had been away from his body for seven days. Although Qing Wu used Xiao Chenyan's yang energy to cover up Wang Yulang's death aura and deceived the Book of Life and Death.
But in essence, the child's death date has already been determined, and when his soul escapes, it will be directly summoned to the underworld.
Only by binding him with the power of kinship can he be brought back to life.
After Qing Wu gave Mu Ying some instructions, she went back to her room. She also had to prepare some things, otherwise Mu Ying might not be able to complete the entire journey of the Yin-Yang Road tonight.
On the other side, the Shangshu Mansion.
"Sir, please do me a favor."
The young official looked ashamed and angry. His face was swollen like a pig's head, his eyes were bruised, and he even spoke with a lisp.
"The king is too arrogant. He abducted my wife in the street and had officials beaten."
"And the princess, I don't know what King Yan has bewitched your daughter. Yesterday, she helped King Yan kidnap my wife. She also accused me of not managing my household properly and allowing my servants to commit crimes against their superiors!"
Wang Sheng was filled with righteous indignation. He knelt outside the curtain and criticized King Yan verbally and writtenly, without noticing the stiffness of the person behind the curtain.
"I am a humble official with little influence, so please ask the Minister to take charge and report this matter to the East Palace."
"Mr. Shangshu?"
Wang Sheng hadn't heard Yun Houxing's voice for a long time and was a little suspicious. He looked up subconsciously, but met a pair of sinister and vicious eyes behind the pearl curtain.
The two pig-headed faces looked at each other, and Wang Sheng was shocked: "Shangshu Sir, your face——"
Yun Houxing threw an inkstone in a rage, cold sweat pouring down his back:
"Who let you in?!"
When Yun Houxing heard Wang Sheng's complaint, his first thought was not to find something to hold against Xiao Chenyan, but fear!
His family is now in turmoil and his life is in the hands of the other party.
The Eastern Palace avoided him as much as possible, and all the letters he sent to him fell into the sea.
In fact, he didn't care whether Donggong reacted or not. Yun Houxing only hoped that his behavior could attract that person's attention.
He has a hard time protecting himself now, and Wang Sheng, this idiot, still wants him to help? !
What can he use to help? ! His criminal account book is in Xiao Chenyan's hands, and the hundreds of thousands of taels he embezzled over the years have also disappeared, not to mention that he now has...
Squeak——
The door was pushed open and Luo walked in, followed by several servants.
Yun Houxing instantly felt like a goose with its neck strangled, unable to make a single sound.
"Master, you are entertaining guests. How can the servants serve you? Why didn't they even prepare tea..."
"Someone, come here, why don't you serve tea to Minister Wang?"
Wang Sheng felt strangely chilled. He thought the Shangshu Mansion was a little strange today, but he didn't think too much about it. He just stood up and bowed to Luo, "Thank you, ma'am."
Although he said thank you, there was contempt in his eyes.
I heard that the wife of this Shangshu was brought up from a concubine. No wonder she was so ignorant of etiquette. He and the Shangshu were discussing matters, and she, a woman, dared to barge in.
A table of tea and snacks was brought to Wang Sheng.
"Minister Wang, have some tea."
Wang Sheng thanked him, raised his glass and took a sip perfunctorily, frowning.
Why does the tea from Shangshu Mansion... smell so earthy?
"Why is Minister Wang only drinking tea and not eating snacks? Do you dislike my wife's cooking skills?"
Wang Sheng said he dared not.
Luo Madam had a strange smile on her face and looked behind the beaded curtain. "Master, Minister Wang refuses to eat it. Why don't you try it for him?"
"No!" Yun Houxing was very emotional. He suppressed his fear and disgust and coaxed Wang Sheng: "Minister Wang, this is a gift from the lady. You must enjoy it well and don't waste it."
"Yes." Wang Sheng was full of surprise, but he endured the anger and picked up a piece of side dish with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. The next moment, his eyes lit up.
"Madam Shangshu has great cooking skills."
Wang Sheng was not a greedy person, and he never thought that this side dish would be so delicious. He was so hungry that he couldn't stop eating after taking a bite, as if he was addicted.
"As long as Lord Wang likes it..."
Luo's laughter was weird.
Wang Sheng buried his head in eating and even forgot about the matter of complaining. Faintly, he heard a dry heave.
After Wang Sheng finished eating those "delicacies", he was still kicked out. He felt very aggrieved. When he left the Shangshu Mansion, he looked at the heels of the servant who led the way, and an idea flashed through his mind.
The people in the Shangshu Mansion are really weird. Why don't their heels touch the ground when they walk?
After he left, 'Luo' walked behind the beaded curtain carrying a plate of delicious food and placed it directly in front of Yun Hou's table.
Her face was deathly solemn, her smile was hideous, but she spoke:
"Minister Wang has already eaten his fill. You can take care of the rest."
But the so-called delicacy turned out to be a plate of living reptiles twisting and wriggling in the plate.
Yun Houxing stepped back in fear: "I won't eat it! No! Let me go, let me go——"
“Ahhh—mm—”
Several "servants" came forward, holding Yun Houxing with their forks on both sides, while another one pried open his mouth and poured a plate of "delicious food" directly into his mouth.
Luo, or Yun Qingwu, was standing nearby, admiring the scene with great satisfaction, chuckling softly:
"Don't be in a hurry, eat slowly. The master said that after this meal, there will be another meal."
"You are so greedy, aren't you afraid of dying of bloating? Then eat more..."
When Wang Sheng left Shangshu Mansion and was on his way home, he stopped the carriage and lay on the side of the road vomiting violently. He first vomited out a lot of worms, many of which were still alive and crawling around in twisted ways, scaring the passers-by.
At the end of vomiting, he began to spit out blood. The servants hurriedly helped him back home and looked for a doctor everywhere.
The first-hand news was passed back to Prince Yan's Mansion, and everyone was amazed. Situ Jing said:
"The princess is really good at dealing with people. She gave the scumbag a feast of poisonous insects and made his stomach burst. Wonderful! Very wonderful!"
Xiao Chenyan stopped writing, a smile flashed across his eyes, he put aside military affairs for the time being and asked: "How is Yun Houxing?"
"Every meal is delicious, ugh..." Situ Jing held back his retching and gloated, "The people who were following him said that the old dog ate every two hours and was beaten every three hours."
"We also read the news sent by his father, the Eastern Palace, but the Eastern Palace has been playing dead, probably watching the fire from the other side of the river. However, the old dog did not dare to mention anything in the letter, but just kept asking for a meeting."
"Your Highness, do you think that the one who instigated Queen Yun to frame the Marquis of Zhenguo Mansion back then was the current East Palace?"
"If it's really him, then it's easy."
"That's right." Situ Jing sneered, "Yun Houxing has great ambitions, but he is timid. After investigating for many years, although there are always clues pointing to him, there are too many traces of human intervention."
"It's not that I look down on the current crown prince, but with his ability, he really couldn't have killed the previous crown prince and framed the entire Zhenguo Marquisate in one night ten years ago."
"So, Queen Yun frequently sent news to the Eastern Palace, but the news contained in it was nothing serious. This move should be to attract the attention of his real wife."
"Your Highness, this trick of luring the snake out of its hole is also brilliant. We just have to wait and see when the snake behind us will show its head."
"Speaking of which, did the princess really take away all the silver that Queen Yun embezzled? Was it really four hundred thousand taels?"
Xiao Chenyan hummed and wrote a few names on the rice paper. After examining it for a moment, he threw the rice paper into the brazier beside him.
Situ Jing was calculating in his mind, but he looked happy:
"Four hundred thousand taels! That's enough to cover the Northern Army's military expenses for two years!"
"The prince married the princess, it's like welcoming a lucky star into the house, hahahaha, Queen Yun must be vomiting blood every time she thinks about it!"
"If you think your life is too long, you can continue to try to get the 400,000 taels." Xiao Chenyan said in a gloomy tone: "Don't forget, that is her 'dowry'."
Situ Jing's smile froze. Well, he really didn't dare.
"How about you sacrifice your dignity, my Lord? Our northern border is really poor. The imperial court has been withholding military funds. We brothers haven't eaten meat for a long time."
"The Hu people are also scared by the prince's attack, and it is difficult to steal their cattle and horses."
It is not easy to maintain an army of hundreds of thousands.
Xiao Chenyan glanced at him, but changed the subject: "What is she doing now?"
Someone immediately came from outside to report Qing Wu's situation.
After hearing that Qing Wu had locked herself in the room and had not come out since meeting Mu Ying, Xiao Chenyan pondered for a moment and decided to go over and take a look.
As soon as he entered the Iris Courtyard, he heard a creaking sound and a woman pushed the door open and walked out of the house, holding a freshly made paper lantern in her hand.
It's just that lantern...
It's the iris lantern again.
Xiao Chenyan's eyes were deep and unfathomable.
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