The shikigami that had turned into leaves were stunned.
"Quan was not his only wife."
"The one-eyed monk said in a low voice."
"My lord is so pitiful." Jiao Tu's smile turned into deep concern.
"Actually, the master didn't go to pick up your wife just now. He's having tea with the sixth madam. When your wife comes back here later, remember to comfort her and don't let her go back to her parents' home the next day," the maid continued.
"yes."
The maidservant brought by Quan responded softly.
"How's it going over there in Quan?"
"Yaksha suddenly asked."
Outside the mansion
"Madam, please come with us."
Quan stepped through the side gate and saw a small courtyard not far away, where maids were busy coming and going. It seemed that this was where she would live from now on.
"Quan, let's go find them."
The Snow Woman who turned into leaves.
"good."
Quan smiled faintly.
"Madam, there's a leaf on your head." A maid came over and reached out her hand to her head.
Quan grasped her hand, took the white leaf from her, and carefully placed it against his chest.
"Thank you, but if you see these strange things again, don't touch them carelessly, or something bad will happen."
Quan said calmly.
The maid's eyes were filled with fear.
"spring."
Her brother walked towards her, with her father beside him.
"We're going back now."
"Father, brother, goodbye."
Quan said respectfully.
Farewell...
"Madam, please come with me."
Her father and brother slowly disappeared from sight, becoming tiny dots. Izumi followed the maid into her room.
"This is it."
The maid left her in a small courtyard, where only Izumi entered.
"Thanks."
Quan went in alone, into the room in the courtyard, where only her maid was tidying up.
"The master is back."
The maid was still not used to calling her "Madam".
"Go out."
Quan patted her shoulder; she was tired.
The maid brushed past her, then suddenly mustered her courage and said, "Don't worry, sir, Xiao Dan is here with you!"
Quan paused for a moment, then said, "Thank you."
Actually, she is not alone.
As the maid left, the leaves fell to the ground, transforming into enchanting figures—some beautiful, some alluring, some tall, and some majestic.
"Izumi." The Snow Woman landed beside Izumi and said as usual, "Let's rest."
Yaksha looked at her with a complicated expression. "Woman, I feel a little sorry for you."
“No need for sympathy,” Quan said.
-
What should have been a spectacular night was instead enveloped in loneliness and desolation, with countless people feeling sorry for the newly acquired lady.
The young master of the Oda family was a notorious womanizer in Kyoto, and he had taken in eighteen women, enough to form a choir.
Besides, he has countless lovers and confidantes outside, and any normal woman who marries into such a family would definitely feel resentful.
However, Quan was not worried about being "left on the sidelines" and being alone in an empty room, because her purpose in coming here was not to find love.
Compared to a short-lived love that withered before it even blossomed, she needs more care from the shikigami.
A few days later, aside from finding out where the kitchen and the front door were, she didn't go looking for her nominal husband.
"What a heartless woman!" Yasha looked at Izumi with a mocking expression. "He's your husband, yet you don't care about him at all."
"Is someone like that even worth my concern?"
Quan asked in return.
“But we shouldn’t just ignore it,” Qingxingdeng replied with a charming smile.
Are you all so free?
Izumi searched everywhere, "Where's Ōtengu? I haven't seen him all day."
"He was dueling with the fox spirit outside."
"duel?"
On the rooftop outside, the Great Tengu and the Fox Spirit each stood on one side, the wind blowing across the roof, a duel about to begin.
"What an annoying problem!"
Aoandon curled her lips into a smile.
-
A few days later, ominous rumors began to circulate among the maids about the new lady.
At the residence of the newly arrived Eighteenth Madam, the maids noticed that windows would open for no reason, rooms that were empty were brightly lit, strange conversations could be heard at night, and heavy footsteps could be heard from time to time in the corridor.
"Could it be a monster?"
One night, late at night, a young maid was sent here to clean. As she crossed the bridge in front of the gate, she saw a round object floating on the water under the bridge.
"Um?!"
She rubbed her eyes and looked again; there were only a few lotus flowers floating on the water.
"I must have seen it wrong."
She tried to comfort herself, but the gossip and rumors that usually circulated around her just kept ringing in her ears. The little maid gripped the broom and shovel tightly in her hands.
As she entered the Eighteenth Madam's courtyard, a blue light in the corridor caught her eye. The little maid slowly walked over and saw a beautiful blue flame flickering up and down!
"ah--!!"
A lamp bumped against her forehead, and the little maid lowered her head and breathed a sigh of relief. "It was just a lamp. How did it end up here?"
The little maid placed the long lamp handle next to the lantern in front of the corridor, and felt it getting heavier and heavier in her hands, as if someone was sitting on the lamp.
With each step she took, the weight in her hands increased, and her hands trembled. The lamp fell to the ground with a clatter, and the little maid saw a pair of blue eyes in the blue flame…
She strode into the room, closed the door tightly, her heart pounding. The room was brightly lit, with all the candles burning, and her heart gradually calmed down.
"Oh no, the broom is still outside!"
She reluctantly opened the door to the room, and a chill ran down her spine. She turned around and saw a wooden fish lying on the ground.
The wooden fish was on the table, but there was no one in the room...
"Who? Who's in!"
Black feathers fell from the sky, a rough shout rang out, and a cold iron fork gradually approached her. The figure holding the fork drew closer in the shadows. Sensing danger, the little maid ran away in terror, screaming all the way. From then on, the mere mention of the Eighteenth Madam terrified her.
From then on, apart from Xiao Dan, the maid Quan brought with him, no other maid was willing to come near this place.
spring:"……"
Has her place become a haunted house?
Turning her head, the fox spirit winked mischievously at her, and the Great Tengu grabbed him.
"Aaaaaah! What are you doing?!"
The fox demon is roaring, roaring!
How could it have turned out like this...?
Quan held his forehead.
-
"The newly arrived eighteenth wife is actually an Onmyoji! No wonder she's different from the other wives."
That day, several maids sat together chatting.
"Those miracles must have been performed by shikigami, look how scared Yukine is."
"Yukino is too timid. I'm much braver than her!"
"I'm a little curious about the Eighteenth Lady. Is she as mysterious and powerful as Lord Abe no Seimei?"
"have no idea."
"But since she is an Onmyoji, why did the Eighteenth Lady marry her master?"
"Hey!" The maid lowered her voice, deliberately creating a sinister atmosphere, "Have you heard?"
"What?"
Several maids were genuinely frightened.
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