CHAPTER 25: CHAPTER 24: DOOMED BY EVIL SPIRITS

Song Cheng gave a false smile, "Hehehe, this young lady must be joking, how could anyone curse others on the street?"

"You just got back from horseback riding in the outskirts and took a fall on the road. Aren’t you curious why, after falling from such a high horse, you didn’t even feel any pain?"

Yu Nianzhao didn’t answer his question but instead posed one of her own.

"How do you know I returned from the outskirts and fell?"

Song Cheng was startled and blurted out.

Mu Hongxuan crossed his arms and sneered, "Our Princess Consort Su is very impressive."

He had witnessed it firsthand, being trained like an obedient student.

Song Cheng’s face looked unpleasant, "Even though I did take a fall, it’s just a bruise on my leg, nothing serious. It must be the peace charm my wife obtained for me from Qingyun Taoist Temple that worked!"

Song Cheng suspected that Prince Su might have had someone secretly following him.

Otherwise, how could they know such details?

He sneaked a glance at Xie Jiuxiao, his eyes full of fear and disdain.

He wondered if he hadn’t offered incense before going out today since he’d encountered this calamity.

"Qingyun Taoist Temple again?"

Yu Nianzhao murmured to herself, becoming more curious about this Qingyun Taoist Temple.

"Your injury is not on the skin, but the flesh and bone, just concealed. If you don’t see a doctor in time, be careful you don’t lose the leg." She kindly warned.

Song Cheng didn’t believe it, "Young lady, don’t talk nonsense, be careful not to bite your tongue in the wind, what kind of talisman can hide such an injury?"

"Where’s your peace charm?"

Yu Nianzhao reached out to him, "Do you believe it? Just try and you’ll know."

Song Cheng, half-skeptical, handed the peace charm he kept close to Yu Nianzhao, due to Xie Jiuxiao’s presence.

The peace charm emanated a dense black aura.

Yu Nianzhao crushed the peace charm on the spot, saying coldly, "It’s just a Corpse Ghost refined from corpse oil, this Eye-blocking Skill is rather crafty, but in front of me, it’s like a child’s play."

As the peace charm was crushed, black aura surged out, heading straight for Song Cheng’s face.

Song Cheng’s leg began to hurt, and he broke out in cold sweat, horrified as he watched the black aura surge toward him.

Just as it was about to corrode him, a small white hand grabbed the black aura.

Bang!

The black aura was burned clean, accompanied by a shrill scream in his ears.

"..."

Silence fell over the surroundings, everyone was face with horror.

What was that thing?

An evil spirit?

Song Cheng slumped to the ground in despair, feeling a heart-wrenching pain in his leg, even oozing blood.

"It hurts!"

He cried out in pain, Song Caiwei quickly rushed forward, anxiously asking, "Father, what’s wrong with you?"

"My leg!"

Song Cheng, disregarding his dignity, pulled back his clothing to find his pants soaked with blood, and his foot twisted, clearly broken.

He was shocked to his core, looking at Yu Nianzhao in disbelief, "What the young lady said just now is actually true?"

Yu Nianzhao rolled her eyes, "Nonsense, do I have the leisure to deceive you?"

Song Cheng was inwardly collapsing, and his gaze toward Yu Nianzhao grew more reverent. He pleaded, "Young lady... no no, Master, what do you mean by the Children Palace being cursed? Please, Master, don’t hold my disrespectful words earlier against me, I failed to see Mount Tai, please help my child."

Song Cheng believed now, truly convinced!

How could he not believe?

With so many witnesses, she crushed the peace charm by hand and even injured his leg from a distance, simply to prove her words true?

The thought of having worn such an evil thing as a peace charm for so long sent shivers down his spine.

Song Caiwei quivered, teary-eyed, also imploring, "Miss Yu, please help."

Yu Nianzhao looked at Song Caiwei for a while, unable to overcome her sympathy for a beauty, "Your son’s drastic change in character started a year ago, he became idle, addicted to gambling, foul-mouthed, and couldn’t change despite beating or scolding, right?"

Song Cheng nodded fearfully, "Yes, yes, that’s right, Master, you’re truly amazing."

"His change in behavior isn’t natural; someone raised a ghost to curse him, trying to ruin him!"

"What?"

Song Cheng was furious, "Who would resort to such a despicable tactic, Jinglan is my eldest son!"

"Whoever in the Minister’s Mansion doesn’t wish for Song Jiling to succeed is the one who did it."

"Impossible, no one would dare..."

Song Cheng’s words abruptly stopped, his face turning red and pale in turns, his lips trembling, murmuring, "Impossible, this can’t be..."

Yu Nianzhao spread her hands, "Looks like Mr. Song already knows who did it."

"I’m fine, how could there be a ghost on me, you’re lying!"

Song Jiling was baffled, but once he understood, he began to struggle incessantly.

Yu Nianzhao stepped forward, yanking off the Jade Pendant from his waist, playing with it in her hand.

Song Jiling was furious, "This was given by my mother, give it back to me, you bitch, return the Jade Pendant..."

Slap! Slap!

Again, he seized with madness, the black aura around Song Jiling twisted constantly, yet didn’t forget to give himself two slaps.

"Your mother gave you this Jade Pendant? What kind of mother would give her child such a malevolent thing?"

Yu Nianzhao raised the Jade Pendant in her hand and smashed it onto the ground.

As the Jade Pendant shattered, black aura burst out, forming a ferocious ghostly face, lunging at Yu Nianzhao.

"Do you think you can reign in front of your aunt?"

Yu Nianzhao smirked provocatively, she didn’t move a bit, unbeknown to others, a snake head of Jiu Ying emerged from behind her.

The black aura, feeling Jiu Ying’s oppressive presence, halted in terror and turned to flee in panic, but was no match for Jiu Ying.

The snake head inhaled deeply, and with a ’swoosh’, swallowed the black aura entirely.

The evil spirit vanished into thin air!

Song Jiling’s eyes rolled back as he passed out.

"Jinglan!"

Song Cheng and Song Caiwei both cried out, deeply worried about his condition.

"Don’t worry, he’s not dead. It’s treating the symptoms, not the root cause; this malevolence is just one of them, something more powerful is still lurking in your Song Mansion."

Yu Nianzhao dusted off her hands, "I told you, fate entangles with villains, this villain could doom your entire Song family."

Her words turned Song Cheng’s face terrifyingly pale.

Song Caiwei lamented, "Miss Yu, this Jade Pendant wasn’t given to Jinglan by my mother; he now recognizes a thief as his mother. The Jade Pendant was given by our father’s Ms Mei, and thinking back, it makes sense, it was after receiving this Jade Pendant that Jinglan completely changed."

Xie Jiuxiao reminded, "In the court hall, I’ve heard, Mr. Song favors his concubine over his wife."

Song Cheng looked embarrassed, "This official does favor the concubine a bit more, I will certainly amend."

Yu Nianzhao looked down on him disdainfully, "Favoring concubine over wife? No wonder your official career is increasingly poor. As the ancient saying goes, a wife cherisher is blessed, a wife neglecter is doomed. Your good fortune was squandered by yourself, I won’t engage with such wrong values, let’s go, let’s go!"