After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

Just as Su Bowen left, a ghost with one arm missing flashed in, raised one arm and bowed to me, saying, "Sir, when can we write our petition? I've been waiting for two days."

There were a few ghosts outside the door, peeking around but not daring to come in.

I thought about it and said, "How about this, I'll ask someone to come back and help you write it tomorrow, and I'll definitely finish it for you."

The ghost was very happy when he heard it. He grinned and said, "Thank you very much, sir."

I said, "I can help you, but you must not show up to scare people. Especially those who are missing arms and legs, you must make yourself whole again before coming here."

After the ghost heard this, the broken arm "whoosh" and grew back completely!

He asked me flatteringly, "Sir, do you think this is okay?"

I was so frightened by him that I pointed at his newly grown arm and said, "Since you can appear intact, why do you have to appear with a missing arm, a tilted head, and a long tongue sticking out to scare people?"

The ghost tilted his head and said, "My Lord, when I died, my neck was twisted and one of my arms was chopped off. If I want to appear in a complete state, I have to use my soul power to change into this form. This form cannot be maintained for too long. Three to five quarters of an hour is fine. After a long time, I have to change back to my original form."

So that's how it is. No wonder some ghosts would rather hold their own heads than transform back into a complete human form, as that would consume a lot of soul energy.

I quickly waved my hands and said, "Then you can do whatever you want. After all, it's not easy to accumulate a little soul power."

The ghost bowed to me and said, "Thank you, sir."

As soon as he finished speaking, he changed back to the state with his head hanging on his shoulder and only one arm left.

At this time, Yingchun's footsteps came closer and closer. I hurriedly said to him, "You guys should go back quickly. Don't keep hanging around my house. I'll ask Su Bowen to notify you when I find someone."

The ghost bowed to me respectfully and said, "Thank you, sir."

After saying this, the ghost outside the door also disappeared.

As soon as the ghosts disappeared, Yingchun walked in with noodles.

Seeing that it was getting late, I said to Yingchun, "You are tired after a busy day. Go and have a rest early. You don't need to serve here."

Yingchun bowed to me but did not leave. Instead, she looked at me as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

I took a sip of the noodle soup and said, "You guys have done very well, but you have been following us and staying away from evil for too long, and you have forgotten that evil is everywhere in this world."

When Yingchun heard this, tears started streaming down her face.

I sighed and said, "Don't cry. I didn't want to punish you, but I was afraid that you wouldn't learn your lesson. Human nature is evil, whether it's in the palace or outside. If you take a wrong step, you will be doomed. The reason why I can still live until now is not because I am so smart or so resourceful, but because I have a strong luck. Under the protection of your majesty, those who want to harm me are helpless. But once we lose the protection, those who want to harm us will be omnipresent and it will be hard to guard against them. So in the end we still have to rely on our own strength to leave no loopholes for the enemy to exploit. The same goes for you. You can never let your guard down. Only by staying highly alert can you protect yourself."

Yingchun cried and nodded desperately.

What happened today really frightened them. If the Third Miss's face was really scratched, they would be blamed and would probably have to die to prove their guilt.

Fortunately, the third young lady was fine, she was just a little frightened. Even if I didn't punish them, they would still feel uneasy and frightened.

They have followed me for so long and never found a chance to show their loyalty to me, but I didn't expect something to happen so soon.

If a slave fails to protect his master, he will be executed, or beaten with dozens of sticks, and then sold. I didn't expect that I only fined the four of them one month's salary this time, which was no different from scratching an itch. The four of them discussed and thought that my punishment was too light, so they planned to ask Yingchun to come and ask for punishment. Unexpectedly, before Yingchun opened her mouth, I knew what she wanted to say, and I didn't plan to punish them again.

That's why Yingchun cried so sadly.

It is so rare to meet a good master. Not many people who enter the palace plan to come out alive. I didn’t expect them to be so lucky to meet a good master like me. How could they not be moved to tears.

I said, "Go and have a rest, it's getting late."

Yingchun bowed deeply to me and then stepped back.

Since all the guards of the house had withdrawn, after Zhang San and Li Si finished their work in the backyard, they went to the front house to act as guards.

As guards, of course they had to stand guard at the gate, but the weather was too cold, and I was afraid that the two of them would freeze to death before dawn, so I asked them to come inside. They were both very principled people, and at first they refused to come inside no matter what I said, but after much persuasion, they finally reached an agreement: one would guard outside and the other would rest inside, and they would take turns after standing guard for a while.

There were two people guarding outside, which made it inconvenient for me to practice. I had to eat the noodles and go back to the house to rest.

I don't know when Gongsun Wen went to the morning court. When I got up, there was no one in the side room.

After a night's rest, Yiping looked much better and returned to being the heartless little girl she used to be.

Back at his own house, Yiping was obviously in a much better mood. While helping me to do my hair, he kept chattering about the funny story of how Yingchun and her maids were clumsy and almost blew up the kitchen because they forgot to watch the fire when they were making chicken soup yesterday.

As Yiping was speaking, Yingchun came in with breakfast.

Yingchun couldn't help but feel embarrassed when she heard this. She glanced at me quietly and said carefully: "Yes, I'm sorry, Second Young Master. I was too tired last night and forgot to watch the fire. The whole pot of chicken and chicken soup was burnt."

I smiled and said, "It's good that he's okay. If the chicken soup is burnt, you can just re-cook it."

Yingchun replied "yes" with a blushing face.

She had just expressed her determination to work hard last night, but she ended up burning the chicken soup. She wished she could dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it and never come out.

Yiping helped me to put my hair up and nodded with satisfaction, saying, "My hair-doing skills are getting better and better."

I touched her shiny hair and said, "It's really well done. When I get married, I can do my husband's hair."

Yiping pushed me and said, "You are making fun of me again."

I smiled and said, "I'm not teasing you, I'm serious. You can cook and take care of people. Whoever marries you will be blessed in the future."

Yiping blushed at what I said and said, "I'm still young and it's too early for me to get married. Stop teasing me."

After Yiping finished speaking, he turned around and ran away.