The cannon fodder female supporting role wants to run away, and the madly criticizing prince is red-

But I have always been in awe.

Rarely, she had a nightmare that night.

She dreamed that Liu Ye, wearing the pair of red embroidered shoes that she had hanged herself on, floated into her room, stood beside her bed, and laughed creepily from her pale face. Her long red tongue hung down to her face, scaring her so much that she screamed and stood up.

Eryue, who was sleeping next to her, quickly crawled in, lit the candle, and comforted her for a while.

For three consecutive days, Cheng Jiayao had the same nightmare. Her back was sweating every night and she became sick from fright. Yu was distressed and called a Taoist priest to perform a ritual.

It didn't take long for the news to reach the Cheng family.

Cheng Jiayao's brother Cheng Yuanxiu brought some supplements and came to the Marquis' Mansion to visit his sister.

Cheng Yuanxiu is a handsome man who is very protective of his shortcomings. He won the first place in the exam a few days ago. He is the proud eldest son of the Cheng family. He studies hard and is diligent in his life.

After getting permission, he entered Cheng Jiayao's boudoir and saw his usually lively and cheerful sister lying sick on the bed, his eyes filled with heartache.

"Yaoyao, you have suffered in the Marquis' Mansion."

"People outside say that the prince favors a concubine redeemed from a brothel. It seems to be true."

Er Yue, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but hold her handkerchief and cried, "Isn't it true? Master, don't you know how much the young lady has suffered? It's all because of that concubine Lin. She monopolized the prince and made our young lady have no place to stand in the Marquis' Mansion."

"The prince has ignored her until now, and has not yet consummated his marriage with her."

"February! Why are you saying this to my brother!"

Cheng Jiayao propped herself up and yelled at Er Yue loudly. Then she felt a tightness in her chest and shortness of breath. She closed her eyes uncomfortably and lay back on the bed.

"I don't force the prince to favor me."

When Cheng Yuanxiu heard this, he clenched his fists at his sides in anger, his eyes flashing with terrifying ferocity.

"What nonsense are you talking about? You are marrying the prince and becoming his wife, not marrying the mistress of a marquis's mansion. If you want to gain a foothold in the mansion, how can you do it without the prince's approval?"

"As the legal wife, you can't even get the love of your husband. Yaoyao, how can the concubines in the brothel compare to you? You really can't beat her? You even gave up your husband?"

Cheng Jiayao said, "Brother, it's not that I can't beat her. It's just that compared to my mother's approval, what does a concubine like her count for?"

"I didn't take her seriously at all."

Cheng Yuanxiu shook his head, "You are really confused! It won't be the prince who will be the head of the Marquis's mansion in the future, and it won't be the prince who will inherit the title of Marquis? In the future, the Yu family will have to rely on the prince for their old age. If you don't want your husband's love, what will you do in the future? After all, women have to rely on men in this world."

"If the prince hates you, he can find a reason to divorce you and make a concubine his equal. Are you raising a tiger to cause trouble?"

Cheng Jiayao naturally knew it clearly.

She had thought about this before but didn't take it too seriously. Now her brother has enlightened her.

Of course, she would not do such a thing as eliminating the concubine openly. After all, among the seven grounds for divorce, there is jealousy, which alone is enough to divorce a wife.

She couldn't give Gu Huai any handle.

Cheng Yuanxiu sat by the bed and looked at Cheng Jiayao with concern. "Yaoyao, if you get bullied in the mansion, you must tell me. Can you really not handle Lin Qianqian? I can help."

Cheng Jiayao reached out and grabbed Cheng Yuanxiu's arm, and said to him: "Brother, come closer, I have something to tell you."

Cheng Yuanxiu leaned over to Cheng Jiayao.

She whispered a few words into his ear and looked at him seriously as she gave him instructions.

"Brother, you must remember this."

"please."

Cheng Yuanxiu nodded and looked at Cheng Jiayao worriedly, "Well, I'll remember that."

"You must take good care of yourself."

Cheng Jiayao said, "I'm feeling better now. Thank you for coming to see me, brother. I'm very happy that you came to see me. Please take good care of my parents at home for me. Don't let them worry too much. Now that I'm someone else's daughter-in-law, I can't serve them in everything like before."

Cheng Yuanxiu stroked Cheng Jiayao's forehead with his broad hand and found it a little cold. "Yeah, I know."

Er Yue's tears fell down her face, "Master, you don't know. This Liu Ye was a maid from Xiaoxiang Garden, but she was hanged in our courtyard. That's why the young lady got scared and became ill. She has these damn nightmares every day."

"You said that someone close to Aunt Lin died mysteriously in our courtyard."

"Our young lady treats all servants equally and gives them many rewards, big and small. This Liu Ye must have received instructions from others to take revenge on us and make our young lady live in unrest from now on."

"I heard that those who were hanged have resentment. If this resentment cannot be reincarnated, it will turn into a ghost and wander the world. What if this willow leaf turns into a ghost and haunts us?"

Er Yue became more and more frightened as she spoke, which made Cheng Jiayao feel frightened as well.

She suppressed her fear and said, "Stop talking! Eryue! Mother has asked a powerful Taoist priest to perform a ritual. I believe Liu Ye's soul has already rested in peace and gone to the underworld."

She didn't quite believe in ghosts and gods in this world, but there were too many phenomena that could not be explained.

Er Yue suggested, "Miss, Madam has said that we can move to Xiaoxiang Garden and ask Aunt Lin to live here. Why don't we move there? Someone has died here, and it always feels eerie."

Cheng Yuanxiu's eyes were cold, and his fists were clenched so tightly that they made crackling sounds. "Liu Ye's death here is probably related to Lin Qianqian."

"That's for sure!" Er Yue thought back to the past carefully. "She didn't want the prince to marry the young lady before they got married, and everyone in the capital knew about it. On the wedding day, she deliberately destroyed the prince and the young lady's bridal chamber. She didn't want the young lady to have an easy life at all."

"I suspect that Liu Ye was deliberately sent by Aunt Lin as an undercover agent. She almost killed our young lady, and now that she is dead, she must have frightened the young lady into becoming ill. Why wasn't she beaten to death by the young master!"

"It must be that vixen Lin Qianqian who asked her to do this. Her purpose was to leave an indelible shadow on our young lady."

She asked Eryue to escort Cheng Yuanxiu to the main gate of the mansion. Seeing her coming back, Cheng Jiayao ordered, "Go call Taozhi over and ask her carefully what Lin Qianqian has done recently. She must report everything truthfully."

"Yes."

……

Xiaoxiangyuan

Gu Huai handed an exquisite red lacquer box from behind to Lin Qianqian as if he was presenting a treasure, and he said playfully.

"Qianqian, look, what did I bring you?"

Lin Qianqian took the box with both hands, put it on the table, gently opened the lid, and exclaimed "Wow" in surprise.

"So many pearls! They are so beautiful!"

"I really like!"

Ten pearls of uniform size, each round and plump, exuding a beautiful natural white glow.

Each one is very big, about the size of a thumb, and has a regular appearance.

Lin Qianqian picked up the pearls one by one and held them in front of her eyes to look at them carefully. The more she looked at them, the more she liked them. The charming radiance of the pearls was completely different from the golden radiance of the gold hairpin.

She couldn't resist the beautiful things that nature created.

For example, pearls.