Rebirth is not a dream.

As the New Year was approaching, the entire An Ning Marquisate was immersed in a busy atmosphere. People were busy preparing various New Year gifts and necessary New Year goods to welcome the arrival of the New Year.

However, at the same time, some unfortunate things happened in the mansion. The second wife was confined to her house for some reason, perhaps because she violated the house rules or was reprimanded by the second master, which made her depressed and angry, and she eventually fell ill in bed.

Not only that, the Marquis had also been out of work recently due to reflection and felt unwell, and was in a very bad mood. For a while, the masters in this mansion were either extremely busy or ill. Even the eldest son Qin Yu was not spared and caught a cold and was bedridden.

Aunt Cheng was even more worried and said that her son Fubao also felt a little unwell. She began to wonder if it was because of the end of the year that something unclean appeared in the mansion, which made everyone fall ill one after another.

So, after some discussion, someone suggested inviting a Taoist priest to perform a ritual to exorcise evil spirits, hoping to eliminate the bad luck and bless the entire household to spend the new year in peace and health.

The Marquis' wife also wanted to take this opportunity to see if she could pray for the Marquis and the Second Madam, so that they could recover soon. Soon, the Taoist priest arrived at the Anning Marquis's mansion. After inspecting the mansion, he told everyone that there was indeed an evil spirit lingering in the mansion, but the specific cause needed further investigation. Then, the Taoist priest set up an altar in the mansion and began to perform rituals to exorcise the evil spirit. The whole process was solemn and everyone watched with bated breath.

The sun was shining brightly, and Su Yue was leading a group of maids in the yard to play shuttlecock happily. They were laughing and enjoying this wonderful time.

Just when everyone was having fun, suddenly, a noisy sound of footsteps broke the silence. A middle-aged Taoist priest in a Taoist robe and with a serious face walked slowly with a young Taoist boy. Behind them followed the Marquis's wife, the second wife, the third wife, the Marquis, the second master, and Aunt Cheng. This group of people was so powerful that they poured into the yard like a turbulent torrent.

Suddenly, the spacious courtyard became crowded and the atmosphere became tense. The maids stopped what they were doing and looked at the scene in horror, not knowing what to do. Su Yue's eyes widened with astonishment, obviously she had not expected so many people to come.

Su Yue hurriedly took the maids to pay their respects, but she secretly muttered in her heart: How come they really invited a Taoist priest in broad daylight?

The Second Madam said to Su Yue, “This is Taoist Priest Qingxuan who was invited by the mansion to exorcise evil spirits and pray for blessings for the mansion.”

Taoist Qingxuan was seen walking around the courtyard, holding a peach wood sword and muttering something. Suddenly, he stopped under a big tree and stared at the treetop.

Su Yue watched Taoist Qingxuan take out the talisman paper and mutter something, then waved it in the air and it instantly turned into blue fire.

"This is the place!" Taoist Qingxuan said, "This tree is where evil spirits gather." As he said that, he stabbed the tree trunk with the wooden sword in his hand, and dirty blood instantly flowed out of the sword.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. This was an old tree in the mansion, could it really be haunted by an evil spirit?

The second lady asked, "What should we do?"

Taoist Master Qingxuan continued to chant for a while and said, "The people in this courtyard are infected with evil spirits. They need to go out and hide for a while before the evil spirits can be driven away."

Su Yue looked coldly at the undisguised sarcasm on the faces of the group of people in front of her, and thought to herself: "Okay, so you are all plotting against me! No wonder the mansion has been so peaceful in recent days, it turns out it was all planned." She suddenly realized. She originally felt it was a little strange, but now she understood it.

These people clearly wanted to force her to leave the mansion, and they also wanted to label her as an ominous person. Their methods were extremely sinister. Su Yue couldn't help but sigh that people's hearts were unpredictable and things in the world were unpredictable. She had never expected that she would be plotted against in this way, and she was extremely angry for a moment.

Su Yue looked at the mysterious Taoist priest, and suddenly reached out to grab a piece of talisman paper from Qingxuan, and also grabbed his wooden sword. She used the wooden sword to pick up the talisman paper and swung it at Qingxuan. In an instant, blue fire appeared, and blood oozed out of the wooden sword.

Everyone was shocked. Qingxuan had never expected to meet such a bold woman who could expose his magic. He quickly responded by saying, "You bold witch!" Qingxuan's eyes widened with anger, and he pointed at Su Yue and scolded, "How dare you show off your magic in front of me!"

Su Yue sneered, "I think you are the evil one, cheating people here!"

The second lady's face darkened, "Su Yue, don't be rude!"

"Second Madam, it's obvious that this Taoist priest is playing tricks and trying to frame me! How could Second Madam be in cahoots with him?" Su Yue said.

At this time, Taozi and the maids in the courtyard knelt on the ground and said, "My Lord, Madam, the Third Young Lady has always been kind-hearted. How could she be a witch? This old Taoist must be a liar!"

When Taoist Qingxuan saw this, he knew that he had met a tough guy today, so he turned around and wanted to escape.

"Wait!" Su Yue shouted, "You fake Taoist priest, don't even think about escaping!"

She stepped forward quickly and blocked Taoist Qingxuan's way.

"What...what do you want?" Taoist Qingxuan asked in panic.

Su Yue's eyes flashed with a cunning look, she smiled slightly and said: "Since you said that I was infected with evil spirits, then I want to see what is so brilliant about your so-called way of exorcising evil spirits!"

After saying that, Su Yue held the wooden sword, pointed it at Taoist Qingxuan, and chanted a spell.

Taoist Qingxuan suddenly turned pale and his body trembled.

"This...what's going on?" He looked at Su Yue in horror.

Su Yue laughed and said, "You charlatan, show your true colors now!"

Before he finished speaking, there was a loud bang! Taoist Qingxuan secretly complained in his heart, but he did not choose to bear it - after all, he was not that kind of stupid person. He knew very well that this was a deep mansion, full of filth and gossip; and it was still unknown whether his trick would work. If it was exposed or failed, the consequences would be disastrous... The most important thing at this moment was to save his life!

So, Taoist Master Qingxuan immediately decided that the best strategy was to flee, and while everyone was still not reacting, he was ready to run away. However, he was blocked before he could even get out of the courtyard.