In the East Three Buildings, the second-class palace maids were assigned to a room with five people, while the first-class palace maids were assigned to a room with two people, and the nanny had her own room.

The room is not big. On the side opposite the entrance, there is a table and two chairs. On the right is a box for clothes. In the innermost part is a couch for two people to sleep on, with two quilts placed side by side.

Seeing the exquisitely crafted quilt, Xiyu's thoughts, which were like a tangled ball of thread, seemed to have suddenly found their ends.

Her memories began to come back, weaving a complete picture from one thread.

It seemed that Chunshi’s nightmare started from the moment he started covering himself with this quilt.

She leaned forward and pulled the quilt to her side, sniffing it gently, trying to find some clues from it.

But... there is no weird smell, not even a trace.

The clue I just found seems to be of no use. It can't be a coincidence, right?

Qiu Xu stepped forward to help, also thinking about it based on the skills he had learned over the years.

"But what's the problem with this quilt?"

Seeing that her brows were almost twisted into knots, Nanny Su asked with concern.

"I don't know. I haven't found the reason yet, but my intuition tells me it's because of this quilt."

Xiyu shook her head slowly, "Qiu Xu, can you see what's wrong with this quilt?"

She thought for a moment, then picked up the scissors beside her and cut the outer fabric. The quilt core inside was exposed to everyone's view. It was all ordinary fabric and cotton, and there was nothing unusual about it.

At this moment, she discovered that the thread she found was broken.

"Fujin, Doctor Zhao is here."

Xia Ying was very fast and she could go there and come back in just a moment. Gao Wuyong, who was worried, followed her there too.

When he saw his wife standing safely by his side, he was obviously relieved.

It would be good if Fu Jin wasn't sick.

Xiyu returned to the bedroom and Zhao Kuangsheng was taking Chunshi's pulse.

"Fu Jin..."

She raised her palm and pressed it down, indicating that he didn't need to stand up and salute.

"How's Harutoki?"

"It is true that he has some heart and spleen deficiency, but the problem may not be here, but the nightmare. If a person is like this, it can be said that the sick person is overthinking. But when Miss Xia Ying came to invite me just now, she also said that she has been affected in recent days."

Zhao Kuangsheng looked very serious. "I guess it was caused by something external, but I haven't figured out what it is yet."

"Since Doctor Zhao has said so, please follow me."

Xiyu took him to the room where Chunshi and Xiaying lived. "This is their bedroom. I just remembered that Chunshi started having nightmares the night I gave her the quilt, so I guess the problem might be with this quilt."

She pulled the quilt off the bed and threw it on the ground, with a somewhat cold expression on her face.

"But Qiu Xu and I checked just now and found nothing."

Hearing this, Zhao Kuangsheng put down the medicine box, squatted down and carefully examined the brocade quilt that was very exquisite in both workmanship and embroidery.

"Is this quilt for Miss Chunshi?"

This question was directed to Xia Ying.

"Yes, I'm afraid of the cold in spring, so I've been covering myself with two quilts recently."

Zhao Kuangsheng turned the quilt upside down as Xiyu had done just now, but still didn't get any answer. He then began to check other furnishings in the room.

Gao Wuyong brought a chair and placed it behind Xiyu. "Fujin, please sit for a while. I'm afraid Doctor Zhao will need a long examination."

Xiyu sat down, and at the same time asked Qixi in his mind, "Don't you have any way to test it?"

Qi Xi sighed, "I have practiced for a much shorter time than you have. If you don't know, it is even more impossible for me to know."

'Will the system work?'

[Of course not. This is just a basic system. It can only be used as a medium to publish tasks and record some basic data. It won’t do anything more than that.]

After saying this, his face flushed again, and he added anxiously: [Don’t underestimate this system. I paid a lot to get it back.]

Fortunately, Xiyu couldn't see his expression at all at the moment.

"Fujin, I didn't find anything wrong with this room, but I want to take some of this quilt back for a careful inspection. There are many ancient relics in the Imperial Hospital, and maybe we can find some clues."

Zhao Kuangsheng interrupted their conversation unconsciously.

Xiyu nodded, asked him to take a large piece of cotton and cloth and left.

Perhaps the problem really was with the quilt. After removing the quilt, Chun Shi and Xia Ying no longer had nightmares.

The health of the two men was getting better day by day, but they still had not found the secret hidden in the quilt.

Moreover, cotton and cloth were sent from their production sites to the capital and then to the Imperial Household Department, and then distributed to the embroidery rooms in the palace to make finished products. There were countless processes involved, which meant that countless people came into contact with them, making it impossible to trace.

The southern tour team had left the capital for nearly twenty days, and the time difference in transmitting information between the two people was getting longer and longer.

She had already written a small part of the story about a fox demon and a general falling in love. After her fourth brother printed and sold it in his own bookstore, the response was very good, and the business of his own bookstore was 20% to 30% better than that of other shops in the surrounding area.

The only bad thing is that everyone is urging her to update, and she has been very busy recently because of the fermenting ghost rumors, so she has no time to write.

Perhaps it was because the Emperor went on a southern tour and took most of the princes with him, causing the concubines and wives in the palace to be a little bored, or perhaps it was because of their gossipy souls that someone would come to her every day to ask about the haunted incident.

But... this was originally just caused by the two little girls being timid.

The rumor that the East Three Houses were haunted spread throughout the palace, which really proved the saying: Good news doesn’t travel far, but bad news travels far and wide.

Today, she was called to Yonghe Palace by Concubine De because of this matter.

"I heard from Li that the East Third House is haunted?"

Concubine De never liked to waste time talking to her, so she went straight to the point.

She sipped her tea in an elegant and quiet manner, and didn't seem to be very curious.

"Mother, please don't believe these rumors. They are not true. They are just rumors spread by people after dinner."

Xiyu felt tired, with a fake smile on her lips. She didn't know how many times she had to explain this matter.

"But Li said that she saw it last night and came to me crying just now. She said that the female ghost was dressed in red, had a white face and fangs. She begged me to find a master from Baohua Temple to perform a ritual. What do you think?"

Defei spoke lightly. Although she said this, her expression was calm and it seemed that she didn't care about the matter at all.

Xiyu didn't expect that Li would bypass her and come directly to Concubine De. She didn't know how to respond for a moment and had to tell the truth.

"I have not heard of this matter. Why don't I go back and ask before making a decision?"

Seeing Concubine De nod, she stood up, bowed and left, and happened to meet Zhao Kuangsheng on the way back to Dongsanso.

"Fujin, I have found a clue about the brocade quilt."

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