Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

Prime Minister Fang continued, "If General Fang finds my proposal feasible, I will send word to the Duke of Wei's residence, instructing them to deliver the gift to Miss Shen within three days. They should also offer sincere offerings on your sister's memorial day, and publicize your sister's noble character to the world. If the general disagrees, we can discuss it again. As long as matters can be resolved privately, try not to bring them before the Emperor. With the eldest prince returning to the capital, you and I will have to get involved in the next matter. Those trivial matters, alas, will not allow us to divide our energy."

He was right, Fang Yao knew that everything he said was right.

An old fox is an old fox. Knowing that Fang Yao puts the emperor first in everything, she always uses the emperor's affairs to persuade him.

"Since the old Prime Minister has said so, I, Fang Yao, am not unreasonable. However, the date for the Yuan family to meet my niece must be approved by me, and my wife must be present. Otherwise, without relatives and elders to support her, who knows whether Madam Yuan will openly or secretly say unpleasant things to the child."

Old Prime Minister Zhao drooped his eyelids, thinking that Fang Yao was a fool.

This was done in front of him, saying that Shen Li had no relatives or elders to support her.

His daughter is Shen Li's stepmother. Isn't a stepmother a relative or an elder? Moreover, there is Old Madam Shen, who is Shen Li's biological grandmother.

Forget it, now that things have come to this, there is no point in arguing with Fang Yao any further. What if he angers this guy and everything he agreed on is gone? Wouldn't he have wasted half a day's energy here in vain?

"Okay, okay. I've taken note of the conditions the general has proposed. If you have nothing else to add, I'll go talk to Yuan Mengxing."

"No additional information. The old Prime Minister has been burdened."

Fang Yao clasped his fists in greeting, and Prime Minister Zhao returned the gesture. Without further ado, the two men said their goodbyes, some on horseback, some in carriages, and rode away.

......

The news that Fang Yao had severely beaten Duke Wei reached Shen Li's ears that afternoon. At that time, she was lying on a recliner, listening to Banxia talk about her heroic deeds of scaring everyone in the Shen Mansion.

The more than two hundred taels of silver as compensation for Pinellia and Perilla were delivered early in the morning, and Zhao gave it to them very happily.

The secret guard said that Madam Zhou, who was beside Zhao, asked the Madam why she provided them with subsidies. Zhao said that she was not afraid of giving them the subsidies, as they were just a few young girls and would not live long. The money would be returned to her sooner or later.

It's quite a beautiful thought.

Shen Li sneered in his heart.

Early in the morning, Nanny Sun came to tell Shen Li that the mansion would invite a master to perform a ritual to pray for the late lady tonight.

That sounds nice, salvation? Isn't that just a ritual?

Just do it. If you don’t do it now, she won’t be able to wait any longer.

The secret guards said Shen Zhaojiang would be returning to the capital tomorrow, and the old lady and the others should have heard the news. They performed the ritual before he returned, probably because they were afraid Shen Zhaojiang would not believe it and come out to stop them.

How many days have you been in Beijing?

While Shen Li was listening to the girls chatting and laughing, she was counting the days in her mind.

It's really boring to keep fighting with a few ladies in the inner palace who are full of calculations but can be frightened by their tricks.

It was Shen Zhaojiang who let down my mother, it was Shen Zhaojiang who drugged and framed my mother, and naturally it was Shen Zhaojiang who deserved to die.

The secret guard sent several more messages in the afternoon.

The Duke of Wei's Mansion has decided to go to the Shen Mansion tomorrow to apologize to her.

At that time, my aunt will bring my cousin over to supervise Mrs. Yuan's words and actions.

The master who performed the ritual tonight has already entered the mansion and is talking to the old lady in the yard.

The old lady and Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Wan rushed to tell the master that all kinds of evil things had happened in the mansion since the eldest girl returned home. They asked if it was related to the ghost of the eldest girl's biological mother, and the master said with certainty that it was.

The ladies were so frightened that they turned pale and asked the master for help to exorcise the evil spirit, but the master asked for five thousand taels.

As long as it works, what does five thousand taels matter?

Transaction.

The master took his disciples to prepare things and would soon set up the table near the corner courtyard.

Since it is used to exorcise evil spirits, it should be placed where it is closest to the dead souls.

Shen Li was very friendly to Nanny Sun who came to inform her.

The attitude was too friendly, and Nanny Sun was nervous, feeling that something was not right.

Before dinner was over, the masters had already set up the formation, lit incense, meditated and chanted scriptures.

Shen Li arrived late, and everyone was already waiting impatiently.

The master opened his eyes, looked twice, then closed them again, muttering to himself.

As he chanted, his voice became louder and louder. Suddenly, the master's eyes opened wide and he shouted at Shen Li: "Go."

A piece of talisman paper burned in his hand and flew towards Shen Li's face.

Banxia subconsciously tried to stop him, but Zisu pulled her back.

No one dared to breathe, waiting to see the moment Shen Li collapsed to the ground.

The master said that if the ladies were sincere enough, the talisman paper and the demon-suppressing mirror they had brought back would definitely drive away the ghost on the same day. As long as the girl fell to the ground, it would be a symbol that the ghost had left her body.

A piece of talisman paper flew over, but it went out before it could burn out and fell to the ground.

Everyone's heart was lifted.

The master was stunned for a moment, then quickly continued chanting.

Another piece of talisman paper flew over. This time, Shen Li held her breath, fearing that it would be blown out like the previous one.

The talisman paper finally burned out, and the master opened his eyes and stared at Shen Li. Shen Li was stunned and suddenly realized that she should be very weak at this time and should fall down.

So Shen Li closed his eyes, tilted his body, and fell on Zi Su.

Just when everyone thought the ghost had left and everything was fine.

Suddenly, sobbing sounds came from the darkness.

Then came a cold and gloomy wind.

The crying sound came from far away, then from near to far away, it was erratic and difficult to suppress with sobs.

Everyone's hair stood on end, their scalps felt numb, their bodies were stiff, and they dared not move.

The master and his disciples continued to chant the Sutra of Rebirth, their voices growing louder and louder, mixing with the sobbing sounds, adding a bit of weirdness to the dark night.

After a while, the sound of the scriptures drowned out the crying, and the crying gradually disappeared.

Zhao felt relieved and was about to look up.

Then I heard Mrs. Wan beside me shout "Ghost!" and then she fainted.

Behind the incense table, a woman dressed in white walked out from the darkness.

The woman's face was pale, her hair was disheveled, her eyes were filled with sorrow, and her footsteps were silent.

"Old lady, I'm here..." The woman's voice was very ethereal, as if it came from far away.

It’s a charlatan!

The old lady froze.

I couldn't hear that the first person she called out was me.

No matter how brave Nanny Sun was, she was so frightened by the sight of Fang's ghost that her hands and feet went limp and her body shook like a sieve.

"What should I do? I miss you guys," the woman stared at the old lady, Zhao, Wan, and the others across the incense table. "I miss you guys."

Everyone felt a hot current flowing down their thighs and was so scared that they peed their pants.

Being missed by a ghost, you can imagine what will happen next.

They don't want to die yet, they haven't lived enough.

Where is the master?

Where are the masters?

Can't they exorcise evil spirits?

How come while driving away the evil spirits, you ended up summoning ghosts?

The master struck the wooden fish in his hand louder and recited the scriptures more vigorously.

After reciting a passage, the master clasped his hands together and stood up from the cushion.

"Does this lady have any grudges? Is there someone she can't let go of? Is there any wish she has not fulfilled?"

The woman nodded and stopped bothering the ladies.

"Do you think what I said is right? If so, you should leave here tonight and go wherever you should go. Okay?"

The woman, no, the beautifully disguised Fang shook her head.

The master frowned?

How is this different from what we agreed?

Doesn't it mean that the person pretending to be a ghost just needs to nod at this time, and then say a few more words, and the ritual will be over, and then all we have to do is wait for everyone to divide the money?

Why change the plot at this last minute?