Jiang Fugui raised his chin as he looked at Madam Ye's hand as she closed the door. "Remember how you locked me up, and get me out the same way you did. Don't make any mistakes."

Nanny Ye raised her eyebrows, as if she had heard something funny. "Humph, you still want me to ask you out? What are you dreaming of?"

Jiang Fugui didn't respond, and suddenly loosened his hand that was holding the door. The door of the ancestral hall closed directly due to inertia, almost hitting Nanny Ye's forehead.

Seeing this, Nanny Ye hurriedly locked the door, fearing that if she was a little late, Jiang Fugui would attack her again.

Jiang Fugui was no stranger to the ancestral hall of the Jiang Mansion. After she was brought back to the Jiang family, this was the place she spent the most time in, apart from her Beiliyuan.

Jiang Fugui walked into the east-facing wing with familiarity. Inside, there were more than a dozen tablets arranged in a stepped pattern covering the entire wall.

She respectfully offered incense to the ancestors and the souls of those who died in the lonely city, while muttering softly: "Ancestors, fathers and mothers, neighbors, I am here again. It has been so long since we last met. Have you missed me?"

"Knock, knock, knock."

Hearing the knock on the window lintel, Jiang Fugui was not in a hurry. After inserting three incense sticks into the incense burner, she added three more.

"Miss! Miss! Please open the window!"

After lighting the incense for the third time, Jiang Fugui knelt on the mat and worshipped the tablets reverently, then walked to the window and pushed it open from the inside.

"Miss, what are you dawdling about for?"

A pretty little face with a sad expression quickly peeked in from under the window.

"Miss, are you okay? If I hadn't gone to the toilet that day, you and Taohua wouldn't have been kidnapped. But where did you go after that? I looked around for a long time but couldn't find you! Ah, Miss, your face..."

The chattering little maid was called Shanying. She was two or three years younger than Jiang Fugui and was originally a third-class maid in the courtyard of Old Madam Jiang.

After Jiang Fugui was brought back to the Jiang Mansion, Old Madam Jiang rewarded her with a first-class maid to serve her personally.

She is a person who treats Jiang Fugui well with all her heart, and she is kind-hearted and has no scheming or cunning intentions.

The only drawback is that Shanying talks a bit too much.

Common name: long-winded...

Shan Ying cried and threw herself into Jiang Fugui's arms, her tears and snot all rubbed against her coat.

Jiang Fugui raised a finger in disdain and pushed Shan Ying's head away from his coat: "Stay away from me and don't dirty my clothes. At least I have to wear them until tomorrow!"

Shan Ying's sobbing turned into wailing, and her voice became much louder: "Miss! You, you actually despise this servant! I feel terrible! Wuuwuwu!"

"If you have something to say, say it. If you don't, go back. If my aunt's people see us, be careful and lock you up in here to keep watch for our ancestors and the neighbors!"

It's not that Jiang Fugui is trying to scare Hu Shanying, it's that Jiang Weishi has spies everywhere in the Jiang Mansion. If there is any movement in the mansion, she will be the first to know.

In addition, there is a large underground palace under the Jiang Mansion Ancestral Hall, in which are placed the coffins of the Jiang family's ancestors. Therefore, there is always a gloomy and cold air around the ancestral hall, with gusts of ghostly wind.

"Uh-huh……"

Shan Ying's eyes widened, and she quickly took out the things she brought from the bag behind her, one by one.

"This is the roast chicken, almond osmanthus cake, fruit wine, and grapes I grabbed while passing by the kitchen... Miss, please make do with them for the night. I also brought you a thin silk quilt and hand warmers, just in case..."

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