After the arranged marriage, I pampered the sickly regent.

"Cold wind, Ye Qingzhu is not important at the moment."

Ye Qingwu said that the most urgent task is to get Zhan Sijing to wake up as soon as possible. As for Ye Qingzhu, there will be time to deal with her later.

Ye Qingzhu, who had been captured, took out the talisman she had torn from the roof that day and looked around warily.

She was so close to escaping from this place, but she was caught again. In particular, Jiang Wenjin dared to bring his mother over while she was away, and she's staying at her house.

If something were to happen to her, wouldn't all the things she bought and the house become Jiang Wenjin's?

She had to find a way to survive.

Just then, a rustling sound came from not far away. Ye Qingzhu tiptoed and went to find the source of the sound.

Behind the artificial hill, two women stood. When Ye Qingzhu saw their faces clearly, she clenched her fists. How could she forget that these were the two palace maids who had entered the mansion with Granny Chang?

After Granny Chang's incident, these two were the most arrogant, constantly threatening to punish her.

"Do you think this will work? I'm worried about what will happen if we get caught..."

Just as Ye Qingzhu was about to step forward, she heard one of the palace maids say...

"Tomorrow is the day the curse will come true. If that regent's wife were truly capable, she wouldn't have remained silent until now. We must find a way to escape."

"I've heard that this stone is extremely effective; if you drip blood onto it, your wishes will come true."

"Do you want to be trapped here forever?"

As she spoke, the palace maid cut her palm and gripped the stone tightly. A wisp of black mist drifted out of the stone and entered the palace maid's body.

The other person did the same thing. Ye Qingzhu's eyes widened. She remembered these black wisps without a doubt; they were the same when she saw Granny Chang that night.

No, she has to leave right away.

In her excitement, Ye Qingzhu stepped on a dead leaf, which made a squeaking sound.

"Who's there!"

The two palace maids who heard the voices sensed something was wrong. They were using witchcraft, and if they were discovered, they would be executed on the spot.

Seeing the two people getting closer and closer to her, Ye Qingzhu disregarded everything else and ran towards another road.

"It's Ye Qingzhu!"

A palace maid recognized Ye Qingzhu and shouted, "Let's hurry and chase after them!"

"We must not let her leak this information, especially not that princess."

Ye Qingzhu ran frantically until she shook off the two men, only then did she feel a little relieved.

The two palace maids saw her face and, having failed to catch up with her, must have been guarding the courtyard where she was.

If she dares to show her face, she will surely die.

Right, Ye Qingwu! She remembered that Ye Qingwu used talismans to eliminate the black energy that day. For her own life, she still had to let Ye Qingwu know about this.

Meanwhile, Ye Qingwu had returned to Zhan Sijing's courtyard. She came to the bedside and looked at the man lying on the couch, still unconscious, and felt a pang of sorrow.

There's nothing wrong with his pulse and everything else, so why can't he wake up?

Is it possible that no matter how hard she tries, she cannot change the inevitable death of Zhan Sijing in the book?

What about her transmigration into the book? Ye Qingwu felt unwilling to give up until the very last moment.

She took out a few copper coins from her spatial storage, intending to cast another divination regarding the current situation.

"Strange, one is missing?"

Ye Qingwu counted the copper coins and felt something was wrong. Then she remembered that day in the pavilion when the cold wind suddenly appeared and told her that Zhan Sijing had an accident.

Could it have fallen there back then?

Ye Qingwu walked out of the house and decided to look for it in the pavilion. Her copper coins were not silver coins used for transactions in the outside world, but were made of special materials and stored in her spatial storage. They were no longer ordinary objects.

Besides divination, it can also be used to ward off evil spirits.

"Leng Feng, you stay here and keep watch. I'm going to leave for a while. Don't let anyone near the house on my way."

Worried that the evil spirits might recur, Ye Qingwu not only pasted talismans in Zhan Sijing's house, but also in the courtyard.

"Yes," Leng Feng replied respectfully.

Ye Qingwu arrived at the pavilion and found the copper coin under the stone table and chairs. If the omen on it combined with the previous ominous sign, it meant that she would be saved from a desperate situation.

In other words, there is a chance for Zhan Sijing to turn things around.

Does that mean...

Ye Qingwu felt a renewed sense of hope, but then sensed that something was amiss in her surroundings.

Several guards walked towards her, their faces expressionless, and rushed towards her frantically when they saw her.

Is it malevolent energy again?

Ye Qingwu quickly took out a talisman from her spatial storage and chanted an incantation until the talisman absorbed all the black energy, at which point the guards regained their senses.

The group looked at each other, bewildered, and asked, "What just happened to me?"

"You are controlled by evil energy."

Ye Qingwu said this, and upon hearing it, the guards immediately thought of the black aura.

"Your Highness, are you saying we were controlled because of the dark energy that day?"

Ye Qingwu nodded, "Do you still remember where you went, who you met, and why you ended up like this?"

Logically speaking, after that day, she specifically asked Leng Feng to check the entire mansion to make sure there were no abnormalities before she felt at ease.

This shouldn't happen again, unless someone is orchestrating everything behind the scenes.

If so, could it be related to Zhan Sijing's curse?

"We were on patrol when two palace maids came over and asked if we had seen Ye Qingzhu. I don't remember what happened after that."

"Yes, Your Highness, we've been here since we regained consciousness."

"Palace maids?" Hearing the two guards' words, Ye Qingwu became even more puzzled. "Are you talking about the two who came from the palace with Granny Chang?"

Yes, it's them.

Seeing Ye Qingwu's furrowed brows, one of the guards cautiously asked, "Your Highness, is there something wrong with those two palace maids?"

"Take one of these two talismans each; they will protect you from the influence of the dark energy."

"And if you see anyone who seems suspicious, tie them up and bring them to me."

The reappearance of the malevolent energy made her worry about the situation with Leng Feng.

"princess."

Seeing that Ye Qingwu was about to leave, the two guards quickly called out to her.

Ye Qingwu looked at the two of them. "Is there anything else?"

"Could you give us a few more of these talismans? They might come in handy if something happens."

One is enough.

After Ye Qingwu finished speaking, she headed towards Zhan Sijing's courtyard.

Ye Qingzhu had just arrived outside the courtyard and was about to go in when she was stopped by the guards.

"Make way, I have urgent business with Ye Qingwu."

"Ye Qingzhu, how dare you address our Princess by her name!"

"Get out of here right now, or don't blame us for being impolite!"

Ye Qingzhu looked at the swords in the hands of these people and felt somewhat afraid.