May this scumbag husband, who favored his concubine over his wife, rest in peace.

When the old lady asked, Xie Qianjiao only told her not to worry, but didn't say another word.

The day for the exorcism finally arrived. The entire Hou family gathered in the courtyard to watch the yellow-robed Taoist priest move around.

The yellow-robed Taoist priest had an extraordinary aura. He held a peach wood sword in one hand and the Three Pure Ones Bell in the other, and he was chanting incantations. He seemed to have some real skills.

The old lady didn't believe it at first, but as the bell rang repeatedly, she couldn't help but hold her breath.

The Taoist priest circled the area once, then frowned deeply: "This place of yours is not clean!"

The old lady's heart tightened immediately: "Please, Master, exorcise the ghost!"

“It’s not a ghost,” the Taoist priest corrected solemnly, “it’s an unclean thing.”

"Unclean things?"

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

Pei Zeyu couldn't help but believe it: "Please enlighten me, Master."

The Taoist stroked his goatee and frowned slightly: "Since an elder in your family is unwell, it seems that someone took the elder's personal belongings and performed a ritual, bringing back something unclean."

As soon as the Taoist priest finished speaking, everyone gasped.

"Which heartless bastard is it?!" Pei, with his explosive temper, cursed loudly, "How could they resort to such despicable methods behind my back?!"

He looked around, and naturally no one stepped forward.

Just as everyone was silent, Caiwei suddenly exclaimed and looked at Wen Yuanshu in disbelief.

Her commotion was so loud that it drew everyone's attention.

The old lady frowned slightly: "What's wrong?"

Caiwei looked flustered and shook her head, saying, "N-nothing, it's just that I remembered seeing...seeing..."

She opened her mouth, but said nothing more.

The old lady's brows furrowed even deeper: "What did you say?"

Caiwei swallowed hard and forced herself to say, "This servant saw Miss Chunhua go out once. When she came back, she was carrying a cloth bag mysteriously and even avoided people. She must be hiding something!"

"Caiwei!" Xie Qianjiao turned around abruptly and shook her head at her. "How could you say such things!"

Chunhua laughed angrily: "When did I go out? Besides, if I were hiding from people, how could you have seen me? You can't even make your lie believable, it's ridiculous!"

Caiwei blushed slightly, but still stubbornly insisted, "Anyway, I saw it! You did something shady, so it's not surprising that you'd deny it to the death. But since you brought the things back, they must be in the yard, right? A search would have found them, wouldn't it?"

Chunhua was so angry that her face turned red.

But she couldn't refute Caiwei's words.

As a maidservant to Wen Yuanshu, who would believe her if she spoke up for her mistress?

At that moment, the whole family's expression changed.

Wen Yuanshu met the probing or angry gazes of the crowd, her expression unchanged: "Miss Caiwei, you say I used witchcraft to harm my mother-in-law, do you have any evidence?"

Caiwei's face stiffened.

Xie Qianjiao's eyes darted around: "Madam, Caiwei saw it with her own eyes, she's the witness, what other evidence do we need?"

"Who saw her see it?" Wen Yuanshu chuckled. "You're convicting me just by making baseless accusations?"

“Ke Caiwei has no grudge against the madam, and she has no reason to frame the madam!”

Chunhua gritted her teeth again.

This Miss Xie is truly no ordinary person; she can say such things without batting an eye!

Caiwei was just a maid, and it was not her place to have any grudge against Wen Yuanshu, but it was enough that Xie Qianjiao had a grudge against Wen Yuanshu!

Pei Zeyu looked at Wen Yuanshu, his brows furrowed: "Yuanshu, is this really true?"

Wen Yuanshu glanced at him indifferently: "If I say no, will the Marquis believe me?"

Now, everyone's attention turned to Pei Zeyu.

Pei Zeyu pursed his lips and nodded, saying, "I believe you."

The idea of ​​witchcraft is absurd to begin with, and he is now counting on Wen Yuanshu to achieve great things, so naturally he is unwilling to let her be implicated in this matter.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked as if they had seen a ghost, and Xie Qianjiao's eyes widened: "Cousin?!"