All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Shen Lingxi dismissed the imperial doctor, and only Xu Ziyao and her were left in the room.

Mingyin jade was placed on Mrs. Cao's heart for about half a quarter of an hour, and a soul shadow floated out of her body little by little.

Shen Lingxi stood beside the bed, always paying attention to Mrs. Cao's physical condition.

Seeing that after Mrs. Cao's soul floated out, her body's pulse was still calm, and she knew that after the Ming Yin jade drove the soul out of the body, it would not cause much harm to the body.

Just like back then, when Xiang Zhou lured her soul into Yunxi's body, her body just became stupid instead of dying.

It seems that what Xiang Zhou told his mother that a body that loses its soul will lead to death was also a deliberate deception, just to take her body away from the Yun Kingdom so that he could reasonably stay in the Yun Kingdom Palace.

After Mrs. Cao's soul left her body, she was a bit dazed, until she saw Xu Ziyao, who was wrapped in a thin quilt and sitting in front of the couch, with a haggard and sad look, her eyes became clear.

"Ayao..." Mrs. Cao whispered Xu Ziyao's name, reaching out to hold her daughter in her arms——

However, her hand passed through Xu Ziyao's body.

Mrs. Cao looked at her hands in disbelief. If she felt something, she turned around and saw her body lying quietly on the bed.

"Am I... already dead?" she murmured.

Shen Lingxi looked at her and replied: "You are not dead, you are just temporarily separated from your body."

Both Mrs. Cao and Xu Ziyao could hear this sentence.

Mrs. Cao turned around and looked at her in surprise, "Crown Princess? Can you see my wife?"

At the same time, Xu Ziyao also followed Shen Lingxi's gaze and looked into the void.

She staggered to her feet, knelt on the ground, and cried: "Mother, mother, don't abandon A-Yao. Mother, A-Yao has no father. She can no longer live without a mother..."

When Mrs. Cao heard this, tears instantly filled her eyes.

She knelt on the ground, looked at Xu Ziyao, and cried: "I don't want to leave you, but I have to do this, otherwise... I am doing it for your own good..."

When Shen Lingxi heard this, her eyebrows moved slightly.

In fact, Mrs. Cao's reaction to Xu Ziyao's words "I don't have a father anymore" was too calm.

She said tentatively: "Madam has been in a coma. She probably doesn't know that Xu Yuanshan is dead."

These words shocked Mrs. Cao's soul.

Although Xu Ziyao couldn't see Mrs. Cao's soul, when she heard what Shen Lingxi said, she quickly wiped away the tears on her face and recounted everything that happened tonight to the void.

At first, Mrs. Cao just looked in disbelief. After hearing the end, she was convinced that Xu Ziyao said that Xu Yuanshan was completely dead, and she burst into tears instantly.

"Finally, he is dead." Mrs. Cao burst into tears. "God has eyes. Husband, can you see your spirit in heaven? He is finally dead. He is dead..."

This cry made Shen Lingxi instantly understand that Mrs. Cao may not have been completely unaware of Xu Yuanda's death all these years.

"Hui Niang..."

At this moment, the ancestor's voice came from the door, "You...you already knew..."

Shen Lingxi turned around and saw that the soul body of her ancestor had been put on plain white clothes, and the blood stains on her head and face had also been cleaned up.

This is the result of Mrs. Li Er's purification and burial of the ancestor's body.

Mrs. Cao didn't expect that she would be able to see her ancestors after leaving her body. She choked on her cry and straightened up subconsciously. She carefully swallowed her sobs. When she saw the ceremony, she said respectfully: "Mother-in-law."

This is the subconscious reaction I have had over the years when I see my mother-in-law as a daughter-in-law who is not "welcome".

When the ancestor saw her like this, he felt his cheeks burning with pain.

"Huiniang, I can't help you." She floated in front of Mrs. Cao and knelt down towards her. "Five years ago, when he came back from Yunjiang for the first time, I recognized him pretending to be a big man. He lied to me. He said that it was Dalang who asked him to do this. Although I had doubts in my heart, I never went into the details. In the end, I still had selfish motives... I believe that he would not and did not have the ability to attack Dalang. I couldn't bear to lose another son. Hidden the matter."

"I originally thought that he was really like Da Lang, who was loyal to the country and had no distractions. But later I discovered that he had been secretly forming cliques for personal gain over the years. The 'ambitions' he said in front of me sounded more and more arrogant."

"Many mistakes have been made. I think that if one day in the future, what he has done comes to light, Huan'er still has His Highness's protection, but who should you and A Yao rely on? The only thing I can do is to You and A Yao were taken out of this mansion... I didn't expect that it would still hurt you in the end."

When the ancestor said the last words, he was filled with regret, "If I had told the emperor about his replacement of Da Lang early in the morning, how could there have been today's disaster? I was confused, it was me who was confused!"

Mrs. Cao also knelt on the ground, with tears in her eyes.

"Mother-in-law, my daughter-in-law knows you have good intentions." She choked and said: "If mother-in-law hadn't been secretly protecting her over the years, my daughter-in-law would have been silenced by him long ago... My daughter-in-law knows it."

Her words made the ancestor's heart hurt even more, "My child, since you know this, why don't you leave? You should have left long ago, you should not stay."

Mrs. Cao shook her head, "My husband died for no apparent reason. He respected you the most during his lifetime, and your daughter-in-law should fulfill your filial piety for him. My daughter-in-law is also worried and leaves you alone in the house, thinking that if he has murderous intentions towards you, , it’s good for us two to take care of each other, besides, my daughter-in-law still wants to wait for the result..."

It is self-evident what result to expect.

When the ancestor heard this, he burst into tears.

For the first time, she felt grateful for the choice she had made.

Fortunately, she met Shen Lingxi.

Fortunately, she chose to make up for her mistake instead of letting it continue to be wrong.

The ancestor turned around and kowtowed to Shen Lingxi.

But Shen Lingxi sidestepped to avoid it.

"Old ancestors don't have to give this great gift. All of this is due to the good cause of the Lord Zhen Guo who saved His Highness back then. It's also because the two of you have each other in mind that you can secretly support each other for so many years."

Shen Lingxi had no doubt that with Xu Yuanshan's scheming attitude, even if her ancestor really chose the right path, she might not be able to present the matter to the emperor alive.

And if Mrs. Cao had chosen to accept the arrangement of her ancestors from the beginning and reconcile with the "Zhenguo Gong", given Xu Yuanshan's character, the ancestors might not be able to survive today.

If the ancestor died, it would be difficult for Mrs. Cao not to be silenced.

On the contrary, it was the two of them who secretly supported each other in the palace in the capital, preventing Xu Yuanshan from taking action.

But the mistake was that they chose to come to Yunjiang.

Yun Jiang's mansion was full of Xu Yuanshan's people, and it was like the sieve, full of loopholes.

Because of this, Xu Yuanshan got his hands in a hurry.

However, there are also reasons why Shen Lingxi secretly fueled the situation.

Thinking of this, Shen Lingxi's heart moved slightly. She looked at the two people who were wiping away tears and asked, "Can you two tell me, you are living well in the capital, why did you suddenly come to Yunjiang?"

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Cao's eyes were a little confused, and the ancestor's expression suddenly became serious.

"It was my idea." The old ancestor looked at Shen Lingxi, "The imperial doctor found out that I don't have much time left, so before I die, I have to arrange Hui Niang and A Yao well."

"Secondly, it was also because Urda was executed by His Highness and the Mu family was overthrown..." At this point, she paused, "That year, His Highness married the little princess of Yun Kingdom's spiritual throne, and it was he who escorted the spiritual throne back to the capital. He Drunk, he came to my room at night and asked me if His Highness knew that he was responsible for the death of the little princess, would he be angry with me?"

"It was then that I learned that he had a close relationship with a Yunjiang man named Wu'erda. He was asked to falsely pass on the imperial edict and ordered the King of Yunjiang to deceive Emperor Rui into sacrificing the little princess and curse the people of the Chu royal family. It’s Urda.”

"When I heard something happened to Urda, I was worried that His Highness would know about his collusion with Urda, and then the Duke's Mansion would surely end up like the Mu family. So I hurriedly took him with me Huiniang returned to her hometown in Suzhou and sent Mrs. Li to Yunjiang to report the news to him."

"I thought that Mrs. Li didn't know about it. I didn't expect that when I told her the reason before I sent her to Yunjiang, I found out that Mrs. Li not only knew, but also knew more than me. I knew Mrs. Li After I found out everything about the incident, I discovered that what he told me five years ago was a lie."

"It was also then that I realized that Dalang actually died in his hands after Zhan Longpo was seriously injured..."

When mentioning the death of Lord Zhen Guo, the ancestor choked up again.

Shen Lingxi figured out some meaning from these words.

The ancestors were able to recognize Xu Yuanshan. This was the natural blood bond between the biological mother and the twins.

But Li, unless Xu Yuanshan confessed to Li himself, how would she know?

However, with Xu Yuanshan's scheming mind, his own future is more important than anything else. How could he easily tell his most important secret to Li, who has no children with him?
Shen Lingxi thought again, when Xu Yuanshan threatened Li Shi to "shut up", he had mentioned Li Shi's elder brother Yiyanghou.

The relationship between the Li family and Xu Yuanshan is definitely not too innocent.

While Shen Lingxi was thinking, Mrs. Cao beside her seemed to suddenly think of something. She suddenly raised her eyes and looked at her with red eyes, "Princess, Xu Yuanshan did not kill my husband on a temporary basis. He must have started from the capital. It was already planned!”

These words coincided with what Shen Lingxi had guessed before.

"How do you say this? Madam, please tell the truth." She asked anxiously.

"Six years ago, when I was taking care of the middle school in my house, I discovered that there was an account in the second room..."

"Shut up!" At this moment, a head swollen like a pig's head hurriedly floated in from outside the door, interrupting Mrs. Cao's words in a deep voice.

Mrs. Cao had never seen such a scene before. She opened her eyes wide in fear, "Ghost... ghost..."

Shen Lingxi's apricot eyes darkened slightly, and almost in the blink of an eye, her heart moved and she reached out directly to take off the Ming Yin jade that was placed on Mrs. Cao's heart.

The moment Mingyinyu left Mrs. Cao——

Shen Lingxi directly saw Mrs. Cao's soul, which seemed to be sucked into her body by a strong force!

"ghost……!"

Mrs. Cao, who was lying on the bed, opened her eyes suddenly, and with a hoarse voice, she screamed out the word "ghost" in fear.

"Auntie!"

Xu Ziyao on the side noticed the movement on the bed, stood up in surprise, rushed to the bed, grabbed Mrs. Cao's hand, "Auntie, you're awake, you're finally awake!"

Mrs. Cao turned her head stiffly and subconsciously looked towards the door.

It was empty, nothing.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

"Madam, there is no need to be afraid." Shen Lingxi said warmly, "Just think of the thing you just saw as a pig's head."

It is not very harmful and extremely insulting.

Xu Yuanshan, who was regarded as a "pig head", was furious.

"You girl, you're looking for death!" He cursed angrily, and just as his body arrived, his head returned to his body and they rushed towards Shen Lingxi.

"You traitor, you dare to make a mistake!" The ancestor immediately stood in front of Shen Lingxi and shouted in a deep voice: "Stop it now!"

But since Xu Yuanshan is a rebellious son, how could he listen to her old mother, go through the soul body of his ancestor, and bump into Shen Lingxi.

When Shen Lingxi saw this, she subconsciously spread her hands, revealing the Ming Yin Jade in her palm.

So, just when Xu Yuanshan was about to approach her, his soul seemed to encounter a force and threw him back.

"Hiss..." Xu Yuanshan let out a cry of pain, and the pig's head and body were split into two parts again in an instant.

Looking really embarrassed.

Shen Lingxi raised her eyebrows.

Although the power of this Ming Yin jade is not as good as the evil aura surrounding Chu Yan, it can still make her purify for a while.

As expected, it is a treasure passed down from generation to generation by the saintess.

"You deserve it!" the ancestor spat at him, "How could I have given birth to such a beast like you in the first place!"

Xu Yuanshan was so angry that his body suddenly floated up and his head was spinning in the air.

A look of "incompetent rage".

Shen Lingxi glanced at him briefly, then turned back to check on Mrs. Cao's condition.

In just a few breaths, Mrs. Cao had completely returned to her senses.

Seeing Shen Lingxi looking over, she hurriedly asked, "Empress, just now, was that... was..."

"It's him." Shen Lingxi nodded, "After death, the soul will leave the body. If there is no obsession, the soul will dissipate into reincarnation. If there is still obsession in the world, the soul will not dissipate easily."

She glanced at Xu Yuanshan in mid-air with a half-smile, "He has not yet accomplished his great cause, and his obsession is very deep, and I am afraid it will be difficult to dissipate for a while."

Mrs. Cao asked with a complicated expression, "Then, does my husband still have his soul left in the world?"

Shen Lingxi said regretfully: "Yesterday, I asked Su Xian to look around at Zhanlongpo. There are traces of the magic circle inside. I'm afraid the soul of the Duke has already..."

When Mrs. Cao and the dead souls of the ancestors heard this, their faces showed pain.

Only Xu Yuanshan looked at them, their faces swollen like pig heads, with a sly smile.

"Ayao." Mrs. Cao looked at Xu Ziyao and said weakly: "Go to the box on the top of the wall in my room, get the red account book and give it to the Crown Princess."

Hearing this, Xu Ziyao nodded, stood up, and walked outside.

At the same time, Xu Yuanshan thought of something, his eyebrows darkened, and he subconsciously followed Xu Ziyao out.

When Shen Lingxi saw this, she knew that this account book must be the account book that Mrs. Cao had mentioned just now when she found something wrong with Xu Yuanshan.

She thought that among the rumors about "Mr. Xu Er left Beijing in anger, accidentally entered Zhanlongpo, and was captured by Sang Meng", there were also details of the quarrel with the eldest lady over accounts.

"Xu Yuanshan is not here at the moment." Shen Lingxi asked bluntly: "Madam, you might as well tell me now, what is the problem with the accounts?"