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

"Ah! Ghost...you are, you are ghost..."

Cui Jin's eyes were full of fear and terror.

Stuttering sentences, I don't know if it is natural, or I am too scared to speak.

The eldest princess is really dead!

Not only did he turn into a ghost and come back to claim his life, but he also cheated on the corpse!

"Princess, princess, listen...listen to my explanation...I...I can explain...it's them...they forced me...it's them, they forced me..."

Cui Jin's feet felt weak and he fell to the ground, trying to get up and explain in a panic.

"Oh? Force you, how did they force you?"

The eldest princess in front of the window sneered, her phoenix eyes were full of thunder and anger, "You tell me, who dares to force my son-in-law, Chu Ying, to do something you don't want to do? I'm not enough for you." Okay? Brother Huang has given you and the Dongchangbo family great favors, what will they use to force you to give up your decency and become their dog?"

Cui Jin collapsed on the ground with a tense expression, clutching the edge of the bed tightly, sweat beaded on his forehead, "Yes... yes..."

However, before he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door, and Eunuch Chang's voice came from outside, "Consort? People from the yamen are patrolling, can this old slave come in?"

Cui Jin shuddered Lingling and came back to his senses.

All the candles in the room were extinguished in an instant, and the whole room was plunged into darkness.

With a "squeak", the door opened, and Eunuch Chang walked in from the outside.

"Why is it so dark in this room?" His high-pitched voice could hardly hide his guard.

Cui Jin heard his voice, and was about to breathe a sigh of relief——
Suddenly, the hand he was holding by the bed was tightly grasped by the wrist by a cold and stiff hand.

In the dark, Cui Jin saw the corpse on the bed, sat up slowly, and said to him in a strange and feminine tone: "Jin Lang, didn't you say this morning that you can't live without Bengong, let me put the Do you take it away? Then come with me..."

The hairs all over Cui Jin's body suddenly stood up.

Eunuch Chang, who had just walked into the room, was so terrified by the battle that his legs went limp, "Ah... ghost... ghost..." He screamed, scrambling and running outside.

Cui Jin was still able to hold back, but when he called out, he jumped up in shock. He closed his eyes and desperately shook off that hand, and ran out with all his might.

After he ran away, a slender figure crawled out from under the bed where the dead body lay still.

It was none other than Shen Lingxi.

Just now, in front of the Eldest Princess, she got under the bed where the dead body lay still, using the silk thread as a guide, not daring to make too much movement, only opened the eyes of the corpse, and imitated the voice of the Eldest Princess, to intimidate Cui Jin .

It wasn't until after Eunuch Chang broke in and the eldest princess left by turning off the lights that she dared to grab Cui Jin's hand and sit up...

Shen Lingxi looked at the open door and snorted lightly, "I thought it was a bold one, but I didn't expect it to be so unintimidating."

There was a commotion outside the courtyard.

"Eunuch Chang, Eunuch Chang has passed out! Come quickly..."

"My son-in-law...what's the matter with you, my son-in-law..."

Shen Lingxi unhurriedly rearranged the body, covered it with a veil, walked to the half-opened rear window, and jumped out lightly.

Not long after she left, Cui Jin took the courage to lead someone into the house and light a candle.

I saw the body of the eldest princess lying on the bed intact.

And the hand that held him tightly in the dark still maintains a slightly curved posture, as if reminding him that everything just now was not his illusion...

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The most remote courtyard in the Princess's mansion, the upper room.

The eldest princess, who had changed her clothes, sat on the head with a dull expression, her red lips were pursed into a straight line, and Koudan's nails were painted tightly in her palms.

Chu Yan, Shen Lingxi and Mu Huaian sat on the east and west sides of the lower head respectively.

But Yu Zhu, An Wang and Xue Tuan stood far away at the door because they were afraid of Chu Yan's evil spirit.

Whether it was the living or the dead, they all focused their eyes on the same thing, waiting for the eldest princess to slowly digest what they had just seen and heard in the main courtyard.

During the day, after hearing Shen Lingxi's words, Chu Yan expected that Cui Jinding would investigate the body at night, and ordered Mu Huai'an to make arrangements.

And every time the eldest princess is skeptical about the betrayal of her son-in-law.

Mu Huai'an simply arranged this drama.

He knew that Shen Lingxi could manipulate the corpse, and after obtaining Shen Lingxi's consent, he persuaded the eldest princess to participate in this matter.

By the way, Cui Jin's confession can also be obtained without alarming the enemy.

The eldest princess personally confirmed the betrayal of the person next to her pillow from Cui Jin's mouth. One can imagine her mood at this moment.

She was silent for a long time, her nails dug into her flesh hard, but she couldn't feel any pain.

After the sharp pain in the heart like a knife, there is only hatred left.

The hate of being fooled and betrayed.

Thinking of her, the eldest princess who was favored by two generations of emperors, she was betrayed by the person next to her bed overnight, and even the people who served her were no longer trustworthy, so she could only live in a small courtyard.

How ridiculous, how ridiculous!
"There was really a yamen servant just now, did you go to patrol outside the courtyard?" She suppressed the sweet smell rising in her throat and asked hoarsely.

"Absolutely not." Mu Huai'an replied respectfully: "For the convenience of tonight, the outside of the courtyard has been cleared at night. It is absolutely impossible for people from the Yamen and Dali Temple to disturb. The officials have been guarding in the dark and saw Eunuch Chang in the corridor , should have heard the movement inside, and then made a claim, and used this as an excuse to go in."

The eldest princess closed her eyes, her well-maintained face showed a rare look of exhaustion.

Shen Lingxi thought about it and said, "If he hadn't knocked on the door and came in, Cui Jin would have recruited someone behind the scenes, what a pity."

"It's nothing to be sorry about." Chu Yan held the teacup calmly and drank it, "Cui Jin said everything he should say and what he shouldn't say, and so did Eunuch Chang. Aunt must have guessed who was behind the scenes." .”

The eldest princess took a deep breath, and let go of her tightly clenched hands, her palms were already blushing.

"That's right." Her red eyes were filled with water, but she stubbornly did not shed tears.

"Everything around me is taken care of by Chang Liang." Her voice trembled because of forbearance, "He... was the person my grandfather sent into the palace to take care of me."

Chang Liang is Chang Gonggong.

Ever since the "Eldest Princess" passed away and the son-in-law returned to the mansion, Eunuch Chang followed the son-in-law every step of the way.

Just now in the main courtyard room, when Eunuch Chang was the only one left in the room, Cui Jin did not pretend to stutter when talking to Eunuch Chang.

In addition, just now, Eunuch Chang suddenly broke into the upper room...

It is enough to see that the relationship between Eunuch Chang and the son-in-law is not simple.

Eunuch Chang is a rootless person who will not easily betray his master.

The only thing that can be explained is that his real master is not the eldest princess, but someone else.

If the son-in-law is compared to a puppet, then Eunuch Chang is the thread that manipulates the puppet.

And the person holding the other end of the silk thread is...

"Could it be that... the Duke of Wei is behind the scenes?" Wang An in the corner, after listening for a long time, exclaimed in disbelief, "No, it's impossible, it's absolutely impossible, Duke Wei is such a good person, how can It is possible to do such a thing, I don't believe...I never believe it!"