Xiao Cheng's mother, Madam Xiao Wu, asked, "What talisman?"

Xiao Cheng replied, "It's a calming talisman. Miss Qin said that it was obtained by a Taoist master when the shopkeeper Qin went to Nanzhao. When she was at Pudu Temple, Miss Qin saw that her grandmother looked gloomy and in poor spirits, so she gave the talisman to her son."

Madam Wu quickly called Cui Yu and asked about the talisman, "Have you tried hanging it up?"

Cui Yu thought about it for a moment, and her face suddenly looked a little strange.

Xiao Cheng asked, "What's wrong? It doesn't work?"

Cui Yu stammered, "No, it was the talisman that was hung in the tent. It was replaced when the sachet was changed."

Xiao Cheng slapped his thigh hard in annoyance.

Cui Yu looked a little flustered, and asked quickly: "Is that talisman really effective?"

Xiao Cheng asked, "When was the talisman hung? When was it taken down? When did grandma's nightmare recover? When did it relapse?"

Hearing the sound of quarreling outside, Nanny Yu came out from the inner room.

Just happened to hear Xiao Cheng's questions, and quickly replied: "It was broken the night the Sixth Master brought it back last year, and it was replaced early in the morning on the seventh day of the first lunar month."

But Madam Xiao's sleep condition improved indeed starting from the night she hung up the talisman.

I started having nightmares the day I took Fu Lu away.

Nanny Yu’s face turned pale instantly.

Xiao Cheng asked, "What about the talisman? The sachet has been replaced, so the talisman won't be thrown away as well, right?"

Not only was it thrown away, but it was also burned...

When Nanny Yu thought about the decision she had made, she immediately regretted it.

She was at a loss for a long time before she hurriedly told the maid in the room, "Go to the kitchen and ask if the replaced sachets are still there."

The kitchen has been enlarged, how could it still be there?

It's just a last-ditch effort to save a dying horse.

Cui Yu didn't dare to ask anyone else for help, so she went to the kitchen herself.

After hearing Cui Yu's words, Mrs. Chen realized that the reason she was able to sleep soundly until dawn these days was due to the talisman she accidentally picked up that day.

Do you want to return it?

If someone smuggles the master's belongings out of the house, a beating and expulsion would be the lightest punishment.

Besides, I asked Xiang'er to ask for permission at that time, and it was the people from Rong'en Hall who said it was okay to burn it.

It’s not her fault that the talisman is gone.

It’s just that the feeling of having a good sleep is so tempting!

When Granny Chen thought of this, she said with certainty, "I did see the sachet at that time. It was 90% new and there was a talisman inside. I also asked Xiang'er to go to the main courtyard to ask about it."

"Xiang'er came back and said that both Yu Ma and Cui Yu asked me to burn it, so I burned it."

Cui Yu exclaimed, "It's already burned?"

Mrs. Chen clasped her hands around her waist and said with a fake smile, "Oh, young lady, I am a servant in the kitchen. How can I not be quick and efficient in doing what the master asks me to do? It's been three days, and I have cleaned the ashes in the stove three times."

Cui Yu was so anxious that she was sweating all over and was spinning around in circles.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Chen became more and more certain that the talisman was an extremely rare and valuable item.

Since it is a good thing, if others don’t want it anymore, once it falls into your hands, it becomes yours!

Let her return it?

Don't even dream of doing this!

Granny Chen looked at Cui Yu and asked carefully, "Miss Cui Yu, do you have any other instructions?"

Cui Yu looked at Mrs. Chen, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.

Mrs. Chen said directly: "I still have a lot of work to do. If the young lady has no other instructions, I will start working."

After saying that, without waiting for her reaction, he went straight back to the stove.

Cui Yu stayed for a long time, stamped her feet in annoyance, and turned to leave the kitchen.

Mrs. Chen sat in front of the stove and snorted softly.

But I felt happy.

The fire was burning vigorously.

On the other side, Cui Yu returned to Rong'en Hall and told Nanny Yu about the situation. Nanny Yu suddenly felt dizzy.

Seeing that Nanny Yu looked pale, Madam Wu asked her son cautiously, "Does Miss Qin still have this talisman?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Madam Wu blushed with embarrassment.

Xiao Cheng sneered and said, "That was when the shopkeeper Qin went to Nanzhao and happened to meet a wandering Taoist master. He got the favor from the master and asked for it."

Do you really think this kind of talisman is the cabbage on the roadside?

This is the case with rouge creams and this is also the case with calming talismans.

They are all good things, but because of their self-esteem, they do not take other people's kindness seriously.

Before my aunt entered the palace, the Xiao family was an ordinary official family.

How come everyone has become like this in just a few decades?

They don't see the real good things, but instead treat those hairpins and bracelets as treasures.

Could it be that the Xiao family can only see gold, silver and treasures?

The more Xiao Cheng thought about it, the angrier he got. He stood up, kicked the stool away, and ran out angrily.

After leaving the house, I felt like I had nowhere to go.

He really wanted to go see Qin Shu.

But ever since he learned that Nanny Yu went to the Qin Mansion to ask for rouge and cream, he felt ashamed to face Qin Shu, and every time he arrived outside the mansion, he would quietly leave.

Xiao Cheng thought about it and ran to Tongguan Hutong.

After asking, I found out that Li Youlin had gone to the Qin Mansion.

He also wanted to go, but when he thought about his grandmother asking someone to replace the burned calming talisman, he knew that his grandmother would definitely not be willing to accept this and would definitely send someone to the Qin Mansion to inquire about the calming talisman.

By then, in Qin Shu's mind, his purpose of going to the Qin Mansion might not be so simple.

After much deliberation, Xiao Cheng finally went to the government office.

Ji Wei temporarily took over the post of Jinzhou governor, and as soon as he started work, a lot of things happened and things became a mess.

After finally finding some time to relax, Ji Wei returned to the backyard with a pot of tea and saw Xiao Cheng sitting on the stone steps, basking in the sun, with a piece of dry grass in his mouth.

Ji Wei sat down on the stone steps beside him with a smile and asked, "Why is Rong Feng so free today? Didn't you say that the old lady is ill and you want to take care of her in the mansion?"

Xiao Cheng sighed deeply and said weakly, "In the past, my grandmother always said that my father was a fool and hung out with a bunch of gangsters all day. Now it seems that my father is a wise man."

His father escaped from that gorgeous yet suffocating cage early on and became a free bird.

I don’t know how carefree my life is nowadays.

He eats meat and drinks wine with big mouthfuls, talks with friends, and travels around the world with his beloved woman.

Watching my mother staying alone in the empty house year after year, day after day.

During the day, you should act like a dignified and elegant mistress in front of others.

But at night I was sad and cried alone until dawn.

Xiao Cheng didn't know whether to hate his father's irresponsibility or to sympathize with his mother's life which seemed prosperous but was actually bleak and miserable.

He didn't want his future wife to experience the same pain as his mother.

If he wants to marry, he must marry the woman he likes.

Like Qin Shu.

That woman looked cold and delicate, but in fact she was firm and stubborn.

Like the legendary phoenix.

It may seem soft and harmless, but it actually contains a fire that is enough to burn all the injustices in the world!

It makes people yearn for it.

Xiao Cheng sighed softly.

Ji Wei widened his eyes in surprise: Young man, what has happened to you today?

I actually came here to lament about life.

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