Madam Ye helped the maid to stand up, still looking weak and frail. She said timidly, "Yes, I dare not hide it from the old lady and the madam. I received an order from the Feng Mansion and stayed in the courtyard with the maid. Around the second watch, I suddenly heard a scream from the east."

"That sound was shrill and terrifying." She couldn't help but shudder when she said this, as if she was still frightened. "I'm sure I wasn't the only one who heard that sound."

Even Ning'er couldn't help but nod secretly. The scream that cut through the rain was really impressive. It was from that time that the development of the matter gradually deviated in a weird direction.

Aunt Ye said, "That voice is still in my ears, it must be not far away. I thought if something really happened, wouldn't it be a crime to just sit there and do nothing? I felt very uneasy, and after a few breaths, I decided to send a maid out to investigate."

She apologized to Madam Zhu, "I should have obeyed your orders and stayed in the room, but I couldn't help being worried and scared, so I followed you into the courtyard, opened the door and looked outside."

Aunt Ye showed a look of fear on her face: "Who knows..."

Even Ning'er was aroused by her and was eager to know what she had seen.

At this juncture, Aunt Ye looked at the one above her hesitantly, then suddenly knelt down and kowtowed: "Madam, Madam, what I said is what I saw with my own eyes, and every word is true, not a single word is false. I have no intention of framing or slandering you, please allow me to tell you the truth, Madam."

Madam Ye was an old madam who had given birth to a young man, and even in front of the legitimate master of the mansion, she was quite respectable. Everyone was shocked to see her perform such a great ceremony in public, and even used the name she used when she was a slave.

Even the old lady was moved and said, "Get up quickly, why do you have to do this! You are an elder in the mansion, you can answer as you please, there is no need to swear or swear."

Then he called Huaping, "You knew your aunt was weak, why didn't you help her up?"

Madam Liu felt extremely bad from the moment Ye Zhen opened her mouth, but before she could interrupt, Aunt Ye stood up with a grateful look on her face and said respectfully, "Thank you, old lady, thank you, madam."

Recalling that scene, she still showed a look of fear on her face: "I saw a white figure chasing a woman in the heavy rain!"

"The woman kept calling for help while she ran. Her voice was mournful and sad, but each time it became weaker and weaker. In an instant, she suddenly fell to the ground!"

Ye Zhen's voice was hoarse and low due to the violent coughing she had earlier, but it added a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere to the scene she described:

"Hua Ping and I were so shocked that we didn't care about others trying to stop us and subconsciously chased after her. But the strange thing was that when we got to the vicinity, the woman who had fallen to the ground had disappeared without a trace!"

As she spoke, everyone's hearts couldn't help but rise in their arms. Even Old Madam Zhu sat up straight nervously, staring at Ye Zhen with burning eyes.

"Just when we came to our senses and were terrified, we suddenly saw that white figure flash by in the dim light."

Aunt Ye shuddered as she spoke, as if she had returned to the scene in the pouring rain: "Who would have known that the white shadow would actually enter Guiyi Hall!"

Boom——rumble!

Just at this moment, a loud thunder suddenly exploded in the sky, followed by a deafening roar that shook the heaven and earth.

Inside Song Shou Hall, all the candles in the room couldn't help but flicker for a moment, and then began to sway violently.

In this earth-shaking thunder, everyone was terrified by what Aunt Ye had said before.

Return to Yitang!

Lian Ning'er couldn't help but look up at Luo Miaoyun. She was half-open-lipped, as if she hadn't come back to her senses yet. The old lady beside her straightened her back and shouted, "Nonsense!"

"Madam and I were both guarding the hall, with the doors and gates locked, not taking a single step out. If a white shadow had entered the hall, how would we not know?"

"Auntie, please think twice before you speak, otherwise people will suspect that someone is deliberately saying something spooky and godly to slander the mistress and confuse people!"

Her voice was loud, but it was also weak, as if she was trying hard to hide her inner fear.

Aunt Ye didn't even look at her, she just looked at the old lady and said tearfully, "I dare to guarantee with my blood and life that I won't lie to you! Whether you believe it or not is up to you."

Ning'er swallowed her saliva when she heard this. Aunt Ye was such a weak person, but she made such a cruel oath right out of her mouth.

She continued, "Besides, I have never dared to say anything bad about you. I was just worried that the bad guy might commit a crime and sneak into Guiyi Hall, so I hurried to Songshou Hall to ask the old lady to make the decision."

As she spoke, Aunt Ye could not help but burst into a violent coughing fit, and the maidservant beside her knelt down and kowtowed in panic, crying, "Old Madam, please forgive me! What our aunt said is true. It was because of the rain that our aunt was afraid that Madam would be in danger, so she rushed to Songshou Hall in a hurry, and that triggered her asthma again. She is halfway through her illness!"

Every word on the painting screen was heart-wrenching: "Our aunt had been taking bitter medicine for years, and her life was meaningless. Finally, she got a doctor's advice before the New Year, saying that as long as she took good care of herself until around the Dragon Boat Festival, the root of her illness would be cured. It seemed that she would be able to get better, but all her years of hard work went to waste overnight!"

She cried, "Please think about it, old lady. Our aunt is always respectful and filial, and she is so close to the lady. How could she risk her own life and deliberately say such absurd things to implicate the lady?"

Aunt Ye suppressed her cough and quickly scolded her: "You fool, why don't you leave! Who told you to say that? Where did you learn the rules? How dare you talk back in front of the old lady!"

Huaping tried to hold back her tears and said, "Auntie, I saw that you were suffering so much that I tried my best to save you, but you suspected me."

Ye Zhen kowtowed and said, "Please forgive this girl for her careless words, Madam! I have no intention of complaining."

She placed her soft white hands on her chest, suppressed her palpitations, and looked up at the man: "I have another question. May I ask Madam Liu, has the door to Guiyi Hall been strictly closed tonight, as Madam Liu said before, with no one entering or leaving?"

This sentence shocked Luo Miaoyun and Liu's mother! The two of them looked at each other and saw horror in each other's eyes.

A name popped up in their minds at the same time:

Zhu Xiao!

Before Madam Liu could answer, Ye Zhen burst into tears and said to Madam Zhu in a sad voice, "Now that Madam and the young masters are all safe, I will be at peace even if I die. But just to be on the safe side, please send someone to the courtyard to check again, and then we can find out clearly."

"If there really is someone with bad intentions, seeing everyone gathered in Songshou Hall, he will naturally relax. If we strike back now, we can catch him in the trap."

Luo Miaoyun finally reacted after hearing this. She stood up suddenly and said urgently, "No!"

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