Chapter 34: Sudden Turn for the Worse, Who Harmed Fourth Miss?

  Upon hearing the old woman's cry of surprise, everyone was taken aback and looked at what was in their hands. It turned out to be a piece of uncut blue satin with white flowers, seemingly wrapped around something, but it was absolutely not a man's clothing. Zhang Yun was stunned, the clothes were what she had instructed someone to bury, how could they turn into blue satin with white flowers? This way, everything that happened earlier became a joke. Who was behind this trickery? Pei Yuange and Zi Yun hadn't returned to Qingxuan's quarters, could it be that one of these maids had betrayed her?

  His mind was in a mess, when he suddenly heard Pei Zhucity's angry roar, seemingly even more furious than before.

  Zhang Yun's eyes swept over, and she was also shocked. The blue satin package contained an ordinary white cloth doll, but the key point was that the doll's body was written with Pei Yuange's birthdate and eight characters in ink, and its body was filled with shiny silver needles - this is a spell!

  Zhang Yun's heart was heavy with worry, the original plan that seemed flawless now completely out of control. At present, except for Master and the charmed Pei Yuange, no one else could avoid suspicion about the charming incident. Although Master did not believe in ghosts and gods, he absolutely could not tolerate others having such vicious intentions towards Pei Yuange... After thinking for a moment, she said to Pei Zhoucheng: "Master, I dare to ask, can I take a look at this thing? Maybe we can find some clues?"

  Bai Zhucheng glared at her angrily and threw the doll on the ground.

  Zhang Yun quietly picked up the doll. She knew that Pei Zhucheng was blaming her for not managing the inner courtyard well, and yet something like this had happened in Pei Yuange's yard? If she didn't respond properly later on, it was possible that this fire would also burn onto her body. After carefully examining the doll, she suddenly let out a sigh of relief and said: "Master, the silver needle, ink marks, and thread on this voodoo doll are all ordinary things, difficult to investigate. However, this white cloth is made of ice brocade. More than a month ago, our estate received a piece of ice brocade, which was so precious that it was given entirely to Fourth Miss. Except for Qingjue House, there shouldn't be any other place with such material. Such valuable things wouldn't even be sold in many quantities at the silk and satin shops in the capital city. If someone bought some, they would definitely have a record of it. Master can send someone to investigate whether anyone else in the estate has purchased ice brocade."

  This time, however, the scope was narrowed down to Jing Yu Zhai, and the suspicion of others was removed, many people secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

  "What do you mean by that? Are you saying this was done by Song Er herself?" Pei Zhucheng thundered, his anger getting the better of him.

  Zhang Yun was startled and quickly knelt down, saying: "I absolutely did not mean that. What I meant to say is that Master can ask Fourth Miss about the ice brocade, who she gave it to. This way, there will be a direction for investigation." Although she now suspected that this matter was caused by Pei Yuange, at this moment, if she were to frame Pei Yuange or speak carelessly, it would be enough to spark a fire that would engulf her.

  This remark was somewhat reassuring, and Pei Zhucheng's expression eased slightly. He turned his head to see Pei Yuange still lying on the ground, her eyes red from crying, her wet eyes looking like a startled deer. His heart felt an extra pang of tenderness, and he walked forward to help her up, patting her shoulder comfortingly, and speaking softly: "Song'er, don't be afraid, Father is here. No matter who hurt you, Father won't let him off! Tell Father, where did you send the ice brocade?"

  "Yīn jǐn?" Pei Yuange seemed to still be confused about what was going on, subconsciously turning his head to look at the crowd in Jingyu's residence.

  Apart from Zi Yun, the rest of the maids' faces turned even paler.

  When Bing Jin was assigned to Jing Xiu Zhai, the Zhen Guo Hou Fu had not yet broken off the engagement. Gui Ya held everything in Jing Xiu Zhai, and in order to win people's hearts, she used the name of Pei Yuan Song's reward to distribute Bing Jin to all the maids in Jing Xiu Zhai. In other words, all the maids in Jing Xiu Zhai were now under suspicion.

  Looking at these people's appearance, Pei Zhucheng also understood and got angry, trembling all over.

  "The song will give you such precious things, but you use them to harm the song? Your conscience has been eaten by dogs?" Facing this group of ungrateful maids, Pei Zhucheng couldn't control his anger at all. He stepped forward and kicked one of the maids with a single foot, kicking her over, and shouted angrily, "Say, who did this thing? If it can't be found out, all the maids with ice brocade, together with their families, will be beaten to death!"

  Many maids look at me, I look at you, who can't say why.

  They certainly can't say it out loud, because this voodoo doll was made by Pei Yuange himself.

  These maids, they absolutely won't stay any longer. It's easy to drive them out, but driving people out one after another will inevitably give others a handle. So, either slowly drive them out over the course of a year or two, or... just like now, take advantage of a storm and clear out all the maids from Qingju Zhai! Moreover, Pei Yuange gave Ice Brocade to the many maids, but they used it to harm her. Even if this gets spread around, others will only say that she is kind-hearted and generous, while the maids are ungrateful and treacherous, and driving them out is a good thing, a wonderful thing, a thing worth shouting about!

  Thus, she can get a good reputation while being clean and not leaving any evidence.

  Pei Yuange was already looking for an opportunity, and it just so happened that she learned of Zhang Niang's plan from Bai Wei. She ordered Quan'er to keep a close eye on Bai Zhi, and once she buried the clothes, they would switch them out. As for whether the spell of Charms and Curses was truly effective, Pei Yuange no longer cared about that; she was an avenging spirit who had crawled out of the icy lake, so what did she care about some curse?

  Bai Yuansong couldn't help but sigh inwardly, if possible, she really wanted to point the clues of this matter to Si Deyuan, unfortunately, the time has not come yet.

  People's hearts are divided between intimacy and distance. Between Pei Yuange and this group of maids, Pei Zhoucheng would absolutely trust her and determine that these maids were plotting against her. But if it were her and Zhang Yun facing off, it would be hard to say. After all, for ten years, Zhang Yun had been a gentle, considerate, and understanding woman in Father's heart. Father didn't have the slightest suspicion of her. Suddenly pointing the clues at her and accusing her of using hypnosis to harm Pei Yuange - Father wouldn't just find it hard to believe, he might even suspect that someone was framing Zhang Yun. If he became suspicious of Pei Yuange, that would be truly terrible.

  However, this matter still ended up implicating Zhang Yun. To say nothing of other things, the fact that she was unfavorable to the Zhang family was something she couldn't escape from.

  Moreover, just now's situation, her response was also not appropriate, only someone could remind father of a sentence...

  Looking at the situation in front of her, Zhang Yun's heart was burning with anxiety. Although she had cleared herself of suspicion, she couldn't bear to see An Jing being removed from her position as the head of the embroidery workshop. Suddenly, she fixed her gaze on Zi Yuan and thought that since Xue Yu had a history of harming Ming Jin and Pei Yuange, using Zi Yuan as a scapegoat would be perfect! It would also get rid of Pei Yuange's right-hand woman, killing two birds with one stone!

  Thinking of this, he stepped forward a few steps and whispered a few words in Pei Zhucheng's ear.

  Bai Zhucheng's expression changed, he suddenly turned his head, coldly staring at Zi Yun, his eyes filled with suspicion and chill.

  Seeing this, Pei Yuange secretly called out that something was wrong. His father had always thought that the lady had harmed his mother, and now if he suspected that Zhenzhen was caused by Zi Yun, it would be even more reasonable. This Zhang Yun, at this time, actually still added chaos for her! With a tense mind thinking of a way to resolve the situation, Pei Zhoucheng's cold voice had already been transmitted to his ears: "Zi Yun, did the lady instruct you to use the Zhenzhen technique to harm Ge'er?"