Author: Bai Xiaoyuan

A bright and charming face suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

There was a gasping sound among the guests.

The legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Xuanping rarely went out, let alone socialized with the male guests present.

This is the first time for the male guests to see the true appearance of the rumored daughter of the Xuanping Hou Mansion.

No one expected that she would be so beautiful.

It seems that this Tanhualang is indeed very lucky.

However, no matter how prominent the Xuanping Hou Mansion is, and no matter how charming the legitimate daughter is, it is not a reason to break the rules and make unreasonable troubles here.

After all, Li Xiangyang, the Marquis of Yiyang, was distantly related to the mother and son. He couldn't bear to see Xinke Tanhua's wedding banquet turn into a farce, so he wanted to be a peacemaker and try to persuade them.

However, before he could speak, he saw Li Anlin staggering back two steps and sitting on the ground.

"You, you, you are... you are Yao Niang?!"

"No, it's impossible! How can you be Yao Niang? Haven't you already..."

What does "she is a Yao Niang" and what does "how can she be a Yao Niang"?

Everyone at the table didn't know why.

All they could see was Tanhua Lang, who was so proud a quarter of an hour ago. Now his face was as pale as paper, his index finger was trembling and he was pointing at the bride on the main table, and his eyes were about to pop out of shock.

It was as if he had seen something so horrifying that he couldn't say a single word.

Everyone was extremely confused.

No matter how unruly and willful the legitimate daughter of Marquis Xuanping is, she would do such deviant things.

There is no need for Li Tanhua to be like this, as if she has seen a ghost!

At this moment, Mother Li behind the screen could not wait to see her son taking the bride away.

She poked her head half out from behind the screen, facing the bride's back, and was about to shout loudly——

At this moment, the bride gently turned half of her body.

Those dark, cold eyes happened to look towards Mother Li.

The curse that Mrs. Li had reached her lips was forced back into her throat.

Her face went from pale to red, as if someone had strangled her neck, and she couldn't speak even a single word.

There was a "pop" sound.

Mother Li staggered a few steps in fright, fell from behind the screen, and fell to the ground.

With a few "crash" sounds, a row of screens fell to the ground one after another.

Because of this accident, the female family members behind the screen stood up in surprise, and finally someone saw the true appearance of the bride sitting at the main table.

"Ah, who is this bride? She is not Yao Niang from Xuanping Hou Mansion. What is going on..."

"Yes, she is not Yao Niang, where is Yao Niang? Why did she suddenly change her bride?"

The exclamations from the female family members finally aroused the suspicion of the male guests.

Everyone's eyes fell on the red figure at the main table.

"Yeah! What happened to her neck?"

"Oh my God, is that... is it blood..."

After being reminded like this, everyone discovered that the bride, who had skin like gelatin and cheeks like peach and plum blossoms, had a deep bruise on her neck with bones and flesh visible.

With such a deep strangulation mark, it is absolutely impossible for anyone to survive.

Look carefully, the bright red patch under the bride's collar is not the silk satin of the wedding dress, it is clearly a stain of dried blood!

"Ah...this is a dead man!"

"The dead people who can move are ghosts!"

The screams of fear instantly echoed through the entire mansion.

The guests ran in panic from the front hall into the courtyard.

Some of them were brave enough to hide away, then stretched their heads to look back.

The female relatives were so frightened that they hid in the corner and huddled together.

Only Li Anlin and Li's mother, whose legs were so frightened that they could not move even half a step, remained where they were.

The bride turned her head numbly and looked at Li Tanhua's face, which had lost all color from fear.

"Why am I not Yao Niang? Linlang, tell them, which one is more beautiful, the Yao Niang from Mingyue Lane or the Yao Niang from Qinghua Lane?"

"I...I..." Li Anlin almost fainted when he looked at the man in front of him who was obviously dead.

Mingyue Lane is in the west of the city, and Qinghua Lane is in the east.

Everyone was shocked. How could there be two "Yao Niangs" if they weren't playing cards to get a pair?

Seeing that Li Tanhua couldn't answer, the bride turned to look at Mother Li who fell beside the screen and couldn't get up for a long time, "Mother-in-law, Lin Lang went to Beijing to study for the exam. I serve you day and night and never dare to slack off.

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"He picked you up in high school and brought you to the capital. You said you would come to pick me up soon. I thought you were telling the truth. I didn't expect that when you picked me up in the capital, you actually tricked me into Qinghua Lane and made me, the direct wife of a bright matchmaker.

His wife went to live with him as his aunt. I refused to obey, so you asked him to get me drunk, hang me from the beam with red silk and strangle me to death... Mother-in-law, was your conscience eaten by a dog?"

"It's none of my business, it's none of my business...it's the Xuanpinghou Mansion, it's all the fault of the Xuanpinghou Mansion! Yao Niang, if you have any grievances, just seek revenge on the Xuanpinghou Mansion! It's him, he's the one using his power to bully others,

Forcing Zicheng to marry his girl has nothing to do with our Li family!"

Old Mrs. Li was so frightened that she only tried to evade the situation. It was obvious that she had attached herself to the Marquis Mansion in order to seek glory and wealth. But when things came to a head, she actually put all the faults on the unknowing Marquis Xuanping.

Many of the guests present came here for the sake of Marquis Xuanping. When they heard this, they despised the Li family.

The bride laughed out loud. Her bright red figure suddenly stood up and walked to Li Anlin without the help of the maid.

Seeing Yao Niang's face that was as beautiful as a peach but already dead, magnified in front of his eyes, Li Anlin felt a strong chill rush from the soles of his feet to his forehead. He was so frightened that his teeth chattered, "Yao, Yao Niang..."

I...I..."

"Lin Lang, I had a very uneasy sleep in the coffin. It's so cold there. Can you and my mother-in-law come stay with me and keep me warm?"

As he said these words, there was a "pop" and the bright red wedding silk under the porch suddenly burst into flames.

"Yes, it's a will-o'-the-wisp! Everyone, run quickly. If you get caught by a will-o'-the-wisp, you'll die!"

Someone in the courtyard called out, and the guests didn't dare to watch the excitement anymore, and everyone ran out like a swarm of swarms.

Li Anlin and Li's mother, who were left behind, couldn't even lift it up because of the will-o'-the-wisp. They rolled their eyes and were so frightened that they fainted...

Looking at the two people who were fainting on the ground, the maid in green skirt finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"This useless embroidered pillow, I thought it was so powerful, but it turned out to be so careless."

She grabbed a handful of medicinal powder from her purse and sprinkled it on Li Anlin and Li's mother's faces, "I'll give you some of my ancestral beauty powder to see how you can deceive others in the future."

After a long time, when the will-o'-the-wisp disappeared in the front hall, a bold person among the guests and servants came back to check on the situation in the front hall.

I saw the mother and son of the Li family with dark faces, unconscious in the hall...

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Take the path from the front hall to the corner gate of Li's house. There is a dark alley. A carriage is parked quietly at the entrance of the alley.

When the girl came out of the corner door carrying Yaoniang's body on her back, three handsome young men came forward and took the body over.

The round-faced boy held the suona in his hand and asked with hope: "Sister Lingxi, how was my suona playing just now? Can I add money?"

"Sister Lingxi, and me!" The taller one stretched out his blackened fingers in front of the girl's eyes, "I'm going to spend a lot of money today. Did my fire trick work flawlessly, without any flaws? You must do it." Pay me your wages."

The one with the most decent appearance, carrying Yao Niang’s body on his back, slapped his hand away, “Sister Lingxi, it’s time for me to shout with those two voices. Can you arrange an errand for me next time where I can show my face? My father said it. , Doing something in vain without showing your face in front of others is equivalent to doing it in vain."

After they put the bodies into the carriage, the girl's eyes swept over the faces of the three of them, and then she slowly said: "Old rules, what I say doesn't count, you have to ask the owner."

She raised her clear almond-shaped eyes, looked behind the three of them, and asked with a smile: "Mother Yao, are you satisfied with this extravagant affair tonight?"

"Sister Lingxi, you told me that Yao Niang was here..."

The three teenagers had known Shen Lingxi for a long time and naturally knew what she meant. They quickly put away their playful smiles and turned around.

They rushed to bow three times in the direction where Shen Lingxi was looking, "Don't be surprised, Madam Yao, we are all ignorant of what we say. It's so offensive. Please don't be as knowledgeable as us." Then they all got on the carriage in a swarm.

Shen Lingxi was the only one left at the entrance of the alley.

Perhaps because he died once, Shen Lingxi can now see the souls of the dead.

At this moment, her eyes were falling on Yao Niang's soul.
Chapter completed!