Who Came to My Place Today?

Qiuling and a young maid stood under the eaves, pretending to recount what they had seen today: "Guess what I saw just now? Unbelievably, Qiao'er, who is by the Princess Consort's side, was sneaking out of Consort Cao's room. She certainly had no good intentions."

"Exactly. Qiao'er is a first-class maid by the Princess Consort's side. What was she doing in Consort Cao's room?" the young maid beside her asked.

Consort Cao had just returned to the estate. Hearing these two maids talking, she was about to step forward when she heard the young maid say: "In the past, Consort Cao provoked the Princess Consort day in and day out. I fear Qiao'er has some scheme up her sleeve, which is why she did that."

Hearing this, Consort Cao was in no mood to scold the servants and rushed toward her own courtyard.

"Who came to my place today?" Consort Cao asked the maids sweeping and guarding the room.

The maids shook their heads, all claiming they didn't know and hadn't seen anyone.

A maid named Shuang'er quickly stepped forward and said: "Just now, this servant saw Qiao'er from the Princess Consort's side come here. But she didn't say she was looking for you; she only came to look around and forbade this servant from following. Just now, she went into the inner chamber, walked around, and then left."

As soon as Shuang'er finished speaking, Consort Cao rushed into her room to check. Seeing the bedding in disarray, she quickly stepped forward and lifted the blanket. Numerous paper effigies fell scattered across the floor, with names and birth characters written on them.

Consort Cao picked up an effigy: "Jiang Yushu, Jiang Jinxin, Liu Yuru... He Yingru..."

The names and birth characters of everyone from Secondary Consort and above were pinned to these paper effigies.

What was there for Consort Cao not to understand now? She believed Jiang Yushu wanted to frame her.

"Splendid, Jiang Yushu! You want me dead, don't you!" Consort Cao raged.

"Someone, burn all of these for me! Do not let anyone find out! Hurry!" Consort Cao said agitatedly.

The Founding Emperor hated the use of Yansheng sorcery the most. With such a malicious plot, Jiang Yushu clearly wanted her to never have a chance to rise again, and even wanted her entire clan buried with her!

Thinking of this, Consort Cao could no longer contain herself and stood up to go outside. Seeing Shuang'er kneeling on the ground, she rushed forward and slapped her: "You shameless wretch! You actually dared to let someone from the Princess Consort's courtyard into my place! Someone, drag her down and deal with her!"

Shuang'er begged for mercy in terror, but she could only be dragged away.

Only after dealing with those items did Consort Cao's mood calm slightly, after which she aggressively stormed out.

The servants had no time to stop her.

At this moment, Jiang Yushu received Qiulian's secret report, knowing that she had personally witnessed Jiang Jinxin hiding those witchcraft items under her blanket. After confirming it multiple times, Jiang Yushu immediately led her people toward the South Courtyard.

Just as Consort Cao's group was heading out, they crossed paths with Jiang Yushu's group. Consort Cao's eyes were filled with fury, while Jiang Yushu frowned at her. Today, she was in no mood to deal with her; she had to handle Jiang Jinxin first.

"Princess Consort, are you heading to the South Courtyard?" Consort Cao asked with a cold laugh.

"Consort Cao, this Princess has a very important matter to handle. Step aside and do not block the way," Jiang Yushu said coldly.