"Grandma, Grandma...save me!"

Elder Deng suddenly woke up from her dream, "Who...who is speaking?"

Fu Jiujiu's voice wasn't like Deng Wanning's, but she deliberately lowered her voice, lengthened the tone, and with the same appearance, it was still easy to fool people.

"Grandma... it's me. Don't you recognize me?"

Mrs. Deng, although she was elderly, her eyesight was still sharp. The window was open at this time, but she wouldn't sleep with the window open even in summer as she got older. She was afraid that the night wind would harm her body.

"Summer, Summer..."

Elder Mrs. Deng called out the servants' names twice, but there was no response.

Xia Cui is probably not going to wake up before dawn. Even if there were thunder and lightning, she wouldn't open her eyes.

"Grandma... don't you want me anymore?"

The voice was eerie, and a plume of white smoke emerged from outside the window. It was almost like a scene from a ghost story.

Old Mrs. Deng's eyes widened. She saw a person floating outside the window, definitely not walking on foot. Upon closer inspection, she was so shocked her mouth could fit a goose egg, though maybe a chicken egg would work too if she didn't open it wide.

"Late Sakura... is that you? It really is you, isn't it?"

"Grandma... you don't even recognize me anymore? Don't you want to see me? I miss you so much!"

"Old Madam Deng first nodded, but then shook her head. "No... Wan Ying, Grandma misses you, but Grandma's lifespan hasn't ended yet, I can't go down and accompany you."

"Here, here, the King Yama said that you have done too many bad things and in five days you will come down to join me."

"I... I didn't do anything wrong."

"Grandma, I'm your granddaughter. Besides, do you think you can still fool the King of Hell?"

Now, Old Madam Deng didn't try to defend herself anymore, but instead started to worry, "Wan Ying, you..."

"Grandma, because you did bad things, I have to be punished in the underworld. Please come down and keep me company..."

"No, no, no..." Old Madam Deng quickly shook her head. It's better to be alive than dead, and besides, she wasn't living badly.

After all, Emperor Chengde did not completely eliminate the Deng family. She still lived comfortably with food and clothing provided for her.

"Manatsu, tell grandma, who killed you? I told you, if you don't come home, you're dead!"

"It's all my own doing, Grandma. You absolutely can't let Fu Jiujiu off the hook. This way, our grandchildren will be able to reunite in just a few days. Grandma, I know you feel sorry for me."

"No no no…"

Then, Mrs. Deng fell into a deep sleep.

He awoke again, letting out a bloodcurdling scream.

Before it was Fujujiao who caused trouble, but afterwards she really had a nightmare. She dreamed of going to hell, having her tongue pulled out, being boiled in oil, and being hacked at by the cow-headed horse-faced beings until her hands and feet were chopped off.

"Xia Cui, Xia Cui!"

Xia Cui yawned, and when she looked up, the sun was already out. The old mistress called her, so she hurried over.

Elder Madam Deng was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat, her clothes were soaked through. After changing into something else quickly, she didn't even eat breakfast and hurriedly called her daughter-in-law over.

"What? Mother, it was you who said before that we couldn't let Wan Sakura disappear without a trace. Now she's vanished without a sound, neither alive nor dead. You said it was Fu Jiaojiao who drove her to this, so why would you stop now?"

Madam Deng couldn't help but chuckle softly after hearing Madam Deng's words, "Just stop it already, and you still praise that Fu Jiujiu. Are you senile?"

"Be quiet!" Lady Deng's face still held little color, it was fright. "Last night, I dreamt... I dreamt of Wan Sakura."

"What's this about? I dream about it every day," Lady Deng said dismissively.

Seeing her like this, Old Madam Deng didn't say anything about how she would go to hell if she continued to commit evil deeds. She was afraid that this woman would clap and cheer.

Not all mothers-in-law are like Tian Guihua.

Not all daughters-in-law are daughters-in-law of the Fu family.

This mother-in-law and daughter-in-law pair are clearly at odds with each other. Now, it seems even their basic civility has deteriorated.

Old Madam Deng ignored her objections and forcefully ordered the people below to get things done.

Unfortunately, since Fu Jiujiu had mentioned it earlier, the women below knew that someone had earned five or six taels of silver a day and wouldn't work if they were paid less.

It's not impossible to change the people, but the leader of these people is a scoundrel. He threatened that if the higher-ups don't give them more money, they will all be destroyed.

Anyway, he has no parents, wife or children. So just go tell others that it was the Deng family who paid them to smear the future Crown Princess.

Old Madam Deng was helpless and could only spend money to silence him. But the man, seeing how quickly he could make money, went from five hundred taels to five thousand taels.

Madam Deng had no choice but to take out all her savings.

But she didn't know, this was just the beginning. Once a man extorted her, there would be a second time.

When she can't take it anymore, she will definitely get rid of men.

Murder is illegal.

This is also why Fujujju doesn't do it himself. He can vent his anger without getting his hands dirty, why not?

The day after Fu Jiujiao dressed up as a ghost, people outside were claiming that Fu Jiujiao was a lucky charm, saying that all the previous rumors were lies.

Zhou, Wu and Xie Ying, Meng Yan and a few others were very satisfied after returning from outside.

"These people's words are quite agreeable today," Zhou said.

Mrs. Wu thought for a moment and said, "Big sister-in-law, why do I feel like those people look so familiar? Aren't they the ones who said bad things about Jiujiu before?"

"Can't be? Then isn't she sick? Yesterday she said it was bad, today she says it's good, did she slip up?"

Mrs. Wu shook her head, could it be that she had misread it?

When Tang Xian learned about Fu Jiu Jiu's actions, she was amazed. However, this group of people who spread rumors everywhere also needed to be dealt with. Find a reason, confiscate their ill-gotten gains, and throw them in jail for two months, so they would learn their lesson.

But the biggest one, Tang Xian listened to Fu Jiu's arrangement and didn't move.

If the Deng family dares to be so arrogant and reckless, then they have only themselves to blame.

Three days later, the man wanted to extort another sum of money and then leave the capital. Deng's wife and daughter-in-law were unwilling to pay, and they thought about killing him and getting rid of the body. However, something went wrong halfway through, and he was seen by someone.

Finally, both Deng's daughter-in-law and his wife were imprisoned for murder. Deng Laoye lost all his official positions and left the capital city.

But many years later, Fu Jiujiu did see once, Deng Lao Ye's charming wife and concubines, holding one in each arm, where did he remember his own mother, his own wife and that deceased daughter.

Now, everyone outside knows that Fu Jiujiu is a lucky star. Their Imperial Prince married a lucky star as his princess and future empress. The Li Dynasty is blessed by the lucky star, and in the future, there will surely be good weather and harvests, and the people will live in peace and contentment.

With the wedding day just around the corner, Fu Jiujiu had stopped running around and patiently awaited her role as a bride. However, every evening she would still meet up with Tang Xian.

I never thought that even though we were about to be together day and night, having plenty of time to spend with each other, I would feel more and more inseparable.

How strange!

First published on the Traditional Chinese Novel Network

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