Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 1375 - 1382: Cai Lian’s Pain (6)

Chapter 1375: Chapter 1382: Cai Lian’s Pain (6)

Guards dared not answer. Master Lei Da thoughtfully said, "Queen Consort, last time when you spoke of the hair, you mentioned its owner had been dead for a long time and was about to reincarnate. This time, you say the owner of the returned hair has already reincarnated and escaped. Do you think there’s a connection here?"

Queen Jia was momentarily stunned and then began to ponder...

Master Lei Da waved his hand. The guards on the ground, as if granted amnesty, started to rise and quietly retreated outward. Two guards next to the Chief Guard took action and dragged out the Chief Guard, his head bloody and battered.

The hall was eerily quiet, Queen Jia’s face clouded with gloom like a witch from hell. Suddenly, as if struck by a thought, she cried out, "Come here! Bring me my human skin drum!"

As soon as the words were out, a disheveled child came in holding a human skin drum the size of a soup bowl. The drum, a brownish-yellow color, still displayed the nerve fibers of the skin, and its stand was made of human bones, emitting a faint stench.

This drum would emit a dull sound when there was wind, said to be the crying of vengeful spirits. However, Queen Jia could deduce omens from the spooky whining sound!

"Thump, Thump, Thump—"

Queen Jia beat the drum with her hand, chanting audibly as she performed her rituals. First mumbling words, then humming and buzzing like mosquitoes, followed by roars like thunderous storms, leaving the Great National Teacher Liaodan staring in bewilderment...

Half a Shi Chen later, a sweaty Queen Jia finally stopped. Master Lei Da hurriedly asked, "How did it go? Is there a problem with Empress Mu?"

Queen Jia scoffed hoarsely: "Empress Mu? She is not the real Empress Mu at all, but a wild ghost from somewhere, possessing her body!"

"What?!"

Master Liaodan slapped his thigh: "No wonder! Our Great Kahn sent men to capture her in Lingbei last time, and they came back saying she was a ghost, appearing and disappearing, even floating in mid-air. If not a ghost, then what?"

Queen Jia’s harsh cold laughter resonated, "Damn it, a mere ghost dared to bully my daughter, it angers me to death!"

Master Lei Da asked, "Does the Queen Consort have a way to subdue her?"

Queen Jia replied, "The best way to deal with such mysterious spirits that possess others is to find a highly skilled exorcist. If we can find a way to expel that ghostly wisp from Empress Mu’s body, it will surely revert to being a wandering spirit!"

...

Cai Wei was unaware that her origins had been figured out, and after spiritedly checking the accounts in various shops and collecting tens of thousands of taels in profit, she returned to the palace.

When she returned, it was already lamp time; Nangong Yi was sitting behind the large Dragon Desk, carefully reviewing accounts.

Nangong Yi, at that moment, exuded the sternness of someone in power. The bright candlelight in the hall illuminated his young and robust physique, making him appear like a majestic and imposing statue from Greek mythology.

Upon hearing her entry, Nangong Yi looked up and put down his Vermilion Pen, stretching out his hand towards her with a smile, "My matchmaker has returned. Come here and tell me, who has Situ taken an interest in?"

Cai Wei walked over to Nangong Yi, held his hand, and sat on his lap, somewhat frustratedly saying, "Ah, it seems... he hasn’t taken a liking to anyone!"

Hearing this, Nangong Yi raised an eyebrow and said jealously, "Oh? A mere junior shopkeeper sets his sights so high, that not even princesses and daughters of first-rate nobility catch his interest? Could it be, having seen your peerless beauty, he no longer regards ordinary folks?"