After Rui Zhu left, Zhou Zhen smiled at Gu Qingxiao. Her gaze was very strange, and her tone was gentle, "Why is the secondary wife so distant from me? "We meet on a daily basis and we always have a great time chatting, but we are very considerate sisters …"
Gu Qingxiao's gaze flickered as she avoided her, thinking to herself, who is the one who is intimate with you? And why are you still a sister? Why don't you check your identity? Before she was married, she was the prime minister's daughter and held the highest position amongst the daughters of the officials of the imperial court. After she was married, she was also a side concubine of the Prince Mo, and even though she was only famous, she was still far above a lady. In the past, she wouldn't even have bothered to look at Zhou Zhen, feeling that she wasn't worthy enough to wash her own feet.
All the hot water in the kitchen had unfortunately been taken away by Xing'er to be washed. Rui Zhu had to reheat some water for a while before she had to carry the tray out.
It just so happened that Xing'er had also finished washing, wiping her wet hair and greeting Rui Zhu.
Rui Zhu walked over, curled her lips, and said, "The sun is high in the sky, what kind of bath are you taking? Hiding from laziness? "
With a wronged look on her face, Xing'er leaned over and whispered a few words into her ear. Rui Zhu giggled and said in a low voice, "Who asked you to do such a good job? It's really not easy to encounter such bad luck."
"You're still laughing at me!" Xing'er bit her lower lip as she chased after Rui Zhu.
Rui Zhu smiled as she dodged, "Don't touch me, Madame Zhou is asking for tea. It's your problem if you flip it."
"Madame Zhou?" "Xing'er was shocked to learn that Madame Zhou had come to visit Gu Qingxiao." What is she doing here? "
Rui Zhu lowered her voice. "I'm not sure …" I've been serving Madame Zhou all this time, but I've never found anything out of the ordinary about her. "
Xing'er was silent for a moment, then she tugged on Rui Zhu's sleeve. The two of them slowly walked to the window and carefully peeked in through the window.
Her palms were clasped together in front of her chest, as if devoutly worshipping something. In front of her, slightly above her head, there were countless tiny, dense red insects flying about. They circled up and down, but still did not break out of the formless circle, forming a round scarlet cloud.
Gu Qingxiao was sitting in front of her. Her eyes were filled with fear, but her posture was extremely stiff, as if she couldn't move or make a sound.
Little Chan's face was expressionless. Along with the change in Zhou Zhen's hand gesture, she also did some strange movements, as if she was training those little bugs, causing the scarlet cloud to begin to transform.
Xing'er was so shocked that her mouth gaped wide open. She watched as the circle spun a few more times before suddenly enveloping Gu Qingxiao. It quickly dispersed and moved closer to her body, covering her chest and back in a dense red.
Rui Zhu could not help but tremble, the tray in her hands also tilted with the trembling, spilling some out.
After the red bugs landed on Gu Qingxiao's clothes, they were as small as needles. Soon, they too, pierced through the gaps of the silk fabric like needles, and gradually disappeared as if water had seeped into the soil.
Rui Zhu couldn't control herself for a while, so the two teacups on the tray clattered against each other, letting out a crisp sound.
"Who?" Little Chan bellowed, and her figure became like a ghost, instantly rushing out of the house, appearing in front of Er Mei.
Rui Zhu was just about to scream out in shock, when Little Chan's hand trembled, and an unknown object flew out. It passed through her throat, blocking her voice.
Xing'er tried to run away, but her collar tightened around her mouth and her body went limp, falling to the ground.
"You can't blame us for this. You are the ones who are courting death." Little Chan's voice was cold and dry, as if she was not in the least bit emotional.
Looking at the two female servants who had lost their freedom and revealed the same terrified expression as Gu Qingxiao, Little Chan laughed, "What should we do with them?"
Strangely, there was a laugh, but it was not a smile. Her expression was stiff and indifferent as usual, and her eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Zhou Zhen waved his hand. "If we keep him alive, it might be useful."
"Wasting my Gu." Little Chan waved her hand with regret. She did not seem to release anything, nor did she do anything strange. She only saw that after the wind blew past her sleeve, a blue nebula appeared out of nowhere. Looking closer, it was actually the same as the red bug cloud from before, composed of countless tiny blue insects.
Under the urging of Little Chan's inner force, Xing'er's eyes grew wider and wider. She could only watch as those little bugs pounced at her, densely landing on her clothes, and then sneaking into the gaps in them. As long as she thought of those countless worms squirming on her skin, she would have already fainted. Moreover, she thought of those worms who were sneaking into her skin and running amok inside her body.
Rui Zhu's face was pale, but she could not make a sound. Many blue bugs similarly rushed towards her and disappeared at the same speed. She felt her skin tingling and stinging like ants biting her. Her clothes were soaked in cold sweat. However, she couldn't move, couldn't make a sound, and when the pain couldn't bear it any longer, she stared with wide eyes. Her entire body was convulsing, every inch of her body was trying to struggle and resist.
The apricot was attacked by worms earlier than the pear, and she lost consciousness faster than the pear.
Rui Zhu's gaze shifted to Xing'er, who slowly opened her eyes. Her eyes were stiff, dull, and lifeless. Her body moved along with her, like a puppet slowly standing up and slowly stretching its limbs.
Rui Zhu suddenly felt a chill in her heart. She was afraid that these two women didn't want to kill them, but rather wanted to control them to kill someone else! She bit down on the back of her tongue with the last of her willpower, wanting to kill herself. However, after the intense pain, she violently vomited a mouthful of blood, but she was still unable to resist the pain.
Just as Rui Zhu spat out blood, Little Chan also seemed to have been struck hard, spitting out a small mouthful of blood. It was only with great difficulty that she managed to adjust her internal force. This damned girl actually has such a strong mental strength!
Zhou Zhen slowly flicked her finger through the air, letting out a low, sharp whistle. Gu Qingxiao's dull gaze turned clear as she shivered, and her memories became blank. She asked in a daze, "What's going on? Why are you here? "What happened …"
When he turned his head, he saw Little Chan and Xing'er with lifeless faces, standing dumbly to the side. They looked strange and strange, and he couldn't help but jump in fright as he pointed at them and said, "… This is... Were you possessed? "
Little Chan weakly waved her hand. She did not answer her, but her body began to sway as she said coldly: "Let the two of them clean up this place, I'll go back first."
She looked extremely tired, Rui Zhu's resistance just now seemed to be of no use, but it made the Gu worm not know what to do in that instant. She focused her entire mind on controlling the Gu worm, if it could not act according to her will, then it would be called a backlash, and the Gu she controlled was used to control other people's willpower, the backlash was naturally her own vital energy.
Zhou Zhen's smile was barely noticeable. Even when she was smiling like this, she was still dignified, gentle and calm.
"Xing'er, go clean up here."
Xing'er somewhat stiffly began to do things, looking for a rag, repeatedly rubbing the bead to spray blood all over the place.