On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Yan Ruyu quickly grasped a key word in Mu Baodi's words.

Living sacrifice.

"What is a living sacrifice?"

Yan Ruyu asked, but Mu Baodi refused to say anything more.

Huo Changhe felt irritated if he stayed in this room for any longer. He could no longer endure it, so he pulled out a dagger and pressed it against Mu Baodi's throat.

"say!"

Mu Baodi looked at him in shock. The coldness on the sword was not as cold as the coldness in Huo Changhe's eyes.

"My Lord, you actually..."

Huo Changhe pushed the tip of his sword forward, and blood oozed out of Mu Baodi's skin. If he moved his sword forward a little further, it would pierce through her.

Yan Ruyu had a blank expression on her face, and didn't show any intention of stopping it.

She knew that Mu Baodi would be reluctant to die.

Sure enough, Mu Baodi's face turned pale, and her fingers were trembling: "I'll say."

"Living sacrifice... means sending a living person as a sacrifice to the Deer Fairy."

Yan Ruyu had some guesses in her mind, but when she heard this, her heart sank.

"When did you deliver the offering? Where did you send it? There are so many people on the regular open days of Shenyuan Temple. Did you send it... on a closed day?"

Mu Baodi didn't dare to move. She turned her eyes slightly and looked at her: "That's right."

"Tell me what happened in detail!" Huo Changhe said angrily.

"The first time I went to Shenyuan Temple to burn incense and pray, it was the same normal process as now. It was on the third night after I wrote down my wish. In the middle of the night, I suddenly felt a breeze blowing in. I woke up in a daze and seemed to see a shadow."

"I was so frightened that I woke up and almost screamed. But then I saw the deer antler-shaped token on the bedside, and I realized that it was the messenger of the Deer Fairy. My sincerity was seen by the Deer Fairy, so she sent someone to give me the next instructions."

Mu Baodi could hardly hide the pride in her tone: "As far as I know, many people make wishes, but not many can get the deer antler token. If the Deer Fairy is willing to give the token, it means..."

She raised her eyes to look at Huo Changhe, her eyes tender: "She agreed to my request, she will definitely do as I wish."

Huo Changhe's eyes were like nails: "If you dare to look at me like this again, I will stab you to death right now. I will break her wish and see who is more effective, her or me."

Mu Baodi bit her lip and said nothing.

Yan Ruyu asked, "Who are those people who were sacrificed alive?"

Mu Baodi lowered her eyelids and said indifferently, "They are just two maids picked from the Yuan family. Oh, and a niece of old lady Yuan."

When she said this, a trace of contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "What niece? She just wanted to fill her son's house with someone. I think she didn't care too much after the woman was missing."

"How did you get people in?"

Mu Baodi spoke indifferently, without any emotion when talking about the three women she sent to the temple. It seemed that it was an honor for them to be able to have some influence on her, even if it meant sacrificing their lives.

"Call for a carriage and go together. I don't even need to knock them out. They just want to go. Those two maids competed for this opportunity. The maids who didn't get to go are still unhappy."

"Especially that bitch, she called Yuan Sishan cousin in a pinched voice. She was so coquettish that even a fox would bow down to her. Did she really think I didn't know what she wanted to do? She just wanted to climb into Yuan Sishan's bed."

Mu Baodi laughed briefly: "Yuan Sishan is a living eunuch. She thought she could marry into the Yuan family and live a good life!"

The candlelight reflected in Mu Baodi's eyes, dancing like a will-o'-the-wisp: "I am saving her. Let her serve the gods. Isn't it better than following Yuan Sishan? Haha!"

Mu Baodi laughed crazily.

Yan Ruyu suddenly changed the subject: "How did you kill Madam Mu?"

"I didn't mean to kill her!" Mu Baodi said quickly, "I just wanted to make her sick so she could learn a lesson."

"It's her own bad luck! I bought three flowers, and the first time I used one of them, it made her sick. But when you came to treat her that day, I was flustered and worried about being discovered, so I wanted to give up."

"But later..." Mu Baodi said sternly, "She refused to let me go. She, her son, and Mrs. Wu are not good people. They all deserve to die!"

Mu Baodi's face became hideous, her eyelids rolled up, and she suddenly fainted.

Huo Changhe retracted the dagger and looked at her with a frown. Yan Ruyu stepped forward, felt her breath, and took her pulse.

"She's fine for now. She fainted because she was too excited. But her pulse does seem a little strange."

Yan Ruyu frowned. She was not particularly good at taking pulses and was not as good as Army Doctor Cao in this regard. However, she could still tell if the pulse was not right.

"Let's go back first," Yan Ruyu retracted her hand, "and have someone keep an eye on it and see what happens next."

"Okay." Huo Changhe agreed readily. He had long wanted to stop staying here.

The two men left the yard and suddenly saw someone passing by with a lantern.

I leaned sideways behind a tree and saw two passers-by approaching. They were two old women.

"Let's go. I feel scared when I walk here."

"Ah, you said the young lady was fine, how could she become like this? They say women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, I think the young lady married the wrong man."

"Marriage is always decided by parents, and the eldest daughter has no say in the matter. She can only let others control her."

"Now that the Madam is gone, the eldest daughter won't stay at home for long, and I don't know what kind of mistress there will be in the future."

"Do you think the young lady will be sent back to the Yuan family? I don't think so. Just now, the son-in-law looked so ferocious. He didn't look like he was here to pick someone up."

The two old women walked away as they talked.

Yan Ruyu thought, is someone from the Yuan family coming?

Huo Changhe understood her thoughts: "Let's go and take a look."

The two men arrived outside Mu Liangze's study. The lights in the room were on, casting two shadows. There was no one in the yard or outside, and they had obviously been sent out.

The two people in the room spoke in low voices, but in the dead of night, they could still be heard clearly.

Mu Liangze said: "Bao Di would not do such a thing. This is all a misunderstanding. I will explain it clearly to the governor."

The other man had a noticeably younger voice and a less positive attitude.

"That's not the point. Whether she did that or not is none of my business. I've divorced her now, so whatever she does next, whether it's murder or arson, has nothing to do with me."

"My dear son-in-law, you can't say that. Baodi has a bad temper, but I am still a good father-in-law to you, right?"

"If you have something to say, please speak slowly. There is no major conflict. Why make such a fuss?"

Mu Liangze spoke in a gentle and polite manner, and every word he said was tactful.

Yuan Sishan didn't want to fall for it: "No major conflict yet? She killed my son!"

"I asked about that, and it was a misunderstanding. Your concubine was deliberately fanning the flames. But, having said that, it was Baodi who was wrong. I won't defend her."

"But, dear son-in-law, think about it, if you don't let Baodi go back, then you will definitely have to marry another wife in the future. Not only will it cost a lot of money to marry another wife, but she may not be better than Baodi. Besides, will the new wife allow you to take a concubine?"