In the dark room, the Song woman was wearing white clothes, which separated her from the darkness, and her outline was particularly clear.

When she heard Yan Ruyu call her "Mrs. Wu," she froze for a moment.

Then, he walked out slowly.

The man in the black cloak next to her was also stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and followed.

The dark room is small and there is no other way out. It is useless to stay inside and not come out.

The two walked into the light and shadow, and Yan Ruyu looked at them.

Ms. Song looked the same as the last time I saw her. Her clothes had changed, but the style was almost the same, and the bandage on her face was still there.

Who could have imagined that she was actually Mrs. Wu, who had long been "died without a complete body".

At that time, Madam Wu suffered all kinds of grievances and was bullied by her evil mother-in-law and sisters-in-law, but Yan Ruyu even felt sorry for her.

Yan Ruyu laughed at herself: "Madam Wu, you have a good trick."

Ms. Song pursed her lips and said, "I don't know what you are talking about."

"I don't know?" Yan Ruyu sneered, "The last time we met, I was not like this. Now that you see me, you are not surprised at all, and you don't even ask who I am. If you are just a Song girl, how can you know me?"

Miss Song lowered her eyes and said, "You are the princess of Youcheng. Everyone in Youcheng knows you. You are a role model for the women of Youcheng."

She didn't mean to be sarcastic when she said this, but Yan Ruyu was not surprised by such praise.

"I don't deserve it. I can't compare to Madam Wu. She is very good at using someone else's trick to sneak into Chencang."

Anger flashed in Yan Ruyu's eyes. She had felt that Madam Wu had been too wronged and had even thought about helping her. She thought that she would wait until Madam Wu settled down in the nunnery and then find a chance to see if there was anything she could do to help her.

When the news of Madam Wu's death came, Yan Ruyu also helped and asked Song Ping, Cui Chong and others to go to the scene to investigate.

Who could have imagined at that time that it was a premeditated scam?

Yan Ruyu was furious: "Did Zhu'er die because of you, or did she die to protect you?"

Mrs. Wu raised her eyes and thought for a moment, as if she had forgotten who Zhu'er was.

"Is there any difference between the two?" Madam Wu said calmly, "In the end, he is dead."

"Of course there is a difference. First, she was killed by you. You killed her in vain. Second, she died voluntarily and bravely. She deserves the word righteousness."

"Her father was shocked when he found out she was dead and has gone crazy now."

Madam Wu glanced at the window with a calm look in her eyes: "She is a maid. I paid her when I let her into the mansion."

"Paid? Then she is not a commodity," Yan Ruyu felt like her chest was about to explode with anger, and she wanted to refute with all the words in her heart.

But seeing Mrs. Wu's reaction, Yan Ruyu suddenly felt that this dispute was meaningless.

"What's your relationship with Shenyuan Temple?" Yan Ruyu changed the subject.

Madam Wu was silent. Huo Changhe said coldly, "I don't have much patience. Madam Wu, you have been playing tricks on us for too long. If you insist on not telling me, I don't mind letting you die here now."

Madam Wu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she pursed her lips and said, "I have nothing to do with Shenyuan Temple. I just live in that courtyard. I know a monk in the temple and I have done him some favors before, so I asked him to do me a favor. That courtyard is empty anyway..."

Before she could finish her words, Yan Ruyu raised her hand and cut her shoulder with a knife.

Suddenly blood gushed out, staining the white clothes.

Madam Wu cried out in pain.

"This princess warns you, tell the truth. If you talk nonsense, I will kill you with a knife." Yan Ruyu ignored the blood on the tip of the knife, "I might as well remind you, do you start with Lady Lu Xian or Mr. Mo?"

"Or maybe, from the Wu family, that book, that picture."

Mrs. Wu's eyes widened slightly, with a look of surprise and astonishment.

"Are you surprised how I knew that?" Yan Ruyu wiped the blood off the knife. "I know much more than you think."

"Speak, so you won't suffer any more."

Madam Wu was silent for a moment. She was in agony and even her breathing was labored.

"That's right. I went to the Wu family just to find that book," Mrs. Wu said with contempt. "Who are the Wu family? In my eyes, they are nothing but clowns."

"That old woman, as well as the people from the second and third rooms, are all fools who think they are smart. It's ridiculous that they are fighting over such a small profit."

Madam Wu chuckled: "They think they have suppressed me and are very proud of themselves. In fact, I don't care about those things at all."

"I just came here to look for that book, but unfortunately, I still haven't found it. I'm tired of waiting and don't want to wait any longer. I don't want to stay with those stupid people for even a single day."

"So you deliberately angered Madam Wu and asked her to drive you away. You took advantage of the situation to leave and used Zhu'er's fake death to let her take your place." Yan Ruyu asked, "Why did you insist on letting Zhu'er die? Throwing a few bloody clothes or a pair of shoes will do."

"How can that be possible? I need someone to pretend to be my corpse so that people will be convinced that I am dead. Besides," her eyes flashed with madness and pride, "only the dead can keep secrets."

"If she were alive, who knows what harm she would bring to me one day? Didn't you also say that she was a loyal servant? Then she should be willing to die for me. Her death is her final value."

There were huge waves in Yan Ruyu's eyes, and she wished she could swallow Madam Wu.

"I didn't let her suffer much, and she died quickly," Mrs. Wu continued, "but it was different for Old Lady Wu and the third son and his wife."

"You killed them?" Yan Ruyu said, "No wonder Mrs. Wu looked terrified before she died."

"That's right. When she saw me, she was so scared that she thought it was an evil ghost seeking revenge. It's ridiculous. How can there be ghosts in this world?"

Madam Wu laughed sarcastically: "If there really were ghosts, how could they have lived so long?"

"There are more than a dozen people who died at the hands of Madam Wu. She has done far more evil than I have."

"And the third brother and his wife, especially the third brother. He took advantage of the old lady's partiality to do whatever he wanted and repeatedly bullied me. Did you really think I had no temper and would not argue with him? I took note of everything."

"I looked at him. He was horrified and scared. He said all the nice things I could think of, but I still chopped off his head."

Madam Wu laughed softly, the sound spilling out of her throat: "His wife was so scared when she saw it. It's ridiculous. He bullied me so cruelly and unscrupulously back then."

"I didn't kill the others, and I have no interest in that either," Lord Wu lowered his voice and looked at his hands. "Who would be willing to kill someone? I just had no choice."

She sighed quietly, "Actually, what I want is very simple. Unfortunately, it probably can't be realized."

Yan Ruyu felt that there was something else behind her words, but she seemed to be in her own world now and would not say anything even if asked.

Yan Ruyu's eyes swept towards the silent man in the black cloak.

"What about you? What do you want to do, Madam Mu?"

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