A few words made Wang Po break out in a cold sweat, forcing her to retreat continuously.

Looking at the small figure before her, an inexplicable fear arose in her soul.

“You… how do you know?!”

Over the years, she had sold countless people, never bothering to count them.

Yet, this child knew everything—down to the one she least wanted to mention.

Outside, the sounds of soldiers fighting grew closer.

If they found this place, Wang Po would be finished.

“Move aside! Otherwise, I’ll send you to meet those twenty-odd ghosts!” She reached out, intending to strangle this troublesome child.

Jiang Yuanxi stood in front of her, unfazed.

“I can already see them. But you… you haven’t seen them yet.”

Behind Wang Po, more than twenty ghosts had been following her all along.

With a slap, a familiar yellow talisman stuck onto Wang Po’s arm.

Her eyes stung painfully, and when she reopened them, the little brat before her was smiling at her.

“See? They’ve been watching you this whole time.”

Jiang Yuanxi covered her ears and stepped back.

Wang Po suddenly felt an eerie chill rush from her feet to her head.

With trembling hands, she slowly turned around.

“AHH!”

A sharp scream rang out.

Jiang Yuanxi pressed her hands tighter over her ears.

This was a talisman she had drawn years ago for a blind celestial dog in Heaven—just so the dog could make more friends.

But Wang Po… clearly couldn’t handle it.

Jiang Yuanxi nudged the unconscious woman on the ground with her foot and crouched down to inspect her.

The little girl spread her hands, looking helpless. “She’s already dead?”

Not even a dog would die this easily.

Even the blind celestial dog in Heaven could still get back up and play with her for a while.

She reached out, pulling a glowing orb from Wang Po’s body and tossing it onto the ground.

The orb slowly took on Wang Po’s appearance.

The little girl grinned mischievously and squatted beside it. “Now we can play again.”

The twenty-odd ghosts surrounded Wang Po, who knelt down and begged for mercy.

Unfortunately, this time, she couldn’t faint to escape.

Jiang Yuanxi pulled the yellowed toilet paper from Wang Po’s body. The next moment, it burst into flames without a spark.

“Yuanxi, Yuanxi!”

Jiang Yuanxi’s eyes lit up.

It was her mother’s voice.

As she left, the twenty ghosts respectfully bowed to her in unison before dragging Wang Po into the void, disappearing without a trace.

From behind a stone pillar, Mu Liuyun stepped out, staring blankly at the corpse on the ground.

Madam Chen rushed forward, clutching her daughter tightly, unwilling to let go.

Jiang Yuanxi sensed her mother’s sorrow and suddenly remembered that, in the original story, after Jiang Yuanxi died, Madam Chen soon followed, dying from grief.

In this life, she had entered this world and changed the original ending, but even so, she had still made her parents worry.

“Father, Mother, I’m sorry.”

She lowered her head in apology.

Madam Chen smiled gently and stroked Jiang Yuanxi’s smooth hair.

“Yuanxi did nothing wrong. It was I who was at fault.”

Jiang Fengyuan was already in tears.

His daughter had grown up, and he was relieved.

Jiang Yuanwu, standing to the side, was speechless.

He could understand their father crying, but why did he have to wipe his tears on his sleeve?

Jiang Yuansheng watched the scene unfold, the corners of his lips curling slightly.

After Jiang Yuanxi left, the Crown Prince discovered the Fourth Prince, Jun Molin, in the same room.

Unexpectedly, in the process of saving Yuanxi, they had unknowingly rescued his younger brother as well.

The captive girls had been freed. Some were even reunited with their families.

“Miss Li,” someone called just as Li Lan was about to step into her carriage.

Qin San approached her.

He seemed a bit nervous, scratching his head.

“His Highness the Crown Prince has allowed me to join the army.”

Li Lan paused for a moment.

She gave a small smile. “Congratulations, Young Master Qin.”

After learning about his actions, Li Lan no longer feared Qin San.

But every time she saw him, she couldn’t help but recall how he once used the same giant knife he had killed with—to slice mutton for her.

Qin San took out a peach blossom hairpin from his robe.

“Miss Li, since we have met… I… I would like you to have this.”

The tall, burly man’s ears slowly turned red.

Li Lan got into the carriage, looking at the delicate hairpin in her hand. A smile unknowingly spread across her lips.

Wait…

A sudden thought struck her.

Could it be that Qin San… liked her?

Strong, kind-hearted, good with children… If she were to…

The thought deepened the smile on her lips.

Meanwhile, the Mu family’s carriage had stopped at a distance.

Madam Mu clung to Mu Liuyun, crying for a long time.

But Mu Liuyun seemed absent-minded, as if her soul had left her body.

She lifted the carriage curtain and decisively walked over to the Jiang family’s carriage.

“Mu Liuyun greets Princess Xihe.”

When she looked up, however, she was met with the sight of a young gentleman as radiant as the moon stepping out of the carriage.

Mu Liuyun was momentarily stunned.

“Mu Sister?” Jiang Yuanxi waved at her.

Mu Liuyun snapped back to reality and silently cursed herself.

She knelt before Jiang Yuanxi.

“Princess, please help me find my sister.”

Madam Mu followed, momentarily stunned by the scene.

For so many years, they had searched all over Yufeng but had never found their lost second daughter.

Liuyun must have gone mad. How could a princess help?

Not to mention… the princess was just a little child.

Jiang Yuanxi looked behind Mu Liuyun and hesitated. “Are you sure you want to find her?”

Mu Liuyun was taken aback, not understanding why the princess would ask such a thing.

Her expression was firm. “I am certain.”

She had seen the princess’s abilities today—one simple talisman, and Wang Po collapsed.

Perhaps, in this world, only the princess could help her.

Madam Mu hurriedly apologized, “Princess, please don’t be offended. Liuyun has been searching for her sister for so long that she’s become obsessed. I—”

Jiang Yuanxi interrupted, “I can help you.”

But what comes next… Mu Liuyun will have to bear it herself.

Jiang Yuanxi skillfully pulled a piece of toilet paper from her robe.

Jiang Yuansheng’s lips twitched.

In this world, only Yuanxi would treat toilet paper as talisman paper.

He made a mental note to prepare proper talisman paper and cinnabar for her when they got back.

He considerately handed her a cup of tea.

Jiang Yuanxi dipped her finger in it and drew on the toilet paper.

Once finished, she handed it to Mu Liuyun.

“You know how to use it.”

Mu Liuyun watched the departing carriage, unable to recover from her shock.

So… the princess had known all along.