Chapter 174 The Handkerchief

In the courtyard, a shapely young woman, wearing a floral skirt, was cracking melon seeds and swinging her jade feet.

Her long hair was tied into a bun, and she looked relaxed and carefree. Only when she occasionally looked up at the yin-yang moon in the night sky would her eyes suddenly become blurred for a moment, as if she was thinking about someone, recalling something, and the corners of her mouth would slightly turn up, with a faint, sweet smile.

And this woman was none other than You Sisi, who had died in Qing Silk County, and whose body was brought back to the capital by You Lao!

But no matter how you looked at it, You Sisi at this moment did not have any symptoms of a corpse and was no different from an ordinary person.

"Miss, Miss! Stop cracking melon seeds, something terrible has happened..."

Just then, a maid ran chattering from the corridor. Before she could rush to You Sisi's side, You Sisi turned her head...

What a heroic woman!

She was clearly wearing a style that revealed a woman's tenderness, but with this turn of her head, her delicate features and androgynous charm still made the maid lose her mind for a moment.

"Xiao Rong, what's wrong? Could it be that the Seventh Prince has thought of a way to take me away from the capital?"

As You Sisi got up and approached, the maid immediately blushed, took two steps back, and said with her head lowered, "No, no, the Seventh Prince still has no news. It's the master, the master wants to see you!"

"Grandpa?"

You Sisi's face changed.

She had been at home since she woke up after her death in Qing Silk County.

Because she had an accident outside, her family was very strict with her this time. You Sisi begged and pleaded, but she couldn't get her family to let her out.

And Grandpa was even more determined to marry her to the Seventh Prince.

If it were before... before her feelings had blossomed, You Sisi didn't think there was anything wrong with the Seventh Prince. They had grown up together as childhood sweethearts, and their status matched, making them a perfect match.

But after experiencing the cleansing of Qing Silk County and meeting that person... You Sisi clearly resisted this marriage.

"I won't see him! Grandpa will definitely scold me again for not listening to him and marrying the Seventh Prince. I won't suffer that."

"But... but..."

Before the maid could say anything, a figure slowly walked out of the corridor.

When the maid saw that person, her face turned pale with fright, and she quickly knelt down.

"Welcome, Master!"

You Sisi looked up and saw that it was none other than her grandfather.

"Grandpa!" You Sisi ran over, hugged You Lao's arm coquettishly, and shook it twice. "Don't force me, I really don't want to marry the Seventh Prince!"

Grandpa glared, blew his beard, and scolded.

"What nonsense are you talking about! Your marriage with the Seventh Prince was personally arranged by the Emperor! It's an imperial decree! Imperial orders cannot be disobeyed! Do you want to implicate our You family and have us all executed for disobeying the imperial decree?"

"Grandpa~"

"Let go! No manners! What kind of behavior is this!"

As You Lao's voice rose, You Sisi pitifully reddened her eyes, let go, pushed away two steps, pouted her face in anger, unwilling to look directly at You Lao, and muttered.

"Anyway, I won't marry him, whoever wants to marry him can marry him!"

"You!"

"Pfft!" You Sisi stuck out her tongue at Grandpa and made a face.

"You won't marry him, huh?" You Lao seemed to be angered. He sneered and slowly took out a wooden box from his arms.

Before You Sisi could react, he slammed the wooden box hard on the ground!

Bang!!

The wooden box was just an ordinary wooden box, how could it withstand the fall from a powerhouse like You Lao? It was smashed to pieces on the spot.

You Sisi subconsciously looked at the ground.

With just one glance, You Sisi felt a buzzing in her brain, which became blank, and she felt as if her soul had left her body.

As her pupils contracted, her whole body trembled. Her body acted faster than her mind. Ignoring her brand new floral dress, she threw herself to the ground and desperately grabbed the thing in her hands. Even her voice trembled, and her whole body was shaking.

"Where did you get this, this handkerchief! Where is he... where is he? How is he! This has nothing to do with him! Grandpa! Answer me! Grandpa!!"

On the ground, among a pile of broken wood, there was a black, greasy handkerchief.

That handkerchief... You Sisi recognized it!

That was the pink handkerchief she had given to Fang Yue in Qing Silk County!

But at this moment, this handkerchief didn't know what it had gone through, it had become black and greasy, and it exuded a strong smell of blood.

It was as if this handkerchief had accompanied its owner through many life-and-death battles, and finally survived tenaciously.

Carefully touching it, one could feel from the texture of the handkerchief that the owner of the handkerchief cherished it very much and kept it very carefully.

However, even if they tried their best to clean it, the blood splattered by the killings had completely dyed the handkerchief black.

In other words, this handkerchief had actually lost its original function.

Under normal circumstances, anyone would throw away the handkerchief and replace it with a new one.

But no... this handkerchief was very well taken care of and cherished. As far as she could tell, at least a day or two ago, this handkerchief was still worn on its former owner.

You Sisi's eyes turned red. Looking at her grandfather, who had been silent, she was both anxious and angry. For the first time in her life, she pointed at her grandfather and roared out of control, "Did you kill him! Grandpa, did you kill him!"

You Lao slowly walked to the stone chair in the courtyard, sat down, raised his eyelids, glanced at You Sisi, and uttered a word in a clear voice.

"Yes!"

Buzz!!

At the same time as You Lao's voice fell, You Sisi only felt a flash of lightning strike through her mind. An indescribable huge sadness surged from her heart, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.

You Sisi pointed at You Lao and staggered back two steps, wanting to say something but unable to. Her eyes went black, and she fainted on the spot from the overwhelming stimulation.

"Miss?!"

The maid Xiao Rong exclaimed and quickly went to check on her miss, only to see You Lao slowly stand up.

"Get out of the way! I'll say it again, before the marriage contract is completed, she has to come back to life even if she dies!"

"Ma, Master!"

The maid, with a crying voice, knelt down and blocked between You Lao and You Sisi.

In the distance, there were even more rustling footsteps.

"What's going on, what's going on!"

"Did Master and Sisi quarrel again?"

"Oh dear! Can't we have some peace? She keeps making noise as soon as she comes back. It's been so many days, and she's still making noise..."

His eyelids twitched, You Lao snorted coldly, flung his hands behind his back, turned his back to You Sisi and the maid, and said coldly, "Take her back to her room to rest first."

"Yes, yes! Thank you, Master, for your kindness! I thank you for the Miss!!"

The maid Xiao Rong quickly helped the unconscious You Sisi up and took her to You Sisi's room.

You Lao, who was left in place, looked up at the sky, his expression complex as he looked at the yin-yang moon in the night sky.

At this moment, the Yang Moon was getting smaller and smaller, with only one-third left, while the Blood Moon had occupied two-thirds of the area.

"Celestial Devourment... is coming soon... Sisi, don't blame Grandpa for being cruel. Some things can only be solved by the royal family, to truly protect our You family!"

It was not until the concubines in the corridor came over noisily that You Lao showed an embarrassed expression and was exhausted to deal with them.

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