CHAPTER 1136: CHAPTER 1134: FEIGNING THE SUPERNATURAL

The misfortune of the Tenth Prince, Zhao Mingjun, shall be set aside for now. Another rumor, however, is about the Wu Family in East City Guixi Alley, who have reportedly been experiencing ghost sightings lately.

It’s said that the maids and house servants patrolling the manor at night have all coincidentally seen a woman holding an embroidery frame, embroidering in the depths of night. But when they called out to ask who it was and approached to get a closer look, the woman suddenly vanished.

Once can be a coincidence, but twice or thrice as well? Who could disappear so quickly, if not for something unclean?

As a result, a maid immediately screamed about the ghost when she saw the female ghost floating toward her, alarming the entire Wu Residence.

The Eldest Lady of the Wu Family, Madam Wang, was furious. What woman carrying an embroidery frame? Clearly, someone was pretending to be a ghost. Despite conducting a thorough investigation, nothing was uncovered, causing everyone in the manor to become even more panicked.

Following this, Wu Yining woke up drowsily in the middle of the night and found someone sitting at the end of her bed, embroidering. She immediately let out a scream and fainted.

Now the ghost had reached her daughter’s room, causing her to faint. How could Wu Yining be fine? Sure enough, upon waking, she was crying and shouting about a ghost, and by nightfall, she developed a fever and fell ill, plunging Wu Yining’s courtyard into chaos.

While having someone hunt down the impersonator, managing the household, and tending to her sick eldest daughter, Madam Wang was exhausted both physically and mentally. As she dozed off beside her daughter, she drowsily saw someone in the room.

Indeed, just like Yining said, that person sat behind the end of the bed, holding an embroidery frame, head bowed, stitching it slowly.

Such a scene, Madam Wang had seen before; the embroidery frame and stitching, wasn’t that how Sister-in-law Lu used to be?

"Who, who are you? Who sent you to pretend as a ghost?" Madam Wang trembled all over, her voice fierce yet weak as she demanded.

The person paused the embroidery movement, then turned her head stiffly, almost rotating it to her back. Before she could clearly see, Madam Wang was already so frightened that she fell to the ground, completely passing out.

When she woke again, the first thing she saw was Nanny Wei. Madam Wang felt intense pain on her forehead; she reached up to touch, feeling the coarse gauze, and froze.

"What, what happened to me?" Madam Wang glanced around. She was in her own room.

"Madam, you fainted in the room of the eldest young lady. When we went in, you were lying on the floor, your forehead hit the ground, and the skin broke a bit." Nanny Wei’s face was ashen; how could she not be aware of the ghost sightings in the manor? Her heart faintly guessed who the ghost might be.

And precisely because of this, she felt panicked and scared.

Madam Wang finally recalled what she saw before fainting, grabbing Nanny Wei’s arm tightly and saying between gritted teeth, "Has the impostor been caught?"

Nanny Wei shook her head, gulping with a small sound, and whispered, "Madam, might it actually be Lu..."

"Silence!" Madam Wang glared fiercely, shouting, "Why would she come? She’s been dead for so long; she never caused such disturbances before. Why suddenly now? If she wanted to haunt, she would have done it when she first died!"

"No, it’s not her, definitely not. It must be someone pretending to be a ghost. Who exactly, who is it?" Madam Wang’s face turned pale, her whole demeanor somewhat hysterical.

"Miss!" Nanny Wei hugged her, forcibly holding down her flailing hands, saying, "Miss, don’t forget, she has a daughter, Lu Xiaodie, and just days ago we..."

Madam Wang’s pupils shrank suddenly, looking at the wet nurse, her expression laced with fear.