Jiang Zhao nodded. "The female ghost didn't haunt your mother because of you, right?"
Chen Ruoshui was silent for a moment before nodding. "It's me. She wanted to harm my mother."
"I couldn't just watch her hurt my mother and younger brother. It wasn't my mother's intention to kill her child."
Jiang Zhao didn't say anything more to her and turned to leave the room.
The gazes of the people in the inner chamber immediately turned towards Jiang Zhao.
Jiang Zhao opened her mouth and said, "Mrs. Chen, you should really thank your deceased daughter."
Mrs. Chen looked at Mr. Chen uncomfortably. Seeing him nod, she knew that Jiang Zhao knew everything.
Mr. Chen asked, "Master, what do you mean?"
Jiang Zhao blinked and calmly stabbed at the three - member family. "Mrs. Chen strangled the newborn baby of that concubine. How could that concubine, who turned into a fierce ghost, let it go easily?"
"It was your poor daughter who was protecting her mother and younger brother.
"Otherwise, Mrs. Chen would have been haunted by the evil ghost long ago."
Mrs. Chen opened her mouth slightly and asked, "What do you mean by this?"
Jiang Zhao paced around the room with her hands behind her back. "Simply put, your dead daughter, because of her deep obsession, never went to be reincarnated. Instead, she stayed by your side to protect you."
"After Mrs. Chen killed that concubine's child, the concubine turned into a fierce ghost because of her resentment."
"Your daughter was worried that her mother and younger brother would be hurt. Every time the fierce ghost wanted to get close, she blocked her back."
The three members of the Chen family were struck like thunder. They never expected that their daughter had been reluctant to leave and had been protecting them without complaint.
Mrs. Chen clutched her chest in pain. Her eyes were instantly blurred with tears, and she let out a heart - rending cry. "My child!"
"It's mother who's sorry for you! It's mother who's let you down!"
Mr. Chen's eyes were also red. He raised his hand and slapped himself twice. "My wife, it's my fault. It's all my fault..."
Mrs. Chen pounded on Mr. Chen's body with both hands. "It's all your fault! You're a brute!"
"Ruor is your own daughter. How could you be so cruel!" Mrs. Chen's long - pent - up resentment finally erupted.
Back then, when her husband wanted to strangle their daughter, she refused no matter what. But her husband still took advantage of her falling asleep at night and strangled Ruor.
He even forced her to eat the flesh and blood of her own daughter. How could she not resent and hate him!
Over the years, there wasn't a single day when she didn't want to kill her husband. But he was her husband! He was also forced to do so. How could she really take action?
Moreover, they still had a son... Their son was so young at that time...
Mr. Chen didn't dodge. He let Mrs. Chen pound on him, with tears streaming down his old face.
Seeing this, Chen Huainan stepped forward and hugged Mrs. Chen. His shoulders were trembling constantly.
He really wished that his elder sister hated them...
Knowing that the daughter they had killed with their own hands was reluctant to enter the cycle of reincarnation to protect the family was more painful than killing them.
The overwhelming guilt almost drowned the three of them. But even if they regretted it, what was the use?
When a person dies, it's like a lamp going out. The lost person will never come back.
"Where is Ruor now?" Mrs. Chen choked out.
Jiang Zhao pointed to the small room. "She's in there."
"That fierce ghost's resentment is too strong. She's no match for the fierce ghost and won't last long."
Moreover, Chen Ruoshui had been lingering in the mortal world and was reluctant to go to the underworld. As time passed, her soul had become weaker and weaker.
After being attacked by the fierce ghost, it would be difficult for her to be reincarnated.
Mrs. Chen looked at the small room with tears in her eyes. Suddenly, she got up and knelt down in front of Jiang Zhao. "Please, master, help my poor daughter!"
Jiang Zhao was startled and wanted to help Mrs. Chen up. "Madam, please get up first."
Mrs. Chen grabbed Jiang Zhao's hand, her eyes stubborn. "Master, promise me first, and then I'll get up."
"Could you please help send my daughter to be reincarnated!
"Don't let her suffer in this mortal world anymore. This life, we mother and daughter were just not fated. In the next life, I'd rather be a cow or a horse just to atone for my sins in front of Ruor."
Hearing Mrs. Chen's words, Chen Ruoshui in the small room floated out.
The little girl floated in front of her mother. Her blurred hand gently stroked Mrs. Chen's cheek, and she shook her head at Jiang Zhao.
"Madam, I..."
Seeing that Jiang Zhao still didn't agree, Mrs. Chen simply kowtowed to Jiang Zhao a few times. "Please, master, have mercy!"
"Help my poor daughter! As long as the master is willing to help, even if it means taking my life, I'm willing to give it!"
Hearing Mrs. Chen say such words, Mr. Chen stepped forward to stop her. "My wife, the person is already gone. Why do you have to do this?"
Mrs. Chen shook off Mr. Chen's hand. "For my daughter, I'm willing!"
"Ruor is the flesh that fell from my body. I can't be as heartless as you!"
"Ruor has already returned her flesh and blood to us. She doesn't owe us anything. I can't watch her continue to suffer like this. I can't!"
Chen Ruoshui was anxiously floating around, but there was nothing she could do.
She didn't want to leave, and she didn't want her mother to atone for her sins in front of her. She didn't want them to do so.
Now, she just wanted to stay by her mother's and younger brother's side and not let them be hurt in any way.
Hearing this, Jiang Zhao was in a difficult position. It wasn't that she didn't want to help, but she really was powerless.
She didn't directly agree to Mrs. Chen. She just said that she would give it a try. "As for whether it will succeed, it's not up to me."
Mrs. Chen kowtowed to Jiang Zhao gratefully again, scaring Jiang Zhao into quickly helping her up.
She really didn't want to shorten her lifespan.
Chen Ruoshui was floating beside them, wiping her tears.
...
When Mrs. Chen's mood had calmed down a bit.
"Madam, I still want to ask you another thing." Jiang Zhao brought up the purpose of her visit.
Mrs. Chen wiped her tears and said, "Master, please ask."
Jiang Zhao said, "Madam, did you go to the Prajna Buddhist Temple?"
Hearing her mention this, Mrs. Chen's eyes flickered. She pursed her lips as if she didn't want to answer this question.
"Madam, you'd better tell me the truth. This concerns the lives of your whole family."
"You've already lost a child. You don't want to watch your son also suffer, do you?"
Mr. Chen also advised beside her. "My wife, it's already this time. What else do you have to hide? Tell the master quickly!"
Mrs. Chen looked at Mr. Chen and then at Chen Huainan. She made up her mind and said, "I did go there."
"There's a spiritual Buddha enshrined in that temple. After worshiping it, one can stay young forever and even have one's wishes come true."
"I accidentally learned about this place. At first, I went there for Huai'er. I wanted the spiritual Buddha to bless Huai'er to pass the imperial examinations and make a name for himself. And... I also wanted my husband to take fewer concubines..." Mrs. Chen's voice became softer and softer.
After all, her son was still here. It wasn't very decent to say such things.