If the Enemy Did Not Move, She Would Not Move

However, as these ghouls had no way to ask for help, they were nervous because they had her as their life-saving straw. Xie Qiao could not be angry at them.

"I understand. You don't have to say anymore," Xie Qiao reminded them. Then, she looked at the Crown Prince and said, "I'll have to trouble the Crown Prince to check. After the palace maids enter the palace, they're often homesick. After they die, they'd also hope to have their souls return to their hometown." 

"Don't worry. I've already asked Mother to get Great Consort Mei," Zhao Xuanjing was easy to talk to. "It's just that you and Master Mo both care about the wishes of the ghouls." 

Zhao Xuanjing reminded her again.

Xie Qiao nodded in all seriousness. "That's right. We cultivators have to work hard to accumulate good karma for ourselves." 

Zhao Xuanjing's body stiffened. What else could he say?

Xie Qiao was so smart, yet she had to play dumb on this matter…