After a long time, we brought Second Sister out of the dark room.

The doctor was already waiting in Second Sister's courtyard. I didn't want to leave Second Sister, so I went along to take care of her.

Fortunately, Second Sister's condition was not serious. She was just drugged and fell into a deep sleep.

I stayed by her side until dawn, but Qingyun didn't appear.

I knew she was dealing with the remaining matters.

I finally couldn't stay awake any longer and fell asleep leaning against Second Sister's bedside.

When I woke up, I was lying in bed, and Second Sister was sitting by the bed in her everyday clothes, fanning me with a fan.

"Second Sister, why did you get up? How are you feeling?" I quickly sat up.

Second Sister smiled and said, "I'm fine."

She turned her head and said, "Qingyun, you can tell Ying'er."

I tilted my head and noticed there was another person in the room.

Qingyun smiled and walked over.

"The Baolian Pavilion has been sealed, and Wang has been arrested. There are many officials involved in the Baolian Pavilion case, so it will take some time to resolve."

"And what about you?" I thought of her identity.

"Don't worry." Qingyun gestured for me to calm down. "Li Zhonghe, the Prefect of Jingzhao, is my close friend. I saved his life, and he knows my identity. Wang will be secretly tried."

I breathed a sigh of relief. It was finally over.

Suddenly, I realized something. "Did the Prefect of Jingzhao know about it early on?"

Qingyun and Second Sister exchanged smiles. "We fooled him," they said.

"Wait!" I suddenly realized something, widened my eyes, and looked back and forth between Second Sister and Qingyun. "Did you two plan this from the beginning?!"

Second Sister covered her mouth and joked, "Is this how you use 'planning in advance'? Be careful, the master might scold you if he hears it."

Second Sister held my hand. "On the second day you left, Qingyun came to my room and told me about your deal, but at that time, I didn't know that Qingyun was actually a woman."

Second Sister glanced at Qingyun, her eyes filled with blame. "It was such a dangerous thing. How could you..."

Qingyun understood and stood aside silently. I tightened my grip on Second Sister's hand, secretly comforting her.

"But at that time, we didn't know what Mr. Wang was planning. We planned to wait for Qingyun to bring you back, and the three of us would make further plans. Unexpectedly, things went wrong..."

Second Sister looked frightened, her eyes slightly red. "Yinger, fortunately, you had your sachet. It saved me."

The image of Second Sister lying on the stone platform in her wedding gown appeared in my mind again.

I bit my lip. Thankfully, Second Sister was safe.

Seeing that I was no longer worried, Qingyun spoke up and explained everything that had happened.

Since killing Madam Wang, Mr. Wang had been plagued by nightmares and became ruthless. The eldest son died early, and none of the concubines in the mansion were pregnant anymore. He had no choice but to let Qingyun completely assume the identity of Wang Yuzhi.

Over a month ago, he suddenly dreamed of his deceased son, who said he was about to come of age and wanted a wife.

Mr. Wang had someone calculate his fortune, and the result pointed to Second Sister. With Qingyun's help to deceive others, he thought he could do it secretly.

Unexpectedly, I appeared out of nowhere and unintentionally joined forces with Qingyun.

"What a coincidence. I think it's a curse rather than a lucky omen." I couldn't help but scoff.

"Actually," Qingyun shifted her gaze outside the window, "I asked my mother before. She said, in fact, I was the one born earlier. So, we are not siblings, but rather sister and brother."

I slightly widened my eyes and exchanged a glance with Second Sister.

I moved my lips but in the end, I didn't say anything.