Regardless of how anxious she felt inside, You Huang sat upright and proper in his chair.
Things had already reached this point, so what use was there in worrying?
He was not a man gifted in contingency, so he could only rely on his consistently solid and rigorous methods to advance the progress of the tasks at hand with all his strength.
At this moment, his primary mission was to lock down Ge Qiuniang, who was already close to giving birth. On one hand, he could not alert the enemy and affect the Lake Sacrifice; on the other hand, he had to seize the right opportunity to send her to the designated location in a timely manner.
Madam Xia's defenses on the other side were quite tight, but having been cut off from the outside world for several days, it inevitably provided him with an opportunity to exploit.
He had to ensure nothing went wrong...
Before he knew it, the east was growing light.
You Huang slowly stood up and stepped out of the house. The flow of people coming and going in the manor was silent yet stern:
The lake sacrifice was about to begin!
You Huang walked leisurely, and before long, he arrived at the most heavily guarded place in the manor at present—which was also Madam Xia's closed-door seclusion grounds.
For the past three days, Madam Xia had been burning incense, bathing, and clearing her mind to make ritual preparations for paying homage to the witchcraft deities.
You Huang took advantage of the situation to lock everything down with seals, cutting off her internal and external connections. Now that all arrangements were complete, he had to be even more careful, coming over early so as not to give Madam Xia any space or time to adjust.
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