Qian Shengyan thought that Ulanara would definitely turn green with rage if she saw her.

And that is indeed the case.

When Ulanara heard that the prince was coming, she greeted him with a smile, but the smile froze on her face before it could even open.

She glared at Qian Shengyan and blurted out, "Why are you here too?"

“Um…” Qian Shengyan didn’t know how to answer, but Yinzhen calmly said, “I brought her out for a stroll. There are many more women tonight.”

Qian Shengyan: ...

I never expected it to be for this reason...

Ulanara couldn't even manage a smile now. She bit her lip, as if making a decision, and after a moment spoke, "It's just in time for Sister Qian to come over. I have something I'd like to say to her..."

Qian Shengyan: ...

Didn't the Princess Consort have urgent business with the Prince?

“Sister, come with me to the warm pavilion,” Ulanara said, glancing at Yinzhen with a hint of tears in her eyes. Though she was smiling, she didn’t seem happy. She spoke softly, “Please wait in the inner hall, Your Highness.”

Yinzhen glanced at Qian Shengyan, who was eager to know what the Fujin was going to do, so she nodded at Yinzhen with a slight brightening in her eyes.

Yinzhen had no choice but to agree, and led Su Peisheng and the others into the inner hall under Yanruo's guidance.

Qian Shengyan followed Ulanara toward the warm pavilion, but after only a few steps, she heard a commotion behind her, accompanied by a woman's screams and a man's cries of pain, along with the sounds of tearing cloth and colliding furniture.

Wow, that's intense...

Qian Shengyan clicked her tongue inwardly and couldn't help but look at Ulanara. Sure enough, she saw a conflicted look on Ulanara's face and a lot of complicated emotions in her eyes.

Actually, there's no need to go to the warm pavilion. Qian Shengyan got straight to the point: "If Fourth Princess doesn't see me before bed, she'll make a fuss. So I'll head back now."

“Okay…” Ulanara seemed a little lost, but she smiled gently, “You’re so kind, little sister.”

Qian Shengyan shook her head indifferently and turned to leave, but then heard Ulanara ask softly behind her, "Sister Qian, aren't you angry?"

"Angry? What am I angry about?" Qian Shengyan turned around, puzzled, only to see Ulanara frowning slightly in confusion: "Your Highness... you don't mind at all that you're doing this in the room?"

Qian Shengyan understood somewhat, but she didn't understand. She looked at Ulanara for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "So, the Fujin actually minds?"

Ulanara was stunned for a moment, feeling embarrassed that her thoughts had been seen through. She turned her head away so that Qian Shengyan would not see her expression: "...After all, he is my husband."

“But a prince is still a prince.” Qian Shengyan sighed, then couldn’t help but want to advise Ulanara to be more open-minded, but before she could finish speaking, her expression changed. “Your... Your Highness?”

So fast?

Yinzhen strode out with a dark face, and his anger intensified when he saw the two women: "Ulanara! Who is that man you've been hiding in your inner palace?"

Ulanara clan: ?

Qian Shengyan: Oh my god!!!

"You went to great lengths to summon me here, only to prepare this love triangle? It's utterly disgusting!" Yinzhen's voice was cold, his expression contemptuous. "So this is the kind of upbringing the Ulanara family has."

"Wh-what?" Ulanara was also a little flustered. She quickly looked towards the inner hall, and after a moment, she saw a man dressed in a woman's dress being escorted out by Su Peisheng and his men, his clothes disheveled.

Her vision went black for a moment, but she didn't have time to think further. She just screamed, "Who are you? Who is this? Your Highness, there's an assassin! How dare this person trespass into the Yuanmingyuan?!"

"Heh, assassin, take a good look before you speak." Yinzhen said angrily. He turned around and glanced at Su Peisheng, who had already cleverly walked over and driven the rest of the servants away. Then, Ulanara saw her sister being helped out by Yanruo.

Her younger sister, Ulanara Xinrui, had disheveled hair and her clothes were tied haphazardly. Her expression and complexion clearly showed that she had just been making love with someone!

Ulanara felt dizzy and disoriented. She looked at Xinrui, then at the man in women's clothing, and almost fainted.

"Don't faint! Explain yourself to me!" After saying this, Yinzhen splashed a cup of cold tea on Ulanara's face. She screamed and instinctively knelt down.

Yinzhen looked down at her and said, "Su Peisheng."

"Yes." Su Peisheng walked over with a forced smile and bowed to Lady Ulanara. "Madam, the man who is having an affair with Miss Ulanara is wearing the clothes of a maid from the Ulanara household."

His words brought Ulanara's lifeless eyes back to focus. She stared at the man in disbelief for a long time, then looked at Xinrui with even greater suspicion: "Xinrui, who is he? Why is he wearing our maid's clothes?"

"Sister, you still ask me questions!" Xinrui felt extremely embarrassed. She felt that she would rather die at this moment. She burst into tears and cried her heart out. "What exactly is sister trying to do? Why did you let Chanlang come to my room after you gave me that medicine?"

"What, what Chanlang..." Ulanara was dazed for a moment, then her eyes widened suddenly, "He's your, that scholar?"

Xinrui nodded through her tears. Ulanara's expression froze. After a moment, she suddenly knelt on the ground and cried out to Yinzhen in a shrill voice, "Your Highness! This man is the assassin! I don't know when he arrived, or why he was in Xinrui's palace! This man has insulted my Ulanara family's young lady. My Ulanara family will never forgive him! I beg Your Highness to investigate the truth and restore my and Xinrui's innocence!"

"Innocence?" Yinzhen sneered. "The innocence you speak of is this: these two, naked and entwined in broad daylight, engaging in illicit sexual acts?"

Ulanara's body went limp, and she nearly fainted again. She forced herself to stand, clutching her palms, and kowtowed to the ground once more: "Why...why did this happen? I...I don't know...I beg Your Highness, please find out the truth, please don't...don't wrong me..."

"Originally, this was just a matter for your Ulanara family, but you insisted on making me watch this whole thing." Yinzhen laughed sarcastically. "I've certainly broadened my horizons; the young ladies raised by the Ulanara family are all like this."

This insult included both Ulanara and Xinrui!

Ulanara screamed "Your Highness!" and then bent over and wept bitterly. No one came to help her. Yanruo was still dragging Xinrui, whose legs were weak, and could only look at Ulanara anxiously.

For a moment, only the cries of two women remained in the courtyard.

Qian Shengyan carefully and discreetly retreated.

While it's exciting to get firsthand juicy gossip at the scene, this whole thing... is just too weird!

Now that she has seen these secrets, will she incur the wrath of the Ulanara clan, the Ulanara family, and even Yinzhen?

Unexpectedly, she was still seen by Yinzhen.

"Qian Shi," Yinzhen said calmly, "what do you think happened today?"