Upon hearing this, Bai Lan's face lit up with joy: So what if he serves the Emperor? There are so many people around the Emperor, how many of them would he even be noticed? He'd probably be sentenced to death in a few days for offending the Emperor! Hahaha, how delightful!

The Three Princes' Palace.

Mu Ange sat upright in the main seat, coldly observing her. When his gaze swept over An Ning's right hand, it was as if a cold knife had flashed across it: 'Dare to touch her hand? I'll find a reason to chop it off!'

An Ning stood in the hall, filled with unease: 'Damn, this guy's a psychopath, controlling, and bloodthirsty.'

"You, go cook."

An Ning was slightly taken aback: Cooking? But then she thought, cooking is great! If you can stand up and come out of the outhouse, I'll write "An Ning" backwards.

"Okay, okay, I'll go right now." She suppressed her overwhelming joy and rushed to the kitchen.

"Third Master?"

Chen Xun watched An Ning's departing figure, feeling somewhat uneasy, and couldn't help but remind her.

"Don't worry, I'm going to have him poison me."

Chen Xun understood. The Third Master was extremely shrewd. Sending this eunuch to the kitchen was obviously to find a pretext to kill him. Therefore, whether he poisoned the food or not, it would still be poisoned.

If Anning had stayed a little longer, she would have heard Third Master mutter to himself: "I'm going to see who dies tonight!"

kitchen.

White walls, blue bricks, three stoves. Baskets are filled with a variety of seasonal vegetables, and knives are of all kinds.

Without saying a word, she grabbed a kitchen knife, her eyes revealing a vicious look.

An hour later, in the quiet kitchen, her cool murmur echoed: "Hehehe, the diarrhea combo is all done."

Inside the main house, a dark figure suddenly flipped over and entered, kneeling on one knee and saying, "Third Master, the poison has been administered."

"Step back!"

"yes."

The guards withdrew, and just then An Ning walked in carrying food.

Three dishes and a soup were neatly laid out on the table. An Ning picked up her chopsticks and placed them beside Mu Ange's bowl, smiling broadly as she said:

"Third Master, this is crispy chives, would you like to try some?"

Mu Ange looked at the plate of green vegetables without much expression, picked up her chopsticks, picked one up, and slowly brought it to her lips under An Ning's eager gaze.

"I heard that Xiao Ningzi made today's dishes? I'd like to try them too."

Just as the plan was about to succeed, a beautiful figure suddenly appeared at the door.

The two people at the table frowned simultaneously: Why is she here?

Meng Yun sat down next to Mu Ange and picked up her chopsticks.

The two were shocked: Stop! This food is inedible!

As the food was about to be eaten, Mu Ange and An Ning broke out in a cold sweat.

"Wait!" the two shouted at the same time.

Mu Ange asked, puzzled: What's this stupid eunuch called?

An Ning was also puzzled: What's this bastard's name?

"This... I didn't cook this dish well. I'll make a whole new one for Sister Yun to try."

An Ning stood up, picked up the plate of food in front of Meng Yun, and ran away without paying attention to anything else.

Watching the young eunuch leave, Meng Yun put down her chopsticks, looked at Mu Ange, and said softly, "Was this dish poisoned again?"

Mu Ange lowered her head slightly, seemingly helpless: "Auntie, this eunuch cannot be kept."

Meng Yun gently patted his hand: "He doesn't seem like a bad person to me. Earlier this morning, he even treated me like one of yours..."

Before he could finish speaking, flames suddenly erupted throughout the mansion.

Chen Xun was shocked: "Fire! Your Highness, let's go!"

Mu Ange jumped up and grabbed Meng Yun, running outside.

Flames soared into the sky, heat waves surged, and the fire spread extremely quickly with the wind. Mu Ange soaked her clothes with tea and covered Meng Yun with them, saying urgently:

"Chen Xun, protect your aunt."

"yes."

"An Ge, what are you going to do?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine." After saying that, he jumped up and went up to the roof.

Chen Xun said, "Third Master must have gone to find the arsonist. I'll escort you away first."

Meng Yun shook her head, staring at Mu Ange's departing figure with worry: "I know the way, you go and protect him."

He was the only grandson left in the entire Meng family. When her sister passed away, she vowed to protect him.

"Go quickly, don't worry about me. The fire is so big, I can't rest easy."

He knew Yun Jie's temper; she was a woman of her word, and he had no choice but to obey her if he couldn't go against her wishes.

"Then please be careful."

"good."

As soon as Chen Xun left, An Ning suddenly darted out from behind her, grabbed her arm, and ran: "Sister Yun, come with me quickly."

Meng Yun was extremely surprised: "It's you?"

"Quick, come with me, we'll be leaving the manor soon."

An Ning held Meng Yun's hand tightly and ran towards the gate of the mansion through twists and turns, giving Meng Yun no chance to explain.

The fire was fierce and quickly burned down half of the mansion. The strong smell of burning filled the nostrils, and even though Anning covered her mouth with her hand, she still couldn't stop coughing.

"Sister Yun, believe me, cough cough, we'll be able to leave the manor soon. The sky is high and the clouds are wide outside, you can go wherever you want. Why should you stay here and submit to that dog of a man, cough cough cough."

"Sizzle."

At the corner, a long sword grazed An Ning's arm and stabbed straight at her. Immediately afterwards, a group of masked men in black jumped down from all directions and surrounded them.

An Ning was shocked: Holy crap, there are assassins?

"Kill them?"

"Wait, keep the woman here, the eunuch will kill her."

'No, no, Sister Meng Yun is so beautiful. If she falls into their hands, who knows how she'll be tortured.'

An Ning was panicking, but she still protected Meng Yun behind her, her voice trembling as she spoke: "Sister Yun, I admit that I set the fire, but I really don't know where this assassin came from. Sister Yun, I'm sorry for this. However, if they dare to bully you, they'll have to step over my dead body first."

"superior."

The assassins swarmed forward, but An Ning, quick-witted, shouted, "Mu Ange?"

The assassins were slightly taken aback, and all looked behind them. Taking advantage of this moment, An Ning grabbed Meng Yun and ran away at full speed.

But how could two frail women outrun these desperate men? In just a few steps, they were surrounded by the assassins again.

"kill."

The dagger thrust straight at her without hesitation. An Ning shielded Meng Yun behind her and resignedly closed her eyes.

Bang.

The ear-piercing sound of weapons clashing rang out instantly. An Ning was pushed aside and fell to the ground. Her palm accidentally touched a burning branch, burning off a layer of skin.

"Hiss!" An Ning cried out in pain.

"Are you alright?" Mu Ange asked anxiously.

Of course, this wasn't said to An Ning.

Meng Yun shook his head: "I'm fine, but this little eunuch is injured."

An Ning looked up and saw Mu Ange holding Yun-jie tightly behind her, the worry in his eyes clearly visible. She couldn't help but wonder, could Yun-jie really be this guy's true love?

"Auntie, why did you run off with that stupid eunuch? If I hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable!"

"Auntie?" An Ning shouted, staring at Mu Ange in disbelief, and froze on the spot.