Rong Chengxuan's face was filled with disgust. "Ye Lan, drag him away and behead him, or he will dirty the house I gave to my fiancée."

Ye Lan was a quick-acting man. As soon as he heard Rong Chengxuan's order, he took Xiao Ju away and disappeared from everyone's sight before she could even say her last word.

Seeing Xiaoju being dragged away before she could even open her mouth, Yun Yaoyao finally let go of the worry that had been hanging in her heart. She picked up the handkerchief in her hand and pretended to wipe a few tears, crying bitterly as she said, "It's all my fault for not disciplining Xiaoju well. That's why she made such a big mistake!"

Yun Wanwan watched Yun Yaoyao continue to act without intention. It was clearly her who asked the maid to do things for her and take the blame, but now that she was discovered and was about to be executed, she shed a few tears. It was really like the cat crying over the mouse - false compassion.

She reached out and tugged at Rong Chengxuan's sleeve. Rong Chengxuan immediately understood and waved his hand, "Since the matter has been thoroughly investigated and proven to have nothing to do with my fiancée, then please ask all those who are not involved to leave my fiancée's house. If you are slow to act, I will personally escort you out."

Yun Yaoyao was naturally included in these irrelevant people, but she mistakenly thought that because of her relationship with Yun Wanwan, Rong Chengxuan would never drive her out like he drove out the people from Jingzhao Prefecture.

In contrast, the Jingzhao prefect was much more sensible. When he heard Rong Chengxuan was going to "personally" escort them out, he immediately bowed and said, "I'm sorry to have disturbed Your Highness and Miss Yun today. I apologize for having wrongly accused Miss Yun just now. I hope Miss Yun will be magnanimous and not hold it against me."

Yun Wanwan hummed an "hmm," accepting the Jingzhao prefect's apology. The prefect had been tempted to attack her because of Yun Yaoyao's misleading comments.

When the prefect of Jingzhao saw that Yun Wanwan accepted his apology, he bowed to her and Rong Chengxuan and said, "Your Highness, Miss Yun, I'll take my leave first." After that, he retreated with the people he brought with him, and did not mention Yun Yaoyao once from beginning to end.

After sending off the Jingzhao Prefecture Governor's men, Yun Wanwan returned her gaze to Yun Yaoyao. "Everyone in Jingzhao Prefecture has left, so you're still not planning on leaving?"

Yun Yaoyao paused in her wiping motions. Yun Wanwan's words made it seem rather shameless for her to stay. However, she had orchestrated such a grand scheme, yet Yun Wanwan hadn't done anything for her. Instead, word had spread that Rong Chengxuan was deeply in love with her. She couldn't accept this.

If Yun Yaoyao refused to leave, Rong Chengxuan would naturally have a way to prevent Yun Wanwan from seeing her. He asked softly, "Wanwan, I'm going to the palace later. Do you want to come with me?"

When Rong Chengxuan was talking to Yun Wanwan, he no longer had the disgusted attitude he had just used when talking to Yun Yaoyao and the people from Jingzhao Prefecture. It was as if he had become a different person, and his voice was as gentle as it could be.

Yun Wanwan was stunned. She had been shocked since Rong Chengxuan ordered Xiaoju to be dragged away and beheaded. Now Rong Chengxuan was inviting her to the palace. Yun Wanwan glanced at Yun Yaoyao, who was still clinging to the palace, and happily agreed, "Okay."

Rong Chengxuan came to the palace to deal with something. As soon as he entered the palace, he found a palace maid he was familiar with and took Yun Wanwan for a tour around the palace first, saying that he would come to her after he finished his business.

Yun Wanwan nodded, watched Rong Chengxuan's departing back, and then looked at the palace maid Rong Chengxuan had found to lead the way for her.

The maid was also quite clever. She immediately bowed to Yun Wanwan and said, "This servant greets Miss Yun!"

Although Yun Wanwan had been in the ancient times for quite some time, she still couldn't quite adapt to the ancient people's frequent formalities of greeting. She said stiffly, "You should get up first."

The maid stood up as instructed and introduced herself to Yun Wanwan: "My last name is Mo Yan. Miss Yun, you can just call me Little Mo."

Yun Wanwan nodded, indicating that she understood.

Mo Yan's personality was completely opposite to her name. She chattered non-stop as she led Yun Wanwan along the way. Yun Wanwan rarely saw someone with Mo Yan's personality, so she just let her be.

As Mo Yan led her down a long corridor, Yun Wanwan was nearly frightened by the sight she encountered the moment she stepped onto the stairs. She saw a large number of palace maids and eunuchs gathered in the corridor, their faces and expressions varied, the only thing they had in common was that they all held a box. Although the boxes varied in size, judging by the materials used, they all looked quite expensive.

Mo Yan was obviously frightened by this scene. The eunuch standing at the head of the group was the palace's chief steward. Mo Yan was so frightened that she quickly bowed to him and said, "This servant greets Eunuch Li."

The man Mo Yan called Eunuch Li simply waved at him casually, then led the people behind him to pay their respects to Yun Wanwan: "This servant greets Miss Yun!"

Yun Wanwan glanced at Mo Yan and saw that he had also bowed down to her along with Eunuch Li and the others. So, she imitated Eunuch Li's gesture, casually waved her hand, and said, "Everyone, stand up."

Yun Wanwan thought that the palace maids and eunuchs would disperse soon, but she didn't expect that after she called them up, they all came forward one by one and handed the boxes in their hands to Yun Wanwan.

At first, it was placed in Mo Yan's hand. As more and more boxes were received, Mo Yan could no longer hold them, so he had to let Yun Wanwan hold them herself.

Yun Wanwan had been confused ever since Eunuch Li handed the box to her. She became more and more confused about the etiquette of the ancients. Why would they give her something for no reason, and the things they gave her should be priceless treasures.

Yun Wanwan knew that these were definitely not given to her for free by the palace maids and eunuchs. Maybe they were not given to her, but were intended to give them to Rong Chengxuan through her.

Yun Wanwan's guess was pretty much true. Word of what had just happened in the mansion had already reached the palace. Now they all knew Rong Chengxuan's attitude toward Yun Wanwan. Yun Wanwan was simply lucky to have been favored by Rong Chengxuan, instantly transforming from a pheasant into a phoenix.

Everyone in the palace is as cunning as a fox. After knowing that Rong Chengxuan has a special liking for Yun Wanwan, they plan to start with Yun Wanwan. If they can't curry favor with Rong Chengxuan, can't they curry favor with Yun Wanwan?

This was the scene Rong Chengxuan saw when he came over. The eunuchs and palace maids were handing gifts to Yun Wanwan one by one. Yun Wanwan stood there, not knowing whether to accept or not, looking at a loss.

Rong Chengxuan frowned and walked up to Yun Wanwan, stopping the eunuchs and palace maids outside Yun Wanwan.