Shen Wenruo's face turned pale immediately, but this time she didn't faint from fright. She stammered and couldn't say anything.

"I...you...you people..."

Shen Yunhao, however, raised his hand and patted the tail, saying irritably, "Stop fooling around, put it away right now!"

Mu Shuangshuang smiled and tucked her tail away, leaning against Shen Yunhao's chest, and subtly pulled one of Shen Yunhao's hands onto her lap.

Little Scorpion is naturally quite sensible, especially now. She knows very well that she must appear obedient and well-behaved in front of Shen Wenruo, otherwise it is easy to cause unnecessary misunderstandings due to her identity.

Shen Yunhao coughed twice to make sure Shen Wenruo hadn't noticed the little movement under the table before saying in a serious tone, "Shuangshuang is the Holy Maiden of Ten Thousand Poisons, but she's also your sister-in-law. Remember to call her sister-in-law when you see her in the future!"

"ah?"

Shen Wenruo was still in a daze when the girl burst out laughing.

"Alright, don't make things difficult for her. She's a respectable scholar, after all. It's so awful to associate her with a Holy Maiden of the Demonic Sect like me!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Wenruo immediately stood up, put his hands behind his back, and said righteously, "We scholars have our own code of conduct and standards of judgment, and we will never blindly follow others! Although I don't know much about that so-called Demonic Sect, as long as you act uprightly and do not do anything immoral, I will definitely not treat you differently!"

Mu Shuangshuang blinked and turned to look at Shen Yunhao, "What did he mean?"

He said you are his sister-in-law.

"..."

Mu Shuangshuang giggled, "Honey, you're so naughty, you're deceiving the little kids again..."

Then he turned to Shen Wenruo and said, "Don't listen to his nonsense. Although I have a close relationship with your cousin, he hasn't married me yet. If you want to find a sister-in-law, go find that one in the Moon Palace!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yunhao became displeased, raised his hand and lifted the girl's chin, forcing the two to look at each other.

"Where do you think you can run off to, you little scorpion?"

"That's not necessarily true!" Mu Shuangshuang playfully stuck out her tongue, looking away.

"If someone were willing to come to the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect to marry me, dressed in golden armor and riding on a seven-colored cloud, I might just marry him..."

Shen Yunhao was stunned upon hearing this. "You actually like monkeys?"

"???"

"Come on, do you think I don't know your rules, you stinky scorpion? Besides me, who else in this world can withstand your stingers?"

Mu Shuangshuang touched her chin. "That makes sense... Oh no, honey, you can't get away with this now. Let me prick you a couple of times first!"

"Get lost! I'll spank you!"

"Ouch! It itches!"

"..."

Watching the two flirting, Shen Wenruo's expression shifted between anger and uncertainty. After hesitating for a long time, she finally mustered her courage and questioned sharply, "Shen Yunhao! What exactly is your purpose?"

"Purpose? What purpose?"

Shen Yunhao scratched his head, indicating that he was unaware of the situation.

Shen Wenruo thought for a moment and then said, "If you dare to do anything that would betray the Shen family and harm the people, even if you are my cousin, I will never protect you!"

Have I wronged the Shen family...?

Shen Yunhao paused, a hint of indescribable melancholy flashing in his eyes. "Perhaps... as long as you can maintain such a clear mind and such wise decisions, then I will not let you down."

"That would be best!" Shen Wenruo turned around, raised her chin, and walked out of the room.

Just before leaving, he suddenly reminded her, "Fei Luan has already informed the palace about your sister-in-law... Miss Mu's matter. According to her, Huayin Palace is very likely to come and cause you trouble. Be prepared!"

Mu Shuangshuang smiled gently after Shen Wenruo had completely left.

"Your son is quite interesting, but he's really good to you!"

Shen Yunhao lowered his head. "There must be a reason why I've been able to stay in the Shen family for so long, right?"

"As for whether or not I should live up to the expectations of the Shen family... it doesn't really depend on me, but rather on what my family members will do..."

...

Of course, whether it was the Guanghan Palace or the Huayin Palace, Mu Shuangshuang wouldn't just stay at the Shen family's house waiting for someone to come and capture her. After agreeing on a meeting place with Shen Yunhao, she left first.

As for the jade slips used for communication, they are not very suitable for the demonic sects that hide in the shadows, lest they be intercepted and located by the righteous path.

Of course, even if Mu Shuangshuang leaves, it doesn't mean that Shen Yunhao can completely get rid of suspicion.

Because of her previous high-profile behavior, many people in the Shen family knew that a girl surnamed Mu had lived in Shen Yunhao's courtyard for a period of time.

Fortunately, no matter how carefree Mu Shuangshuang was, she would never show her true face to others. She always contacted Lingmu through the Shen family.

Lai Fu, the only one who had ever seen Mu Shuangshuang in person, was also specially "arranged" to leave by Shen Yunhao, so there's no need to worry about the people coming to investigate getting anything out of Mu Shuangshuang's portrait.

As long as... Shenfu's own people don't have any ulterior motives or speak recklessly.

This is also what Shen Yunhao said before: whether he will let down the Shen family depends mainly on what they do, not on him.

However, Shen Yunhao underestimated the speed at which the Guanghan Palace arrived.

Just two days after Mu Shuangshuang left, people from Guanghan Palace appeared directly above Shen Mansion.

Shen Yunhao originally thought that the Enforcement Hall would be coming.

Shen Yunhao was dumbfounded when the beautiful woman in the blue palace dress appeared in front of him.

"Hmph! Where is that little bitch hiding? Get out here right now!"

Nie Qingshuang was clearly not in a good mood, and her tone was exceptionally cold, which sent chills down Shen Yunhao's spine.

"Your Highness... Your Highness, why have you come in person?"

Upon seeing Nie Qingshuang appear in his courtyard, Shen Yunhao quickly bowed and clasped his hands in greeting, showing no slackening even though she was one of his own.

In other words, if it were Guan Yingying or Ying Tangtang who appeared here, he would have been able to put his mind at ease long ago.

But Nie Qingshuang was an exception!

The Enforcement Hall needs evidence to handle cases and arrest people, but if Nie Qingshuang believes that Mu Shuangshuang is connected to her, her fate may be extremely miserable!

"What? If I don't come over, will I just let you and that vixen fool around here?"

Nie Qingshuang sneered, and with a flash of green light, she appeared on the ground.

She closed her eyes and sensed for a moment, then raised an eyebrow. "Oh? So cautious, even the demonic energy has been erased?"

Shen Yunhao could only feign ignorance and ask, "Is the Palace Master looking for Sister Li'er? Where is Sister Li'er...?"

"shut up!"

Nie Qingshuang turned around and coldly interrupted Shen Yunhao, "Last time, when the Enforcement Hall said you were harboring the Holy Maiden of the Demonic Sect, I had some suspicions, but without evidence, I didn't want to think too much about it... But this time, someone has even accused you of having an affair with that demoness. What, are you trying to tell me that this is also a frame-up?"