The East Palace's main hall was completely silent, with everyone looking at the woman who walked in. She was wearing a simple, moon-white skirt, embroidered with a few clusters of lavender orchids on the hem, and the material was brocade.

Ouyang Yunyao watched the woman approaching, instantly excited. She adjusted her sitting position, finding a comfortable position, with her elbows resting on the edge of the table. With her other hand, she casually picked up some fruit from the fruit bowl and stuffed it into her mouth, eating while waiting to watch the show.

Chu Chenjing, who was sitting next to her, raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw who was coming, and a hint of imperceptible surprise flashed in his eyes - he really didn't expect that this woman would dare to come here.

He subconsciously turned his head and looked at Ouyang Yunyao who was happily eating fruit. They exchanged glances silently and felt that this was really interesting.

In the center of the hall, on the main seat, sat Tuoba Hongjun, the Emperor of Danyan, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe. His eyes, sharp as cold stars, stared intently at the woman approaching from outside the hall.

A hint of surprise flashed across his deep eyes. This woman didn't look like someone from their Danyan Nation.

Tuoba Hongjun frowned slightly, and his knuckles tapped unconsciously on the armrest of the dragon throne. He had already thought about something.

The woman didn't seem to be intimidated by the pressure from the civil and military officials in the hall. She glanced at everyone in the hall without a trace of panic on her face.

She walked calmly to the front of the emperor and the empress, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed respectfully, "I, Pan Rumiao, pay my respects to the emperor and the empress."

After saying this, she turned sideways again, bowed slightly to the Crown Prince Tuoba Di who was kneeling beside her, and kowtowed again: "This humble woman pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

This woman was none other than Liu Qingxiu, whom Ouyang Yunyao and the others had been keeping an eye on, and who now changed her name to Pan Rumiao.

The emperor coldly regarded Pan Rumiao, who knelt on the ground, without speaking. He wondered, "This woman has some courage!" She wasn't frightened into incoherence. Whose was she? Where did she get her from?

The queen sat aside, looking at Pan Rumiao who was kneeling on the ground, her brows furrowed, her eyes full of inquiry. Could this woman who suddenly appeared be here to harm her son again?

She was in a state of confusion, unable to tell whether this woman was a friend or an enemy. She stared at Pan Rumiao, about to ask a question.

However, the prince, who was kneeling on the ground, asked the question first.

Crown Prince Tuoba Di also opened his eyes wide, his gaze intertwined with suspicion. He secretly wondered: Could it be that this person was framed by Tuoba Feng and others? While quickly thinking of a countermeasure, he said coldly:

"You said... you saved the goddess? Did you rescue her from this prince's manor?"

As soon as the prince finished speaking, Man Chuchu, who was standing beside him, opened her almond-shaped eyes wide and pointed at herself, looking at Pan Rumiao in disbelief, "You saved me?"

She clearly remembered that today she had heard that it was her father, General Zeyang, who had brought people to rescue her from Zhuangzi Zhonghe! How could it be her now?

Man Yanfei, the leader of the Danyan tribe and Man Chuchu's father, also looked confused at this moment.

This morning, it was clearly me and General Tuoba Zeyang who went to Prince Tuoba Di's manor to rescue his daughter. How come she was the one who saved her?

Tuoba Zeyang and Tuoba Feng, who were standing next to Man Yanfei, looked confused.

Tuoba Zeyang and the second prince Tuoba Feng, who were standing aside, looked at each other in astonishment.

The civil and military officials in the hall were also in an uproar, whispering to each other, their eyes focused on Pan Rumiao, who was kneeling on the ground. Their faces were full of confusion.

In the entire hall, except for Ouyang Yunyao, Chu Chenjing, and Crown Prince Chu Chenxiao from the Western Chu State, everyone was confused by this sudden change.

Before Pan Rumiao could reply, "Miss Pan?" a surprised voice sounded.

Then, the fourth princess Tuoba Zhu, who was wearing a light yellow palace dress and a double bun, raised her voice and pointed at Pan Rumiao, her face full of shock: "Pan...Miss Pan?"

Ouyang Yunyao, who was eating fruit leisurely, was also startled when she heard Tuoba Zhu's call.

Huh! Tuoba Zhu has been poisoned by Liu Qingxiu for over twenty days, and the poison hasn't taken effect yet.

Now it seems that it was not Liu Qingxiu who gave her the antidote, but Hua Qianrou who controlled the poison in her body. It seems that Hua Qianrou has some skills!

While she was thinking, Pan Rumiao in the hall spoke again calmly:

"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It was indeed I who rescued the goddess, but not in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's villa. On the contrary, it was I who brought the goddess to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's villa."

"Puchi——" Ouyang Yunyao almost couldn't hold back her laughter and quickly covered her mouth with a handkerchief.

Pan Rumiao is so bold! How can she take credit for something like this? What is she trying to do? Seeking the protection of the Dan Emperor? Ha! Funny, this is too funny!

Chu Chenjing looked at Ouyang Yunyao, who was trying to hold back her laughter, with a doting look in his eyes, and couldn't help but shook his head helplessly.

Except for Ouyang Yunyao, Chu Chenjing and Chu Chenxiao from the Western Chu State, everyone in the hall was completely stunned after hearing Pan Rumiao's words, and the whole hall fell into dead silence in an instant.

What's happening here?

After a long while, it was the fourth princess, Tuoba Zhu, who was the first to react. She looked at Pan Rumiao with an excitement that could hardly be concealed: "Miss Pan, you...you are saying that you rescued the goddess, and after rescuing her, you sent her to the prince's manor?"

Pan Rumiao looked at Tuoba Zhu and nodded slightly, "Fourth Princess, this is what happened!"

"You're talking nonsense!" The Second Prince Tuoba Feng finally lost control and pointed at Pan Rumiao and shouted angrily. He had originally intended to use the goddess's imprisonment to suppress Tuoba Di, but where did this woman come from?

Tuoba Zeyang continued, "The Second Prince said so!" He stared at Pan Rumiao with his eyes fixed on her, and said viciously, "Who are you? How dare you boast here and say that you saved the goddess?"

At this moment, Crown Prince Tuoba Di suddenly became excited. He stood up from the ground and looked at Pan Rumiao with anxious eyes:

"Ms. Pan, what exactly is going on? Where did you rescue the goddess? If you saved her, why did you send her to my villa? Do you know that this almost put me in an irretrievable situation?"

His mood at the moment was extremely complicated. On the one hand, if what Pan Rumiao said was true, it would clear him of the charge of "imprisoning the goddess"; on the other hand, he was worried that this was a new trap.

Pan Rumiao raised her head and met Tuoba Di's anxious gaze. Her face remained calm as she spoke slowly:

"Your Highness, please calm down. Over a month ago, I rescued the goddess and the people around her in a small forest not far from Laiyang City in Danyan Country."

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