Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

The maid retreated in small steps. She couldn't see the helplessness on Xiao Zuochen's face at all.

"Sister, there's no need to do this."

Wei Yang let go of his hand.

"What's unnecessary?"

Xiao Zuochen raised the arm that she had just pulled and smiled bitterly.

Wei Yang pretended not to understand.

"what happened?"

Seeing that she kept silent, Xiao Zuochen turned cold and shook his hand away.

"Sister, stop deceiving yourself. You know I don't have any feelings for you, so don't touch the people around me. Because you are my sister, I can forgive you for what happened before. Let's talk it out now. But if there is a next time, I will never forgive you!"

Xiao Zuochen finished speaking, leaving Wei Yang in shock. She stared at the direction where Xiao Zuochen left with her eyes wide open, muttering to herself.

"He knows everything? No, that's impossible! The one who contacted me at the time was Emperor Mingren. Even if Xiao Zuoming was conscious at the time, he couldn't understand the secret language! Zuo Xin and Wei Changmei were not on guard against me at all. It's impossible for them to investigate those things. Besides, I have already disposed of the evidence. So, what link went wrong?"

Wei Yang stood by the lake with a worried look in her eyes, while the maid who had just left the garden actually stood on the side of the corridor and waited for a while. She wanted to wait a while before sneaking into the garden to check the "situation". After all, this kind of thing was gossip that everyone loved to hear. If she could get the first-hand information, wouldn't all the minions in the city lord's mansion follow her around and call her sister?

But the maid didn't expect that just as she came out of the garden and before she could stand firmly, His Royal Highness Prince Yun came out of the garden.

So fast?

The maid was muttering to herself, frowning but not daring to speak out, and blew out the lantern in her hand for fear of being exposed.

Xiao Zuochen did not pass by the maid's location, so he did not notice her. When Xiao Zuochen left, the maid slowly breathed a sigh of relief, patted her chest, and then said with some pride.

"It is said that His Highness Prince Yun is cautious and careful, but I think he is just that cautious~"

She watched for a moment longer, making sure that King Yun had gone far away, then turned to look towards the garden.

"Why hasn't the princess come out yet?"

The maid walked into the garden again with curiosity, and saw her master standing facing the lake with his hands behind his back, looking quite manly.

The master is intelligent and resourceful, and he is also the lord of the city. If he were a man, he would surely charm thousands of girls.

The maid was hesitating whether to go forward and ask her master whether she wanted to go back to the room, when Wei Yang suddenly turned around and stared at her with a pair of cold eyes, scaring her so much that she immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"Master! Princess!"

The maid hurriedly thought about how she should address Wei Yang at this time. She changed her address but before she heard Wei Yang speak, she hurriedly changed her address again.

"City Lord!"

The maid's voice was trembling and pleading.

"Do you know what to say tomorrow?"

Wei Yang's cold voice rang out, scaring the maid who was kneeling on the ground so much that she shuddered and looked around, not knowing where to put her eyes.

"I know, I know! I didn't see anything today, and I won't say anything tomorrow!"

The maid thought her master was worried that she would tell others about her meeting with Prince Yun at the lakeside in the middle of the night, so she quickly expressed her opinion. But Wei Yang wanted her to tell others, so he was very dissatisfied with her answer.

"Don't say anything?"

Wei Yang's tone was full of confusion and anger. Although the maid didn't look up to see her expression, she could hear her master's dissatisfaction just from her voice, so she quickly changed her words.

"So, should I... tell it or not...?"

The maid raised her head in confusion, but immediately lowered it when she met Wei Yang's gaze, closed her eyes tightly and pursed her lips, cursing herself in her heart. How could she dare to look up at her master's expression at this time!

"Of course I will! I know that you servants love to gossip about the affairs of the rich and powerful behind their backs. If you tell me a nice story, you will get something for yourself."

The maid kneeling on the ground was stunned and stared at the ground. If she understood correctly, the master wanted her to exaggerate?

The maid courageously knelt up and looked up at Wei Yang.

"Princess, everyone has always known that you and Prince Yun have a deep relationship. Everyone naturally believed it when you spent the night together by the lake."

After hearing what the maid said, Wei Yang didn't say much, just said "hmm", indicating that she was quite satisfied, and turned to look at the lake again. The light from the lake illuminated her pretty face.

"That servant..."

The maid wanted to leave but didn't dare, so she could only ask in a low voice. Wei Yang glanced at her again and suddenly saw the extinguished lantern she threw on the ground.

"How can you guide me if the lantern is out?"

After hearing this, the maid immediately knelt up, took out a lighter from her bosom, lit the lantern again, then walked to Wei Yang and used the lantern to illuminate the way in front of her.

"Princess~"

Wei Yang raised his legs and returned to the room under the guidance of the maid...?

The second day——

Chu Yao finally woke up at noon. It was only a short distance from the door to the study, but he had already seen several groups of servants gathered together, chatting about some exciting gossip. Their mysterious and excited expressions aroused Chu Yao's curiosity, and he hid in the corner to eavesdrop on their conversation while the servants were not paying attention.

"Hey~Did you hear about it?"

A maid pulled the two little sisters beside her to the wall, looked around vigilantly, and continued after confirming that there was no one around.

"Last night, His Royal Highness Prince Yun and Princess were by the lake..."

She suddenly stopped talking halfway through her speech and covered her mouth with her hands to hide her smile. A maidservant next to her understood what she meant and started to laugh along with her.

"What happened by the lake? Tell me now~"

The younger girl next to them was confused and didn't understand what they were laughing at.

"Of course, it's a matter between men and women~"

One of the maids covered her mouth and smiled as she finished talking to her, and then she used the broom in her hand to gently hit her on the buttocks. The little girl blushed, and the three of them started to quarrel until Xiao Zuochen passed by.

"Your Majesty..."

One of the maids saw Prince Yun first and quickly reached out to grab the other two who were fighting. After they bowed, the three of them lowered their heads and their expressions became cautious.

Xiao Zuochen knew what they were talking about. He just glanced at the three of them coldly, said nothing and continued walking forward, but that look was enough to scare the three little maids.

"It's over, it's over! Is the prince going to sell us out?"

"Hey! Don't talk nonsense, the prince probably didn't hear it."

"But that look he had just now!"

"Alright, alright, get to work!"

The two of them no longer had the heart to play around, and all they thought about was hoping that Prince Yun would not sell them off. But the other maid was fearless, because the princess had asked her to do this, and the princess would not sell her off.

Although the rumor was discovered at the beginning of its spread, it was not killed. Instead, it continued to spread at the speed everyone hoped. In less than half a day, the whole mansion knew about it.