"You know exactly what you did!" Yun Muheng looked at her fiercely, wishing he could torture her to death.

At this time, Chang ran over angrily, pulled Ye Xinrou up from the ground, and protected her behind her. She glared at Yun Muheng: "Your Highness, this is the Prime Minister's residence. What did Rou'er do wrong to make Your Highness so angry? If Your Highness does not give me an explanation, then I will have no choice but to seek justice from the Emperor!"

Yun Muheng glanced at Chang calmly, his eyes full of sarcasm. "Haha, all right, then go talk to the emperor and see if your Prime Minister's Mansion can bear the charge of murdering a royal descendant."

A trace of panic flashed in Chang's eyes. Although Butler Liu told her when he went to find her, she didn't believe it in her heart. Ye Xinrou had always been a well-behaved person since she was a child.

But now seeing Yun Muheng's serious expression, she couldn't help but believe it. She turned around to look at Ye Xinrou, only to see Ye Xinrou's eyes evasive and her body shrinking back.

He already knew what was going on, but now he could only deny it, otherwise the entire Prime Minister's Mansion would be implicated.

But she steadied herself and said calmly, "Your Highness, please don't speak carelessly. Murdering a royal descendant is a grave crime punishable by the death of nine generations of the clan. Xinrou has been well-behaved and sensible since she was a child, and she would never do such a thing."

Yun Muheng sneered, "Really? Then Ye Xinrou, why are you so panicked? And why are you only wearing one earring? Where's the other one?"

Ye Xinrou couldn't help but touch her ears and found that one was indeed missing, but she didn't know where it fell. She immediately felt alarmed: Could it have fallen into Prince Yunxin's mansion? As long as it didn't fall into the hot spring, everything would be fine.

She tried to make herself look more natural: "Brother Heng, I panicked because you looked so scary when you were angry. You scared me." After saying that, she wiped away the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes with a wronged look.

Then she continued, "After lunch, I felt unwell and went back to my room to sleep. I didn't notice when the earring disappeared. Maybe it was in the room."

Seeing that she was determined not to cry until she saw the coffin, Yun Muheng didn't want to get entangled with her any more. He took the earring from Chen Yu's hand, threw it in front of her, and said coldly: "This is your earring! I found it by the hot spring in my palace! Do you want to give me an explanation?"

Ye Xinrou's mind exploded with a buzzing sound. She stood there in a daze, extremely panicked, and quickly thought of a response plan.

Suddenly, Ye Xinrou knelt on the ground and cried, "Brother Heng, please listen to my explanation. I did go to the hot spring today. That's because you said I could come to the palace to find you if I had any problems. The palace guards said you were in the hot spring, so I thought of waiting for you outside the hot spring, but I waited for a long time and found that there was no movement inside.

So I bravely went in to see if you were there, to see if the guard was lying to me. But as soon as I entered, I saw a tiny person floating on the water. I was so scared that I ran straight back to the Prime Minister's Mansion without thinking too much.

After saying that, Ye Xinrou secretly looked up at Yun Muheng, and continued with a guilty look on her face: "Brother Heng, I'm sorry. I should have gone to find you the first time I found out. It's just that I was scared and panicked. I had no experience, so..."

Yun Muheng watched her self-acted scene with cold eyes and couldn't help clapping his hands. "What a fright you've got! If I hadn't seen the pinch marks on the back of Xiao Yuanzi's neck with my own eyes, I would have let you fool me! You are such a vicious person! You could even kill a child as young as her!"

A trace of viciousness flashed in Chang's eyes: "Your Highness, did you see with your own eyes that it was Rou'er who strangled the child? Perhaps someone else did it before Rou'er went in. Since the person is already dead, what's the point of pursuing it?"

Yun Muheng smiled and looked at Chang with a fierce look: "Humph! I really disappoint the Prime Minister's wife. Xiao Yuanzi is not dead!"

Chang snorted coldly, "Since she's not dead, then why don't you come to the Prime Minister's Mansion and confront Rou'er? That child is also my Prime Minister's grandson and Rou'er's niece. How could she harm her? Even if Your Majesty wants to find someone to vent his anger, he's looking for the wrong person."

Seeing their indifferent attitude, Yun Muheng said coldly, "You are not worthy of my child!"

He raised the jade pendant and said to Ye Xinrou's cold forehead, "This matter ends here. Don't talk about our past anymore. I have repaid the favor I owe you today. If there is a next time, I will not let you off easily!"

After saying that, Yun Muheng turned away.

Ye Xinrou looked at Yun Muheng's back, her eyes full of unwillingness.

Suddenly, Chang turned around and slapped Ye Xinrou hard on the face, glaring at her in frustration: "You rebellious girl! You almost ruined the entire Prime Minister's Mansion, do you know that? Even if you don't like that child, you can't do anything to those two children. They are the only two grandchildren of the entire royal family! If you do it again, I will personally send you to the Ministry of Punishment!

During this period of time, you should not go out. Stay at home and reflect on your actions."

Ye Xinrou thought of the flower viewing banquet the day after tomorrow, and hugged Chang's arm and said coquettishly: "Mother, I'm sorry, I was really impulsive this time, but the day after tomorrow is the flower viewing banquet hosted by the eldest princess. That is where all the nobles and ladies in the capital will go. I am the most talented woman in the capital. If I don't go, I'm afraid people will gossip about me."

Chang pondered for a moment: "Then you can go, but after the flower viewing banquet, you must stay at home and avoid contact with Prince Yunxin. There is no possibility between you and him, and there is Ye Chuxue in between.

But Prince Yunqing has had his eye on you for a long time, and since you are the Queen's son, you are very likely to become the Crown Prince in the future, so your career will soar to the sky."

Ye Xinrou thought that although Yun Mushu had not yet married a wife, he already had seven or eight concubines. Compared with Yun Muheng, it was like heaven and earth. Although she was unhappy in her heart, she nodded obediently.

Soon the day of the flower viewing banquet arrived. Ye Chuxue said to Luo Yu beside her, "How are the arrangements going?"

Luo Yu was an orphaned girl whom Ye Chuxue rescued by chance. However, she possessed a fierce determination to never give up. Ye Chuxue then taught her some modern kung fu, and she subsequently took in many homeless girls. She then had Ouyang Zhi find someone to teach them kung fu, equip them with modern weapons, and form a secret team of sisters, Luo Yu, the team leader.

Luo Yu said respectfully to Ye Chuxue, "Sister Xue, everything has been arranged. I guarantee that Ye Xinrou will never forget this."

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