Transmigrated into a cunning princess, she sets her sights on a celibate royal uncle.

"Your Highness, Xiao Qi bumped into me first, and when I tried to help her up, she inexplicably slapped me."

Everyone present saw it; you can ask them if you don't believe me!

As he spoke, his gaze swept over Shuangjiang, who immediately stepped forward.

"Your Highness, everything Miss Yang said is true. It is Xiao Qi who is too arrogant!"

Yang Xuerou is, after all, the future mistress of the royal palace. How could Shuangjiang dare to offend her?

Huo Jingxuan's gaze pierced Jiang Xi, who was sitting on the ground, like an ice blade: "Is what they said true?"

It's true! So what? Yang Xuerou spoke rudely, can't a princess be hit?

Jiang Xi thought this to herself, but she didn't say anything. She just raised her head and looked at him with a defiant expression.

"Your Highness, you see, even she can't deny it!"

Yang Xuerou seized the opportunity to solidify her guilt.

"What do you mean, 'deny'? I hit you because you deserved it! Unlike you, I don't have to sneak around to even insult someone!"

Jiang Xi retorted confidently.

"you……"

Yang Xuerou was a little confused. When did this girl become so willful?

She insulted her, and only the two of them heard it. Does she have any evidence to back up her words?

"What do you mean, 'I'? I have no evidence, and I don't need anyone to believe me, but since you dared to do it, I dare to expose it to the public!"

Jiang Xi clenched her fists, confronting her like a little beast about to explode.

"Your Highness, this lowly servant is taking advantage of your mercy and your relationship with my young lady, which is why she dares to be so presumptuous!"

Seeing that Yang Xuerou was at a disadvantage, Xue Yang quickly stood up to speak for her.

Huo Jingxuan shifted his gaze from Jiang Xi to Xue Yang's face.

"Even so, that's no reason for you to lay a hand on her! Overstepping your bounds, do you think my Regent's Palace has no one else to rely on?"

"Your Majesty, forgive me!"

Xue Yang was so frightened by the sharpness in Huo Jingxuan's words that he knelt down with a thud.

"I insisted on keeping these people in the manor. Your young lady hasn't even married into the family yet, and you dare to threaten to kill my people."

What? Are you trying to teach me how to do things?

Huo Jingxuan stood with his hands behind his back, his expression arrogant, his narrow eyes slightly lowered, his gaze passing over Xue Yang and then glancing at Yang Xuerou beside him.

Yang Xuerou was so frightened by his domineering aura that her legs went weak and she almost knelt down as well.

"Your Highness, please forgive me, Xue Yang wouldn't dare..."

"Don't you dare?"

Huo Jingxuan's lips curled into a cold smile, his gaze lingering intentionally or unintentionally on the bloodstain on Jiang Xi's neck.

"If I had arrived even a moment later, would he have dared to come?"

"Xue Yang is guilty, Your Highness, please punish him!"

Huo Jingxuan's tone was too cold, so Xue Yang quickly clasped his hands in apology.

Yang Xuerou didn't even have time to say a good word for him.

Bei Ying had already flashed forward, drawn the sword from his waist, and slashed Xue Yang's left arm with a whoosh.

"what!"

Xue Yang clutched his arm, blood trickling down between his fingers.

"Your Majesty..."

Yang Xuerou's face turned extremely pale.

Everyone knows that Xue Yang is her man, and Huo Jingxuan's actions are undoubtedly a slap in the face to her, the future mistress of the royal mansion.

"I hope you remember where this is, the Regent's Palace, where no outsider has the right to make decisions on their own."

Not even a servant in the Prince's mansion! Otherwise, next time it will be your head that gets chopped off!

Huo Jingxuan's words sounded like he was talking about Xue Yang, but he was actually also giving Yang Xuerou a warning.

He was engaged to Yang Xuerou, but that didn't mean Yang Xuerou could interfere in the affairs of the Prince's mansion before she was even married into the family.

Yang Xuerou was a smart person and understood Huo Jingxuan's meaning almost immediately.

Only then did she realize that she had crossed the line, no wonder Huo Jingxuan was angry.

She had been engaged to Huo Jingxuan for two years, but in Huo Jingxuan's eyes, she was still an outsider. How could he not be angry?

Yang Xuerou was a smart woman and knew that getting angry would be useless, so she put on a gentle face.

He stepped forward and said, "Your Highness! Xue Rou has come to see you with important matters to discuss with you! Please come to the study!"

Huo Jingxuan nodded slightly, which could be considered as giving Yang Xuerou a way out.

Jiang Xi watched the two enter the study, feeling curious but helpless.

Unexpectedly, Huo Jingxuan turned around and pointed at Jiang Xi.

"From this day forward, you will be my personal maid. Come and serve me!"

I?

Jiang Xi pointed to the tip of her nose, her eyes wide with disbelief.

Meanwhile, Shuangjiang looked on with envy, jealousy, and hatred!

"What are you standing there for? Do I have to say it again?" Huo Jingxuan retorted.

Jiang Xi finally realized what was happening and shoved the tray into Shuang Jiang's hands, saying, "Goodbye!"

Then he followed Huo Jingxuan to the study to serve him.

At the entrance to the study, Bei Yinghanchuan stood guard on either side. Huo Jingxuan pushed the door open and entered, followed closely by Yang Xuerou.

Jiang Xi ran to Huo Jingxuan's side and poured him tea.

Yang Xuerou glanced at the sycophantic Jiang Xi. Although she was dissatisfied, she understood Huo Jingxuan's intention in sending her, so she didn't say anything.

“My father said that Xie Jiayun knows you returned to the capital alive and is afraid you will take revenge on him. Recently, he has been trying to win over Minister Xu of the Imperial Clan Court, hoping to use the incident of the new emperor's premature birth to slander the new emperor as not being of royal blood…”

Huo Jingxuan sat in his chair and casually picked up the tea that Jiang Xi had poured for him: "I already know about this!"

In fact, Han Chuan had already reported this matter to him before Yang Xuerou.

However, he was curious: "Would Xu Maoqing dare to agree?"

Yang Xuerou paused for a moment before answering truthfully, "Not at the moment, but Xie Zhuguo wants to arrange a marriage between his granddaughter and Lord Xu's son, I'm afraid..."

I'm afraid it's only a matter of time before they agree!

"If I remember correctly, Xu Maoqing's only son is an idiot, right? That old bastard Xie Jiayun is really going all out!"

Huo Jingxuan's eyes were filled with a storm, like a lone wolf sitting on a mountaintop, gazing at the road ahead.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xi's expression subtly changed.

Huo Jingxuan then turned to look at her: "I remember you have a close relationship with that young lady from the Xie family, right?"

Jiang Xi finally understood why Huo Jingxuan had sent her to serve him.

He gritted his teeth and said, "I have a very close friendship with Miss Xie Sichun of the Xie family!"

"Ha!" Huo Jingxuan feigned surprise: "Then aren't you going to tip her off?"

Jiang Xi stared intently at the man beside her: "Isn't this exactly what you wanted me to do?"

Otherwise, why would you let her hear these things?

Do I expect you to do it?

Huo Jingxuan looked directly into Jiang Xi's eyes and asked meaningfully.

Jiang Xi was stunned for a moment. Although Xie Sichun was Xie Zhuguo's granddaughter, she was born to Xie Zhuguo and his mistress, just like herself, and was not favored in the Xie family.

Xie Sichun's love interest was merely a scholar, and her marriage was never up to her own choice.

"Is the scholar Xie Sichun likes named Wei Liangyuan? He's a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations) but doesn't hold any official position yet..."

Seeing that Jiang Xi did not answer, Huo Jingxuan continued speaking to himself.

"You've found out so much!" Jiang Xi exclaimed in shock.