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

Meanwhile, in Huo Jingxuan's room.

Yang Xuerou knelt at Huo Jingxuan's feet, gazing at the man she had been infatuated with for many years.

Summoning her courage, she took off her outer garment, revealing her fair, white shoulders.

"Your Highness, whatever Ah Xi can give you, Xue Rou can give you too!"

As she spoke, she grabbed Huo Jingxuan's hand and placed it on her chest.

However, Huo Jingxuan forcefully pulled his hand out of hers, turned his head, and stared at her on the ground with a dark look in his eyes.

"You can annul the engagement; it will sound better for your reputation. I can announce to the public that I've adopted you as my sworn sister, and no one will dare to humiliate you in the future. Since this is a partnership, this is all I can do for you. Take care of yourself!"

Yang Xuerou, who had been holding her breath and supporting herself, finally collapsed, her body swaying precariously.

She slumped down next to Huo Jingxuan, her face streaked with tears.

"Why is this happening? Everything was fine before, why is it so important to call off the engagement now?"

All her resentment and anger turned into complaints. Yang Xuerou looked up at Huo Jingxuan and asked him in despair.

Looking at Yang Xuerou like this, Huo Jingxuan decided to tell the truth: "The assassins in the hunting grounds were sent by you, weren't they?"

Yang Xuerou paused, looking at Huo Jingxuan in disbelief, her lips trembling: "Of...of course not!"

The last trace of warmth in Huo Jingxuan's eyes faded: "You sent Xue Yang to infiltrate the Surveillance Department to kill and cover it up, but little did you know that the person in the Surveillance Department had already been replaced by me, just waiting to catch him like a turtle in a jar!"

Yang Xuerou was taken aback, then immediately understood: "What did you do to Xue Yang?"

Huo Jingxuan's lips curled into a cruel smile: "Xue Yang never confessed that you were the mastermind, even until his death!"

Huo Jingxuan's words revealed a great deal of information, and Yang Xuerou's body trembled uncontrollably.

She didn't like Xue Yang, but she couldn't live without him.

If Xue Yang dies, she will have no one she can trust left.

"Xue... Xue Yang..."

Large tears streamed down Yang Xuerou's face as she gripped Huo Jingxuan's robe so tightly that the veins bulged.

Seeing her so distraught, Huo Jingxuan understood everything: "I actually knew about your affair with Xue Yang a long time ago."

However, since we have only ever been in a cooperative relationship, I have never cared.

I know you love Xue Yang, but you can't bear to give up your wealth and glory. As a reward for your long-term cooperation with me, I will spare Xue Yang's life for you.

The water dungeon of the Supervisory Department is filled with water every half hour in Jiangcheng. If you go back now, you might still be able to save his life.

"Do you want to continue this entanglement with me, or do you want to save Xue Yang first? The choice is yours!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Xuerou looked up at Huo Jingxuan's fair and handsome face.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

So he had planned everything all along, yet he still let me get on the carriage, just to see me despair?

"This is just a small punishment for you. In the future, don't even think about messing with Ah Xi again, or the entire Yang family might not be able to protect you!"

Huo Jingxuan threatened.

Yang Xuerou trembled at his sinister gaze, then scrambled to her feet and ran outside.

She must hurry back now, Xue Yang, you must hold on.

Jiang Xi, who was drinking with Shang Que downstairs, heard hurried footsteps coming from the stairs behind her and subconsciously turned her head to look.

But then Yang Xuerou stumbled down the stairs, as if something urgent had happened. She fell down but got up again.

"Miss Yang? Where are you rushing off to?" Shang Que asked in a good mood.

However, Yang Xuerou didn't even have time to reply. After going down the stairs, she went straight to the inn's door, mounted her horse, and left that very night.

Jiang Xi was quite drunk, and her already sluggish mind became even more muddled.

Yet, even in this chaos, a sliver of clarity managed to emerge.

Thinking that Yang Xuerou left in such a hurry, Huo Jingxuan must have said something to her, but what exactly did he say?

"Little Seven, you promised to become my disciple after I told you everything about my senior brother. Come and call me Master!"

Seeing that Jiang Xi's face was flushed and her eyes were blurry with drunkenness, Shang Que immediately began to pursue his true purpose—to take on a disciple!

Jiang Xi was a little dizzy: "I said I'd think about it, I didn't say I absolutely had to become your apprentice!"

Shang Que pressed on, saying, "A gentleman's word is as good as his bond. I just told you everything about my senior brother in Jade God Valley. You can't go back on your word!"

Jiang Xi had never seen anyone so eager to take on a disciple, but then he thought that having more skills was never a bad thing, and since the man insisted on taking him on, he couldn't very well refuse.

Thinking this, her dark eyes darted around.

"It's not impossible for me to become your disciple, but let me make this clear from the start: I don't have much talent. You forced me to become your disciple, so you can't call me stupid or expel me from the sect!"

Shang Que thought Jiang Xi was being modest, and also thought his plan had succeeded. He suppressed his elation and wanted to take advantage of her being drunk to accept her as his disciple.

"Of course not, what master in this world would dislike his disciple!"

Jiang Xi chuckled and asked the shopkeeper to bring paper and pen: "Words are no proof; you have to give me a written agreement!"

Shang Que was surprised that Jiang Xi could still act so logically and reasonably even when drunk. It seems that he is indeed a gifted person.

So he took the paper and pen from the shopkeeper, wrote down the agreement as Jiang Xi had instructed, and signed and pressed his fingerprint on it.

"This is the first time I've seen a master make a promise to his disciple, and a written agreement has been signed. Now it's your turn to become his disciple!"

Jiang Xi took the document from Shang Que, read it once, put it in her pocket, then stood up and staggered to stand in front of Shang Que.

He knelt down before Shang Que with a thud and kowtowed loudly on the ground.

"Master, please bow to me, my disciple!"

"Bang" sound!

It was made by Jiang Xi hitting her forehead against the wooden floor.

"Sigh! You're being way too honest!"

Shang Que quickly stepped forward and helped Jiang Xi up.

Huo Jingxuan came downstairs and happened to see this scene. He frowned and went forward to help Jiang Xi up from the ground in place of Shang Que.

"What happened? Why did she kowtow to you?"

Huo Jingxuan tucked Jiang Xi under his arm, turned to question Shang Que, and looked at him with a gaze that seemed to want to skin Shang Que alive.

Shang Que was in a good mood after taking on a disciple: "She's my disciple now!"

Huo Jingxuan paused for a moment, then looked down at the woman in his arms.

Jiang Xi seemed to be drunk, and said with a smile, "Don't worry about this, I'm the one who benefited!"

Coincidentally, Shang Que thought the same thing.

Neither of them, who thought they had gotten the better deal, had the time to argue with Huo Jingxuan, who was completely clueless.

I'll settle the score with you tomorrow!

Although Huo Jingxuan didn't know what had happened between them, it seemed that Shang Que had gotten Jiang Xi drunk and then made her become his disciple.

But Shang Que is his junior brother. If Jiang Xi were to become his disciple, how would their seniority be determined in the future?

This is absolutely outrageous!