After transmigrating into the book, I helped my mother reconcile with her divorced husband.

Lu Yun pulled Lu Zhiyuan behind him and said smugly, "My lady is right. Don't make promises lightly that His Highness can't keep. His Highness is different from me. I am from the Lu family. My name was given to me by my lady. I can accompany and protect my lady for the rest of my life."

“Very good.” Xiao Yebai turned the purple bracelet on his wrist: “Five years, I will definitely keep my promise to you, A Yuan.”

"What agreement? My young lady wouldn't remember that." Lu Yun stared at the bracelet on his wrist, and said jealously, "You've already gotten my young lady's bracelet and you're still thinking about her. Haven't you heard the rumors in the palace? My young lady is the Crown Princess chosen by the Emperor and the Empress."

“She is the future Crown Princess.” Xiao Yebai corrected him, “It’s just an engagement, a symbolic title.”

“She is the Crown Princess, you are from Southern Chu, so don’t even think about her.” Lu Yun completely blocked Lu Zhiyuan from view: “It’s getting late, His Highness the hostage is in poor health, he should go back and rest early.”

"It's alright, I'll help A-Yuan deal with Granny's matter."

“I’m here. Whether it’s killing or burying, I’ll help you, Miss. There’s no need for Your Highness to help.” Lu Yun said irritably, “With Your Highness’s thin arms and legs, you probably can’t even move a corpse.”

Xiao Yebai: "I can drag it along."

"Shut up, both of you!" Lu Zhiyuan gritted her teeth with her eyes closed. "Are you two three-year-olds? No, you're not three years old. You're more childish than the Seventh Princess."

"He insisted on arguing with me. A prince of Southern Chu, yet he has no magnanimity at all." Lu Yun pouted. "Miss is also biased. I am clearly your bodyguard. You gave him the modified bracelet but not me."

Lu Zhiyuan moved in front of him, gesturing for him to lower his head, and stared into his eyes, saying, "Do you want me to give it to you?"

"Yes, I definitely want what Miss gave me." Lu Yun said impatiently, "That purple bracelet is obviously not an ordinary bracelet. It must be a particularly powerful hidden weapon that Miss improved."

"As expected of A Yuan's personal bodyguard, he noticed the clues at a glance." Not to be outdone, Xiao Yebai deliberately activated the mechanism on the bracelet in front of Lu Yun. With a slight click, a "thorn" flew out of the bracelet and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Lu Yun, who witnessed all of this, was dumbfounded.

This thing is even more elusive than his flying guillotine, killing without a trace, but it's not very attractive. The bracelet is purple, and it looks more like something a young lady would wear.

Xiao Yebai is one thing, but he has an effeminate face and looks almost like a girl if you don't look closely. It would be ridiculous for a proper man like him to wear such a thing.

Seeing what he was thinking, Xiao Yebai deliberately shook his wrist and said, "It is indeed a weapon improved by A Yuan, for my self-defense. Young Master Lu is highly skilled in martial arts, so he certainly won't need it."

“Even if I don’t need it, Han Ting will.” Lu Yun continued to sneer, “It’s one thing for Miss not to remember me, but she’s forgotten Han Ting too. How heartbroken Han Ting would be if he knew. And Liu Ying, she doesn’t know martial arts, she’s a girl, so this bracelet should be given to her. Miss is too biased, only caring about outsiders and not about us.”

"Is it possible that Miss made me a ring?" Liu Ying suddenly appeared from nowhere and said, "The ring Miss gave me can not only hide needles that can make people fall asleep, but also powder. Miss said that I rarely have the opportunity to act alone, so this is enough. Bracelets are too heavy and would be a burden to wear. If I'm not careful, someone else might snatch them away."

Liu Ying showed Lu Yun her ring, a small, emerald-green piece that perfectly matched her temperament. The ring was made of neither gold nor silver, but brass, a material that even poor families would disdain.

“Miss specially chose brass, and even the design is the simplest that others wouldn’t look down on. And these scratches were deliberately done by Miss and me.” Liu Ying took off the ring. “Miss said that I am a maid and shouldn’t have too much valuable jewelry. If it were gold or silver, it would definitely be stolen by someone with malicious intent. If I accidentally dropped it, someone would take it and sell it for money. Brass is good; it’s not worth much. Even if a beggar finds it, he will throw it back where it was and won’t hurt anyone.”

Fearing that Lu Yun wasn't hurt enough, Liu Ying added, "Don't wrong Miss. Miss hasn't forgotten Han Ting. She made a fan for Han Ting, a white one with ink bamboo painted on it. The fan surface has hidden mechanisms, and it's no less impressive than His Highness's bracelet. Judging by the time, it will be in Han Ting's hands in a few days."

"So you're the only one who doesn't have it?" Lu Yun's eyes reddened, and he squatted down on the ground, clutching his sword. "Miss's heart is completely biased."

"Yes, yes, heaven knows I wore my nails down to the bare base trying to make you a handy weapon." Lu Zhiyuan kicked the nanny who had fainted from the pain: "You want her, right? I'll dispose of her and give her to you two."

“What Miss said cannot be denied!” Lu Yun’s eyes lit up instantly: “We’ll drag her to the Imperial Garden and bury her upside down.”

Xiao Yebai frowned. "Why bury him upside down? Is it Young Master Lu's personal preference, or is there some other reason?"

"My young lady likes to be buried upside down, do you have a problem with that?" Lu Yun pushed him aside, preparing to carry the unconscious nanny.

Xiao Yebai touched his nose: "I'm with Young Master Lu, so I can help you support yourself."

"Bury what? Do you think you can just bury something in the Imperial Garden like that?" Lu Zhiyuan rubbed her forehead, looking exasperated. "Go find the Crown Prince. He knows how to handle this. Contact Yin Shisan and have him arrest the person who forged the hairpin so that he can be used as a witness to accuse Lu Jinyao of poisoning the Seventh Princess. Besides witnesses, we also need physical evidence. We need to find a way to get the hairpin from Lu Jinyao, and we need to do it in front of everyone so that she won't deny it."

Xiao Yebai pondered, "Yebai is fine."

Lu Yun didn't want to think about such a troublesome matter. Holding her sword, she walked to the back door and said, "Won't the Crown Prince be angry if I go to see him at this hour? Should Miss give me some kind of token?"

"No need!" Xiao Yebai listened carefully: "His Highness the Crown Prince is right outside the door. Just open the back door and welcome him in."

"How did Your Highness know I was outside?" Before the words were finished, the Crown Prince pushed open the door and entered. "I can take the person with me, but I cannot get involved in other matters. As for Manager Yin, whom A Yuan mentioned, I can also send someone to contact him. At this time, it is best not to send a carrier pigeon, lest it give others something to say."

"Thank you, Your Highness. Please take care, Your Highness." Lu Zhiyuan waved her hand and leaned lazily against Lu Yun. "I'll trouble Your Highness to leave the patrolling guard behind. There's a fire at Ronghua Palace, and we need a witness."

The Crown Prince's eyes darkened: "Not only do we need witnesses, but we also need a victim of similar age. I'll have them bring one from death row. A-Yuan, you just need to prepare what you need to prepare."

A fire broke out in Ronghua Palace, and the nanny who cared for the Seventh Princess was burned to death in the small kitchen. While cleaning up the scene, palace servants found an empty medicine packet inside the nanny's clothing. An examination by the imperial physician confirmed that the small kitchen in Ronghua Palace had been poisoned.

The Empress ordered a thorough investigation, which eventually led to the New Year's Eve palace banquet.