The pampered heiress holds the script and leads her cannon fodder family to a counterattack.

Because the amount of bribes he accepted was so large, Pan Chengyun was sentenced to be executed in the autumn.

In fact, if Qin Wanyue had pleaded for Pan Chengyun, his life could have been saved.

However, Qin Wanyue resolutely refused to plead for her.

She knew that Pan Chengyun must hate her, and if she pleaded for him, things might get complicated.

Madam Pan couldn't bear this blow, and her illness worsened.

In the past, her medicine was provided by Qin Yunzhu, the fourth young master of the Marquis's mansion.

After Qin Wanyue and Pan Chengyun divorced, she naturally stopped providing medicine to Madam Pan.

The Pan family had no choice but to buy the medicine themselves.

However, medicine was very expensive. Without the support of the Marquis's mansion, and with Pan Chengyun's property now belonging to Qin Wanyue, the Pan family was living in extreme poverty and could only use cheap medicine as a substitute, which was of little use.

As for Huang Yao, there is no direct evidence that she was involved in the murder of Qin Wanyue, and the matter of accepting bribes has nothing to do with Huang Yao; she simply entrusted the bribes to Huang Yao for safekeeping.

In addition, Huang Yao got involved with the female lead Yan Yuelan, and Yan Yuelan helped her get released after only two days of detention.

They wanted Yan Yuelan to save Pan Chengyun again, but the matter involved was too sensitive, and the Yan family dared not plead for Pan Chengyun.

Even if they plead for leniency and release the person, they will be ruined and will never be able to return to the court as an official. They will be a useless person in the future.

In addition, Huang Yao had very limited influence, so she ignored Pan Chengyun.

Huang Yao was devastated after she came out.

The thought of Pan Chengyun's impending execution filled her with great sorrow.

However, the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.

Why was everything that day such a coincidence?

When she was having an affair with Pan Chengyun, Qin Wanyue happened to discover it.

When they discovered it, the eldest princess happened to be there as well.

Just as they were catching the adulterers in the act, the child happened to appear.

After the divorce, Qin Wanyue took out the account book.

Everything seemed to be designed.

She later asked the child more questions, inquiring in detail about what had happened that day.

The child said that he was playing in the yard when a maid took him away, saying she would take him to see his parents, so he followed her.

Huang Yao broke out in a cold sweat.

It turns out that Qin Wanyue already knew about the child.

Taking the child away that day was premeditated.

How utterly foolish of me to have the audacity to come right up to her!

Everything that followed was pre-planned.

So how did Qin Wanyue know that she would be there that day? How did she know that she would be doing *that* with Pan Chengyun?

Where exactly did they slip up?

She couldn't figure it out.

However, Qin Wanyue hadn't discovered that she and Pan Chengyun had been having an affair for so many years.

She always felt that Qin Wanyue wasn't very smart.

How come they've suddenly become so clever, able to come up with such a meticulous plan, as if they could predict the future?

Huang Yao then thought of Qin Wanyue's younger sister, Qin Wanying, whom she had lost and then found again.

Qin Wanying was also present when they caught them in the act of adultery.

Could this plan be related to Qin Wanying?

Qin Wanying looked young and gentle, but Huang Yao always felt that she was not simple.

With this in mind, Huang Yao went to the Yan residence and found Yan Yuelan.

Yan Yuelan was leaning against the dark green daybed, gently fanning herself with a round fan in her jade-like hand.

Yan Yuelan was very beautiful, and her every move exuded nobility.

Huang Yao bowed to Yan Yuelan.

"Why are you here again?" Yan Yuelan sat up straight, picked up her teacup, took a sip of tea, and didn't even lift her eyelids.

She has been troubled by Huang Yao's matter in recent days.

Everyone knows that Huang Yao is her cousin, and everyone knows that Huang Yao is attending the banquet on her behalf.

Now that such a scandal has happened, where will she put her face?

"You've got some nerve, daring to do that with Pan Chengyun in broad daylight, and even with a child involved," Yan Yuelan said irritably.

Yan Yuelan had been feeling unwell a few days ago, and Huang Yao volunteered to attend the banquet in her place. Huang Yao repeatedly assured her that she would not cause any trouble, which is why Yan Yuelan allowed her to go.

"Auntie is right. I will never do it again. I will always listen to you from now on and never act on my own again."

Huang Yao didn't even dare to lift her head.

Yan Yuelan's anger subsided slightly.

Pan Chengyun became a senior official in the Ministry of Works. Yan Yuelan was thinking that she would promote Pan Chengyun in the future and prepare for his future career.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be useless.

Huang Yao shared her suspicions with Yan Yuelan.

Yan Yuelan felt that Huang Yao's words made some sense.

The Marquis of Dingbei's mansion is now a staunch supporter of the Crown Prince, and there is no possibility of bringing them under their wing to work for Dongqian.

Now, they've even gone after her people.

Moreover, they are ruthless, decisive, and efficient, leaving no room for hesitation.

The strength of the Marquis of Dingbei's mansion should not be underestimated.

It seems we need to start dealing with it now.

We should also keep an eye on Qin Wanying. Although she is young, she may indeed be as Huang Yao said, a shrewd and calculating person.

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Nighttime, the Marquis's residence.

After studying with Mu Yan for several days, Qin Wanying had almost mastered the lightness skill.

She can now fly directly onto rooftops and move from one rooftop to another.

This struck Qin Wanying, a modern person, as incredibly strange, as if it were all a dream.

She then asked Mu Yan to teach her how to use hidden weapons.

The main reason was that she felt she couldn't beat those who had practiced martial arts for many years with her fists and feet, so she had to learn some other self-defense techniques.

The hidden weapons designed by Qin Wanying's sixth brother, Qin Xiaoyan, are all foolproof and very easy to operate; even a child as young as a few years old can use them.

However, there are also some drawbacks. They are generally quite large, with the ring given to Qin Wanying being an exception.

The hidden weapons that Mu Yan taught her to use were not mechanical; they were like silver needles and darts, thrown purely by hand.

In fact, there aren't many people in this world who know how to use hidden weapons.

The shadow guards of the Marquis's mansion were skilled in using concealed weapons, a rare skill in modern times.

Using a hidden weapon unexpectedly can really catch your opponent off guard.

However, throwing weapons is really hard to learn.

The strength of the wrist and fingers must be just right to precisely control the direction of the hidden weapon in the hand.

Qin Wanying tried several times, but felt that her wrists were weak and powerless. The needles she threw fell lightly to the ground and could not be shot into the tree like Mu Yan.

However, Qin Wanying was willing to learn and did not want to give up easily. After practicing for an hour, she was able to shoot needles into trees.

Mu Yan looked at Qin Wanying, shocked.

The Second Miss is truly a genius when it comes to hidden weapons. He practiced this move for a full month to reach this level, but the Second Miss achieved such results in just one hour.

She learned light-body skills in just a few days, whereas I thought it would take her months.

Who exactly is the Second Miss? Not only can she foresee the future, but she also learns things so quickly.

Qin Wanying's four maids also learned martial arts from the other shadow guards. Although they didn't learn as well as Qin Wanying, they were still able to defend themselves.

After Qin Wanyue divorced, she lived in the mansion and taught Qin Wanying some riding and archery skills during the day.

The next day, Qin Wanying went to Tianji Garden again.

Because there are so many wealthy people in Kyoto, her reputation has already spread far and wide, and even though a fortune telling costs 100 taels, there are still long queues of people waiting in line.

She then changed the price to one thousand taels per divination.

When Chunying learned that the Second Miss's fortune-telling cost a thousand taels of silver per session, her mouth was practically agape.

She already thought that 100 taels for a divination was outrageous.

Now the price has actually risen to one thousand taels per divination!

However, as Chunying received the gleaming silver notes, she almost drooled.

The second young lady is truly amazing! She's a role model for all women!

At this rate of five thousand taels a day, imagine how wealthy the Marquis's mansion would become after a year!