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

The Director of the Imperial Observatory said, "Today we request the decree of Heaven to have ten young men and women under the age of twenty offer libations to Heaven, and then we will ask for the decree."

The Empress Dowager nodded: "Let's do as the Supervisor says."

Qin Wanying raised an eyebrow slightly.

Something seems amiss.

She wouldn't be one of those ten teenagers, would she?

The Director of the Imperial Observatory selected people one by one.

The selection process involves both men and women, and nine people have already been chosen.

When it came time to choose the tenth person, the Imperial Observatory Director pointed directly at Qin Wanying.

Qin Wanying looked at the supervisor and didn't move for two seconds.

Sure enough, he came prepared.

Were the first nine people chosen for her?

Qin Yunzhu also sensed that something was wrong.

Fearing that something might happen to Qin Wanying, he stood up and said, "Supervisor, this is my sister's first time at such an event, and she's a bit timid. I'll take her place."

Qin Wanying turned her head to look at her fourth brother, not expecting him to stand up for her in this situation.

[My fourth brother is so kind! Knowing there's a tiger in the mountain, he still went to protect me. But I can't let anything happen to him.]

Qin Xiaorong was a smart man. He sensed something was amiss and stood up, saying, "Let me do it. My younger siblings are inexperienced and might offend the heavens in their panic."

Qin Wanying was so moved that she almost cried.

[The second brother is so good too, risking his life to protect his younger siblings.]

When the supervisor saw Qin Yunzhu stand up, he was displeased. He was just a minor official and wanted to reprimand him, but Qin Xiaorong also stood up and spoke.

Qin Xiaorong is a general guarding the border, so I should be more polite to him.

So he said, "General Qin guards the border, which is serving the country, but his sins are too heavy, and he is not suitable to be the chief priest."

"The Second Miss Qin was lost and found by the Marquis's family. She has the good fortune to turn danger into safety and is irreplaceable."

Since the supervisor had said so, the two brothers glared at him, but had no choice but to slowly sit down.

Qin Wanying stood up, turned to her brothers and said, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."

She was still confident because she saw something unusual in the supervisor.

Qin Wanying and the other nine people each received a glass of wine, stood in their respective positions, and raised their glasses.

Qin Wanying touched the wine glass and found that it contained warm wine.

This is interesting.

Offering wine to the heavens—are you afraid the heavens will get a stomachache? And you're even using warm wine?

On the table in front of the supervisor were tortoise shells, yarrow stalks, and other similar items. Qin Wanying didn't recognize all of them, but she knew they were all used for divination.

Just as she was raising her glass, suddenly, blue flames erupted from the wine in Qin Wanying's hand!

A sharp pain shot through my hand, and at the same time, I heard the crisp sound of porcelain shattering. The cup in my hand had broken, and shards of it fell to the ground along with the blue flames.

Qin Wanying quickly jumped back a step. The wine was still burning on the ground, and the blue flames looked particularly eerie.

All eyes were on Qin Wanying.

"Blue flames are an ominous sign. If blue flames appear during the offering of wine to the heavens, it means that this person is an unlucky individual who will greatly affect the fate of the Great Yao Kingdom!"

Blue flames were indeed an ominous symbol for Emperor Yao.

Because the will-o'-the-wisps in the cemetery are blue.

The atmosphere at the banquet suddenly became heavy, and everyone looked at Qin Wanying and the shattered wine glass on the ground in front of her. The blue flames had gradually died down.

Qin Wanying's heart was pounding.

It turned out to be waiting for me here.

It seems that the Imperial Astronomical Bureau Chief's divination this time was aimed at himself.

Her prophetic abilities were met with suspicion, so she plotted to eliminate herself in this way.

She forced herself to calm down, the blue flames...

She seemed to have seen this kind of flame in a book, but there were too many details in the book, and she couldn't remember where she had seen it.

The Empress Dowager stood up, pointed at Qin Wanying, and said, "So she's a vixen who has brought ruin to the country! Seize her at once!"

As soon as the Empress Dowager finished speaking, four or five guards in silver armor came up from the side to detain Qin Wanying.

Without a second thought, Qin Xiaorong stepped in front of Qin Wanying and shouted, "Let's see who dares!"

Having fought for many years, Qin Xiaorong possessed the heroic spirit of a military general, and his shouts were deafening.

At this moment, with his eyes wide open in anger, protecting his sister, the guard was genuinely taken aback and did not continue forward.

"Qin Xiaorong, do you want to rebel!" The War King stood up, pointed at Qin Xiaorong, and shouted.

Today's events were a carefully planned scheme devised by the Empress Dowager for Qin Wanying's sake.

Very good. This Qin Wanying is my biggest worry. If I can get rid of her through this matter, it will put my mind at ease.

The crown prince looked confused.

He could tell that the Imperial Observatory and the Empress Dowager had staged a play to deal with the youngest daughter of the Qin family.

But why target this youngest daughter? She's just a woman; is it really necessary to make such a fuss about her?

However, for some reason, he didn't want anything to happen to Qin Wanying.

[Sigh, my fortune-telling stall at Tianji Garden was too high-profile, which aroused the suspicion of the male and female leads, and they want to get rid of me.]

As soon as he finished speaking, the Crown Prince and the Ninth Prince's pupils dilated in shock.

It turns out that Qin Wanying is the famous fortune teller from Tianji Garden!

No wonder! No wonder they set up such a huge scheme to get her!

But she herself is a fortune teller, surely she could have foreseen the calamity that awaited her today? Why would she personally come and jump into the fire?

Or do you have another purpose for coming here?

Unfortunately, I couldn't foresee my own fate; I've fallen into a trap today.

The prince suddenly realized.

It turned out to be the case.

Qin Wanying couldn't even foresee her own situation.

Xiao Dongqian and the Empress Dowager's faction had their own intelligence agencies and knew Qin Wanying's identity.

How ironic that he and his father, the Emperor, despite being the Crown Prince and the Emperor respectively, were unaware of this matter.

For so many years, with the Empress Dowager around, they couldn't even command the Imperial Guards, let alone their own intelligence agencies. It was incredibly frustrating.

It would be great if we could have our own guards in the palace.

However, since Qin Wanying was the fortune-telling girl, and the Marquis's mansion was on his side, he was now in a difficult situation.

If she were there, the chances of defeating Xiao Dongqian and the Empress Dowager would be much greater.

Today, we must protect Qin Wanying no matter what.

At this moment, Qin Xingyuan stood up, stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty and Empress Dowager. My second brother was only acting out of concern for his sister and had no intention of rebelling."

Defiing the palace guards is a serious crime.

If they were accused of treason, Xiao Rong would be finished.

The Emperor quickly said, "General Qin is just worried about protecting his sister. He is loyal and devoted, how could he possibly rebel? My dear minister, there is no need to be nervous."

Qin Xingyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, I find something suspicious about this matter. My younger sister's cup suddenly caught fire. I believe that someone has tampered with the cup. I implore Your Majesty to investigate thoroughly!"

The Emperor immediately said, "Your words are reasonable!" He then instructed the person beside him, "Go and examine this cup immediately!"

The Emperor is still confused; he doesn't know why the Empress Dowager is specifically targeting Qin Wanying.

However, he could simply do the opposite of what the Empress Dowager wanted to do; no matter what schemes she had, he couldn't let her succeed.

The emperor's guard examined the cup and said, "Your Majesty, there's nothing wrong with this cup!"