Watching Mu Lingzhu’s retreating figure, Su Biqing felt somewhat uneasy and turned to Aunt Li, “Stay by Lingzhu’s side today to prevent any mishaps.”

Aunt Li nodded and hurried after her.

Seeing Su Biqing being unusually paranoid, Mu Yunjin couldn’t help but reflect that there was indeed a significant difference between one’s biological and non-biological children.

After finishing breakfast and returning to her quarters, Zixiang looked at Mu Yunjin with confusion, leaning against the doorframe, “Miss, you woke up so early just to have breakfast with the Master and Madam?”

“Yes,” Mu Yunjin stretched lazily and walked toward her bedroom.

Zixiang frowned, completely unable to understand Mu Yunjin’s reason for doing this. By the time she wanted to ask further, Mu Yunjin had already changed her clothes and lain down.

Mu Yunjin slept deeply until several noisy disturbances outside the door startled her awake. Hearing the commotion outside, she frowned with displeasure.

After a moment, the clamor outside rose again—

“Yunjin, come out quickly! You can’t treat me like this! Have you forgotten our solemn vows to each other?”

Sitting on the bed, Mu Yunjin was startled upon hearing these words and furrowed her brows. Wasn’t that Mu Yiyang’s voice?

“Yunjin, Yunjin, you cannot marry the Sixth Prince. You’re already mine, how can you abandon me to marry the Sixth Prince?” Mu Yiyang’s voice sounded again.

Hearing this, Mu Yunjin suddenly felt a chill in her heart. She quickly changed clothes, put on her shoes, and pushed open the bedroom door.

In the courtyard of Shihua Pavilion, Wei Hanqiao was supporting Mu Yiyang, while Zixiang firmly blocked Mu Yiyang’s path, preventing him from approaching Mu Yunjin’s bedroom.

Upon seeing Mu Yunjin, Wei Hanqiao and Mu Yiyang immediately became agitated. Wei Hanqiao was the first to speak, angrily cursing, “Mu Yunjin, you shameless little slut! You seduced your brother and committed incest! You truly are despicable to the core!”

“Mother, don’t scold Yunjin. Yunjin and I truly love each other,” Mu Yiyang said, kneeling before Wei Hanqiao.

Mu Yunjin was completely bewildered, frowning and about to speak when Minister Mu and Su Biqing stormed angrily into the courtyard. Then came Minister Mu’s thunderous shout—

“What is going on here?!”

“Father, I beg you to bless your son and Yunjin. All these years, when Yunjin was confined to Shihua Pavilion, she secretly gave her heart to me. Please, don’t marry her to the Sixth Prince.” Mu Yiyang knelt in the center of the front hall, mentioning Mu Yunjin with tears streaming down his face.

Beside him, Wei Hanqiao also wiped her tears and struck Mu Yiyang several times, “You wretched thing! Yunjin is your sister, how could you commit such an immoral act with her?”

Minister Mu listened to Mu Yiyang and Wei Hanqiao’s words with a gloomy face, then slammed his hand heavily on the table. With a loud ‘bang,’ the teacup on the table rolled off and shattered on the floor!

From the moment he heard Mu Yiyang’s words, he felt his blood pressure rising, a tightness in his chest making it difficult to breathe.

Su Biqing sat beside Minister Mu, frowning and looking at Wei Hanqiao with displeasure, “You’ve raised your son well! He dares to seduce his sister!”

“Tell me, how far have you gone?”

Hearing this, Mu Yiyang’s eyes flashed with fear. He lowered his gaze, somewhat afraid to continue.

“Speak up!” Even Minister Mu could not remain calm and slapped the table again as he spoke.

After a moment, Mu Yiyang seemed to gather his courage, then cast a passionate glance at Mu Yunjin before speaking softly, “We’ve done everything that could be done…”

“Yunjin is no longer pure.”

Mu Yiyang’s words immediately pushed the atmosphere in the front hall to a climax. Especially after his final sentence, Mu Lingzhu, who had just returned from her outing, happened to enter with the Fourth Prince Chu Ye. Upon hearing Mu Yiyang’s words, they froze in their tracks.

“Unfilial child! Unfilial child! Unfilial child!” Minister Mu felt a rush of blood to his throat, grabbed a cup, and hurled it forcefully at Mu Yiyang’s head.

Wei Hanqiao immediately rushed over to protect Mu Yiyang, hysterically exclaiming, “It must have been that little slut Yunjin who seduced Yiyang. Yiyang is the Second Young Master; what kind of women hasn’t he seen?”

“It must be her! She wanted to use Yiyang’s status to establish herself in this household!” With that, Wei Hanqiao turned her gaze toward Mu Yunjin.

Mu Yunjin, who had been sitting to the side watching the show, came to her senses when she met Wei Hanqiao’s gaze, suddenly realizing—

Oh, she was supposed to be the female lead in this drama.

Looking around the front hall, everyone who should be present had arrived.

Truly, since transmigrating to this Western Yuan country, there seemed to be a good show performed every few days.

“What’s happening? What’s going on between my sister and Second Brother?” Mu Lingzhu frowned, glancing at Mu Yiyang, then at Mu Yunjin.

Hearing Mu Lingzhu’s voice, Minister Mu came to his senses and only then noticed Chu Ye standing beside Mu Lingzhu. Recalling what had just happened, he became somewhat flustered.

“I was unaware of Your Highness the Fourth Prince’s arrival. Please forgive my failure to welcome you properly,” Minister Mu said as he stood up.

Chu Ye’s brows concealed a cold light. After hearing Minister Mu’s words, he laughed coldly, “Today, this Prince accidentally witnessed something he shouldn’t have. Since I’ve witnessed it, this Prince would like to hear the rest.”

“After all, it concerns my sixth brother, so it’s also a matter of the royal family.” Having said this, Chu Ye found a chair and sat down.

Minister Mu’s face stiffened, looking increasingly grim.

Whether this matter was true or false, it concerned the children of the Mu family. Once word got out, they would face public censure, especially regarding Yunjin’s reputation.

If it reached the Sixth Prince’s ears, he might call off the engagement.

Thinking of this, Minister Mu finally realized the severity of the situation.

Mu Yunjin hadn’t thought that far ahead. Instead, she casually crossed her legs, took a sip of tea, and looked at Mu Yiyang, “Second Brother, who taught you this trick?”

“Let me think, did someone give you a large sum to deliberately ruin my reputation, making the Sixth Prince break off our engagement to achieve some purpose?”

As Mu Yunjin finished speaking, she glanced at Mu Lingzhu and Su Biqing.

“Yunjin, now that you’ve secured the Sixth Prince, you indeed look down on me. Have you forgotten the sweet words you whispered when you were beneath me?” Mu Yiyang continued.

Hearing these shameless words, Mu Yunjin didn’t blush; instead, she sneered, “Can’t you make up a more convincing lie?”

“Whether I am pure or not, the Sixth Prince will find out on our wedding night. How can your worthless mouth fabricate such things?”

Mu Yunjin’s bold words made everyone in the front hall blush on her behalf.

After a pause, Mu Yunjin stood up, crossed her arms, and looked down at Mu Yiyang with disdain, speaking condescendingly, “Mu Yiyang, if you dare to be someone else’s pawn, you should be prepared to lose your life at any moment.”

“Today, I, Mu Yunjin, make this declaration: I will immediately find some old matrons to examine me! If I am not a virgin, I will atone with my death and not bring shame to the Xiang Mansion.”

“But if it’s proven that your words are fabricated, I will have you castrated and hung naked from the city tower for seven days as a public example.”

“What do you say? Do you dare?”

Hearing this, Mu Yiyang swallowed hard, his eyes flashing with panic. After a moment of silence, he finally nodded.

“Yunjin, you and I both know the truth about our relationship. Why make such a deadly oath?” Mu Yiyang said.

Mu Yunjin smiled, raising an eyebrow, “Yes, we both know what’s true and what’s false.”

“Someone, go invite some old matrons here.”

During the process of summoning the old matrons, everyone in the front hall had different thoughts.

Mu Lingzhu looked at Mu Yiyang kneeling on the ground and couldn’t help but admire how vicious Empress Dowager Zheng’s move was, directly labeling Mu Yunjin as promiscuous.

Even if they later verified that Mu Yunjin was pure, people would still speculate whether she had engaged in other intimate acts with Mu Yiyang.

In any case, Mu Yunjin’s reputation would be further tarnished.

Perhaps the Sixth Prince would break off the engagement because of this, and then her opportunity would come.

Shortly thereafter, several old matrons hurriedly entered from outside. Upon entering, they curtseyed to everyone, and then one of them, who seemed to be in charge, addressed Mu Yunjin, “Third Miss, please come with us.”

Mu Yunjin nodded and stood up.

Just as she was about to leave the front hall, a clear, crisp voice suddenly sounded from outside—

“Wait!”

A figure dressed in silver armor walked in. He stood tall with strong, straight eyebrows and a calm expression on his face, though his eyes concealed a sharp intensity.

“Yunhan, you’ve returned?” Minister Mu and Su Biqing were delighted and excited to see the newcomer, sitting up straight.

Mu Yunjin raised an eyebrow, looking at the arrival. Was this her eldest brother, Mu Yunhan?

Mu Yunhan met Mu Yunjin’s gaze and looked in her direction, his brow slightly furrowed, his expression showing clear displeasure.

“Big Brother…” Mu Yiyang, kneeling on the ground, tremblingly addressed the suddenly returned Mu Yunhan.

He had expected Mu Yunhan to greet him kindly, but instead, Mu Yunhan raised his foot and kicked Mu Yiyang forcefully against the wall. Mu Yiyang fell to the ground, spitting several mouthfuls of fresh blood.

“Yunhan, you…” Minister Mu frowned, somewhat confused by Mu Yunhan’s actions.

Unexpectedly, after a moment of silence, Mu Yunhan turned his gaze toward Mu Yunjin and spoke disdainfully, “Mu Yunjin, you’ve improved! Yet you can’t even handle such a fool!”

Mu Yunjin was startled, her eyes showing a trace of surprise. So, Mu Yunhan was on her side?

Soon after, Mu Yunhan spoke again, “Yunjin is my sister. No one can scheme against her!”

“Yunhan, you’ve just returned and don’t understand what happened here. Yunjin and your second brother…” Su Biqing, seeing Mu Yunhan’s anger, tried to explain.

Before she could finish, Mu Yunhan interrupted with mockery, “Who do you think Yunjin is? Would she be interested in any trash?”

With that, he looked displeased at the old matrons standing beside Mu Yunjin, “Get out now!”

Hearing this, the old matrons were immediately frightened away.

Seeing her eldest brother behaving like a powder keg, Mu Yunjin suddenly felt protected, and her heart swelled with joy.

“Big Brother, do you know that Second Brother just claimed he and Sister had an improper relationship? Sister was having those old matrons verify her purity to give the Sixth Prince an explanation.”