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The old lady clutched her chest, looked up at the sky, and looked utterly despondent, which made Xiao Jinghan both laugh and cry.

He gave the guard a look, and the guard immediately released him and obediently retreated outside the door. Xiao Jinghan calmly stood up, patted his sleeves, walked towards the old lady, and politely called her "Grandmother."

"Don't call me grandmother!" The old lady shook her head at Xiao Jinghan. "I don't have a grandson like you! I don't have such an unfilial grandson!"

"No, Grandmother, you're going to abandon your own grandson over a bottle of medicine!" Xiao Jinghan snatched the medicine bottle from the physician's hand and stood in front of the old lady's wheelchair. "It's a misunderstanding. Besides, even if your grandson really does have a problem, I can cure him, can't I?"

The old lady closed her eyes, thought and thought, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. "Since you have a problem, then..."

She paused, recalling some embarrassing events. Seeing this, Xiao Jinghan looked at Liu Yuansheng sitting on the bed and said, "Grandmother, I told you long ago that Liu Yuansheng and I were completely innocent that night at the Princess's residence. Nothing happened at all. It was you who insisted that I marry her..."

"Shut up! You wicked child, how dare you say that!" Without another word, the old lady smacked Xiao Jinghan with her cane. "You ruined that girl's reputation, and you still say such irresponsible things! I'll beat you to death!"

"Alright, alright, I won't say anything more." Xiao Jinghan took two steps back. "You tell me, what do you want?"

"What do I want? What do I want?" The old lady's voice trembled with tears as she said, "You wretched child, you've never given me a moment's peace since you were little. I told you to study hard, but you insisted on wandering the martial world, and then you joined the army, fighting everywhere, making me live in constant fear!"

"You were gone for several years. You finally returned with a wealth of military achievements, but you gave up the Emperor's favor and plunged into the Censorate, where you have been wasting your time ever since."

"I asked you to get married, and you said you were too young; I asked you to have children, and you tried to fool me with a cradle!"

"I told you to treat Yuansheng well, but you, you..."

As the old lady cursed, she became increasingly agitated, clutching her chest and unable to speak for a long time.

She took the ginseng slices from Granny Tian and put them in her mouth to catch her breath. She was about to scold her again when Liu Yuansheng suddenly stood up, walked to her side, and grabbed her hand.

The moment the old lady saw Liu Yuansheng, her gaze softened. She took Liu Yuansheng's hand in return and comforted her, saying, "Yuansheng, don't worry, I will definitely teach him a lesson for you."

"If you can't take it anymore, go rest in the warm room. After I've finished disciplining him, I'll make him apologize to you in person."

Liu Yuansheng shook her head, bent down, pointed at Xiao Jinghan, and shook her head again.

"What? You don't want him anymore?" The old lady's eyes twitched, quite frightened by Liu Yuansheng's actions. "Child, he has wronged you, but you are still husband and wife. Please give him another chance, okay?"

Liu Yuansheng shook her head upon hearing this, and Xiao Jinghan quickly explained for her, "Grandmother, you misunderstood. She meant that she doesn't blame me."

Liu Yuansheng nodded hurriedly, pointed at the old lady, then at Xiao Jinghan, and spread her hands out, pressing them down.

Xiao Jinghan understood immediately. "She said, 'Grandmother, don't get angry because of me. Getting angry is bad for your health. Your health is the most important thing.'"

Liu Yuansheng nodded, then pointed to the old lady and the moon outside the window, put her hands together by her neck, and tilted her head.

"She said it's late and you should go to sleep," Xiao Jinghan said. "You really should go to sleep. What time is it? If you're really so angry, can't I just go kneel in the ancestral hall myself?"

The old lady kept a stern face and didn't say a word.

Seeing this, Liu Yuansheng walked to Xiao Jinghan's side, extended her two thumbs, and pressed them together with their fingertips touching.

Xiao Jinghan was slightly taken aback by Liu Yuansheng's actions, then said, "She said that we get along very well, so you don't need to worry."

The old lady remained silent, only able to sigh.

"I know I can't control you all, none of you listen to me." She leaned back in her wheelchair. "Fine, let it be. It's all fate."

The old lady looked exhausted and slowly closed her eyes. Granny Tian hurriedly pushed the old lady away from Chenxiang Courtyard.

The guards and the palace maids left together, leaving only Liu Yuansheng and Xiao Jinghan in the room. They looked at each other in silence, the atmosphere becoming somewhat awkward. Fortunately, Ying'er rushed in and asked, "Young Master, Miss, are you ready to settle in?"

Liu Yuansheng was still a little sleepy in the evening, but after the commotion caused by the old lady and Xiao Jinghan, she was no longer sleepy. Xiao Jinghan's eyes were bright and cunning, and he also showed no signs of sleepiness. "Go and help your young lady to sleep."

Xiao Jinghan sat down on the daybed, rubbed his temples, and said, "Were you startled?"

This question was directed at Liu Yuansheng, but Liu Yuansheng didn't know how to answer. She was indeed frightened, but at the same time, she felt a sense of relief, because she didn't like lying.

Similarly, I don't like being lied to.

She pointed at Xiao Jinghan, then at the east wing, and asked if Xiao Jinghan was asleep.

It was already very late at night.

Xiao Jinghan smiled brightly, clearly not taking what had just happened to heart. He casually tossed the medicine bottle into the trash can and said, "Go to sleep. Grandmother is angry with me. I'm going to kneel in the ancestral hall."

After speaking, he stood up, paused for a moment, then turned to Liu Yuansheng and asked, "What exactly happened at the Princess's residence that day?"

Liu Yuansheng was taken aback upon hearing this.

Xiao Jinghan gazed at her calmly, patiently waiting for her answer, but she remained silent for a long time.

She never explained the matter of the Princess's residence to the old lady and Xiao Jinghan.

Because Liu Jingyuan forced her to join the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, because she had no choice in the matter, and because the die was cast, she could explain, but there was nothing she could change.

But Xiao Jinghan insisted on asking.

Clearly, he suspected that there was something fishy about the matter concerning the eldest princess, and that both of them had fallen into someone else's trap.

Memories flooded back, and the stench of blood returned, filling her chest. She calmed herself for a moment, then pulled out paper and pen and quickly wrote down the cause and effect of the incident.

She did not attempt to seduce Xiao Jinghan.

She was knocked unconscious on her way to change clothes in a side hall with a palace maid. When she woke up, she was lying with Xiao Jinghan, and then Su Tinglan caught them in bed together.

She showed what she had written to Xiao Jinghan, who quickly glanced at it and said, "It's pretty much what I thought."

He took out the letter Jiang Yue had given him. "Open it and see. Do you know the person mentioned in the letter?"

Liu Yuansheng took the letter.

The letter contained a simple message: a woman named Xiang'er was to ask a man named Ronglang to arrange for a man named Wu Zifan to secretly ruin Liu Yuansheng's reputation at the Princess's residence.

Liu Yuansheng didn't recognize any of these three people.

Strangely, they were plotting to harm her, especially this woman whose nickname was Xiang'er. Her words were so sharp and intense that they seemed to want to devour her alive and get rid of her as soon as possible.

Liu Yuansheng felt a chill run down her spine after reading it, shook her head, told Xiao Jinghan that she didn't know them, and returned the letter.

Xiao Jinghan put the letter away and smiled at Liu Yuansheng, saying, "I guessed you didn't know either, but that's okay, you'll get to know each other in a while."

"Alright, go to sleep. I'm going to kneel in the ancestral hall. Remember to secretly bring me food."