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Yun Jin was overjoyed, her eyes immediately curving into crescents, and she quickly said, "Thank you, Ayan!"

Xiao Jingyan reached out and ruffled her hair, his tone full of doting: "Why are you being so polite with me?"

Yun Jin dodged him in annoyance and glared at him: "You've messed up my hair."

Xiao Jingyan chuckled and withdrew his hand, raising an eyebrow before changing the subject: "But why didn't you give me those two oranges and apples that you gave to Yun Lang?"

Yun Jin's smile froze on her face. How did he know about this? She narrowed her eyes, a dangerous glint in her voice: "You're spying on me?"

Xiao Jingyan subconsciously touched his nose, a rare hint of guilt in his expression: "It wasn't surveillance... I saw it by accident."

The guard had just told him that Yun Lang had happily run back with a few oranges and apples in his arms. He immediately told the guard that he didn't need to keep an eye on Yun Jin's room anymore, since she was his betrothed, how could he let others see her?

But this matter must never be mentioned in front of Yun Jin.

Yun Jin stared at his guilty yet feigned composure for a long time, then snorted twice, turned around and walked into the inner room, leaving behind the words, "Wait there."

Xiao Jingyan stood there, listening to the sounds of rummaging through drawers and cabinets coming from the inner room, and couldn't help but smile.

A short while later, Yun Jin came out from the inner room, carrying two apples and two oranges. She shoved them into his arms, giving him a disapproving look: "Here you go, are you satisfied now?!"

The items were obviously taken from the space; the rummaging through boxes and cabinets was just an act for Xiao Jingyan's benefit.

Xiao Jingyan looked down at the fruit in his arms, then at her, and said seriously, "Just four?"

Yun Jin glared at her and reached out to take the fruit back: "You think there's not enough? Fine, give it to me!"

"Yes, yes, yes." Xiao Jingyan quickly stepped aside to avoid her hand, protecting the fruit in his arms, and said with an embarrassed smile, "There's plenty, not a little less."

He carefully tucked the fruit into his sleeve, glanced at her again, and said with some reluctance, "It's getting late, I have to go now. See you outside the city tomorrow morning."

Yun Jin nodded, watching him climb out the window and disappear into the night in the blink of an eye.

Yun Jin closed the window, pursed her lips, turned off the light, and lay down on the bed to rest.

……

Grandma Yun's courtyard, Songhe Garden.

After Liu Zhixue left, Old Madam Yun leaned against the pillow, closed her eyes, and went through the events of the day from beginning to end. The more she went through it, the more uneasy she felt.

She opened her eyes and called out towards the door, "Someone come here."

Her personal nanny, Granny Wang, lifted the curtain and came in.

The old lady said in a deep voice, "Go and keep an eye on things at the front. See if the master has seen the guests off. If he has, have him come over and tell him I have something to ask him."

Granny Wang responded and left.

In the front hall, Yun Heting nodded upon hearing the servant's message. After seeing off all the guests, he called Ping An over: "Go and ask what exactly happened in the flower hall today. Why did Yun Jin say in front of Eunuch Fu that the old lady wanted to remove her from the family register?"

Ping An nodded and went to call over a servant who was waiting outside the flower hall.

Upon hearing Yun Heting's words, the man dared not conceal anything any longer and recounted in detail how Old Madam Yun questioned Chu Wanqing in the flower hall, how she scolded Yun Jin for being vulgar and unbearable, how she threatened to open the ancestral hall to expel her from the family, and how Yun Jin fought back.

After listening, Yunheting stood there for a long time.

The lanterns under the eaves illuminated his face, flickering intermittently.

After a long pause, he finally managed to squeeze out two words through gritted teeth: "I understand."

Without saying anything more, he turned and walked towards the old lady's courtyard.

Grandma Yun was reclining on the couch, resting with her eyes closed, when she heard the door open. She opened her eyes and saw Yun Heting. She immediately asked:

"I'm asking you, what's the deal with that girl's title of county princess?"

Yun Heting sat down on a chair by the couch and said with a wry smile, "Mother asked me, how would I know? The imperial edict came suddenly, and I didn't know anything about it beforehand."

Grandma Yun frowned, thought for a moment, and then asked, "She lived in the mansion for so long, and you didn't even know about the fact that she presented the Emperor with a prescription for a cold-related epidemic?"

Yun Heting put down his teacup and sighed, "Mother, I truly didn't know, and it seems that Wanqing didn't know beforehand either."

Grandma Yun snorted coldly, her voice full of resentment: "How could this happen so coincidentally? Huh? How could it happen so coincidentally! I was just about to tell you to remove her from the family tree when the imperial decree arrived!"

Why did it have to come at that crucial moment? If I had acted any faster, my name would have been removed from the list by the time the imperial edict arrived.

Now look what's happened! I'm the one who got humiliated in public, completely disgraced. Why did you agree to let her be included in the family genealogy in the first place?

Yun Heting was a little annoyed by her question. He rubbed his temples and explained while suppressing his anger: "Mother, why are you angry with her? At that time, Wanqing was determined to recognize this goddaughter, and I was not very happy about it either."

The son had invited the Yun family patriarch and elders from various clans, but they couldn't stop him.

Moreover, my mother-in-law herself stepped in and said that if the Yun family did not want her to be included in the family genealogy, then she would be included in the Chu family genealogy.

"Mother, it would be better to include her in the Yun family's genealogy than the General's Mansion's."

After hearing this, Old Madam Yun's expression did not improve but became even more gloomy. She gritted her teeth and said, "It's the General's Mansion again! What right does the General's Mansion have to interfere in our Yun family's affairs time and time again?"

"They want to interfere in your adoption of a goddaughter? Why didn't they help your second brother back then? Just because the Chu family became a general, they think they're the kings of heaven?"

Yun Heting was startled by her words and quickly stood up to walk to the old lady's side, lowering his voice to say, "Mother, please keep your voice down! If this gets out..."

"So what if word gets out?" Old Mrs. Yun said stubbornly, but her voice involuntarily lowered.

Yun Heting sat down beside her bed and softened his tone, advising, "Mother, please listen to your son's advice. She's just a county princess. How many county princesses are there in this capital? His Majesty may not really care."

"Please be patient a little longer. If Xiu'er really does ascend to that position in the future, what will a mere general's mansion matter? At that time, your son will be the emperor's father-in-law, and you will be the matriarch. Who in the capital would dare not give you face?"

Grandma Yun was silent for a moment, then finally sighed deeply: "That's all we can do. If it weren't for Xiu'er's future, I wouldn't have tolerated her to that extent today. You didn't see the way Eunuch Fu looked at me; your mother has never been looked at like that in her entire life."

Yun Heting nodded, finally letting out a sigh of relief: "Mother, I'm relieved that you've come to your senses. Now that you're back, just enjoy yourself; let Wanqing worry about everything else."

Grandma Yun snorted coldly, no longer dwelling on the matter, and changed the subject: "He Ting, didn't you send me a message saying you might be offered a position in the Ministry of Revenue? Have you received any confirmation?"