“Young Master, please forgive me, I lost my composure!” Xu Wanning trembled as she stood up. Due to nervousness, her whole body shook, and her originally rosy cheeks turned pale, devoid of any color.

Her voice was truly charming and made people feel soft-hearted, and Yan Xiangze couldn’t help but make a comparison.

He still preferred her voice in bed… more charming.

“Young Master?” Seeing Yan Xiangze remain silent for a long time, Xu Wanning couldn’t help but speak.

Could it be that he really wanted to blame her?

Thinking about the description of the Young Master in the book—upright and unyielding, dignified and cold, extremely attentive to etiquette and rules—she had just been impolite. Would she be blamed?

Thinking of this, Xu Wanning’s heart suddenly clenched, and a bitter feeling welled up within her.

She really wanted to go back to modern times. Why did she have to come here!

In a feudal monarchy, the people at the bottom have no human rights at all. From the original owner’s memories, she knew that even as the adopted daughter of the Prefect, in the eyes of everyone in the residence, she was just a dancing girl who could be presented to someone at any time, a tool for the Prefect to curry favor with those in power.

And the identity of the adopted daughter was just a reason to present her to the noblemen being cultivated and a connecting link to build relationships!

Why would A Fu dare to threaten the original owner? Didn’t he know that she was nothing in the Prefect’s eyes?

The Prefect had several adopted daughters, most of whom had already been sent out. Only the original owner was kept until now because of her extraordinary appearance and her knowledge of etiquette.

Xu Wanning, in modern times, was able to reach the management level at the age of twenty-something because she was down-to-earth, capable, and willing to put aside her pride. She knew best how to protect herself.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have called herself a servant; it was because she knew that in the face of power and status, the lives of those at the bottom were worthless. But life was what she valued most, followed by dignity, freedom… these external things.

But no matter how much she understood, when faced with an unknown ending that could possibly lead to death, she couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

Thinking of this, Xu Wanning’s eyes welled up with tears in addition to the nervousness in her heart. The crystal-clear tears were like pearls, streaming down her fair cheeks and falling to the ground.

Seeing the tears, Xu Wanning felt helpless. She found it so difficult to have a body that cried at the drop of a hat!

Was she going to be a green tea girl in the future?

Xu Wanning lowered her head and didn’t notice that Yan Xiangze, at the head of the table, had a slight flicker in his pupils when he saw her tears falling.

His thoughts were completely drawn by the woman in front of him. Yan Xiangze, who had never experienced this before, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, his eyes were clear.

“Xu, how did you enter this Young Master’s room last night? Who assisted you?” He picked up a teacup, took a sip, and his dry and itchy throat felt much better. Only then did Yan Xiangze ask in a somewhat low and hoarse voice. As he spoke, he rested his hand on his leg, his right foot slightly raised, and his body leaning forward slightly, as if he was afraid of not hearing the person in front of him clearly.

Huai Dan behind him sensed something, glanced at the strangely posed Young Master, and then glanced at Xu Wanning, who was lowering her head and shedding tears. A hint of confusion flashed in his eyes.

When did the Young Master speak so gently?

And it was to this kind of woman who was already considered to be greedy for vanity and trying to climb the social ladder.

Using a handkerchief to wipe away the tears on her face, Xu Wanning then raised her eyes, a little surprised that he would ask her this question so directly. It was different from what she remembered.

She couldn’t say the full draft that was in her stomach, and she glanced awkwardly at the Prefect beside her.

Unfortunately, the Prefect was kneeling on the ground and looked more like a quail than she did, and his eyes didn’t even drift in her direction, let alone give her any reaction.

Xu Wanning lowered her eyes, turned her thoughts over and over in her stomach, and then slowly said, “This servant… walked in on her own.” When she said this, she felt her face was hot, and she was a little shy.

After all, in front of everyone, she was saying that she ran into a man’s room just to seduce him. Even though she, a twenty-something-year-old single woman, had heard a lot about it through various channels in her previous life, she still couldn’t help but feel her face burning when she actually faced it.

“It’s all because this servant had evil intentions when she saw your beautiful face and wanted to fly up to a branch and become a phoenix. No one assisted me!”

Yan Xiangze’s eyes flashed with a hint of surprise that she would answer so directly.

Everyone present also didn’t expect her to give this answer, and they couldn’t help but glance at her, their eyes flashing with astonishment and an expression of not wanting to associate with her.

After all, wasn’t this answer telling everyone that she was intentional, a woman who was greedy for vanity?

The quail Prefect silently moved to the side.

Too stupid, must stay away.

“…”

“Very good!” Yan Xiangze chuckled and raised his hand.

“Young Master!” Huai Dan stepped forward.

“Bring the people kneeling outside…” He paused and slowly spat out the last two words.

“Beat them to death!”

“Young Master!” Xu Wanning’s eyes widened, and regardless of the rules, she raised her eyes to look directly at him, her round eyes full of horror.

She didn’t expect that her answer would cause the Young Master to have murderous intentions towards the people outside.

This was different from the plot described in the book!

She didn’t want to be responsible for more than a dozen lives, otherwise she wouldn’t want to live in peace for the rest of her life!

No, the female lead in the book seemed to be shouting all the time that she was unaware, and it was all because of the Head Steward…’s son?

But if she brought up A Fu, then Xi Yun…

“This Young Master asked you, how did you get into the room, you should answer properly!” Yan Xiangze glanced at the Prefect who had returned to his quail state, and then looked at the woman in front of him.

The small face that was slightly raised was accumulating tears, and the fair face was, for some reason, completely red, looking delicate and lovable, making people want to take a bite.

He really wanted to pinch it.

To see if it was really so soft and fair!

The fingers resting on the table curled up, and Yan Xiangze lowered his eyes, suppressing the surging thoughts in his heart, and said, “If you want to favor them, then this Young Master doesn’t mind being an executioner for once!”

When he said this, Yan Xiangze’s expression didn’t have a trace of fluctuation, as if it was just as plain as killing a dozen chickens.

But Xu Wanning knew that as long as she said the wrong word, he could really send everyone in the courtyard to the Yellow Springs.

Too terrifying!

Xu Wanning couldn’t help but shudder in her heart, and her fear of Yan Xiangze had reached its extreme.

This was a god of slaughter!

The books were all lies!

She was in tears internally, but she could only endure the fear and said, “Young Master, this servant really doesn’t know, this servant just walked in!” Her voice trembled, she spoke haltingly, and her voice was unsteady.

“To be precise, she climbed over the wall to get in!” When she said the last sentence, her voice was so low that it was like dust. If Yan Xiangze’s hearing wasn’t good enough, he wouldn’t have been able to hear it clearly.

Climbed over the wall?

“Heh!” Yan Xiangze couldn’t help but chuckle, but his voice became even colder, “This Young Master doesn’t know. This Young Master’s courtyard wall is in good condition. How can anyone climb over it? And how can they just happen to not be discovered!”

Were his guards blind?

Xu Wanning’s palms were cold, enveloped by cold fear.

The man in front of her was too terrifying, and she couldn’t breathe under his pressure. She wanted to escape.

“Young Master, please forgive me!” Facing Yan Xiangze’s sarcasm, Xu Wanning lowered her head again, not knowing how to answer.

She was really telling the truth. Whether it was the original owner’s memories or the description in the book, the female lead climbed over the wall to get in.

The female lead had a strong personality and was not someone who wanted to climb up the social ladder. No matter how useless the female lead’s father was now, it couldn’t be denied that he was indeed a child prodigy who was praised by everyone before. In addition, before the female lead’s mother passed away, she was also a capable and efficient woman who loved the female lead very much.

Therefore, the education the female lead received was to respect, love, and support herself.

Because of the influence of her family and education, the female lead had been a cheerful, lively, smart, and kind person since she was a child. If the female lead’s mother hadn’t died in childbirth later, and the female lead’s father hadn’t gone astray, she would have grown up happily, found a good man, and given birth to a son and a daughter, living a stable life.

Even after experiencing great changes and being sold by her father, she had always longed to return to a peaceful and tranquil life.

She chose to climb into bed for two reasons. One was that she met the Young Master at a banquet, and his stunning appearance and noble status made her quickly fall in love. The second was that the female lead wanted to get rid of her current status, so she bewitched the Head Steward’s son, A Fu, and asked him to find a way.

A Fu had been bullying others and acting recklessly in the residence for many years because of the Head Steward’s partiality. Many maids had suffered from it, and the female lead, because of the Prefect, had been spared his torment, but she had been harassed quite a bit.

She was not sure if this plan would succeed, but being able to bring down A Fu was her greatest wish, and even climbing into bed was not the most important thing.

But who would have thought that this A Fu was not simple and actually made the female lead sneak into the Young Master’s room, which was why she climbed over the wall and appeared in the Young Master’s room.

But the Young Master was drugged entirely by someone else, it was entirely coincidental.

In Xu Wanning’s opinion, this was entirely due to the influence of the plot, which was the female lead. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?

She was about to climb into bed, and the Young Master was drugged and unconscious.

“This Young Master’s patience is limited. I’ll give you one more chance!” A hint of impatience flashed in Yan Xiangze’s eyes.

Although he had some interest in her, it didn’t mean he was easy to talk to.

His tone was so cold that Xu Wanning shivered in fright. Knowing that he wasn’t joking, she didn’t dare to hesitate any longer. She straightened her back and said tremblingly, “This servant, this servant will tell you, it was A Fu!”

Afraid that he didn’t hear clearly, Xu Wanning opened her eyes, looked at Yan Xiangze, and said again with a trembling voice and decisive manner, “A Fu helped me!”

“You’re talking nonsense!” The Head Steward suddenly roared, glared at Xu Wanning, and then heavily kowtowed, “Young Master, this lowly woman is talking nonsense.”

“This servant knows A Fu is a well-behaved and sensible child. How dare he do such rebellious things? Young Master, please don’t listen to her slander!”

His impatient reaction made Yan Xiangze frown. Seeing that the Young Master was unhappy, Huai Dan, who had been standing not far behind him, stepped forward and kicked the Head Steward heavily, interrupting him.

“The Young Master hasn’t spoken yet. How can you be so presumptuous here!”

“Yes, yes, yes!”

The Head Steward was kicked and rolled around on the ground, but he didn’t dare to shout more than twice. He quickly knelt upright, but he didn’t forget to glare fiercely at Xu Wanning, with an expression that she would be dead if she dared to talk nonsense.

Xu Wanning lowered her eyes and didn’t look at him again. She continued, “A Fu acted recklessly in the residence because of the Head Steward’s partiality, and this servant was deeply troubled and overwhelmed. This servant was really afraid…” She paused, loosened her waist, knelt down, took out a handkerchief, dabbed at the corners of her eyes, and choked up, “This servant wanted to leave, and it just so happened that you came. The Prefect wanted to present this servant to you. This servant thought she could get rid of him, but she didn’t expect you… you wouldn’t accept it!” At this point, tears welled up in the corners of Xu Wanning’s eyes. The crystal-clear tears streamed down her fair face and dripped onto the ground with a “pa” sound.

The beauty was crying, and her silk skirt trembled slightly. It was truly a sight to behold!

“This servant’s maid, Xi Yun, couldn’t bear to see this servant suffer this humiliation, so she devised a way for A Fu to send this servant into your room, and the price was that she was willing to give herself to him after it was done.” At this point, Xu Wanning couldn’t help but think of Xi Yun’s ending in the book.

She was sold to a brothel, contracted a dirty disease, died without medical treatment, and was only sixteen years old.