What Are You Really Doing at the General's Manor

Evan Xiao arranged a carriage for her and assigned Ah Fei and Leng Feng to escort her home.

Grace couldn't refuse, so she had to accept.

Luckily, both of them were sensible enough to know that the family wanted privacy, so they waited outside instead of coming in.

This time, Grace had Hope stay in the downstairs room.

When she returned, Hope pretended that Claire and her mother had gone up the mountain to visit her father's grave.

Then Hope dashed off to Moonwater Abbey to notify them to come back.

Grace guessed that by now, Chushi should already be at Moonwater Abbey.

Sure enough, from a distance, Grace saw that the nanny's face looked terrible.

As soon as she entered the room, the nanny exploded: "Young Miss, tell me honestly, what exactly are you doing at the General's Manor?"

"I was treasure hunting! You know that..." Grace replied.

"Chushi said, you and that General Evan Xiao..." The nanny looked like she couldn’t bring herself to say it. "If you’re going after the Prime Spirit Root, we won’t stop you. We’ll do everything we can to help—even risk our lives! But if it’s for that general, then we just can’t support you anymore! Please come home with us immediately!"

"Nanny, don’t get so worked up! I know what you’re thinking. You think I’m obsessed with Evan Xiao, so I barged into his manor like a crazy person to get close to him! But that’s not it at all."

Back when Gu Xingyun was still a prince, Grace had done all sorts of foolish, lovesick things.

So, of course, the nanny and the others thought she was falling back into her old ways.

Only this time, her obsession had shifted from Gu Xingyun to Evan Xiao.

"Not at all? Then what is it?" The nanny asked, emphasizing every word.

"I really am after the Prime Spirit Root!" Grace said. "But getting that treasure is no easy feat. I was desperate, so I used my feminine wiles on him!"

"Even for the Prime Spirit Root, you can’t sacrifice your chastity!" the nanny cried. "You’re the eldest miss of the Zhu Family, about to enter the palace! If you lose your virginity—especially to Evan Xiao, who killed your grandfather! If people find out, you’ll be... you won’t even have your bones left!"

The Zhu Family would definitely execute her!

"Nanny! Compared to the Spirit Root, what’s chastity worth? Can you eat it, or use it for anything?" Grace countered. "Besides, even if I do lose my virginity, I’ll find a way to cover it up when the time comes."

The nanny looked at her with a strange, heartbroken expression.

Grace softened her tone and said, "Nanny, you’ve raised me since I was born. No one understands my situation better than you. Yes, I’m the eldest miss of the Zhu Family, but inside and outside the clan, in all of Danyang City, there’s not a single person who respects me!"

The nanny’s face fell, and she said nothing.

"I’m about to enter the palace. You know what kind of place that is? It chews people up and spits out their bones! If I don’t have the ability to protect myself, I’ll be wiped out!" Grace said.

"No, that won’t happen. You and the Empress have been close since childhood—she’ll protect you!"

Grace shook her head. "Nanny, do you remember Xiao Wan?"

Xiao Wan was Wendy Zhu’s personal maid since childhood and entered the palace with her.

"Xiao Wan? Didn’t she go into the palace with the Empress?" the nanny asked.

"She’s dead!" Grace said. "They pulled her out of a well, covered in bruises and wounds—there wasn’t a single patch of good skin left."

The nanny’s face filled with horror. "She’s dead?"

Xiao Wan was born and raised in the Zhu Family, and the nanny had watched her grow up.