Jiang Yingcheng's earth-shaking shout had spread throughout Xian Town before dawn.
Along with it spread the news that Scarface's entire squad had been taken down in an instant by a tiny tot, without the slightest power to fight back.
By the time Jiang Yingcheng woke, the rumors in Xian Town had already gone through several versions, which could more or less be summarized chronologically as follows-
A noble from the palace was going to purge the Valley of Villains!
The Little Noble from the palace was extraordinarily gifted! At just four years old, she had defeated Scarface's entire squad in one fell swoop!!
The Little Noble from the palace had come out to gain experience and vowed to wipe out every evil organization under heaven!!!
"..." Jiang Yingcheng was utterly bewildered. "Why don't they just say I'm an immortal?"
That possibility hadn't occurred to Lu Yao before. His eyes lit up at her words. "That works too!"
With that, he hastily bowed and strode out as though the wind were beneath his feet.
Jiang Yingcheng: "..."
Jiang Yingcheng: "...What's Uncle Lu going off to do?!"
When she woke that morning, Uncle Lu had already been in the room, reporting something to her handsome imperial father in an extremely quiet voice. Her hearing wasn't very good, so she had only caught a few scattered, indistinct phrases, such as "confessed," "not yet," and "ready."
Before she could poke her head out, a large hand with well-defined knuckles abruptly lifted the bed curtains beside her, catching her red-handed in the act of eavesdropping.
Uncle Lu stopped his report and instead enthusiastically told her how the rumors outside had evolved.
The more Jiang Yingcheng listened, the more she felt something was off-
Surely it wasn't what she was thinking?!
*Surely Uncle Lu hadn't sent