บท 179: Chapter 179 Prince Longevity (9)

However, this news only circulated for a day before it was quickly overshadowed by the scandal involving Ye Yang and Cheng Xiao.

Ye Yang and Cheng Xiao had rendezvoused in secret.

They were caught in an embrace.

That was how the rumors initially started.

But they soon escalated to insinuations of an illegitimate child.

Even though Ye Yang's engagement to someone from the Prince Cheng Residence was not yet publicly finalized, outsiders were not privy to this detail; they all assumed Ye Yang was to marry the Prince's Mansion's young miss.

Now, it was Cheng Xiao who was entangled with Ye Yang.

"Xiaoxiao, what is this all about? What exactly is going around outside?"

Cheng Xiao's face was ashen; she didn't dare to look at Princess Consort Cheng: "I...I met with Brother Ye that day, and we were seen. I thought they hadn't recognized us..."