Long Live the Empress

As soon as Yue Yuyan entered the room, she covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, frowned and said with disgust: "Big sister, what's that smell in your room? It smells so choking!"

Although Yue Jinghao was the daughter of the prime minister, she was not favored by her elders. Her mother passed away when she was five years old. The family finances were all in the hands of Aunt Su. How could she live a good life like this? If she had not been engaged to the prince and still had value, she would have been tortured to death long ago...

"I've been sick for a few days, so it's not surprising that there are some strange smells in the room. I'm not like my third sister who can use the spices from Wenxianglou... ahem!" Yue Jinghao looked at Yue Yuyan with extremely envious eyes.

Yue Yuyan had a smug look on her face. When she looked around at the furnishings in Yue Jinghao's room, she despised her eldest sister even more. "Big sister, as a legitimate daughter, you should be considered number one in the imperial city, right? Tsk, tsk... How can a woman like you be worthy of being called the Crown Princess?" As she spoke, she looked up and down at Yue Jinghao, who was lying on the bed, with disdain.

"Hehe, I also want to be as beautiful as my third sister. It's a pity that I'm not in good health and there are some things I can't do. Alas..." Yue Jinghao's lips trembled slightly, as if she was unwilling and helpless!

Yue Yuyan looked at her half-dead appearance and sneered, "If there is anything that Big Sister cannot do, go and tell Second Sister. Second Sister is now the most talented woman in the capital, and she is gentle and kind. Big Sister is so pitiful, she will definitely help you!"

Upon hearing Yue Jinghong's name, Yue Jinghao was filled with hatred. Her pale hands tightly grasped the quilt, "Third sister is right. Next month is the eldest princess' birthday. The legitimate daughters of each mansion should go, but my body... Manju, go tell second sister to go in my place. There will definitely be many nobles and young masters on that day. Tell her not to lose face for the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

Agate widened her eyes. The Second Young Miss was always good at pretending. The injury of the Young Miss this time must have something to do with her. Why would the Young Miss help her like this?

Yue Jing looked at her, and Manju immediately responded and prepared to go out, but was stopped by Yue Yuyan, "Big sister, you are not feeling well and need someone to take care of you. Let me go tell second sister!" Without waiting for Yue Jing to speak, she hurried to find Yue Jinghong.

"Miss, why don't you listen to my advice! They all want to harm you, how can you..." Agate looked at Yue Jinghao with a bit of disappointment. Her lady was so gentle and kind, but she had to suffer so much. God was really unfair!

Yue Jinghao looked at the loyal Agate and tears flowed unconsciously. In the last life, she failed to judge people, which led to such an end. This life, it was her turn to protect them!

"Miss, I won't say anything more. Please don't cry..." Manjushri's voice was choked with sobs, but she tried her best to force a smile to coax Yue Jinghao.

"Manou, do you believe me?" Yue Jinghao asked, grabbing Manou's hand. Manou nodded, and she continued, "From today on, I will take back everything that belongs to me. This journey is extremely difficult and dangerous, and my life may even be in danger. Are you... still willing to follow me?"

Manju nodded vigorously, "Whatever the lady wants me to do, I will do it, even if the lady wants me to die..." Before she could finish her words, Yue Jinghao covered her mouth, "What nonsense are you talking about, girl? I will protect you in this life!"

Agate was deeply moved, and it took her a long time to realize that she seemed to be two years older than the young lady, so why did the young lady look like her elder?

Qingyun Garden

The second young lady Zhu Jinghong was gesturing with a hairpin in front of the makeup mirror when the maid Zhenzhu quietly reported that the third young lady was coming in a hurry. Zhu Jinghong paused holding the hairpin, a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes, "Let her in." She continued to choose a hairpin.

When Yue Yuyan entered the room, she saw Zhu Jinghong putting on a gold filigree oriental pearl hairpin on her head. This was a reward from her grandmother when she entered the palace last time. She liked it at first sight. She tried to please her grandmother in various ways, but it was useless. Yue Jinghong got it! Thinking of Yue Jinghao, that idiot, asking Yue Jinghong to attend the birthday banquet on her behalf, she felt even more jealous. Did Yue Jinghong get too many benefits?

Yue Jinghong saw her staring at him intently, then glanced at the hairpin in her hand, a cold smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she spoke in an extremely gentle voice: "Third sister is here? Why don't you come over and sit down?"

Yue Yuyan finally reacted and bowed politely, her face full of sourness, "Second sister is so beautiful, even the fairies in the sky can't compare to you! No wonder eldest sister said that she wants you to go to the eldest princess' birthday banquet in her place, with second sister's beauty, won't you charm all those nobles and gentlemen?"

Is this saying that Zhu Jinghong is a woman who uses her beauty to attract others? If this word gets out, her reputation will be ruined!

"Look at what Third Sister said!" Yue Jinghong gently held Yue Yuyan's hand and looked at her sincerely. "I can only show off some poems and songs, which is bound to make people feel boring! Only a lovely girl like Third Sister can attract the young masters of noble families to pursue her!"

Yue Yuyan's expression softened slightly after hearing Yue Jinghong's words. "Ah, what's the point of being beautiful! I'm just a concubine's daughter. I don't even have the qualifications to attend the banquet. How can I compare to my second sister who is a concubine's daughter but lives a more glamorous life than a legitimate daughter!"

Yue Jinghong was also a little unhappy at this time. She kept reminding herself that she was just a concubine's daughter, and what she got now was just Yue Jinghao's charity! She grabbed Yue Yuyan's hand with a little force, and Yue Yuyan cried out in pain.

"Oh, third sister, I didn't mean it. I was just thinking about how to ask grandma to agree that you and I can go to the birthday party together. Don't blame me, third sister!" He blew on the back of her hand. At this moment, Yue Yuyan didn't care about the pain. Her heart was all on Yue Jinghong's words "Let's go to the birthday party together".

She looked at Yue Jinghong excitedly, "Grandma loves my second sister the most. As long as my second sister asks me, I will definitely agree! If my younger sister can be favored by the nobles at the banquet, my younger sister will be very grateful to my second sister!"

Yue Jinghong felt contemptuous in her heart, but she had a proper smile on her face. She turned around and took out a hairpin from her makeup box that she hadn't worn for a long time and stuffed it into Yue Yuyan's pocket. "This is my favorite hairpin. I'm giving it to you today. I hope you can wear it when we go to the Princess's Mansion that day!"

Yue Yuyan was immediately delighted. This hairpin was just a low-grade product to Yue Jinghong, but in Yue Yuyan's eyes it was a top-grade product! She immediately put it on her head and kept stroking it... "Thank you, second sister. I will go back and wait for your good news!" After bowing and saying goodbye, she left humming a tune.

Pearl looked at her leaving figure and said with disdain, "Miss San is indeed worthy of being raised by an actor. She can even say such shameless words! She is so shameless! She even dared to say that Miss is a woman who seduces men with her sex. She is so ignorant!"

Yue Jinghong twisted the teacup and said nothing, but she had already made up her mind! She wanted to become a noble person who was second to none and above everyone else, so she needed someone to pave the way for her. Yue Jinghao was one, and Yue Yuyan was even more...