Long Live the Empress

Seeing that Yue Hanwen was in a bad mood these past two days, Aunt Su put on his favorite pink lily-patterned gauze skirt with butterflies and water patterns, and personally carried the lunch box to the outside of the study.

The gatekeeper avoided her gaze and said, "Madam Su, the master is busy with official duties today and does not want to be disturbed!"

Aunt Su was puzzled, and suddenly the charming laughter of the Second Aunt came from the study. Aunt Su kept smiling and handed the food box to the servant, "I was worried that the master would be hungry at night, so I made a midnight snack myself. Take it in when the master is hungry."

The servant hurriedly took it and lowered his head to see Aunt Su off.

As soon as Aunt Su returned to the courtyard, she cursed Second Aunt for being a heartless person. Her own daughter had ended up like that, and she still had the mind to compete for favor? It turned out that actors are heartless!

Li Mama shook her head, "Auntie, you are wrong. It is precisely because she wants to save the Third Miss that she is trying harder to win favor! What is the Prime Minister's Mansion most lacking now? What does the Master want most?"

Aunt Su finally understood. It turned out that the Second Aunt wanted to gain status by relying on her son! "If she succeeds, what will happen to my Tianhong? Everything in the Prime Minister's Mansion belongs to Tianhong. I will never allow anyone to take it away!"

Nanny Li snorted coldly, "We must let her succeed..." She whispered something to Aunt Su, who agreed and said yes!

At midnight, a little maid sneaked into Aunt Su's room.

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Ever since Yue Yuyan's accident, the Prime Minister's Mansion has become much quieter. Aunt Su was busy dealing with the Second Aunt, who was either taking medicine or staying in Yue Hanwen's room every day... This gave Yue Jing a few days of peace and quiet.

One day, when the aunts and daughters came to pay their respects to the old lady, Yue Hanwen was there. After a few pleasantries, Yue Hanwen took out a document for admission to Fengzhuo Academy. "Jing'er, this document should have been given to you, but you should also know yourself. Jinghong is better than you in every way, and she is also the most talented woman in the capital. Only if she goes to Fengzhuo Academy can our Prime Minister's Mansion have a hope of moving up to a higher level! Do you understand?"

Yue Jinghao sneered in her heart. In her previous life, it was because her father favored Yue Jinghong that he took away everything that belonged to her, including the marriage with the prince. "Father, I am willing to give the quota to my second sister, but Fengzhuo Academy has always only accepted legitimate daughters, but my second sister..."

"Don't worry about it. I will find a way to solve it." Yue Hanwen looked at his three daughters sitting side by side. Jinghong was the one he liked the most. "Jinghong, you should also prepare. Although you have the admission documents, there will be an exam in a month. Whether you can be admitted depends on the results of the exam."

Yue Jinghong couldn't suppress her ecstasy at this moment, and responded repeatedly, and looked at Yue Jinghao with a provocative look. So what if she was the eldest daughter? Wasn't everything she had hers? "Big sister, you won't blame your younger sister, right?"

Before Yue Jinghao could reply, Yue Hanwen snorted coldly, "How dare she! She's a legitimate daughter but she can't do anything well. She'd better not go out and embarrass herself!"

The old lady already felt that this matter was unfair to Yue Jing, and when she heard Yue Hanwen say this about her, she was furious, "As a father, how can you belittle your own daughter like this? No matter how useless Jing'er is, she is the future Crown Princess! If what you said gets to the Crown Prince, will the marriage still be possible?"

Upon hearing this, Yue Hanwen became even more unconvinced, "If you don't want it, then don't want it. How can her character be worthy of the status of Crown Princess! If she is not good enough, then change the marriage to Jinghong, so that she won't anger the Crown Prince in the future and bring trouble to our Prime Minister's Mansion!"

These words were like thunder from a clear sky, and everyone's expressions were rich and varied. Only Yue Jinghao seemed to be unaware that Yue Hanwen was talking about her, and remained calm.

The old lady was so angry that she smashed a teacup and drove them out, leaving only Yue Hanwen.

"You are so stupid! How can you change the royal marriage just like that? Besides, Jing'er has been treated harshly since she was a child. It is our responsibility as elders that we did not bring her up well. But you actually said that about her in front of everyone today... If she and the Prime Minister's Mansion become divorced, you will suffer the consequences in the future!"

"Hmph, I have Jinghong for my daughter and Tianhong for my son! The others are all useless, why should I bother educating them? Mother, there is no need to say more. I have made up my mind. You should rest soon!" Without waiting for the old lady to say anything else, Yue Hanwen angrily threw his sleeves and left.

Jinyuyuan

Agate paced back and forth angrily, but because Deyue Hanwen was the young lady's father, there were some things she couldn't say, so she just sulked to herself.

Yue Jinghao's heart was not disturbed at all. She had seen it in her previous life. Her father's cruelty was more than just this.

Finally, Agate couldn't help it, "Miss, if you change your marriage, you will..."

Yue Jinghao flipped through the book and sneered, "It will definitely change, it's just a matter of time!"

Agate became even more anxious, but seeing that the young lady obviously had a plan, he didn't say anything.

Although Yue Jinghao was holding the book, she didn't turn a page for a long time. At this time in her previous life, she had been driven away to Changqing Temple. She didn't know what was going on between Yue Jinghong and the prince.

Since it was only a matter of time, she should give it a push...

The happiest people today are Aunt Su and Yue Jinghong. Wasn't it for this marriage that they had been planning for many years?

Aunt Su looked at her daughter, whose face was as red as a peach, as if she had already seen her ascend to a high position. "Jinghong, it seems that your father thinks the same as we do. From now on, it's up to you!"

Yue Jinghong's face was red with shame at this time, and she lowered her head and twisted her silk handkerchief. "Yes, my daughter will." Suddenly, Wei Zilin's shadow appeared in front of her, and her heart was confused.

When Aunt Su heard that Yue Hanwen had a big fight with the old lady and was now angry in the study, she dressed up and went to the study.

Yue Jinghong took out a jade pendant from the secret compartment of the makeup box, stroked it gently, thinking about everything about Wei Zilin... As she thought about it, two lines of tears shed.

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Yue Jinghao, dressed as a man, was sitting in a famous brothel in the capital, surrounded by beauties. Manju stood aside with an awkward look on his face, looking at his own lady as if she were a stranger.

The brothel was the busiest at night, when some dignitaries would come here to have fun and discuss state affairs from time to time.

Suddenly, a drunk man began to talk nonsense, "If you want to have a successful career, you must know what your masters like and dislike. Do you know what flower the prince likes the most? It's... porcelain roses! Hahaha..."

Everyone was talking to each other, no one knew what this porcelain rose was, let alone had seen it before.

The drunk man laughed again, "Seeing how ignorant you all are, the Crown Prince, as the heir to the throne, naturally likes extremely precious things! The flower is like a blooming lotus, with a leafless stem and bracts that are smooth and bright like porcelain, hence the name porcelain rose. I searched all over Wei State before I found two. Didn't you just ask me why my luck changed? This is the answer...hahahaha."

Although it was drunken talk, the listeners were attentive. They exchanged glances and continued to clink glasses.

Yan Liyuan, who was in the box, was reading the information booklet that the madam had recently obtained, when he heard someone talking about the prince's preferences. The voice actually sounded familiar to him.

Wang Yi also frowned and looked at the drunk man, "The voice sounds like the woman in the carriage that night..." Just as he was about to stop her from talking nonsense, he saw her being helped into a green-topped carriage and leaving.

After a while, the secret guard came back, "Master, she is the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Yue Jinghao."

Yan Liyuan stroked the jade ring and raised the corners of his cold lips. He had never seen anyone as bold as her. Once she used his name, and once she talked about the prince in public. If she said she had no conspiracy, no one would believe it.