After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

With a face as pale as paper and eyes full of autumn water, she pulled a bitter smile at the corner of her mouth and said, "It must have taken a lot of effort to get here today."

Seeing her frail appearance, Nian Susu felt very distressed. He wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief, then tilted his head to suppress his sadness. Then he turned around and spoke to her, "It's not a difficult matter. I'm the eldest daughter of the Nian family. Even if Lord Li doesn't like me, he has to consider my father and give me some face."

She didn't want Li Yaoyuan to feel any psychological burden, so she added, "I was delayed by something at home these days, so I didn't come to see you until today." She smiled, "Zhizhi, you won't blame me, right?"

Li Yaoyuan listened to her quietly, feeling touched and guilty, and couldn't help crying, "A few days ago, Wan Tao went to the street to buy things for me, and I heard from the two waiters at the door that you came here for several days in a row, saying everything you could, softly or hard, but nothing worked."

At this point, she cried even harder, "Lingling, it's hard for you, it's hard for you to do all this for me..."

Nian Susu closed his eyes, unable to bear it, and reached out to hug Li Yaoyuan, letting her lean on his shoulders, "Zhizhi, we are friends, and I should do all this."

If she can feel comforted, thinking that someone cares about her and that there is still hope in life, then it will all be worth it.

Li Yaoyuan shook her head and said nothing.

After a long time, Li Yaoyuan pushed her away. Her eyes were red and all her tears had dried.

Nian Susu took a look at the layout of the room. There was a smoky charcoal basin at the end of the bed. The charcoal used was low-quality. When she fell ill, there was no one to take care of her. It was obvious that she was not living a good life.

The strange thing was that there was no smell of medicine in her room.

I recalled the time I met Cui Yuqing in Taihe Teahouse some time ago. There were three medicine stoves in his room, and as soon as I entered, I could smell the strong aroma of Chinese herbal medicine. He looked like a person who had been ill for a long time.

On the other hand, Li Yaoyuan was announced by Lord Li to the public that she was in poor health and had been bedridden for a month. Even if there was no stove for cooking medicine in her room, the medicine three times a day should have filled the room with the smell. However, there was no smell in her room except the smell of charcoal.

Nian Susu considers herself to be very sensitive to medicine, and she feels that Li Yaoyuan is not the kind of person who would take medicine for a long-term illness.

But she looked so sick, which made people suspect that there was another hidden story behind it.

"Zhizhi, give me your hand." Nian Susu looked at her gently and spread out his palms.

Li Yaoyuan didn't understand, but still put her hand on her, but in a gesture of holding her.

Nian Susu held her hand with one hand and took her pulse with the other.

Li Yaoyuan didn't know that she knew medicine. She only reacted a few seconds after she started taking the pulse. She hurriedly pulled her hand back and covered it with her sleeve.

"Lingling, you...I..."

Nian Susu's expression was serious. Her pulse didn't seem like she was sick, but rather like she had been poisoned.

Li Yaoyuan's evasive look made her more certain of her guess.

After she questioned her several times, Li Yaoyuan finally told the truth. It turned out that Li Zhiyi asked her to drink a bowl of medicine every five days. The ingredients of the medicine were unknown. After she drank it twice, she always felt exhausted and couldn't muster the energy to do anything.

Later, she heard that Li Zhiyi had announced to others that she was ill and could not see guests, and had ordered people to guard the yard and not let her go out. Only then did she understand something, and she couldn't help feeling sad and heartbroken.

In order to lock herself up, her father forced her to drink poison to make her sick even though she was not sick.

Even Nian Susu, an outsider, felt sad when he heard this, let alone Li Yaoyuan.

The rumors outside were hurtful enough, but the people closest to her wanted to stab her in the heart. How painful it must be for her!

Nian Susu said angrily, "I respect him as an elder and have great respect for him, but I never thought he would do such a thing! You are his biological daughter! He has raised you for more than 20 years, and you don't even have the slightest father-daughter affection? How can he be so cruel!"

After all, he is Li Yaoyuan's father, so she didn't dare to say too harsh words because she knew that Li Yaoyuan would not blame Li Zhiyi, she would only blame herself.

If she showed her hatred for Li Zhiyi, it would only make Li Yaoyuan feel awkward, so she gritted her teeth and cursed a few times to vent her anger.

Li Yaoyuan listened without refutation or much emotional change. She lowered her head, rubbed her handkerchief, and said in a muffled voice: "It's my fault. I shouldn't blame my father."

"I have brought shame to our family. My father is such a proud person, and when people outside say that... I can't even imagine how upset he must be."

Nian Susu is so disappointed with Li Zhiyi that even in this situation she is still speaking for him.

But this is a matter between father and daughter. Even if she feels unfair, she has to consider Li Yaoyuan's feelings. Li Yaoyuan feels that it is her fault. Nian Susu disagrees and has no way to convince her to change her mind. She can only try her best to comfort her: "You are not wrong in this matter. You are the one who should not admit your fault. If there is any fault, it is their fault."

This "they" includes too many people.

Nian Susu didn't dare to say it clearly, for fear of bringing up her sad memories and also afraid that she would have a stress reaction.

Li Yaoyuan remained silent, as if she didn't want to talk about this topic anymore.

Nian Susu sighed heavily, knowing that she would have to let it sink in slowly on her own. As a friend, he could only provide her with emotional value to make her feel better.

They chatted about something else and changed the subject, and finally Nian Susu mentioned Nian Qiaoyue.

A few days ago, Qin Junyu told her that it was Nian Qiaoyue who spread rumors, causing Li Yaoyuan's reputation to be ruined. She couldn't figure out what the two people had in common, so she had to ask Li Yaoyuan.

"Do you have any conflicts with Miss Nian Er?" Li Yaoyuan wondered. She pondered for a moment and shook her head, "No. Although we have lived together for a while, we hardly say a few words to each other, let alone conflicts."

"Have you ever offended her in any way?" Nian Susu asked again.

Li Yaoyuan thought about it for a long time this time, her eyes moved, and she remembered something. She hesitated whether to say it out loud, because she didn't know whether she had inadvertently offended Nian Qiaoyue because of this matter, causing the other party to have any opinions about her.

Seeing that she was hesitating, Nian Susu urged her to tell the truth.

Li Yaoyuan then told him everything that Nian Qiaoyue had said to her in the carriage on the day they set out for Ganlin Temple.

Nian Susu listened carefully and didn't dare to say a word. After all, Nian Qiaoyue was sensitive and it was hard to say what made her hate Li Yaoyuan.

After listening to the whole story, she twitched her lips and changed her tone: "She actually asked you to harm Wang Yuejiao?"

Nian Qiaoyue's tricks are always the same, so stupid.

But she did grasp the most important point: the most important thing for a woman is her reputation. If her reputation is ruined, the person is ruined.

Li Yaoyuan disagreed to cooperate with her, so Wang Yuejiao was safe for the time being.

Nian Qiaoyue used this trick on Li Yaoyuan and she succeeded.

Nian Su Su was so angry that he was speechless.