Reborn, the daughter of the Marquisate went crazy

Just when Xie Qingyao and Xiaotao were at a loss, a prince's carriage came back and invited Xie Qingyao to get in.

Xie Qingyao couldn't guess which prince would be in the carriage, and got on with trepidation.

Xiao Tao hurriedly raised her foot to catch up, but was stopped by the guard. The guard's face was stern and he said nothing. Xiao Tao suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart and called out anxiously, "Miss, Miss!"

Xie Qingyao did not hear Xiaotao's call. Her heart was beating wildly. She stretched out her delicate hand and slowly lifted the curtain.

Inside the carriage, the Third Prince Chu Yunyuan sat upright. He was dressed in cloud satin brocade, his face was as handsome as jade, his eyes were bright, a smile was on the corners of his lips, and he was gently waving a folding fan in his hand, unable to conceal his noble and elegant demeanor.

Xie Qingyao's pupils dilated instantly, and her mind seemed to be filled with colorful fireworks. In her heart, an excited voice cheered: It's the Third Prince, it's actually the Third Prince, God is really helping me! Hahaha, a blessing in disguise, Xie Qingqi must have no idea what good thing she had done!

Xie Qingyao was ecstatic in her heart, but her face remained calm. She finally heard Xiaotao's call, but she just glanced at Xiaotao lightly and resolutely got into the third prince's carriage.

After stepping into the carriage, Xie Qingyao bowed gently to the Third Prince and said softly, "Greetings, Your Highness, the Third Prince. I am extremely grateful for your help." Her voice was soft and gentle, with a lingering aftertaste.

The Third Prince nodded slightly and chuckled, "Miss Xie, there's no need to be so polite!" He pointed to the seat beside him and said calmly, "Please take a seat!"

Xie Qingyao bowed slightly to the Third Prince again, as if she didn't notice the Third Prince's hint, and sat directly opposite the Third Prince.

The Third Prince was not angry. He looked at Xie Qingyao with burning eyes. He had seen this girl at the banquet today. From a distance, she was dressed exquisitely and had a graceful figure, which made her look better than the other ladies at the banquet. Now, taking a closer look, she had skin as white as snow, delicate eyebrows, and charming eyes. She was like a peony bud about to bloom, bright and beautiful.

One of the Third Prince's greatest hobbies in life was collecting beauties. Although he had only a few concubines with official titles in his backyard, there were actually dozens of women living there, all of whom were beauties he had collected.

Now that he has met a beauty like Xie Qingyao, he naturally wants to win her over.

In fact, Miss Xie was so beautiful and elegant, like a delicate crabapple, that he was very attracted to her. He also secretly felt that the small Jing'an Marquis Mansion could produce two beauties with such different styles.

He anxiously sent people to inquire about the news, only to find out that Miss Xie was the apple of Jiang Muxue's eye and the Jiang family's eye.

He naturally wouldn't dare touch someone protected by the Jiang family. But this Second Miss Xie wasn't recognized by the Jiang family, so she must have a different identity.

The Third Prince guessed that she must be a concubine raised by the Xie family and secretly put under the name of Jiang Muxue. After all, she was just the daughter of an unknown fourth-rank official, so it should be easy to get her. The final result would be just another concubine in his backyard.

He spent half a day thinking about how to approach the beauty, but he didn't expect that the opportunity to get close to her would come to him as soon as the banquet was over. It was like God was helping him!

The Third Prince was admiring the beauty carefully, while Xie Qingyao lowered her head slightly, revealing her fair and slender neck, while she was thinking quickly in her mind how to attract the Third Prince's attention.

Just as Xie Qingyao was racking her brains, the Third Prince slowly approached Xie Qingyao and whispered in her ear, "I don't even know Second Miss Xie's name!"

Xie Qingyao's body stiffened slightly, but her heart was beating like a deer. A hint of shyness spread across her face as she spoke softly, "Your Highness, my name is Xie Qingyao. The character Qingyao is taken from the Chinese characters 'Tingting Mingzhao, Luoluo Qingyao Liu'. Friends and family all call me Yao'er."

The Third Prince had a gentle smile on his lips, his eyes fixed on Xie Qingyao, and he said softly, "Yao'er, good, good name!"

As he spoke, he reached out and held Xie Qingyao's jade hand, secretly sighing in his heart that it was as smooth as mutton fat, she was indeed a beauty!

Xie Qingyao's breathing stagnated. She suddenly raised her head and saw the Third Prince's fixed gaze. In an instant, she understood his intention. He must have treated her as a plaything that could be summoned and dismissed at will because she was just the daughter of a minor official!

A trace of anger rose in Xie Qingyao's heart. Her goal was the position of future queen, but the third prince looked down on her so much. How could she let him succeed?

Xie Qingyao's eyes flickered, and she suddenly retracted the jade hand held by the Third Prince, and said softly: "Your Highness, have you heard of the mystery of the true and false daughter of the Jing'an Marquis Mansion?"

Xie Qingyao's resistance displeased the Third Prince. His expression darkened and he said coldly, "Of course I've heard of this. Second Miss Xie is the fake daughter, right?"

All the color drained away from Xie Qingyao's face. Perhaps everyone in Shengjing City thought so!

She suppressed her anger and said softly, "Everyone thinks so, but in fact, I am indeed your daughter and Li'er's biological sister."

"Mother and the Jiang family are unwilling to recognize me again. It's not because of my bloodline, but because of an old incident involving the Jiang family."

Hearing that it was related to the Jiang family, the Third Prince was finally interested and asked calmly, "Oh, what old story is this?"

Xie Qingyao bit her red lips with her pearly teeth. After hesitating for a moment, she spoke softly, "When I was young, my mother and the Jiang family loved me very much. But on my sixth birthday, a wandering Taoist suddenly appeared at my doorstep. He took the initiative to come and tell my fortune."

"Father and grandmother didn't believe that at first, but seeing the Taoist's sage-like demeanor and his statement that I was destined for a disaster, father and grandmother were worried about me, so they agreed to let him read my fortune."

"He held me in his arms and carefully examined my face. In the end, he actually calculated... he calculated that I was born under the Phoenix Fate."

"What?" The Third Prince nearly jumped up in shock. He asked with disbelief in his eyes, "You're not deceiving me?"

Xie Qingyao said anxiously, "I dare not. That Taoist even calculated that my sister would be my calamity, but at that time, my grandmother believed that Sister Li'er died at birth, and my calamity would be the sister that my mother would give birth to in the future."

"But Mother never gave birth again, but Sister Li'er didn't die. She suddenly came back..."

The Third Prince's face was gloomy, his brows furrowed, and he asked in a cold voice, "Is this matter related to the Jiang Mansion?"

Xie Qingyao nodded gently, a look of sadness on her face as she said, "Your Highness must be aware of what happened between the Chu and Jiang clans a hundred years ago. In the past hundred years, the number of Jiang family women marrying into the royal family has been as rare as the stars in the morning sky. This is because the Jiang family does not want to be too involved with the royal family. This has become an unwritten rule of the Jiang family."

"So, ever since I calculated that fate, my mother has ignored me, and the Jiang family's attitude towards me has also taken a sharp turn for the worse. It wasn't until Sister Li'er returned that they finally found a reason to completely deny my identity."

Xie Qingyao's eyes were slightly red, and a crystal teardrop flowed from the corner of her eye. She murmured, "My dear sister, she is indeed my calamity..."