The story of a bullied daughter's rise to power

Tan Tai Wu Yue didn't respond. However, the Moonlight Poison weighed on both Tan Tai Wu Yue and Situ Yao Rao like a stone. If it were just a matter of not living long enough, it wouldn't have meant anything to Tan Tai Wu Yue. But... the terrifying thing about the Moonlight Poison was that it was hereditary. Once married, the poison would be passed on to one's children. He could endure losing the Crown Princess early, but he couldn't let his children suffer the same fate. Naturally, he didn't tell Situ Yao Rao about this.

And it was even more impossible for Mrs. Situ to tell Situ Yaorao such a despairing fact.

When they arrived at the palace gate, Tan Tai Wu Yue got off the carriage first, and then carried her down.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." The gatekeeper bowed respectfully. Hearing this, Tantai Wuyue nodded calmly and said, "Well, rise. I have brought my concubine to the palace today to visit a relative of hers."

"I wonder who Your Highness wants to visit." The guard continued to ask.

"It's Aunt Yue who is beside Princess Wuyan." said Tan Tai Wu Yue.

"Your Highness, please."

The people at the gate were just on routine patrol, so they naturally didn't dare to stop the prince. In other words, even if the person the prince brought was a suspicious person, they could only pretend not to know.

After all, this is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and he can take their lives with just one word.

When you work in the palace, you have to be careful. After all, someone could kill you with just one word, leaving you without even the right to say no.

After successfully passing the test, the prince took Situ Yaorao into the palace.

"Should we go directly to Princess Wuyan?" Situ Yaorao asked.

Upon hearing this, Tantai Wuyue nodded, then seemed to remember something and said, "I'll take you to the peach blossom forest first. You wait for me there. I'm going to check on Wuyan first. If there's nothing wrong, I'll come back to find you."

"Okay." Situ Yaorao nodded. She hadn't come here with high hopes. After all, from what she had heard about Princess Wuyan, she could already imagine what kind of woman she was.

Seeing Situ Yaorao waiting obediently, Tan Tai Wu Yue smiled with satisfaction. He rubbed her head, then took Situ Yaorao to the peach blossom forest. "Just sit here. Remember not to be seen by others. This is where we princes usually stay. I don't think there will be any danger." After saying that, Tan Tai Wu Yue left.

Situ Yaorao sat here, looking at the peach blossoms in full bloom, vaguely remembering the scene of seeing Cang again that day.

Now, in the same place, the feeling in my heart is completely different. Situ Yaorao sat here, and the petals fell on her body. Situ Yorao smiled faintly and then gently brushed them away.

The wind blew, and petals fell around her again. She brushed them away just like before. She seemed a little bored, holding these petals for company.

Tantai Yunyi had never imagined he would one day see Situ Yaorao so defenseless. The woman was dressed in red, her eyes, seemingly captivating, held a new innocence and interest. Her hair was tied up in a bun. A jade hairpin adorned her head. A white jade pendant hung from her waist. Her hands were constantly toying with the petals.

When Tantai Yunyi arrived at the palace and felt extremely bored, this was the scene he saw. If it were any other day, he would have definitely walked up to talk to Situ Yaorao.

But now, for some reason, he didn't want to go over. What he found strange was that he recognized this woman so easily even though she was still wearing a veil.

As he thought about this, Tantai Yunyi stood not far away, silently watching Situ Yaorao. His boredom at being summoned to the palace was completely gone, leaving only his interest in the woman before him.

He had known that Situ Yaorao was an interesting woman. But now, looking at her, Tantai Yunyi had to admit that she was more eye-catching than he had imagined. It was like him, knowing he shouldn't have anything to do with her, but still unable to resist being a little curious.

Even if he could control his heart and not like this woman, but... for someone who is used to using his brain, he would inexplicably have an indulgent mentality, which really made him feel dissatisfied.

Tantai Yunyi was so torn in his heart that he looked at Situ Yaorao.

Petals fell, and the man looked at the woman through the petals. Finally, a smile appeared on his face. He slowly walked in front of her and asked, "Why is Miss Situ here? Did you also receive a summons?"

Tan Tai Yun Yi's voice was calm, with a hint of amusement. When Situ Yaorao heard it was Tan Tai Yun Yi, her heart skipped a beat. With anyone else, she would have pretended not to know him, but with Tan Tai Yun Yi, she couldn't do that. This man was simply too shrewd. So shrewd, she didn't even have the chance to pretend she didn't know him.

A smart person won't waste time. Situ Yaorao admitted it decisively. She took off her veil, revealing her already delicate face.

"How do you know it's me?" Situ Yaorao asked in confusion.

"It's too conspicuous. Naturally, they recognized me. But if you don't want others to know, you can rest assured. After all, not everyone is me."

"It seems like I'm just too unlucky?" Situ Yaorao asked with a helpless smile.

Tantai Yunyi didn't deny it, but looked at Situ Yaorao. He took out a piece of ebony from his bosom, used for drawing eyebrows, and said, "This was given to me by the Empress when I entered her palace. She said it was sent from the Mingyue Kingdom. She asked me to keep it and give it to a young lady. However, I don't know many of these young ladies. So I'll draw your eyebrows for you."

"Ah? Eyebrow drawing?" Situ Yaorao was startled and was about to run when she saw that the ebony had already fallen between her eyebrows.

"Don't move. I've never drawn eyebrows before, so if they're crooked, you won't be able to see anyone." Tantai Yunyi's voice was not loud, but after hearing it, Situ Yaorao really didn't dare to move. What a joke! What if he drew his eyebrows wrong?

The man's movements were very light, and the ebony brushed across the peak of his eyebrows, so light and airy that Situ Yaorao did not object. She did not really like someone drawing her eyebrows for her because it was too intimate.

However, when Tantai Yunyi did this, he was too clever, as if it had nothing to do with him, as if he just wanted to draw his eyebrows. Because of this, Situ Yaorao could not refuse him.

After drawing Situ Yaorao's eyebrows, Tan Tai Yun Yi gave her the ebony: "You will look more ordinary this way. If only your eyebrows are exposed later, I think no one will know who you are. Take this ebony as... a gift from an accidental encounter." The man looked at Situ Yaorao and said with a chuckle.

"Why are you here?"

"Didn't I say it? I had no choice but to do so because the Empress summoned me." Tan Tai Yun Yi said.

Situ Yaorao understood after hearing this.

"Heitan, the Queen Mother hopes that you will find a princess as soon as possible and live with her as an equal, right?" Situ Yaorao said lightly. Tantai Yunyi heard this and did not refute it.

"As expected, you gave me the ebony. Your princess will be jealous in the future." Situ Yaorao said with a smile. Tantai Yunyi looked at Situ Yaorao and said inexplicably: "If that woman didn't have a generous heart, she wouldn't have become my princess."

"Women are always stingy when facing the person they like." Situ Yaorao said.

"And you, too?"

"Ah, me too."

"Come on, maybe you don't love the prince." Tan Tai Yun Yi said. Situ Yao Rao's heart skipped a beat when she heard this: "What do you mean?"

"You don't seem to care about him at all, and you don't even know what he's going through right now."

"What's wrong with him?" Situ Yaorao asked hurriedly.

"The Empress gave me Black Ebony today because, firstly, she wanted me to find a princess as soon as possible and settle down. Secondly, it was because of his choice of a princess. He has you in mind as the Crown Princess, and I'm afraid he'll have arguments with the Empress in the future," Tan Tai Yun Yi said calmly. Situ Yao Rao fell silent after hearing this.

"If you really care about him, don't let him support it all by himself. As General Situ's daughter, if you really want to marry him, I don't think anyone will stop you."

"I'm not afraid of anything but myself."