The story of a bullied daughter's rise to power

"Then stay away from him. He's not suitable for you," Tantai Yunyi said calmly. Situ Yaorao felt a little annoyed when she heard this, but then she heard the man say, "Do you know why the prince gave up on marrying you when he heard you were poisoned by the Moonlight?"

"If we can't stay together forever, why bother to be greedy for a while? A prince who kills his own princess has a bad reputation." Situ Yaorao whispered.

"In your eyes, he is a person who cares about reputation?"

"What do you want to say?"

"The poison of Moonlight, also known as Absolute Love. Love is always lingering, and so is this poison. If there's no antidote, even if you marry, your child will be poisoned like you. In order to completely eradicate this poison, Lan Lin murdered many innocent people. This is the real reason he can't marry you. If you can't detoxify, then naturally, you can't be with him. So why... do these futile things?"

Tantai Yunyi said lightly.

Situ Yaorao was completely stunned when she heard this.

Just when Tan Tai Yun Yi felt that Situ Yao Rao would no longer respond and wanted to give her a place to calm down, Situ Yao Rao sneered, "Heh... I've noticed that every time I meet you, you always say things to me that make me despair. Whether it was then or now, it's always like this. Tan Tai Yun Yi, do I owe you something?"

"Not really." Tan Tai Yun Yi narrowed his eyes and moved his thin lips slightly: "You have never owed me anything. But... you loved someone you shouldn't have loved. Is this explanation enough?" Tan Tai Yun Yi asked lightly.

"That's enough. But, to me, it's not important." Situ Yaorao said coldly. After that, she looked at the man deeply and said, "Sometimes I really can't understand why you don't want me to be with him?"

"Because it's not suitable. Relationships require thinking."

"You have to use your brain for everything. Are you tired?" Situ Yaorao looked at the man and asked calmly. The man just smiled and said, "This is how I survive. If I don't use my brain, I don't know what to do."

"You're such a strange person."

"Perhaps, but you're also a strange person." Tantai Yunyi gently stroked the woman's face and said, "How many times have I hoped to drive you out of my sight, but for some reason, I still see you. Perhaps this is also a kind of fate. Just like... that day by the lake, I saw you, and you saw it again."

Tantai Yunyi sighed softly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Situ Yaorao didn't know what this man meant. She wasn't depressed yet. Why was he depressed first?

Now she was being told that her child would inherit the poison. Was it her fault? Situ Yaorao felt completely unwell. She was exhausted, but the people around her weren't the type to offer comfort.

Just as Situ Yaorao was considering whether to leave first and come back after Tantai Yunyi left, she felt someone pull her whole body and then fell into the man's arms.

"Are you sad?" The man's tone was a little stiff. When Tan Tai Yun Yi asked this question, he himself felt incredible. He clearly didn't want to care about Situ Yaorao's affairs. He clearly wanted to just watch Situ Yaorao sad. But somehow, he couldn't help but ask, "Are you sad?"

Not to mention Tan Tai Yun Yi himself, even Situ Yao Rao didn't expect Tan Tai Yun Yi to suddenly act like this. Blinking, she could only say, "No."

"Don't be so stubborn. If you're sad, just lie in my arms and cry. Cry it out and it'll be over." Tan Tai Yun Yi felt as if his soul was being held hostage. The words he said made him feel strange. But, surprisingly, he didn't hate it. Situ Yao Rao was really frightened this time.

She never expected that Tan Tai Yun Yi would come to persuade her.

"Dan Tai Yun Yi." Situ Yaorao asked seriously.

"Huh?" Tan Tai Yun Yi was puzzled.

"Did you take the wrong medicine? Or did you forget to take your medicine when you went out today?"

Tantai Yunyi: ...

After looking at Situ Yaorao for a while, Tantai Yunyi opened his mouth and then closed it again, not knowing what to say. Finally, he could only say, "Probably."

"As expected, I knew it. If you hadn't taken the wrong medicine, how could you be so gentle to me? But it doesn't matter. Just let me stay for a while. I'm really tired." Situ Yaorao said in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Tantai Yunyi sighed softly. The two sat under a tree. The man looked at the woman in red beside him. There was a hint of tenderness between his eyebrows, a tenderness he himself hadn't even noticed.

Just as Tan Tai Yun Yi, not knowing whether he was crazy or what, wanted to be nice to Situ Yao Rao, Situ Yao Rao also didn't know what was wrong. She would inexplicably feel that the people around her could be trusted. She even exposed her most vulnerable side to Tan Tai Yun Yi. When Situ Yao Rao reacted, she was already beside Tan Tai Yun Yi.

"Better?" Seeing Situ Yaorao's attitude change, Tantai Yunyi felt a little regretful, but still asked symbolically. Situ Yaorao nodded and said, "Well, thank you. I thought... you would just push me away coldly and tell me to respect myself."

"This, I also wanted to do so, but unfortunately, I didn't do it. You are not a woman who does not respect yourself, and I... am not as rigid as you imagined. But no matter what, you entered the palace privately, this point must be made clear. What? Don't you think you should give me an explanation? Or is it better for us to go see the Queen?" Tan Tai Yun Yi looked at Situ Yaorao, and the gentleness just now was gone, leaving only the word "you deserve a beating".

Situ Yaorao was so angry that her teeth itched, but she could only say, "I'm here to see Princess Wuyan."

"Princess Wuyan? Haha... I can't let you go on like this. Do you know who Princess Wuyan is? You actually want to see her. Are you tired of living?" Tan Tai Yunyi asked seriously.

"I don't know, but I have a compelling reason to see her."

"Who sent you into the palace?" Tan Tai Yun Yi frowned, feeling that he had a bad premonition.

"Dan Tai Wu Yue." Situ Yaorao said.

"Tsk! As expected! I knew that he was the only one who could allow you to come to the palace to see Wuyan. After all, apart from him, no one else has the courage to do so."

"Is Princess Wuyan as scary as you say?"

"In the past few years, there weren't any. However, in recent years, strange things have always occurred in the palace. Some concubines' little princesses have disappeared inexplicably. Father investigated this matter but still could not find any results. This matter is confidential, not even the crown prince knows about it. It was the Empress Dowager who informed me. The Empress Dowager has been extremely worried about this matter, and all signs indicate that it is all related to Wuyan.

You are going to see Wuyan now, isn't that courting death? Tell me, what is it? "

"Someone wants to see her, so I have to tell her. Otherwise..." Situ Yaorao frowned: "My restaurant is about to open, and I still want such a good chef."

Hearing Situ Yaorao's words, Tan Tai Yun Yi's mouth twitched, and he was about to collapse: "You have to make such a big fuss to find a chef? Why is there such a fuss?"

"I just want a cook, someone I can trust."

"I can find you a hundred people like this, why do you want to get involved with the Mohist School?"

"How do you know who it is?"

"Hmph! The Crown Prince values ​​you very much, so I will naturally find a way to protect you. Therefore, I often investigate the people around you. Yu Sheng is a difficult person to understand. So, if there are any problems, they must come from him. Furthermore, you came to the palace today to look for Princess Wuyan, and you also said you were looking for a cook. A cook who is related to Princess Wuyan, and with Yu Sheng as the go-between, the only other person who could be the Mo family's foolish young master."

Tantai Yunyi said with disdain. Although Situ Yaorao wanted to refute him, she had to admit that he was right. Although the term "stupid" was a bit too much.

"Being hurt by a woman once is not enough, and you want to be hurt a second time?" Tan Tai Yun Yi continued.