The story of a bullied daughter's rise to power

"It's nothing, I just wanted to have something to talk about when I come to visit the princess. But Xiu'er is vulgar and I don't know what to talk about. That's why I brought up this matter. It's really touching to talk about it. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess are a loving couple. They just came back from Luocheng, and they never thought that something like this would happen again." Xiu'er said with a sigh.

"That's right. I think the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess must be feeling distressed. However, these are not our concerns. As a princess, you should not be anxious or comment on other people's words. Before, because there was no one to take care of the Queen Mother, I went out more often. Now that the Queen Mother has you, Miss Xiu'er, by her side, I should also cultivate my character. After all, it won't be long before I will be married." Princess Bingli said with a smile.

Seeing Princess Bingli's attitude, Xiu'er was annoyed. She thought to herself that this woman was too cunning. However, seeing that there was nothing else to say, she could only say, "Princess, since you said so, it is Xiu'er who has disturbed your peace. Please forgive me. The Queen still needs Xiu'er to take care of her, so Xiu'er will take his leave first." After saying this, Xiu'er was about to leave.

"Miss Xiu'er, you might as well stay and have a cup of tea before leaving." Princess Bingli said.

"No." After saying that, Xiu'er hurried away. After Xiu'er left, there was no trace of smile on Princess Bingli's face.

"Sister Bingli, you look really scary." Seeing that Bingli had stopped smiling, Princess Lianqiao said from the side. Princess Bingli sighed and looked at Lianqiao: "Do you know what that woman just said to me?"

"He simply hopes that sister will take this opportunity to eliminate dissidents. I heard that Xiu'er really wants to marry the emperor. Now that this incident has happened, her dream of marrying the emperor has been shattered. So, he wants to use sister's hand to take advantage of the chaos to eliminate that princess, or the crown princess." Princess Lianqiao guessed.

Princess Bingli sneered upon hearing this. "You're quite clever. Unfortunately, she miscalculated. I have no intention of taking action against the Crown Princess, nor against that Wu Kingdom Princess. The Wu Kingdom Princess and I have no grudges against each other. As for the Crown Princess... even a little maid knows that I have a grudge against her, let alone others? If anything happens to her, I won't be able to get away with it. It's better to just sit back and wait and see."

Princess Bingli thought it through thoroughly.

The reason she'd tried to test her when she was watching the lotus before was simply because of Princess Wuyan's situation. Wuyan's affairs were too complex, and if Situ Yaorao got involved, it would cause unnecessary trouble. That's why she'd come up with that idea. However, she'd unexpectedly gone to Luocheng and never had any contact with Princess Wuyan again. So, there was no need for her to attack Situ Yaorao again.

Besides, the Queen Mother is there to take care of everything.

Thinking of this, Princess Bingli felt a lot more relaxed.

She took out the Moonlight Poison that Mu Lingwan had given her earlier. She was very interested: "Lian Qiao, tell me, how could a prostitute get the lost Moonlight Poison?"

"Picked it up?" Princess Lianqiao said half-jokingly.

Upon hearing this, Princess Bingli looked at her helplessly and signaled her not to joke.

"I don't know where this came from. That Mu Lingwan looks weird. Over the years, she, the Crown Prince's concubine, has been more glorious than the Crown Princess in the Crown Prince's Mansion. I don't know how she did it."

Princess Lianqiao said this and continued to eat. Princess Bingli shook her head helplessly at Princess Lianqiao's casual attitude: "You, if you get married in the future and your husband has a concubine, you will definitely suffer."

"I am a princess, who dares to disrespect me?" Princess Lianqiao disagreed. However, as long as she did not go to marry, it was true.

"I'll give this to you to play with." Princess Bingli handed the bottle of Moonlight Poison to Princess Lianqiao, who was eating beside her. Princess Lianqiao had been interested in this for a long time. After accepting it, she hurriedly said, "Thank you, Sister Bingli. I'll take my leave now."

"You're so impatient." Princess Bingli shook her head helplessly. Princess Lianqiao, on the other hand, laughed heartily: "Haha, I'm sorry to have made you laugh. It's just that this thing is really curious."

After saying that, he ran away.

It was completely dark.

The imperial edict, known only to a few, finally began to spread. Within the span of a single dinner, almost everyone in the capital knew about the Crown Prince's marriage to the Princess of Wu.

Most people were curious about what the princess of Wu Kingdom looked like, while a few were worried about how the Crown Princess, who had just lost her mother, would feel now.

"Miss, please eat something." In the Prince's Mansion, Lian'er looked anxiously at her young lady sitting on the bed holding Xiao Hei but not saying a word, and she almost cried.

Situ Yaorao sat there for a long time, still feeling that she couldn't stand letting Qianshui'er become a concubine. But there was nothing she could do, this was already a foregone conclusion. For a moment, she was upset. Looking at the food that Lian'er was holding, she took Xiao Hei over and said, "Give it to him. I'm a little confused."

"Miss, I know you're feeling bad, but you can't not eat. It's not you who eats Xiao Hei. If you starve like this, my lady will be heartbroken in her grave." Lian'er had no choice but to use Madam Situ to persuade her. Situ Yaorao was silent for a long time after hearing this. She watched Xiao Hei eat the meal that was prepared for her.

"Lian'er, have you found the Lover's Flower?" Situ Yaorao asked a question that didn't quite fit the topic. Lian'er was almost furious when she heard it. But she still said, "Not yet, but... we will definitely try our best to find it."

"I hope you can find it. I'm a little tired, you can go out." Situ Yaorao said, yawned, and went to sleep. Seeing this, Lian'er didn't know what to say.

Situ Yaorao's attitude had already told her that she was in no mood to do anything. And no one could change Situ Yaorao's temper and the things she had made up her mind.

Lian'er had no choice but to go out.

The night was as cool as water. The man stood on the high wall of the Crown Prince's Mansion, looking at the empty and somewhat desolate courtyard belonging to the Crown Princess. He smiled, "Perhaps this place will become even more deserted in the future."

"You brought me out here late at night just to show me this?" a woman in a white gauze dress asked unhappily. The man put the mask on her face and said, "Shh, keep your voice down. If anyone sees this, it'll cause unnecessary trouble."

"Are you afraid of trouble?" Qian Shui'er took off her mask and looked at the man in red standing in front of her with dissatisfaction. She said angrily: "You brought me from the palace to the prince's mansion just to see Situ Yaorao's courtyard? Do you know that I am surrounded by people watching me? If the emperor becomes suspicious and doesn't want me to marry the prince, then everything will be in vain!" Qian Shui'er's words made Liu Wuchen laugh: "Since I said I would let you marry the prince, I will definitely not break my promise. And once the emperor agrees to me, he will not break his promise either."