The story of a bullied daughter's rise to power

Situ Yaorao was standing at the door. Seeing Yu Sheng coming out, she hurriedly said, "I finally waited for you."

Seeing Situ Yaorao so anxious, Yu Sheng couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I knew that if you, Situ, took the initiative to find me, it must be nothing good. Tell me, Situ, what's wrong with you this time?"

Yu Sheng's words made Situ Yaorao feel awkward for a moment. She looked at him and said, "Of course it's a small matter."

"Let's go inside and talk. If the elders see me letting guests stand outside to talk, they might say I don't know how to entertain guests." Yu Sheng said, making a gesture to invite them in. Seeing this, Situ Yaorao thought about the questions she wanted to ask today and had no choice but to follow her inside.

Yu Sheng's residence was connected to Zi Su's. So when Yu Sheng brought Situ Yaorao in, Zi Su also saw it. Seeing Situ Yaorao, Zi Su's expression changed instantly, and she said respectfully, "Hail, Crown Princess."

"Miss Zisu, there's no need to be so polite. Yu Sheng and I are friends, and you've lived in my Lan Qinglou for a while, so we can be considered friends." Situ Yaorao said enthusiastically.

"Zi Su is of humble status and dares not be friends with the Crown Princess. Goodbye." After saying that, Zi Su left. Situ Yaorao blinked and looked at the people around him and said, "What's going on? You haven't explained yet?"

Yu Sheng was helpless when she heard this: "I just explained that if you, Situ, hadn't come now, I might have succeeded. But you came so suddenly, and the elders were urging me to hurry, so I had no choice but to leave her and run away. I'm afraid Zi Su hates me too." Yu Sheng said this, and she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Situ Yaorao's mouth twitched when she heard this.

So, the relationship is still her fault?

"Well! I don't want to do this, but I really have something important to tell you." Situ Yaorao said, becoming serious.

"Situ, every time you come to me, it's about something important. Tell me," Yu Sheng said. He had already resigned himself to Situ Yaorao. She was destined to be enslaved anyway. And unfortunately, he had few friends. Mo Zhu was one, and Situ Yaorao was another. Mo Zhu had been unable to get over the incident with Princess Wuyan, and had been so depressed lately, leaving him helpless. And Situ Yaorao? She was always causing trouble, shocking him, and then giving him advice.

He's started to get used to it.

Situ Yaorao looked at the man, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I want the Golden Ganoderma Lucidum."

"Golden Ganoderma? Don't you have some at Lan Qinglou? Why are you running low? How much do you need?" Yu Sheng asked. She was a little surprised by Situ Yaorao's request. While golden Ganoderma might be valuable, she could still get some for making wine, right? Why did she have to come to him?

"Ahem! This time is a little special. I need a hundred plants."

"Puff..." Yu Sheng spat out a mouthful of tea. He stared at her with sleepy eyes wide open in disbelief, trembling, "You, what did you just say? The wind was so strong I couldn't hear clearly."

"I need one hundred golden Ganoderma lucidum plants." Situ Yaorao said seriously, powerless against Yu Sheng's exaggerated behavior. She knew this would be the result.

"You...what are you thinking? Are you crazy? If you stir-fry the golden Ganoderma lucidum, it will be enough to last you for a long time! One hundred plants, how dare you say that!" Yu Sheng rolled her eyes at her.

Situ Yaorao heard this and twitched her lips. "If possible, I wouldn't want to come either. Even if you have a source of one hundred golden Ganoderma lucidum, I still feel bad about spending my money. But there's nothing I can do about it."

"What happened?"

"The concubines in the mansion were all disfigured. I've seen Feng Bupo, and he said that only Golden Ganoderma lucidum can be used as the main ingredient. In total, more than a hundred plants are needed to completely cure those women." Situ Yaorao had no choice but to tell the truth. After saying this, Yu Sheng wanted to spit Situ Yaorao to death.

"You are really crazy! You use one hundred golden Ganoderma lucidum just for the faces of your rivals? Are you stupid enough to think you are the Crown Princess?" Yu Sheng scolded mercilessly.

Situ Yaorao was helpless: "No matter what you say, I will get it. If you have a way, tell me, if not, I can ask someone else. After all, I have to take responsibility. Those women are concubines in the Prince's Mansion. Such a big thing happened under my nose. How can I feel at ease? They will be dismissed from the Prince's Mansion in the future. How can women who are married and disfigured live in Lanlin in the future?"

Situ Yaorao frowned and asked.

Upon hearing this, Yu Sheng also fell silent.

Even though he disagreed with this matter, he couldn't bear to see a group of women completely destroyed.

"Who is that person? How could he be so cruel?" Yu Sheng was puzzled.

"The princess of the Wu Kingdom. Qian Shui'er."

"The future Crown Prince's Consort Ping?" Yu Sheng's mouth twitched. "Your Crown Prince's Mansion is truly a mess."

"We dealt with her when she was in Luo City. Back then, she bewitched the amnesiac Tan Tai Wu Yue, and when her plan was thwarted by us, she bore a grudge. Now that the imperial decree has been issued, she's become arrogant. Even what happened today was a provocation on her part. This incident was caused by me. Although she was the one who did it, if it weren't for me, those women wouldn't have suffered this unprovoked disaster."

Situ Yaorao frowned.

"You have a point, but I can't get these one hundred golden Ganoderma lucidum. In the whole capital, if there is anyone who can get so many golden Ganoderma lucidum, I'm afraid it is only the Luo family. However, you know the rules of the Luo family. They don't deal with people in the court, let alone the Prince's Mansion?" Yu Sheng said helplessly.

When Situ Yaorao heard this, her heart sank.

She had a plan, but the materials were a challenge. Golden Ganoderma lucidum was valuable, and while it was available in the capital, there might not even be a hundred of them in the entire city. By the time they were brought in from other places, the women's looks would be completely ruined.

Thinking of this, Situ Yaorao felt a headache.

"Don't be too sad, Situ. How about this? We'll send people to collect them first. Anything we can get will count. If someone can recover, we'll let them recover. As for those we can't, we'll just have to leave it to fate," Yu Sheng said. Hearing this, Situ Yaorao nodded, "This is the only way under the current circumstances. I hope we can collect more."

"I'll send someone to do it in a while. Situ, you stay here for a while." After saying this, Yu Sheng went out.

After Yu Sheng left, Zi Su walked in nervously not long after.

"Miss Zisu?" Situ Yaorao looked at Zisu and said in a low voice.

Zi Su said nothing and fell to her knees on the ground with a thud. Situ Yaorao got up in shock and asked, "What do you mean by this?"

"Crown Princess, Zisu asks you for a favor." Zisu looked at Situ Yaorao with a sincere face.

"Go ahead." Situ Yaorao frowned, somewhat puzzled by Zi Su's attitude.

Zi Su looked at Situ Yaorao and gritted her teeth, saying, "Crown Princess, you are of noble status and have everything you want. You possess so much more than I do. Even someone as noble as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince dotes on you."

"Why are you saying this?" Situ Yaorao was embarrassed.