The story of a bullied daughter's rise to power

"Do you have a way to unlock it?" Situ Yaorao's eyes lit up. But the man shook his head and said, "It's fine with me, but there's someone who can. It's just that this person has a strange personality. Before you go see him, you need to prepare some gifts."

"Gift?" Situ Yaorao was puzzled.

"It's simple. He likes the love flowers on Lover's Hill. He goes looking for them every year. You found the love flowers this year. If you go again, you should be able to find them again, right?"

"I'm not sure." Situ Yaorao remained silent.

"Do you remember the location of the Lovers' Flower?"

"I should remember it." Situ Yaorao said.

"Then there's no problem. Just go. You'll definitely find it again. I'll wait for you at the foot of the mountain to avoid any problems." Nangong Ling said. Situ Yaorao thought about it and agreed.

The two of them came to Lover's Hill. At this time, Lover's Hill was still full of people. Perhaps it was because of the appearance of the Lover's Flower this year, so many people came.

Situ Yaorao was wearing a veil, so no one recognized her. With almost no personal basis, Situ Yaorao entered the Lover's Mountain and followed the previous path to find the place where the Lover's Flowers were.

Looking at the lover's flower, Situ Yaorao couldn't help but think of the time when she came here with the prince. That person had so gently placed the lover's flower on her head.

After clearing the image from her mind, Situ Yaorao hurriedly picked the lover's flower and hid it, then walked down the mountain.

Nangong Ling did as he said and stood at the foot of the mountain waiting for Situ Yaorao. When he saw Situ Yaorao coming over, he hurriedly took her hand and rode away with her.

Afterwards, Nangong Ling found a box and placed the love flower in it. Looking at the love flower, his eyes flickered slightly: "No wonder so many people are interested in this love flower, it is indeed very beautiful."

"It's just a metaphor. There are many flowers in the world that are more beautiful than this one. To me, this lover's flower is far less beautiful than the Lycoris radiata in Red Moon Lake." Situ Yaorao said in a low voice.

"Manjushage?" The man was slightly puzzled.

"Well, those flowers are called Lycoris radiata. They bloom without leaves, and leaves without flowers." Situ Yaorao said, looking at the man: "This kind of relationship may be the real beauty."

"Your concept of feelings is interesting. However, it's best not to fall in love, otherwise you will get hurt no matter what." Nangong Ling said softly.

Nangong Ling brought Situ Yaorao to a large fortress west of the city. It was heavily guarded. The word "poison" was carved on the gate. It didn't look like a good place.

In fact, it’s not really a good place.

Along the way, Situ Yaorao watched Nangong Ling being robbed of countless silver coins before he met the person he wanted to see.

The person Nangong Ling wanted to meet was a man in his early twenties. He had a stern mask on his face and his eyes were bright. The moment he saw Situ Yaorao, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

But it disappeared in a flash, and he looked at Nangong Ling: "Mr. Nangong, what is the important matter that brought you to my little place?"

"Brother Jinlan, to be honest, I came here for this girl. She was poisoned." Nangong Ling said.

"Are you talking about Yuehua?" the man named Jinlan asked. Nangong Ling was stunned when he heard this, then looked at Situ Yaorao deeply and said, "No, it's a beautiful woman." After saying this, he glanced at Situ Yaorao, and Situ Yaorao took off the veil on her face.

Across from him, the man watched this scene and chuckled, "I thought it was a small matter. It's very simple. Just a dose of medicine will fix it."

"Thank you so much." Nangong Ling said.

"But why should I help you?" Just as Nangong Ling thanked the man, he suddenly changed the subject. Hearing this, Nangong Ling shook his head helplessly and said, "I knew it would be like this." As he said this, he took out the lover's flower and said, "Is this okay?"

The man was puzzled and took the brocade box. After seeing the flowers inside, he was slightly excited, but turned to look at Situ Yaorao: "Did you find this?"

"How do you know?" Situ Yaorao was surprised.

"He will never be able to touch these magical flowers and herbs in his life, so it naturally can't be him." Jin Lan said.

Upon hearing this, Situ Yaorao no longer concealed the truth: "I found it by chance."

"You are lucky. Take this packet of medicine. Remember the way here. We will meet again one day." After the man said this, he handed the medicine to Situ Yaorao.

Situ Yaorao looked at him in confusion.

Seeing this, Jin Lan smiled again: "If you don't want to die, you will come to me sooner or later."

Upon hearing this, Nangong Ling took Situ Yaorao and left.

"Why are you in such a hurry to leave? I just have something else I want to ask him." Situ Yaorao asked in confusion. Nangong Ling shook his head upon hearing this, but his face was serious: "I was careless. You were poisoned and I shouldn't have brought you here. Now that he's targeting you, who knows what will happen in the future. No matter what, don't come here again. This man is not suitable for doing business with."

"I understand." Situ Yaorao nodded.

After Situ Yaorao and the man left here, they returned home.

At this time, a new rouge was already placed in front of her dressing table. When Lian'er saw Situ Yaorao coming back, she hurriedly asked, "Miss, are you going to see the lady?"

"No need. Let mother be alone and quiet for a while." Situ Yaorao said.

Lian'er hesitated when she heard this.

"Mom must want to be alone and quiet right now, so don't worry about her." Situ Yaorao said with some annoyance.

"Yes, Miss." Lian'er didn't dare to say anything more, so she retreated respectfully.

Situ Yaorao sat alone in the room, applying the patch to her face. As expected, just as the man had said, it was a simple matter of medicine. After applying it, Situ Yaorao felt a refreshing coolness. Very comfortable. So comfortable that she fell asleep.

I didn't wake up until night.

Situ Yaorao was about to go back to sleep, but before she could fall asleep, she heard a plop and something fell in. Situ Yaorao hurriedly got out of bed and saw a package landed in her room.

Situ Yaorao opened the package with suspicion, and found only a man's shirt, an address, and an invitation. On the invitation was written only the word "dream."

Situ Yaorao looked at the package suspiciously and hid it first.

When Lian'er heard the sound and came over, she saw Situ Yaorao with sleepy eyes.

"Miss? Is something wrong?" Lian'er asked worriedly.

"I don't know. You go out first. I'm going to sleep." Situ Yaorao ordered. Lian'er retreated after hearing this. After she left, Situ Yaorao took out the address. The address on it was actually the Red Moon Lake they had visited before.

After much deliberation, Situ Yaorao finally put on her men's clothing and quietly ran out. Having frequently left the Situ residence recently, Situ Yaorao was quite familiar with the roads there. Plus, with Madam Situ's cover-up, General Situ had no idea she'd been out. Tonight was no different; Situ Yaorao happily ran out.

After going out, Situ Yaorao ran towards the Red Moon Lake.

She originally thought it was Tantai Yunyi who was looking for her, but she met someone here that she never dreamed of.

Situ Yaorao looked at the man and called out blankly, "Cang?"

Situ Yaorao's voice was quiet, but the next second after she spoke, she was startled and snapped back to her senses. Looking over, she saw the purple-robed Crown Prince Tan Tai Wu Yue standing there.

In the moonlight, the man looked like a handsome god, impeccable, looking at her with a faint, imperceptible smile.

"You called the wrong name again." Tantai Wuyue said lightly. Situ Yaorao heard this, smiled apologetically, walked to his side and said: "I was mistaken."

"It doesn't matter. Maybe I am very similar to the man you like." Tan Tai Wu Yue said.

"Of course not. Your Highness, you are of noble status, and he is just a small figure." But he is more handsome than anyone else in the world.

"Really? Then why do you like him?" Tantai Wuyue asked calmly. Situ Yaorao was surprised by his directness and looked at the man awkwardly.

"There was once a golden carp here, but it has disappeared recently. Do you know why?" Tan Tai Wu Yue asked casually.

Upon hearing this, Situ Yaorao's heart trembled. It looked like Tan Tai Yun Yi had indeed taken the carp away! And he hadn't told Tan Tai Wu Yue. Thinking of this, Situ Yaorao paused for a moment and said, "I haven't even seen it, so it's impossible for me to know."

Hearing Situ Yaorao say this, Tantai Wuyue felt a little happy: "That's good. That way... you won't belong to anyone else. After all, I didn't get to see that fish either."