Poisonous Goddess: I'm just lazing around in the mortal realm.

Duan Yuchuan's gaze made no attempt to conceal his disgust for his younger sister.

Now the mother's pregnancy is becoming more and more stable, and if there are no unexpected events, she will surely give birth to a prince smoothly.

He had initially thought that he had been abandoned by his mother and the An family because of his health. However, he never expected that news of Duan Yuyan's outburst at Yong'an Palace a few days ago would spread out of the palace.

He had already guessed that his mother was clearly prepared to abandon his sister at any time.

Only his younger sister was the most foolish. Their mother's attitude had already explained everything, but she still couldn't see it.

Seeing that Duan Yuyan was still causing trouble, he didn't want to continue playing along.

"Brother, you..."

Duan Yuyan stared in astonishment at her unfamiliar brother, and immediately released her grip on Duan Yuchuan's arm.

Which step went wrong?

Duan Yuyan couldn't help but become suspicious.

She had disguised herself very well, and everything was going according to her plan.

Why was her sickly brother looking at her with such disgust?

Thinking of this, Duan Yuyan subconsciously bit her lip and said...

“Brother, that’s not what Yan’er meant…” She pretended to choke up, and even squeezed out a few tears.

Under normal circumstances, this tactic of hers would never fail, whether in front of her mother or her father.

But she forgot that her brother was not someone who could unconditionally indulge her.

Duan Yuchuan watched her tears fall, his expression calm. He subtly took a step back, creating distance between them.

"You don't need to cry here. If you really care about me, you'll know that I can't help you right now."

"Brother! I didn't come here to ask you for help."

Duan Yuyan was a little angry, and her cheeks were slightly flushed, making her look pitiful.

She was naturally beautiful, but for some reason, she always dressed like the concubines in the emperor's harem, all dressed up and heavily made up.

Instead, it completely covered her already pretty face.

Her tone seemed somewhat agitated, and a few more hot tears rolled down Duan Yuyan's cheeks.

The tears mixed with heavy makeup instantly turned her already heavy makeup into a mess.

Upon closer inspection, it even has a slightly frightening quality.

Duan Yuchuan was clearly the same; he turned around with some disgust and went straight to the desk to sit down.

Right now, there's no reason in his plans to cancel his sister's marriage proposal without a valid reason.

Even now, his plans can only be successfully implemented if his sister marries far away.

After all, although Duan Yuyan was just a princess, a princess who could flaunt herself in Nanyang would obviously hinder his plans.

Seeing that her brother ignored her, Duan Yuyan bit her lip and stood there looking at him.

“Brother, I want to cooperate with you. You will obtain the position of Crown Prince, and I will stay in Nanyang.”

She finally revealed her true intentions, even though Duan Yuchuan had rejected her attempts to test him several times.

Upon seeing such an unfamiliar Duan Yuchuan, Duan Yuyan was clearly unsure of herself.

Not to mention that the campaign against the Southern Barbarians was imminent, and she was well aware of her father's intentions.

It was simply a pretext to use her as a bride for a political marriage, in order to stabilize the situation in the Western Regions.

If that's the case, which princess from Nanyang couldn't go? Why must she be forced to marry?

Duan Yuchuan looked at his sister with disbelief.

"What do you have to offer for cooperation? Besides, with the Crown Prince firmly in the Eastern Palace, how could you, a woman, possibly find a loophole?"

Although he had long coveted the position of Crown Prince.

However, despite his open and covert struggles with the second prince over the years, the crown prince has never been affected in any way.

Although the crown prince had no maternal family to support him, his only adoptive mother was a hostage sent from the Western Regions who had no power or influence.

However, Duan Yuqing was a well-behaved and upright person, and there was no way to find any fault in him to remove him from the position of Crown Prince.

This is why, although he had great resentment towards his mother and the An family...

But he never broke ties with them.

After all, the only thing he could possibly defeat the Crown Prince was his powerful maternal family.

Thinking of this, Duan Yuchuan leaned back in his armchair and glanced at his younger sister with some disdain.

Could it be that his sister really thinks he's a fool?

"If I wasn't prepared, why would I come to talk to my brother about cooperation?" Duan Yuyan raised her hand and wiped away the few tears from the corners of her eyes.

If she doesn't want to marry into the Western Regions right now, she can only use her life-saving charm to stay in the Western Regions.

"Then tell me, should we just kill the Crown Prince, or...?" Duan Yuchuan's tone was somewhat mocking as he picked up a piece of paper and idly scribbled on it.

For him, chatting with his sister was just too boring.

It's a waste of his time.

Seeing her brother's dismissive attitude, Duan Yuyan didn't get angry but instead smiled.

"Since you have someone in the palace to relay messages for you, you must know that things haven't been peaceful in the Western Regions lately."

"Ok?"

Upon hearing his sister's words, Duan Yuchuan paused.

He had previously been somewhat interested in the internal strife in the Western Regions, but because his father was in a hurry to send Duan Yuyan to marry a foreign ruler, he temporarily put aside his thoughts on that matter.

"You mean you want me to use the news of the internal strife in the Western Regions to plead for you before the Emperor?"

Clearly, he wasn't happy about it!

Duan Yuyan gently shook her head and said

“If that’s all there is to it, why would I cooperate with you? A few days ago, I invited some acrobats from the Western Regions to perform at my residence, and I inadvertently learned something from them.”

Duan Yuyan sat down opposite her brother as if she were a completely different person from the one who had just been crying with a face full of grievances.

"What is it?" Duan Yuchuan's brows furrowed with impatience; he hated it when people didn't speak their minds.

Seeing that she had whetted her brother's appetite, Duan Yuyan slowly explained...

"There is a rumor circulating in the Western Regions that Helian Cangyang, the half-brother of the Western Regions Khan Helian Nash, has not died."

Duan Yuchuan's expression faltered slightly, and he finally slowly looked up at Duan Yuyan.

"Please continue."

"Helian Nash was able to become the Khan of the Western Regions because his brother died in a murder. Legend has it that Consort Ning was not Helian Nash's biological sister, but his brother's biological sister."

"Is Consort Ning Helian Nashi's half-sister?"

Duan Yuchuan narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had suddenly made up his mind.

This was the first time he had heard this news, and now he had to think more highly of his sister.

There are probably very few people in Nanyang who know this news.

Seeing that she had piqued her brother's interest, Duan Yuyan naturally dispelled most of her doubts.

The reason she was able to get this information was because she had recently become fond of Western Region acrobatics and had specially ordered people to capture hundreds of Western Region people for her own amusement.

That's how she unintentionally learned about this news.