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

Duan Yuchuan's lips curled into a cool smile.

"You don't think I'm going to do it myself, do you? My dear sister."

His icy gaze swept over Duan Yuyan from head to toe, and her face, already somewhat unbalanced due to the effects of the medicine, became strange.

After all, his body had been severely weakened since the last poisoning, and the residual poison in his body had not been completely eliminated. If it weren't for that secret medicine suppressing the remaining poison...

I'm afraid he's still emaciated and confined to that mansion, unable to go out.

Duan Yuyan initially couldn't believe what Duan Yuchuan said, but then, as if she had realized something, she slowly began to smile.

From a low chuckle to a maniacal laugh

"Duan Yuchuan, you're a madman! You deliberately plotted against me from the very beginning, didn't you? Even our conversation in the corridor just now was something you deliberately told me to hear, wasn't it?"

She truly never imagined that her sickly brother would dare to scheme against her.

You see, she originally thought she was lucky to be able to have mutual affection with the Khan of the Western Regions whom she was about to marry. If things had gone smoothly, she should have happily married him.

Now, Duan Yuchuan's attitude, coupled with what his mother had just said...

She was still somewhat skeptical.

"Sister, do you still remember when you came to me begging me to cooperate with you so that you could refuse this marriage proposal?"

Duan Yuchuan lifted his eyelids and glanced at Man'er not far away.

Man'er nodded and dismissed the passing maids.

Right now, Yong'an Palace is in complete chaos, and no one will see that in a corner of the courtyard, the Third Prince and the Fourth Princess are having a conversation.

Duan Yuyan clenched her fists and twisted the hem of her clothes.

Her eyes were already bloodshot at that time.

"Of course I remember! My biggest regret is wanting to lower myself and cooperate with you! You despicable person!"

"I wouldn't call you a villain. My sister has rarely visited me since I fell ill. I should be content, but I just can't stand you. Every time you see me, I can see right through you with the disgust in your eyes."

Duan Yuchuan raised his hand and stroked Duan Yuyan's small face.

She was naturally plain-looking, but because she liked heavy makeup, she hid her small face under thick layers of powder, making her look like a street clown.

"I hate you because you're useless, but I never imagined you would scheme against me like this, Duan Yuchuan..."

Duan Yuyan tried her best to control her emotions. She breathed heavily, trying to make her reason prevail.

When she finally managed to control her tone, she continued...

"That person...you arranged it, didn't you?"

"who?"

Duan Yuchuan met her gaze without the slightest hint of guilt, his eyes cold and devoid of any emotion.

"That person who impersonated the Khan of the Western Regions... was a fake, wasn't he?"

Duan Yuyan was now curled up like a wounded cat. The proud and arrogant girl had never imagined that she would be schemed against by her own brother.

Before entering the palace today, she was still the proud Fourth Princess.

At that time, she was just a joke.

"Why do you ask that?"

“That man does bear some resemblance to Helian Nash. I caught a glimpse of him from afar during the Emperor’s birthday celebration, and you bet I don’t remember what he looks like. Because at that time, all I could see was Shen Mu.”

Duan Yuyan had reached her limit of rationality. She understood that only her closest relatives knew how to manage her.

At that time, she still wanted to marry Shen Mu, so although she stayed by her mother's side, her mind had long since wandered elsewhere, and naturally she didn't pay much attention to the real Khan of the Western Regions.

Not to mention his appearance, she didn't even glance at it.

Duan Yuchuan raised an eyebrow slightly, as if surprised by her intelligence, and said...

"It's all thanks to your useless brain, little sister. A man who looks exactly like Helian Nash was so easily tricked into sleeping with you. If you really marry him in the Western Regions..."

He slowly bent down and whispered in her ear

"Will they be able to come back alive?"

"you!"

Duan Yuyan was furious and shoved him away.

She had lost control of herself due to her father's neglect and Shen Mu's departure, and the man was indeed handsome, exactly what she wanted.

If it weren't for the empty title of "future husband," how could she have fallen for this trap of a handsome man?

"What? A princess who has lost her virginity is going to marry into the Western Regions. Do you think Helian Nash would want you? If I were you, I wouldn't have the face to live in this world."

Duan Yuchuan crossed his arms, not angry at Duan Yuyan's shoving.

Instead, he leaned against the wall with a roguish air, wanting to see just how helpless his sister would be.

When the truth is revealed, Duan Yuyan is no longer the proud fourth princess.

She slowly raised her head to look at the crowded hall. Servants were frantically rushing in and out, carrying hot water towels; the basins of bloody water truly pierced her eyes.

She laughed at herself and stumbled to her seat on the floor.

For a moment, she didn't know how to face all of this.

"You're a madman! Duan Yuchuan! You're a madman! You even dare to scheme against your own family, don't you have a heart?"

Her words were earnest, revealing her utter hatred for her brother.

Duan Yuchuan snorted coldly and slowly squatted down.

"Family? If Mother truly considered me her son, she wouldn't have tried so hard to get pregnant again right after my first recovery. If you considered me family, you wouldn't look down on me behind my back. If the An family..."

He patted Duan Yuyan on the shoulder, swallowing back the words he was about to say.

"I may look down on you, but I have never harmed you! Duan Yuchuan!"

Duan Yuyan raised her head, her bloodshot eyes glaring at him.

Although she was arrogant and domineering, and treated people poorly, she had never harmed her own brother, let alone the person she had just shoved her mother.

She was terrified that her mother would lose the child in her womb because of her mistake.

from beginning to end

Duan Yuyan herself believed she was a kind person.

"Now that things have come to this, I might as well tell you something else. You don't think I've been unaware all along who was responsible for the second poisoning, do you?"

"What do you mean?"

A look of surprise crossed Duan Yuyan's face; she naturally hadn't considered this possibility.

"It was Father Emperor who wanted me dead. And you, my sister, do you really think our Father Emperor loved us?"

Duan Yuchuan supported her gradually weakening body, forcing her to look him in the eye.

Duan Yuyan frowned upon hearing this. She clearly hadn't expected that the poison in her brother's body would come from their most respected father, the Emperor.

"Are you crazy? If you say something like that, do you want the entire An family to be buried with you?!"

She couldn't believe it from the bottom of her heart. They were all her father's biological children. How could parents take their own children's lives?

Duan Yuchuan wasn't surprised by her reaction, but at that moment, something was churning in his eyes, as if he wanted to express something.