The Eldest Daughter Reborn: She Provoked the Obsessive Crown Prince and Couldn't Escape

The Emperor smiled and teased, "I can grant you and Xiao Jiu a marriage, but..."

The Emperor's smile vanished abruptly. "As long as I am alive, this marriage cannot be called off! And when you marry Xiao Jiu in the future, you cannot divorce him like you did last time!"

"If Xiao Jiu cannot overturn the verdict this time, he will be the one to be removed from the imperial genealogy, expelled from the royal family, and stripped of his title!"

"And you will be guilty as well! When that happens, you will lose your title of the fourth-rank Lady of Langya!"

"Ah Luan, have you thought it through? I'll give you time to consider."

"If you are willing to share joys and sorrows with him, I will bestow a marriage upon you two in seven days."

"If you're not willing, say so as soon as possible, don't waste your time!"

Fu Luan immediately replied, "No need to wait seven days, I'm willing now!"

"Xiao Jiu just said that even if I can't help him become the crown prince, and he still insists on marrying me, I will still do the same!"

“It’s all my fault. He suffered in prison and almost lost his life because of me.”

"Not only did he have no complaints against me, but he also risked his life to save me when I was in danger that day..."

"No one will ever treat me better! Why wouldn't I want to marry Xiao Jiu?"

Yu Weiyan stopped him, saying, "Your Majesty, Fu Luan, she..."

The Emperor glanced at him sideways and said disdainfully, "Is Marquis of Chang'an going to say again that your daughter is young, unwell, and talking nonsense?"

"But I see that she is perfectly lucid!"

Yu Weiyan quickly replied, "Your Majesty, I dare not! But matters of marriage have always been decided by parents and matchmakers."

"Although I am foolish, since Fu Luan is no longer the eldest daughter of the Fu family, she is not worthy of His Highness Prince Yan."

"Your Majesty, we beg you to choose another suitable spouse for His Highness the Prince of Yan!"

Everyone present was well aware of Yu Weiyan's scheme—

Although Fu Luan is young and beautiful, she no longer has the status of "eldest daughter of the Fu family". Whoever becomes the crown prince in the future may not necessarily choose her as the crown princess!

He only has two daughters. Now that this scandal has happened and the emperor himself has stripped her of the Fu family name, she has no chance of marrying into a noble family!

The Emperor has granted Fu Luan and Yuan Jiu another marriage. If Yuan Jiu can successfully overturn the verdict, that would be good.

If he cannot, he will be demoted to a commoner, and Fu Luan will lose his value in the marriage alliance...

So, if we calculate it that way, all those years he raised his daughter were for nothing?

So much trouble has been caused these past few months because of this damned Prince Yan!

It would be better to oppose this marriage as soon as possible and marry Fuluan off to another powerful prince or nobleman!

Fu Luan glanced at her father and replied calmly, "Your Majesty, I will marry no one but Xiao Jiu! Although it is said that 'the parents' command and the matchmaker's words' are necessary;

"But with the Emperor in charge, how could you, Father... possibly be more powerful than the Emperor?"

"You?!" Yu Weiyan was speechless in front of everyone because of her daughter's words, and even Fu Ze couldn't help but laugh.

Yuan Jiu sighed, “Father, from childhood to adulthood, I have only asked you for one thing, but you have not granted it.”

"Now I want to ask you for a second and final request..."

The Emperor frowned and said, "Ah Luan, you must remember what I told you to Yuan Jia last time!"

"Since one of you says 'I will marry no one but you' and the other says 'I will marry no one but you,' I will grant your wish!"

"So that people won't keep saying that I'm hiding things from you young people and hindering your wonderful marriages!"

"But if things go wrong, you two mustn't cry!"

Despite their reluctance, the Emperor ultimately granted Fu Luan and Yuan Jiu their marriage and even brought Xue Chen back to the palace!

Yu Zhengzheng was so angry that she gritted her teeth and fainted again!

When she opened her eyes again, she was already in her own bedroom, and there was someone standing next to her...

"Brother Yan, you've come to see me, haven't you? I knew you'd come back!"

"You know I'm innocent..." Zhengzheng disregarded her weakness after the miscarriage and hurriedly tried to get out of bed.

Xue Yan just stared at her coldly, "I don't know! All I know is that you've done all sorts of shameful and bad things, and you used ointment to ruin my sister's face!"

"You're still planning to pin this on your sister!"

Zhengzheng cried, "I didn't! That ointment really was given to me by that little bitch Fuluan!"

Xue Yan spat, "You can fool the Emperor, but you can't fool me! You personally handed me that ointment, saying that you made it yourself!"

"You dare to do it but not admit it? I'm ashamed just hearing about it! If it weren't for the Emperor's intervention, my Xue family would never let you off the hook, you shameless woman!"

"No, really no! It was my vanity that led me to claim credit for the ointment, so I told everyone it was me who made it;"

"I did lie about that, I apologize! But I really didn't know there was anything wrong with that ointment!" Zhengzheng said, taking small steps to the dressing table.

She opened each drawer one by one, as if searching for something; suddenly, she clutched her stomach, bit her lip, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead...

Although Xue Yan was a man, he knew that a miscarriage must be extremely painful for a woman! Moreover, he was the one who kicked her, causing the miscarriage…

Seeing Zhengzheng like this now, he felt a pang of heartache.

He stepped forward, wanting to help Zhengzheng, but then he remembered Zhengzheng's erotic "performance" in the east wing;

He felt a surge of shame, and he could almost hear the mocking words of his relatives echoing in his ears…

"Ayan, how come you went to Chang'an and married a whore?"

"Oh my, I heard her lover's beard and hair have turned completely white, and he even has a grandson!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, isn't that the one who had an affair with her brother-in-law, causing her sister to divorce him and even losing her chance to become the Crown Princess?"

“Brother Yan, look…” In a flash, Zhengzheng found what she was looking for and presented it to Xue Yan with both hands.

It was a box of flesh-pink ointment that emitted a faint lotus fragrance, and the box was exactly the same as the one she had given to Xue Chen;

The only difference is that the ointment in this small round box is about 30% less, which means it has probably been used for a while.

Back then, Granny Chang impersonated Shu Ronghua's palace maid and asked Zhengzheng for this facial ointment;

She didn't specify the quantity, but Zhengzheng had her own selfish motives and lied to Fuluan, saying that the palace needed three boxes.

She gave one box to Granny Chang to take back to the palace, one box to Xue Chen, and the last box she kept for herself!

Even now, she is still very pleased with her cleverness;

If it weren't for my own greed, where would I have any evidence to present today?

Seeing that Xue Yan didn't make any sarcastic remarks this time, Zhengzheng quickly spoke up to defend herself:

"This ointment is exactly the same as the one I gave to Xue Chen. I use it myself every day, and I've been using it for even longer than Xue Chen has."

"If this ointment is faulty and will ruin my face, then my face should be ruined first, shouldn't it?"

Xue Yan's face darkened. "So you mean my sister drugged you and framed you?"

Zhengzheng quickly waved her hands, "No, that's not what I meant! I..."

In her moment of panic, Zhengzheng couldn't come up with a good explanation.

She had no choice but to keep repeating the whole story of the ointment, but Xue Yan seized on the flaw in her words—