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

"Grandma, I heard that the Yan family has come to visit the Second Miss!" Hua Luo hurriedly announced.

"'Visit'? Hmph, I think they've come to 'interrogate' me!" Fu Luan sneered.

She guessed correctly; things were not peaceful in Yu Zhengzheng's room.

"Slap!" A loud slap landed on Zhengzheng's face. The one who hit her was her own uncle, Yan Chuan.

"What did I do now? Why did you hit me again?" Zhengzheng covered her face, still looking pitiful.

But her uncle wasn't like Yuan Lu or Xue Yan; he didn't fall for her feigned weakness.

Yan Chuan spat and said, "Hmph, hit you? There's a saying, 'The maternal uncle is the most important person in the family'; I'm your maternal uncle, so what, I can't hit you?"

Aunt Yan and Aunt Wang chimed in, "Yes...your mother died young."

"Although you live in the Marquis's mansion, we have helped you a lot because of your mother!"

“But girl, you are so disappointing! Your mother had to use so much persuasion to get the madam and the marquis to agree to let you take your stepmother’s surname, ‘Fu’;

"Now look what's happened! Your dear sister has so easily lost her surname with just a few words!"

Yu Zhengzheng scoffed, "Who cares about her family name! I take my father's surname, so what? Only bastards take their mother's surname!"

Madam Yan and Madam Wang knew that she was alluding to Fu Luan, and they couldn't help but smile at each other;

But the two women still said, "Oh, my dear girl, you mustn't talk nonsense! Your sister is the Lady of Langya, personally bestowed by the Emperor..."

Zhengzheng retorted, "What kind of noble lady is this? What's so special about her!"

Yan Chuan glanced at him and said, "Don't you care? If you don't care, then why don't you earn one yourself?!"

"Now you've lost your surname and been returned by the Xue family! As your uncle, I'm too ashamed to even talk about your shameful deeds!"

“Lately, whenever I go out to look for work, I feel like people are talking behind my back every day! Saying that my Yan family has produced a slut!”

“You…” Yu Zhengzheng was both ashamed and angry, hoping that her aunt and uncle, who were also women, would speak up for her.

But when she turned around, the two of them were covering their mouths and chuckling!

"But I haven't been idle either! Now that that bitch has lost her status as the 'eldest daughter of the legitimate wife,' she can no longer smoothly become the Crown Princess according to the ancestral precepts of the Great Wei Dynasty;

“Who would want a divorced woman who’s already been married?” Zhengzheng argued.

She thought all men were like Xue Yan, who would look down on a woman just because she had been with other men!

In reality, remarriage, even tertiary marriage, was extremely common in the Great Wei Dynasty.

Many women who remarry are marrying into a higher social class, with weddings often being even grander and more elaborate than their first marriages!

Yan Chuan said disdainfully, "Stop dreaming! Your sister has a noble status, an official title, and is beautiful."

"When she remarries, her dowry will definitely be substantial. Just based on these things, she'll have no shortage of suitors!"

"Besides, she's never been pregnant with a bastard child! I'm telling you, girl, if anyone else comes to propose marriage, don't be so picky."

"Whether she's a pig or a dog, I'll marry her first! Someone like you, let alone a wealthy family, probably wouldn't even be willing to marry a commoner!"

Madam Wang chimed in, "Indeed! In the past, how many princes and noblemen sent matchmakers to propose marriage;

"This girl is too picky, she doesn't like this or that, so she's been trying to seduce your brother-in-law, but she failed and ended up with an illegitimate child..."

Everything else was fine, but the words "bastard" struck a nerve with Zhengzheng.

"Hmph, whether my surname is 'Fu' or 'Yu', I am still the second daughter of the Marquis of Chang'an's mansion;

"Anyway, I don't share the surnames 'Yan' or 'Wang' with any of you relatives, so you don't need to worry about Zhengzheng's marriage!"

"I need to rest now, please leave!" Zhengzheng said coldly, her eyebrows furrowed.

Although she has suffered setbacks repeatedly in the past few months, she is still a daughter of a noble family.

Having been pampered and raised by Yu Weiyan, she has developed a bit of the temperament of a young lady from a wealthy family.

These relatives of the Yan family are known for bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and for fawning on the powerful and stepping on the weak.

Over the years, they have tried various methods to scare Zhengzheng and trick her into using her monthly allowance to supplement the Yan family's income;

But they also knew very well that if she really went to her father to complain and broke ties with the Yan family, they would be in deep trouble!

Aunt Yan immediately softened her tone and said with a smile, "Girl, your uncle is a rough fellow and doesn't know how to talk."

“You are the daughter of the Marquis’s family and are more favored by the Marquis than your sister. We are counting on you to bring a bright future to the Yan family. How dare we really find fault with you?”

"us……"

Zhengzheng said coldly, "Didn't you all hear what I just said?"

Mr. and Mrs. Yan immediately cupped their hands in farewell and said "goodbye"; Aunt Yan was left feeling snubbed and quite disappointed!

"Pah! Does she really think she's some kind of noble lady?"

"Just like your unborn child, it's nothing but a bastard!" Only after leaving Zhengzheng's courtyard did Madam Yan dare to spit out a loud saliva at the largest room in the Chang'an Marquis's mansion.

All of this was observed by Fu Luan.

Hua Luo asked in a low voice, "Grandma, should we issue a ban prohibiting the Yan family from coming to our Marquis's residence again?"

Fu Luan sneered, "I'd like to! But my father would definitely not agree."

“Those are the family members of Aunt Yan, whom he cherishes dearly, and the relatives of his precious daughter. How could he bear to prevent Zhengzheng from seeing them?”

"Don't forget, it's members of the Fu family who are forbidden from entering!"

Hua Luo asked, puzzled, "But judging from their appearance, they don't seem to have a good relationship with the Second Miss..."

This life is indeed not good; but in the previous life, Zhengzheng climbed into Yuanlu's bed and squeezed into the East Palace by virtue of her pregnancy, and became a third-rank concubine.

Later, she even seized the empress's position through scheming and intrigue... At that time, the men of the Yan family were ennobled and appointed as generals, and the women were made first-rank ladies. Everyone followed Zhengzheng's lead!

But this time, Zhengzheng suffered defeat after defeat, all her methods failed, and she even got herself into trouble. How could the Yan family take her seriously?

Hua Luo exclaimed softly, "Oh, Grandma, she seems to have seen us!"

Fu Luan shook his head helplessly and said with a wry smile, "So what if she sees it? This is my home. Do you think I'm afraid of her?"

"At the last family dinner, it seems like I wasn't the one who lost the argument! You! You've been with me for so long and you're still so impulsive;

"If Fu Ling were here, she would definitely scold you again!"

"I've been missing Physician Fu for a few days now..." Hua Luo stuck out her tongue.

As Fu Luan watched Yan Shi approach, instead of dodging, she walked out confidently.

When Madam Yan looked up and saw her, she only regretted that she hadn't left with her brother and sister-in-law a little earlier!

"This humble woman pays her respects to Lady Langya..." Lady Yan gave a slight curtsy, her bow barely audible.

Fu Luan said seriously, "If you are truly well-mannered, why don't you explain to me what a 'bastard' is?"

"Ah?" Madam Yan looked up abruptly, feigning ignorance, and said, "This humble woman is foolish and does not know..."

Fu Luan sneered, "What you said outside my sister's courtyard just now wasn't just heard by me alone;

"Either you deliberately spread rumors to ruin the reputation of the second young lady of the Marquis of Chang'an's mansion;

"Either... those two words are true!"