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

Fu Luan smiled and said, "You want me to take you back, right, Cuiyun?"

Cuiyun straightened her clothes and hair, calming herself down, and said, "No. On the contrary, Cuiyun wants to apologize to you, Aunt..."

"Apologize?" Fu Luan and Hua Luo exchanged bewildered glances. "What do you mean by that?"

Cuiyun knelt down and bowed repeatedly, saying, "My lady asked me to act with the young master to provoke that vile woman."

"But this servant...this servant and the young master's charade became real..."

"Cuiyun, raise your head." Fu Luan didn't get angry, but just smiled and gave the order.

It was a clean and pretty face, and even though she was unmarried, she didn't show the slightest bit of shame when she said such things.

Cuiyun gripped the hem of her clothes tightly, not daring to relax for a moment.

Fu Luan saved her father and also helped her family get settled.

Although her family is still considered servants, they don't have to do anything and receive ten times the monthly salary of other servants!

As for herself, although she served Fu Ling and Yan Zhengzheng, these tasks were not particularly heavy.

In addition to her monthly allowance, Fu Luan received extra rewards. Compared to most servants, she was doing quite well.

Fu Luan sought her out to discuss the matter of "pretending to sever ties" and putting on an act. She originally intended to follow Fu Luan's instructions word for word.

Until she met Fu Yuan...

When Cuiyun was looking at old houses in the countryside, she heard that the eldest son of the Fu family, although an adopted son, was both literate and martial, and had a handsome appearance.

He was granted titles and ranks in his teens, making him even more capable than the old men who married into the family and relied on their wives.

She initially thought it was just a country woman who had never seen the world and was exaggerating her knowledge.

But when she saw Fu Yuan in person, she realized that all the praise she had given him before couldn't compare to him in the slightest...

This is a man she could never reach in her entire life!

Although she had no practical experience with matters between men and women, she served Zhengzheng outside when Zhengzheng sold herself.

So she does know a thing or two about how to seduce men.

She put all the tricks she had "learned" to use when "acting," which was enough to make Fu Yuan take the act seriously!

Fu Luan laughed and said, "Cuiyun is well-behaved and knows proper etiquette. I suppose my elder brother forced you?"

Cuiyun gritted her teeth and endured the shame, saying, "No, it was Cuiyun... Cuiyun seduced the young master, and the charade became real."

"You're quite straightforward, girl! Unlike your worthless master, you didn't push all the responsibility onto the man!"

"If that's the case, you two will have to resolve this matter yourselves."

"I'm afraid I'm an 'outsider'..." Fu Luan forced a smile.

Cuiyun bowed again and said, "Who in Chang'an City with even a little bit of intelligence doesn't know that the young master only has his aunt in his heart?"

"Without your permission, young lady, let alone the idea that Cuiyun wants to... grow old with the young master;

"I'm afraid even being a maidservant by his side would be difficult!"

"Grandma, please help Cuiyun out of respect for her eyeliner!"

Cuiyun was not lying.

Ever since Zhengzheng caught her in adultery in the woodshed that day, Fu Yuan took her to an empty room and settled her there. She has never seen him since.

Her current status is neither here nor there.

Although she was called a "maid," Fu Yuan referred to her as his "Aunt Yun" in front of Zheng Zheng.

She was called "Aunt Yun," but as Zhengzheng had said before, there was no document proving she was being taken as a concubine...

Fu Luan pursed her lips, "If he truly cared for me, he wouldn't have been intimate with you."

"Since you and he have consummated your marriage, why don't you go and demand an explanation from him yourself!"

"After all... I only asked you to put on an act with him, didn't I? You were the one who chose to make the charade real!"

"Now you're using this to control me, and I won't stand for it! But..."

"If you feel that Fu Yuan has ruined you, a young and innocent girl;

"If you want an explanation from me, this lady might consider helping you!"

Fu Luan narrowed her eyes, and Cui Yun quickly said, "Grandma, Cui Yun wouldn't dare!"

"Cuiyun really didn't mean to blame you or control you, and she certainly didn't mean to smear the young master!"

"But as a young woman, how could I possibly ask for that..."

Hua Luo spat, "You're too embarrassed to say it, but you're too embarrassed to do it!"

"Knowing full well that the young master has feelings for our aunt, you still went out of your way to seduce him, that's one thing."

"After all, it was consensual; but after you've hooked up, you still come running to me for my approval..."

"Hmph, 'Aunt Yun,' you've got a good plan! You know, being a concubine in a marquis's mansion isn't easy!"

“Look at Madam Yan back then, she was heavily pregnant and about to give birth when the lady of the house reluctantly nodded and granted her wish!”

Hearing these mocking words, Cuiyun wished she could grind her teeth to dust;

She was just waiting for Fu Luan to speak, but Fu Luan left in the end, leaving her alone kneeling at the door, staring hatefully at Fu Luan's back!

One autumn rain brings a chill. When the maple leaves in Chang'an turned a deep crimson, the Marquis of Changyi's carriages finally arrived in Chang'an.

The emperor summoned him under the pretext of "wanting to see his son";

Therefore, he came with the full pomp and circumstance of a marquis, as if afraid that no one would know he had returned.

The first thing he did upon arriving in Chang'an was not to see his emperor father, but to go to a maple forest in a valley.

The maple forest nestled against the mountains and beside the water, its red maples mingling with the yellow birch leaves, and the faint sound of music could be heard from afar. The forest was ablaze with color, a breathtaking sight.

But Yuanlu, that good-for-nothing, had no interest in admiring the green waters on the ground or appreciating the red leaves in the mountains.

He followed the sound of the zither and limped closer to see that it was Fu Luan, dressed in white, playing the zither by the babbling stream.

Ignoring everything else, he stepped forward and hugged Fu Luan, exclaiming, "Wife, look, my hands and feet are all healed! You play the guzheng so well!"

Fu Luan stopped and calmly pointed out, "This isn't a guzheng, it's a guqin. You can't tell the difference again!"

“Okay, okay, whatever you say, it’s a guqin! My wife’s playing of ‘High Mountains and Flowing Water’ is really beautiful…” Yuan Lu shamelessly continued to flatter.

"This is not 'High Mountains and Flowing Water,' it's 'Ode to Longing'!"

"When we first met in this maple forest, you didn't even recognize the tune you played?" Fu Luan's face was as cold as ice.

Yuan Lu had a "master" guiding him, and in a short time he learned "refined" hobbies such as playing the zither and collecting antiques in order to get closer to Fu Luan.

They also want to seize the crown prince position and the Fu family's enormous wealth from her!

Unfortunately, time and talent were limited, and he only learned the basics. After mastering it, he abandoned this refined taste.

Even though Fu Luan discovered he was a good-for-nothing after marriage, the two were still deeply in love and she couldn't bring herself to be cruel to him.

A moment of weakness in a past life ultimately led to disaster!

Now that he can heal his severed hands and feet, he must have received a lot of help from that "expert"!

How could Yuan Lu know what Fu Luan was thinking?

He could only smell a faint fragrance on her neck as he desperately kissed his former wife.

The fragrance was faint, yet captivating; but it could be lost from a distance.

Therefore, he tried even harder to curry favor with her, hoping that after catching up, he could make love to her in the mountains...