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

“It’s alright, it’s alright… Anagui was his concubine;”

"It's normal for Xiao Jiu to have physical intimacy with her; even without her, he would have had other concubines."

“He has so many concubines…” Fu Luan suppressed her sadness and comforted herself all the way.

Upon seeing Yuan Jiu sitting in front of the Chang'an Marquis's mansion, her tears suddenly burst forth!

How could I not care!

This refers to Yuan Jiu, who has liked her since childhood!

This refers to Yuan Jiu, who fought desperately for the position of Crown Prince because of her!

This is Yuan Jiu, who will also attend her investiture ceremony on the day she takes a concubine!

This is Yuan Jiu, who, after her rebirth, is willing to risk everything to clear his name and help him seize the throne!

This is Yuan Jiu, who has already been betrothed to her and whose future fate is inextricably linked with hers!

But what was he doing while she was working so hard for him? He had a child with Anagui!

If it were Fu Luan before the alliance ceremony, he might not only not feel heartache, but would actually be overjoyed that Yuan Jiu had a child.

After all, Fu Luan had not yet fallen in love with Xiao Jiu at that time; and having children was also one of the important bargaining chips in the struggle for the throne!

But now... she had long been prepared to grow old with him, but he had a child with another woman!

And it just so happens to be Anagui, who had given her a helping hand when she was in danger!

Oh, right, this also happened at the alliance ceremony... I was so busy that day!

Before Xiao Jiu could see Fu Luan's tears, she turned away and secretly wiped them away.

She is the Lady of Langya... she can't be underestimated! But those reddened eyes couldn't lie...

Yuan Jiu saw this stubbornness and determination, how could he not feel heartache?

Fu Luan forced a smile, but feigned anger at the gatekeeper, saying, "Why won't you let His Highness Prince Yan in?"

"Fortunately, it was the Prince of Yan. If it were any other prince, they would probably laugh at our Marquis of Chang'an for not knowing manners!"

Yuan Jiu stood up, carrying a jar of wine, and quickly waved his hand, saying, "No, A-Luan... I specially waited here for you, for you to come back..."

"I know today is a good day for you and for me, so I thought..."

I just couldn't bring myself to say the words "drinking under the moon".

Seeing his fiancée's swollen eyes, he roughly guessed what was going on; but since Fu Luan hadn't brought it up, he didn't know how to say it!

“It is indeed a ‘good day’! I have avenged my great grudge, and you, Prince Yan… are about to become a father!” Fu Luan finally led him into the Marquis of Chang’an’s residence.

Yuan Jiu pretended not to hear the barb in her words; he looked around and cautiously probed, "A-Luan, why isn't this your courtyard?"

No wonder Xiao Jiu felt disappointed; this was just an ordinary little garden in the Chang'an Marquis's mansion.

When Fu Luan revealed Zheng Zheng's background last time, she took him to her own courtyard, but she didn't have time to enter her two-story boudoir.

He was convinced that on this very special day, she would take him to places he had never been before;

But to everyone's surprise, it was just an ordinary garden; and there were many maids from the Marquis's mansion coming and going around it.

It was as if they would hear me if I spoke a little louder, and I felt so uncomfortable!

Fu Luan sneered and said again, "Now that Your Highness is going to be a father, what would I be if I invited you into my courtyard again? Would I be vying for favor and stealing a man while a concubine is pregnant?"

Seeing that there was no way to avoid this matter, Yuan Jiu had no choice but to say, "She is just a concubine, a barbarian woman, and someone I only recently met. How can she compare to you?"

“Once you marry into this kingdom, you will be the Queen of Yan! If you are fond of the grandeur of Yan, I will take you to the kingdom.”

"If you miss the prosperity of Chang'an, I will ask Father to let us stay in Chang'an... okay?"

Fu Luan said coldly, "I'm afraid your 'Queen of Yan' is someone else entirely!"

"Once Anagui gives birth to a son or daughter for you, do you think the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions will take advantage of the emperor's good mood and petition for a promotion for their precious little princess?"

"Will her son inherit your throne in the future? Your Highness, although you have many concubines, only this one is pregnant!"

Yuan Jiu clenched his fist, then quietly relaxed it.

He muttered, “It wasn’t my idea to take her as a concubine; it was my father who forced her on me!”

"Could I refuse? Did I have a choice? At that time, you were the only one I could rely on..."

"But instead of letting me turn down this 'good thing,' you suggested that I ask my father to promote her to a concubine."

"If Ah Luan had such a magnanimous heart back then, why has she become so petty now?"

Fu Luan gripped the bamboo teacup tightly and sneered, "Me, 'stingy'? Yes! Most foolish women in the world who have someone they love are stingy!"

"If I were her, I couldn't pretend to be so generous! While talking to my 'husband' about other women racing horses, I was undressing and making love to them!"

"Your marriage was bestowed by the Emperor. Did the Emperor force you to have sex with her?"

"Why can't you understand? The point isn't that Anagui has a child or you're going to be a father, but that you're lying to me!"

“Yuan Lu framed you, slandered you, caused you to lose your position as crown prince, bribed the jailers to take advantage of you, and even seized your concubines.”

"Logically speaking, your hatred for him shouldn't be any less than mine, but you... you didn't show up at all on the day Father Emperor interrogated Yuan Lu at night!"

“That day…” Yuan Jiu desperately searched his memory of that day, but when he remembered it, he found it even harder to speak!

Fu Luan said coldly, "You can't answer? Then I'll answer for His Highness the Prince of Yan:"

"That night, Anagui was in constant abdominal pain. You were worried that something might be wrong with the baby in her womb, so you stayed at the mansion to keep her company."

"They even summoned more than a dozen imperial physicians to your residence, leaving the Imperial Medical Bureau almost half empty!"

Yuan Jiu closed her eyes slightly. "She's pregnant, so I'm being more considerate of her... Anyone else would have chosen to treat a pregnant woman better, wouldn't they?"

Fu Luan's phoenix eyes widened. "But how strange! The best female physicians of the Great Wei were in your household at that time, and since they were all women, it would have been more convenient for them to treat patients."

"Why don't you let her treat your beloved concubine, instead of going to such lengths to find a bunch of white-bearded old men?"

Yuan Jiu said calmly, "The female physician Fu Ling once said that in the eyes of a physician, the bodies of men and women are nothing more than pieces of flesh."

"Why should I be so fixated on whether the doctor is male or female? It's just..."

"You're just worried that Fu Ling is my person and will be detrimental to your beloved concubine and the child in her womb."

"So you'd rather leave this top-notch female healer unused, is that right?" Fu Luan asked, suppressing her heartache.

“Ah Luan, I…” Yuan Jiu hesitated, unable to finish her sentence.

But Fu Luan knew that this sudden silence was an admission of consent!

That night, in the Liangyi Hall, she testified against their common enemy, sending Yuan Lu to a point of no return. Even Yuan Jia went to testify!

Meanwhile, Yuan Jiu, the person directly involved, was with another woman...

Everything she did for him was not even a fraction as good as the child in Anagui's womb!