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

This time, the two parted on bad terms, and Fu Luan even returned the jar of wine that Yuan Jiu had brought untouched.

Celebration? The joy of seeing two lifetimes' enemies tortured to death was completely wiped out by the arrival of a child;

She now finds even the flowers and plants unpleasant to look at, so how could she possibly be in the mood for a "celebration"?!

Fu Luan picked up a pine branch and whipped it at the flowers and plants in the courtyard. When she got close to the front hall, she saw the maids running around in a panic.

She walked into the front hall and found that her fourth brother, Fu Ze, and his personal maid, Liu Yun, were kneeling on the ground, while Yu Weiyan took out his "family law" again!

"Hmph, you little slut! I told you to serve the Fourth Young Master, but instead you've gone and served him in his bed!"

"Knowing full well that he is physically weak, she still seduces him all the time! She doesn't even let him off during the day! What kind of behavior is this, indulging in debauchery in broad daylight!"

"You've turned my Chang'an Marquis's mansion into a brothel!" Yu Weiyan shouted as she prepared to administer the family punishment.

Seeing that the spiked club was about to hit Liu Yun, Fu Ze pulled her into his arms to protect her; he closed his eyes tightly, as if he was determined to take the beating for her!

"Why did Father bring out this 'ancestor' again?" Fu Luan said with a smile, grabbing Yu Weiyan's wrist.

It looked like a light grip, but it felt like it weighed a ton. Yu Weiyan couldn't bring herself to strike with her spiked club!

"Hmph! This is all the good thing you did when you were in charge, and you still have the nerve to come out and stop your old man!" Yu Weiyan spat.

He was furious when he saw Fu Luan. Seeing that her father's anger had subsided, Fu Luan let go of his hand.

As the saying goes, "One should strike while the iron is hot, but one should not strike again and one should not strike again." After being stopped by her daughter, Yu Weiyan lost her domineering attitude.

In the front hall, all that could be heard was Liu Yun sobbing. A busybody servant had already quietly told Fu Luan the whole story.

"No wonder the Marquis is angry. This Liuyun... disregards the Fourth Young Master's health and is now pregnant!"

Why should the servants tell her? She knew from her past life that Liuyun and Fourth Brother had developed feelings for each other over time;

After the Fu family was slaughtered by that despicable couple Zhengzheng and Yuanlu, Liuyun also committed suicide by hitting her head against a wall; at the time of her suicide, she was pregnant with Fuze's child...

Everyone thought she died for her master, along with her unborn child; no one knew she died for love!

"Since you and Liuyun are in love, and Liuyun is pregnant with your child, why don't you just let him take her as a concubine?" Fu Luan suppressed her sadness and deliberately asked with a smile.

To everyone's surprise, Fu Ze said firmly, "That's impossible! I am determined to marry Yun'er!"

"Ah Luan, I really misjudged you! It's one thing for others to advise me to take her as a concubine, but why did you, Ah Luan, also..."

“You wretched child, you insulted your sister for a slut, you…” Yu Weiyan spat again.

Fu Luan watched coldly. Was Yu Weiyan really speaking up for her? She was just finding an excuse to scold her son!

She said calmly, "If that's the case... then marry me!"

"What?!" Upon hearing this, not only Yu Weiyan and Fu Ze, but also Liu Yun and all the servants in the front hall were stunned!

"Your ex-husband is dead, and you've gone mad too?!" Yu Weiyan exclaimed, her eyes wide with disbelief.

"Since Fourth Brother fell ill, Liu Yun has been taking care of him all these years. Even we, his own brothers and sisters, are not as considerate as he is!"

“If you marry a lady from a respectable family, she might not be as good to Fourth Brother as Liu Yun is to you, right?”

“Besides… she’s pregnant. If she marries a real wife later, can you guarantee that the ‘real wife’ who doesn’t even exist yet won’t feel bad?” Fu Luan forced a smile.

Memories of her past life were one aspect, but more importantly... she thought of herself, and she didn't want her future "fourth sister-in-law" to be in the same dilemma she was in now!

If there must be a "Fourth Sister-in-law", why can't it be Liu Yun?

Yu Weiyan sneered, "Don't think I don't know what you're up to!"

"You're thinking that you'll deliberately suggest that Ze'er marry that lowly maid, and I, as her father, will definitely disagree. Then you'll settle for second best and agree to let her be your concubine, right?"

"Let me tell you, not a chance! Not even a concubine! As long as I live, my daughter-in-law will never be a lowly servant! Get out of here!"

"Don't worry, you... I'm afraid you won't live much longer either!" Fu Luan thought to himself as he bowed.

The imperial edict to exonerate Xiao Jiu finally arrived after some time.

However, the emperor neither reinstated him as crown prince nor made any further arrangements for his marriage to Fuluan, and no one knew why.

Also announced at the Prince of Yan's residence was the imperial decree that Anagui would be promoted to a concubine due to her pregnancy;

However, since she had originally been demoted from a concubine to a secondary concubine, she herself was not very interested.

According to Fu Luan's original plan, even if she was no longer the eldest daughter of the Fu family, as long as she followed her memories from her previous life, she could have Xiao Jiu lead the troops to win a few brilliant battles.

On this basis, various meritorious officials of the Fu family from the previous dynasty submitted memorials.

With Qingluan, Xue Chen, Yuan Rui, and others in the harem speaking on her behalf to the Emperor, Xiao Jiu's return to the Eastern Palace is practically a certainty.

But now... it felt as if a mountain was lodged in her heart, pressing down on her chest, making it hard for her to breathe;

How could she possibly have the time or energy to plan for others?!

“Others”... After the alliance ceremony, she never imagined that one day she would classify Yuan Jiu as “others”!

Even more bizarrely, Yuan Lu's head, which was hanging on the city wall, suddenly disappeared!

Soldiers guarded the city walls around the clock. Who could steal a head in broad daylight? And why would anyone want to steal a head?

"Didn't it snow heavily for no apparent reason this summer?!"

For a time, the people of Chang'an were abuzz with discussion; in addition, the strange snowfall in the summer provided sustenance for countless storytellers!

Fu Luan suddenly felt like drinking... but not the kind Xiao Jiu brought.

She went to see Yuan Jia, bringing with her the brocade pouch he had given her on the day she was conferred the title of "Lady of Yuanshi County".

Now that we've had a gathering in Fenglin, he shouldn't need to "avoid suspicion" of her anymore, right?

"This garment...should Your Highness explain it?" After several rounds of drinks, Fu Luan finally took out the contents of the brocade pouch and explained his purpose.

Yuan Jia laughed and said, "It was just that on the day of the horse racing, I 'coincidentally' saw you going to find the injured Sixth Brother."

"After Sixth Brother left, I 'coincidentally' saw this used garment under the bed;

"Later... I 'coincidentally' met someone else, and she... 'coincidentally' recognized that the substance on her clothes was 'Bone-Corroding Powder' rather than 'Bone-Healing Powder'..."

"Is it really just... a 'coincidence'?" Fu Luan rested her right cheek on one hand, looking at Yuan Jia.

A clear breeze and a bright moon, no wife or concubine... If only she loved Yuan Jia! How much trouble she could have avoided!

Yuan Jia narrowed his fox-like eyes and said, "There's only one thing that's not... and that is..."

Before he could finish speaking, a servant hurriedly interrupted, "Lady Langya, the Emperor requests your immediate entry into the palace, saying that..."

"They say the Marquis of Chang'an brought a girl with him, claiming she is the 'eldest legitimate daughter' of the Fu family in this generation!"