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

Yuan Jiu frowned and said, "It's always the same old story! What am I supposed to do? With this time, you might as well call a good doctor to examine her! I'm afraid it'll be a waste of time. Ever since she got pregnant with this bastard, has she ever been well-behaved?"

As Yuan Jiu spoke, he glanced at Fu Luan's face, hoping to see even the slightest hint of jealousy or anger, but to his dismay, he found nothing.

His sister, Ah Luan, sipped her tea gently. Even when the chief clerk mentioned her sister, she showed no intention of standing up to take sides or defend her sister!

After the chief clerk left, Yuan Jiu said softly, "I know it was Anagui who caused the trouble, and I won't wrong your sister..."

Fu Luan smiled faintly, "She's your betrothed, yet you call her 'your sister' in front of me? That's rather formal! Alright, I've said all I needed to say, I should be going now..."

"From now on, when you find a concubine, you should find one who can have breakfast with you and remind you to go to bed early. Don't look for one who likes to dance while taking off her clothes. I'm afraid Your Highness's body can't handle it!"

"Your Highness, just wait for good things to come! When we meet next time, remember to address me as 'Empress Dowager'! You'll not only be a husband and father, but you'll also have to change your name..."

The current emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, Yuan Li, has a peculiar habit: he loves changing his sons' names. He changes them when they become crown prince, when they are deposed, and even more so when they are reduced to commoners! Yuan Lu alone has had three different names!

Fu Luan's words couldn't be clearer—the day Yuan Jiu changes his name will be the day he returns to the Eastern Palace!

"Since you still care about me, why don't you eat with me yourself and remind me to go to bed early? Ah Luan, I miss you so much!" Xiao Jiu hugged Fu Luan tightly, tears streaming down her face.

He didn't shed a single tear while suffering inhumane treatment in prison, but a single word or glance from Fu Luan could make him so weak!

This is Fu Luan, whom he has loved since childhood! He finally had the chance to be with her, but after only a few meetings, they became strangers again!

He wanted to see her, he had so much to say to her, but he also knew that Fu Luan's heart was as firm as a rock and she wouldn't grant his wish.

So he had no choice but to set a trap to lure her here, hoping that Fu Luan would also reach out and embrace him; but nothing happened, he waited for nothing!

Fu Luan's hands remained at her sides until Yuan Jiu released her, at which point she softly said, "I have a favor to ask of Your Highness..."

Yuan Jiu thought there was a chance for things to turn around, and quickly wiped away her tears, saying, "As long as it's A-Luan's wish, I'm willing to grant it!"

Fu Luan smiled faintly and said, "I dare not accept the word 'order'! Your Highness wants to give Nuan Nuan to me to raise, but it is not my cat after all; if Your Highness is really so kind, why not just return what truly belongs to me to me!"

Upon hearing the string of "Your Highness," Yuan Jiu felt a sense of unease, but still clung to a sliver of hope as she asked, "What...what is A-Luan talking about?"

“A long robe…and a few history books,” Fu Luan said with a smile, extending his index finger.

These were all given to Xiao Jiu by Fu Luan when he was in prison. Especially that long robe…

That was the first day of her rebirth, the first time she visited Xiao Jiu in prison after divorcing Yuan Lu, and she specially left it for him to keep warm.

Yuan Jiu was completely heartbroken. His face was ashen as he said, "Since they've been given to me, they're all mine now. There's no reason for me to take them back! How about considering them... a wedding gift from my wife?"

Fu Luan sighed silently, and finally turned to leave.

Before leaving, Yuan Jiu asked from behind, "A-Luan, do you want to be the Empress? Do you really want to be the Empress? Is it your own wish to be the Empress? Or..."

"Of course... I want to be it myself! Tell me, what woman in the world doesn't want to be empress?"

"My Fu family has produced so many crown princesses and assisted so many crown princes, but in the end, only Empress Shizong ascended to the position of empress!"

“I’ve had enough of being just the Crown Princess until I die! If someone has to be the Empress, why can’t it be me?” Fu Luan said with a bitter smile.

She clutched her handkerchief tightly, afraid she would cry in front of Yuan Jiu. How could she cry in front of him? But Yuan Jiu would never see that bitter smile...

A few days later, the imperial edicts for establishing the empress and the crown prince were issued together! As Yuan Li had said, Fu Luan had to be married first before Yuan Jiu could be made crown prince.

For Fu Luan, having an imperial edict was at least a promise; she had already fulfilled half of her wish! But some people clearly didn't think so...

"Grandma, the eldest young master..." Before Hua Luo could finish reporting, Fu Yuan stormed into Fu Luan's bedroom.

Fu Luan calmed himself down, then brewed some tea and said, "Brother, why are you so angry? Is Father trying to stop your marriage with sister-in-law again? Father really is..."

"Get out!" Fu Yuan looked around and whispered.

"All of you, leave!" The maids looked at each other, and only left when Fu Luan gave the order.

"I'll be right outside. If... please call me, madam!" Before leaving, Hua Luo patted Fu Luan's hand.

Once only the brother and sister remained in the bedroom, Fu Luan's smile vanished, and she said, "Brother, you're going too far! What's the point of barging into my bedroom without announcing your arrival? What if I hadn't changed my clothes, or was in the middle of..."

Fu Yuan sneered, "It's perfect that you haven't changed your clothes yet... It saves me, as the eldest brother, the trouble of changing the clothes for the future Empress of Great Wei!"

When Fu Luan heard the words "Mother of the Great Wei Kingdom", she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart - the Empress's robe that had been sent from the palace for her to try on was now on her body.

In her past life, it was while trying on this robe that she was drugged with aphrodisiac by Zhengzheng, and spent a night with Fu Yuan, thus falling into an abyss of no return...

She still remembered how much Zhengzheng had pleaded with her to change into this imperial robe. She figured that the wicked woman must have known that wearing the Empress's robe and having an affair with Fuyuan would be more stimulating to Yuanlu than wearing ordinary clothes!

This dress gave Fu Luan many bad memories, so Fu Luan wanted to change into an ordinary wedding dress; however, according to the rules of the Great Wei, the empress should wear the empress's ceremonial robe when the emperor and empress get married.

Even Yang Jin advised, "Only by wearing the Empress's ceremonial robe can one be worthy of the swaying crown with nine jewels..."

Fu Luan had no choice but to put the pheasant-feathered robe back on...

Seeing that Fu Luan remained silent, Fu Yuan sneered again: "What, am I wrong? The Emperor can enter the boudoir of the Lady of Qi, but I, a mere Marquis of Yongning, cannot?"

Fu Luan knew that he had come for this matter, and then smiled and said, "The Emperor has no wife, so of course he can come; but you, brother..."

"You're about to marry Cuiyun, so it's probably not very convenient for you to come alone to my sister's room, who's about to get married!"

"Cuiyun, Cuiyun, Cuiyun, can you please stop mentioning her in front of me!" Fu Yuan swept all the tea sets off the table, the sound of porcelain falling onto the carpet startling the maids outside.