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

"I only said this one sentence, and His Majesty remembered it? I almost forgot myself!" Fu Luan murmured.

“Of course… because it was A-Luan who said it, so I remember every word…” Yuan Li kissed his wife’s forehead, but Fu Luan subconsciously turned her head away, “Mmm…”

She didn't know what was wrong with her. She was already married to Yuan Li, and she felt safe and secure by his side;

She was clearly happy that he listened to her true feelings without criticizing or trying to change her... but his closeness made her feel uneasy!

"What's wrong? Still thinking about Xiao Jiu?" Perhaps sensing her subconscious distance, Yuan Li wasn't angry. "Does he know that you can't have children?"

Fu Luan smiled wryly, "He and I... haven't reached the point of discussing such things yet. Does Your Majesty think he would mind?"

Yuan Li sighed, "Do you want to hear the truth? If he were still alive... he wouldn't mind at this age; but as people reach middle age, who wouldn't want their children around them?"

"Moreover... as you can see, that little princess from the Western Regions is pregnant with his child; if he were still alive, he might have other concubines who would bear him children; even the maids around you could easily seduce him..."

"Ah Luan, forget him! Just like you forgot your former husband! Xiao Jiu is dead. He wronged you. He doesn't deserve your sadness and grief!"

For some reason, Fu Luan suddenly thought of Fu Yuan and Cui Yun...

She nodded as if she understood, and Yuan Li wiped away her tears with his own hands. "Your makeup is all ruined by crying. If the palace servants see this, they'll say, 'The Emperor made the Empress cry!'"

Fu Luan was stunned for a moment before she understood the implied meaning of those words, and blushed. After dressing up, the palace maids brought out a plate of floral hairpins for her to choose from.

Fu Luan forced a smile and asked, "What does this mean?"

Before the palace maids could report, Yuan Li placed his hands on her shoulders and laughed, "Since your wedding, you've suddenly stopped wearing floral decorations, and you look rather aloof!"

"I know you've been having a rough time lately, so I specially had the palace maids cut your hair a little fresh. It's not as pretty as your original one, but..."

Fu Luan smiled and said, "Does Your Majesty not like me because I don't have the peony flower hairpin? Does Your Majesty like me, or does Your Majesty like the peony flower hairpin?"

She feigned composure, but her mind was in turmoil! This floral hairpin had come strangely, and its disappearance was even stranger. Before, when she wanted to remove it, it remained perfectly still between her eyebrows; but on her wedding day, it vanished without a trace!

Fu Luan had never seen a lotus flower in her previous life; but after being reborn, she inexplicably had such a floral decoration on her forehead...

Although the lotus flower pattern is a type of floral pattern from the Great Wei Dynasty, it was far less popular among women than patterns such as plum blossom, peach blossom, and pear blossom. So where did this floral pattern come from? And why did it have to be a lotus flower pattern?

Fu Luan recalled that Yun Shi had gained favor because she resembled her in some ways; and that resemblance mostly came from the identical floral patterns on her headdress!

So... does Yuan Li like her as a person, or the Hua Dian that has disappeared?

“Of course I like the floral decoration, but…” Yuan Li leaned down and whispered in Fu Luan’s ear, “I only like it because it’s on your face!”

The fragrance of the jasmine flower once again filled her surroundings; she was about to turn away when she caught a glimpse of Yuan Li standing up and laughing loudly: "I know you're not in the mood today!"

"If you don't like me, you probably don't want to see me, a husband more than ten years your senior! And you certainly don't want to share a bed with me. I'll leave..."

Before he could finish speaking, Fu Luan grabbed him and hugged him tightly. "Don't go! Who said I don't like you..."

Yes, what does it matter if she's "more than ten years older"? If you include her age in their previous life, she wasn't much younger than him.

But the thought that he only had less than three years left to live made her heart ache again...