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

What followed was endless tenderness and affection; for more than a month, Changqiu Palace was once again filled with springtime beauty.

While Fu Luan was still immersed in the ultimate pleasure, she heard a palace servant outside the door report: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress, someone from the Yongning Marquis's residence says... that your maid Cuiyun is pregnant!"

Fu Luan nestled in Yuan Li's arms, chuckling softly.

Yuan Li didn't understand what he meant, so he just told the person to wait outside. Fu Luan explained, "It seems that all the women in the Great Wei are pregnant!"

"Anagui is pregnant, Liuyun is pregnant; there were already four pregnant concubines in the palace, and now even Cuiyun is pregnant!"

Yuan Li gently ruffled her hair and whispered, "You've just resolved your inner conflict, don't be sad again! Remember my words:

"Even without children, A-Luan is still my wife and the Empress of Great Wei! It's a good thing that the Marquis of Yongning has an heir, but who is that Cuiyun? I've never heard of her before?"

Fu Luan played with her husband's hair and said casually, "Even the emperor might not recognize every palace maid in the palace, let alone a maidservant from the common people."

“Cuiyun... she was originally my maid, then she followed my elder brother, and now she is in the Yongning Marquis's mansion, she is his concubine!”

The sudden mention of Cuiyun inevitably brought to mind Xiaojiu and Zhengzheng.

She still remembered that the first time she met Cuiyun was on the day Zhengzheng and Xue Yan got engaged; it was also the day the Emperor bestowed a marriage upon her and Xiaojiu.

Now, Zhengzheng is a human pig, barely clinging to life in some corner of the Great Wei; Xue Yan married and then lost his wife; the man who arranged her marriage has become her husband; as for Xiao Jiu…

Longing quietly spread through her body.

Seemingly noticing the change in his wife, Yuan Li stopped stroking her hair.

"The maidservants naturally don't need to know, but... Marquis Yongning is a gentleman, and there has never been any news of your elder brother having a woman he likes, either inside or outside the court."

"Now suddenly a 'Cuiyun' has appeared, and she's even pregnant. I'm just a little surprised! I wonder what kind of beauty this Cuiyun is that could make Fuyuan fall at her feet?" Yuan Li said, squinting his eyes.

Fu Luan smiled wryly, "She...her hair was as black as a waterfall, like silk, very beautiful!"

"How does she compare to A-Luan?" Yuan Li seemed quite interested in the maidservant he had never met before.

"Hmm... Me? I'm probably not as good as her." Fu Luan laughed again, but there was an indescribable bitterness in her heart.

Yes... Cuiyun can do things that she can't, so why can't we say that she's better than herself?

After the two changed their clothes, Fu Luan instructed, "Prepare a copy of what you gave Liu Yun back then and send it to the Yongning Marquis's residence as a reward for Cui Yun!"

Yuan Li chimed in, "Whatever the Empress bestowed, I will double it!"

The visitor was already beaming with joy upon hearing Fu Luan's words; and upon hearing Yuan Li's words, he couldn't stop smiling!

Seeing that Fu Luan was puzzled, Yuan Li smiled and said, "That is your eldest brother's child. You are the aunt, and I am naturally the uncle."

"What's so strange about an uncle giving a small gift to his future nephew and niece? As long as A-Luan is willing, it wouldn't be difficult for me to bestow the title of 'Lady of Yongning Marquis' upon that Cuiyun!"

Fu Luan was about to say something, but when she caught Yuan Li's gaze, she smiled and changed her words, saying, "Alright! Then I will thank Your Majesty on behalf of my sister-in-law!"

Sure enough, Yuan Li frowned slightly and said, "To be the Empress's 'elder sister-in-law,' I'm afraid even a maidservant isn't worthy!"

"If your elder brother truly intended to marry her, he probably wouldn't have allowed her to be a concubine while heavily pregnant!"

Not long after, Fu Yuan went to the palace to see the Empress; it was unclear whether this was to confirm the Emperor's statement or to embarrass him.