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

Fu Luan put down her book and scoffed, "You've always wanted a child. Your little princess is pregnant. Are you happy?"

Yuan Ge lowered his face, his long eyelashes fluttering. Fu Luan seemed to see him on the day the snow fell heavily, when he came to the Marquis of Chang'an's mansion to ask her to reconcile, and snowflakes fell from his eyelashes.

It was only a short time ago, but now, because the two are separated by death, it feels like years have passed.

"Ah Luan is making fun of me again... Are you still angry?" Yuan Ge sighed.

Fu Luan pretended to be angry and said, "Of course I'll be angry, I'll be angry for the rest of my life!"

"Then why did you suggest to Father that my original name be restored before my burial?" Yuan Ge sighed again.

Fu Luan turned her face away, "It's just... fulfilling some of the responsibilities that a queen mother should have!"

“But I like hearing A-Luan call me ‘Xiao Jiu’... If it’s A-Luan, I’ll be happy no matter what she calls me!” Yuan Ge said cautiously.

When Fu Luan turned around, she saw Xiao Jiu peeling an orange, but his hands were clearly empty...

"What are you doing?" Fu Luan asked curiously, frowning.

“Peeling oranges… I know A-Luan brought me oranges and osmanthus-flavored glutinous rice wine a few days ago…” Yuan Ge didn’t even look up, continuing to peel the “oranges” in his hands.

Fu Luan stared at him blankly.

The osmanthus-flavored glutinous rice wine that she sprinkled in front of Yuan Jiu's grave that day was the wine he had sent to the Marquis of Chang'an's residence when the two were engaged. After their relationship ended, no one in the Marquis's residence dared to touch the wine anymore, so it was stored until Yuan Jiu passed away before being sent to Changqiu Palace.

“But the oranges I sent are already peeled, you can just eat them directly…” Fu Luan said softly, her lips slightly parted.

“I know… Ah Luan is so good to me, she even removed the white veins from the orange segments.”

"But as soon as I reached out to take it, the orange was kicked to the ground and I couldn't eat it..." Perhaps having already peeled the "orange," Yuan Jiu put the "orange segments" into his mouth one by one.

"Does A-Luan want some?" Yuan Jiu offered a segment of "orange flesh." Fu Luan hesitated for a moment, then fainted to the ground...

"Her Majesty is awake! Her Majesty the Empress has finally awakened!" When Fu Luan woke up, it was already broad daylight.

Where was the shadow of "Little Jiu" by her side? Only the fading fragrance of Xumanahua lingered around her.

"Yesterday was the first day of the third month. According to the rules, the Empress should accompany the Emperor to his bedchamber. However, the Emperor waited and waited at Changqiu Palace for a long time but did not see the Empress return. He was very angry!"

"But when he learned that the Empress had fainted in Tianlu Pavilion, he... felt very distressed." Hua Luo sighed as she helped Fu Luan change her clothes.

"Yes! His Majesty stayed by Her Majesty's side the whole time, and only left reluctantly when it was time for court. His Majesty dotes on our Her Majesty so much!" The young palace maids exchanged glances and chimed in, trying to flatter their Empress.

"Your Highness, the Prince of Yan's mansion has sent a message saying that the barbarian woman requests an audience with Your Highness..." Hua Luo reported in a low voice.

"I won't see you!" Fu Luan said coldly.

Queen Anagui of Yan, who rose in status because of her son, not only failed to inherit her husband's wealth as his principal wife, but also lost her status as queen because of her inappropriate words and actions in front of the emperor that day, and her slander of Consort Ni Chang!

She was even placed under house arrest by the emperor under the pretext of "pregnancy care," with a decision to be made after the child was born!

"Don't even mention 'Queen' and 'Concubine,' that barbarian woman hasn't even become a concubine yet; she's just a concubine without any title!"

"It's only because she's a princess from the Western Regions and has a child in her belly that she's allowed to do this... Doctor Fu, why aren't you saying anything?" Hua Luo asked irritably.

Fu Ling took Fu Luan's pulse and sighed softly, "Your Highness's sudden fainting is highly suspicious. Judging from the pulse, she has been poisoned!"

Poisoning... Fu Luan felt a sense of unease as she recalled her two "encounters" with Xiao Jiu.

She was taken aback at first, then laughed and said, "You're overthinking it! I'm just feeling uneasy because Qingluan and Ruier have been slandered!"

"In the palace, all food is tasted before being served, and poison is tested with silver needles; even if someone wanted to harm me, with you, the 'Number One Female Physician of the Great Wei,' here, who would dare to make a move? But how is Nuannuan...?"

“Nuan Nuan has recovered. It’s said that the princess of the Western Regions didn’t like Nuan Nuan, so she tormented her to the point of near death; somehow, she ran into the palace…” Fu Ling replied awkwardly.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Physician has arrived to check on your pulse..."

Fu Luan frowned again and said, "The Imperial Physician? Humph, what a mess his good daughter made! I didn't even hold a grudge against him, yet he came knocking on my door!"

Seeing Fu Luan's anger, Fu Ling knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down! It was this humble woman who summoned the Imperial Physician to examine Your Majesty's pulse! Your Majesty's pulse and symptoms truly resemble poisoning!"

"You're quite the one to act on your own! If you continue like this, I dare not keep you by my side to serve me!" Fu Luan immediately stood up in anger, her phoenix eyes wide open and her willow eyebrows furrowed!

Hua Luo also knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, even if Physician Fu did not invite the Imperial Physician, today is the second day of the month, and he should have come to take Your Majesty's pulse as usual!"

“The female doctor Fu is a member of the Fu family, just like you. If you really drive her away, firstly, we will lose an arm, and secondly, wouldn’t that make our loved ones suffer and our enemies rejoice?”

"It was just a pulse diagnosis... If the Imperial Physician said or did anything he shouldn't have, Your Majesty can punish him!"

"Hmph, you... better watch yourselves! Summon Wei Mian to the palace!" Fu Luan sneered.

As expected, the results of the imperial physician Wei Mian's pulse diagnosis were exactly the same as those of Fu Ling.

"Judging from the pulse, Her Majesty has indeed been poisoned, but the amount of poison is small, and there is no immediate danger to her life..." Wei Mian reported.

Fu Luan snorted, "If it's poisoning, what kind of poison? How to treat it? Who poisoned it? How did they poison it? Anyone can say 'poisoned'!"

Wei Mian respectfully presented the prescription and bowed, replying, "It's impossible to find these symptoms just by taking the pulse. May I ask, Your Majesty, have you recently experienced any symptoms such as headaches, dry heaving, or hallucinations?"

Hallucination... "No!" Fu Luan answered decisively without even thinking!

Wei Mian respectfully said, "Then we must thoroughly investigate Her Majesty's dietary records for the past half month, from the three meals a day to the tea and snacks after meals."

"And the incense burning in the room, the empress's jewelry, clothing, utensils, etc..."

"Alright! Now that we have a prescription as an antidote, let's try it out first to see if it works! If we spread the word, we'll inevitably alert the enemy."

"Wei Mian, just pretend I'm fine today. Changqiu Palace will investigate this matter thoroughly. If you dare to spread this around, you and your precious daughter... Humph!" Fu Luan slammed her hand on the table and stood up, startling Wei Mian into kneeling and kowtowing repeatedly.

Fu Ling and Hua Luo personally prepared the medicine for Fu Luan according to the prescription, which goes without saying; however, after Fu Luan sent everyone away, she secretly poured the bowl of antidote into the flowerpot!