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

Fu Luan smiled and said, "What? Is it that only the Emperor can eat the things my brother sent? It turns out I'm just unlucky. No wonder you couldn't bring me another one today!"

"Fu Ling! Where is Fu Ling?" Upon hearing this, Fu Yuan did not argue with her, but simply called out to Fu Ling.

Fu Luan smiled again and said, "Brother has days off when he serves as an official in the previous dynasty, so naturally a female physician also needs to rest. What do you want with Fu Ling? Are you feeling unwell? Or were you injured on the battlefield?"

Without a word, Fu Yuan scooped Fu Luan up in his arms and said, "Since she's not here, I'll personally take her to the Imperial Medical Bureau..."

Fu Luan exclaimed in surprise, and Hua Luo rushed over to take Fu Luan from Fu Yuan's arms.

"Brother is really crazy! Are you worried that I won't die fast enough in this palace? During the two weeks I was unconscious in bed, you didn't even write a single letter home!"

"Now that I'm fully recovered, brother, you've finally learned to care for me?" Fu Luan sneered.

“What use is it for me to send a letter home every day while you are sick? ‘A letter home is worth a thousand pieces of gold’ is nothing but… your sheep liver and mutton…” Upon learning the truth, Fu Yuan became incoherent and flustered, clenching his fists tightly.

Fu Luan said softly, "The sheep liver, sheep milk cheese, and all the other things you presented that had 'sheep' in their names were contaminated with the hallucinogenic Yunnan magic herb, weren't they?"

"You knew all that? You ate all that stuff? You knew, so why did you..." Fu Yuan was shocked.

The Yunnan magic herb he used was an extremely potent poison, one in a million even in Yunnan. It couldn't be detected through testing, and there wouldn't be any symptoms immediately after ingestion;

However, over time, the effects can accumulate and cause hallucinations. The frequency and duration of these hallucinations will increase, eventually leading to a state of immersion in the hallucinations, making it impossible to perceive the people, events, and time in reality, ultimately resulting in sudden death!

In his previous life, Yuan Li was poisoned by this illusionary herb and died young. His final moments of lucidity before death were the only time he had been truly lucid in months.

He used this last moment of lucidity to leave behind a will, saving the life of Fu Luan, who was then only the Crown Princess!

"Sixth Prince, you are naturally dull-witted and originally had no chance of becoming the Crown Prince. Fortunately, you were able to obtain the throne with the help of the eldest daughter of the Fu family."

"After you ascend the throne, you must not forget your roots... No matter what she has done wrong, you must spare her life!" At that time, Yuan Li, who was already exhausted, personally stamped the imperial edict with the phoenix seal before closing his eyes and breathing his last!

After Yuanlu ascended the throne, he truly took this imperial edict seriously; even though Zhengzheng tried to sow discord in his bedside, he followed ancestral teachings and did not kill Fuluan.

Although Yuan Lu eventually found a loophole and turned her into a human pig, Fu Luan will always remember that Yuan Li had tried his best to save her life! What she owes is more than just Yuan Jiu.

Now that she knows Yuan Li is in danger, how can she stand idly by?

From a young age, Fu Luan disliked eating anything related to "sheep," whether it was mutton, offal, or sheep milk; she would feel nauseous just from the smell.

It was precisely because of this that when Fu Yuan presented dishes to the Emperor and Empress, he felt at ease adding the Yunnan Kingdom's magic herb to the dishes containing the word "sheep"—this ensured that only Yuan Li would eat the poisoned dish, while Fu Luan would remain unharmed!

Fu Yuan never expected that Fu Luan would go to such lengths for Yuan Li, even risking her own life!

Fu Luan calmly replied, "I warned you long ago, didn't I? 'If you continue to plot against the Emperor, I will not stand idly by!'"

"The chef you hired at great expense is indeed excellent; he can remove 80-90% of the mutton's gamey smell. But that's where you miscalculated..."

"I occasionally enjoy a bite or two of mutton without its gamey smell. But when I first saw the dead Xiao Jiu, I knew something was wrong with my body..."

Normally, she would have already sent people to investigate secretly, but this is Xiao Jiu... the Xiao Jiu that she regrets so much and misses so much!

Therefore, not only did she not investigate who poisoned her, but she also categorically denied it when Fu Ling first pointed out that she had been poisoned, and later she secretly poured away all the antidote!

The Fu family originated in the Dian Kingdom, how could she not know the terrifying nature of this illusionary herb? What Madam Fu taught Fu Yuan, Fu Luan, her own daughter, would naturally know as well!

Later, Fu Luan began to explore how to get Xiao Jiu to appear before her again. When she saw Xiao Jiu for the second time, she understood most of it—

Before she met Xiao Jiu twice, she had eaten dishes sent by the Fu family; and among the Fu family, the only one who had a grudge against the Emperor and wanted to kill him was Fu Yuan!

Fu Yuan stood frozen in place, muttering, "You said you wouldn't stop me from taking my revenge, so why... when you were taking your revenge, I was willing to be your right-hand man, but you..."

Fu Luan chuckled and said, "I didn't stop you from taking revenge! If I really wanted to stop you, I would have exposed your plot long ago!"

“Fu Yuan, I know all too well the exhilarating feeling of avenging a great enemy, so how could I stop you? It's just that this involves my husband, the Emperor of Great Wei, so I must be extremely cautious. You must understand…”

Fu Luan sighed, then said seriously, "Now, you are the head of the Fu family, and your every move represents the Fu family."

"If you poison the Emperor, then the Fu family poisons the Emperor; if you commit treason, then the Fu family commits treason."

"Back then, your own father's rebellion led to the extermination of your mother's entire clan. If you, brother, have the heart to let the more than seven hundred members of the Fu family go to the Yellow Springs with you, then I will stand by and watch, and will never do anything unnecessary again, just like I did with Xiao Jiu back then..."

"You...Does Your Majesty the Empress think this humble general wouldn't dare? Or do you think that you still hold a place in my heart, and that I would abandon my blood feud for you?" Fu Yuan raised an eyebrow.

“I certainly don’t have that much power, but…” Fu Luan took a sip of tea and continued, “Fu Yuan, this is the last time I’m reminding you, you can continue to seek revenge against the Emperor, but I will not let you succeed.”

"Why don't you also make a bet with me and see if your tricks are more effective, or if my counter-strategy is better?"

"If you use poison, I will test it for him; if you attempt an assassination, I will take the blow for him; if you dare to collude with the enemy, betray the country, or do anything detrimental to the Great Wei..."

"Don't forget, you now have a wife, and she's carrying a child that's about to be born!"

"Does Your Majesty think I would care about that woman who climbed the social ladder and the product of a one-night stand? Besides..."

"The Empress hated Zhengzheng so much back then, yet she didn't harm her unborn child. Instead, she secretly helped her keep the baby. Now, Cuiyun's child is your niece or nephew. Would you have the heart to poison her?" Fu Yuan wasn't fooled. He knew his younger sister, whom he had watched grow up, all too well!

Whether by coincidence or not, just as the two were at an impasse, news came from the Yongning Marquis's residence that Cuiyun had given birth to a daughter, and both mother and daughter were safe!

"Your Majesty, according to the ancestral precepts of the Great Wei, as long as the Fu family has an eldest legitimate daughter, a crown prince must be established in the court!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! Since the Crown Prince was deposed last year, the position of Crown Prince has been temporarily vacant..."

Before Fu Yuan and Cui Yun's daughter even had a name, the court officials couldn't sit still. Every morning at court, new memorials were submitted mentioning the matter, as if they were even more anxious than the parties involved.

But... "Who said the Fu family has an eldest daughter?"