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

She still remembers that night when she sat in front of the dressing table in Guanju Palace, doing her makeup in front of the mirror, waiting to spend the spring night with Yuan Lu and continue their past romance;

But Yuan Lu carried her to the Marquis of Chang'an's residence and immediately asked her father, Marquis Yu Weiyan of Chang'an, for 100,000 taels of silver, claiming that "your daughter gossiped in front of the Emperor and caused me to be scolded by the King."

Yu Weiyan was a son-in-law who had married into the family, and he was blinded by greed. In his eyes, the son-in-law of the crown prince was much more precious than his daughter!

In order to secure his position as the "future father-in-law of the emperor," he didn't even ask any questions and directly ordered the accountant to bring him 100,000 taels of silver notes without even blinking.

Yuan Lu took the 100,000 taels of silver to patronize prostitutes; he spent it all that very night.

Fu Luan, on the other hand, sat alone in front of the mirror until dawn...

From then on, it was one "hundred thousand taels" after another! The Crown Princess's family became the Crown Prince's private treasury;

By the time Fu Luan realized something was wrong, the Fu family had already squandered all their wealth and couldn't even pay their servants' monthly wages...

In this lifetime, she absolutely cannot let this happen again!

"Your Majesty, my decision to divorce Yuan Lu is the result of careful consideration, not a spur-of-the-moment decision."

"Regardless of who Father Emperor chooses as Crown Prince in the future, I am willing to follow the ancestral precepts of the Great Wei and marry him..."

"If there is even the slightest complaint, then let me compose a poem..."

"To be turned into a human pig, never to be reincarnated." Fu Luan hardened her heart, held up three fingers, and swore to the heavens.

Strangely enough, after Fu Luan made his vow, the heavy snowfall outside stopped.

"Princess...

"lady……

"Wife..."

"I was wrong! I'll never dare to talk to Zhengzheng again—oops—"

"That slut is a womanizer, I'll kick her out tonight!" Yuan Lu saw that Fu Luan had made up her mind;

To keep his position as crown prince, he actually knelt down before Fu Luan in public.

Fu Luan coldly replied, "I dare not accept that. I am nothing but a lump of mud."

"I'm a discarded woman who wouldn't even accept a dowry; without the Crown Prince, I'm nothing..."

Ignoring his embarrassment, Yuan Lu hugged her leg and said, "It's my fault, it's all my fault..."

"I'm the real scum! I became the Crown Prince entirely because of the Crown Princess; without her, I'm nothing..."

Before Yuan Lu could finish speaking, he was pulled away by the palace servants.

The Emperor, watching this farce unfold, spoke again: "Fu Luan, although you and the Crown Prince are divorced;

"But on the surface, I must first depose you as the Crown Princess before I can even consider Lu'er's situation..."

Fu Luan was certain that the Emperor would favor Yuan Lu;

She had already devised a plan that would ensure the divorce went through, prevent herself from being deposed, and prevent Yuan Lu, that good-for-nothing, from becoming the crown prince—killing three birds with one stone!

Most importantly, she had to leave the Eastern Palace before sunset.

Xiao Jiu...

She sobbed softly, "Everything is decided by Father. I know I am not fortunate enough to stay by the Crown Prince's side any longer."

"Fortunately, I am relieved to have Zhengzheng, my 'good sister,' to serve the Crown Prince."

"However, I have a few items of my dowry that are my late mother’s belongings, which were left in the Crown Prince’s bedroom."

"Now I wish to take her back to my maternal home. I wonder if Your Majesty would be so kind as to send someone to accompany her..."

The Emperor sighed, nodded in agreement, and sent the chief eunuch Yang Jin to accompany Fu Luan.

Yuan Lu wanted to follow, but Fu Luan glared at him fiercely, which made him afraid to return to his own palace.

Fu Luan arrived at the Chu Yuan Hall and took some insignificant items such as handkerchiefs and incense burners.

She didn't rush to leave, but instead went to Yuan Lu's large bed and stared at him coldly.

Right here…

Right on this bed...

When she was on her deathbed, her husband and her half-sister, whom she had cherished and protected since childhood, were there...

This despicable couple is currently making love on this big bed, discussing how to turn her into a human pig!

Fu Luan gritted her teeth and searched everywhere, shaking the porcelain pillow and lifting the quilt.

Suddenly, as if startled, she dropped something on the ground.

Yang Jin quickly picked it up and saw that it was a doll with someone's birth date and time written on the back.

Upon turning it over, two large characters were clearly written on the front: "Yuan Ge".

Yuan Ge was the real name of the deposed crown prince, Yuan Jiu. Dozens of needles were stuck into the doll's heart!

"What...what is this thing..." Fu Luan asked, clutching her chest, feigning ignorance.

“This is… a puppet used in witchcraft.” Yang Jin was terrified when he mentioned the word “witchcraft.”

Witchcraft was a grave taboo in the palace; if discovered, the consequences ranged from confiscation of property and exile to the execution of nine generations of one's family!

"No, impossible... Although the Crown Prince is fond of women, witchcraft is something else..."

“He would never… Steward Yang, I beg you, please just pretend you didn’t see this, okay?”

"If Father finds out, the Crown Prince will definitely... I shouldn't have come looking for the dowry! It's all my fault that the Crown Prince is in trouble!"

“Witchcraft is a grave crime; anyone who gets involved with it will die…” Fu Luan squeezed out tears again.

On the surface, she was pleading for Yuan Lu, but in reality, every word she said was a reminder to Yang Jin that this matter should be reported to the Emperor.

Yang Jin did not disappoint Fu Luan's expectations and reported the matter to the Emperor in detail.

The emperor was furious. He first ordered all the palace servants in the Chuyuan Hall to be locked up to await their fate, and then sent people to search all the palaces in the East Palace, not even sparing those that had been abandoned for many years.

Following this, not only Yuan Lu was blamed, but even Fu Luan could not escape responsibility.

"Hmph! You two are husband and wife; how could you, the Crown Princess, not know about the witchcraft used in the Eastern Palace?" The Emperor threw the doll with needles stuck in it in front of the kneeling young couple.

Yuan Lu was unaware that he had gotten himself into trouble. Seeing the Emperor reprimanding Fu Luan, he even smugly said:

"Father, it must be that poisonous woman! She's taken a fancy to some pretty boy and made a doll to curse me to death."

"Forget about that damned ancestral precept, just abolish it... Only then will everyone be clean!"

"You unfilial son! Take a closer look at the names on it!" the Emperor spat.

Yuan Lu picked it up with trembling hands, only to discover that the doll bore the real name of his ninth brother, whom he had framed. "Ah, this..."

Seeing that the Emperor was angry, Yang Jin couldn't help but try to mediate, "Your Majesty and the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess doesn't recognize this thing at all."

"Just now, when the servant told her about the use of this doll, she repeatedly spoke up for the Crown Prince."

"Your Highness, you have misunderstood the Crown Princess. Even though she is about to be deposed, she is still devoted to you!"

Fu Luan cried out, "If this matter were related to me, why would I dig my own grave and spill my things before I die?"

“When I attend to the emperor, it has always been the Crown Prince who comes to my Guanju Palace.”

"Furthermore, I have been unwell recently, and the Crown Prince's Palace has only been..."

Fu Luan looked at Yuan Lu, as if recalling something difficult, and did not continue speaking;

Yuan Lu, however, quickly replied, "Father, only Fu Zhengzheng has been near the Chuyuan Palace and my bed these past few days. Zheng..."

“Fu Zhengzheng is the Crown Princess’s younger sister. Presumably, this witchcraft was set up by that vile woman.”

"It's possible that the two sisters set up the scheme together; perhaps the entire Fu clan was involved..."

Yuan Lu was busy clearing himself of any wrongdoing, and he didn't hesitate to reveal that Fu Zhengzheng had been having an affair with him under the guise of "visiting her sister."

And this was exactly what Fu Luan wanted!