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

Fu Luan wiped away her tears and quickly said, "It's fine that the deposed crown prince's name is unknown, but even I, his sixth sister-in-law who is the crown prince's wife, don't know his birth date and time."

"My sister only comes to the East Palace a few times occasionally. She's just a young girl who has just come of age. How would she know about it?"

"Even if she knew that she had no grudge against the deposed crown prince, what use would it be for her to curse Yuan Jiu with this thing?"

"Yuan Jiu is dead. What benefits could she possibly gain? And what benefits would the Fu clan and I gain?"

"It's just a pity for Xiao Jiu. The court officials already felt something was amiss about the previous incident of 'raping the princess who was sent to marry a foreign ruler.'"

"Now it all makes sense! It turns out that Xiao Jiu was bewitched, which is why she acted in ways that didn't match her usual behavior!"

Yuan Lu slandered Yuan Jiu, who was then the crown prince, with the accusation of adultery.

Normally, a crown prince wouldn't be deposed for such a thing;

In addition, there are the ancestral precepts of the Great Wei Dynasty. As long as Fu Luan marries Yuan Jiu in accordance with the ancestral precepts, Yuan Jiu will at most be imprisoned and reprimanded.

However, Fu Luan chose to believe Yuan Lu's lies, even though he was torn between Yuan Lu and Yuan Jiu.

She openly refused to marry Yuan Jiu, turning him from the Crown Prince of Wei into a prisoner overnight...

No matter how many mistakes there were, that was the first wrong step Fu Luan took!

“Benefits, traps…” The Emperor pondered for a moment, then sneered, “Sixth Prince, you are truly ruthless!”

"You've latched onto the Fu family, this Bodhi tree, and your wife's ability to kick your ninth brother off the throne isn't enough."

"You won't feel at ease until he's dead, will you?"

"Father, I am innocent! I am already the Crown Prince, what does his life or death have to do with me?"

"The princes' birth dates and times are all recorded in the palace; if you inquire carefully, it's not a secret that's completely impossible to find out."

"Besides, I already said it was Fu... Oh, Father, what did you mean by what you just said?"

Yuan Lu, that good-for-nothing, hasn't realized that his wife is shifting the blame onto others, and her words confirm that he, Yuan Lu, is using witchcraft to curse his own brother in order to secure his position as crown prince.

"What Father means is that someone framed Ninth Brother in order to secure his position as Crown Prince..." Fu Luan said casually.

"Huh? Who is it? Are you talking about me? This... I'm innocent, Father!"

"Father, you are wise; this must be a slander against me. There are rules about where to place this thing."

"Who would put it by their own bedside... Father, you can't just listen to one side of the story!" Yuan Lu hurriedly defended himself.

Yes! He clearly remembered throwing this doll in a drawer, so how did it end up on his bedside table?

The Emperor said coldly, "You are usually not good at poetry and literature, and you are not good at riding and archery."

"You seem to know quite a bit about witchcraft! You even know the 'rules of where to place it'?"

"Alright, since the Crown Princess's sister often visits your Chuyuan Palace, why not summon her here first and hear what she has to say?"

"So that the Crown Prince won't say that I, as his father, am biased and easily swayed! Everything started because of her, and I've completely forgotten about her."

After a moment's thought, Fu Luan replied, "Father, it's not that I'm biased towards my own sister."

"But now that the item has been found in the Eastern Palace, the people in the Eastern Palace are the most suspicious."

"If we rashly summon Zhengzheng for questioning, it would not only be biased, but it would also leak information and cause turmoil in the court and among the people."

"The matter of witchcraft is of utmost importance..."

Yuan Lu hurriedly urged, "Father, look, she's scared! She doesn't dare let her sister come and question her."

"Your subject rests in the Chuyuan Palace every day and has never seen that thing before, so why did she find it today when she went to get something!"

Looking at his good-for-nothing son, the Emperor sneered, "The Crown Prince is not as knowledgeable as the Crown Princess. All your education has gone to waste!"

"Although the Crown Princess has proposed a divorce, she still cares about the affection between husband and wife. From the moment she found this thing until now, she has been protecting you in every way."

"But you! You don't know what's good for you! What benefit do you gain from trying to associate yourself with the Crown Princess and the Fu family?"

Fu Luan sobbed, "The Crown Prince naturally wants to take this opportunity to depose me and live happily ever after with Zheng Zheng..."

"No wonder I heard from the palace maids in the East Palace these past few days that the Crown Prince wants to replace Zhengzheng with Zhengzheng as his Crown Princess!"

“Since there are ancestral rules of the Great Wei, how can he change people? Fu Zhengzheng is a concubine’s daughter, how can she replace you as the Crown Princess?”

"The ancestral precepts clearly state that only the eldest daughter of the Fu family can become the Crown Princess! Moreover..."

"Whether it's her father's or mother's family, she's not a member of the Fu family; she just insisted on taking the surname 'Fu' from her stepmother!" the Emperor said, frowning.

Fu Luan glanced out the window; the sun was setting in the west, and dusk was approaching.

If she remembered correctly, Yuan Jiu was going to commit suicide in the prison of the Ministry of Justice tonight!

Then came the incident where "the main culprit, Yuan Jiu, committed suicide out of fear of punishment," and all the concubines and servants were executed!

"It's dragging on for too long; we need to finish this quickly."

"We must leave the East Palace before sunset and rescue Xiao Jiu!"

"Otherwise, dozens more lives will be lost!" Fu Luan thought to himself.

"Your subject didn't hear everything the maid said, but only remembers what she said... The Crown Prince has his own way of making the Fu family 'abolish the legitimate heir and establish an illegitimate one's son';

"First, we will raise Zhengzheng to be the eldest legitimate daughter, and then... Then I fell ill for many days."

"This illness came on suddenly and inexplicably, and even the imperial physicians in the palace couldn't figure out the cause."

"Seeing that doll today, I think the Crown Prince has his own way..." Fu Luan stopped sobbing midway through her sentence.

It's true that palace maids gossiped.

It's true that she's been ill for days;

Yuan Lu, that good-for-nothing, dotes on his concubine and neglects his wife; his desire to kill Fu Luan and marry Fu Zhengzheng is even more genuine—

And this despicable couple really did it in their past lives!

However, with the addition of the puppet found in the Chuyuan Hall, the nature of the matter changed drastically in the Emperor's eyes...

"Your sister has an affair with the Crown Prince, yet you repeatedly defend her. This shows that the Crown Princess is indeed a virtuous and wise person!"

"What a pity..." The Emperor sincerely praised Fu Luan, but when he said "what a pity," he glanced sideways at Yuan Lu.

Yuan Lu was terrified when he learned that Fu Luan had overheard his private conversation with Fu Zhengzheng in bed.

He quickly whispered, "We're investigating witchcraft right now, what nonsense are you spouting?"

The Emperor sneered, "I'm afraid every word the Crown Princess said is related to witchcraft."

"No wonder she wanted a divorce over such a trivial matter, and even hit you in front of me! There was another reason behind it all!"

Just then, the search team returned and, sure enough, found another doll in the Chongwen Hall.

This time, the puppet has all four limbs severed and no facial features.

Fu Luan's name and birth date were clearly written on it!

"So these two heartless bastards had already planned to turn me into a human pig!" Fu Luan gritted her teeth inwardly, the fire of hatred in her heart burning even brighter.

The thought that Yuan Lu had already harbored the intention to torture her while he was teasing her in bed made her feel nauseous.

But the matter at hand wasn't over yet, so she had no choice but to endure it for the time being...

Fu Luan continued to sob.

Even when a beautiful woman cries, she is still beautiful; only she loosely covers her mouth with a handkerchief, afraid that she might laugh out loud—