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

Upon seeing the Crown Princess's seal of office, the jailers knelt down again and finally allowed the two to pass.

"You all stay outside and don't let anyone in!" Fu Luan only entered Yuan Jiu's cell with Fu Yuan;

Before entering, she gave some instructions to the head jailer.

“Xiao Jiu…” Fu Luan looked at Yuan Jiu with concern.

Yuan Shi Xiao Jiu, the ninth in his family, loved brewing wine.

Therefore, when he was made crown prince, he changed his name from "Yuan Ge" to "Yuan Jiu".

Yuan Jiu lay on the ground, his eyes slightly open;

Upon seeing Fu Luan, his eyes seemed to suddenly light up, but that light was fleeting and dimmed instantly.

Even in his current state of destitution, he still retains the innate nobility he possessed.

"What is the Crown Princess doing in this lowly place? Is she here to laugh at me?" Yuan Jiu said with a wry smile.

The Crown Prince of Great Wei, who was riding high at the beginning of the year, is now a prisoner...

Thinking that she had unwittingly helped Yuan Lu take away everything that originally belonged to Yuan Jiu, Fu Luan felt even more guilty.

Yuan Jiu before me was dressed in tattered clothes;

Everywhere you look, there are scars all over his body, a shocking sight, clearly indicating that he has suffered a lot of torture;

Especially the toenails, eight out of ten were pulled off, and the toes were still bleeding, obviously they had just been pulled off not long ago.

Even after being deposed and imprisoned, Yuan Jiu remained a prince; he was never demoted to a commoner.

The fact that the jailer dared to use such cruel torture suggests that he was acting under someone's orders.

"Yuan Lu... I'll make you suffer a terrible death!" Fu Luan clenched her fists tightly.

"Xiao Jiu, don't be afraid. You must preserve your life, bide your time, and wait for the right opportunity."

"I will definitely rescue you and help you regain your position as Crown Prince." Fu Luan's lips parted slightly, ignoring the already shocked Fu Yuan.

"Save your life," "Conceal your strength and bide your time," "Wait for the right opportunity"...

These twelve words were the last words she heard in her previous life before her eardrums were punctured and her hearing was ruined.

"The position of Crown Prince? Crown Princess, you're joking. If I'm reinstated as Crown Prince, what will become of your good-for-nothing husband?"

"You'd rather be the pampered Crown Princess than be a princess? Do you think that's possible? I'm a cripple now, so don't try to fool me..." Yuan Jiu said self-deprecatingly.

Fu Luan anticipated his answer and said solemnly, "The ancestral precepts of the Great Wei are true..."

"The eldest daughter of the Fu family is the Crown Princess; it is not only those who marry the Crown Prince who are the Crown Princess."

“As long as the ancestral precepts of the Great Wei Dynasty remain in effect, I, Fu Luan, will find a way to rescue you.”

"Yuan Jiu, do you dare to make a bet with me that you will one day become the crown prince again?"

Yuan Jiu remained silent for a long time, never uttering a word.

Seeing this, Fu Luan took out the Crown Princess's seal again and said softly, "Xiao Jiu, this is the Crown Princess's seal."

"You were once the Crown Prince, so you should know what these two things mean to the Crown Princess."

"Today, I am giving you the seal of office. When you become the crown prince and marry me, you can return them to me, okay?"

“Ah Luan, you…” Fu Yuan, who was standing to the side, finally couldn’t help but try to stop Fu Luan, but Fu Luan gestured for him to be quiet.

Seeing that his sister only had eyes for Yuan Jiu, Fu Yuan finally suppressed his jealousy and left in a huff.

Fu Luan ignored her elder brother and waited only for Yuan Jiu's reply;

However, after waiting for a long time, she found that Yuan Jiu had closed his eyes and seemed to have fallen asleep.

Fu Luan recalled Yuan Jiu's tragic death in his previous life and felt anxious, thinking that she had ultimately failed to stop him from committing suicide.

Just as he was about to call for help, he noticed that Yuan Jiu shuddered—

It turns out he really was just asleep.

Fu Luan felt a wave of helplessness and a chill run down her spine.

Although the strange snow had stopped, the prison was still a bit cold and damp.

Without hesitation, Fu Luan took off his long robe, folded it neatly, and placed it on the ground.

"I promise that from today onwards, no one will torture you again." Fu Luan placed the seal on the long robe he had just worn, so that he would see it as soon as he woke up.

"Listen up, all of you, I don't care who gave you this idea;"

"In short, Yuan Jiu is a wanted criminal by the imperial court and we have important leads."

“If anyone dares to torture him again, the Fu family of Chang’an and I will not let you off!”

"On the contrary, whoever serves him well will be richly rewarded!" Fu Luan walked out of the cell and used both threats and inducements to coerce the jailers.

"Oh dear! Your Highness, you're exaggerating."

"General Fu has already reprimanded us, how dare we..." The jailer smiled obsequiously.

Fu Luan could tell from his appearance that his elder brother had given him a lot of money to bribe officials.

As we left the Sixing Temple, night quietly fell, and the moonlight, like icing sugar, spilled across the streets of Chang'an.

Now that there was no rush, Fu Luan decided to use her newly grown feet to walk back step by step to the Chang'an Marquis's mansion where she was born and raised.

She walked with increasing lightness and grace, appearing to passersby like a fairy returning home on moonlight...

Yuan Jiu, inside the prison, slowly opened his eyes.

He opened his palm and tossed aside the shards of porcelain he had secretly collected by deliberately breaking the rice bowl earlier.

He had planned to commit suicide by cutting his wrists at sunset, but then Fu Luan arrived...

He was in darkness, and Fu Luan was his only light, bringing him hope and strength.

He firmly believed that Fu Luan was the one who could dispel the darkness for him.

"Ah Luan..." Yuan Jiu rested her head on the long robe left by Fu Luan and fell into a deep sleep.

For the first time since he went to prison, he had a good night's sleep.

"Crown Prince Yuan Lu has framed his own brothers and harmed his wife; this is beyond the bounds of human morality."

"The Crown Prince is hereby deposed and his name is changed to 'Yuan Lu';

"Effective immediately, move out of the East Palace and back to the Sixth Prince's residence, and place him under house arrest for the time being."

"Since the position of Crown Prince Yuanlu has been abolished, his marriage to Fuluan, the eldest daughter of the Fu family, is null and void."

"Fu Luan may choose another suitable husband in accordance with the ancestral teachings of the Great Wei Dynasty."

Three days later, the imperial edicts declaring the deposed crown prince and restoring Fu Luan's freedom were issued together.

The issuance of the two imperial edicts caused an uproar not only among the people of the Great Wei, but also among the members of the Fu clan.

Only Fu Luan frowned, "Why wasn't Xiao Jiu's case mentioned..."

"Ah Luan, what's going on?"

"Why did you give up being the Crown Princess? Even if the Crown Prince is wrong, you can't..."

"Yes, husband and wife are one, how could you expose your own husband?"

"Fine! That day you said you were going back to your parents' home to relax, but you ended up losing your 'Crown Princess' status..."

"Why did you only think of yourself when you came back? Where's Zhengzheng? She's your own sister!"

"Have you had enough?" Fu Luan looked coldly at the aunts and uncles around her, some of whom she didn't even know by name or title.

"Huh? You..." Although the clansmen were still chattering, they finally quieted down when they heard Fu Luan speak.

"I know that all my aunts, sisters-in-law, maternal aunts, grandmothers, and other female relatives are afraid that if I, the Crown Princess, am gone, your wealth and honor will also come to an end."

“You can rest assured, the imperial edict says, ‘According to the ancestral teachings of the Great Wei, another suitable son-in-law will be chosen for marriage,’” Fu Luan said earnestly.

"So what?" one of the younger noblewomen asked.