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

"Oh dear, it's the height of summer, and His Highness the Prince of Yan isn't at the palace keeping the little princess from the Western Regions company to cool off;

"What brings you to my Chang'an Marquis's residence?" Fu Luan asked with a smile, a handful of melon seeds in her hand.

"Oh dear, Ah Luan, why did you come out while cracking sunflower seeds?"

"My younger sister was ignorant, please forgive her, Your Highness Prince Yan..." Fu Che hurriedly apologized to Yuan Jiu on behalf of his sister;

She sighed inwardly, "Alas, if my fourth brother or Wanqing sees this, they'll scold her again!"

Yuan Jiu smiled shyly and said, "General Fu, you may dispense with the formalities."

“Ah Luan is my savior, she would do anything for me…”

"Perhaps only they themselves can figure out their relationship..." Fu Che sighed and had no choice but to let them be.

Seeing that only Fu Luan remained in the front hall, Yuan Jiu replied, "She came from the Western Regions, how could she be afraid of the heat? Actually, she and I..."

Knowing he was about to talk about their wedding night, Fu Luan rolled her eyes and stopped him, saying:

"Your Highness and I don't seem to be familiar enough to share those kinds of things yet?"

"She's a princess, a concubine, while I'm just the prince's 'savior'!"

Yuan Jiu hurriedly said, "No! Ever since I took her as my concubine, she and I have..."

It turned out that Yuan Jiu had no interest in Ana Gui, and with Fu Luan still on his mind, he couldn't help but lack interest even on their wedding night.

That night, he only lifted Anagui's veil, intending to explain things to her, but Anagui smiled and said:

"How could I not know Your Highness's thoughts? Lady Yuan of County honed her horsemanship to the point of rescuing Your Highness from prison."

"She was so majestic on horseback that even the warriors of my Western Regions were ashamed of themselves."

"In the Zhaoyang Palace, she risked incurring the Emperor's wrath once again;

"I'm giving up my titles of Princess of Qi and First-Rank Lady to plead for you..."

"Which man wouldn't be moved by a woman like this?"

"If Your Highness were to abandon such a wonderful woman for personal gain and indulge in pleasure with me, that would truly be despicable!"

Seeing that she knew about Fu Luan's involvement in the horse racing event, Yuan Jiu asked in a low voice:

"Princess, could you... tell me about her horse racing experiences?"

"That day, the county magistrate was dressed in red..." On their wedding night, the two sat facing each other at the table all night...

Upon hearing this, Fu Luan felt no joy whatsoever.

He only asked, "On the day of your concubine's wedding, did she wear Hu clothing or Han clothing?"

Yuan Jiu laughed and said, "If you are getting married in Wei, of course you should wear Wei clothes."

"She was wearing the court dress of a concubine of the Prince that day."

He saw that Fu Luan avoided the topic and assumed that she was jealous.

He then took her hand and said, "If you don't like it, I will not go to her room or talk to her anymore."

"I've come today to ask whether Sixth Brother's demotion and my promotion to Prince of Yan were your doing, Ah Luan?"

Fu Luan remained noncommittal, only sneering, "It seems the Emperor promoted you to 'Prince Yan' because he saw that you were newly married!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Jiu assumed that Fu Luan was bothered by his marriage.

He turned to the side and sighed, "When I wanted to defy the imperial decree and refuse the marriage, you disagreed."

"I said I would ask my father for permission to marry you, but you disagreed."

"He also suggested that I use a strategy of retreat to advance, and ask my father to promote her from a concubine to a secondary consort."

"Now that I've done it, you're getting jealous and sour."

"What should I do to make you satisfied?"

Fu Luan said solemnly, "If you really want to satisfy me, you should strive for progress and work hard to improve yourself."

"You have made some achievements in court politics, which has changed the emperor's impression of you."

Instead of spending all day on romantic gestures and trying to please me!

"It has been more than a month since you regained your freedom. Although the Emperor has promoted you to the rank of Prince of the County or even Prince of the First Rank;

"The matter of reinstating the crown prince has not been mentioned at all."

"The Emperor had no close relationship with that deceased Imperial Concubine Noble."

"It's just using her death as a pretext to prevent me and the Fu family from interfering in the matter of establishing a crown prince based on the ancestral precepts of the Great Wei!"

Yuan Jiu said in a low voice, "Who was it that led to my being crippled?"

"I almost died in prison, and who was it because of?"

"If the county magistrate thinks I'm useless, why did you go to the trouble of rescuing me from prison in the first place?"

"It's not that I like romance and poetry, it's that I like you..."

"I don't know why, but when I stand next to that good-for-nothing, there are actually people who like that good-for-nothing!"

"Do you really think I don't know what your former husband did to my concubine?"

"You were the one who told me to 'preserve my life,' 'bide my time,' and 'wait for the right opportunity'..."

"If I really cared about those things, you would have been mine long ago!"

"Ah Luan, I didn't fall in love with you because you saved me, I..."

After hearing Yuan Jiu's previous words, Fu Luan wanted to issue an order to get rid of him.

The thought that she was the only one fighting and struggling for the throne while Yuan Jiu himself acted as if nothing had happened made her furious!

She then thought of Yuan Lu, and then of how Yuan Jiu might become another Yuan Lu!

But when she heard Yuan Jiu mention concubines, she could no longer be angry with him;

Not only does her Chang'an Marquis's mansion have Fu Zhengzheng, that ungrateful and treacherous woman;

There is one in Yuanjiu's backyard as well.

Without Fu Luan's help in his previous life, Yuan Jiu would have died in prison during the sweltering summer.

Although there are many different theories about the cause of his death, it is believed that some of his concubines had affairs with Yuan Lu.

There is no doubt that they colluded with outsiders to slander, defame, and smear him.

The two who were most thoroughly slandered were both followers of Yuan Lu, who was then known as "Yuan Lu".

One was granted the title of a fourth-rank concubine; the other, along with Fu Zhengzheng, was granted the title of a third-rank concubine.

Those loyal concubines had already been defiled by Yuan Lu while Yuan Jiu was still alive;

Those most favored by Yuan Jiu were thrown to the jailers by Yuan Lu, who then "took turns enjoying" them in front of Yuan Jiu...

Although she has saved Yuan Jiu, those concubines who have suffered physical and mental torment can never go back to what they were before...

How could she not feel guilty when she thought that all these terrible things were caused by her being a bystander in her previous life?

When Yuan Jiu saw that his A Luan was silent again, he assumed that she was still angry with him.

He regretted his harsh words and took out the brocade box he had prepared beforehand.

Fu Luan looked inside and saw some beautifully designed and exquisitely crafted treasures.

"I know you've been paving the way for me lately. Aren't your enemies also my enemies?"

"I've also prepared some 'little gadgets' that I hope will be helpful to your plans."

"I'm not just good at romance and snow... um..."

Before he could finish speaking, Fu Luan grabbed his chin and kissed him.

They kissed until sweet, soft moans escaped their throats, and their eyes glowed with an alluring pink, before reluctantly parting...

Is this reward enough? If not...

"If Your Highness feels that I owe you something, then join me in reclaiming the position of Crown Prince."

“When we return to the East Palace, Your Highness can ‘dispose of’ me however you wish…” Fu Luan gently licked his earlobe and said softly.