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

Fu Luan gently laid Yuan Jiu on the ground, her heart aching with heartache.

A group of people were in a flurry of activity, trying to call the imperial physician, but Fu Ling had already stepped forward to treat Yuan Jiu.

"I have already administered acupuncture to His Highness the Prince of Yan, and he is currently out of danger."

“It’s not advisable to travel at this time. It would be best to rest and recuperate in the palace until you are fully recovered before returning to your residence,” Fu Ling said.

Anagui sneered, "The Prince's Mansion is in Chang'an, less than half an hour's drive from the Imperial Palace. How can you say it's 'tiring by the journey'?"

"Judging from your young age, your medical skills are probably mediocre. It would be better to find a royal physician to treat the prince!"

Fu Ling said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Your Highness was previously tortured in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, and one foot was already in the gates of hell."

"Now that she has just recovered, she was injured again by such a heavy table. The concubine of the Prince of Yan felt that half an hour was not a long time;

"Did you know that on a bumpy journey, it can be fatal in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea?"

Fu Luan said coldly, "Your Majesty, since the concubine is worried, why not have the imperial physician confirm it, just to be on the safe side!"

The Emperor nodded. "Summon the Imperial Physician!"

Anagui looked smug; but her smugness didn't last long, because the imperial physician's diagnosis was exactly the same as Fuling's!

"The female physician of the Fu family is highly skilled! If it weren't for her timely acupuncture to stop the blood stasis from forming;"

"I'm afraid His Highness Prince Yan's life is in grave danger right now!" The Imperial Physician praised Fu Ling highly.

The Emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief; Yuan Jia suggested, "Yaohua Palace is near Zhaoyang Palace."

"How about we arrange for Ninth Brother to recuperate in Yaohua Palace?"

The Emperor nodded again; just as he was about to speak, Anagui objected, saying, "The Yaohua Palace is Princess Chun'an's sleeping quarters."

"Although Your Highness and the Princess are siblings, they are separated by a mother; and neither of them are children anymore."

"It is probably not appropriate for a married brother and an unmarried sister to live under the same roof!"

"Besides..."

Anagui interrupted several times, which displeased the Emperor; upon hearing this, he frowned even more and said:

"Alright, alright! The palace is not like the common people's quarters; Yaohua Palace has many buildings and structures."

"The two siblings don't even live in the same house, so what's the point of talking about 'living under the same roof'?"

"Seventh Brother's suggestion is very appropriate. Let Xiao Jiu stay there for a few days!"

"It saves me from neglecting my brothers and sisters by taking a concubine!"

"Or does the Prince of Yan's concubine think... that my daughter might be having an incestuous relationship with her own brother?"

"Your subject dares not..." Anagui bowed her head and apologized.

After a moment's thought, Fu Luan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the Prince of Longxi's suggestion is good;

"But I've heard that Princess Chun'an has recently been punished by the empresses in the palace to copy Buddhist scriptures. If we go there rashly, the empresses might not be pleased..."

The Emperor frowned and said, "Oh, is that so? I didn't even know! Sigh, Rui'er is too honest!"

"Yang Jin, issue a decree that from now on, the concubines in the palace shall only be responsible for disciplining their own children."

"No one may punish other princesses or princes without authorization!"

The group arrived at Yaohua Palace in a grand procession. Yuan Rui was heartbroken to see Yuan Jiu injured.

He was also pleased to learn that Fu Luan had relieved him of his punishment of copying in just a few words.

But as soon as she saw Anagui, her face darkened. "Get out!"

Seeing the Western Region maids looking at each other in confusion, Qingluan smiled and explained:

"In Yaohua Palace, there is a memorial tablet for Wan Ronghua—the mother of Princess Chun'an;

"She disliked the Hu people during her lifetime, please forgive her, Concubine."

Anagui said lazily, "His Highness the Prince of Yan is the princess's brother."

"According to the rules of the Great Wei, shouldn't the princess call me 'sister-in-law'?"

"Besides... you are a princess, and I am a princess in the Western Regions as well."

"Everyone says that the Great Wei is a land of etiquette; but after meeting the princess of the Great Wei, I feel that she is nothing special."

Today, she was humiliated by the Xianbei people, reprimanded by the Emperor, and witnessed Yuan Jiu risking his own safety to save Fu Luan...

Now even this unloved little princess dares to give her attitude!

This was the first time the two met; Yuan Rui did not attend the day Yuan Jiu took a concubine.

It wouldn't matter to her if Yuan Jiu took a Han Chinese concubine—even if she was a servant, a maid, or even a prostitute;

But it had to be Anagui! Because of the marriage alliance, she now hated the people of the Western Regions the most!

Moreover, Anagui was a princess from the Western Regions... she was a princess too;

Why was Anagui allowed to marry her favorite Ninth Brother, while she could only watch helplessly?

Anger, jealousy, resentment... all sorts of emotions overwhelmed Yuan Rui.

She glared at Anagui with all her might, "Hmph, 'sister-in-law'? Do you even deserve that title?"

"It seems that the Court of Imperial Sacrifices and the Grand Herald are also slacking off now! Before you entered the Prince's Mansion, didn't anyone teach you the rules of the Great Wei?"

"When Ninth Brother marries his first wife in the future, she will be my proper sister-in-law!"

"You, a mere concubine, dare to use your status as 'sister-in-law' to intimidate this princess?"

Anagui's maid, Sangzhuo, couldn't help but speak up: "Princess Chun'an, although a concubine is a concubine;

"But she is, after all, a princess of the Western Regions, you..."

Qingluan sneered, "You said it yourself, she's a 'Princess of the Western Regions,' isn't she?"

"The Western Regions are barbarian lands; now that we have come to the Great Wei, we should naturally treat the Great Wei princess as the most honored!"

"Keep a close watch on the palace gates and don't let any unnecessary people in to disturb Ninth Brother's recovery!"

"Otherwise, you will be severely punished!" Yuan Rui said, glancing around before leaving, her words a veiled insult.

Yuan Rui's emotions calmed down considerably after entering the warm pavilion where Yuan Jiu was.

Fu Luan stood guard by the bedside, wiping Yuan Jiu's face with a silk handkerchief from time to time.

"How is Ninth Brother?" Yuan Rui asked softly, as if raising her voice even slightly would wake her brother.

Fu Ling informed Yuan Rui of the results of her diagnosis at Zhaoyang Palace, which put Yuan Rui at ease.

“Although His Highness is unconscious, he can still feel pain. That’s why he’s sweating so much…” Fu Ling sighed.

A flood of tears instantly welled up in Yuan Rui's eyes. "He must be in so much pain!"

"Ninth Brother has always been like this since he was a child. He sweats a lot whenever he's in pain!"

Yes, how could it not hurt when such a big desk came crashing down on you?

Fu Luan embraced Yuan Rui and comforted her for a long time;

Looking up, she caught sight of the Emperor's eyes, which were fixed intently on Qingluan.

Today, Qingluan is wearing the same long robe and ruqun that Fuluan wore at the Longxi Prince's Mansion that day, and even her hairstyle is the same.

The only thing missing was the headdress; only a few simple velvet flowers were pinned to her head.

She actually looked more like Fu Luan that day than Fu Luan herself, who was wearing the county magistrate's court robes!

"Hmph, the alliance failed, an assassin appeared in the palace, and both sons are seriously injured..."

"With so many things happening in one day, how could the emperor still have the mind to look at women!"

"Yuan Lu is such an incompetent fool, he probably inherited a lot from his father!" Fu Luan cursed inwardly.

But she knew that her plan was already 70-80% successful.

She never intended to turn Qingluan into another "Fuluan." The best outcome would be for Qingluan to remain the way the Emperor longed for Fuluan but could not have her!

This is how the Yun family gained favor back then!