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

These Buddhist scriptures were copied onto paper printed with snake patterns, which was a veiled criticism of Shu Guiyi's "Buddhist mouth and snake heart".

These were all the ones she had previously punished Yuan Rui to copy, and now she was giving them to her in front of the Emperor, thus settling the matter.

Qingluan smiled and said, "Your Highness Consort Shu, let me show you the way—"

"It's better to beg the Princess than the Emperor! If I were you..."

"Pah! You lowly servant girl, how dare you call yourself 'your concubine' like me?" Consort Shu spat a large mouthful of cold laughter at Qingluan;

A moment later, he received another slap on the face. The emperor sneered, "Yang Jin, issue another decree:

“Li Qingluan, a palace maid of Yaohua Palace, was promoted to the rank of Noble Consort of the sixth grade and given the title ‘Ni Chang’.”

"Consort Shu, now that Qingluan is one of my concubines, does she deserve to address you as 'your humble servant'?"

Shu Guiyi was too embarrassed to speak, and could only look at Fu Luan and the others, especially Qing Luan, in disbelief.

This was the first time she had seen Qingluan in person, and she felt that Qingluan and Fuluan had nothing in common!

She looked at Qingluan again, then at her own lady-in-waiting, and the feeling of being tricked welled up in her heart.

After all, Fu Luan never intended for Qing Luan to become another "Fu Luan," but only to make her resemble herself on the day she met the King of Longxi.

In other words, only the Emperor would think that Qingluan resembled Fuluan;

In other people's eyes, Qingluan was just a pretty young woman!

For example, Xiao Jiu last night...

"You! You lowly servant! Speak! Speak now!"

"Who told you to tell me that Qingluan and Fuluan look alike?" Consort Shu stood up unsteadily.

Ignoring the fact that the Emperor was still there, she raised her hand and slapped her own lady-in-waiting.

The lady-in-waiting hurriedly knelt down and said, "No one, Your Highness! I just overheard the maids gossiping..."

She has always been Shu Guiyi's eyes and ears, and today was no different from usual;

He was merely telling his master what he had overheard, but unexpectedly suffered this calamity!

The Emperor angrily rebuked, "Consort Shu! Have you disregarded the ancestral rules and my words just now?"

"If you continue to behave inappropriately, it won't just be your title that's stripped away! You'll end up as the concubine of the Prince of Yan!"

Fu Luan looked at Shu Guiyi with a barely perceptible smug smile on his face.

The Emperor originally wanted to speak with Fu Luan alone, but upon seeing the injury on her face, he frowned and gave up.

When Fu Luan came to find Shu Guiyi, she had made two preparations—if Shu Guiyi was willing to join forces with her for the sake of interests, then everything would be fine.

If she is humiliated as she was just now, then... Fu Luan will definitely not allow her to have the opportunity to become empress again, just like in her previous life!

She had told Hua Luo beforehand, "If things don't look good, call the Emperor!"

Hua Luo laughed and said, "What a coincidence! At that time, the Emperor went to Yaohua Palace to see Prince Yan."

"Upon hearing that Consort Shu had humiliated you, His Highness the Prince of Yan was extremely anxious and urged the Emperor to go and rescue you."

"Princess Chun'an and Qing...and Consort Ni Chang were also there;"

"The concubine is alright, but the princess and Consort Shu have always been at odds, so they inevitably came along as well."

"Ah! It was Princess Nobu who reminded the princess to bring the Buddhist scriptures copied on snakeskin paper along with the scriptures!"

Even more coincidentally, Fu Luan had spread rumors in the palace beforehand;

It is said that "Li Qingluan of Yaohua Palace and the daughter of the Fu family look very similar, and their names both contain the character 'Luan'".

And this rumor just happened to reach Consort Shu's palace today;

Her lady-in-waiting overheard this and told Consort Shu…

Originally, Shu Guiyi was somewhat tempted by the cooperation proposed by Fu Luan;

But as soon as she heard that Qingluan, who had stolen her chance to serve the emperor yesterday, was Fuluan's person and looked very much like her, her expression immediately changed!

Having trained the Yun family, how could she not know what Fu Luan was planning?

In this palace, anyone who bears a resemblance to Fu Luan is destined to be favored!

Who can guarantee that this blue phoenix won't climb on her head in the future?

Little did Shu Guiyi know that Fu Luan had a backup plan.

Fu Luan secretly sends beauties to the harem, and still wants to cooperate with her? No way!

For the sake of momentary pleasure, she laid a hand on Fu Luan;

She disfigured Fu Luan, but in doing so, she also ruined her own future in the palace!

If she had hit a concubine in the harem, the emperor might not have been so angry.

But the Emperor happened to see her hit Fu Luan, and hit him in the face!

"Please wait, Your Highness!" Just as the three of them were about to leave the palace, Qingluan caught up with them.

She dismissed those around her, looked around, and then knelt before Fu Luan, bowing deeply. "Please accept Qing Luan's bow, Your Highness!"

Fu Luan laughed and said, "Your Highness is now one of the Emperor's concubines, why are you kneeling before me?"

Qingluan bowed again and said, "Thanks to the Lady's kindness, Qingluan is no longer a slave!"

"I said that day that even if I become a concubine or a mistress in the future, I will obey your arrangements in everything."

"I will never act like that Yun family member, pretending to be your master..."

"This promise will stand the test of time, and I will always remember it!"

"Since you say so, how dare I call myself 'Noble Consort Ni Chang' in front of the Lady?"

Hua Luo pondered that, generally speaking, once things had progressed to this point, Fu Luan should have told the other party to get up.

He stepped forward to help Li Qingluan, but was stopped by Fu Luan's eyes.

"You flatter me, Your Highness! The words you just said to Consort Shu were just right."

"Your rank of sixth grade was earned by yourself, and Fu Luan dares not take credit for it," Fu Luan said with a smile again.

Seeing that Fu Luan hadn't let her get up yet, Qing Luan wondered what she had done to offend her, and continued:

"Last night, after serving His Majesty, I spoke as the Lady had previously advised, and His Majesty was very satisfied."

"His Majesty compared me with Consort Shu, who was always complaining and demanding things, and that's why I have my current rank and title."

"I owe my current status entirely to Your Highness! If Your Highness has any other instructions, I will certainly carry them out without fail!"

It turns out that Fu Luan had told her before that during her first time serving the emperor, she should never ask for rewards, rank, title, or anything else!

She would only say things like, "As long as I can spend more time by Your Majesty's side, I will be content."

No man dislikes such tender and affectionate words from a woman, even if he knows they are false!

The emperor was not a petty person, but he did not like being controlled by his concubines.

If any concubine were to request a higher rank, she would be promoted to the highest rank in one go!

Fu Luan then personally helped Qing Luan up, saying, "I dare not accept the word 'order.' I only wish to ask the noble lady:

Are you content with becoming a sixth-rank noble lady, or do you wish to advance further?

Qingluan hurriedly replied, "People strive for higher positions, and naturally, I wish to climb even higher!"

"Since Princess says so, that makes things easier!"

“Xiao Jiu and I…” This was exactly what Fu Luan had been waiting for.

She briefly recounted how Xiao Jiu had recognized his mother, then smiled and said, "I know this seems strange to you."

"If you are unwilling, I will naturally not force you."

After hearing this, Qingluan bit her lip, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, and only asked, "In terms of age, I am about the same as the Prince of Yan, so how can I be his mother?"