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

Seeing that her aunt was angry, Fu Zhengzheng whispered, "Of course I'm willing!"

Having received a clear answer, Yu Xi left immediately without delay, leaving Fu Zhengzheng sighing in the room.

Her dream of entering the palace had already vanished the day Consort Shu mocked her.

If I can't marry the emperor, marrying a prince would be even better.

If you're going to marry, it has to be a prince. What's the point of marrying a duke or a prince heir?

She's not like Fu Luan, who has the patience to help a man rise to power!

The current princes of the Great Wei are either the emperor's brothers or sons;

Most of her brothers already had wives, so Fu Zhengzheng definitely didn't want to be a concubine;

That means we can only choose from the princes who have already been granted the title of Prince.

The options are quite limited, with only Prince Ning, Yuan Jia, and Prince Yan, Yuan Jiu.

Now everyone in Chang'an knows that Yuan Jiu belongs to Fu Luan, and even if she wanted to provoke him, now is not the time.

If I wait until Fu Luan enters the Eastern Palace while I am still in Chang'an, I will naturally have a way to win Yuan Jiu over.

So to put it bluntly, the only prince she could choose was Yuan Jia.

He was a man of integrity and virtue, without wife or concubine, and possessed outstanding literary and military talents.

It is said that he has a woman he loves very much in his heart; he has not married or taken a concubine for many years, all because he is waiting for her!

Fu Zhengzheng had plenty of ways to get this infatuated man to transfer his affections to her; her only worry was that she couldn't think of a way to get close to him for the time being.

Now that Yu Xi is proposing marriage on behalf of Xue Yan, she might as well pretend to agree for now.

Anyway, it will take some time for Yu Weiyan to return. Even if the marriage is arranged, there will still be the engagement, the formalities of marriage, the wedding...

Each step required waiting for a while; most importantly, Dr. Zheng was still waiting for her to trick Fu Luan into bed.

If this really succeeds, Yuan Jiu definitely won't marry Fu Luan!

She would seize all the benefits and power that any man who became close to Fu Luan could offer her!

Yu Weiyan, upon learning of the Xue family's marriage proposal, hurriedly replied to Yu Xi, "Since Zhengzheng is willing, let's agree for now."

"I will be returning to Chang'an soon. I will discuss other matters with the Xue family personally when I get back!"

Yu Weiyan also wished that his precious Zhengzheng would marry better.

Zhengzheng is his youngest child; he cherishes her dearly, afraid she might fall if he holds her in his hands or melt if he keeps her in his mouth.

Earlier, some nobles had also asked well-known matchmakers to propose marriage to Zhengzheng to him;

He looked at them from left to right and found them all to be extremely suitable and satisfactory, but Fu Zhengzheng didn't like any of them!

They either dislike the other person because they think they are too old or because they think they are not good-looking;

Or they might think the other person's family background is insufficient and they're not good enough for them...

At the time, Fu Zhengzheng didn't know that she was considered too old even by noblemen in their twenties or thirties.

Now, however, she's having an affair with an older man who's already married and of grandfatherly age, all for the sake of aphrodisiacs...

"Father is the Marquis of Chang'an. Although I am born out of wedlock, I will still take my stepmother's surname, 'Fu'."

"The relatives of my older brothers and sisters are also my daughter's relatives."

"If our daughter marries one of these minor officials of the second or third rank with only a mediocre title, what will become of your reputation and that of the Fu family?"

Therefore, Fu Zhengzheng's marriage was delayed again and again until the incident at the Crown Prince's Palace occurred;

Fu Luan secretly spread the news to her wicked half-sister, causing Fu Zhengzheng's reputation in Chang'an to plummet.

The grand spectacle of people flocking to the Marquis of Chang'an's mansion to propose marriage to her is no more!

Even if one or two matchmakers occasionally come knocking on the door, the number of people they introduce is far less than before;

Some of them had even committed crimes, which infuriated Fu Zhengzheng!

Yu Weiyan blamed Fu Zhengzheng's inability to get married entirely on Fu Luan, and this matter ultimately became a secret that Yu Weiyan could not openly discuss...

This time, Xue Yan took the initiative to propose marriage, even though his status and family background might not be as good as those people who had been rejected by Fu Zhengzheng before;

But considering that Zhengzheng will probably marry into a better family in the future, and that his precious daughter is willing herself, what can Marquis Chang'an say?

On this day, Fu Luan went to the palace to see Qing Luan and Yuan Rui, and on the way he learned that his father had agreed to the Xue family's marriage proposal.

She began to sigh in the carriage, worrying about Xue Yan and even the Xue family's future.

Then he sneered, "That kid Xue Yan has finally come to his senses."

"What a pity, her judgment wasn't very good! I finally understand what Xiao Jiu meant..."

Hua Luo asked curiously, "What did His Highness the Prince of Yan say?"

Fu Luan smiled bitterly, "He doesn't understand. He's standing with that good-for-nothing. How could I abandon him for that good-for-nothing?"

"Even now I don't understand..."

Seeing her like this, Hua Luo knew that her mistress was feeling guilty about what had happened back then;

She then advised, "I have also heard about the matter between the Prince of Yan and the princess who was sent to marry him."

"With witnesses and physical evidence, any normal girl would choose to break off the engagement. Who would want to marry a beast who rapes women?"

"We're not the kind of family that would sell our daughters for wealth and status, willing to lose all shame just to climb the social ladder!"

Seeing Fu Luan staring at her, Hua Luo carefully recalled what she had just said and quickly knelt down, saying:

"This servant deserves to die! This servant didn't say that His Highness the Prince of Yan was..."

Fu Luan found it both amusing and exasperating, and personally helped her up, saying, "Who's blaming you? It's not like you're new to serving me."

"Do you also think I'm the type to punish my servants at the drop of a hat? What's the big deal if I say one or two wrong words? But..."

"You've reminded me, that matter... if it's not resolved, it will become a lifelong worry for him!"

Since leaving the Eastern Palace, she has sent many people to investigate the evidence from that time, but they have found very little.

The physical evidence goes without saying, and the witnesses are either dead or missing;

In particular, the Rouran princess who was about to marry the emperor as a concubine, personally testified against Yuan Jiu in front of the emperor, and then died on the spot by hitting her head against a pillar!

Now that the most crucial parties involved are dead and unable to testify, what can still be found out?

Fu Ling then laughed and said, "I don't know if Young Master Xue can be compared to the Prince of Yan, but I'm comparing myself to the Second Miss."

"That's a bit like lowering your own status!"

Fu Luan stared blankly at Fu Ling, as if this was the first time she had looked at her so seriously.

Fu Luan asked earnestly, "When I asked you to be my personal physician, you agreed without even asking any questions."

"You never refuse when I ask you to do something. So why do you feel that the second young lady is not as good as me?"

Fu Ling calmly replied, "Is there any need to compare or ask? Even though I don't know what grudges the young lady and the second young lady had in the past;

"But in the short time I've been by your side, Second Miss has harmed you countless times, both openly and secretly!"

"Besides, my parents died early, and it was the Fu family who raised me and took very good care of me!"

"It was the Fu family that gave me a skill to rely on and support myself; if I don't help my aunt, why would I help outsiders?"

Fu Luan felt embarrassed when she heard her mother mention her parents, but luckily the Marquis of Chang'an's residence arrived at that moment...