Quick Transmigration: Still Life Fairy

"Why not?"

Du Huai'an seemed to have heard something funny, his voice carrying a strange meaning. When Chen Qingyan saw him speak and noticed the disgust in his eyes, her heart sank.

As soon as the emperor began to speak, the ministers standing around him instinctively looked at the prime minister, their eyes filled with sympathy.

Du Huai'an seemed oblivious to the stares of those around him. He chuckled to himself for a while before finally uttering his unfinished words amidst Yu Liu's frantic poking: "Miss Chen, if you and the General were childhood sweethearts, mutually in love, and were to marry, that would be perfectly fine. But have you forgotten that when your father asked you to choose a husband, you compared several young men and ultimately chose the son of Minister Yang?"

The eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's mansion chose her own fiancé, a fact known to almost no one. However, as the emperor, Du Huai'an naturally had his own intelligence network, and virtually nothing in the capital escaped his notice.

"The Prime Minister himself did not favor Yang Zifeng. It was you who, together with the Ministry of Personnel, lowered your stance and finally secured this marriage. Now that the marriage is settled, you are here slandering your fiancé and claiming that you admire the General. You decided the marriage yourself back then. Since you did not choose the General, what admiration do you have for him?"

The marriage between the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Minister's Mansion had been the subject of much discussion in the capital. The Minister's Mansion had indeed lowered its stance to secure the marriage, but the reason for this was unknown to the public. No one expected that there would be such a twist in the story.

"I...I..." Just moments ago, she had been able to speak eloquently in front of Yang Zifeng, but now she was speechless. Chen Qingyan herself didn't know any of what Du Huai'an was saying! When she transmigrated, although she inherited the original Chen Qingyan's memories, these memories were incomplete. She originally thought this wouldn't affect her, but unexpectedly... she stumbled here!

The suspicious look from Mu Yuanzhan beside her sent a chill down Chen Qingyan's spine; one wrong step led to another! She had completely miscalculated…

She lost control and collapsed to the ground, this time with no one to support her.

The prime minister was furious but dared not speak out when the emperor revealed the secret. He could only signal to the servants standing beside him, who immediately understood and took Chen Qingyan away.

Unbeknownst to everyone, a young girl who had been watching quietly left the scene from a distance.

"You didn't mention it?"

"I originally intended to speak out amidst the chaos, but someone leaked these things first. Now that things have settled down, I've returned to report to you."

"who is it?"

“He is a young man in blue, whom I do not recognize.”

Seeing Chen Qingyan being taken away, Du Huai'an shook his folding fan with a bit of boredom. If it weren't for Chen Qingyan's words about admiring the general just now, he really wouldn't have remembered this secret from back then. However, Chen Qingyan's methods of wanting to get rid of her fiancé and gain the general's favor are really underhanded. He really doesn't know what his baby could possibly care about such a person.

At this point, Du Huai'an's affection for Chen Qingyan had plummeted to rock bottom and was about to turn negative.

With such a big commotion here, it naturally couldn't be kept from the old lady, who was celebrating her birthday today.

After everything had settled down, the old lady arrived late with Chen Jinshu.

Since the birthday celebrant had come in person, everyone naturally gave her face and pretended to have forgotten about what had happened before. Besides congratulating the old lady, they mostly praised Chen Jinshu. Of the two daughters of the Prime Minister's mansion, Chen Jinshu was the most famous. She was a well-known talented woman in the capital. The real legitimate daughter, on the other hand, was completely unknown. It was unexpected that she was such a person in private.

When someone makes a comparison, people might mutter a few complaints to themselves, but then quickly forget about it.

Chen Qingyan and Du Huai'an's relationship has soured, which also completely confirms Yu Liu's idea. Sure enough, nothing is immutable. Although it is still developing according to the established path for some reason, all the small details are already changing. From the small things, we can see the big picture. In the end, the information she obtained before will be completely overturned.

This time, Du Huai'an didn't go to rescue Chen Qingyan alone, so Chen Jinshu probably didn't drug Du Huai'an's drink, right?

For some reason, Yu Liu still felt uneasy.

These anxieties exploded the moment they saw Du Huai'an's cheeks gradually flush red.

Du Huai'an had drunk in front of her many times before. Yu Liu knew he didn't get drunk easily. Even if Du Huai'an drank a whole jar of the finest aged wine from the palace, he wouldn't get drunk, but his face wouldn't turn completely red. The wine prepared by the Prime Minister's residence didn't have the same aftereffects as the palace wine. Yet, Du Huai'an's face was getting redder and redder. Yu Liu had to admit that what had made her uneasy before might very well have already happened...

Just as Yu Liu was pondering what to do, Du Huai'an collapsed onto the table. Immediately, a servant who was waiting nearby stepped forward and helped him up. The officials nearby had never seen the emperor drink up close and assumed that he was drunk, so they did not pay much attention.

With outsiders around, Yu Liu snuggled closer to Du Huai'an, pondering a solution while keeping an eye on the situation outside.

The servant had clearly made a special arrangement, because instead of taking Du Huai'an to the guest room in the Prime Minister's residence, he turned left and right, leading the increasingly warm Du Huai'an to a small courtyard.

The courtyard was filled with flowers and plants, and the arrangement showed the woman's meticulousness. It was clearly a woman's residence.

The person waiting outside the courtyard gate confirmed Yu Liu's guess. It was a maidservant who looked somewhat familiar; she must have appeared at the previous banquet. Yu Liu hadn't really noticed who she was following, but a maidservant who could be here could only belong to one of the ladies or young ladies in the Prime Minister's residence. Following this logic, the Old Madam and the Prime Minister's wife had no connection to Du Huai'an, so it couldn't be them. The Prime Minister's residence only had one concubine, and that concubine was bedridden; it was clearly not her. Therefore, among the remaining people, there were only two young ladies: Chen Qingyan, judging from the Prime Minister's attitude just now, she was probably confined to her quarters; as for the remaining one…

Yu Liu immediately pictured Chen Jinshu smiling faintly in her mind, so serene and composed, her entire demeanor resembling that of a celestial being who had cared for her in the divine realm. But could such a person truly be...?