The eldest daughter's scheming, the crown prince's exclusive favor to the venomous concubi

As Jian Yue was carrying a tray to place on the table, she sensed a strange movement on the roof. She quickly looked up alertly and saw the tiles rising up, forming a vortex. She quickly stepped back and saw a familiar figure appear before her. The roof tiles then quickly returned to their original positions, as if they had never been moved.

Jian Yue raised an eyebrow and then heard a knock at the door.

"Miss, has something happened? I heard a noise over here."

Bai Jianan was immediately impressed. The guards of the Shangguan family were more agile and capable than those of the Qiu family. Jian Yue smiled at Bai Jianan and said to the door, "It's nothing. I just accidentally knocked over the basin. I can handle it myself."

"That's good. Miss, please be careful. I'll be right outside the door."

After the guard finished speaking, he walked away again. Jian Yue looked at Bai Jianan and said with amusement, "Young Master, you've really become addicted to being a thief. You even dare to break into the General's Mansion."

Bai Jianan squatted on the table, his face full of bitterness, and said, "My wife, I miss you so much, but my grandfather won't open the door. If it weren't for my unparalleled martial arts skills, which allow me to scale walls and roofs, I probably wouldn't even be able to see a shadow of you."

He spoke with such aggrieved tone, as if Bai Jianan could burst into tears at the slightest word from Jian Yue. His eyes were glistening with tears; he was practically a drama queen.

Jian Yue immediately laughed and said, "That's right, how did the young master know that he couldn't get in without even walking through the door? He's practically a one-of-a-kind fortune teller."

As she spoke, Jian Yue rolled her eyes, walked to the table, and said, "Get out of the way, I haven't eaten yet."

Bai Jianan scrambled down to the ground, then wiped away the footprints he had left on the table in a fawning manner, before grinning and saying, "Wife, come with your husband!"

Jian Yue didn't look up, only focusing on bringing out the food, then sat down and said, "Go? Where to? Like my mother, going out with a man, and then getting killed by him?"

Bai Jianan immediately said aggrievedly, "How could that be? I just wanted to see you all the time. You know, the Emperor is really something, how come the Prince's residence has been under construction for so long and it's still not finished?"

Jian Yue raised her eyes and said sarcastically, "Do you think the Emperor is your father? That whatever you want will be delivered to you immediately? You're already being treated much better than the princes and crown princes, okay? Why aren't you satisfied?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Jianan narrowed his eyes, then smiled and said, "What if I really had an emperor as my father? My wife, if you became a prince's consort, what are your plans?"

She became a prince's consort? It seems she was also the crown prince's consort before.

Jian Yue raised her eyes, looked at Bai Jianan, and said, word by word, "I have no plans. Once you enter the royal family, it's like entering a deep sea; freedom becomes a distant memory. Hmm, as Sister Hua said, the royal family isn't easy to enter. Once you're in, it's like a bird entering a cage. Why would you bother trying to squeeze into that cage of a palace?"

In her past life, she had already risked her life to crawl into it once. How could she be so foolish as to crawl into it again in this life?

As she spoke, she added another bite of food to her mouth, glanced at Bai Jianan, and said, "What exactly do you mean by that? Are you really the Emperor's illegitimate son?"

As she spoke, Jian Yue paused, looked at Bai Jianan, and suddenly felt that it was really possible. Otherwise, why would the Emperor dote on Bai Jianan even more than the Crown Prince?

Thinking it over, Jian Yue put down her chopsticks and stared at Bai Jianan, wanting to take a closer look. Upon closer inspection, she had to admit that he did look somewhat like him. She immediately lifted her chin and said, "Speak."

Bai Jianan was taken aback: "What did you say?"

"Your background? Isn't that what you wanted to talk about?"

If Bai Jianan really is the Emperor's illegitimate son, how could he be raised by the Princess? Who is the Emperor? He is a supreme being. How could he allow his son to wander outside and call other people's parents?

Moreover, if Bai Jianan were not the eldest princess's biological son, wouldn't he have been stripped of his position as the heir of the Qingyan Marquis long ago? How could the Qingyan Marquis be so tolerant?

Moreover, it's normal for a nephew to resemble his uncle.

At this moment, Bai Jianan also laughed and said, "I wish I were a prince, but unfortunately I don't have that status, do I? My wife, what do you want me to explain? How can I explain? Please tell me, I'll admit whatever you say, okay?"

Jian Yue rolled her eyes at him, picked up her chopsticks again, and said, "Alright, stop talking nonsense. I'm starving. Have you eaten or not? If not, hurry up and eat, or you'll starve to death. If the Princess asks me for people, I can't afford to pay for it."

Bai Jianan immediately moved closer to Jian Yue and said, "My wife, there's only one pair of chopsticks. Why don't you feed me?"

Jian Yue paused, looked at the chopsticks in her hand, and decisively shook her head, saying, "If you don't have chopsticks, just use your hands. Anyway, you're not a good-for-nothing who hasn't done anything before."

Bai Jianan was stunned by what he heard, never expecting Jian Yue to say such a thing.

After a long pause, he looked at Jian Yue, who had already started eating, and sighed, "My wife, I feel that you don't care much about me."

"Then what do you mean by caring?"

Jianyue continued eating.

"My wife, is this how you treat your husband?"

Bai Jianan felt extremely wronged, but Jian Yue continued eating, saying as she ate, "We're not married yet, so I'm not considered your husband. Young Master Bai, please have some self-respect. The General's Mansion has a reputation to uphold."

"Wife, didn't you never object when I called you wife before?"

Jian Yue paused, then looked at Bai Jianan and said sarcastically, "I never objected? Young Master, you have a bad memory, don't you? But even if you did call him that before, it didn't matter anyway, it was just that the Qiu family lost face."

But things are different now. This is the Shangguan family. If the young master doesn't watch out, be careful of your grandfather's spear. After resting for more than ten years, you'll be the first one he deals with.

As Jian Yue spoke, she ignored Bai Jianan and ate her meal by herself. After she finished eating, Bai Jianan still stared at her with a gloomy expression, as if what she had just done was some heinous crime.

Jian Yue, with a stern face, walked out carrying a tray, and shouted as soon as she opened the door, "Help! There's a thief!"

Bai Jianan was startled and jumped up, quickly putting on his mask. He then saw more than a dozen guards gather at the door at an eerie speed, staring at him menacingly through the door. Their eyes showed no surprise, as if they had known he was there all along. However, since Jian Yue remained silent, they pretended not to see him.

Jian Yue handed the tray to the guard who was serving her, then turned around and smiled at Bai Jianan, saying, "Young Master, take care. Remember to come in through the main gate next time, otherwise, there will probably be mousetraps on the roof of the General's Mansion."

Bai Jianan stared intently at Jian Yue, the narrow-mindedness in the other's eyes suggesting he was waiting for Jian Yue's awkwardness and embarrassment.

only……

Bai Jianan smiled wickedly and looked at Jian Yue through the mask, saying, "Since my wife has spoken first, then I will take my leave. However, as the saying goes, you should return to where you came from, so I still need to borrow your rooftop for a while."

As he spoke, he spun around to fly upwards, but Jian Yue glared at him: "You can leave, but if you break any of my mother's things, our engagement is null and void."

Bai Jianan paused, feeling as if all his strength had almost dissipated. He stumbled, but fortunately, he used his internal energy to quickly gather his strength and managed to leap onto the roof beam. He looked helplessly at Jian Yue and said, "Can't my wife be a little more understanding of her husband? Why do you always scare me like this?"

Jian Yue raised an eyebrow: "I'm not trying to scare you. This room belongs to my mother and hasn't changed in over ten years. I already gave you face by not saying anything when you came up from the roof. If you come back the way you came, you'd better think twice before you break anything, not even a single tile."

She stared at Bai Jianan with her eyes wide open and her head held high, looking at him defiantly. Bai Jianan looked down at her, smiled slightly, and said, "Fine."

He leaped into the air, and the tiles flew off, his figure vanished, and then, just as he had come, the tiles returned to their original spot in a strange trajectory, as if no one had ever lifted them.

Jian Yue watched for a while, then asked in silence, "What level has his martial arts reached?"

The guard serving her said at the opportune moment, "To be able to manipulate the tiles so skillfully using internal energy, the young master's martial arts are probably unmatched in the capital."

Yes! Otherwise, how could they be so fearless?

Jian Yue smiled slightly and looked at the guard, saying, "Thank you. What's your name?"

The guard bowed and said, "I am Zhang Bitao, a direct subordinate of the general. I am currently guarding the general's mansion and will obey your orders, Miss."

Jian Yue nodded: "Thank you for your hard work. I'd like to ask you for a favor."

Zhang Bitao immediately replied, "Please give your instructions."

After Bai Jianan left the General's Mansion and returned to the Princess's Mansion, he was urgently summoned to the Qilin Pavilion by Jia Banwen. There, he learned that Yan Xingzhi seemed to have gotten into trouble.

Such news was undoubtedly bad. Bai Jianan frowned, vaguely sensing that something was wrong.

He held the letter that the wild eagle had brought back. The letter still had faint bloodstains on it. He smelled it carefully. It wasn't human blood. If it wasn't human, then what was it?

He looked at Jia Banwen and said, "You once said that this trip is fraught with danger and could endanger your life. Do you know exactly what that is?"

Jia Banwen shook his head, his brows furrowed: "I don't know, I'm going to go there."

"inappropriate."

Bai Jianan said, "Xingzhi is much more capable than you. He is in trouble now, let alone you. If you really go, I'm afraid you will never come back."

Jia Banwen insisted: "I am a doctor, and I may have a way to deal with what he is going to do. If I don't go, I'm afraid he really won't come back."

As he spoke, he took out two porcelain bottles from his bosom and handed them to Bai Jianan, saying, "These are the medicines I made for Miss Shangguan. Her body has almost recovered. This medicine is meant to quell her urge to eat people. Take one bottle every three days and finish them all."

Looking at the medicine bottle in his hand, Bai Jianan frowned: "It seems you had already made up your mind."

Jia Banwen smiled and said, "Young Master, you are destined to die young, but you have been blessed by heaven and have lived for more than ten years, which has enabled you to achieve this. Now, the heavenly order has suddenly changed, giving you a chance to live. I think that fate can be reversed. Therefore, this time, I will definitely leave."