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

Jian Yue frowned and looked at the golden-armored guard, saying, "Capture her alive? I'm afraid your crown prince's original words were to keep her alive! After all, she's the woman he's been longing for for several years."

As she spoke, Jian Yue said to Qiu Lingyu, who was still fighting and searching for a breakthrough, "It's good that you're not struggling, sister. His Highness the Crown Prince still thinks of you. Today is the perfect time to reminisce. Don't you want to?"

Upon hearing this, Qiu Lingyu sneered, "Reminiscing today? I'm afraid I'll never be able to leave this Crown Prince's residence again! Yueyue, are you trying to harm me or help me?"

Jian Yue asked with a smile, "Help? How can I help? My sister has never asked me for help before. Today, my sister came to me, but it has nothing to do with me."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Lingyu felt a surge of anger. She had felt a trace of affection for this younger sister after learning of her existence, but who knew that she would be so cold-blooded after meeting her.

After taking down the two golden-armored guards, Qiu Lingyu revealed a weakness in her back. As she turned around, she saw the two golden-armored guards holding nets and attacking her. She tried to dodge but it was too late. She casually slashed with her sharp blade, but the nets left no mark.

Just as the net was about to fall, countless pebbles suddenly appeared in mid-air, knocking the two golden-armored guards down from the sky and revealing their escape route.

Qiu Lingyu was taken aback and looked down at Jian Yue, who was standing below. Jian Yue twitched her fingers slightly and laughed, "Oh dear, why did this golden-armored guard fall down? Is sister trying to escape?"

Qiu Lingyu opened her mouth but said nothing, then turned and left. Just as she was leaving, she glanced at Jian Yue with a complicated expression.

Murong Chuan stormed out from behind the artificial hill and coldly asked Jian Yue, "What are you doing?"

Jian Yue looked over, her innocent eyes meeting Murong Chuandao's, and asked, "What did I do?"

"What have you done that you don't know? You colluded with her, what were you planning to do to me?"

Murong Chuan looked coldly at Jian Yue, who smiled and said, "I colluded with her? Do you have any evidence?"

Murong Chuan coldly said, "A secret rendezvous at night, and then letting her go just when I was about to capture her? Do you think I'm blind?"

Jian Yue tilted her head and blinked: "Could it be that this isn't what His Highness asked me to do? Or perhaps I've misunderstood?"

Murong Chuan, his gaze sharp, looked at Jian Yue and said, "What do you mean? When did I give you such a signal?"

"What do you mean, 'no'? If not, why didn't His Highness appear when they were making the arrest? Why did he shake his head at me when I saw him? And why did he wave his hand at me when my net appeared? Was he telling me not to interfere, not to save her?"

At this point, Jian Yue widened her eyes dramatically and said, "You mean I misunderstood?"

Murong Chuan was initially furious and wanted to slap her, but when he looked at Jian Yue's face, his anger dissipated by most of it.

Jian Yue feigned madness, her delicate face glowing with a dewy sheen, her eyes wide open, forcibly highlighting her charming face as innocent and harmless.

Such a beautiful moon is like a combination of a fairy and a goddess, making people want to look at it a second time after the first glance, especially now that his body is extremely impatient in this regard.

He narrowed his eyes, suddenly moved closer to Jian Yue, and said with a sinister smile, "Yue Yue is so eloquent, it makes me quite annoyed. But now that I think about it, I'm afraid that Yue Yue is afraid that I will keep that other person and neglect you, right?"

If that's the case, then Yueyue naturally has nothing to worry about. In my heart, Yueyue is truly number one. So, can Yueyue rest assured?

His hands restlessly climbed onto Jian Yue's shoulders and chin, his head drooping slightly, as if he wanted to kiss her luscious red lips.

Jian Yue leaned back, refusing his advances, which displeased Murong Chuan. He said coldly, "Yueyue has been by my side for a long time, and all you've shown is affection and admiration for me. But why do you always reject me when I try to get close? Could it be that your affection is all fake?"

Upon hearing this, Jian Yue sneered and said, "Admiration? When have I ever said I admired you? Your Highness's words are rather strange. From beginning to end, I was forced to stay in the manor by you. When have you ever seen me looking at you with a deathly pale expression?"

As she turned to leave, Murong Chuan grabbed her arm, unwilling to give up, and said, "You never said it, but that's how you act. Every time I get close to other women, you have this attitude. Tell me, if you don't love me, why do you stop me like this? Shangguan Jianyue, do you really not love me?"

Jian Yue stood still for a long time, but just as Murong Chuan tried to get closer to her, she suddenly shook off his hand and said without turning her head, "Your Highness, the wedding is tomorrow. You should tidy yourself up and properly welcome your bride!"

Jian Yue left without warning, tears welling in her eyes as she smiled. Her eyes were fixed ahead, her smile growing brighter and brighter.

Do I love you? In my past life, I truly loved you, but you wore that love down and toyed with it, leaving me utterly ruined and at your mercy. In this life, how could I possibly follow in your footsteps?

Murong Chuan, all your misfortunes today are the bitter fruit of your own making, and have nothing to do with anyone else. I await your defeat and begging, prostrating yourself at my feet, to comfort my daughter and son.

As Jian Yue left, Murong Chuan's gaze suddenly turned dangerous. He immediately grabbed Jian Yue's shoulder and said coldly, "Since you love me, why pretend to be so heartless? Today, I will make you my true husband and wife."

As he spoke, Murong Chuan suddenly made a move, trying to subdue Jian Yue. Jian Yue sneered and slashed out with her curved blade, aiming directly at the hand that Murong Chuan was holding on her shoulder.

Seeing this, Murong Chuan had no choice but to let go, but he also missed the opportunity to seize Jian Yue. Jian Yue looked at Murong Chuan with a cold smile and said, "You want me, besides my beauty, and the clues to the Ironclad Soldiers. Do you think I would really be completely unguarded against you?"

Murong Chuan's gaze changed, and he suddenly said with a wronged expression, "Is this how Yueyue sees me?"

Jian Yue shook her head: "How I see you is not important. What's important is how you can make me believe you."

After Jian Yue finished speaking, she sheathed her scimitar and left. Murong Chuan did not dare to make another move and could only watch her leave with resentment.

Having escaped Murong Chuan's sight, Jian Yue returned to her room and immediately collapsed onto the bed, gripping the sheets tightly with both hands. A fierce hatred was brewing in her eyes. Seeing this, Hei Feng said helplessly, "You don't need to do that. You can just call in the armored soldiers to kill him directly."

Jian Yue smiled: "There are two jade seals, and there should be two ironclad soldiers as well! If I want to kill Murong Chuan, I'm afraid Qiu Lingyu will want to protect him."

Hei Feng paused, looking at Jian Yue in surprise. Jian Yue had calmed down by now, loosened her grip on the sheets, straightened her clothes, and said with her head down, "What's the use of you hiding this from me? I'll figure it out sooner or later."

Black Wind remained silent for a moment before asking, "How did you know? Was it because she came looking for you?"

"No, it's because of the Crimson Coral. You should have known long ago that the Crimson Coral in Bai Jianan's hands is equivalent to it being in my hands. It was only a matter of time before you found out about these things."

At this point, Jian Yue got up and went to the table, poured herself a cup of tea, but didn't drink it. Instead, she looked at Hei Feng and said, "You haven't been here these past few days. Have you been dealing with something?"

Upon hearing this, Black Wind chuckled and said self-deprecatingly, "As you said, there are two armored soldiers, one for you and one for her. Naturally, I will have to switch sides between these two teams and be a fence-sitter."

Upon hearing this, Jian Yue shook her head and chuckled, then raised her cup and drank the tea in one gulp before saying, "You don't know how."

Hei Feng raised an eyebrow, and then Jian Yue continued, "Although I don't have a good impression of you, I can tell that you are forced to do what you are doing now, just like my sister and me. I never wanted to compete with her, but now, we are both powerless to do what we are doing."

Upon hearing this, Hei Feng suddenly smiled: "What a fine example of being unable to control one's own destiny. Indeed, but I would prefer you to bring me a surprise."

Jian Yue raised an eyebrow: "What do you mean by that? Are you telling me to go against the grain?"

Black Wind stared at her and said, "If I could, I would like to watch you go against the wind and walk your own path."

Jian Yue didn't speak. After Hei Feng finished speaking, he shook his head and laughed, then said self-deprecatingly, "Let's not talk about these unhappy things. I came here today to take you somewhere."

Upon hearing this, Jian Yue stood up and said, "No rush, I have something else to ask you."

Hei Feng looked up and saw Jian Yue asking him, "What exactly did you do when my mother was captured by the Qiu family?"

Black Wind frowned: "Why do you ask that?"

"When I searched the Qiu family's residence, I found a lot of Gu worms in Qiu Zhenzhou's room. They weren't ordinary Gu worms, but high-level Gu worms that had been raised for many years. I find the origin of these Gu worms a bit strange."

According to Qiu Zhenzhou, these Gu worms were hidden on my mother's body when she was captured by them. As for why they weren't used to fight them, it's probably because she didn't have the strength at the time due to childbirth.

But my mother grew up in the capital, how could she possibly have those things? So, I want to ask, is this matter true or false? If it is true, then what is the origin of these Gu worms?

Don't try to fool me. I really don't believe that an armored soldier who knows everything from astronomy to geography, who is all-powerful, wouldn't know the answer to this.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, her gaze hardening with an undeniable sternness as she said, "My mother was a young lady from a noble family. Even though she was the daughter of a military general, she was still a woman with limited physical strength and endurance. How did she manage to survive in that dark and gloomy cellar until today? I think it might really be related to those Gu worms!"

As Jian Yue spoke, her hand trembled slightly as she tried to maintain her balance, preventing herself from revealing her fear at that moment.

She was genuinely terrified. If what she said was true, and Shangguan Linglong had indeed used those Gu worms on herself to protect herself back then, what would Shangguan Linglong be like now?