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

Jian Yue said, "Aren't you happy to marry me?"

Bai Jianan was both amused and exasperated. He flicked his sleeves, glanced at the crowd of onlookers, and especially saw his grandfather grinning at him. He immediately deflated and said, "Happy? How could I not be happy? No matter who marries whom, as long as it's you, I'm willing."

Hua Xiangrong clapped her hands and said, "I knew it! He's just clinging to our Yueyue."

Bai Jianan retorted, "Isn't this also to give Sister Hua a way out for me!"

Upon hearing this, Jian Yue reached out and grabbed Bai Jianan's ear angrily, saying, "So you're saying you only married me because you had to compromise?"

"Oh dear, my wife, please calm down. No, absolutely not. My heart for you is as clear as day."

"I feel like you're really aggrieved. Why don't we call off the marriage and I'll go write a letter of divorce."

"No, my wife, I was wrong, my wife... my husband, let's go to the bridal chamber!"

After a bit of playful banter, everyone dispersed, leaving only Jian Yue and Bai Jianan in the bridal chamber. When Jian Yue came out after her bath, she saw Bai Jianan sitting in front of the dressing mirror, frowning as he looked at himself.

In the bronze mirror, the familiar silhouette had lost its former arrogance and ruthlessness, gaining instead a touch of feminine gentleness. The furrowed brows added to its endearing charm. As she looked at it, Jian Yue chuckled.

Bai Jianan turned around and looked at her with a resentful expression, saying, "Husband, shouldn't we go to bed?"

puff!

Jian Yue laughed loudly: "Bai Jianan, has anyone ever told you that you look just as beautiful as Sister Hua was back in Lanyue Tower?"

Bai Jianan shook his head, raised an eyebrow, and spoke in a slightly indifferent tone.

"No, because no one has ever seen me like this before, my husband. What do you think? Should I kill you? Silence you?"

As he spoke, his wedding robes instantly shattered into dozens of pieces, scattering in the air and landing on the ground. Jian Yue shrugged and said, "Is this an attempt to destroy the evidence?"

Bai Jianan bit her lip, adopting a coy and inviting posture as she walked step by step toward Jian Yue, saying, "I only need you to remember me in this state, my husband. Forget about everyone else."

Jian Yue raised an eyebrow: "But I wasn't the only one who saw it just now. Could it be that you were planning to silence Grandpa?"

Bai Jianan's eyes immediately filled with annoyance. He stepped forward, picked up Jian Yue, carried her to the bed, gently placed her on it, leaned over her, and said, "You sharp-tongued girl, are you just trying to embarrass me?"

Jian Yue smiled: "Yes, what are you going to do?"

Bai Jianan bit her neck and sighed, "What else can I do but take you in, you little vixen?"

Jian Yue continued to laugh, a hint of schadenfreude in her eyes: "But I'm pregnant again, at this stage of pregnancy, are you sure you want to continue?"

Bai Jianan paused, and after a long while, he got up in annoyance, covered his face, and lay down to the side, saying, "My wife, you are such a troublesome little devil."

Jian Yue got up, lay down beside him, rested her chin on her hands, and retorted with a smile, "I think I'm pretty good, especially compared to Sister Hua. Don't you think I'm very gentle with you?"

Bai Jianan nodded, then released his hand and looked at Jian Yue, asking, "Why is Qiu Lingyu here? Who did she ask you to meet?"

Jian Yue was taken aback, remained silent for a moment, then stood up and leaned against Bai Jianan's thigh, saying, "My biological father, Qiu Zhennan."

Bai Jianan frowned immediately: "He actually came to Yue? Why? Does he want to acknowledge you as his wife?"

Jian Yue shook her head and said, "He said he wanted me to go back, but can I go back? No matter what the reason was, he abandoned my mother and me, so he should be prepared to accept the result now. This is punishment."

Bai Jianan nodded: "But Qiu Lingyu hates you and me so much, why would she kindly help you? I don't believe she wouldn't have ulterior motives. Yueyue, do you feel unwell?"

Jian Yue smiled and said, "It's alright, she would never hurt me."

"How can you be so sure?"

Jian Yue said, "I trust her as much as I trust you. Although we are enemies, she is still my sister, and we are twins."

As Jian Yue spoke, she sighed and said, "There is an insurmountable connection between twins. No matter how far apart they are, they will feel each other. Even if we don't know that we exist, it's the same."

Ever since I can remember, I've had the same recurring dream: I spend all my time with wolves. It's carefree, but also lonely. Every time I wake up from that dream, I feel very sad, as if my heart has been torn in two, one half of which is with me and the other half is lost.

So, after I learned of her existence, that feeling inexplicably intensified, and my heart was leaping with joy. Therefore, I am certain that she feels the same way I do; we are mutually attracted and resonate with each other.

Until she appeared before me, I knew she would never harm me, not even if Lu Zhe had instructed her to do so.

Bai Jianan understood, thought for a moment, and said, "But if that's the case, why does she always keep people at arm's length? If she really wants to be with you, why is she always at odds with you?"

Jian Yue pondered for a moment and said, "Well, have you ever seen the difference between summer and winter? That's how it is for us. No matter how attracted we are to each other, we will always be separated by an autumn. It's a simple principle, or to put it simply, it's about not wanting to lose face."

She dared not say what kind of person Qiu Lingyu was, but she understood that Qiu Lingyu's personality seemed different from her own, but they were actually quite different. Lu Zhe's death was completely unexpected, but Qiu Lingyu still came to avenge him. After being defeated, she did not retaliate. This was how she gave her love an explanation, rationally and sensibly bringing the matter to a close.

Therefore, she was able to come to Jian Yue's wedding as a matter of course, and even participate in a joyous farce.

Jian Yue's eyes remained closed. Her serene face had lost its usual pretense and anxiety, replaced by a calm relaxation. Bai Jianan's hand gently traced her cheek as he said, "But Qiu Zhennan's motives were impure from the beginning. Now that he's come, I'm afraid it's not just to see you, is it?"

Jian Yue smiled and said, "Indeed, how could someone like him come just because of me? He wants to get that ring back."

"ring?"

Bai Jianan was puzzled, and Jian Yue nodded, saying, "It's a ring. Before my mother died, besides the jade seal she gave me, she also gave me a black iron ring, which is the symbol of the Mobei royal family. When he left so heartlessly, my mother took it off his hand."

As Jian Yue spoke, she raised her hand. On her slender hand, a black ring adorned the middle finger. Bai Jianan examined Jian Yue's hand repeatedly and asked, "Does he want to go back because he's afraid you'll use this ring to do something that could harm his interests?"

Jian Yue smiled, opened her eyes, and hugged Bai Jianan's waist, saying, "Who cares? Just because he says it's his, does that mean it's his? My mother's only keepsakes besides that jade seal are this ring. The jade seal was destroyed because of the blood coral and the iron-armored soldiers, so how could I possibly return this ring?"

Moreover, his aggressive manner didn't seem like he wanted to acknowledge me as his mother at all. It's likely he only recently deduced that the ring might be in my mother's possession, so he came to test me.

Bai Jianan was taken aback: "He didn't see the ring on your hand?"

"See? How could I let him see? The sleeves of the wedding dress are so long. If he really dares to attack me, wouldn't his purpose for this trip be completely ruined? The fact that Qiu Zhennan was able to endure for so many years in Yue without being discovered is enough to prove that he has great patience."

Therefore, I pretended not to know, wanting to see what his ultimate goal was. As for Qiu Lingyu, I remember Jia Banwen and Xing Ke both told me that my destiny and my current life trajectory were very incompatible, so I thought about everything from my past life.

Bai Jianan interrupted her, saying, "What happened in the past life is no longer important. Now, you are my wife, and you will bear my children. Everything has started anew, and I will never let you suffer like that again."

Jian Yue smiled and said, "Listen to me, I'm not just lamenting my past life again. I've thought about it all and finally realized that my ability to walk in my past life seems to be related to Qiu Lingyu, because my name in my past life was Qiu Lingyu."

Bai Jianan was taken aback. Jian Yue shook her head and continued, "This name was casually mentioned by Murong Chuan. It seems that he already knew Qiu Lingyu at that time, but he couldn't find her, so he saw me, who looked exactly like her."

Moreover, back when we got married, he was truly sincere towards me, without a trace of falsehood. But I don't know when it started, everything changed. Perhaps that's when he realized I wasn't the one he loved! Or maybe he knew from the beginning that I wasn't her, and that he'd grown tired of using me as a substitute, leaving me only with the value of exploitation.

Jian Yue spoke calmly, without any emotional fluctuation, but Bai Jianan said with a hint of jealousy, "Why is it that even though my wife and I are already married and the child is about to be born, she still wants to know about her husband from her past life?"

Jian Yue chuckled and said, "Isn't your jealousy coming a little too fast?"

Bai Jianan raised his head and hugged Jian Yue, saying, "Not fast at all, I think it's too slow. Why didn't I meet you in my past life? If I had met you before him, you would have been mine alone."

Jian Yue said, "I am yours now, and I will always be yours."

Bai Jianan shook his head and said, "Not enough, not enough. I want all of you, even the past, all of it must belong to me. Yueyue, forget those sad things! You have me."

Upon hearing this, Jian Yue felt a warm current flowing through her heart, and a happy smile appeared on her face as she said, "I've always only had you. You've forgotten, the woman Murong Chuan had in his past life wasn't Shangguan Jian Yue."

At this point, Jian Yue gave Bai Jianan a nudge and said, "Did you even hear what I was trying to say?"