Mad Queen Leaves the Palace

Seeing that Wu Yuyu was no match for Lin Rou'er, Xiao Lan spoke up and said, "Miss Lin, my sister is asking Miss Ye some questions. If Miss Lin wants to reminisce, could we wait until we've finished asking our questions?"

Lin Rou'er looked at Xiao Lan and glanced at Yan Nan a few times. A few days ago, after her grandfather attended the Lantern Festival banquet in the palace, he called her to his study. The implication was that he wanted her to marry the newly returned Prince Yi, Yan Zhenquan.

However, Lin Rou'er knew that her grandfather actually wanted Lin Miaoyin, that slut, to seduce Prince Su at Minglu Academy, hoping she could climb into his bed and become his concubine.

A few days ago, Lin Rou'er deliberately took her maid to the street and bumped into Prince Yi. However, since they were both sons of the emperor, Yan Zhenquan did not resemble Yan Nanhui at all.

Moreover, Lin Rou'er knew from a young age that Yan Nan Hui's maternal family was the wealthy Tong family of Jiangnan. Compared to Yan Zhenquan's principal wife, whose mother was a palace maid, Lin Rou'er preferred to be Yan Nan Hui's concubine, who was both handsome and wealthy.

So Lin Rou'er made repeated promises and said many nice things to Lin Xiang before he agreed to let her come to Minglu Academy. After all, Yan Nanhui was now more important to the emperor than Yan Zhenquan.

Seeing that Xiao Lan ignored her, Lin Rou'er turned around and bowed to Yan Nan Hui, saying, "This humble woman, Lin Rou'er, greets Your Highness, Prince Su." After speaking, she looked at Yan Nan Hui with deep affection.

Xiao Lan found this scene amusing. Sure enough, as soon as Lin Rou'er finished speaking, Yan Nan Hui looked at Lin Rou'er coldly, as if she were a dead person: "The Lin family has really raised a good daughter."

Then, after a pause, he uttered words that shocked everyone: "So utterly shameless and ignorant of manners."

Lin Rou'er originally thought that Yan Nan Hui was better looking and had a more affluent family background than Yan Zhen Quan, which is why she wanted to give up the position of the main wife of Prince Yi and become the concubine of Prince Su. However, since Yan Nan Hui spoke of her in public, Lin Rou'er, as the pampered granddaughter of the Prime Minister's family, naturally could not let people laugh at her. So she asked, "Your Highness Prince Su, how can you speak of me like that?"

"Isn't that so? My second brother is here in terms of seniority. You didn't pay your respects to him first but came to me instead. In terms of status, you didn't pay your respects to my brother, who is the Crown Prince, but instead paid your respects to me first. Does your Lin family want to harm me?"

Yan Nan immediately accused Lin Rou'er of something serious upon his return. Lin Rou'er quickly explained, "His Highness the Crown Prince is my cousin. This was my oversight. Please forgive me, Cousin Crown Prince."

As she spoke, Lin Rou'er quickly bowed to the Crown Prince. Yan Jingtian did not want to get involved in this matter, but he still needed to rely on the Lin family to secure his position as Crown Prince, so he waved his hand and said, "No need for formalities."

But Yan Nan continued, "Even if my second brother doesn't hold it against you, you only bowed to me, while ignoring Princess Lan beside me. Wasn't that something Miss Lin did on purpose?"

After Yan Nanhui finished speaking, some of the students who had initially sided with Lin Rou'er turned to Yan Nanhui again. Indeed, Xiao Lan was the Princess Lan, personally bestowed by His Majesty, holding a rank equivalent to the fifth grade. Although Lin Rou'er was the eldest granddaughter of the Prime Minister, she had no title or rank, so she should, in principle, pay her respects to Xiao Lan.

Lin Rou'er was taken aback by Yan Nan's words, so she quickly bowed to Xiao Lan and sat down in Ye Yuandong's seat.

Just as Ye Lanyi was about to sit down with Lin Rou'er, Wu Yuyu asked again, "Ye Lanyi, don't play dumb. Why did you come back to the academy? Are you taking your concubine aunt's influence too seriously and not respecting the academy?"

At this moment, Yan Linfeng, who had been silent until now, said coldly, "Miss Wu, please watch your words. Ye Lanyi has been expelled from the Ye family of Xiwu Prefecture. She is no longer a member of the Ye family. How can she be associated with my mother?"

Yan Linfeng's words were like a bomb, startling everyone. Xiao Lan looked at Ye Lanyi with a serious expression. In her previous life, Ye Lanyi was the darling of Consort Ye. In this life, she was actually expelled from the Ye family for impersonating Young Master Lan.

Suppressing her gossipy feelings, Xiao Lan directly spoke up to help Wu Yuyu, "Little Yu'er, stop talking nonsense and quickly apologize to the Third Prince. You are young and speak without thinking. The Third Prince will not lose his composure and hold a grudge against a little girl like you."

Upon hearing her cousin's words, Wu Yuyu quickly apologized to Yan Linfeng.

After finishing up here, Xiao Lan had no intention of letting Ye Lanyi off the hook, and directly asked, "Miss Ye, I remember that you impersonated me before and were expelled from the academy. I don't know why you were able to return to the academy. Is there some hidden story that none of us know about?"

After Xiao Lan finished asking, Ye Lanyi deliberately put on a hesitant expression, "Princess Lan, it was Lanyi's fault before, and now I have been kicked out of the Ye family because of this small mistake. I beg Your Highness to be merciful and let me off the hook. I am here at the academy to study with the second young lady of the Lin family."

"Oh," Xiao Lan sneered, "Miss Ye's small mistake is forging other people's letters and damaging Young Master Lan's reputation. Miss Ye, these hands of mine are for writing poetry, calligraphy and painting, not for herding horses."

As soon as Xiao Lan finished speaking, everyone was stunned. Yan Nanhui then laughed and said, "What a fine saying! Hands are for writing poetry, calligraphy, and painting, not for herding horses. Even when you let someone off the hook, you have to be a good hand to let them off the hook. I've learned something new."

Everyone immediately understood why Xiao Lan had said he couldn't release the horse, and burst into laughter.

As the laughter subsided, Lin Rou'er spoke up, "Miss Xiao, it's best to be forgiving. What if Miss Ye gets upset because of you...?"

Xiao Lan didn't know if Lin Rou'er and Ye Lanyi were saying this on purpose, but to avoid future trouble, Xiao Lan said, "Oh dear, Miss Lin, are you saying this on purpose? Originally, Miss Ye wasn't in the mood, but after your suggestion, she went and tried to kill herself. If she dies, she'll frame me, which will tarnish my reputation and make me disliked by the royal family. That would be exactly what you, Prime Minister Lin, want, to marry your granddaughter to the royal family. Oh, wait, that's not right."

Xiao Lan deliberately exaggerated, saying, "His Majesty has already issued an edict forbidding your Lin family daughter from marrying into the royal family. Your plan is likely to fall through. Oh, by the way, if Miss Ye listens to you and actually tries to kill herself, if she doesn't die, I think it's probably just an act. If she really dies, then we should investigate whether someone did this on purpose to deal with me or His Highness Prince Su."

Xiao Lan turned to look at Ye Lanyi and said, word by word, "Miss Ye, if I were you, I wouldn't have said anything so suicidal. After all, you know my abilities; I know how to prove whether someone committed suicide or was murdered. But the dead can't be brought back to life. Life is only once, so it's best not to argue." Without looking at Ye Lanyi's pale face, she sat down in her seat, preparing for her morning class. Seeing that the parties involved had all returned to their places, the others also went back to their seats.