Phoenix Cries Across the World: The Cold-Hearted Princess is Too Alluring

"You mean...?" Zhang didn't say the second half of the sentence, but she could guess the gist of it.

Chu Yanran nodded gently and said, "Once we have consummated our marriage, would the Emperor still refuse to marry me?"

"No way!" Zhang refused without even thinking. "If the Emperor blames us, we'll all be in deep trouble!"

"The Emperor won't blame us. You know, my brother is still working for the Emperor, isn't he? Logically and morally, the Emperor won't blame us. With three thousand beauties in the harem, he'll definitely give me a title first!"

Chu Yanran might not know much about others, but she knew Mu Jingyu very well.

After all, she was someone he had liked since childhood, and Mu Jingyu knew her very well.

Chu Yanran was confident, but Zhang Shi was not.

After thinking for a moment, he shook his head: "No, this is too risky. Do you really have to do it?"

"Does Mother wish for someone else to seize the Empress's position?" Chu Yanran said coldly.

She knew Zhang's intentions perfectly well. Her mother had been grooming her to be the empress since she was a child, so she would never stand by and watch the position fall into the hands of another family.

Sure enough, upon hearing Chu Yanran's question, a hint of hesitation flashed in Zhang's eyes. After a long while, she finally spoke: "This method is still too risky. Besides, even if we were to do it, we should wait for an opportunity rather than create one ourselves."

"What does Mother mean...?"

"I don't need to go and make an introduction. The Empress Dowager's birthday is a great opportunity. By then, probably not many people will remember the bad things they did to you before." After all, the old fox is shrewd, and Zhang's thinking is more mature than Chu Yanran's.

Although Chu Yanran was somewhat disappointed, this was indeed the best solution so far. The Empress Dowager's birthday was still some time away, and she could use this time to hone her skills.

"I'll leave it to Mother's arrangements."

"Don't worry, I will never let your childhood dream come true."

"Thank you, Mother." Chu Yanran bowed her head in thanks.

As Zhang Shi emerged from Chu Yanran's courtyard, a ruthless glint appeared in her eyes. Today's events were over, but she would absolutely not let the person who caused the trouble get away with it.

After all, Chu Yingge's face looked so much like the man who had seduced her husband; the more she looked at it, the more irritating it became.

Yanran was right about one thing: if you don't eradicate the weeds at the root, they will surely sprout again in the spring. She would never let that happen!

……

As darkness fell, a breeze began to pick up.

In the Prime Minister's study, the dim candlelight flickered intermittently. The two people in the study both had gloomy faces and did not speak, remaining locked in a stalemate.

When Chu Yingge returned to the Prime Minister's residence today, she was summoned to the study by Chu Tian and has been waiting there ever since.

She frowned in displeasure, feeling impatient. She really didn't know what the person in front of her wanted. He had called her into the study, but hadn't said a word.

Chu Tian's face was gloomy. Ever since Chu Yingge learned his secret, he had wanted to kill the person in front of him countless times. However, when he saw this face that resembled Yu Rou's, his heart softened for a moment.

After a long pause, Chu Tian finally gave in.

"Do you know you were wrong?"

"What's wrong?"

"Living in the Seventh Prince's mansion before marriage, isn't that wrong? How could I, Chu Tian, ​​have such a shameless daughter!"

Hearing Chu Tian say this, Chu Yingge couldn't help but sneer inwardly, making no attempt to hide the mockery on her face.

"First, I'm not the only one who's shameless. Your most beloved Chu Yanran is far worse than me. Second, I've never acknowledged that I'm your daughter, and you probably think so too. So don't say such disgusting things to disgust us both."

"You!" Chu Tian suddenly stood up from his seat: "Don't think I wouldn't dare to kill you! If it weren't for the fact that you resemble Yu Rou, would I have spared you until today?"

"Yes, so should I thank you? Thank God I've managed to survive until today?" Chu Yingge's sarcasm grew even stronger.

The original owner of this body was ignored by Chu Tian for so long that even though she was poisoned by Chu Yanran, no one knew.

Even at the moment of his death, he was still hoping that his father would come to see him; he was incredibly foolish.

However, she doesn't know any of those things.

She never expected to receive even a shred of the love that belonged to a father from this hypocrite.

"Please remember this clearly, Your Excellency: the person standing before you is Chu Yingge. She has absolutely no connection to the Prime Minister's residence, nor to you."

"Do you think you can get away with just saying that?" Chu Tian sneered. "Even if you despise me, my blood still flows in your veins!"

"That's right, that's the thing I despise the most. To be your daughter, to have your blood in my veins, that's a stain on my life!"

Chu Yingge looked coldly at Chu Tian in front of her, her eyes filled with frost. She really wanted to strangle the person in front of her, but the original owner's body was acting up, and beneath all her overwhelming hatred for the person in front of her, there was still a trace of tenderness.

Yes, because he is a father.

Therefore, she couldn't bring herself to do it.

"The reason I've obediently come to the study today is not because you can order me around, but because I want to make it clear to you that from now on, you and I have absolutely nothing to do with each other. If you continue to disrupt my life, don't blame me for being impolite!"

"Chu Yingge!" Chu Tian was furious: "You've done something so disgraceful to the family, how can you still be so self-righteous?"

"Disgraceful to the family tradition? Heh." Chu Yingge scoffed at this.

She was merely living in her husband's house as an unmarried woman; what was so disgraceful about that? Chu Yanran slept naked at her own doorstep, and Chu Tian wasn't this angry.

It's true that you treat different people with different attitudes!

"Say what you will, I have disgraced the family. What, you want to kick me out? I'd be happy to!"

After saying that, Chu Yingge didn't give Chu Tian a chance to refute her. She turned around and walked out of the study. All the original owner's enthusiasm would be exhausted by Chu Tian. When that time came, she would definitely strangle Chu Tian without hesitation.

Watching Chu Yingge's departing figure, aloof and cold, with an air of keeping everyone at arm's length, a complex emotion flashed in Chu Tian's eyes. After a long while, his eyes finally returned to calm.

This daughter didn't undergo a dramatic personality change; rather, she experienced a rebirth.

"Yu Rou, do you really hate me so much that you keep this daughter by my side to torment me?"

Muttering to herself, all her tenderness turned into a sword blade, carving away at Chu Tian's heart again and again.