Eavesdropping on Fu Bao's inner thoughts, emptying the stored grain and fleeing the famine

Lian Rongrong gave Lan Xin a cold glance, but her tone was even colder than her gaze.

"As far as I know, Nuanxiangju is a place where a cunning rabbit has three burrows."

If your master's identity is to remain undiscovered, he should change the entrance every day so that no one will find out.

But you led her to the same cosmetics shop for five consecutive days. Lian Rongrong snorted coldly and continued:

"It's just a little-known shop. It's hard not to suspect that you did this on purpose."

"Tell me, do you have a grudge against Li Yuanyi? Or against Yan Mingyue? Or perhaps against the Yan family?"

Lan Xin felt an uncontrollable tremor run through her. But she still forced herself to speak:

"No, the Princess treated Lanxin very well. The Yan family even took me in when I was desperate."

I'm so grateful to them, how could I possibly harm the princess?

"Oh? So the one you have a grudge against is the King of Yi?"

To be honest, I'm practically Li Yuanyi's sister-in-law. I wouldn't have known you treated him this way.

Now that we know, it seems rather unreasonable not to send you back to the Prince of Yi's residence.

Everyone says Li Yuanyi is extremely ruthless. If he finds out that you were the one who persuaded Yan Mingyue to come to a place like Nuanxiang Residence, who knows what that madman might do?

"Didn't you say you hated Li Yuanyi? Since you're going to cooperate with the Princess, why are you sending me back?"

"Because you're not telling the truth!" Lian Rongrong smiled faintly, but to Lan Xin, that smile and voice seemed to come from hell.

"Fine, I'll tell you! But if I do, can you guarantee you'll let me go?"

Lanxin looked at Lian Rongrong with hope in her eyes.

"You don't seem to be in a position to negotiate with me. Or perhaps you've already missed your chance to negotiate. Whether you talk or not is up to you, I don't care."

Lan Xin was filled with hatred, but she couldn't do anything about Lian Rongrong.

She lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then steeled her resolve. She thought to herself:

So be it! In any case, Prince Qi and Princess Qi are irreconcilable enemies with Li Yuanyi, so they probably won't help the Yan family.

Although Princess Qi said she wanted to cooperate with Yan Mingyue, surely she wouldn't let the Yan family go too?

Lanxin comforted herself in this way, but there was really no other way.

Faced with Lian Rongrong, she had no other choice. Confess or die.

Confessing might mean death, but there's still a glimmer of hope.

But if they don't confess, they'll fall into Li Yuanyi's hands, and there's no way they'll survive.

"The matter of Nuanxiang Residence was indeed something I intentionally guided Yan Mingyue to do."

Lanxin recounted in detail how she set up the scheme and how she placed incense in Yan Mingyue's room.

After hearing Lanxin's elaborate schemes, Yan Mingyue pounced on her former most trusted maid in a frenzy, tearing and wrestling with her.

Why did you hurt me? I've treated you well!

Yan Mingyue broke down, a breakdown that was even more helpless than when she was captured by Li Yuanqi.

Lan Xin pushed Yan Mingyue away and said coldly:

"Because your surname is Yan!"

"Because my surname is Yan?"

Lan Xin snorted coldly, and then continued, "Actually, I should call you elder sister."

"What did you say?"

"Of course you don't know, because these are all shady dealings done by Yan Hui."

You all think Yan Hui is a dignified Minister of Rites, knowledgeable in law and etiquette.

But in reality, he was a hypocrite, a ruthless killer.

Hatred flashed in Lan Xin's eyes. Lian Rongrong, however, suddenly interjected, quite inappropriately.

"There's one thing I still need to correct you on. I've never thought Yan Hui was a good person."

After all, birds of a feather flock together. Those who can associate with Li Yuanyi are mostly beasts.

If this had happened in the past, anyone who dared to publicly call Yan Mingyue's father a beast would have been taught a lesson by Yan Mingyue.

But now Yan Mingyue has long since lost interest in the so-called father-daughter relationship, not to mention that she is no match for Lian Rongrong.

Even if she could, Yan Mingyue was too lazy to argue about it anymore.

After all, she had long realized that she was nothing more than a pawn that her father could use.

"Your Highness is insightful." Lan Xin flattered her tactfully, then continued:

"Yan Hui's legal wife never bore him a son."

“How could that be? I have a younger brother,” Yan Mingyue couldn’t help but retort.

Lan Xin laughed upon hearing this, "Is that your brother? That's my brother!"

Back then, Yan Hui kept my mother in an outer residence so that he could have a son.

At that time, Madam Yan and my mother were both pregnant. Yan Hui then harbored wicked thoughts.

On the day Madam Yan gave birth, my mother was not yet due to give birth.

However, in order to determine the sex of the child and to facilitate the switching of babies, Yan Hui ordered his men to give my mother a labor-inducing drug.

Later, Madam Yan indeed gave birth to another daughter, while my mother gave birth to twins.

That was me and my younger brother. Yan Hui was overjoyed to see his mother give birth to a son, so he secretly took the child away from his mother and switched him with the daughter born to Madam Yan.

"What did you say? You're saying my mother gave birth to a girl? Then where did my sister go?"

"He's dead. He was killed by Yan Hui himself."

Lan Xin's seemingly casual remark shattered Yan Mingyue and Lian Rongrong's worldview.

Even tigers don't eat their cubs, let alone humans? It seems that Lian Rongrong's criticism of Yan Hui as a beast was absolutely correct.

Although Yan Mingyue was disappointed in her father, she still couldn't believe that human nature could be so evil.

She couldn't help but retort, "How is that possible?"

"Why is it impossible? My mother took good care of that girl after she was switched with someone else."

She thought that even without her son, Yan Hui would treat her better for the sake of her two daughters.

But ever since his younger brother was taken away, Yan Hui has never come to the outer residence again.

My mother raised the two of us by herself. She fell ill after only a few years.

We had no money for medicine, and in winter we didn't even have cotton-padded clothes to wear. When we were desperate, Mother went to the Yan family's residence.

But who could have imagined that this trip would cost her her life?

While outside the Yan residence, Yan Huiming had clearly promised to send the money later.

He did come later, but what he brought was three feet of white silk!

He strangled my mother with his own hands and killed that girl with his own hands.

If I hadn't hidden under the bed early this morning, I'd probably be a wandering ghost by now.

Therefore, I will take revenge. I will make the Yan family lose all their reputation, and I will make them pay for my mother's life!

After saying all this, Lanxin was already in tears. But the fear in her heart seemed to have been relieved.

"I have said everything. How you decide to handle this is entirely up to Your Highness!"

"You've got some backbone. Get up!"

Lan Xin wondered if it was just her imagination, but she felt that Lian Rongrong's tone carried a hint of affirmation and praise.

"Is the princess not going to punish me?"

"I never said I was going to punish you! It's just that you were hesitant to tell the truth earlier."

I admire your courage and boldness. You are much braver than many women in this world.

Are you willing to join me and Prince Qi in bringing them down?

Upon hearing this, Lan Xin immediately kowtowed heavily.

"If I can see Yan Hui ruined and disgraced, if I can bring about the destruction of the Yan family, I will gladly die ten thousand times over."

"That was my original plan, but I've changed my mind. Yan Hui's death is enough."

Let his eldest son inherit the family business and live a life of leisure and wealth. As long as that kid doesn't cause trouble!

Lan Xin was stunned for a long time before she realized what Lian Rongrong meant.

"Your Highness, from this day forward, Lanxin's life belongs to you!"

Lan Xin bowed her head in worship again, but this time the meaning was different!