The Sickly Regent Prince Who Was Abandoned as a Substitute Bride

Dongfang Wan'er walked to Lu Wanning's side, squatted down, took her hand, and said earnestly, "Mother, I will protect you from now on. We can't let others bully us like this anymore. We need to leave here and start a new life. But before that, we must take back what belongs to us."

Lu Wanning nodded. "Wan'er is right. Mother must take back the dowry before leaving. Over the years, they have taken too much from us. This time, we must not let them succeed again."

“They won’t hand over the dowry easily…” Lu Wanning said!

Dongfang Wan'er said with a firm look in her eyes, "Don't worry, Mother. I already have a plan. As long as we follow the plan, we will definitely succeed. First, we need to find that dowry list."

"Yes, I know." Lu Wanning said, getting up and walking to the wardrobe. She opened the door and began rummaging through it. Soon, she found a small red box containing a yellowed piece of paper—the dowry list from back then.

"Found it!" Lu Wanning exclaimed happily.

Dongfang Wan'er walked over, picked up the dowry list, looked at it carefully, and then put it away. "Alright, Mother. You should rest early; we have to travel tomorrow."

"Wan'er, you've had a long day, go to sleep." Lu Wanning looked at her daughter with heartache.

"Okay, I'm going back to sleep now." Dongfang Wan'er yawned and said to Lu Wanning in a coquettish tone, "I'm so sleepy..."

Lu Wanning stroked her daughter's hair and said gently, "Go."

"Thank you, Mother." Dongfang Wan'er left Lu Wanning's courtyard and returned to her room.

Back inside!

"Miss, Granny Qiu has already locked it!" Qiu Qin said softly.

"Alright, Qiuqin, you've had a long day too, go and rest..." Dongfang Wan'er replied gently.

"Yes, Miss..." Qiuqin bowed and then turned to leave.

After Qiuqin left, Dongfang Wan'er quickly changed into a black night outfit and silently leaped onto Liu Qiqi's roof.

"Dongfang Zheng is here too! Could it be that he was also involved in poisoning Mother?..." Dongfang Wan'er pondered to herself.

"Liu Qiqi, how dare you! All these years, I never even noticed that you dared to poison the First Madam..." Dongfang Zheng questioned Liu Qiqi mercilessly.

"My lord, I'm only trying to help you out. Ever since I poisoned the First Madam, she's been unable to bully you anymore..." Liu Qiqi knelt on the ground, feeling extremely wronged. It was clearly the Marquis who had instructed her to do this, both openly and secretly, but now he was denying it.

“Qiqi, you should do things more cleanly. Now that lowly servant Granny Qiu has been arrested and is being guarded by people from the Duke’s mansion, if she exposes you, I can’t protect you…” Dongfang Zheng helped Liu Qiqi up and said with a worried expression.

"My lord, don't worry. Even if Granny Qiu dies, she won't betray me," Liu Qiqi replied confidently.

"Oh, do you have any dirt on Granny Qiu...?" Dongfang Zheng asked curiously.

"No, it's someone she cares about..." Liu Qiqi whispered in Dongfang Zheng's ear.

Upon hearing this, Dongfang Zheng's eyes lit up. "Qiqi, you're truly relieving your husband's worries!"

"My lord!" Liu Qiqi leaned gently against Dongfang Zheng's chest, her face beaming with a happy smile.

The atmosphere was very harmonious at this moment, and Dongfang Zheng secretly planned to have a good sparring session with Liu Qiqi later. However, just as he was about to put his plan into action, he suddenly realized that something was wrong with his body.

"Qiqi, I still have official documents to deal with!" Dongfang Zheng said awkwardly, then hurriedly left the room.

“My lord…” Liu Qiqi watched Dongfang Zheng’s departing figure, a sense of loss welling up inside her. Only then did she realize that her lord was impotent in that area. What was she to do? Her own desires were hard to quell…

"Liu Qiqi, your good days have come!" Dongfang Wan'er smiled mischievously as she watched Dongfang Zheng leave, as if she had already foreseen what was about to happen.

Dongfang Wan'er left the Marquis's residence and came to the street.

She looked around the street, seemingly searching for something. Just then, a drunken man staggered toward Dongfang Wan'er.

Dongfang Wan'er's eyes lit up, and she quickly bent down to pick up a stone from the ground and threw it at the drunkard without hesitation.

With a muffled thud, the drunkard was struck on the head by a stone and fell to the ground unconscious.

Upon seeing this, Dongfang Wan'er immediately stepped forward, hoisted the drunkard, and headed towards the mansion. Her movements were remarkably swift, suggesting she was quite accustomed to such situations.

However, all of this was observed by An Ye, who was hiding in the shadows. He frowned and muttered to himself, "What is Miss Dongfang doing carrying a drunkard so late at night? Could it be... Heavens... I must tell my master about this..."

If Dark Night hadn't left for even a moment, perhaps this misunderstanding wouldn't have happened...

As night fell and all was quiet, the darkness sped toward the Regent's Palace like a twinkling shooting star.

Dongfang Wan'er carried the drunkard into Liu Qiqi's Bamboo Spring Courtyard and drugged him with a potent aphrodisiac. Seeing the drug about to take effect, she didn't hesitate to grab a basin of water and splash it violently on the drunkard's face…

"Who!" the drunkard roared after being startled awake.

However, he immediately felt an unbearable fever all over his body. Just as he was about to take off his clothes, a pebble suddenly flew over and hit him squarely on the head, causing the drunkard to faint again.

"Who goes there..." Dongfang Wan'er was startled and immediately looked around alertly.

Just then, a gentle breeze swept by, and she suddenly felt as if she were being held tightly in someone's arms, the embrace icy cold.

"Miss Dongfang has such a peculiar hobby, I am happy to oblige..." Ye Jiuchen's warm breath lingered in Dongfang Wan'er's ear.

Dongfang Wan'er was utterly astonished. She found herself completely unable to move in Ye Jiuchen's arms, and couldn't help but think to herself:

As a member of an ancient martial arts family, I should be highly vigilant, but I failed to detect someone approaching silently. It seems this body is too weak...

"Ye Jiuchen, let me go..." Dongfang Wan'er struggled as she tried to break free from Ye Jiuchen's strong restraints.