"Ruyan, don't talk nonsense. Hongyu is sincere to me. I am the one who has let her down."
"Your Highness, could you please let Ruyan finish speaking? Your plan is to use Meixiang's haunting and Yingchun's death to frame Princess Zhu for everything. You didn't expect that foolish woman to confess so easily, so heartbroken. Even if Princess Zhu doesn't admit it, in your eyes, the evidence is irrefutable. You'll first place Princess Zhu under house arrest, and then have Consort He fake her death to frame Princess Zhu. This way, you kill two birds with one stone. I'm afraid the Emperor will be furious, and this princess won't be able to keep her." I shook my head and said, "The ridiculous thing is that Prince Yanmin still thinks Hongyu is truly sincere towards him."
“Impossible.” Prince Yan Min’s face turned ashen. “I don’t believe it. I’ve done so much, and Hong Yu just wants to frame me.”
Consort He suddenly laughed, tears streaming down her face. "Yan Min, I didn't expect that everyone else had seen through it, yet you were still acting like a fool. How could I, a dignified consort, turn back to being a secret wife? You betrayed me, so why should I pay the price in the end? You're wrong. I'm here for revenge. I'll ruin your family, kill Princess Zhu before I leave, and tell the Emperor that you made a lewd advance on me. By then, you'll be surrounded by enemies, and that's the ending I want."
Women in this world are all crazy.
They transformed themselves for love, braved fire and water for love, and compromised for love.
Consort He was like this, Ye Bai was like this, and I was not immune either.
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The Night White Maiden stood up and paced anxiously back and forth, while a beautiful blue lotus bloomed on her robes, showing no sign of being swayed by honor or disgrace.
Blue Lotus, Lady Blue Lotus.
Prince Yan Min seemed to suddenly realize something and asked in surprise, "What is your relationship with Lady Lan Lian?"
Ye Bai smiled and said, "As expected, important people have bad memories. Brother, don't you remember? You really don't remember. I stay in Wangchuan Courtyard every day and can't be seen by anyone."
"You are Xiao Nan!"
...
The flickering candlelight created an eerie atmosphere. A languid male voice came from behind: "Ah, I really don't want to hear that name. She's not called Xiao Nan anymore, she's called Lan Yebai."
"Lan Chengyu, you've finally shown up." I stared at his devilishly handsome face and said, "You've always wanted to kill Prince Yan Min, not to be his enemy, but to be the enemy of the entire Prince Yan's mansion, right?"
"Brother!" Ye Bai's face turned ashen. "Why are you here?"
Lan Chengyu's face turned incredibly gloomy: "How could you become so willful? If I hadn't come, wouldn't Liu Ruyan have died at your hands?"
"Why are you protecting her?" Ye Bai said angrily. "I am your own sister, and you should love and protect me for the rest of your life. I hate this woman, so I am going to kill her."
“Ye Bai,” Lan Chengyu said, staring into her eyes, “I have searched for so many years and finally found a woman whose wisdom and beauty are a match for mine. If you kill her, I will not forgive you.”
"Brother..." Ye Bai's arrogance instantly crumbled. She twisted the hem of her dress, looking like a well-behaved and clever girl. Lan Chengyu's lips gently brushed against my ear as he said, "Since you are my woman, in front of Prince Yan Min, I'm going to tell you a story." I turned my head away in disgust and said, "Is it the story of Lady Lan Lian?"
"Lady Lanlian was my mother," Lan Chengyu said. "I was ten years old when she gave birth to Yebai. At that time, I envied Prince Yanmin for receiving so much love from the elders in the palace, while I could only stay in Wangchuan Courtyard. Yebai's birth was the beginning of my mother's death. The midwife screamed in fright, saying that Lady Lian had given birth to a monster with green eyes and skin as white as paper. My father was very happy at the time because my mother had Western Region blood, which was why Yebai was different from us. But Princess Yun, who was Prince Yanmin's mother, said that Lady Lian had cheated on her husband and was going around, which made Lady Lian afraid to leave the house. During those years, my father was away fighting, and Lady Lian suffered all kinds of bullying. Finally, when Yebai was four years old, she died in Chewan Lake."
Lan Chengyu spoke simply, but Prince Yanmin listened with unusual excitement. He said, "I remember that Lady Lian gave birth to a son and a daughter, and the little ones were especially adorable. But after Lady Lian, they disappeared. Rumors spread throughout the manor that my mother killed those children and secretly buried their remains."
"Do you want to know the true cause of death of Lady Lian and Princess Yun?"
"The real cause of death?"
“That’s right. I pushed Lady Lian into Chewan Lake and drowned her.” Lan Chengyu said, a smile appearing on his lips. “My mother was on the verge of a mental breakdown. All I could do was relieve her suffering. As for Princess Yun, I poisoned her. She drove my mother to her death. My father taught me from a young age that it is only right to repay kindness with kindness.”
"You killed Madam Lian?" I stared in astonishment. "You killed your mother?"
“You’re wrong.” Ye Bai laughed too. “Brother saved Mother and me. Now that those two are dead, my brother and I will have fulfilled our wish and burn this palace down. Mother can rest in peace.”
Consort He looked utterly despondent. Prince Yanmin sighed and said, "The victor is king, the loser is villain. I accept that I've fallen into your hands."
"Why should I admit it?" I laughed. "I didn't agree. Do you think this tiny thread can trap me?" I flicked the thread with my toe, breaking it. Fearing there might be some other trap inside, I jumped out of the room. Lan Chengyu and Ye Bai chased after me in alarm. "Impossible," Ye Bai said. "It doesn't make sense."
"I was here before and destroyed all the traps. Otherwise, how could I have dared to bring the Prince into your pre-arranged trap?" Outside the Prince's mansion, flames raged, almost illuminating the entire place. The shouts of the soldiers made me particularly impressed with Dugu Leng's efficiency. Ye Bai said in a panic, "Brother, you shouldn't have provoked this kind of woman. She came prepared."
"The entire palace is now surrounded, so I won't keep you company any longer." I lightly touched the ground with my toes and flew over the courtyard wall, only to be caught by Dugu Leng, who spun me around. He smiled and kissed my cheek, saying, "Good wife, your mission is complete. Suxin and the guards have come to our rescue. Let's leave under the cover of night."
I buried my face in Dugu Leng's chest and felt my eyes well up with tears.
We left Yuhang that very night and headed for Qingfeng Town. In a teahouse along the way, we overheard someone mentioning that a few nights earlier, assassins had broken into Prince Yan's residence and kidnapped Consort He and Prince Yan Min. Fortunately, the guards discovered the attack in time, captured the assassins, and rescued the two. Consort He was already on her way back to the capital at this time, and she didn't blame Prince Yan's residence for their poor care; she's truly a good-tempered lady.
Dugu Leng and I looked at each other and smiled, feeling that all our hard work had probably not been in vain.
"That's great, it's like nothing happened."
"My dear wife, you're such a silly little thing," Dugu Leng said helplessly. "Do you really think nothing happened?"
"What can we do?"
“Do you remember the night before He Hongyu entered the palace, Prince Yanmin gave her a blue lotus screen? She left it at her parents’ home and didn’t take it with her. That screen was made by Ye Bai.”
I rolled my eyes at him and said, "Of course I know, am I an idiot?"
"But this time, Consort He received a new blue lotus screen. It was also embroidered by Ye Bai."
"So what?"
"That blue silk thread is dyed with the juice of a herb, and unfortunately, the juice of that herb is highly poisonous. People who use it frequently will die from poisoning. That's why blue lotus embroidery is given away as a gift and not sold. I suppose it's only given away to people I don't like. I once received a blue lotus handkerchief, and I'm afraid Ye Bai thought I would give it to you."
I covered my lips in feigned surprise and said, "Wow, that was close!"
Dugu Leng smiled indulgently in the warm May breeze. He patted my face lightly and said, "You told me that Consort He liked to put her nose close to smell that lotus flower."
It seems that this was all predetermined.
I seemed to hear the distant wind carrying the tinkling of anklets, and the green-eyed woman spun on her toes and began to dance the breathtakingly beautiful Hu Xuan dance.
Dugu Leng's lips brushed against my ear, a horse trod across the moss-covered cobblestone street, I placed my hand in his, facing the early summer breeze, it was truly a perfect day.