Lu Xiaoyun immediately composed herself and chuckled, "Die? Ha, Zhu Yu, if anyone's going to die, it'll be you first. Isn't this body yours? What do I have to be afraid of? At worst, I'll just go back into my own body."

"The widow of Prince An, with your net worth, tsk tsk, if I reluctantly inherit the Prince's mansion, it will be enough for me to squander for a lifetime."

Lu Xiaoyun stood in front of the bed with her hands behind her back, looking at Zhu Yu calmly: "Originally, I only had the identity of the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, but now I have the even more useful identity of the Princess Consort of An."

Lu Xiaoyun smiled gently: "Speaking of which, I should thank His Highness Prince An for taking me as his concubine. With these two incomparably noble statuses, and with no Empress in the harem, no woman in the world, except for the Empress Dowager, can surpass my status."

"This kind of life, wow, it's wonderful just to think about it."

"Zhu Yu, why don't you die first?"

Zhu Yu's eyebrows nearly stood on end from her words: "Lu Xiaoyun, how dare you!"

Lu Xiaoyun scoffed and rolled her eyes at him.

Zhu Yu sneered and said, "Wasn't it you, Lu Xiaoyun, who plotted to drug me at the palace banquet and force me to marry you? Back then, you shamelessly acted like a brainless infatuated fool. What, have you forgotten so quickly? Now you're pretending to be high and mighty in front of me. Ha, how laughable!"

Lu Xiaoyun looked at Zhu Yu and curled the corners of her mouth: "Your Highness, do you really think you're some kind of gold and silver treasure that everyone likes? If I, Lu Xiaoyun, like any man, I will pursue him openly and honestly. Why resort to such underhanded methods?"

"I really don't think much of it!"

She wasn't the original owner of this body, so she spoke without any pressure. Besides, the original owner was just a lovesick fool; she wouldn't have been so brainless as to set a trap for him or drug him.

After all, she didn't even have the money to buy medicine.

Zhu Yu pursed his lips and snorted coldly: "Are those rumors in the capital false? Although I have only just returned to the capital, I have heard your filthy thoughts about me more than once or twice! Now you are pretending to be high and mighty in front of me. Everyone in the capital knows what kind of person you are, Lu Xiaoyun, and everyone laughs at you."

"You're putting on this hypocritical act now, isn't it all because you've taken over my body!"

Lu Xiaoyun sneered, looking at Zhu Yu lying on the bed, and said, "You're a prince, where did you hear these private whispers between young ladies? Haven't you thought about it? Besides, you believe whatever people tell you to hear. Your Highness, don't you have a brain?"

Zhu Yu's expression was rather unpleasant. These words were indeed something he overheard from Ren Yong'an, or a conversation between Ren Yong'an and a maid.

Lu Xiaoyun could tell from his expression: "Hmm, obviously, you know very well, but you just don't want to admit it! His Highness Prince An is used to being high and mighty, how could he admit that he was tricked and blinded?"

Zhu Yu scoffed, "What about that palace banquet? Wasn't that all your doing? Putting that kind of drug in the drinks, you're truly disgusting. Lu Xiaoyun, are you even a woman?!"

"Ha!" Lu Xiaoyun laughed in anger: "Who led me to Yujing Palace that day? And who put that cup of wine laced with drugs in my hand? You took that cup of wine from my hand, not I put it in your hand, Prince An's hand!"

"Zhu Yu, have you thought this through?"

She paused, looking down at Zhu Yu, and continued, "Besides, nothing happened between us. Have you thought about the situation carefully? No, you were convinced from the beginning that I did it. Zhu Yu, you really know how to label people."

Zhu Yu's lips moved, but he ultimately said nothing.

Lu Xiaoyun glanced at him, determined to tell him clearly today the true nature of his beloved: "If Ren Yong'an hadn't pretended to be wronged and shed tears over there, if the officials and their families hadn't been pointing fingers and accusing me of being a shameless harlot who used every dirty trick to get into your bed, would the Emperor have been so angry?"

"Would you issue an imperial decree on the spot ordering you to marry me? Would that lead to all this subsequent events? Zhu Yu, have all your battlefield wisdom been wasted when faced with these insidious schemes in the inner quarters?!"

Zhu Yu's hands were clenched into fists under the covers, his gaze deepening. He sneered, "So what? Even now, you still want to throw the blame on Yong'an! Ha, Lu Xiaoyun, you're really pathetic."

"How could I not know what kind of person Yong'an is!"

She is gentle, considerate, kind, virtuous, and simple-minded. How could she possibly do such a thing? How could she possibly set up such a vicious scheme?

Lu Xiaoyun was notorious for her viciousness; which young lady from a prominent family would want to associate with her? Yong'an was only so kind-hearted that he couldn't bear to see her alone, so he took the initiative to get close to her and even poured her wine himself. But what did she do?

She secretly slipped that vile drug into his drink, using Yong'an and his relationship to achieve her ulterior motives!

"Lu Xiaoyun, I know exactly what you're up to!"

Zhu Yu sneered repeatedly: "If I'm not mistaken, your original intention was to make Yong'an drink that wine laced with aphrodisiac, and then lure her somewhere so that she would be defiled by that dog of a man you had already bribed."

"Furthermore, I want everyone present to witness Yong'an's loss of virginity, so that she will forever bear the infamy of being condemned by thousands, and there will be no possibility between her and me from now on!"

"It would be best to kill her!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiaoyun was truly impressed by Zhu Yu's boundless imagination. He shouldn't be leading troops into battle; he should be writing novels or performing on stage. He could single-handedly carry the entire show.

hehe!

Lu Xiaoyun's lips curled into a mocking smile as she waited for Zhu Yu to continue.

"Unfortunately, no matter how much you planned, you never expected that I would take that cup of wine! Do you know why? Because you are not worthy! You are not worthy of drinking wine poured by Yong'an himself!"

"I never expected you to put such a vile drug in my wine! Lu Xiaoyun, how wicked you are!"

Lu Xiaoyun crossed her arms and nodded slightly: "Yes, continue. The story is quite interesting."

"Later, when you saw that it was I who drank this cup of wine, you simply took matters into your own hands and used your body to seduce me. Afterwards, you easily married me as the victim!"

"You even instructed your maids to bring the Emperor and all the civil and military officials here, so that they could see us in such disheveled state, which completely enraged the Emperor and ultimately achieved your goal of getting Father to issue an edict on the spot to finalize the marriage!"

"Lu Xiaoyun, you're really willing to go to any lengths to achieve your goals! You've even abandoned all sense of propriety and shame. The Duke of Zhenguo has truly raised a fine daughter!"

Clap clap clap!

Lu Xiaoyun clapped her hands repeatedly: "Your Highness Prince An, it's such a waste of your talent that you don't write stories! The ups and downs, the beginning, development, climax, and conclusion, wow, you're a literary master! Why don't you consider publishing a few stories? With your level, I guarantee the sales will skyrocket."