Meng Qingyu looked at Li Yunyan with a strange expression. How did this good-for-nothing become so eloquent?

It seems that what Brother Zian said is true. Li Yunyan has taken some wrong medicine and is now actually starting to have a brain?

Hmph! What good is it if she becomes a little smarter? No matter how eloquent she becomes, she must keep her at the villa tonight!

Thinking of Zian's promise to her, Meng Qingyu felt a surge of joy, and her eyes were filled with mockery as she looked at Li Yunyan.

Brother Zian urged her to find a way to prevent Li Yunyan from entering the palace smoothly!

If she succeeds in this matter, she will become his legal wife, while Li Yunyan will only become his concubine, whom he can bully at will.

Meng Qingyu's eyes were filled with coldness. If Li Yunyan dared to compete with her for Zian, then she would not only stop her from entering the palace, but also prevent her from even becoming Zian's concubine!

Lost in her thoughts, she forgot about Li Yunyan and Aunt Jiang, who were waiting for her reply.

Li Yunyan suddenly feigned panic, bowed to Aunt Jiang again, and said, "Aunt Jiang, Sister Meng isn't usually like this! She didn't mean to neglect you! Please don't blame Sister Meng!"

Meng Qingyu then came to her senses.

She wasn't really there for the talent show. Anyway, she would be staying in the villa tonight like Li Yunyan, and she didn't really respect the head maid. She just treated her like a servant!

Seeing Li Yunyan still foolishly speaking up for her, Meng Qingyu scoffed and, without saying a word, turned and walked towards the room where she would be staying that night.

Li Yunyan looked embarrassed and gave Aunt Jiang a very apologetic bow before jogging to follow behind Meng Qingyu.

"Sister Meng! Wait for me!"

Aunt Jiang watched their retreating figures, lowered her eyes, and concealed the light within them.

She had previously heard that Prime Minister Li's daughter was all show and no substance, lacking both talent and virtue. But just now, in a single meeting, she felt that this person was kind-hearted, innocent, and pure, a beautiful gem unpolished.

In contrast, the Minister's daughter was full of scheming and extremely arrogant and rude to her servants. Aunt Jiang had seen too many women like her; they might be suited to survive in the palace, but they would never catch His Majesty's eye.

Aunt Jiang snorted coldly. These young ladies-in-waiting didn't know that she actually had another identity: she was an aunt to the Empress Dowager. She was here on the Empress Dowager's orders to instruct the young ladies-in-waiting and, incidentally, to get to know their character beforehand.

Her evaluation of the candidates for the imperial concubines will play a crucial role!

Li Yunyan followed Meng Qingyu into the room, chose a bed, and lay down on it without a care in the world.

He exclaimed, somewhat exaggeratedly, "I'm exhausted! My back is killing me!"

Meng Qingyu secretly rolled her eyes. Just now, Li Yunyan was putting on a pretty good act, but as soon as she entered the room, she showed her true colors again.

He's still the same incompetent and immoral good-for-nothing!

Her wariness towards her vanished instantly, replaced by nothing but contempt.

He asked, "Sister Yan'er, why do you want to go to the palace?"

Li Yunyan turned her stunningly beautiful face and said sincerely, "Because I want to see His Majesty!"

Meng Qingyu got angry as soon as she saw her face. It was because of that face that Brother Zian treated this good-for-nothing differently!

She said casually, "I heard before that you and Young Master Wen were deeply in love, and I thought you would marry into the Wen family in the future!"

"How could that be?"

Li Yunyan firmly denied it, "My heart has always belonged only to His Majesty. Before, it was Young Master Wen who kept bothering me, and I was so annoyed by him!"

Li Yunyan readily handed the blame to Wen Zi'an.

He had always kept his private interactions with her secret, and the rumors about the two of them were deliberately spread by the original owner of this body, who thought that this would allow him to control Wen Zi'an.

Who knew that Wen Zi'an heard those rumors and became even more cautious afterward! The two of them didn't even exchange letters; Wen Zi'an always secretly contacted her, and whatever they had to say, they said it face to face!

Therefore, apart from their personal servants, no one else witnessed their affair. Their plan to elope was known only to the two of them!

Li Yunyan spoke with such sincerity that Meng Qingyu's temples throbbed, and her delicate brows furrowed even more tightly.

"You mean Young Master Wen is pestering you?!" she asked incredulously.

“Yes!” Li Yunyan said helplessly, “That Wen Zi’an, on the surface he looks like a gentleman, but he always guards outside the side gate of my house every few days, and we can’t get rid of him! My servants are getting annoyed with him!”

"How could that be? Young Master Wen is a man of impeccable character and integrity; how could he possibly like..."

Meng Qingyu stopped herself in time. She still had a shred of rationality and did not say the words "you good-for-nothing".

Li Yunyan smiled knowingly, "I know you young ladies are all jealous of me! But what can I do! I'm just so beautiful! Perhaps Young Master Wen likes my type! But now that I'm going to the palace, he won't have the chance to bother me anymore!"

After Li Yunyan finished speaking, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, raised one leg and placed it on the other leg, swaying it rhythmically.

Meng Qingyu was so angry at her that she almost vomited blood!

Zian is such a good person, yet in her mouth, he is described as a frivolous and dissolute man!

However, Li Yunyan is a fool. What she just said made perfect sense, so she probably wouldn't lie to her!

Brother Zian keeps saying that Li Yunyan likes him. Could it be that Brother Zian actually made it up?

The truth is: Brother Zi'an has been relentlessly pursuing Li Yunyan!

Meng Qingyu felt like the sky was about to fall!

So why was he so anxious to find me recently, insisting that I stop Li Yunyan from entering the palace, even promising to marry me? Was it because he couldn't bear to part with Li Yunyan?

However, Brother Zian said he wanted to marry her!

no!

A fierce light flashed in Meng Qingyu's eyes. Brother Zian was hers!

She couldn't let Li Yunyan take Zi'an away from her!

A malicious thought suddenly arose in Meng Qingyu's heart. Looking at Li Yunyan's beautiful face, a cryptic smile appeared on her lips.

Li Yunyan felt she could barely keep up the act! Meng Qingyu's acting was just too bad, or perhaps she thought she couldn't tell the difference, so she didn't even try to hide it!

Afraid of revealing any flaws, Li Yunyan simply closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep in this position, waiting to see what other tricks Meng Qingyu had up her sleeve!

In the stillness of the night, Meng Qingyu brought her a porcelain bowl and called her to get up with a worried tone.

"Sister Yan'er, you went to bed without having dinner tonight, get up and eat something!"

Li Yunyan slowly opened her eyes and thought she might as well call herself Dalang!

Because at that moment, an alarm was blaring wildly in her mind.

[WARNING! WARNING! The porridge has been drugged! It also contains a substance that can cause rashes! Host, please do not consume it!]

[WARNING! WARNING! The porridge has been drugged! It also contains a substance that can cause rashes! Host, please do not consume it!]