Shu Wan was told to leave the palace, and she was completely bewildered and terrified.

She knew all too well what would happen if she were sent out of the palace. Her best hope was that she could eventually leave the palace and go home to get married on her own.

A candidate who is sent out of the palace midway through the selection process has a problem, which will be an indelible stain on her future marriage prospects.

She knew she couldn't have children, but that didn't mean she really intended to live a miserable life. She figured that since Shuyuan wouldn't dare reveal her infertility, she could simply adopt a son from a concubine after marriage. In fact, there were quite a few legitimate wives who didn't have children.

Now that she has been sent out of the palace, her future marriage prospects will inevitably be much more difficult, and Shuwan's heart is filled with despair.

After thinking about it carefully, Shu Wan understood the cause and effect. She was the person involved in Consort De's intention to make her the Fourth Prince's wife, so she naturally understood. However, she also knew that she could not become the Fourth Prince's wife.

If someone who is infertile has a child, and this is discovered after the marriage is arranged, they could lose their head.

She valued her life and originally planned to find a way to drop her name during the final selection. However, since she had no intention of becoming the fourth princess, Shuyuan was eager to eliminate her from the competition.

Back home, Shuwan understood everything and then developed a deep and abiding hatred for Shuyuan.

The enmity between them was already irreconcilable, and now it has escalated to a point where they are locked in a life-or-death struggle.

Shuwan summoned the wet nurse and whispered a series of instructions to her.

The situation in the palace is quite interesting now.

Consort Tong wanted her niece, Tong Yunyao, to become the Fourth Prince's wife, but Tong Yunyao herself was unwilling and wanted to become the Crown Princess.

Emperor Kangxi already had a candidate in mind for his Crown Princess: a princess from the Guarjia clan.

Consort De favored Shuwan as her daughter-in-law, but Shuwan was sent out of the palace. The reason is under investigation, and the result is unlikely to make her happy.

At the same time, Consort De also needed to continue looking for the next candidate.

With only a few days left until the final selection, the thoughts of the concubines in the harem and the people in the Chuxiu Palace are becoming increasingly chaotic.

Everyone has their own ideas, and in order to achieve their own goals, it's easy for things to go wrong.

Two days before the selection, two more pretty but not well-off girls were sent away from Chuxiu Palace.

With only one day left, Shuyuan started to get restless again. Although she had gotten Shuwan, whom Consort De valued, out of the palace, there was still Yunyao! If Consort Tong was willing, her dream of becoming the Fourth Prince's wife would forever remain just a dream.

Shuyuan was unwilling to give up, so she began to incite Tong Yunyao.

Shuyuan: "Yunyao, are you interested in the Crown Prince?"

Tong Yunyao frowned: "Why do you say that?"

Shuyuan found it amusing; if she couldn't even understand this, how could she be a time-traveling woman?

Shuyuan said slowly, "This is not a shameful thing. The Crown Prince is both talented in literature and martial arts, and he is also handsome. I'm afraid all the young ladies in the Chuxiu Palace are interested in him."

Tong Yunyao retorted, "And what about you? The Crown Prince is so wonderful, don't you like him?"

Shu Wan shook her head: "The Crown Prince is indeed good. I can sense that my sister is interested in the Crown Prince, so naturally she won't have any thoughts about him."

Hearing Shuyuan's words, Tong Yunyao breathed a sigh of relief and then began to open her heart to her.

"What's the use of being willing? Her Majesty will not agree."

Shuyuan smiled inwardly upon hearing this. She was afraid that he wouldn't tell the truth. Since he had desires in his heart, then things would be easier.

"Her Majesty probably wants to betroth you to the Fourth Prince because he is the Empress's adopted son. But if that happens, there will be no chance for you and the Crown Prince. Besides, the final result won't be out until tomorrow. How will you know it won't work if you don't give it a try?"

Tong Yunyao was somewhat tempted, but remembering their previous encounter, in which the Crown Prince hadn't been polite to her, she felt a little scared.

Seeing the interest in her eyes, Shuyuan continued, "Last time the situation was special, and the Crown Prince was probably afraid that some people would gossip, so he did that. This time, as long as we make it a fait accompli, and you are a girl from the Tong family, you will naturally get what you want."

Tong Yunyao was not a firm-willed person to begin with. Although she had been tricked by Shuyuan a few times, she felt that what Shuyuan said this time was particularly reliable, so she listened to her.

Shuyuan helped him wholeheartedly, and that afternoon, when the Crown Prince passed by the Imperial Garden, he encountered Tong Yunyao, and then, by accident, she plunged him into the water.

Tong Yunyao couldn't swim, and once she fell into the water, she clung to the Crown Prince and wouldn't let go. With her holding him, it was difficult for the Crown Prince to move around underwater. When they were finally rescued, neither of them had fainted, but the Crown Prince was completely exhausted.

In public, there's no way to keep quiet.

This incident infuriated both Emperor Kangxi and Consort Tong, as well as the Crown Prince.

Emperor Kangxi felt that there were always "troublemakers" trying to harm his crown prince.

Consort Tong wanted her niece to become the fourth prince's wife, but she ended up getting entangled with the crown prince. Consort Tong was furious. She had schemed for so long and even apologized to Emperor Kangxi, but this was the result. How could she not be angry? She was furious to death.

As for the crown prince, it was an utterly undeserved disaster.

As the crown prince, he possessed an extremely prestigious status and naturally had to be able to bear that prestige.

His affair with the imperial concubines has damaged his reputation; how can we not anger him?

There were quite a few people who were happy.

For example, Consort De had already found out why Shuwan was sent out of the palace. Her inability to have children was indeed a serious problem, but at the same time, she also found out Consort Tong's plans.

They just lost a woman surnamed Tong to be her son's foster mother, and now the Tong family wants to send another woman surnamed Tong to be their daughter-in-law. How could they be so greedy!

Before she could even do anything, Tong Yunyao pounced on the Crown Prince herself, much to the delight of Consort De.

Then there are Shuyuan and Tong Yunyao, who have finally gotten what they wanted.

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