Chapter 78 The Abandoned Eldest Daughter Makes a Comeback (Part 2)

Shen Yunzhen skipped over these uninteresting details and noticed one point: there were two princes before the Third Prince. The Second Prince was the legitimate son and was made Crown Prince, but in the end, it was the Third Prince who ascended the throne.

The original text doesn't describe it clearly. It only says that the emperor suddenly died, the eldest prince took the opportunity to rebel, but he and the crown prince died together. In the end, the third prince successfully seized the opportunity and ascended the throne.

Shen Yunzhen felt that a certain part of the plot was a bit strange, and not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

But now is not the time to explore these things; she should just rest quietly.

The original owner of this body had died from a serious illness, and her health had only improved slightly after she arrived. It would be best for her to rest more.

It was the middle of the night, and Shen Yunzhen was too lazy to go through the trouble of getting medicine. Relying on the power of her soul to absorb it, it wouldn't be long before this body recovered its health.

Shen Yunzhen closed her eyes again.

Suddenly, a sharp scraping sound came from the window.

"Squeak."

The sound was particularly clear in the quiet night.

Shen Yunzhen subconsciously turned her head to look, only to see the window being pushed open from the outside by a slender hand.

Shen Yunzhen frowned slightly, but didn't say anything. She just quietly tightened her grip on the hairpin that the original owner had placed by her pillow.

By the bright moonlight, the face of the person climbing through the window came into Yunzhen's view.

To her surprise, the visitor was not from the manor, but a handsome young man with an outstanding demeanor.

The noise clearly caught the boy off guard; his brows furrowed involuntarily, and his thin lips pursed slightly.

The boy glanced back at what was behind him, hesitated for a moment, and then climbed through the window.

Immediately afterwards, he quickly hid behind the window and carefully observed the outside movements through the crack.

After a long while, it remained quiet outside, and no one was seen chasing after him. The boy finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then, he tried to turn around and leave, just like before.

Just as his hand touched the windowsill, for some reason, he inexplicably turned around and glanced back.

That one glance made the boy freeze in his tracks.

Lying on the bed was a breathtakingly beautiful young girl. Her face had a faint, sickly pallor, but this did not diminish her beauty in the slightest; instead, it added to her captivating charm.

Under the gentle caress of the hazy moonlight, her body seemed to be coated with a layer of silver, dreamlike and ethereal, like a fairy from the moon palace who had accidentally fallen to earth, her beauty transcendent and otherworldly, as if everything in the world had instantly lost its color in front of her.

"Is it pretty?"

The Moon Palace Fairy parted her lips slightly, her voice clear and melodious, yet carrying a hint of allure, as if even the soul itself was bewitched.

"Clang."

The boy suddenly woke up, his face turning red. He instinctively tried to wave his hand, but lost his balance and fell straight out of the window.

Fortunately, Shen Yunzhen lived in a secluded place; otherwise, someone would probably have come after hearing the noise.

The boy quickly got up from the ground.

He lowered his head, not daring to look into the room even slightly.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know people lived here."

He had been hiding in this village during the day and hadn't seen anyone enter or leave the house. In addition, the place was remote and almost no one came here, which is why he chose to hide inside.

To my surprise, people actually lived here, and in such a way...

The boy's face grew even redder, though it wasn't very noticeable in the moonlight.

Shen Yunzhen said bluntly, "Now that you know, why don't you hurry up and leave?"

The boy apologized again in a low voice, suppressing the inexplicable emotions in his heart, and prepared to turn and leave.

He had just lifted one foot when his movement suddenly stopped.

"You seem to be feeling a little unwell. Shall I bring a doctor to take a look at you in a bit?"

The boy spoke in a low voice, his eyes revealing undisguised concern.

Shen Yunzhen withdrew her gaze, her voice indifferent: "You should think about yourself first."

A soft spot in the boy's heart softened, and an inexplicable joy enveloped him.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. The people who were supposed to meet me are already outside."

He had just seen the signal given to him by his backup.

"In that case, you should leave now."

Shen Yunzhen had no intention of interacting with him further and began to shoo him away.

This person was climbing through people's windows in the middle of the night to escape being chased, which clearly meant trouble. Shen Yunzhen just wanted to live an easy life and didn't want to get involved in any of this.

The boy bit his lip, and his handsome face took on a unique charm.

"Don't worry, I'm not a bad person. Wait for me, I'll arrange for the Imperial Physician to come and see you as soon as I get back."

Shen Yunzhen had already closed her eyes, looking like she didn't want to talk to him.

The boy paused for a moment, then finally moved. Before leaving, he couldn't help but glance inside one last time before carefully closing the window.

Hearing the footsteps fade away, Yunzhen finally felt at ease and fell into a deep sleep.

However, this sleep was destined to be restless.

Just as dawn broke, a cacophony of voices could be heard outside.

"Ms. Wang, are you sure the people inside are gone?"

“It’s absolutely true! I saw her looking sickly three days ago, and she hasn’t left the house once in the past few days. She must have died.”

"What should we do? Uncle Zhao, how are we going to explain this if she dies?"

"What's the panic? She was just an unfavored maid. Have you seen the adults ask about her even once all these years? She's dead, so be it. Wang, gather a few women and give her a proper makeover. I'll go and report to the madam."

"Okay, okay."

"Wait, let me check if the person is really gone."

Then, someone approached and tried to push the door open.

Shen Yunzhen woke up to these words and couldn't help but sneer, "I'm not dead yet, you've come too early!"

The people outside the door looked at each other in bewilderment, and Zhao Zhuangtou couldn't help but darken his face.

He took a few deep breaths and finally chose to turn his anger towards the woman standing to the side.

"Wang, who told you to spout nonsense!"

“I really saw that she was sick. She hadn’t taken her medicine and hadn’t left the house for several days. She was definitely going to die.” Wang argued loudly, “By the way, that… this must be what the doctor called a final burst of energy before death.”

After saying that, she was about to push the door open to verify that she had not lied, but she was blocked by the door bolt.

Zhao Tou coughed and said with feigned concern, "Yes, Miss, we are just concerned about you. Please open the door so we can see you. If you are really sick, I can call a doctor for you."

Regardless of whether the little girl was really that sick, he was determined to make it a fact.

Her existence has been a source of great anxiety for the Madam. Just a few days ago, when the Second Miss came of age, the Madam specifically summoned her...

Shen Yunzhen gave a silent sneer. If they really cared, shouldn't they have called a doctor directly? What kind of servant would try to force their way into their master's room just to check on their master's illness?

Something unusual must be going on; it's likely that the person in the Shen family has already made arrangements for her.

Fortunately, her health has greatly improved today, and she is much stronger than when the original owner was alive. All those years she spent in the Tree Spirit World were not in vain.

Shen Yunzhen found the kitchen knife that the original owner had hidden in the room, gripped it tightly in her hand, and silently curled up the corner of her mouth.

"Are you sure you want to come in? I'll open the door for you right now."