Ye Wenwen kept whimpering.

"Please, Your Highness, grant me this favor."

Xu Qingzhi asked.

"What happened?"

Ye Wenwen said timidly.

"My stepmother—"

"She threw away all my pets."

“I wanted to take her back, but she locked me inside the room.”

"I barely managed to escape today, and I'm hoping to find the Imperial Noble Consort to save my life."

Even the affairs within the Prince's Palace.

Xu Qingzhi also knew this.

In total.

Ye Wenwen was not the biological daughter of Ye Li's second wife, Shen Anran.

Shen Anran and Ye Li have a biological daughter.

That is exactly the case.

People always say that.

Shen Anran disliked Ye Wenwen, the legitimate daughter.

He had always wanted to get rid of her and make Ye Pianpian the only daughter of the King of Lian.

But Xu Qingzhi and Shen Anran grew up together.

What is her temperament and personality like?

Xu Qingzhi knew.

One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black.

Shen Anran is the same as Xu Qingzhi.

We're both straightforward and decisive; if you dare mess with me, I'll shut you up for your bad temper.

But if you give me an inch, I will give you ten inch.

We will absolutely not cause trouble.

In addition.

Previously, when Shen Anran came to the palace to visit her, the two chatted and reminisced.

They also talked about Ye Wenwen's words and actions in the Prince Lian's mansion.

Shen Anran's evaluation of Ye Wenwen was not high.

It's not because she's not my biological daughter.

Even her own daughter, Ye Pianpian.

When Shen Anran complains, she can be even harsher than a biological mother.

so.

Ye Wenwen is filing a complaint here today.

Xu Qingzhi, however, thought so.

This might be a problem with Ye Wenwen.

If I wasn't so angry I was about to explode.

Shen Anran would never do something like confining Ye Wenwen.

then.

Xu Qingzhi asked her.

Didn't you tell your father?

Ye Wenwen shook her head.

“My father was so focused on making his wooden bird that he didn’t have time to care about me at all.”

"Just say your mother is doing this for your own good."

"I really don't understand, is locking me up really for my own good?"

"It really proves what the storyteller said: once you have a stepmother, you'll have a stepfather."

“Father wasn’t always this cold to me.”

"Ever since my stepmother took my mother's place, my father has been very unkind to me."

Xu Qingzhi frowned.

Shen Anran is different from her in one way.

That means she would never become a concubine.

She would never share her husband with the same woman.

then.

Shen Anran was indeed infatuated with Ye Li.

However, Ye Li had already been betrothed by his father, the Emperor.

If Shen Anran insists on marrying...

Then she can only be a concubine.

Shen Anran severed all ties of affection at that moment.

"I don't want a husband who isn't just mine! No matter how much I like him!"

"There are so many men in the world, can't I find a husband who belongs to me alone?"

"I wish Ye Li happiness and will not bother him again."

These were the words Shen Anran said to Xu Qingzhi at the time.

She has always kept her promise.

After Ye Li got married.

He never had any interaction with her or him.

Even at a palace banquet.

She accompanied her father into the palace.

It was also far away from Ye Li.

They didn't even give me a glance.

Such a woman, with a clear sense of right and wrong, and a personality that dares to love and hate.

She is a woman who would never think of ruining Ye Li's marriage or replacing his wife.

This is how Ye Wenwen described her best friend.

Xu Qingzhi was unhappy.

“I remember, it was after your mother passed away.”

“Shen Anran was not married at the time. She returned to attend the funeral of the Duke of Haiguo.”

"At that time, all members of the royal family went to the funeral of the Duke of Hai to see him off."

"It was only then that Shen Anran learned that your mother had passed away from illness a year ago, and that your father had never remarried."

"Even though they eventually got married, it was only after Shen Anran had completed her three-year mourning period that she married him."

“From beginning to end, she never had any interaction with your mother.”

Ye Wenwen said unwillingly.

"So, is there a possibility?"

"Was it my stepmother who secretly poisoned me with a slow-acting poison to kill me in order to possess my father?"

"And then take their place?"

Ye Qianqian, who was sitting to the side playing with the gold, pouted.

[Tsk tsk tsk, has this been from reading too many palace intrigue novels? A massive brainwashing session has begun?]

Does she think her mother is some kind of heroine in a novel, showered with love and affection, and adored by every boy?

[Please, stop patting yourself on the back! I've seen the First Wife of the King in several lifetimes, and she wasn't even that good-looking! My Fifth Imperial Uncle didn't particularly like her either! It was only through the Emperor's grace that the marriage was arranged, and my Fifth Imperial Uncle is a straight man!]

Back then, I wasn't interested in romance at all! I was completely absorbed in being a block of wood!

[Later, after meeting his great-aunt, he finally understood what love meant, but it was too late!]

Unfortunately, the Imperial Grandmother was unwilling to become a concubine, forcing the two to abandon their relationship.

They only got together after the Fifth Imperial Uncle's first wife passed away!

[It's really unpleasant that Aunt Ye Wenwen immediately labeled me as her imperial great-aunt!]

Xu Qingzhi smiled to herself.

See? See?

I already said it.

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