This world is simply a giant tale of strange rules.
Yan Li lay on the large bed in the room, slowly covering her head with the blanket, and was roughly calculating in her mind:
Could one of those thirteen crystal coffins have been given to her?
In fact, she was already dead, not still on her way to suicide.
"Thirteen crystal coffins are scattered throughout the castle; Miss Yan must identify the princess herself."
"But please remember, Miss Yan, do not attempt to use the awakening spell on each princess in the crystal coffin at midnight."
"You have three chances. If you fail to awaken the real princess after three attempts, you will lose the right to awaken her."
The method she had prepared to exploit the bug was warned by the housekeeper as unusable before she could even begin, and she dared not easily try to verify the truth of the housekeeper's words through actual action.
After thinking for a long time, Yan Li finally managed to come to her senses and went downstairs to sit at the dining table once again.
"Miss Yan, is there anything you would like to eat?"
As the butler spoke, he handed out the menu, even cleverly flipping it to the roast suckling pig.
Yan Li had indeed fallen into the trap.
But the housekeeper didn't get any benefit either.
Looking at the mess on the table, full of bones and not a single piece of meat, the butler was once again at a loss.
Perhaps it was fate that, standing at a higher level in the food chain than humans, he was destined to eat people, not to covet human food.
Yan Li naturally didn't understand the steward's troubles, nor did she know that the steward didn't have the authority to give her special treatment.
***
The first midnight arrived as scheduled.
Yan Li stood in front of a crystal coffin whose lid had been opened.
This time, the coffin was not empty.
The young woman was wearing a classic white wedding dress, a style typically worn by Western women, but her face was hidden beneath the veil, making it impossible to see her true features.
Beautiful princess, your destiny is not to live an ordinary life. Please help your people to receive the protection of the gods.
We will forever sing your praises, and the great Kingdom of Nadavi will forever remember your dedication to the kingdom. Princess, your sacrifice is the will of all people, a new hope. Do not be afraid, our Lord will be with you.
Upon receiving the new notification, Yan Li thought: Something seems off.
However, before she could react, her hand uncontrollably landed on the white gauze inside the crystal coffin.
I opened my eyes again.
"Princess."
The maid tugged at her arm, her expression a mixture of fear, worry, and hesitation, and she kept muttering to herself:
"The king is already preparing to marry you to the lord of that ancient castle of death. Rumor has it that he is bloodthirsty and cruel, and will certainly not treat the princess well."
"How could such a good person as the princess marry such a wicked man?"
"Princess, why don't we elope? Let's run away to a place where no one knows us, and then you can find someone you truly love to be with."
The maid spoke up indignantly, but seeing that Yan Li didn't react and she couldn't pull her up, the maid boldly waved her hand in front of Yan Li's eyes: "Princess?"
Yan Li: Mission Impossible? That comes at a different price!
But at this moment, Yan Li had no time to think about why she was here.
Because of the maid's howls, people on the street stopped and began to stare at them.
Yan Li didn't want to stay and be a laughingstock for these people, so after realizing what was happening, she prepared to pull the maid beside her to a less crowded place.
Just then, a troop of cavalry suddenly appeared, bursting out from the crowd and blocking Yan Li's path.
"Princess, the King has important matters to discuss with you. Please come back to the palace with me immediately."
The maid behind her immediately tensed up, leaned close to her ear, and said urgently, "Princess, you must not go. The king is determined to marry you to that lord. If you go back now, you may never have another chance to escape the marriage."
Yan Li bent down and nodded.
The cavalry in front of them were divided into two squads, totaling thirteen men including the leader.
She had no chance of escaping, and the maid did not seem to be her loyal servant.
The maid was stunned, never expecting that the princess she had worked so hard to win over would give in so easily, and watched helplessly as Yan Li got into the carriage.
Inside the royal palace.
The king wore a gleaming golden crown and held a two-meter-tall pure gold scepter. His face was dignified, but when he saw Yan Li arrive, a smile finally appeared in his eyes.
"Li'er, I know you are extremely dissatisfied with this marriage."
“You have been sickly since childhood. After a serious illness when you were seven, you have been unable to speak. Although that lord has a bad reputation, he may not be a bad match for you.”
"If you can win his favor, you will surely live a peaceful and worry-free life."
As he spoke, he did not give Yan Li a chance to refuse. He turned around and instructed the servants behind him, "Give the order that the princess will be sent to the castle three days later, after the ceremony officially begins."
Unable to speak, Yan Li allowed the servants to lead her back to her palace, while the maid beside her burst into tears after the group left.
“Princess, do you know that your return this time means you will only face death?”
Yan Li was puzzled and unable to ask any questions.
The maid quickly began to feel sorry for herself.
"I heard that several kings from neighboring countries also sent princesses to marry that lord, but those princesses all died suddenly and for no reason. I'm afraid the princess will not survive this journey either."
Yan Li did not receive the princess's memories, and listening to the maid's sobs, he had no intention of comforting her.
She seemed unable to control this body at will.
It's as if a puppet doll has come to life, observing the story of the princess in the first crystal coffin through this body.
The wedding between the princess and the lord began as scheduled, but the groom was nowhere to be seen.
The carriage, pulled by four horses, began to head in a certain direction outside the city. Yan Li sat alone in the sedan chair, accompanied by a wedding procession of thirteen people.
After traveling for an unknown amount of time, the carriage finally came to a stop at dusk.
“Princess, the castle is just 500 meters ahead. Please forgive us for not being able to accompany you any further.”
Yan Li alighted from the carriage, and the castle before her seemed no different from the one she had visited before.
She walked slowly forward, and in front of the castle gate, the butler was waiting at the door, still the younger version.
The butler seemed not to recognize her and was extremely cold: "It's getting late, please come with me, Madam."
Yan Li used sign language: "Where is the lord?"
Yan Li learned some things from the maid.
For example, this lord's identity was extremely mysterious, yet he possessed enormous wealth, spending tens of thousands of taels of gold each time he married.
As a result, kings from various countries vied to become this father-in-law, but unfortunately, none of their daughters lived past half a month old.
The steward did not answer Yan Li's question, but simply said indifferently, "Princess, you should come inside with me and rest properly. You don't want to see the lord."
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