Yan Li is a normal person, but unfortunately, this world is seriously ill.
As the legitimate daughter of Yan Bai, the Prime Minister's son, she believed that her future would be smooth and predictable.
One day, she and her half-sister accidentally fell into the water. After that, she discovered that her dear half-sister seemed to have a serious illness.
There are five princes in the Southern Kingdom, one of whom, Wen Yichu, is the current crown prince and is also the target of her mission.
[Immersive Single-Player Mission: 1. Fulfill the marriage agreement and marry Crown Prince Wen Yichu, but remember, do not reveal your true identity. 2. Eliminate all outsiders in this world.]
[Host's current identity: The Crown Prince's fiancée.]
An outsider? Her half-sister?
Since falling into the water last time, Yan Jingzhi has changed a lot.
She used to like using the "damsel in distress" tactic, but now she seems like a brainless person, lacking any cunning or shrewdness in everything she does.
She always talks about freedom and equality with the maids around her. She says nice things, but she never returns the indentures that the maids have.
And then there's her mother, who's been climbing into her mother's bed. Recently, she's gone mad again, having been well-behaved for over a decade, and now she's actually provoking her mother.
Her father had indeed made some mistakes, but he wasn't stupid; he certainly wouldn't make the same mistake twice.
Seeing that Aunt Su was still causing trouble, they immediately put her under house arrest.
However, her half-sister may not have learned anything else, but she certainly mastered this trick.
Just as night fell, Yan Li entered the bathtub for a soak when suddenly, a gust of wind blew out the candles by the tub, and a strange noise came from the window.
This unusual situation quickly aroused the suspicion of the maid outside, "Miss, has something happened?"
The person outside was talking while trying to push the door open to check the situation.
Yan Li glanced at the uninvited guest in her pool, then at the dagger held to her neck, and said calmly, "It's nothing, you don't need to come in."
The maid outside the door paused, but did not cause any trouble.
Wen Yichu's hand was around Yan Li's waist, her face was flushed and her breathing was heavier. When she saw that Yan Li didn't call for help, she released her grip and moved to the other side.
"Your Highness, although we are engaged, it is not proper to visit a young woman's bathhouse at night, is it?"
After Wen Yichu moved the dagger away, Yan Li's first reaction was to take a step back, pull over a piece of clothing to cover herself, and then start climbing back to shore.
The man in front of her, Wen Yichu, was handsome, with features that seemed to be crafted by a master craftsman, but he was still a little lacking compared to her.
"The way the Prime Minister's residence treats guests is also quite rare."
To drug the crown prince—that takes real audacity.
Wen Yichu had just escaped from that lunatic's room and was afraid of being picked up by the maids of the Prime Minister's mansion, so she naturally ran to Yan Li's courtyard.
He just didn't expect that his fiancée was taking a bath at the time.
The person in the pool had extremely delicate skin. Even though he had extinguished most of the candles with his palm when he arrived, he still saw what he shouldn't have seen.
If the two weren't still unmarried, he really wouldn't have let them go so easily.
He leaned against the pool wall, his eyes lightly closed, using the pool water to suppress the raging fire within him, and said, "Do you know what your half-sister is thinking?"
Yan Li had already gone ashore and changed into a dry set of clothes behind the screen.
"I shouldn't have known, but now that you're here, I know." Yan Li brought a pot of cold tea and placed it behind Wen Yichu.
After taking a couple of sips of the cold tea, Wen Yichu sneered and then said calmly, "Since you know, what do you plan to do?"
"I won't do anything about it," Yan Li said without hesitation.
These words made Wen Yichu laugh in anger. He turned around, looked at Yan Li who was already tidied up on the shore, and stretched out his claws:
"Youning, I am your future husband. Do you want to follow the example of Ehuang and Nüying, who had two wives serving one husband?"
"In no mood."
Yan Li looked at her hand on her ankle and felt that it was a little too hot. She squatted down and started to pry her fingers apart one by one.
"But this matter concerns the reputation of the Prime Minister's mansion and the integrity of her young lady, so it may not be so easy."
"Oh, so Youning means my innocence isn't important?"
Wen Yichu felt that the anger she had finally managed to suppress was rising again, so she finally let go and went back to doing what she needed to do.
"Then what does Your Highness want me to do?"
Looking up, Yan Li's face suddenly turned red, even her earlobes were as red as if they were dripping blood. Without asking for an answer, she prepared to get up and leave.
"Don't go, Youning... my dear Ali."
Yan Li's skirt was tugged at again. "Your Highness, this isn't appropriate, I..."
"I won't do anything to you, good Ah Li. It's pitiful that I was schemed against by your heartless half-sister, and you won't even comfort me."
He let out a muffled groan, as if he were deeply moved, and Yan Li's face turned even redder.
"Wen Yichu, can you tone it down a bit!"
The panting beside her grew heavier, and Yan Li couldn't pull her skirt away from being held. She wished she could just be a wooden doll.
A muffled laugh came from behind her. "Is You Ning embarrassed?"
"If you're really feeling unwell, I'll call a doctor for you."
Just when Yan Li thought the commotion was about to end, Wen Yichu started again, causing her to feel a headache and sore legs.
Wen Yichu ignored him. After a long time, the water in the pool finally cooled down, and Yan Li, who could no longer stand, sat down.
Having been forced to listen for an hour, she now genuinely wanted to settle accounts with that person.
"Have you figured out how to handle this?" After climbing out of the pool, Wen Yichu demonstrated to Yan Li what profound internal strength was all about.
Before long, his clothes were dried by his own internal energy.
"I've thought of something; let's give her a beating."
Looking at Wen Yichu in front of her, Yan Li realized what was going on and said, "However, if you can dry clothes with your internal energy, suppressing the effects of that medicine would be a piece of cake, wouldn't it?"
Wen Yichu stiffened, naturally refusing to admit her ulterior motives, and instead feigned weakness once more:
"How can these be the same?"
Yan Li, who had never practiced it, looked up with skepticism: "Isn't it the same?"
Wen Yichu lied without batting an eye: "Yes, it's different."
"But are you really only planning to give your half-sister a beating?"
Wen Yichu's eyes were slightly upturned, and his pale-faced scholar-like appearance made it difficult for people to be wary of him at first glance.
At this moment, Yan Li didn't understand the meaning behind Wen Yichu's words at all, and nodded very naturally: "Mm".
Wen Yichu sneered: "But I want to send her to a nunnery to become a nun."
"Ah Li, do you even know what your half-sister did? She drugged me with aphrodisiacs, she wanted to get into my bed, and all you did was beat her with a board?"
"She drugged the Crown Prince; you should have killed her."
With such rudimentary methods, how can they possibly cure people? They'll just get eaten by those demons.
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