Chapter 120: The Princess Whose Luck Was Stolen
Lu Yao suddenly raised her eyes, her fingers sinking into her palms. She stared at Su Tan without blinking, her voice hoarse, "You...what did you just say?!"
"Lu Ling?!"
Ever since she returned to the palace, people didn't say anything openly, but they always compared her with Lu Ling in private.
The servants may not know, but the concubines and princes know very well that Lu Ling is a fake and she is the real princess.
But what’s the use?
Lu Ling is beautiful and outstanding.
He was deeply loved by Emperor Qinglong.
It is a bright and dazzling pearl.
Looking back at myself, I am just an inconspicuous grain of sand in this mundane world. If I were thrown into the sea of people, I would not be found at all.
In the eyes of everyone, she was certainly not as good as even a finger of Lu Ling.
Therefore, Lu Ling's son-in-law was personally selected by Emperor Qinglong. Even a small matter like building a princess's mansion would be personally inquired about by Emperor Qinglong, for fear that others would wrong Lu Ling.
However, when it was his turn, Emperor Qinglong simply chose someone at random from the crowd without any care. He might have liked Yan Qin, who he found somewhat pleasing to the eye.
The gap between the two is so huge. Lu Yao has never been a saint, so how could she not feel resentment?
People always say that crying children get candy, but the prerequisite for getting candy is that the child is really favored.
If an unpopular child like her keeps crying, it will only make people feel annoyed.
She was thrown into Lanzhou so easily. Fortunately, the Yan family treated her well.
Unexpectedly, it made up for her yearning for family affection.
However, now the truth was revealed nakedly. A hint of sneer appeared in Lu Yao's eyes. She stared at the beams, and a bit of hatred subconsciously appeared in her eyes.
"Lu Ling has taken away everything from me, doesn't she think it's not enough?"
"My father's favor and my brother's love are all hers! I was thrown into Lanzhou a few years ago. I have been sensible and never come to the palace these years. What else does Lu Ling want?"
Lu Yao suppressed her anger in her heart, feeling as if something was blocking her. To her, the unpleasant fragments in her memory were like a snowstorm that would never stop. It came cruelly and was accompanied by an unbreakable chill.
She looked at Su Tan and suddenly remembered that she was not completely unable to learn anything at the beginning.
When she first arrived at the palace, she learned the rules very quickly, and the nanny even praised her.
As for reading and writing, although he was not a prodigy with extraordinary abilities, he could read ten lines at a glance and remember everything he saw.
But she was a quick learner.
But such fragments were only fleeting in her memory.
Later on, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't move to the next level. Everything I wanted to do and learn ended up going against my wishes, and I ended up wasting my money and time.
In the past, Lu Yao always thought that it was because she was stupid and could not learn anything, so no matter how she did it, she would eventually sink into the quagmire and there would be no way out.
But now...
Lu Yao's lips and teeth trembled, but now Su Tan said that her luck had been taken away by someone!
"I've heard that things in this world are always about one thing rising while another falls. My luck has been taken away, and everything I do goes against my will. No matter how much time I put in, it's all in vain."
"So... in other words, did Lu Ling get what she wanted? Did everything go smoothly?!"
Su Tan took in all the emotions in Lu Yao's eyes.
She nodded slowly and spoke word by word, "Your Highness, you've had a smooth and worry-free life. It's a pity that you were plotted against, leading to this ending."
"However, this matter is not without room for change. It all depends on whether the princess is willing to fight for herself."
Everyone prays for a savior to appear, but most of the time, people in this world can only save themselves.
She can help Lu Yao.
But she could help Lu Yao once, but not a second time. In the end, Lu Yao still had to be able to stand on her own.
Lu Yao suddenly raised her eyes, and suddenly grabbed Su Tan's arm tightly, with strong hope bursting out of her eyes. She was no longer the lifeless person who didn't care about life and death.
Instead, he burst out with strong vitality, and his eyes were full of desire for life.
"County Princess Jiayi!"
"Help me!"
"Please help me, I beg you. As long as you are willing to help me, no matter what the price, I will be willing to help you!"
She is no longer the Lu Yao who knew that others were plotting against her, but was still willing to please them just to maintain a superficial illusion.
Su Tan looked at Lu Yao, her eyes almost reaching hers. She heard her own voice ask softly, "What price is your Highness willing to pay?"
"if……"
She moved her lips slowly, even raising an eyebrow as she spoke, staring at Lu Yao without blinking, "What if the price of Your Highness's survival is the annihilation of the entire Yan family?"
"There are some things I must make clear to Your Highness from the outset. Otherwise, if Your Highness becomes resentful in the future, I cannot bear your wrath."
Su Tan's voice was neither cold nor indifferent.
She saw everything about Lu Yao's attitude towards the Yan family just now.
When she told Lu Yao all the truth, it was not because she sympathized with her, or anything else.
However, Emperor Qinglong issued an order that she must bring Lu Yao back safely.
Su Tan had no habit of disobeying orders.
Lu Yao was willing to sacrifice her own life for the Yan family, so she had no say in the matter. However, she had to tell the truth to prevent the other party from being kept in the dark.
"Your Highness, you are deeply in love with Yan Qin, and you are even unwilling to commit suicide. I still hope that Your Highness can think it over carefully. Otherwise, if one day Your Highness suddenly regrets it and feels that the Yan family is not worth dying for, then I will be in dire straits."
Lu Yao: “…”
I don’t know if it was her illusion.
She always felt that Su Tan's words seemed to be a bit teasing.
She gritted her teeth and said, "I'm not a sucker!"
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