Chapter 149: The Vicious Eldest Daughter (14)
Wen Wan ran out of the prince's courtyard and was shocked to see the blood on her hand. Wen Wan! You're so pathetic that you got a nosebleed from being so handsome. You're a disgrace to the world of "face-value fans".
"It's not my problem, it must be that the original body's internal energy was too strong," Wen Wan said. Did the system believe her? The system certainly didn't, but it still wouldn't expose its host.
[Host, I think you should reduce your contact with the male lead in the future; it's not good for your health.]
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After tidying himself up, he returned to his own yard. Yuanbao quickly ran over. Yuanbao had been pampered like an ancestor by Xiaofuxing and was now very plump and looked much rounder than when he first arrived.
Moreover, he completely reverted to his true nature, never having a quiet day, causing trouble everywhere, driving the servants in the courtyard almost crazy. Only when the princess was around would he pretend to be well-behaved.
Wen Wan hugged Yuanbao and rubbed him for a while before she could soothe the hurt she had just suffered from the social incident.
"Your Highness, Princess Huai'an sent someone yesterday to invite you to go boating on the lake."
Wen Wan: "I'm not going."
Wen Wan knew that Princess Huai'an had ill intentions. Looking at Yuanbao, she realized that Yuanbao hadn't fulfilled its purpose, and who knew what else she wanted to do? She was just an ordinary online novelist from modern times, and what she wrote were all melodramatic and entertaining stories. If it came to being cunning and scheming, she knew her own limitations.
Afterwards, Chunye mentioned that a bunch of people wanted to invite her to banquets, all of them idle noble ladies and wives of ministers who wanted to curry favor with Prince Xi, but Wen Wan refused them all.
After returning from the palace, Chu Sisi went straight to find Chu Huang.
"Your Highness, now that I have fulfilled my promise to you, shouldn't Your Highness also keep your promise and reunite my mother with me?"
As long as her mother is in the Prime Minister's residence, she cannot help but worry.
Lady Chu still doesn't know what she's going to do to her mother.
"certainly."
We cannot agree to this.
Wen Wan: "Of course not for now."
Chu Sisi looked angrily at Wen Wan, "Does the Princess Consort intend to break the contract?" She had recently been in the palace, where she had helped the Emperor resolve his long-standing insomnia and headaches, and had also helped the Empress Dowager recuperate. She was now favored by those nobles, and if Chu Huang insisted on forcing her, she would definitely be able to find a way to rescue her mother.
Chu Sisi had already started thinking of a solution. She hadn't placed all her hopes on Chu Huang, after all, she didn't trust him at all. One reason she agreed to treat Prince Xi's illness was that she wanted to repay Prince Xi's life-saving favor and have connections to meet more benefactors. Only by becoming strong herself could she truly be strong.
And what she has achieved during this period proves this point.
"So what if I broke the contract? Do you think you can do anything to me just because you're a lowly physician? Even if you become the prince's concubine, as long as I'm alive, you'll still be a concubine. Don't think I don't know you're trying to seduce the prince and climb over me. You're dreaming."
Chu Sisi: "???"
What concubine? When did she seduce Prince Xi?
Aside from delivering medicine daily, she never saw Prince Xi.
While apologizing to the female lead, Wen Wan started to portray a vicious character. Blame the system for this.
"What nonsense are you talking about? My relationship with the prince is completely innocent. No matter how much you hate me, don't slander my innocence." Chu Sisi said angrily, and then left. She was now certain that Chu Huang would never let her mother go.
Wen Wan said to the system, "How can you be so vicious?"
system:【……】
"This is the first time I've ever been a bad guy, and it's caused me a lot of psychological trauma. You have to give me some compensation, right?"
【No. 】
"You've never had a host before? You must have been beaten up before, right?"
The system did not respond. Each system in the Transmigration Bureau can only be bound to one host, and the fates of the two are intertwined. Therefore, even if it wanted to change hosts, it would be impossible.
[Host, after this, you should quickly complete the storyline, then feign death. Do not provoke any other storyline characters, especially Gu Xi; avoid him if possible.]
Why do you keep emphasizing this issue?
system:【……】
Why? Of course, because there are precedents to learn from!
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According to the system, Wen Wan refused to agree to let the female lead release her mother after that incident. Because of the social death of having her nose bleed in front of the male lead, even though the male lead had grown into a celestial being, Wen Wan did not want to see him for the time being.
For a while after that, Wen Wan spent her time playing with the dog in the yard.
However, Gu Xi still sent her countless gold and silver jewelry.
"I think I should bury more things," Wen Wan said to the system. The system didn't object, since as long as the host didn't put her thoughts in the wrong places, its requirements were already very low.
Anyway, the main storyline is progressing smoothly, the male lead's career is thriving, the female lead's career is also taking off, and their relationship is showing promising signs.
The task progress has reached 50/100, which is halfway done.
So that night, Wen Wan and Xiao Taozi each carried a bag of gold and silver jewelry, preparing to bury some more at the place where they had buried treasure last time.
"Your Highness, why did you bury so many things?" This princess is now of extremely high status, and the Prime Minister's mansion is not short of money, and the Prince Xi's mansion is even more so.
"You don't understand, just follow whatever I say."
It was the dead of night.
Wen Wan led Xiao Taozi up the mountain, and then started digging a hole. After burying it, she went to check the place where she had buried the treasure last time. To her surprise, she found that the soil in the place where she had buried the treasure last time had been turned over.
"Dig it open."
Little Peach quickly dug it open, but there was nothing there, let alone any treasure.
Wen Wan was shocked.
So the system reported a few more locations, but when we went to dig, the treasures had disappeared in almost every place.
"Your Highness, what happened to the jewels we hid last time? Weren't they stolen?" Little Peach asked, puzzled and shocked. It was no small sum of money, and just thinking about it made her heart ache.
"System, what's going on?"
System: [Host, what is destined to be yours will be yours, and what is not, you cannot force. These are not things you should have.]
"Bullshit, it was definitely stolen! Which damn bastard dared to steal my things? I'm going to find out!"
Wen Wan looked around, hoping to find some clues, but found nothing.
"Your Highness, we must hurry back, or Chunye will find out," Little Peach said.
Wen Wan didn't want to go back; she felt terribly injured.
"Go dig out the treasure we just found. This place isn't safe." There's a thief, and the one who stole her treasure.
The two tried to dig out the treasure they had just buried, but after digging a few times, they suddenly heard a strange sound.
Soon the sound became more distinct; it was actually the howl of a wolf.
Wen Yan: "!!!"
Little Peach quickly pulled her princess, "Your Highness, are there wolves in this place? Let's leave quickly."
Wen Wan asked the system, "There shouldn't be any wolves around here, right?"
No sooner had she asked than another wolf howl erupted, accompanied by a rustling sound. Before the system could even reply, Wen Wan had already grabbed Xiao Taozi and run, shouting, "Are there really wolves? Run!" She was carrying a hoe as a weapon for self-defense.
The system is trying to say: That feeling wasn't a wolf howl, but rather a human-made one.
They might be the same group that stole the treasure.
By the time the system spoke, she had already descended the mountain. Wen Wan hurriedly rushed back, only to find that several large pits had suddenly appeared where she had buried her treasure. There wasn't even time to hide them, blatantly telling Wen Wan that her treasure had been dug up, and just now.
"Depend on!"
Who the hell is he?
And were they lying in wait for me here? They've probably been watching me from the shadows all along.
"Your Highness, what's going on? It's too dangerous here, we have to leave immediately."
Even though it wasn't a wolf, it would still be quite terrifying if it were a human.
Wen Wan didn't want to leave; she wanted to find that person. However, Xiao Taozi somehow found the strength to pull her away.
Back at the palace, Xiao Taozi quickly changed the princess into a clean set of clothes. "Princess, don't be sad. Tomorrow I'll find a few people to keep watch on the mountain. Those people will definitely reappear, and we'll be able to catch them then."
Wen Wan: "Alright, it's late, go to sleep."
After Xiao Taozi left, Wen Wan asked the system, "Do you know who it is? Find out for me, I'm going to beat him up. These are my livelihoods, do you know how hard it is for me?"
System: [I don't know.]
I feel guilty after receiving the information I just found out.
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Meanwhile, Gu Xi heard his subordinate's report and saw a pile of mud-covered boxes in front of him.
"The princess has taken her maids to bury treasure on the mountain where we train again." The guard Ling Xiao was also surprised. After all, no one would go up the mountain in the middle of the night, let alone do such a strange thing, especially his master's princess.
"These are the ones buried tonight."
Ling Xiao opened the box, and Gu Xi glanced at it and knew it was a gift he had recently given her.
"Your Highness, what if the Princess Consort discovers something?"
After all, this is the master's biggest secret, and if it were discovered, it would be a fatal disaster.
"Besides burying treasure, what else did she do?"
Ling Xiao recounted what he had witnessed: "The princess even went to check the place where she buried the treasure last time. After finding nothing there, she seemed to cry and was quite sad. I think the princess may not have discovered our secret; it was just a coincidence."
"Then don't show up for now. She might send someone to keep watch, so be careful not to get caught."
"yes."
Gu Xi looked at the boxes in front of him and said, "Send these things to the warehouse and don't let them get out."
Ling Xiao: "Yes."
"Why would the princess bury treasure? Could it be that she has some kind of plan?" After all, the Prime Minister's mansion is famous throughout Mingzhou for doting on the princess, their legitimate daughter, so she certainly wouldn't be short of money. And after arriving at the Prince Xi's mansion, not to mention the things the prince often bestows upon her, the palace also frequently gives her gifts to show its affection for the prince. Why would the princess want to bury anything?
"Have Chunye keep an eye on the princess's whereabouts at all times, but if necessary, you can deliberately make her do something to give herself away. I'm quite curious about what my princess is planning to do."
After Ling Xiao left.
Gu Xi quickly summoned Qi Ling again, "What did Chu Sisi find out?"
"There is no evidence to prove that the village doctor Chu Sisi mentioned ever existed. Moreover, she did not show any medical skills before the Prime Minister's residence. The change started from the day of the wedding."
"She knocked out the maid who accompanied her in her dowry. We let her go as the prince instructed. She went to the Prime Minister's residence and took Chen Xin and Chu Qi away. Later, Chen Xin and Chu Qi were captured and taken back by Madam Chu. She later rescued Ye Nanfeng, the son of the president of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, and was then taken to the Prince's residence by the Princess. The Princess seemed to know that she knew about her medical skills."
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