Chapter 182: The Vicious Eldest Daughter (47)
Wen Wan ended up lying in bed all day. Except for mealtimes, she was too embarrassed to let Xiao Taozi serve her. She drifted off to sleep again and was eventually woken up by a series of kisses.
The moment she opened her eyes, she saw Gu Xi's face close to hers, extremely close.
Wen Wan tilted her head slightly. "Your Highness is back?"
Gu Xi smoothed Wen Wan's hair. "Your Highness has worked hard. When I went to the palace, I asked the imperial physician to prescribe some medicine to reduce the swelling. She will recover quickly after taking it."
Wen Yan: "..."
What medicine? Where is it used? Why is the male lead so blunt? Wasn't he usually quite indirect?
Seeing that the princess was almost buried in the quilt, Gu Xi chuckled, "Is the princess shy? In the whole world, there is only one princess who can be served by me, and besides, what part of the princess haven't I seen?"
Sensing that Gu Xi was about to pull back the covers, Wen Wan quickly stopped him, saying, "I'll do it myself."
If someone else were to do this for her, she'd probably have to die.
"Alright then." In the end, Gu Xi couldn't bear to bully her, so he placed the porcelain bottle in Wen Wan's hand. "I'll go ask the kitchen to make you something to eat." He patted Wen Wan's head and left.
"Um."
...
Little Peach stared at her subtly all day long. Wen Wan was fine at first, but the more Little Peach stared at her, the more embarrassed she became.
"Little Peach?"
"princess?"
"How old are you this year? Aren't you of marriageable age?"
Little Peach immediately tried to kneel down, "Your Highness, I belong to Your Highness in life and in death. Please don't send me away."
“I think Yaozu is pretty good. He likes you quite a bit. He’s not a good-for-nothing playboy anymore. Why don’t you consider him?” As soon as Wen Wan finished speaking, she saw Xiao Taozi’s face turn red. Clearly, it wasn’t just Wang Yaozu who was infatuated; it was a case of mutual affection.
"Your Highness, please don't talk nonsense. I don't like him."
"Really? Then I'll find him another girl. You have no idea how popular Yaozu is right now. All those ladies from Heaven on Earth are throwing themselves at him. If you really don't like Yaozu, I'll make him give up. Maybe it'll even lead to another good match."
Little Peach: "..."
The princess is so wicked; this is definitely revenge against me.
"Your Highness~ Little Peach was wrong, Your Highness, please don't make fun of me."
Watching Xiao Taozi run away, Wen Wan lay on the soft chair, laughing heartily. Chunye brought in tea and asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong with Xiao Taozi?"
"Are you shy? A girl grows up and leaves home; keeping her around too long will only breed resentment. Chunye, you're in the prime of your life now. Do you have someone you like? If so, I, the princess, will help you find someone."
Chunye: "???"
"This servant has no one she likes."
"That must be because you haven't had a chance to leave the palace. Go out and wander around every day, get to know more people, and maybe you'll find someone you like someday. I'll prepare a dowry for you then, and I'll make sure you get married in style."
Chunye blushed. "Your Highness, please have some tea."
Then she put down the tea, blushed, and ran away.
Wen Wan: "These young girls are so shy."
The system couldn't help but blurt out, "[Host, that's enough. Do you think everyone is as shameless as you?]"
Wen Yan: "..."
She wasn't going to argue with someone who wasn't human, since he couldn't possibly expect anything good to come out of his mouth.
Just then, Liu Qiyu arrived carrying a box. "Huang'er." She had heard that her daughter hadn't gotten out of bed all day. This young man was truly emotionally rich.
"Mother, why are you here?"
"I'm bringing you something."
"What is that?"
Liu Qiyu looked around, then quietly opened the box, which was full of medicine. "This is the medicine I took when I was pregnant with you. I've divided it into daily doses for you. You can have Xiao Taozi brew it for you."
Wen Wan: "..." Her mother still hasn't given up.
"This is for the prince. You can drink it with the prince. It's good for your health and for your offspring."
Wen Wan: "..." That's really not necessary. Wen Wan quickly refused, "Didn't I say that these things can't be rushed? It all depends on fate, and we're still young."
"You have to prepare while you're young, otherwise when you're older, childbirth will be like walking through the gates of hell, which is much more dangerous."
Liu Qiyu insisted, and Wen Wan was eventually forced to accept the medicine. However, after Liu Qiyu left, Wen Wan immediately threw it under the bed, as she had no desire to take this kind of medicine.
...
The situation in the palace became increasingly tense. The emperor, in his pursuit of immortality, kept Chu Sisi by his side every day to concoct elixirs for him.
Chu Feng regained his position as prime minister and became the emperor's favorite minister again. However, he was all show and no substance, and his inner self had long been stripped bare. He would be finished sooner or later.
The Crown Prince was making constant moves behind the scenes, slowly gaining control of court affairs. Wen Wan looked at Gu Xi, who spent his days reading and spending time with her. Why wasn't this male lead nervous at all? Did he actually have his own plans all along?
After some time, a major event suddenly occurred: Qinzhou, Chuzhou, and Ganzhou joined forces and launched an attack on the border of Mingzhou with 300,000 troops. The court was shocked, and even the emperor was awakened from his dream of immortality.
Within half a month, three cities on the border had been lost.
If no solution is found, something terrible might happen. Gu Xi, the God of War of Mingzhou, is being held captive in the Prince Xi's Mansion by the Emperor. At this time, the Emperor has no choice but to send him to the border to defend against the enemy. However, in order to prevent him from becoming too powerful, the Emperor came up with a solution: to keep Wen Wan, the Princess Consort of Prince Xi, in the palace.
Wen Wan never expected that the scenes that were originally meant for the female lead would end up happening to her.
In the original story, the three continents also launched an attack, and the male lead was forced to defend against the enemy, while the female lead was left in the palace to keep the balance of power. Later, the male lead won a great victory, and the female lead, in the palace, directly united with the forces left behind by the male lead to control the emperor and the crown prince. After the border was pacified, the army directly entered the palace and forced the emperor to revolt.
The male protagonist succeeded and became the emperor, while the female protagonist became the empress.
After that, they began to conquer other states, and the female lead played a crucial role, acting as a wise and helpful wife. In the end, the male lead unified the nine states and completed the legendary tale of an emperor and empress for all time.
So this is a key scene.
Now that Wen Wan is the Princess Consort of Xi, and she doesn't plan to give the male lead to the female lead, does that mean she also has to help the male lead complete the original female lead's scenes? And help him seize the throne?
Wen Wan asked the system.
The system is numb.
[Host, what gives you the audacity to say you'll control the Emperor and the Crown Prince, waiting for the male lead to seize the throne? Do you think you're the female lead?] The female lead saved countless potential victims with her medical skills. Although the plot of this world has been greatly altered, Chu Sisi didn't save as many people as in the original story, and most of the medicine was used on the Emperor. But what does our host have? All she does every day is eat, sleep, or date the male lead. She knows nothing. How can she possibly force the emperor to abdicate?
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