Why do you think it was him?
The person being asked finally responded.
Su Yanwan's lips curled into a barely perceptible smile.
“He is fond of me, and for my sake he did not hesitate to question the Empress. He might even send someone to protect me secretly.”
She noticed Su Yucheng's expression and saw that his brows were furrowed. She thought he was jealous, and the smile on her lips deepened slightly.
Then, when Su Yucheng looked at her, she threw herself into his arms again, saying, "I don't want to enter the Eastern Palace, I just want to be with you for a lifetime."
But Su Yucheng avoided it this time, saying helplessly, "Wan'er, don't be silly, we are siblings."
"Isn't it too late for you to say all this now?"
Su Yanwan was very annoyed by his avoidance.
"You were the one who took the initiative back then. Why didn't you scold me for being ridiculous? You knew very well that we weren't siblings at all."
"If you were willing, I could find a way for us to get married legitimately, but you've distanced yourself from me, which truly breaks my heart."
Su Yucheng glanced worriedly at the door, and seeing that it was tightly closed, he took a deep breath and pulled Su Yanwan to sit down on the edge of the bed.
He spoke earnestly, "Wan'er, in the eyes of the world, I am your own brother."
What happened back then was a moment of folly due to my youthful inability to control myself. Over the years, I have always regretted it. You are so wonderful; you deserve the best man in the world.
Now that you've met Wan'er, I've been dreaming of you being well, so that I won't feel guilty and lose sleep over it.
The Crown Prince can give you wealth and honor, but your brother can't. Wan'er, tell me honestly, do you really not want to be the Crown Princess?
Su Yanwan dug her nails into her palms.
Do you want to become the Crown Princess and one day rule the world?
There isn't a single woman in this world who wouldn't want that.
Why was Ye Wantang able to be so high and mighty in the past, looking down on other noble ladies in the capital as her followers? Wasn't it because of her future status as the Crown Princess?
Every time Ye Wantang talked about how glamorous her future would be, she was incredibly jealous.
But one can only be jealous, for Ye Wantang has a good mother, and her marriage was personally bestowed by His Majesty.
Fortunately, she had Su Yucheng's love.
But in the past two years, Su Yucheng has been going out more and more often and has become increasingly distant from her. Meanwhile, the Crown Prince has broken off the engagement, leaving the candidate for wife vacant.
That day, my cousin suddenly returned to her parents' home and said that the Prime Minister's Mansion would fully cooperate with her to marry into the Eastern Palace.
On one side was her ex-lover who seemed to have changed his mind, and on the other side was immense wealth. She wasn't stupid, so she naturally chose the latter.
It would be a lie to say that she didn't want to become the Crown Prince.
She wants to enter the Eastern Palace, and she wants Su Yucheng too.
She may not love Su Yucheng, but Su Yucheng can't get rid of her, since he was the one who provoked her first.
She couldn't reveal her true feelings, so she held onto him and said, "As long as I can be with you, I don't need wealth and status."
She suspected that the Empress was behind tonight's events. The Empress looked down on her and wanted to ruin her reputation so that the Crown Prince would not be able to marry her.
If she marries into the Eastern Palace in the future, the Empress will definitely make things difficult for her. Being a daughter-in-law of the imperial family is not easy, and she will always need some comfort to keep going.
Su Yucheng's love was her solace.
“I will have my mother announce to the public that I was switched at birth when she gave birth, and that I am not the biological daughter of the Su family.”
"Then you can say that my mother raised me for many years and couldn't bear to let me leave the Su family, so she's marrying me off to you. That way, we can go from being siblings to husband and wife."
This suggestion was made by Su Yanwan to Su Yucheng before the Su family approached her.
At that time, she truly wanted to marry Su Yucheng, and for this, she was willing to give up her status as the daughter of a high-ranking official.
Su Yanwan felt that she had sacrificed a great deal for love, and originally thought that Su Yucheng would be grateful to tears, and then happily marry her as his wife, and wholeheartedly stay with her until old age.
However, Su Yucheng refused.
Su Yucheng felt that Su Yanwan was crazy and wanted to stay away from her more and more, but a madwoman is prone to recklessness. He was afraid that if he angered her, she would reveal what happened back then and his true background.
Then he would have nothing left.
Therefore, I have tried my best to deal with her over the years.
But this time things took a turn for the better. The Su family had the idea of having Su Yanwan marry into the Crown Prince's palace. With the family decree in place, Su Yanwan had no choice but to comply.
That day, he went to the imperial estate with Su Yanwan, both to test whether Ye Zhen and the Crown Prince had feelings for each other, and to observe Su Yanwan's attitude towards the Crown Prince.
With the attention he'd received over the past few days, he was certain that Su Yanwan really wanted to become the Crown Princess.
"Wan'er, are you telling the truth?"
Su Yanwan nodded solemnly.
Su Yucheng was deeply moved and suddenly hugged her tightly.
"I used to feel that I was not good enough for you and dared not hope that I could stay with you forever. If you are really willing to marry me, I swear that I will keep you in my heart for the rest of my life and never let you down."
Tomorrow I will accompany you to see Mother. You have something on her that she can use against you; she will surely help you.
The mother he mentioned was the wife of the Vice Minister, Su Yanwan's biological mother, Madam Su.
But she wasn't his biological mother.
He is the son of Mrs. Su's former fiancé.
To climb the social ladder, Madam Su broke off her engagement with her father, and her father remarried.
They were originally unrelated, but after their respective marriages, they became entangled again.
Madam Su married Minister Su, but she loved his father. To prove her love for her father, Madam Su drowned the son she had with Minister Su and brought him into the Su family mansion to replace the Su family's child.
For so many years, Vice Minister Su was completely unaware of this, but Su Yanwan found out.
Madam Su is greedy for wealth and status, and Su Yanwan has this leverage over her, so she will definitely cooperate with Su Yanwan.
Su Yanwan's expression froze.
She hadn't expected Su Yucheng to agree this time, but now she didn't want to get married.
The acting went too far.
For a moment, they found themselves in a difficult predicament.
"What about the Crown Prince? And will Father make things difficult for you because of this?"
Su Yucheng never intended to marry Su Yanwan; he was just trying to scare her so she would cause her less trouble in the future.
Upon hearing this, he feigned pain and said, "I am not afraid of my father's troubles, but I am afraid that you will suffer with me in the future."
Wan'er, in my heart I hope you live a life of great success, and I would be happy just to watch from the sidelines..."
Su Yanwan didn't know whether she believed these words or not, but she accepted the situation gracefully.
Outside, Ye Zhen and Xie Tingzhou looked at each other in bewilderment.
Neither of them expected that their surprise return would lead them to hear such a secret.
The eldest son of the Su family is not a child of the Su family, there is a story between the siblings, and Madam Su also has secrets.
Ye Zhen decided to investigate the Su family's affairs, while Xie Tingzhou seemed to have figured out why the masked man refused to come in person.
He might know the Su family's secret and despise Su Yanwan for no longer being a virgin.
These still need to be verified.
Inside the room, the two hypocritical people reached a consensus to have Su Yanwan marry the Crown Prince.
"Brother, once I enter the Eastern Palace, I will definitely ask the Crown Prince to promote you. No matter how high I rise, I hope to have you by my side."
Su Yanwan was worried that if the Empress was behind tonight's events, there would be a next time if things didn't work out this time. She wanted to finalize her marriage with the Crown Prince as soon as possible.
"But Her Majesty the Empress may not agree."
She hoped Su Yucheng would help her.
Su Yucheng embraced him, her eyes cold but her tone gentle, "Wan'er, don't worry. It is the Prime Minister's will to let you get close to the Crown Prince, and the Prime Minister will not stand idly by."
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