The Fourth Lady novel Chapter 138

Luo Bing really didn't do much for Qingyan's upbringing after all. That scene from three years ago continuously replayed in her mind.

Perhaps the thing she regretted the most in this life was leaving Qingyan all by herself in the capital.

This was her daughter, her most beloved daughter. In the past, she'd always felt that Qingyan wasn't intimate enough with them. But now, after getting closer, she felt that this child seemed to have grown a lot overnight.

And just as Su Yun said, they don't know what the price for this change was.

For Qingyan, perhaps this was something insignificant, but to them, it was a kind of blow, a kind of unerasable guilt.

"Do you think this matter today was really done by Yan'er?" Su Yun looked to Luo Bing with a blank expression, "Yan'er, this child, really has grown."

"Husband, today's Dragon Gate Banquet, let's just let nature take its course." Luo Bing said as she grasped Su Yun's hand.

Su Yun, seeing the smile on Luo Bing's face, nodded and smiled in response.

Qingyan naturally observed the interactions of this husband and wife pair. Although she couldn't clearly hear what they were saying, she knew it was nothing more than something related to her.

Qingyan felt that treating Su Yun and Luo Bing as her family wasn't something bad. After all, Su Qingyan was their daughter to begin with.

Furthermore, her own mother had died early. She'd never experienced that kind of motherly love before.

Towards her stepmother, she'd never treated her sincerely before either, but she really did treat Qilian Qingyi as her sister.

The thing she rejoiced the most was that after her mother died, her father never remarried*. This was also the reason why Qilian Qingyi remained a concubine born daughter this whole time.

(*T/N: While men can marry concubines in ancient China it's different from formally marrying a main wife. Usually concubines don't even get a wedding ceremony, and their names usually aren't recorded into the family's genealogy either. Concubines can be promoted to the main wife position though.)

But in the end, she wasn't content with the position of being a concubine born daughter, thus she dragged her down from the Empress position.

But just what kind of agreement did Weisheng Junyan make with Qilian Qingyi?

"Big sister, it's your turn."

Su Qingxue looked to Qingyan and softly spoke.

Qingyan slowly turned her head around to look at Su Qingxue and then at the chessboard.

In actuality, she knew that no matter how Su Qingxue played, it was all dead ends, just like with Xuanyuan Yufan.

No matter what path he takes, it's bound to not work.

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Su Qingming didn't expect that Xuanyuan Yufan would suddenly cancel this operation. This to him, was just an incomprehensible move.

"Your Highness, you suddenly deciding this, could it be......" Su Qingming looked to Xuanyuan Yufan with an anxious expression.

This to him was nothing more than a chance to extract revenge, to help Su Qingyuan get revenge.

And only under these circumstances, can Su Qingyan finally lose her standing. In addition, at that time, she would have no choice but to marry Xuanyuan Yufan.

Women, to Xuanyuan Yufan, was nothing more than a plaything. Later, he just needs to find an opportunity to let Su Qingyan make a fool of herself, and that way, Xuanyuan Yufan will naturally voluntarily abandon that kind of woman.

Then, his chance to take revenge will come. He will be able to bully and trample upon Su Qingyan however he wants. He can make her beg for death.

But now, just one word from Xuanyuan Yufan messed up all his plans.

How could he be content?

"The things this Prince has decided, do you have an objection?" Xuanyuan Yufan coldly shot a glance at Su Qingming.

Su Qingming felt a bit nervous under his gaze, "Your Highness, this humble subject didn't mean that."