Rebirth of the Firstborn Daughter: Life is like a Dream

Capital city, the fourth prince’s residence.

"My noble and elegant concubine, this is the reunion cake that General Linghu sent from Baiyue City. It is different from the one in our capital. Would you like to try it?" Lianyi walked in holding the five-nut reunion cake that was cut into four pieces, and asked Shen Rouruo in a low voice.

Shen Rouruo was holding a secret letter sent from Baiyue City and reading it. Her pretty face showed no sign of emotion. There were turbulent undercurrents in her eyes, and her red lips, which were dotted with fragrant powder, were tightly pursed.

"Where is the Fourth Prince?" Shen Rouruo slowly raised her head and asked calmly.

"He went to the palace and hasn't come back yet." Lianyi replied.

Shen Rouruo folded the letter in her hand and said, "Go and call Chu Ziqian over. I have something to ask him."

Could it be that something happened in Baiyue City again? Lianyi thought to herself, but she didn't dare to ask more questions at this time. She responded and turned around to leave.

Lianyi walked towards the courtyard with small steps, but her mind inadvertently appeared the situation of the Fourth Prince's wife being furious half a month ago.

She had been closely following the Fourth Prince's wife since she was a child, and she understood her master's character and deep and terrifying ambitions better than anyone else. She also understood that it was not easy for the noble and elegant concubine to reach where she is today, and that she had put in more hard work and sweat than anyone else.

Many times, Lianyi would wonder, if Wei Bingyan had not blocked the Fourth Prince's wife at that time and let her enter the Wei family successfully, would the situation today be different? Would the Fourth Prince's wife be willing to be just a concubine of Wei Zhong?

In fact, there is no need to think too much. With the character of the Fourth Prince's wife, this is definitely impossible. Maybe Xiao will suddenly die prematurely like the previous noble and elegant concubine...

However, the Fourth Prince's wife's deep and terrifying ambitions were not limited to the garden. Dealing with the Fourth Prince's other women was just a piece of cake for her. Lianyi didn't know how the Fourth Prince's wife convinced the Fourth Prince to let her get involved in Baiyue's affairs and finally carefully cultivate her own people.

The Fourth Prince's wife became the support of the Fourth Prince, not relying on the help of her mother's family, but relying on her.

Lianyi sighed. The noble concubine's deep and terrible ambition has been growing...

But in the end he still lost to Wei Bingyan!

That day, news came from Baiyue City that Caifeng Tower was passively involved in turbulent twists and turns. If they did not stop, the Fourth Prince's wife would be blamed sooner or later, and even more secrets would be exposed.

Even the uncle in Baiyue City couldn't save Caifeng Tower. When the Fourth Prince's wife found out about this, she got very angry and cursed the uncle behind his back.

The chess piece that was originally the most useful one had its property confiscated by Li Yuyan. Not only did she lose her welfare for the year, but also all the hard work and sweat she had put in over the past two years. She now had no way to control Baiyue City or Caifeng Tower...

She relied on Caifeng Tower to be trained by the Fourth Prince, who not only treated her as his wife but also as his think tank. That was why she was able to hold all the power in the Prince's mansion even though she had no offspring...

But now they are all gone, all destroyed by Li Yuyan.

The Fourth Prince's Consort probably hated Wei Bingyan even more! Since Li Yuyan was Wei Bingyan's husband, the Fourth Prince's Consort hated that woman from the beginning, and it was unclear what tricks she would come up with to deal with her next.

I heard from others that the fourth prince's wife wanted to have someone assassinate Wei Bingyan last time, and used this to threaten Li Yuyan...

While Lianyi was thinking about this, she had already arrived at the courtyard and invited Chu Ziqian, who was in the study outside, to meet the Fourth Prince's wife.

Chu Ziqian is the Fourth Prince's think tank and was recommended by Shen Rouruo.

Shen Rouruo glanced at Chu Ziqian in the Fragrance Hall. All the maids nearby were sent away, and only Lianyi and another maid trained by Shen Rouruo were guarding outside.

"...We found out that not long after Caifeng Tower was closed, it was bought by people from Guanzhuang. I think it has something to do with Li Yuyan's wife." Chu Ziqian replied to Shen Rouruo softly.

"News came in that Cheng Yaoyuan had become enemies with the two brothers of the Wei family. Wei Dongbi... is not that simple a person. Ask someone to keep an eye on him." Shen Rouruo gave the order softly. Upon hearing that Caifeng Tower might be acquired by Wei Bingyan, she suppressed the resentment in her heart, and her eyes were filled with murderous intent.

Chu Ziqian was a man between 27 and 28 years old, gentle and handsome. He listened to Shen Rouruo's words with an indifferent expression and bowed his head in response, "The Imperial Concubine was planning to open another Caifeng Tower in the capital. Do you want to put this matter on hold?"

Shen Rouruo said coldly, "No need, just do as you said."

"Then, what about General Linghu..." The situation in Baiyue City could no longer be saved, but Linghu Longyan still hadn't returned. No one knew what he was trying to do.

"Don't care about him." Shen Rouruo said lightly. Linghu Longyan and she had always taken care of their own business. She knew very well why he went to Baiyue City this time. It was for that batch of silver. Now that the silver had been taken back by the court, what else was he thinking of doing there?

Their power in Baiyue City has completely collapsed in secret.

"I'm afraid that if he continues to stay there, His Majesty will become suspicious about the official silver and the Japanese pirates at sea..." Chu Ziqian said softly.

Shen Rouruo nodded, "I'll go to the palace tomorrow."

Only Empress Linghu can bring Linghu Longyan back.

"Fourth Noble Concubine, Princess Su Yan is here." Lianyi's voice came in.

Shen Rouruo said to Chu Ziqian, "You go down first, and don't contact Feng Manlou for the time being." In the secret letter received today, someone had already noticed the news about Feng Manlou.

Chu Ziqian agreed, "Yes!"

Princess Su Yan wore a purple jacket with peony flowers woven in gold thread today, which made her pretty face even more radiant and beautiful. She raised her upper jaw and walked into the Fourth Prince's residence as quickly as a cute Vietnamese bird, with a slight frown between her brows.

As they passed by, the servants kept following her, but she seemed not to notice and kept walking briskly without even pausing.

She was thinking about the painting she saw today.

Li Yunze kept this painting in his study like a precious treasure. He did not allow anyone to touch it and he never showed it to anyone. This painting was printed on the best jade-plate rice paper from Hua County, Huiju. This kind of jade-plate rice paper is currently as valuable as gold.

I heard from others that the bright colors will not fade, and the ink will not blur, for thousands of years. If you paint carefully on this kind of professional-grade jade-plate rice paper, the colors will be rich but not muddy, and light but not gray. The words and paintings are vivid, vigorous and brilliant.

If Li Yunze hadn't drunk too much last night, and if she hadn't gone to the study at that time, she probably wouldn't have had the chance to see this painting in her life...

Li Yunze never paints figures, but he paints landscapes very well. She thought he was not good at portraits, but it turned out that he only painted for one person with all his heart.