Reborn Daughter: The Young Lady Wants to Make a Trouble

In Li Chenyang's private study, which only his closest friends and relatives were allowed to enter, the twins sat quietly. The bookshelves were filled with various books and scrolls. The category and title changed from "Leading a Country" to "Herbology: Different Plants of Wuyi".

Finally, Li Chenyang broke the silence. "Why can't Xueyue be here?"

"Okay, but it's not appropriate for this discussion," said Lord Li Chenyang.

"Why?" Li Wenmin asked, resting his cheek on his supporting arm.

"Some things were found in the palace today," said King Li Chenyang.

He walked to his desk, opened the drawer, and took out a hairpin. Silver and gold were shaped into thousands of petals, and gemstones of various shades and colors were mixed into a glittering hydrangea. When Li Chenyang gave the hairpin to the twins, the pearls on the hairpin shook violently.

Li Wenmin felt like he was poured with a bucket of cold water. He never thought he would see it again.

"This hairpin belongs to Minghua!" He stood up from the chair so suddenly that the chair fell to the floor, but he didn't care.

"How is this possible, father?" Li Wenmin asked.

"If the hairpin is not properly maintained, it will rust." Lord Li Chenyang said as he turned the hairpin with his fingers.

"Someone in the palace is handling it." Li Chenyang concluded with a frown. "But who? Why?"

Li Wenmin felt his whole body begin to tremble, starting with his eyes. He was furious when he thought of Li Minghua. He was not frustrated with her, but angry at the person she knew before the fire. He would recognize that hairpin anywhere.

Hydrangeas were Minghua’s favorite flower, and the Duchess’ favorite flower as well. Duchess Wang Chi-Sing gave Minghua this special design as a gift on her sixteenth birthday. She always used it to adorn her hair wherever she went. A few weeks after Minghua’s birthday, the hairpin went missing, and a fire ensued, destroying their estate in Hechen.

"Who else could it be?" Lord Li Chenyang sighed and placed the hairpin on the mahogany table.

"Impossible. He has left her, I know he has!" Li Chenyang shouted. He slammed his hands on the table, his blood boiling at the thought of this man. Li Minghua had given him her heart, but he was young and foolish. When her precious heart slipped through his fingers, it shattered into a million pieces.

"We can't be sure yet." Lord Li Chenyang said. "Just because he expressed interest in us Xueyue doesn't mean he's already moved."

"Xueyue and Minghua are only slightly similar." Li Wenmin gritted his teeth and said, with a blazing fire burning in his eyes.

"Madman!" Li Wenmin roared, stretched out his hand and waved it on the table. The teapot flew out and hit the bookshelf and shattered into pieces, causing everything to roll down with a loud noise, but neither of them was startled.

Li Chenyang pursed his lips and collected the scroll on the ground. He couldn't understand the idea of ​​damaging these books. He picked up the books in no particular order, whether it was "Han River Geography" or "The Road to Success is Betrayal".

"You don't think he's interested in Xiao Yue just because of this?" Li Wenmin sighed, scratching his hair in annoyance. "She doesn't like him."

Li Chenyang sighed heavily, leaned back in his chair, and put his arms behind his back. "Men are unpredictable."

"He can't have her." Li Chenyang said sternly. "We can't allow this to happen, Father. The last time one of our men was sent to the palace-"

"I know." King Li Chenyang interrupted.

The Duke is a more gentle man than his hot-tempered sons. He puts business before love, and always has. Despite his faith, his family means everything to him. Ensuring their safety is his priority, even if it means sacrificing others.

"Father, how did you find the hairpin?" Li Chenyang asked, while Li Wenmin was pondering on the innocent bookshelf.

"I had Lin look around the palace. He found this in one of the rooms."

Li Wenmin’s ears twitched. Whose room? Only two names came to my mind. “Well, what are we going to do?”

"Let's keep this matter secret for now. Your mother must not know about the hairpin, otherwise she will be shocked. We don't want this to happen." King Li Chenyang suggested.

He walked to the other side of the table and tucked the hairpin under the parchment. Next, he locked the drawer and put the key necklace back around his neck, hiding it under his clothes.

"That's not what I meant." Li Wenmin frowned. "What about Xueyue? What should we do in this situation? We can't let her be dragged into the palace, like Minghua!"

"Minghua was not dragged into the palace, she left on her own," Li Chenyang roared. "My dear brother, don't forget that she was the one who walked into the lion's den hoping to tame the lion and come out as a foreman!"

"Stop talking, you know she's just in love!"

"That's not love!" Li Chenyang roared. "If she had just stayed put instead of sneaking out every night, we wouldn't have this problem!"

“What?” Li Chenyang hissed. He turned around in time to see the twins sitting in their seats. Li Wenmin looked away, and Li Chenyang stared at the ceiling. Neither of them wanted to talk.

"What did you just say?! She sneaked out?" King Li Chenyang shouted.

Li Chenyang cursed silently in his heart, revealing the secret. Li Wenmin simply turned his eyes away from his angry father.

"Really?" asked Li Chenyang.

Neither twin answered. Suddenly, the book was interesting to Li Wenmin, and the carpet was interesting to Li Chenyang.

“Really?!” King Li Chenyang repeated, his eyes widening in disbelief. When they continued to remain silent, he sighed in frustration. He was not angry with the children, but disappointed.

"What happened in the past cannot be undone, but I need to know if she sneaked out," King Li Chenyang explained.

"Why does it matter now, Father? What if she sneaks out?" Li Chenyang snorted.

“Because we want to know who else she met,” King Li Chenyang replied, a calculating gleam in his eyes.

Li Chenyang blinked. "What do you mean?"

"Besides him, who else did she expose herself to?" Li Chenyang gritted his teeth. "How many people did she know? How many people she thought were friends were actually enemies? Who deceived her?"

Li Chenyang's bewildered expression suddenly became clear. Perhaps, there was more to the matter than what appeared on the surface.

"You mean... there were other people involved in persuading her to enter the palace?" Li Chenyang asked.

"Yes, Minghua has no friends. Any stranger she meets may trick her into leaving us and entering the palace." Lord Li Chenyang frowned.

Even after two years, he could not erase the guilt of keeping her locked up in his house, restricting her movements. He did this to protect her, but it inevitably made her feel like a caged bird on display. During those disturbing nights, the guilt turned into nightmares that woke him up in a sweat.

Li Minghua's life in the palace should have been happy and sweet, because she was the daughter of the prime minister and the niece of the emperor, but it was not the case. And she never told him her troubles.

“I’ve never taken any risks with her,” Li Chenyang concluded. “I don’t know who else she’s talking to.”

"Why are we bringing this up again?" Li Wenmin frowned. "Can we focus on something else, please? What happened has already happened. There's nothing we can do about it now, but--"

"No, we still have a lot to do." Lord Li Chenyang said, his eyes lingering on the bookshelf. "Let's start by destroying her royal family."

Hearing the meaning of the prince's words, Li Chenyang's back stiffened. Li Wenmin must have felt the same way as his twins, and his expression changed from disbelief to understanding.

"It will be difficult to deal with them," Li Wenmin said slowly. "They are protected by the best soldiers this country has ever seen."

"Yes, then who is responsible for them?" Li Chenyang thought thoughtfully.

Li Wenmin swallowed his saliva. "Father, you didn't mean it—"

"No, of course not." King Li Chenyang smiled, though it sounded heartless and a little awkward. "Don't worry, son. She'll be safe."

Li Chenyang nodded. "Then how can we protect her? We can't lock her in the house."

“No, we can’t.” Li Chenyang shook his head. “But we can finally open the door to her suitors.”