Reborn Daughter: The Young Lady Wants to Make a Trouble

"How did you get rid of those women who wanted to seize the dukedom?" Li Xueyue asked curiously, not knowing who the duchess's rival was.

Li Xueyue couldn't help but recall what she had read in Li Minghua's diary. It also mentioned a bad rumor... Maybe it was related to those women competing for the attention of King Li Chenyang?

"I don't want to admit it, but the Queen Mother is manipulating behind the scenes. Who dares to snatch the princess's man?" Duchess Wang Qixing thought thoughtfully.

Li Xueyue didn't understand why the Duchess frowned so unhappily. What happened?

"Of course, someone had the audacity to try to take him from me, even though she already had the most powerful man in the country as her suitor."

Li Xueyue raised her eyebrows. The most powerful person in the country? Did the duchess refer to the emperor? Her eyes widened. So, this "shameless woman" is the queen...? Her breath stopped at the thought. If it was the queen, the rumors that Li Minghua said might cause trouble.

Li Xueyue always felt like something was missing. How was it before? What had she forgotten? She felt like a piece of the puzzle was missing, but she didn’t know what it was.

"That woman was in love with the Duke. Hopelessly and completely in love with a man who was not hers. She was engaged to another man when it happened, but that didn't stop her from wanting the Duke." Duchess Wang Qixing trembled with disgust.

"I will never forgive her." Duchess Wang Qixing frowned even deeper.

"why?"

"She tried to break up the Duke and I. She did everything in her power to destroy us, whether it was spreading rumors about me or making up false scenarios to defame me. She is a crazy woman."

"But since she is already engaged to such a powerful man, why would she go to the Duke?"

"Because she married him out of power, not out of love." Duchess Wang Qixing shook her head. She was already an adult woman by then, and she shouldn't gossip. The past is the past, and it should stay that way. Or rather, she wanted to...

"Did she...love her husband?"

"In a way, I like to believe that she did love him. She loved more the title, the servants, the attention, the favor she got from him. That is, until her husband took another wife, and then another. Soon, their house was filled with flowers of every shape, type, and variety."

Li Xueyue looked around. They were not accompanied by any servants or guards. There were only two of them in the garden.

"Is the woman you are talking about the Empress Wuyi?"

Duchess Wang Qixing turned her head sharply in Xueyue's direction. She put her hand to her mouth. "I've said too much," she thought to herself.

"Whoever it is, dear."

Li Xueyue nodded slowly. She wondered if the Duchess knew how terrified she looked, how pale her skin was. Xueyue knew she was right. It was indeed the Queen.

She couldn't believe this turn of events. If the Queen had ever been madly in love with the Duke, enough to be the villain in the Duchess's love story, it would explain the Queen's hatred for Lee Myung-hwa, who looked like her parents, and especially for the Duchess.

"Anyway, you do understand what I'm saying, don't you?"

"A little bit." Li Xueyue said, biting her lower lip.

Duchess Wang Qixing gently held Xueyue's hand and squeezed it soothingly. "You must remember that true love is not easy, and simple love is not real. No matter what you encounter, you must face it bravely and fight back. Although women are beautiful, we are all evil."

Li Xueyue nodded. "I understand."

"As long as you keep your dignity, you'll never lose him."

"I've already done that." Li Xueyue thought to herself, her eyes burning as she thought of Yu Zhen's disappearing figure. He didn't even look at her. He didn't even realize when she fell. Was her hesitation so terrible that he just ran away like this?

Wen Jinkai immediately popped up in her mind. His hesitation towards her irritated her until she lost her patience with him. Yu Zhen must have felt the same frustration as her.

"Give him time. If he doesn't come back, it's his loss, not yours."

"I dare not agree." Li Xueyue said in a low voice.

"Xueyue." Duchess Wang Qixing said seriously. "You won't chase him. You won't look for his audience."

Li Xueyue stared at the ground. "Even if it's my fault?"

"What happened in the living room?"

Li Xueyue hesitated for a moment, but eventually told the whole story, from the first time they argued about her illegitimate status to her hesitation.

"He asked you to go to Han Jian?" Duchess Wang Qixing widened her eyes in disbelief.

"Yes."

Duchess Wang Qixing sighed. "I'll be honest with you, dear, I don't think you should go forward with this little business plan of yours."

Li Xueyue glanced to the side and transferred her body weight to her uninjured leg.

"Why do you have to risk revenge on them?"

Li Xueyue wanted to laugh, but her smile turned into a frown. "I was wrongly accused of murder," she whispered. "I have been tortured by them all my life, and I must find a way to get back at them."

"I know, dear, I know." Duchess Wang Qixing squeezed Xueyue's hands again. "This plan of yours is great, and it will be a great way to slap you in the face, but it will strain your relationship with Yu Zhen. Are you ready?"

"I thought you supported the idea of ​​us going to Hechen?" Li Xueyue pointed out puzzledly, wondering whose side the Duchess was on.

"Whatever you want, I support you," said Duchess Wang Qixing. "Your health is always my priority."

"Perhaps the test of time will prove whether our love is genuine or just infatuation."

"Perhaps," the Duchess agreed softly. "Are you sure you must stay in Wuyi to carry out this plan?"

“Yes, since my idea is for them, I can’t force the workload on Chenyang.”

"Well, he also benefits from this business, don't forget that." Duchess Wang Qixing chuckled. "I know you will make him a co-signer."

"It's the least I can do for him."

“I know.” Duchess Wang Qixing smiled warmly for the first time. “I just wanted to warn you.”

"about what?"

“You shouldn’t destroy yourself just to destroy others.”

“Everyone told me so.” Li Xueyue chuckled and looked around. The flowers were beautiful today, but she couldn’t appreciate them. Not now. “First Brother Wen, then Yu Zhen——”

"It's my turn now." Duchess Wang Qixing said for Li Xueyue. "We are just worried about you, my dear girl."

Li Xueyue nodded, not quite understanding. "I know. I have nothing against any of you."

"Not even Yu Zhen?"

Li Xueyue sighed. Before she could react, a servant had already rushed to the garden gate.

"Madam, madam." The servant said with his head down. "The doctor is finally here."

Madam Wang nodded. "Well, I'll treat you well then."