Reborn Daughter: The Young Lady Wants to Make a Trouble

"You put me in a difficult situation, Jin Kai." The emperor thoughtfully placed the teacup on the tray carried by the servant beside him. Watching Li Wenmin and the young woman return to the tent, his cunning eyes flashed with a smile.

The queen hid her frown behind her fan. "She's beautiful, isn't she? Like the first flower of spring." She had hoped that Wen Jinkai would look at the second princess, but he acted as if he were air.

What happened to him? The Second Princess was obviously more beautiful than Xueyue in every way. She was proficient in everything, whether it was painting, playing the guqin[1], singing, or dancing, she was perfect.

The second princess is a kindhearted woman whose kindness never allows her to hurt others. She is a gentle soul and every man's ideal wife, but the only man she has eyes for acts as if she doesn't exist.

"My precious daughter, she is incompatible with you." The queen said, her eyes lingering on the Li family's tent. "Her origins are unknown--"

"I don't care." Wen Jinkai raised his voice to her for the first time and roared. She opened her eyes wide in disbelief.

"You can't be unreasonable."

“I can.” Wen Jinkai smiled coldly. “I only want her, no one else.”

The queen's heart sank to the bottom of the valley. She was too unbelievable to understand his frankness. Her eyes instantly fell on the second princess sitting on the chair, and her eyes fell on the petals in the tea.

"but-"

"I believe the Commander has spoken." The Emperor chuckled, his voice rich and full of energy. He stole a glance at his fourth son. "What should she do?" He rested his chin on his propped-up arm, his eyes gleaming with deceptive mischief.

The emperor decided to tease the commander with a cheerful smile. "She has attracted the attention of two suitors, one is the commander and the other is the prince. She is a troublemaker who disturbs the peaceful life of the court. Such a woman is worse off dead than alive." He said lightly, as if he was talking about something. The weather is very good today.

Wen Jinkai calmly fixed his eyes on the Li family's tent, with a nonchalant expression on his face. "Forward." He shrugged.

The emperor raised his eyebrows.

"But I must warn you, Emperor." Wen Jinkai slowly cast his murderous gaze towards the Emperor. His expression was so piercing and cold that everyone shuddered. When he smiled coldly, goose bumps appeared on their skin. "Your dynasty will end the day she shakes her head."

"How dare you!" The fourth prince roared, and stood up suddenly, overturning the chair to the ground. He pointed at the commander and said, "How dare you threaten me..." Wen Jinkai glared at him fiercely, and he couldn't say a word.

Wang Longhe felt his life flashing before his eyes, and the air around him became suffocating. This man... he was serious. He... he would really kill the emperor for a woman!

"Boy, do you understand what you mean?!" The queen shouted, her eyes suddenly looking at her husband. "He didn't mean that, my husband, he didn't--"

he did." The Emperor smiled widely, his eyes gleaming with unspeakable emotion. Slowly but surely, he began to clap his hands. "Good!" He chuckled, shaking his head in disbelief.

"You always make me happy!" The emperor responded cheerfully, calling the eunuch over. "Reward the commander for his bravery."

"I already have enough gold threads and pearls and other gifts. I just want one thing." Wen Jinkai growled in a low voice.

"You can't have her." The emperor said expressionlessly.

Wen Jinkai's eyes swept towards the emperor. The rage in his eyes was enough to burn the whole world to ashes. No one could stop him. If the commander wanted something, he would get it. By all means possible, even if the whole world had to pay for his mistakes.

"She's mine." Wang Longhe said harshly, glaring at Wen Jinkai. "Do you think King Li will give her to you? A man who's not even an heir!"

"Sit down, Fourth Prince. You are causing trouble." The Queen scolded sternly, and her disapproving eyes swept towards Concubine Gu Feiying. The message was clear: control your son before I do.

Wang Longhe frowned and sat down, and was pinched hard by his mother. The next second, he stood up again and wanted to approach the emperor. "Father, tell me--"

"I just said that Li Xueyue doesn't have a fiancé." The emperor said calmly. "I didn't promise you."

"but-"

"She is the daughter of a distinguished nobleman." The emperor leaned back in his chair and said leisurely, even though there was an angry commander beside him. A commander who would watch the world burn with his eyes fixed.

Gu Feiying's eyes flashed. The real question is, which noble?

"Her father works for us." Wang Longhe frowned. "Will King Li Chenyang not disobey the imperial decree?"

The royal family fell into an uncomfortable silence. They all knew that if Wen Jinkai did not brutally kill the messenger himself first, the Duke would definitely burn the paper and massacre the messenger.

"You can see it yourself. She doesn't want to get married at such a young age." The queen sighed in disappointment and finally spoke. "A girl like this is destined not to be a housewife."

"She will be miserable too." Gu Feiying fanned his son angrily while pulling him back to his chair. "How can she entertain guests if she has no skills?"

"You are really rich." Wen Jinkai said lazily, watching the imperial concubine Gu's face flushed. He sneered in disgust and looked away.

"you-"

"Enough." The Emperor sighed. "Someone has to put a check on your brave attitude, Commander."

"Perhaps your wife will teach you to be gentle." The queen glanced at the second princess Wei Chun and said, "A person with a gentle soul and love."

"This is incest." Wen Jinkai said lightly, turning to the queen with a sly smile. "You raised me as your own child, so I think the princess you are talking about is like my sister."

"I--" The queen was speechless and looked quickly at her husband.

"If you really want the girl," the Emperor began, his eyes shifting from one son to the other. One was biological, the other not. Unfortunately for the former, the latter was more important to him than a whining prince.

To him, the Fourth Prince is a white tiger walking on the earth, and the Marshal is a golden dragon dominating the sky. The two cannot cross, but both are deadly in themselves.

"You have to catch her yourself."

Wang Longhe frowned: "This is not easy."

"With pleasure." Wen Jinkai responded coldly. He came quickly and left quickly.

The queen turned to her husband in panic. "My dear husband, you can't let our Jincai marry that girl."

"My dear Queen, you know him better than I do." The Emperor sighed wearily. "Once he sets his sights on conquest, he will do whatever it takes to succeed."

He said grimly: "No one can tame him."

"Not even an imperial decree?"

"Especially not that one." The emperor sighed. "But the wife can."

"What do you mean? He's not the kind of man who obeys his wife's every word."

"Maybe not." The emperor replied vaguely, and an image flashed through his mind. There was a reason why the commander arrested Xue Yue in public, so that everyone could witness it. He made a possessive claim on her. If anyone touched her, they would soon lose a limb.

The emperor knew better than anyone present that even if Xueyue was betrothed to someone else, the commander would take her away by force. He would use all means to get her, even if it was morally questionable.

"He is obsessed with her." The Queen frowned. "Infatuation doesn't last long." She sighed softly. The Second Princess placed a hand on her mother's to comfort her. The Queen was referring to her relationship with the Emperor.

"We better hope this is more than just an infatuation." The Emperor snorted. "If we wish to control the dragon, we must control what is closest to his heart."

It was then that the queen realized, like a violent wave washing over rocks, that if she wanted to control the ruler, she had to control Xueyue.