After Rebirth, the Green Tea Illegitimate Daughter Became a Master of Schemes

Chapter 3 - Eavesdropping

Unable to resist, she halted her steps and overheard the maid in the tea room whispering, "Why does Madame speak like this? She is now a concubine in the Wangfu, what's so bad about that?"

The woman couldn't help but let out a soft laugh, scolding the maid, "You silly girl! You only see her high status, but who knows the true hardship she endures inside?"

Ruan Yuluan froze, vaguely sensing that these words were far from kind, but she still could not stop herself from listening further.

"Do you think Fushan Wang is a good man?" Ruan Yuxi sneered slightly, "He loves beautiful women, but being old and weak, he's incapable in the bedroom... so he takes pleasure in torturing people. In just three years in the Wangfu's back courtyard, five concubines have died... They say they passed away due to illness, but I managed to find out the real reason."

She leaned closer to the maid, gritting her teeth, "They were all tortured to death by him!"

The maid's pale expression seemed to please Ruan Yuxi, who then laughed lightly, her demeanor somewhat gleeful. "Tell me, with such a family, no matter how rich and powerful, who would willingly marry into it?"

The maid couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Then how did Ruan Niangzi... come to accept it?"

"She's just foolish!" Ruan Yuxi said, "At the time, when we went to the banquet together, I noticed something was wrong with the wine... so I secretly swapped her wine pot while she wasn't paying attention... She didn't taste it and got dizzy after a few sips, which led to her being taken away by the Wangfu's people and being raped by Fushan Wang... and that's how she ended up like this!"

In the room, Ruan Yuxi sighed lightly, seemingly to ease her own heart, "Actually, I didn't do much... It's just that she didn't realize it. Perhaps this was her fate."

Outside the door, the woman was stunned, almost unable to stand. Ruan Yuluan's eyes widened in shock, unable to believe what she had just heard.

Regarding the past... when they had attended the banquet at Fushan Wangfu together, she had been dizzy and gone out to get some fresh air, only to find she had lost her chastity upon waking... She had never suspected Ruan Yuxi.

But now she realized that Ruan Yuxi must have been prepared in advance... To protect herself, she sacrificed Ruan Yuluan to avoid this disaster.

Yes... Ruan Yuluan recalled that day when Fushan Wang visited, his gaze had lingered on Ruan Yuxi for quite a while.

Yet in the end... it was she who lost her chastity and had to marry into Fushan Wangfu.

Her face turned pale and weak, and what she had previously failed to understand now became clear.

It turned out she had been the most foolish person, believing it was all due to bad luck... when in fact, she had been used as a pawn.

She wanted to confront Ruan Yuxi but found herself trembling with anger.

Seeing someone approaching from a distance, she instinctively turned and fled in panic.

Her eyes were vacant, and the revelation of this long-hidden truth left her disoriented, unsure of where she had wandered.

Until she heard a slightly mocking voice from within the room, mentioning her name.

"...With the Ruan family's status, how could they be worthy of bearing His Highness's bloodline?"

She stopped in her tracks, raising her eyes to peek through the gap in the partially closed window.

Inside, there was no one else, and Fushan Wangfei was leaning on a low couch, supporting her forehead with her fingertips. The maid Yun Zhi attentively handed her a teacup, her tone laced with sarcasm.

The Wangfei took the teacup and sipped lightly, her voice cold.

"You're right. A mere concubine, with such a lowly background, it's better if this child doesn't come into the world."

In their whispered conversation, they decided the fate of the child in her womb.

Ruan Yuluan bit her lip, feeling a chilling sensation in her heart.