Reborn to be without his father but with his son, the prince shouted, "I'm not dead!"

Chapter 160 Are you in love with the second prince?

"You...how do you know?" Cao Lingru's heartstrings tightened and her breathing seemed to stagnate.

"Because." Ji Yunchu pulled the corner of her mouth open, "The emperor ordered someone to hand the poison to me, and he asked me to poison the Duke."

Cao Lingru clutched the collar of her clothes tightly at her chest, as if someone was grabbing her heartstrings hard.

"Why would you do this? He's your father!"

"My father? Ha, the Duke's Mansion is just using me as a stepping stone. If it weren't for my ability to please the Crown Prince, Ji Xiuxu would have kicked me out of the Duke's Mansion long ago. He personally went to pick up Ji Anyu and even tried to make her the Crown Princess! Who would have thought that I would become a joke in the entire capital?"

Ji Yunchu's resentful expression made Cao Lingru shocked and uneasy, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Yunchu, you are confused. The Duke has never looked down on you. He has never told me to replace you, and he never mentioned letting Ji Anyu be the Crown Princess. He has always loved you. Can't you feel it over the years?"

Ji Yunchu was filled with grievance and guilt, but she still insisted that she had done nothing wrong.

Cao Lingru looked at the well-behaved Ji Yunchu in front of her and didn't believe that Ji Yunchu would do such a thing as killing her father.

"Yunchu, were you forced by the emperor? You... you have always been kind-hearted, it is impossible for you to poison your father to death. What is your unspeakable secret?"

Ji Yunchu raised her eyebrows. She didn't expect Cao Lingru still believed her at this time. She smiled softly with tears in her eyes.

"The Emperor knew that I poisoned my grandfather. He said that as long as I poisoned the Duke, he would guarantee that I would become the Crown Princess. Who would have thought that the Emperor would go back on his word and watch the Crown Prince break off the engagement with me? Fortunately, the Emperor did not stop me from marrying the Second Prince."

The breath Cao Lingru had been holding on to suddenly disappeared, and she looked at Ji Yunchu's face with her dying breath.

This face had been carefully nurtured by her for more than ten years, but it still didn't look like her at all. The girl who looked like her had broken off all ties with her, and she had also said many hurtful words.

When Ji Yunchu saw the regretful look on Cao Lingru's face, she slowly curled up a cold smile.

"Madam Guogong, do you regret it? Should I have stood on Ji Anyu's side and kicked me out when I regretted the division of the family?"

Ji Yunchu glanced at the empty bowl that Yuan Niang had forgotten to take out.

"It's a pity that it's too late, Madam Duke. Don't blame me. You taught me to put profit first since I was young. Marrying the Crown Prince will bring me great benefits. Aren't you happy that I have become a profit-seeking person? I will soon marry the Second Prince. Although he is not the Crown Prince now, he is the one who is most likely to become the Emperor."

Ji Yunchu became more and more excited as he spoke, and for a moment he relaxed his guard and did not notice the frightened Yuan Niang standing at the door.

"If I put in a little more effort, I can become the queen, the mother of a country!"

Cao Lingru felt that her life was about to end and she closed her eyes in despair. It was all her fault for letting the wolf into the house. She had no face to face the Duke in the underworld.

"Madam, I will call you mother for the last time. Mother, I am also reluctant to see you die, but I have no choice. If you don't die, how can I marry the second prince with peace of mind? Only when you die can all your dowry belong to me."

Ji Yunchu watched as Cao Lingru struggled to get up excitedly and called for help after hearing her words, but her mouth was open but she couldn't utter a word.

"Mother, rest in peace. Please hand over the Duke's Mansion that you and father value the most to me in the future. When I become the queen, I will definitely revive the Duke's Mansion. In the future, the Duke's Mansion will be the support behind my son!"

After about three breaths, Cao Lingru died completely.

Ji Yunchu looked cold, threw the pendant in her hand to the ground, and turned around to leave, her face changed immediately, crying and asking people to arrange funeral for Cao Lingru. Yuan Niang hid in the dark and dared not show up, looking at Ji Yunchu angrily.

Ji Yunchu pushed the door open and entered the room. Her expression changed immediately when she saw Wei Luoyan. She looked outside cautiously, signaled the maid to keep watch, and then quickly closed the door.

"Mr. Wei, why are you here?"

Wei Luoyan hugged Ji Yunchu without saying a word, "You have been wronged." He thought about it carefully, but still couldn't let go of Ji Yunchu.

"Yunchu, if you don't want to be the second prince's concubine, I will marry you as my principal wife. I will definitely try my best to convince my mother to agree to let me marry you."

Ji Yunchu concealed her disdain and said with pitiful eyes.

"But many people saw me and the Second Prince that day..." She said with a tearful tone, "Master Wei, please forget about me. I don't want to implicate your Nanhou Mansion."

"I have considered all your worries, and I have thought of a way to relieve our worries."

Wei Luoyan's eyes revealed a confident light, "I will design for you to die of illness, and then arrange a new identity for you, so that you can marry me with a new look."

Ji Yunchu was surprised that Wei Luoyan actually came up with a solution. Seeing Wei Luoyan's eager look, she secretly cursed Wei Luoyan for looking for trouble. She was eager to marry the second prince, and now that the emperor agreed to her marriage with the second prince, she could not let Wei Luoyan ruin it.

"Master Wei, even if I change my identity, there are still many people who know me. I can't stay in the backyard all my life without going out. If I do this for a long time, your parents will be unhappy."

When Wei Luoyan heard the reluctance in Ji Yunchu's words, his face turned cold and he hugged Ji Yunchu tightly.

"Don't you have me in your heart? But now you would rather be someone else's concubine than marry me. Yunchu, are you in love with the Second Prince? When will you be together?"

Ji Yunchu could sneak around with him behind other people's backs, so would she do the same with the Second Prince when he couldn't see her? Wei Luoyan's face was vaguely angry.

Ji Yunchu suddenly felt the hand on her waist tighten. She said with pain, "Don't think too much. The Second Prince and I have never been together before. You are the only one."

She saw Wei Luoyan's expression relax and secretly thanked God that she had made the right bet.

"Master Wei, I don't want to change my identity because I don't want you to gamble the entire Nanhou Mansion for me. This is a crime of deceiving the emperor. Even if you like me, you have to think about your parents. If they are convicted because of me, I will feel guilty and will not live a good life. You don't want me to suffer for the rest of my life, right?"

Wei Luoyan was stunned. Yes, there was the Nanhou Mansion behind him.

"Yunchu..." Wei Luoyan held Ji Yunchu's face with both hands, "You have always been thinking about me. I have wronged you. Since I can't marry you, can we meet often in the future?"

Ji Yunchu secretly cursed Wei Luoyan for killing her. After she married the second prince, she definitely could not go to see Wei Luoyan, otherwise if she was discovered, she would be doomed.

His eyes moved to the sachet on Wei Luoyan's waist. After planning for so long, it's time to start.

Ji Yunchu's eyes were full of stars as she smiled. "Mr. Wei, I promise you that we will meet as soon as we have a chance. You go back to Nanhou Mansion first." She suddenly stopped smiling. "My mother passed away. I am a little tired."

Wei Luoyan saw that Ji Yunchu was sad and secretly cursed himself for coming at the wrong time. He stuffed a hairpin into Ji Yunchu's hand before leaving.

(End of this chapter)