She had never read Mary Sue novels and didn’t know their tropes. Did all males really fall in love with the female lead? It seemed manageable; she could find a suitable yandere and complete her task.
However, she wasn’t safe. The emperor might die any moment, forcing her to be buried alive, and Min Shi’s plan to take her away was likely known by both Gu Lian Chang and Wei Shu. Wei Shu seemed to want to blackmail her, but what was Gu Lian Chang’s purpose?
As for who was the yandere, Wei Shu was certainly perverted enough, Min Shi seemed normal, and Gu Lian Chang was uncertain.
“Jiao Jiao, is Wei Shu a yandere?” Ruan Ning asked.
The standard female voice promptly replied, “Yes.”
Ruan Ning felt intimidated. Wei Shu wasn’t bad-looking and had an acceptable physique, but his sexual preferences were outrageous. Why would he defile his stepmother in front of his own father? She didn’t want to have sex with a third party watching, even if it was a vegetative person.
“Is Gu Lian Chang a yandere? What about Min Shi?” Ruan Ning asked again.
“Gu Lian Chang is,” the voice responded.
Ruan Ning was overjoyed – there was indeed an alternative!
But… was Gu Lian Chang a man?
“You can verify that yourself,” the standard female voice teased.
Ruan Ning: …
Who would want to verify that!
The rest of the night was calm. The emperor didn’t wake up, and Min Shi didn’t appear. At dawn, a palace maid woke Ruan Ning, informing her that she had been assigned to Yi Kun Palace and needed to move quickly.
“Your Highness is truly blessed. Yi Kun Palace is second only to the Empress’s Kun Ning Palace. Even the highest-ranking Virtuous Concubine lives in the Storage Selection Palace,” said a pretty palace maid named Xiu Xin.
The Empress had died long ago, leaving dozens of concubines, mostly low-ranking. Only the Virtuous Concubine remained among the four ranks, and her son, Prince Jin, was favored by the emperor.
What purpose does he have? Was Min Shi removed by his hand or Wei Shu’s? If he has malicious intent towards her, why stop the De Fei? If not, why bring her into the palace as a living widow and arrest Min Shi?
