“But you fell into the water at this critical moment, falling from the bridge with that girl, causing you to be in a coma for half a day, with a high fever that almost ruined your health, entirely disrupting the ceremony. This incident was too coincidental. That girl must have had malicious intentions. You cannot protect her anymore.”
Coming-of-age ceremony…
Ning Wanwan suddenly froze. This time, she would absolutely not repeat her past mistakes!
Chapter 2: Reunion
In her previous life, she and Crown Prince Si Yi were betrothed from childhood. Her grandmother had cultivated her as the future Crown Prince’s wife, waiting only for her coming-of-age to set the wedding date and enter the Eastern Palace.
She naturally prepared to marry Si Yi until one year during the Lantern Festival when she was kidnapped by bandits and later rescued by a mysterious person.
Afterwards, she always thought the mysterious person was Si Yi, and from then on, she was completely devoted to marrying him.
However, after marrying Si Yi, she discovered he was not her life-saving benefactor and didn’t even like her. The jade pendant was not his either.
Everything had been a misunderstanding and part of a larger conspiracy. She always thought Si Yi was her benefactor but was unclear of his feelings towards her. As a noble lady, she couldn’t ask him directly about his intentions.
Her half-sister Lin Yutong often helped her strategize ways to win Crown Prince Si Yi’s heart, even personally delivering messages between them. She viewed Lin Yutong as a true sister and never suspected her intentions.
That changed the day the Empress was about to bring the Crown Prince to the Ning Guogong Mansion. As she and Lin Yutong headed to the front hall, a maid urged her to hurry to avoid missing the auspicious time for the coming-of-age ceremony. Lin Yutong pulled her along, and she followed without question.
Upon reaching the Bin Wind Bridge, she slipped and fell into the icy lake water. After waking up, she heard that Lin Yutong had jumped in to save her.
Later, rumors spread that she had deliberately pulled Lin Yutong into the water to save herself, stepping on her body to get ashore. She was branded with the crime of harming her sister.
