Cao Yuei stood up from her bed. Her mother was dead, Cao Luoi was still alive. This isn't what she wanted at all! She had been promised a counterattack when she arrived at that contract space, so what was this?
The only difference this ti was that her quiet brother, who had zero self confidence, was more outspoken and knew one or two dicine tricks. It seed more like the counterattack was for him!
What did she gain?
Cao Xiwang woke up to find that Cao Yuei was no longer on her bed. He rubbed his eyes sleepily and called out, "Big sis?"
"What!" Cao Yuei snapped and then she sighed when Cao Xiwang flinched with wide eyes.
Cao Xiwang scratched his nose. His sister had never raised her voice at him before. It could be because she was sick and wasn't feeling too good, so he shrugged. "Uhm... How do you feel?"
Cao Yuei massaged her forehead. "I'm okay. Return to your courtyard, I need to freshen up."
Cao Xiwang nodded slowly and then he perked up in excitent. "Don't forget you promised to spend the day with !" Next he ran out before Cao Yuei could reply.
Cao Yuei called in the Wu sisters to fill the tub with water and prepare her for the day. Wu Bai kept fussing over her but Cao Yuei just kept silent. She was still caught up in her thoughts.
Once she was done, she walked around the Cao mansion aimlessly. Everything seed familiar and foreign to her at the sa ti. She was walking around the garden when she ran into Yu Ming and Cao Luoi. Her heart tightened.
"With the breaking up of our engagent, I don't think it's appropriate for us to be seen together." Cao Luoi said.
Yu Ming sneered. "What is that supposed to an? Why did you break off the engagent for no reason?!"
Cao Luoi remained silent and when she spotted Cao Yuei, she quickly walked away from Yu Ming. "Cao Yuei, I heard from your servants that you weren't feeling well, how are you now?"
Cao Yuei remained silent and just stared at Cao Luoi. Her heart was surging with hatred. Cao Luoi was not supposed to be alive. What did she do to deserve to live?
Cao Luoi saw that she wasn't going to get a reply so she just walked away with an uneasy feeling in her heart.
Yu Ming also noticed Cao Yuei and walked over. "You're happy aren't you?"
Cao Yuei arched a brow. "Why should I be happy?"
Yu Ming was taken aback for a mont. Cao Yuei was always peculiar about her proprieties. What was up with her today? "What is wrong with you?"
Cao Yuei shrugged. She was well aware that the crown prince had a hand in her death alongside the general and genius doctor. She had no good feeling towards any of them.
Yu Ming narrowed his eyes. "The broken off engagent was your doing wasn't it? You rejected my advances and then you turn around and convince Cao Luoi to call off the engagent with ."
Cao Yuei chuckled. "I didn't convince Cao Luoi to do anything. We're not that close and we never will be. She did sothing unforgivable to so we are more like enemies on a narrow road."
Yu Ming arched a brow and then chuckled. "I can see that you're not being prim and proper around . Is that perhaps ant to send a ssage?"
Cao Yuei rolled her eyes and walked away with a scowl whilst Yu Ming smiled with mirth and licked his lips.
Cao Xiwang had gone over to find Cao Yuei later but she'd dismissed him with the excuse that she was tired and he had obediently walked away after telling her to rest well.
Cao Yuei spent the rest of the day thinking up a good revenge plan against Cao Luoi but she couldn't co up with anything and went to sleep dissatisfied.
The next day, Cao Yuei was called over to the guest hall as she had visitors. She walked into the hall to find Shang Wu and Jiang He glaring daggers at each other.
Cao Long and Cao Feng had gone over to the imperial palace earlier so just the Cao family guards, so attendants and Cao Luoi were present.
Shang Wu and Jiang He straightened the mont she walked in and called out, "Second miss Cao..."
Cao Yuei raised a brow. "Any problem?"
Jiang He spoke up first. "Nothing really. I just decided to bring so gifts over to properly thank you for all your help. And-" He stared at Cao Yuei intently. "Since you're unmarried I also want to state my interest in formally courting you."
Shang Wu scoffed. "Jiang He, you're a re wandering doctor, what can you offer miss Cao? Do you expect her to marry you and join you in aimlessly hopping from one place to another?
-Miss Cao is of noble heritage and deserves soone who could win her high ranked titles and the admiration of the people." He looked over to Cao Yuei with a smile whilst Jiang He glared angrily at him.
"Miss Cao, I already told you of my original plans, you only have to say the word and the Shang family would begin preparing betrothal gifts and planning out a grand wedding for their new mistress."
Cao Yuei stared at the two n struggling to outdo themselves and her lips arched in mockery. How ironic. These were the n that had helped Cao Luoi in pushing her to her doom.
Now they were here, fighting for her favour. She wondered how Cao Luoi felt about this so she looked over to Cao Luoi only to find the lady staring at them with a complicated gaze.
Cao Yuei grit her teeth and turned back to the n. "I don't need your gifts or your interest. You may leave." And then she stord out of the guest hall.
For the next few weeks, the two n kept sending loads of gifts to the Cao household and soon, Yu Ming joined them in sending gifts but Cao Yuei ignored them all.
She was more concerned and angered by the fact that Cao Luoi was still living and receiving Cao Long's unconditional love. He was her father too! Why is it that he only had Cao Luoi in his eyes?!
Cao Xiwang had also been trying his best to spend ti with her but she also ignored him and when his pestering got too much, she had the guards stop him from entering her courtyard altogether. She liked the silent second son much better!
On the third week of her return, she suddenly woke up in the middle of the night. There were noises outside her window. She imdiately stood up and walked over to the door.
Before she could open it, her window was blasted open, even the protector ca off and a black clad figure smoothly entered her room. There seed to be an almost similar mory in her head.
Yu Ming.
His entrance was noisy and yet no one ca in, her guards and servants were most probably knocked out. Cao Yuei folded her arms across her chest. "What does the crown prince want?"
Yu Ming straightened and walked closer to Cao Yuei. "You rejected my advances but now I hear that you've been accepting gifts from two other n."
Cao Yuei rolled her eyes. "I did not accept their gifts and you've also been sending gifts too."
Yu Ming ca to a stop before Cao Yuei. He towered over her small fra and this made him delighted. He chuckled and brought his lips close to her ear. When she didn't step back, he smirked and whispered slowly, "Does that an you've been accepting my own gifts?"
Cao Yuei placed a hand on his chest to push him back. "I did not accept your gifts either." She still detested the three n and the only reason she did not return those gifts was because she wanted Cao Luoi to see that she was nothing special and that she, Cao Yuei, could also get the attention of powerful n.
Yu Ming's smirk turned seductive and he brought his face closer to hers. "Really?~"
"Crown prince, don't you think it's inappropriate to barge into an unmarried lady's room in the middle of the night?" A voice ca from behind Yu Ming and they both directed their attention towards the owner of the voice.
Shang Wu.
Yu Ming glared at Shang Wu and looked out the window. His subordinates were out there and yet the general managed to slip in. How could they be so useless? "If you did not have the sa idea, why are you here?"
Shang Wu grit his teeth. He had placed so of his subordinates to watch over Cao Yuei because he didn't trust that bastard Jiang He or this shaless crown prince.
Looks like it was a good decision. He was in the middle of cultivating when his subordinate and sent him news that the crown prince had sneaked into the Cao mansion!
He glared at the crown prince. "I had no such plan. As the future emperor do you not think your behaviour is absolutely detestable?"
Yu Ming's jaw ticked. "Who are you to lecture ?"
The two n were about to face off with each other when a different voice drew the attention of everyone in the room.
"What are the two of you doing here?"
Jiang He.
The genius doctor was dressed in white robes and held a bamboo tube in his hands. He had noticed that the general and crown prince had placed people around Cao Yuei so he had been alard and called in a favour that the leader of a rcenary group owed him.
The rcenary leader had sent people to keep an eye on Cao Yuei and pay close attention to the actions of the general and crown prince.
He was in the middle of refining dicine when he received news of people sneaking into the Cao mansion.
He quickly rushed over and with the aid of the rcenary group and so knockout powder, he was able to get in too. He eyed the general and crown prince. What were these n planning on doing?
Cao Luoi watched as the three n faced off each other and a plan suddenly ford in her head. She smirked.
"You all want my attention right?" She said and the n held off their hateful stares at each other and turned to face her. "Well I detest soone, a lot and want to teach her a lesson. What are you going to do about it?"
The three n exchanged looks and they all saw the eagerness to outdo each other in each other's eyes. They didn't even bother to fully understand the situation.
Cao Yuei was a prim and proper lady who minded her own business. For soone to irk her this much, that person must have committed a grave sin against her.
"Well, what is the plan?" Shang Wu spoke.
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