Qiu Yelan wasn’t provoked by her. She said decidedly, “I dare. But I won’t!”

Anyone could tell that Xue Fangmi had set a trap in the greenhouse for Qiu Yelan. How could Qiu Yelan be so foolish to walk into the trap because of a dare?

Qiu Yelan refused to go into the greenhouse. She glanced at Xue Fangmi who was sneering, “Your wedding is in seven days which is the most important day in your life. But you’re still looking for trouble at this very moment. Aren’t you afraid that it’ll bring you bad luck? I don’t know what you are thinking!”

“My wedding?” Xue Fangmi didn’t look happy or shy after hearing that. Instead, she was angry!

She looked around and said, “Leave us!”

Qiu Yelan refused to let Chunran and Xiaran leave. She just looked at her calmly.

Xue Fangmi didn’t mind it. She ground her teeth and said after her maids left, “Have you heard of Li Xuan who I’m about to marry?”

“Sons of the Li Family are gentle and generous. And their family has good family traditions,” The nobles all knew about the in-law of Xue Chang. Besides, Qiu Yelan had done the research before going there to send her congratulations. So, she said flatly, “I have heard that your future husband is good-looking and talented. He also has a good temper. And he’s young and promising. Prime Minister Xue did a good job to select him to be your husband. You should cherish such a good husband!”

“I remembered that he and your cousin took the exam together. No wonder you knew about him,” Xue Fangmi seemingly thought that she knew nothing about Li Xuan. So, she was stunned for a bit and then sneered, “How about others? Does anyone else who doesn’t associate with the Li Family know about him? He’s just a nobody!”

“And it’s ridiculous for you to say that he is good-looking and talented. Everyone knows that your cousin Ruan Qingyan got the Juren title when he was 18. And he’s known to be talented and romantic! With a successful precedent like him, people like Li Xun are only said to be handsome and talented out of courtesy!”

“You think he has a good temper, but how could he compare to your husband? You hit your sister-in-law right after getting married. He was scolded by his seniors because of it. But he even didn’t blame you at all! Let alone that so many people want to marry their daughters to him since the Jiang Family is so powerful now, but he only loves you. Moreover, how could you say that Li Xuan is young and promising? Everyone knows that Ruan Qingyan is famous in Xijiang. Jiang Yashuang has secured his place in the government. Even His Majesty values him! How does Li Xuan compare with them in the career?”

“In the final analysis, Li Xuan is not on the same level as either Ruan Qingyan or Jiang Yashuang! He is just the one who doesn’t get picked! As the daughter of the Prime Minister, I’m beautiful and talented. Ruan Qingyan wanted to marry me with a large dowry but failed when he got into the Hanli Academy at 18. But now I end up marrying a guy like this!”

Seeing Xue Fangmi’s face contorted with bitterness, Qiu Yelan felt that she was totally a troublemaker, “You rejected my cousin by yourself! Of course, I need to thank you for not ruining him! As for Jiang Yashuang, he never considered you. Don’t say that as if there is something between you and them! It doesn’t matter that you don’t care about your reputation. But they do! I don’t think they will be happy to be associated with you!”

Besides, “What’s your point of saying that to me? Do you think I’ll help you go to Shazhou to tie the knot with my cousin, or I’ll give my husband to you out of pity?”

Qiu Yelan felt that Xue Fangmi wasn’t just a troublemaker but also a fool.

If Qiu Yelan hadn’t been at the Xue Family’s place, she would have slapped her without listening to all that crap!

Xue Fangmi sneered, “I was willing to admit that I was no match for you. But you incited Sun to persuade my father to marry me to a nobody like Li Xuan.”

“Wait!” Qiu Yelan frowned, “Did I meddle with your marriage? How could I?” Accusing her of that was too ridiculous, wasn’t it?

“You have been coming to visit Sun and her daughter every now and then. How dare you deny it?” Xue Fangmi was furious after hearing that. She ground her teeth and said, “Sun is a lot older than you. And Xue Nongqing is a dork. You’re young and scheming. How could you enjoy spending time with them? You only socialize with them to trick me!”

Qiu Yelan sneered, “Could you be more stupid? I started coming to your home more often this year. But your marriage was settled last year! And your father decided it by himself. Do you think your father is too old to tell that someone is trying to meddle with your marriage?”

She found Xue Fangmi’s imagination was unbelievable, “Besides, you’ve been getting the short end of the stick since the first time we met. Do I need to keep going after you? Do you think I have nothing better to do?”

How could a winner hold a grudge? Idiot!

Xue Fangmi sneered, “My father adores me after all! How could my father listen to Sun if she and you were close when he selected my future husband? Sun said that my husband and I would become estranged from each other due to my arrogance if I married into a powerful family. Also, it would be hard for me to please my father-in-law and mother-in-law. A common family like the Li Family was the right choice. She clearly wanted to humiliate me by marrying me to a man inferior to me. But she sounded like she was looking out for me! You heartless b*tches.”

“You’re the heartless b*tch!” Qiu Yelan’s face went dark, “You aren’t just heartless but also brainless! Even if Madame Sun said so, what was wrong with what she said? Aren’t you arrogant? Can you please your father-in-law and mother-in-law? If you weren’t Prime Minister Xue’s daughter, let alone the Li Family, no family would accept you as their daughter-in-law no matter how powerless they were!”

Qiu Yelan couldn’t bear it anymore, “You can do whatever you want at your place. But I’m leaving!”

She couldn’t keep talking to an idiot like her. Normal people couldn’t possibly understand a troublemaker!

“Are you leaving? Where are you going?” Xue Fangmi screamed, “Are you going to see Xue Nongqing or Xue Nongying? I wonder what Jiang Yashuang’s reaction will be when he finds out his dear wife is also loved by someone else?”

Qiu Yelan stopped after hearing that. She approached her and put her hand on her shoulder. She patted on her face with proper strength and said in a serious tone, “If you dare to say one more word, I’ll drag you to see your father and ask him to give me an explanation! Let’s see if your father will put your whole family in danger for you, the daughter of a concubine!”

“There’s a portrait of you in Xue Nongying’s room. And he wrote love poems on it. I’m telling the truth,” Xue Fangmi bit her lips and then yelled, “You can’t blame him. You’re young and beautiful. And you even saved his life. It’s reasonable that he has a crush on you! I just feel sorry for Cheng Guoxi, the young lady of the Cheng Family. In order to thank my father for helping with his career, her father insisted on marrying her to Xue Nongying who hasn’t recovered yet. It’s so sad that a beautiful and talented young lady is going to marry a cripple. However, the cripple is in love with someone else. Even though Cheng Guoxi isn’t as beautiful as you, she’s still…”

“B*tch!” Qiu Yelan couldn’t help kicking her to the ground. Before she could hit her again, Xue Fangmi who was laying on the ground began to tear up her dress and take off her hairpins. She cried and yelled, “How dare you hit me! How dare you! You hit me while knowing that I’m about to get married. How could I get married like this? I’m in pain all over. I can’t get married in seven days.”

Chunran and Xiaran were worried and angry when they saw that, “Miss Xue, you’re a young lady. How could you frame my madame in such a dirty way?”

“Oh, my young lady! What happened to you?” The maids who Xue Fangmi sent away just now approached at that moment. A woman who looked like a wet nurse held Xue Fangmi who was laying on the ground into her arms and then began to scream, “You’re about to get married. How could you get hurt now?”

And then she asked Qiu Yelan for an explanation, “My young lady kindly took you here to see the flowers. But you did this to her! How could you? Even if my young lady offended you, you should take her to her seniors. How could you just hit her? My young lady is so delicate. How could you do such a thing! Boo-hoo…”

Chunran said angrily, “You’re unreasonable. It’s your young lady…”

“We all saw it clearly!” The wet nurse suddenly interrupted. She asked the people around them, “Madame Qiu hit our young lady, didn’t she?”

Those maids all replied in one voice and said with pity that Xue Fangmi was hurt too badly to get married in time.

How couldn’t Qiu Yelan know what Xue Fangmi wanted to do at that moment? She said all that just to provoke Qiu Yelan. After Qiu Yelan hit her, she could cancel the wedding by saying that she was badly hurt. She then would try to break off her engagement and find another man who she liked!

Staring at Xue Fangmi who was yelling in the wet nurse’s arms, Qiu Yelan was livid, “Are you so sure that you can find a better husband after you break off your current engagement?”

“I won’t be able to get married anyway. I’m in so much pain…” Xue Fangmi smirked and then groaned with tears, “Go get a doctor now! I… I’m feeling dizzy. And I have pain in my bones and stomach. I think I twisted my ankle…”

“My poor young lady!” The wet nurse got her implication and she hugged her tighter, crying out loud, “You’ve been the apple of our eyes since childhood. You’ve never been wronged like this! Oh, God! The one who hit you is heartless and should go to hell.”

“It seems that you have misunderstood,” Qiu Yelan inhaled deeply, “Your family is important. So, I restrained myself from slapping you. But it doesn’t mean that you can do whatever you want to me because you have a powerful father. Just as you know, not only does my cousin needs your father, but your father also needs him!”

“So, I believe your father knows what is more important, a daughter who is about to get married or the future of his other offspring!” Qiu Yelan approached. She leaned forward and grabbed Xue Fangmi by her throat as everyone including Xue Fangmi herself looked at her in surprise and horror. She looked at her right in the eyes and said slowly, “You may as well reincarnate as a pig to avoid being a moron again!”

The wet nurse was shocked. She grabbed her arm and tried to pull her away, “What’re you doing?”

Qiu Yelan pushed the wet nurse down with a sweep of her sleeve. The wet nurse rolled herself to her feet. She wanted to stop Qiu Yelan. But it was too late.

A clear voice suddenly came from the flowering shrubs not far away at that very moment, “Madame Qiu, do you want to kill her?”

“Are you the witness she brought here?” With a little bit of force, Qiu Yelan could break Xue Fangmi’s neck. That voice didn’t catch her by surprise. She said without turning her head back, “I thought you would be smart enough to call for help stealthily. But it looks like…”

“I’m Cheng Guoxi. Nice to meet you, Madame Qiu.” Cheng Guoxi interrupted her calmly which startled Qiu Yelan. Qiu Yelan knew that Xue Fangmi wanted to look for trouble the moment Xue Nongqing was sent away. How couldn’t she be on her guard even though she didn’t go into the greenhouse?

So, she had noticed that there was someone behind the flowering shrubs. She thought it was Xue Fangmi’s accomplice. But it was Cheng Guoxi who was Xue Nongying’s future wife. She wasn’t supposed to be on Xue Fangmi’s side, was she?

But when Qiu Yelan thought about what Xue Fangmi said just now that Xue Nongying had a crush on her, she couldn’t help being frustrated.