Reborn Daughter: The Young Lady Wants to Make a Trouble

"The banquet is over." Li Chenyang said as he sat next to Xueyue.

They were still sitting on a small patch of grass between the bridge and the pavilion. They had a good view and could see the whole banquet, but due to the lack of light, people around them could not notice them at all.

"Once mom and dad find out we've been out for a while, they will come to find us," Li Chenyang explained.

He could already imagine their mother's panic. Amid her ramblings, their father remained calm and composed.

Li Xueyue nodded slowly. She couldn't bring herself to tell him what had happened. She didn't want to cry in his arms.

Li Xueyue never expected that she would be so shocked. Chen Yang vented all her emotions, especially the suppressed emotions.

She felt no remorse or sympathy for killing King Li Tao.

"I have no regrets," she said suddenly.

What kind of father would blackmail a daughter he had just adopted as his own? What kind of man was he to demand so much from her?

Li Taojungong spoke in a tone as if he knew the miserable situation of the Bai family. However, he did not take the initiative to save her. Until the last moment of his life, he was a coward. A greedy and shameless person.

Li Xueyue didn't have any feelings for this man, but she collapsed in Chen Yang's arms.

Why did this happen? Was it the sin that took the life? Or was it the frustration at home that finally reached its limit?

She wasn't crying for the Duke, she was crying for her childhood self. She was crying for her repressed emotions and everything else along the way.

"It's okay, I don't want you to regret it." He took a look at her appearance.

"But this piece of clothing must be burned, and his body must be burned too," said Li Chenyang.

Li Chenyang tried not to look in the direction of the limp body. He did not examine the body carefully, nor did he have any intention to do so.

His nose wrinkled at the bad smell. For her sake, he chose to ignore it.

"Who is he?" he asked.

Li Xueyue hugged her knees tightly. She rested her chin on her arms and stared at him briefly through her eyelashes. Her heart was pounding with anticipation. She was afraid of his reaction.

"If I told you who it was, would you miss me less?" she asked.

Li Chenyang laughed humorously. "Do you really think I'm a saint? Murder and death don't bother me. I also get rid of people who get in my way. This is how the world works, the strong eat the weak."

Li Xueyue was so frightened by his words that she trembled all over. His tone was cold and nonchalant. She had always known that her brother was as cunning as their father. There was a crazy smile on the corner of his mouth, and a hint of playfulness flashed in his eyes.

"It'll be fine," Li Chenyang said. "We'll burn his body to ashes. All traces of this moment will be forgotten."

"Am I being selfish?" Li Xueyue whispered. "This is my parents' big day, and I have to ruin it—"

"You're more worried than I am." Li Chenyang pointed out. He reached out and pinched her cheek. "Don't think too much, Piggy No. 2."

Li Xueyue felt relieved after hearing his words and didn't even notice that he called her by this terrible nickname.

Li Chenyang smiled with satisfaction. At least she was learning not to feel so aggrieved by everything. He was worried that one day she would get wrinkles too early.

Li Chenyang saw that she was nice and handsome, so he turned around. He watched the guests start to leave the banquet hall.

Li Xueyue followed. I felt very calm as I watched the crowd slowly decrease until only a few people were left.

A comfortable silence fell between them.

Li Xueyue learned that the body was burned by a servant named Ling...? Could it be that he was the most experienced in dealing with useless things? She was unsure of her family's reaction to this new discovery.

When all the guests had left, Chen Yang took the lead. He told her to stay where she was to make sure no one walked across the bridge. Next, he walked over to his father and whispered what had happened.

The new emperor was certainly surprised to hear of his brother's death, but he was not at all perturbed. He knew that sooner or later Lord Li Taojun would be removed. He was glad that it was done so quickly and without dirtying his hands.

"What a beautiful dress." Li Xueyue said to herself. "It would be a waste to burn it..."

Li Xueyue didn't know what her father was thinking when he saw her in such a state. When he offered her a helping hand to stand up, his stoic face was full of worry.

"Father must have thought that I was attacked by Li Taojun or something... Well, that's how I want to describe it." Li Xueyue whispered. She stood up from the newly built dressing table.

This morning, the Li family officially moved into the palace. All of Xueyue's belongings were moved into this room, but she didn't think it was necessary to unpack everything because she was about to leave for Hanjian.

Li Xueyue's room here is much larger than their house in the capital. Here, she has an entire palace to herself. As soon as she walked to the other side here, she felt out of breath.

"No matter how I wash it, it's still pink." Li Xueyue asked puzzledly.

Li Xueyue raised her hand to the moonlight and stared at her fingers. No one noticed this, but she certainly noticed it. Her skin was pale. Uniquely, she could still feel the temperature of Li Taojun's hot blood.

"It's over now," Li Xueyue said. She didn't know whether Lord Li Taojun could be properly buried.

"I wonder what Wen Jinkai is thinking..." Li Xueyue lowered her voice. She sat by the window sill, resting her arms on the windowsill. She rested her cheek on her crossed arms.

"Now he really has no one in this world, no friends, no relatives..."

Li Xueyue is the most pitiful one. In this situation, he has the biggest loss. Those who grew up with him, all died.

Despite what the Li family had done to his relatives, Wen Jinkai's attention was still focused on Li Minghua. Throughout the entire banquet, he didn't look at anyone except her. And whenever someone approached her, his face would darken.

"How could he be so possessive of something that didn't belong to him?" Li Xueyue asked. She sighed. This shouldn't be a question that troubled her mind to this extent.

"Before going to Hanjian, I should have a final talk with him...this is only fair." Li Xueyue decided.

She looked up at the night sky, smiling at the stars that seemed so far away, yet so close. She held out a hand as the moonlight fell on her skin.

"Am I still a lonely flower looking up at the sky...? A useless little thing swaying in the wind... whose petals dream of flying to the sun?"

Li Xueyue eventually fell asleep on the windowsill. The pale light shone on her, gently and softly, like a blanket covering her petite body. That night, she dreamed of the endless blue sky and the phoenix soaring in the clouds.