Quick Transmigration: Irresistible Beauty
Chapter 141 - 141: Loyal Maid Who Died Because of Beauty (11)

"Yes," Yue Ran replied with a nod and a smile. "There are many beautiful visions in this poem, and Ran Ran yearns for them." There was a short pause before she continued shyly, "To be a couple for a lifetime, to marry as a pair of husband and wife, to be a couple that loves one another till the end, to hold one another's hand and grow old together, this is what Ran Ran has always hoped for."

Yue Ran is always like this. She never made a secret of her yearning for whoever was asking about it. It is indeed a very cute trait, but it is still impossible for Lu Heng to make her wish come true.

Yue Ran's eyes were full of longing, which was something that Lu Heng wanted to destroy! This was because the longing in her eyes was not at all for him but for others—for her cousin!

As a member of the imperial family, he, Lu Heng, had always gotten what he wanted, and if he did not, he must still get what he wanted!

Afterward, Yue Ran only looked at Lu Heng, who was preoccupied with his own thoughts. She picked up the jade crystal ointment on the table, turned around, and left the study without caring anymore for the male protagonist.

…

Everything was quiet for the next few days.

Seeing that the letter exchange between Yue Ran and her cousin was getting more and more frequent, Lu Heng finally could no longer bear it anymore and quickly found Yi Yan to have a talk.

"Yi Yan, this prince wants Yue Ran," Lu Heng said simply.

Looking at the young man's firm eyes as he said these words to her about wanting her dowry maid made Yi Yan feel so much pain. The great pain that Yi Yan felt in her heart felt like it was being torn apart with no care and no mercy.

As if Yi Yan could not believe the young man's words, she asked again, "Your Highness, what are you talking about? I must be hallucinating and hearing things wrong, so can Your Highness repeat your words again?"

Right now, Lu Heng can no longer care whether Yi Yan feels uncomfortable or not. Anyway, he could no longer bear the sweetness between Yue Ran and Pie He. Not anymore. Just thinking about it made him feel so mad with jealousy that he wanted to destroy everything in his sight.

"This prince likes Yue Ran, and this prince may also have fallen in love with her," Lu Heng answered without taking into consideration Yi Yan's feelings. "Yi Yan, you should know that this prince cannot live without her."

Yi Yan could not bear it any longer and cried out hysterically.

She could not accept that her dowry maid, who was serving her, was also serving the same man as her! That man is also her husband—the husband of hers who fell in love with her maid!

"Lu Heng, how can you treat me like this?" Yi Yan asked this question without the slightest bit of calmness. "Do you not care about our relationship after so many years of being together?" There was a short pause before she continued, "Yue Ran is my dowry maid!"

Lu Heng, who was already irritable, saw Yi Yan's distorted expression that disregarded etiquette and decency and thus frowned, and his temper became even worse.

"Yi Yan, this prince did not come here to discuss this matter with you but only to inform you of what will soon happen," Lu Heng said with a tone that sounded very aggressive. "You have to arrange and settle your things with Yue Ran as soon as possible for this prince since this prince wants her. This prince believes in you, so you will not disappoint this prince, right, Yi Yan?"

Yi Yan never expected that after so many years, this would be the first time that Lu Heng had ever lost his temper with her. She could only sit absentmindedly on a stool as she asked, "When did it start?"

"It has been a while," Lu Heng answered. "In fact, in the past two years, this prince has never seen Yue Ran greeting this prince every time this prince went into your courtyard, but this prince did not think about it too much at that time. It was not until this prince saw her not long ago that this prince finally understood why you did so."

It was obvious that Yi Yan did not want Lu Heng to see Yue Ran due to Yue Ran's immensely beautiful face, and that was why she did not allow Yue Ran to serve Lu Heng every time he came to her.

It was indeed for this reason, but Yi Yan did not want to admit it nor did she want Lu Heng to misunderstand her for being a narrow-minded person, so she would vehemently deny this unfounded claim! There was no evidence of her doing this!

"No, Lu Heng, things are not what they seem," Yi Yan said while feeling panicked inside her heart. "You listen to me first, Your Highness, I—"

But before she could "explain" any more, she was suddenly interrupted by Lu Heng himself.

"Yi Yan, this prince does not want to hear any explanation from you," Lu Heng said. "As long as you can help this prince this time, then this prince can pretend that this prince does not know those things that you have previously done in the past."

Yi Yan shook her head hard. She did not seem to be able to accept reality and was pleading desperately, "Why must it be Yue Ran? What do you even like about Yue Ran?"

"You know, the first time this prince saw Yue Ran after so long, this prince just found that this prince could not help this prince's self," Lu Heng said. "Yi Yan, you can understand this prince's words, right?"

Yi Yan: …

"If you can do this well, then both of us can be the same as before," Lu Heng said. "But if it fails, then..."

Having said this, Lu Heng's eyes became fierce for a moment.

There was no need for him to continue his words. If the female protagonist were to fail to help the male protagonist win this beauty that the male protagonist was pleased with, who was the female protagonist's dowry maid, back, then the female protagonist would obviously suffer bad consequences. These consequences have a high possibility of affecting her reputation, her fame, her natal family, and worse, herself.

"This prince is sure that you can understand," Lu Heng said.

Looking at Lu Heng, who has spoken with a gentle tone but with eyes full of cold darkness, Yi Yan inexplicably felt ironic. The original relationship between them now actually needs another person to maintain it. How ridiculous.

After Lu Heng finished speaking his words, he no longer took another look at Yi Yan and just got up to stride away from Yi Yan's courtyard. There were still things that needed to be done, and he could not waste more time staying here to do them.

Yi Yan got up from the stool but found her legs were weak, so she just slumped herself on the ground, not saying a word. Her eyes were empty and lifeless.

Lu Heng is so cruel. He is so cruel to her.

Yue Ran: Naturally, the members of the imperial family cannot be trusted. Or rather, promises from another can never be trusted. Only when you climb up to the top and receive absolute power will every one obey you and never leave you behind, no matter what they think of you in their hearts. Only absolute power can bring you absolute joy, absolute obedience, and absolute fear from others. Only absolute power can make you run free with no shackles to bring you down or a cage to imprison you in a place.

…

In the beginning, the servants were all driven to the front door to guard, but they had all heard the quarrel between the third prince and Yi Yan. No one dared to breathe loudly, and their bodies only trembled with fright for fear that they would be implicated and vented angrily by those in power.

At this moment, Yue Ran was watching the system's live broadcast of the two main protagonists' exchanges with relish.

"I did not expect that the male protagonist would be so impatient," Yue Ran said to Ruan Ruan in her sea of consciousness. "I thought that it would at least take another few days for this to happen instead of it happening right now."

"Master, this male protagonist is indeed a scumbag," Ruan Ruan said without hiding his adorable contempt for Lu Heng. "He is so heartless."

"Uh-huh," Yue Ran answered perfunctorily.

She does not really care if the male protagonist is a scumbag or a heartless and selfish person who only cares about himself. She only cares about getting the male protagonists' love and also completing her missions in this world. As for their affection for her, what does it have to do with her?

After a while, Yue Ran said, "The female protagonist will summon me very soon."

"How does Master know this?" Ruan Ruan asked the question.

"I just know it," Yue Ran laughed in her heart. "After all, the female protagonist in this world has this kind of predictable character."

…

At night, when Yue Ran came into Yi Yan's room in her courtyard, she felt strange when everyone was looking at her in an odd way.