Just as Bibi Dong and Xu Ran were wrapped up in each other, a young woman in a pristine white dress slowly approached Bibi Dong's bedchamber.
Worry showed in her eyes.
Qian Renxue was a little nervous. After all, her blood relationship with Bibi Dong was a fact she could do nothing about, even if she refused to acknowledge it. Although she hated Bibi Dong, she did not know what she should do to her.
She had a knife-sharp tongue but a tofu-soft heart. If she really had to harden her heart against Bibi Dong, she could not do it. Besides, she had promised Xu Ran that she would try to treat Bibi Dong well.
She did not want to leave herself with a bad reputation in the outside world. Still less did she want Xu Ran's reputation dragged down because of her.
"When you heartlessly sent me to the Heaven Dou Empire as a little girl, you should have known this day would come."
"I'm not the heartless one. You were too heartless."
Qian Renxue's tone carried bitterness and resentment. Everyone liked growing up surrounded by love and care. Sometimes, she envied those children who were doted on to the heavens, but for her, Qian Renxue, such things were an extravagant wish.
She had been sent to the Heaven Dou Empire when she was nine, placed at the side of its crown prince, Xue Qinghe, as his maid.
She had been so terribly afraid back then.
She had only been nine.
Yet even then, she had to learn to scheme and maneuver. Every day, she had to memorize Xue Qinghe's expressions and movements so that she could impersonate him after assassinating him. Later, she succeeded. She successfully took the position of crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire.
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