Chapter 2 - This is just the beginning

Zhao Yuanqing and Fu Le Li went out together. The time for washing and dressing allowed Zhao Yuanqing to calm down.She did not understand why she was there. It was as if she had returned to many years ago, or perhaps it was a dream. However, she did not care. In her mind, there was only hatred, and this hatred surged when she saw Zhao Sulan."Second Sister, Miss Fu, where are you going?" Zhao Sulan, with her maid Xi Hong, stopped them and asked with a smile.Fu Le Li glanced at Zhao Sulan disdainfully and replied, "To the back mountain to see peach blossoms."Zhao Sulan expressed surprise: "Can I go with sisters?"Fu Le Li was about to speak, but Zhao Yuanqing spoke first: "Okay."Zhao Sulan paused, feeling bewildered. She looked at Zhao Yuanqing.Zhao Yuanqing smiled and said, "Your eyes are beautiful. Can I dig them out?"Zhao Sulan froze, looking at Zhao Yuanqing in shock.Zhao Yuanqing continued, reaching out to gently press Zhao Sulan's shoulder, her fingertips tracing Zhao Sulan's skin: "And this skin, it's really good."Zhao Sulan felt that the person in front of her was exceptionally bizarre."Second... Second Sister?" Zhao Sulan seemed to feel fear.Just two sentences, and she was afraid?Zhao Yuanqing retracted her hand and smiled, "Just a couple of jokes, why are you so sensitive? Aren't we going to the back mountain? Let's go."Zhao Yuanqing walked ahead.Probably Zhao Yuanqing's words startled both of them, and for a while, neither of them spoke.Until--They arrived at the riverside.Fu Le Li took Zhao Yuanqing's hand and led her towards the abyss in her memory, yet Fu Le Li still pretended to be innocent and said some nauseating words."After entering the palace in the future, there won't be such freedom. I should have let my mother arrange a marriage for me earlier. I don't want to enter that big prison of the imperial palace." As she spoke, Fu Le Li stopped by the river.When the new emperor ascended the throne and the imperial concubine selection began, Emperor Ming An promised the Zhao family a concubine position. Zhao Sulan saw her as a stumbling block.Under the calculations of the two, she accidentally fell into the water and was saved by Xu Suqing, the young master of the Qingyuan Marquis's mansion. Because of the skin-to-skin contact, her purity was damaged, and she was forced into marriage.Heh, what a clever scheme. It's a pity that she is no longer the Zhao Yuanqing of that time.Zhao Yuanqing laughed. She clasped Fu Le Li's hand in return: "Don't want to enter the palace? I'll grant your wish." With that, she suddenly pushed the person, and Fu Le Li, unprepared, fell directly into the river.Fu Le Li couldn't swim and was struggling in the water. Zhao Sulan was stunned by the development. Just as she was about to do something, Zhao Yuanqing turned around and choked Zhao Sulan's neck with one hand."You deserve to die," Zhao Yuanqing said with murderous intent.Xi Hong panicked and stepped forward to stop her.Zhao Yuanqing glanced coldly, then released her hand and directly pushed Zhao Sulan forward, sneering, "This is just the beginning."Sannian felt that her young mistress was acting strangely and looked at her with concern, but she still remembered her young mistress's instructions and, after a brief stay on the shore, jumped into the river.She had to make it look like she was saving Fu Le Li.Not long after Sannian entered the river, a splashing sound rang out.Zhao Yuanqing chuckled.Xu Suqing.It was exactly as she remembered. Zhao Yuanqing watched from the shore.Xu Suqing successfully rescued Fu Le Li, and it was at this moment that he realized something was wrong, but Fu Le Li clung tightly to him, and Xu Suqing couldn't break free.A cool breeze blew, and Zhao Yuanqing regained some sanity. Her gaze swept over a group of people not far away, and she smiled.Right, how could she forget, there was also this group of witnesses perfectly arranged by Zhao Sulan?Although she still didn't know what exactly she had experienced, this didn't affect her ability to make arrangements for the subsequent events.She suddenly turned around, Zhao Sulan was scared, and Zhao Yuanqing had already stepped forward, swung her hand, and slapped Zhao Sulan across the face."You hit me too?" Zhao Sulan looked at Zhao Yuanqing in disbelief.Zhao Yuanqing curled the corner of her mouth, and then pretended to be angry:"Third sister, you're going too far! No matter how dissatisfied you are with Le Li, you shouldn't resort to such a cruel hand! The spring water is cold, if anything happens to Le Li, I won't forgive you!""You?" Zhao Sulan froze. When she saw the group of people not far away, her face instantly turned pale.Zhao Yuanqing wanted to frame her!Zhao Sulan realized this and was about to speak and argue