Reborn to Become A Queen: The Real Heiress's Comeback
Chapter 548: A Woman as Fierce as an Eagle!

Chapter 548: Chapter 548: A Woman as Fierce as an Eagle!

Little Anzi came in and informed Zhan Lan about Zhan Xuerou’s torture outside the palace.

Zhan Lan curled her lips, the Ghost Market suits Zhan Xuerou quite well.

Seeing the mother and daughter end up this way, she felt quite pleased!

She praised sincerely, "Little Anzi, you did a great job with this matter."

Don’t underestimate Little Anzi’s youth, but he has a lot of connections with various kinds of people. He lost his parents at a young age and learned the art of reading people at his aunt’s house. Moreover, Little Anzi also learned from street hooligans how to handle things smoothly.

He hasn’t turned into a thief or a robber because his heart is not bad.

As for the matter with Zhan Xuerou, it was handled by Little Anzi’s friend, a man named Wang Fei, who navigates both black and white paths with efficiency and reliability.

Upon hearing Zhan Lan’s praise, Little Anzi laughed shyly, "Replying to Her Majesty the Empress, this is what a servant should do. Thanks to having many friends, I can handle the tasks comfortably."

Zhan Lan nodded in satisfaction, "You don’t need to be modest, this is your ability!"

Little Anzi’s eyes swirled with emotion, Her Majesty the Empress’s appreciation made him genuinely happy. He humbly continued, "Reporting to Her Majesty the Empress, this is another letter sent from outside the palace."

Zhan Lan opened the letter and learned that Xue Lingling and Xue Yifeng had arrived in Ding’an City. Strangely, Xue Lingling stayed in the hostel, while Xue Yifeng stayed next door to Dugu Yan.

A smile tugged at Zhan Lan’s lips. This time, defeating the Western Rong, the Poisonous Insect Clan also contributed significantly. Xue Lingling is quite a treasure; bringing her to the palace would allow her to accompany her and help to refine some poisons.

However, with Xue Yifeng staying next door to Dugu Yan, things seem a bit odd.

...

Dugu Yan was practicing at home. On a cold winter day, she was drenched in sweat as she put down the two purple-gold iron hammers, muttering to herself: "Oh my god, lately I feel like a woman, my strength is waning, I can’t even lift the hammers, whom can I reason with!"

She was extremely frustrated.

Since Zhan Lan became the empress, she had no time to come out and play, and Chu Yin was pregnant, making it inconvenient for her to come out. Dugu Yan felt bored every day, practicing alone at home except for official business.

Lately, she hadn’t felt like practicing, she moved her shoulders and sighed: "Both of them have good men by their side, does it mean I need to find one too, but I did find one, it’s just... like that."

After all, that night she drank too much, and the experience wasn’t particularly great. Although the night was intense, she could feel it was also Xue Yifeng’s first time, not much synchronization or wonderfulness to speak of.

Suddenly, behind her, someone coughed. Dugu Yan turned her head and saw Xue Yifeng pushing open the small door!

"Why have you come? Aren’t you at the Poisonous Insect Clan?"

Xue Yifeng said calmly: "I, the Young Master, left something in the yard next door, so I specifically came to retrieve it."

Dugu Yan uttered an "oh", hoping Xue Yifeng hadn’t heard what she just said!

Ever since returning to the Poisonous Insect Clan, Xue Yifeng occasionally thought of Dugu Yan, wondering if he was possessed, for why else would he think of her?

After Emperor Jian’an ascended the throne and Zhan Lan became the empress, the news reached the Poisonous Insect Clan. Their father was ecstatic and fully supported their siblings to come to Ding’an City for congratulations. Besides, Xue Lingling also missed friends she knew in Ding’an City. The three of them made plans quickly, leading to him and Xue Lingling’s journey to Ding’an City.

Originally, he and Xue Lingling stayed at the hostel, but he yearned too much to see Dugu Yan. So he found an excuse that he was used to staying here before and had left something behind, thus he specially came back searching for her.

Not long after entering, Xue Yifeng heard Dugu Yan mentioning she wanted to find a man?

Xue Yifeng was annoyed; after what this woman did to him, does she have no intention to take responsibility?

Both had their thoughts.

Upon hearing Xue Yifeng’s purpose of retrieving things, Dugu Yan nodded, "Oh, then why are you opening this small door? Did you drop your things in my yard?"

Xue Yifeng clenched his fists secretly, look at what this woman speaks of, after having done everything to him, she acts like she owes him no explanation!

Xue Yifeng suddenly felt angry, raising his voice he said, "Fine, I, the Young Master, will stay in the adjacent yard recently, rest assured, I’ll make sure to nail this small door shut."

Saying this, he left through the small door without looking back. The door slammed shut heavily, leaving Dugu Yan sneezing in the cold wind. She wiped the sweat from her forehead, not understanding what madness had seized Xue Yifeng, then speechlessly returned to her room.

Hearing Dugu Yan sneeze, Xue Yifeng frowned, initially wanting to show care, but recalling Dugu Yan’s stubborn mindset, he muttered, "Serves her right, practicing in such cold, she might catch a cold!"

Though he had expressed his feelings so obviously, a woman like Dugu Yan couldn’t seem to think any deeper.

Sure enough, after coughing, Dugu Yan caught a cold in the afternoon, lying alone in bed, suddenly feeling lonely and helpless.

Her face blushed, weak as a whisper, lacking even the energy to swear.

"Am I going to die? Whenever Zhan Lan coughs, our emperor would be incredibly anxious, dropping important matters to be with her. If Chu Yin coughs, Zhan Hui would personally make her medicine. Oh, and Liu Xi has Bai Chen. I’m truly self-sabotaging! Perhaps I’ll die here and no one will care. How can a soaring eagle-like woman be defeated by a trivial cold."

She coughed violently, feeling like her lungs might cough out.

Dugu Yan supported herself on the bed, babbling nonsense, "Long illness, no filial children by the bedside, long illness, no filial children..."

She began fearing dying old and alone, in the bed with no one knowing she died!

Should she treat relationships seriously like Zhan Lan and Chu Yin did, not just fooling around?

Thinking of her past foolishness, she once thought she was a heroic woman!

But now reflecting, she regretted not seriously knowing and bonding with a man she liked, growing old together...

Therefore, she avoided facing Xue Yifeng because seeing him reminded her of her ridiculous, hasty life.

"Was I too much of a failure, shouldn’t have impulsively erred that night."

As Dugu Yan thought, she held the quilt, tears welling up, saying stubbornly, "Just let me die, coming naked means leaving naked, carefree!"

Suddenly, she heard a man’s voice, "Hey, eagle-like woman, if you die, I’m living with you, won’t it be hard to explain?"