Reborn to Become A Queen: The Real Heiress's Comeback
Chapter 550: Thoughtfully Designed, Every Move Planned!

Chapter 550: Chapter 550: Thoughtfully Designed, Every Move Planned!

Xue Lingling excitedly lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw a familiar person.

That person exuded a heroic aura, holding a sword and standing with the Hidden Guards, looking at her from a distance.

"Little Vermilion Bird!" Xue Lingling excitedly jumped down from the carriage.

As she ran, the small bells on her body tinkled pleasantly.

She ran towards Vermilion Bird, wanting to give him a big hug after not seeing him for a long time, but Vermilion Bird placed a hand on her forehead, stopping her in her tracks.

The size difference made Xue Lingling look like a child who couldn’t beat the bigger kids.

She pouted in dissatisfaction and said, "Little Vermilion Bird, this kind of greeting is only for our best friends in the Poisonous Insect Clan!"

Vermilion Bird’s lips twitched. In a voice only they could hear, he said, "Xue Lingling, don’t call me Little Vermilion Bird."

He was the Dark Guard Commander of the current Empress, yet he was called Little Vermilion Bird by this little girl.

Was his large stature for nothing?

He could hear his subordinates trying hard to suppress their laughter.

Especially Yun He, who seemed particularly excited as soon as he saw Xue Lingling, for reasons he didn’t know.

He didn’t have the demeanor of a Hidden Guard at all!

Xue Lingling said with a smile, "Got it, I’ll say it quietly next time, Little Vermilion Bird."

Vermilion Bird was at a loss for words, but seeing Xue Lingling after a long time also brought him a bit of indescribable joy.

This girl, though always causing trouble, was truly interesting.

"Xue Lingling, I’ll take you to meet someone."

"Who?"

"You’ll know when you get there."

"Okay, okay!"

Xue Lingling was happy in her heart, as long as she had company to play with, she was happy.

The carriage traveled through the long street, with Vermilion Bird accompanying her in the carriage, stopping intermittently along the way. Xue Lingling ate a skewer of candied hawthorns, some crystal cakes, and hawthorn balls.

Vermilion Bird’s lips twitched; this girl still loved to eat.

When Xue Lingling went up to the upstairs of Baoxiang House with him, she finally saw an acquaintance.

"Ah, Princess, no, now it’s Empress!"

Xue Lingling lifted her skirt and ran to Zhan Lan’s side.

Zhan Lan smiled gently, "The delicious things you ate on the way aren’t as good as those here."

Xue Lingling stuck out her tongue, "The Empress really knows me!"

"Stop calling me Empress in private, just call me Lan."

"Yes, Lan!"

Xue Lingling’s big eyes blinked; Zhan Lan was now the Empress, and she personally came to treat her to delicious food.

Originally, she thought she wouldn’t be able to see Zhan Lan.

The two sat together in a private room on the second floor, and the table full of food instantly opened Xue Lingling’s appetite. After eating her fill, she patted her tight belly and sighed, "Lan, this is so delicious, I don’t want to leave Ding’an City anymore!"

Zhan Lan teased, "If you don’t want to leave, then don’t. If you take a liking to someone, I’ll have the Emperor grant you a marriage."

Xue Lingling, unlike other girls, didn’t blush with embarrassment at this topic.

She smiled with curved eyes, "Okay, when I find a boy I like, I’ll definitely tell you, Lan."

Zhan Lan smiled and nodded, this girl clearly hadn’t had a crush yet; the matter of granting marriage seemed far off.

After they finished their meal, they sat by the window, boiling tea by the stove.

Zhan Lan occasionally looked out the window, and Xue Lingling poked her head out, curiously asking, "Sister, what are you looking at?"

Zhan Lan curled her lips, "There will be something to see in a bit."

"Is it exciting?" Xue Lingling looked around curiously.

Zhan Lan chuckled, "Catching bad people, do you want to watch?"

"I want to watch! I want to watch!"

Xue Lingling laughed carefreely.

Zhan Lan nodded, "In a bit, you can throw rotten eggs at them for fun."

Xue Lingling’s eyes lit up, she was quite looking forward to this game.

As they chatted, a commotion came from not far down the long street.

The soldiers led the way, with one prisoner cart after another coming through. Xue Lingling poked her head out, pointing to the distance, "Lan, look, the bad guys are here!"

Zhan Lan glanced over lightly.

The leading prisoner cart contained a disheveled man, his eyes empty, like an old, aged man.

The prisoner cart stopped in front of Baoxiang House, and the people on the street kept throwing filthy things at the people inside.

Zhan Xincheng’s cheek was hit hard by a rotten egg.

He heard the people’s curses.

"The Zhan Family was always loyal, how did your second branch produce traitors who collude with the enemy!"

"People like this should be beaten to death!"

"So hateful, they should be sliced by knives!"

The voices of the enraged people rose and fell.

Xue Lingling tossed the rotten egg between her hands, "So they’re traitors who collude with the enemy, they should be hit!"

As she spoke, she accurately threw a rotten egg at Zhan Xincheng’s head.

Zhan Xincheng endured attacks from all sides, hunching over in pain, the stench in his nostrils made him nauseous.

In prison, he learned that Mu Yan ascended the throne, and Zhan Lan became the Empress.

He really underestimated Zhan Lan, if he hadn’t ultimately chosen to trust her, so many things wouldn’t have happened.

He wouldn’t have been labeled a traitor, with his whole family trapped in prisoner carts, humiliated by the people as they awaited execution.

His murky eyes shifted to the furious crowd.

He had already endured enough torture in prison; his body was weak, as if it only had a few breaths left.

He clearly felt that he was dying, but Zhan Lan wouldn’t let him die naturally.

Zhan Lan wanted the world to humiliate him, torment him...

Only now did he realize, whether it was using Zhan Feng’s death to provoke him, or Zhan Liluo losing her legs and becoming disabled, to Zhan Lan saving him then giving him a position, it was all Zhan Lan’s trap, her plan to make his crime unforgivable!

Now their entire family was being harmed like this, all part of Zhan Lan’s meticulous design, step by step!

He shouted to the sky, "I, Zhan Xincheng, have never colluded with the enemy or betrayed the country, I’m innocent!"

As soon as he finished speaking, more cabbage leaves flew at him.

Just as Zhan Xincheng ducked his head in pain, he caught sight of Zhan Lan standing on the second floor of Baoxiang House.

He shouted, "Zhan Lan! Zhan Lan, spare your second uncle!"

The people heard him call out the Empress’s name, and immediately looked up at the second floor of Baoxiang House.

Zhan Lan stood there quietly, with a red-dressed girl holding an egg by her side.

Xue Lingling, under the scrutiny of so many eyes, secretly hid the rotten egg.

The next moment, all the people on the long street knelt in the direction of Zhan Lan.

"Greetings to the Empress!"

The people were excited; the Empress had actually appeared among the commoners.

In a row of prisoner carts, Madam Wang, Madam Zhang, Zhan Liluo, all looked towards Zhan Lan.