The Useless Heiress Is Actually A Bigshot
Chapter 690: Leaving

Chapter 690: Chapter 690: Leaving

After receiving the order from Noble Consort Princess Wan, the Senior Palace Maid quickly took care of the wound on Han An’s forehead. In truth, it was merely a simple bandaging; a little medicine applied and the wound wrapped in gauze were enough to consider it done.

After the bandaging, Han An once again knelt before Noble Princess Consort Wan. Her forehead was bound with snow-white gauze, within which there were still traces of blood, making her appear very pitiable.

However, in the eyes of Noble Princess Consort Wan, she was not pitiable but detestable.

"Han An, you have quite some skills! However, since you wish to stay by Chenyu’s side forever, you should be prepared," Noble Princess Consort Wan said.

Hearing these words from Noble Princess Consort Wan, a chill rose from the depths of Han An’s heart, "Mother Consort, this matter truly has nothing to do with your daughter-in-law. I beg Mother Consort to see clearly."

"Whether it has anything to do with you is not important anymore," Noble Princess Consort Wan said with a bone-chilling smile as she looked at Han An kneeling there, "Now everything has been set in stone, and it cannot be changed. But—"

"Since you are Chenyu’s official wife and my daughter-in-law, you should, on behalf of Chenyu, serve me well!" Noble Princess Consort Wan declared.

Startled in her heart, Han An raised her head and involuntarily called out, "Mother Consort!"

She did not understand what Noble Princess Consort Wan meant, but that did not prevent her from sensing the malice in her words.

"What is it?" Noble Princess Consort Wan looked at Han An and continued, "Are you unwilling?"

"I wouldn’t dare," Han An hurriedly pleaded guilty.

"Good that you wouldn’t dare," Noble Princess Consort Wan nodded, "Since that’s the case, from now on, you’ll stay by my side for a while. As the daughter-in-law, you should naturally serve me, your mother-in-law, well."

Han An finally understood what Noble Princess Consort Wan’s true intentions were, and she opened her mouth to speak, "Mother Consort, your daughter-in-law—"

Before she could finish speaking, Noble Princess Consort Wan interrupted her, "There’s no need to say much. I am not discussing with you, but informing you. Of course, if you are not willing to stay, I will not force you."

"I just wonder, if this matter were to reach the Emperor’s ears, whether the Imperial Decree would continue to protect your status as Princess Consort Yu."

"I am, of course, willing to stay and serve Mother Consort," Han An quickly bowed her head and responded, "It is my fortune to serve by Mother Consort’s side."

Noble Princess Consort Wan nodded and then pointed her finger, directly saying, "Tomorrow morning, I wish to eat the golden silk silver thread cake. As a dutiful daughter-in-law, I’m sure you’ll personally make it for me, won’t you?"

Upon hearing Noble Princess Consort Wan’s words, Han An was immediately stunned, her face showing difficulty, "But, this golden silk silver thread cake is very complicated to make. I’m afraid—"

The process of making the golden silk silver thread cake was extremely complicated; even the Master chef in the Imperial Study would spend quite a lot of time on it.

After she was rescued by the State Preceptor, she lived with him in the National Master Hall where she was attended to in all her daily life needs. After she got married, she continued to live a life of luxury and ease. Even if she did go to the kitchen, it was only to simply stew soup. For the most part, all she did was put the ingredients in while the cooking and seasoning were done by the chief cook.

Now that Noble Princess Consort Wan was asking her to make the golden silk silver thread cake, it was clearly a deliberate difficulty. Asking someone who hardly ever cooked to make such a challenging dessert was an unmistakable trouble-making.

"Then you should rise early," Noble Princess Consort Wan said indifferently, "Is this little matter something that I have to teach you?"

Having said that, she looked at the palace maid standing beside her, "Cui Zhu, wake Princess Consort Yu personally tomorrow. My only requirement is to see the golden silk silver thread cake made personally by Princess Consort Yu at breakfast."

Han An felt she couldn’t do it, yet she was completely unable to voice her concern.

She was well aware that Noble Consort Wan’s actions were meant to trouble her. Therefore, no matter what she said, Noble Consort Wan would not let her off easily.

It didn’t take long for the events occurring in Noble Consort Wan’s palace to reach Zhong Niangyao’s ears.

Upon hearing about these matters, her facial expression revealed no change; there was neither joy nor worry. It was as though she was listening to a stranger’s tale.

Lu Yichen raised an eyebrow, "It seems their future days will be quite interesting indeed!"

"That’s for sure," Zhong Niangyao smiled as she spoke, "Whether it’s Noble Consort Wan, Prince Yu, or Han An, none of them are easy targets. Now they’re all harboring their own schemes, yet they find themselves bound together by an Imperial Decree. How could there be harmony?"

"However, we won’t be able to witness these entertaining dramas for much longer as we will be leaving here tomorrow."

Lu Yichen smiled and said no more.

Inside the Prince Yu Mansion—

When Nolan Chenyu heard about the disappearance from Noble Consort Wan’s palace, he was not at all worried, but rather seemed to have breathed a sigh of relief.

Ever since the Emperor had issued that Imperial Decree, he had been plunged into irritability.

Although Han An had always denied it, he was certain that this Imperial Decree was related to her in some way.

Now that his mother was willing to keep Han An in the palace, he naturally had no objections. In fact, he wanted to take advantage of the free time in the next few days to figure out how to deal with Han An.

Now that Han An had no value left to use, he was not willing to let such a lowly person occupy the position of Princess Consort Yu.

It wasn’t possible to divorce her, but causing Han An to die unexpectedly or due to illness wasn’t difficult.

However, he still needed to plan very carefully.

As for the affairs between Nolan Chenyu and Han An, Zhong Niangyao naturally couldn’t care less. For her, the most important thing was to get home as soon as possible.

Old Sir Zhong and Old Madam Zhong were both still waiting for their return; no drama could hold back her steps to return home.

Early the next morning, Zhong Niangyao bid farewell to Nolan Deye.

Nolan Deye genuinely did not want Zhong Niangyao to leave and, despite knowing the hope was slim, he again asked Zhong Niangyao to stay.

As expected, Zhong Niangyao refused without hesitation. She also declined Nolan Deye’s offer to escort her.

After leaving the Imperial Palace, Lu Yichen and Zhong Niangyao, together with Zhong Mingxin, arrived at the previously discovered location of the Transmission Array.

"This is the place."

Zhong Niangyao looked around and then turned to Lu Yichen, "However, the Transmission Array does not seem to be activating at the moment. It seems we will have to take action ourselves."

Lu Yichen nodded, also starting to take a look around.

"Is this where we’re going home from?" After looking around, Zhong Mingxin couldn’t help but feel curious, "But there’s nothing here!"