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Lady Cai saw the look of betrayal on her daughter's face and felt a pang in her heart: "Lianlian, your father and I are doing this for your own good."
They knew their daughter's character, outwardly gentle but actually quite resolute, preferring to shatter like jade rather than remain intact as tiles; if she found out that Fu Hanwen had left the Capital City, she would chase after him regardless of ruining her reputation.
Their daughter was young and impulsive, but as parents, they couldn't let her commit such a mistake.
"Mother, stop lying to me. I know father's plans — he wants me to become a Side Consort to the Crown Prince, doesn't he?" Cheng Wanlian began to cry in distress: "But I don't like the Crown Prince, not at all. I only like..."
"Lianlian!" Lady Cai's face turned pale as she loudly interrupted her.
