SBCEJM -Chapter 248 The Vicious Second Princess Used a “Spare Tire” to Ruin Her Own Sister’s Life!

【Someone he already loved?】

Feng Zexuan’s gossip radar buzzed so hard it practically materialized.

【So Third Young Master Chu wasn’t uninterested in women at all—he already had a white moonlight in his heart?】

【Of course!】

The system answered decisively:

【Otherwise, why would a famous romantic talent of the capital risk his manhood just to refuse a marriage?】

【The woman capable of driving him that far had to be the unforgettable white moonlight carved into his soul!】

The words “white moonlight” seemed to possess a strange magic, instantly capturing the attention of everyone in court.

A woman who could make someone as brilliant as Chu Yu protect her through near self-destruction…

Just how stunning and extraordinary must she be?

The Marquis of Yongchang visibly sagged on the spot.

The hair beneath his official hat seemed to lose all vitality at those three words alone, turning ashen in an instant.

That past affair was his son’s deepest heartbreak—and the lifelong regret of a father.

【So who is the woman he loves?】

Feng Zexuan urged impatiently in her mind.

The system acted as though it had been holding back a massive bombshell. It deliberately paused for two seconds before slowly revealing the answer word by word:

【Host, your jaw’s about to hit the floor. You know this white moonlight very well.】

【It’s none other than Princess Anning, Xiao Mingxi—the very same eldest princess who divorced her cut-sleeve husband a year ago.】

Boom!

An invisible thunderclap exploded in the center of the Golden Throne Hall.

Everyone’s minds rang blankly with shock.

Chu Yu’s beloved was actually the eldest princess?

That disastrous imperial marriage decree that had disgraced the royal family and humiliated the Marquis of Yongchang’s household…

Behind it had hidden such a deeply tragic love story, one that had been brutally destroyed alive.

Within the ranks of officials, Fang Ziqin’s body swayed almost imperceptibly.

His hand hanging at his side suddenly clenched tight, fingernails digging deep into his palm as sharp pain spread instantly.

The eldest princess… and Chu Yu?

They…

Uncontrollably, Fang Ziqin pictured the princess’s cold yet breathtakingly beautiful face.

So within those seemingly distant and indifferent eyes, there had once lived a figure radiant as the bright moon.

What he had believed to be “soul resonance” during those countless carefree runs by Bibo Lake…

Perhaps from beginning to end, it had only ever been his own one-man show.

On the dragon throne, Xiao Juechen slammed heavily against the backrest, his gaze unfocused.

Mingxi? And Chu Yu?

He had known absolutely nothing!

He had only thought his second daughter Mingzhu was spoiled and overbearing while Chu Yu was stubborn and fierce by nature. Never had he imagined that his most beloved eldest daughter was involved as well!

His gaze instantly sharpened into blades and shot toward the Marquis of Yongchang below.

That look was enough to nearly flay the old marquis alive, sending waves of cold terror down his spine.

A monstrous tide of regret and fury swept through Xiao Juechen.

Had he known earlier that Mingxi also loved Chu Yu, he never would have issued that imperial marriage decree!

It was him!

He had personally severed his daughter’s destined romance and pushed her into another abyss occupied by that beast Qin Zhao!

Even Feng Zexuan was stunned speechless by the absurd twist.

【My god… this relationship web is way too messy!】

【This is top-tier wealthy-family melodrama!】

【Chu Yu likes the eldest princess, the eldest princess likes Chu Yu, and the second princess covets Chu Yu too…】

【Then the emperor actually bestowed the second princess upon Chu Yu… isn’t that just deliberately manufacturing tragedy?!】

Soon, she caught onto something suspicious.

【Wait, though! Third Young Master Chu is way too hardcore.】

【If he already had someone he loved, couldn’t he just say so? They’re both the emperor’s daughters anyway. Marrying either one is still an imperial marriage. At worst he’d get scolded a little, right? Was self-castration really necessary?】

【I’m guessing there’s definitely something fishy behind this!】

The system sneered and exposed an even darker layer of the truth:

【Host, by the time the emperor arranged the marriage, the eldest princess was already married!】

【Holy crap! One step too late! This is literally BE aesthetics becoming reality!】

The system continued:

【The reason Chu Yu reacted so extremely was because both he and the eldest princess had been schemed against!】

【And the mastermind behind everything was none other than the Second Princess Xiao Mingzhu—the very one who cried and begged the emperor for the marriage decree!】

【What?!】

Feng Zexuan was shocked.

【The second princess planned all this? Why?!】

【Just because she liked Chu Yu?】

The system’s tone dripped with disdain.

【Mostly because of jealousy. Pure jealousy. Bone-deep jealousy!】

【The second princess grew up forever overshadowed by Princess Xiao Mingxi. In looks, talent, and even the emperor’s affection, she fell short in every way.】

【That resentment festered for more than ten years until it completely twisted her.】

Inwardly, Xiao Juechen found himself weakly defending his favoritism:

People’s hearts naturally lean one way or another. He couldn’t help it.

【At one palace banquet, the second princess accidentally discovered a handkerchief embroidered with the character “Yu” that the eldest princess had dropped. Later, she saw her elder sister gazing at Chu Yu’s back with a shy tenderness she had never shown before.】

【She instantly realized that her proud, unattainable elder sister had fallen for Chu Yu.】

At this point, the ministers in the hall could already smell the thick stench of conspiracy.

【Watching the eldest princess and Chu Yu clearly in love with each other drove the second princess nearly insane with jealousy.】

【And when she first met Chu Yu herself, she too was dazzled by his elegance. So an utterly vicious idea was born in her mind.】

【She decided—to steal the man away.】

【What she thought was: If I can’t have him, then Xiao Mingxi can forget about having him too! Why should all the best things belong to her?!】

【She wanted to snatch him away. Even if she ruined him afterward, it would still feel better than watching someone else obtain him!】

On the dragon throne, Xiao Juechen’s face gradually turned iron-blue.

His hand hidden beneath the dragon robe gripped the golden dragon head on the armrest so tightly that faint cracking sounds came from his knuckles.

He had known Mingzhu admired Chu Yu.

But he had never known the truth behind it was this filthy and vicious!

He had always thought Mingzhu was merely spoiled.

Never had he imagined she was so malicious that she would destroy even her own biological sister without hesitation!

Good.

What an excellent daughter he had raised.

Crown Prince Xiao Mingxuan’s heart pounded wildly as he listened, his mouth slightly agape.

He had always assumed his two elder sisters merely bickered and competed like ordinary siblings.

Who would have thought that beneath the surface there had long been raging storms and irreconcilable hatred?

Feng Zexuan clicked her tongue, but soon became extremely interested in the phrase “steal someone’s love.”

【Quick, quick, tell me! I need to… critically study this art of stealing someone else’s lover!】

The system continued:

【The second princess didn’t dare openly compete with the eldest princess, so she came up with a poisonous scheme.】

【She needed a chess piece—a pawn capable of destroying the eldest princess’s happiness.】

【So she pushed out one of the “spare tires” from her own fish pond—someone who had willingly offered himself to her.】

【A spare tire?】

Feng Zexuan froze for a moment as her mind raced.

【Wait… a pawn capable of ruining the eldest princess’s happiness…】

【A spare tire manipulated by the second princess…】

A terrifying realization suddenly connected in her head!

【Don’t tell me this spare tire is actually—】

【That cut-sleeve prince consort Qin Zhao, the one who turned the eldest princess into the laughingstock of the entire capital?!】