After saying that, ignoring the Princess Consort, Ye Lu An ordered the gardeners to restore the garden to its original state.

The Princess Consort watched as the uprooted flower plants were replanted. She clenched her fists, bit her lip, and stamped her foot in frustration.

Freya witnessed this scene and found it extremely strange.

The Princess Consort used to be quite sensible. Why had she changed so much now?

However, what interested Freya the most was that the relationship between Ye Lu An and the Princess Consort seemed rather abnormal.

Her gossiping nature was piqued, and she was curious to find out the truth.

Freya tugged at Bradley's sleeve and whispered, "Don't you think there's something more to the relationship between Ye Lu An and the Princess Consort?"

Although some of the small details were not obvious, Freya had seen them clearly.

The Princess Consort's tone when speaking to Ye Lu An was very respectful, and there was also a hint of coquettishness in her voice. What's more, she had even reached out to grab Ye Lu An's hand. This was not something that should be done between a brother-in-law and a married woman.

Also, Ye Lu An had taken a step back, clearly avoiding something.

All these actions made people think otherwise, and it was no wonder that Freya was so sensitive.

Bradley took her hand and smiled helplessly. "You're being too suspicious. They're just in a brother-in-law and sister-in-law relationship. There's nothing to it."

In fact, however, Bradley knew better than anyone that the two of them were involved with each other behind the scenes.

Recently, because of the matter of catching the mastermind behind the scenes, Bradley often went in and out of Ye Lu An's residence. Unfortunately, every time he went there, he would run into the Princess Consort bringing soup.

Although the Princess Consort acted normally, from Ye Lu An's demeanor and tone of voice, there was a hint of the charm of a woman in love.

Bradley had asked Ye Lu An what was going on. Although Ye Lu An was straightforward, he always regarded the face of the royal family as extremely important.

The Princess Consort's admiration for Ye Lu An and her attempt to get close to him were all disgraceful matters. Therefore, Ye Lu An had tried to avoid the topic and didn't explain much.

Bradley was not a gossipy person. Since Ye Lu An didn't want to talk about it, he didn't ask any further.

He just didn't expect that the Princess Consort would become more and more brazen. One night, she even took the initiative to come to Ye Lu An, and she was dressed very seductively. It was clear that she was trying to use her beauty to lure Ye Lu An.

If Bradley hadn't been there that night, who knew what would have happened.

Yesterday, the Princess Consort came to deliver soup again, claiming that since Ye Lu An was taking the place of Ye Lu Qi to handle state affairs, he needed to take care of his health. Perhaps feeling embarrassed that Bradley had caught him in such an embarrassing situation, Ye Lu An had severely reprimanded the Princess Consort on the spot.

After the Princess Consort left feeling wronged, Ye Lu An finally confided to Bradley all the things that had happened recently.

Bradley knew that the whole thing was just the Princess Consort's unrequited love, and he also understood that her motives were not pure. She probably thought that since Ye Lu Qi was bedridden, he might return the throne of Country Z to Ye Lu An. So she was trying every means to get close to Ye Lu An, hoping to secure wealth and prosperity for the rest of her life.

Bradley didn't plan to tell Freya about this. He didn't expect that she was so sharp-eyed and could see at a glance that there was something unusual about the relationship between Ye Lu An and the Princess Consort.

"Don't lie to me. It's obvious to anyone with eyes that there's something wrong with them," Freya persisted and told Bradley about her discoveries.

In the end, Bradley compromised and confessed on his own initiative, "Yes, you're right. The Princess Consort wants to get close to Ye Lu An. But Freya, don't get the wrong idea. Ye Lu An doesn't have those feelings for the Princess Consort."

Freya nodded thoughtfully and said, "Yes, he doesn't. Otherwise, he wouldn't treat her so coldly."

This still surprised Freya. After the Princess Consort got better, she could actually do such a thing as trying to seduce someone.

The key point was that Ye Lu An was her brother-in-law. It really opened Freya's eyes.

But when she thought about it, it made sense. As the saying goes, like mother, like daughter. Xingyue was not a good person, so her mother naturally wouldn't be that weak either.

It was just that because she had been in poor health before and unable to resist, she had always pretended to be kind and magnanimous.

Now that she thought about it, the Princess Consort was really good at pretending!

"Ye Lu An has always been obsessed with your mother. He also said that he would never remarry in this life, and he won't take over the throne of Country Z," Bradley said, trying to change Freya's attitude towards Ye Lu An.

Freya actually understood, but when she heard Bradley say this, her heart still softened a bit.

"My mother is already dead. Whether he remarries or not has nothing to do with me," she said. As for whether he would take over the throne of Country Z, it had even less to do with her.

Seeing that her attitude didn't soften, Bradley sighed helplessly. "It's windy here. Let's go back."

"Okay."

Freya also thought it was boring, so she left hand in hand with Bradley.

In the garden, the two of them were still entangled.

Finally, Ye Lu An couldn't stand it anymore. He directly shook off the Princess Consort's hand and shouted angrily at her, "I'm not going to argue with you because you're my eldest brother's concubine. But if you don't know how to rein in your behavior, don't blame me for being rude."

The force was quite strong, and the Princess Consort was directly thrown to the ground.

There were tears in her eyes, and she looked at Ye Lu An pitifully, choking back sobs. "An, you used to like me so much. You even almost had a direct confrontation with your eldest brother because of me. Now that you have power, why don't you give yourself another chance?"

These words made Ye Lu An's face turn ugly.

That's right. In the past, he had liked Rong Yu and even had the thought of seizing her.

However, Rong Yu had decided to be with his eldest brother for the sake of wealth and status. In the end, he could only choose to give up.

He didn't expect that after all these years, this woman, for the sake of power and interests, still chose to abandon his eldest brother and turn to him.

Perhaps Ye Lu An had felt a little pity for her in the past, but now, he thought this woman was so disgusting.

"I don't have feelings for you anymore. Don't waste your efforts," Ye Lu An replied coldly. "Also, if you dare to do anything that harm my eldest brother, I will never let you off."

After saying this, Ye Lu An turned and left.

The Princess Consort looked at his departing figure and slowly clenched her fists.

"Ye Lu An, I will make you regret what you've done today. Since I can't have you, then let's all be destroyed together!"

...

Three days later, the Ye Lu royal palace was as calm as ever.

But only Bradley and Freya knew that behind this calm, there must be a dark force brewing, ready to catch them off guard at any moment.

The day passed peacefully. In the evening, Freya, Bradley, and Ye Lu An gathered together to discuss their plans for the night.

They had a hunch that the mastermind behind the scenes would make a move tonight.

Bradley arranged the work according to the previous plan. "Lao Xue, you make the guards in the royal palace patrol as usual. Freya and I will stay in the room tonight and not move. If I'm not wrong, that person will disguise himself as someone else and sneak in. Then Freya and I will take the opportunity to fight back. You lead people to deal with the aftermath. Make sure he doesn't escape."

Ye Lu An nodded. "Don't worry. He won't be able to escape even if he has wings."