When Laura left, she turned and glanced at me. She was so malicious.

I didn't know why she hated me so much.

In my previous life, I believed she was my good sister. Her sudden accusation made me suffer from the exclusion of people in the palace.

She had always been the beloved little princess of the King, while I was not even as good as someone common.

I was not favored, and I lost her as my support.

I was like struggling alone on a suspension bridge on a cliff.

I tried to beg Laura to forgive me. I didn't know what I had done wrong.

But she smiled innocently, held my hands, and pointed the knife at herself.

Since then, both the King and Kellan Shawn had been hating me.

Just like now, Kellan came to my palace to find me and accused me of framing Laura.

I looked at him. He was my husband, who had been with me for five years in my previous life. I found his face both familiar and strange.

My life abroad taught me how to defend myself. Kellan taught me what it meant to no longer love someone.

Just like every time, he looked at Laura through me.

All his gentle words and kind manners were for Laura.

All his paranoia and hatred were for me.

"Do you think it was me who hurt her after you checked my injury and her injury?"

Kellan stared at me and said, "If she says she's in pain, then she's in pain."

My heart was in pain again, but I couldn't feel the pain anymore.

I remembered Laura proudly saying in front of me, "If I say it was you who stole it, then it was."

Such unreasonable favoritism rendered her so noble.

I tried every method to climb up from the bottom, but I couldn't beat her.

I couldn't help but sigh, thinking, "Kellan, your love for her is so majestic and profound."

I realized one thing too.

All my words were just unnecessary explanations.

I no longer argued with Kellan, asking the servants to send him away.

When he left, he wanted to take away my white hairpin.

He said it belonged to Laura.

But it belonged to my mother.

Before my mother died, she left the white hairpin to me.

She said it was the token of love between her and the King.

But the King never loved her. After all, he never doted on me and was so biased towards Laura.

I wear a white hairpin every day, but the King seemed to have no impression of it, showing no interest in it.

The king never looked at me affectionately, but he looked at Laura like a loving father.

That day, after I got away with Laura's trap, I knew she wouldn't let me off easily.

I patiently waited for her to show her true colors again.

That day came quickly, and her methods were clumsy.

I was pushed to the side of the Concubine Smith by passing by palace maids. The Concubine Smith fell at the right time, pulling me down with her.

And the King happened to pass by here.

Laura spoke in a coquettish manner.

"Linda, why did you collide with Concubine Smith? Oh my, Concubine Smith is bleeding! Linda, you must apologize to the King quickly. Since it's your first offense, the King may go easy on you."

Concubine Smith was the King's new favorite. She was three months pregnant. The king had been longing for this child as he was getting older.

I noticed that a piece of cloth was exposed from the side of Concubine Smith's belly. I pulled it out along with the cushion she had stuffed in there.

"Father, I discovered that Concubine Smith was pretending to be pregnant and deceiving you, the King. It is a great offense to the King! So, I set up an ambush and caught Concubine Smith in the act!"

I knelt on the ground. Every word of mine was resounding.

Laura realized that the situation was not good. She quickly changed her words.

"Laura is clever and astute. She saw through Concubine Smith's deception towards you, the King."

"Concubine Smith must love the King so much to commit such a big mistake. Please show mercy, Father."

The king had come to find faults with me after hearing Laura's words. At this moment, he could only remain silent for a moment.

"Reward her."

"Concubine Smith is demoted and confined for one month."

In my previous life, Laura only told me about everything she had done before she died. Fortunately, she revealed the whole truth before she died. Otherwise, I might not have been able to break this deadlock.

Out of the corners of my eyes, I glanced at Laura, who looked at me with dissatisfaction in her eyes.

I made a gesture and said, 'We'll see."

She became even more resentful.

As Father left, she secretly glanced back at me a few times.

I knew that she would make several tricky moves next.

Unexpectedly, after the Concubine Smith incident, the Queen came to me.

Presumably, Concubine Smith had been too prominent recently and had joined forces with Laura. The Queen couldn't deal with her.

But I was just a little orphan. I wondered how I could help the Queen.

"With your extreme intelligence, you are qualified to join forces with me," said the Queen, who had a thin face. She looked shrewd when she smiled.

I remembered Concubine Smith's ending in my previous life, and it wasn't good.

Although her family was prominent, it had always been feared by the King.

She angered Laura, and she had no descendants.

Laura cried in front of the King and complained about her. Then she was sidelined.

From then on, she had been secluded.

I chatted with the Queen for a long time.

Then the King came to my palace, with Laura and a large group of guards.

He asked me in a reproachful tone where the parrot raised by Laura had gone.

I looked confused, asking, "Shouldn't that be a question for Laura?"

Laura sobbed and tugged at the King's sleeve, saying, "Dotty is usually with me or often comes to play with Linda. But I couldn't find Dotty in the entire palace, so I came to Linda's place to take a look."

The King looked at Laura gently. When he looked at me, he, who had been affectionate, was stern.

The Queen spoke up at this moment, saying, "For the sake of a bird, the King came here during the morning court. It seems that the civil and military officials will be a bit alarmed."

The Queen was implying that the King, for the sake of Laura, even quit the morning court. Laura was the one who disturbed the order of the court.

But the King didn't care about these.

The Queen was disliked by the King in her previous life. It was related to her constant admonitions.

After hearing her words, the King indeed snorted.

"The Queen seems to be leisurely here."

"Search."

With his command, dozens of palace maids and eunuchs were pushed and shoved by the guards.

Then an unfamiliar palace maid was pushed out, holding a dead bird in her arms.

I smiled even more brightly, thinking, "Laura, your tricks in this lifetime haven't changed."

"But, Laura, I'm different."

I whistled. Someone with sharp eyes noticed a pure white parrot flying out and landing on my shoulder.

"Father, is this the one that Laura lost?"

Just as I finished speaking, the parrot on my shoulder started to mimic me word for word.

"Dotty, what if I kill you and inform father, will he kill Linda?"

"I, Laura Kim, am father's most beloved person! Father listens to everything I say. Even if I say Linda Kim is a traitor, Father will believe me."

"Father and Kellan are so foolish. I have deceived them so many times, and they still believe me."

Laura's face changed. She hurriedly came over, pointing at the parrot.

"Father, it's a lie. It's fake. This is a fake parrot. The dead one is the real one."

Father's face changed multiple times. As he looked at Laura, he was loving again.

Father patted Laura's shoulder with his big hand.

"Laura, I trust you. You are my most beloved child."

He tightened his grip on Laura's shoulder suddenly, and she instantly cried out in pain.

"But if I find out that you are lying again in the future, you will bear the consequences."

He started to doubt her.

The crack in their relationship was spreading.

"A good show is about to begin. Spectators, please take your seats."