On that day, the earth shook violently, and the wind and clouds rose.

The most ancient and only ancient god has fallen.

To protect all living beings and the Three Realms, she perished together with the demons, their lives destroyed.

Legend has it that even if an ancient god perishes, her soul will scatter among the mortal world, becoming a wisp of wind, a tree, or a person.

In the Qi family household in the capital, the maids are busy fetching water and changing towels.

"Madam, please push a little harder, the baby is about to be born!"

Madam Qi, Xu Ruyun, lay on the bed, large beads of sweat dripping from her head.

Xu Ruyun gripped the bedsheets tightly, writhing in pain; her lips were bleeding from being bitten.

Xu Ruyun: "Ah—"

With a heart-wrenching scream from Xu Ruyun, the baby was born with a "waaaaa".

Xu Ruyun said weakly, "My child, my child. Let me see—"

The midwife hesitated for a moment: "Madam, why don't you take a look later? The baby is covered in blood right now. Let's clean it up before we show it to you."

Xu Ruyun: "Is it a boy or a girl?"

Midwife: "It's a young lady, and she's very beautiful. She'll be even more beautiful after she's washed."

Xu Ruyun had just given birth and was weak and powerless. It was good to let her rest for a while before looking after the baby.

Seeing that the lady did not respond, the midwife said, "Madam, this old servant will go downstairs to clean the young lady first!"

Xu Ruyun nodded.

At that moment, she heard a voice in her ear.

Mother, please don't let her take me away...

Xu Ruyun looked around; her three sons weren't there. But who was calling her "Mother"?

[Mother, don't let her wash me! She'll switch the baby with your own daughter!]

Xu Ruyun shuddered.

Whether it's real or fake, and no matter whose voice it is, she has to be extremely vigilant.

Just as the midwife was about to take the baby out, Xu Ruyun stopped her!

"Stop! You're not going anywhere! I need to see my daughter right now!"

Seeing that the usually timid lady had become so assertive, the midwife didn't say anything more.

Xu Ruyun's personal maid, Xiaolu, took the little girl.

The midwife clung tightly to the small bundle and refused to let go until Xiao Lu slapped her hand, at which point she finally released her grip.

The little deer carried the girl to the lady's side.

"Madam, look how beautiful Miss is!"

Xu Ruyun: "My daughter is so beautiful! Her skin is fair and tender, and she is clean and tidy, without a speck of dirt on her body. Little Lu, look, she even has a plum blossom mark between her eyebrows."

Xu Ruyun wiped it with a warm towel, but it didn't come off.

"This is probably a birthmark. It will gradually fade away as you grow up."

The baby girl let out a long sigh of relief.

"Oh my god, that was close! Luckily, I wasn't taken out just now. Otherwise, the midwife would have switched me in the woodshed as soon as I stepped out of that door. Then they would have killed me. My mother has been raising the switched child as her own daughter..."

Xu Ruyun gasped.

That's terrifying!

If that's the case, it would be truly terrifying!

Xu Ruyun whispered a few words to Xiaolu.

The deer ran away.

A short while later, Little Deer returned and whispered in the lady's ear that a baby had indeed been found in the woodshed.

Xu Ruyun was so angry she almost fainted.

Fortunately, the midwife was stopped in time.

Fortunately, she saw her biological daughter, and the daughter had a birthmark between her eyebrows, so even if someone wanted to take advantage of her again in the future, it probably wouldn't be so easy.

[Mommy, I'm so hungry...]

A baby's cries came from inside the room.

Xu Ruyun: "Xiao Lu, quickly prepare some milk for Miss!"

Little Deer: "Yes!"

After the fawn returned and fed the baby, the baby fell into a deep sleep.

Xu Ruyun then began to sort out what had just happened.

Xu Ruyun thought to herself: Could the voice I just heard be my daughter's innermost thoughts?

That should be it.

Judging from the reactions of the people inside, the midwife didn't hear it, and neither did the others.

And I just checked with Xiaolu, and she didn't hear it either.

Only Xu Ruyun heard her daughter's true feelings and prevented a disaster.

Such a big thing happened, and she wanted to tell her husband, Qi Jiating, as soon as possible.

Over the years, Xu Ruyun and her husband have treated each other with respect and affection.

Xu Ruyun gave birth to three sons for the Qi family.

Logically speaking, their marriage should be rock solid, or so Xu Ruyun always thought.

But after she asked the little deer, it was as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water on her; she felt cold from head to toe, and her heart was even colder.

Xu Ruyun: "Where is the master?"

Little Deer: "Master, he's in the woodshed holding that little baby girl."

"What!"

She naively thought she would tell her husband what had happened.

Unexpectedly, my husband was the instigator of the whole incident!

She risked her life to give birth to his child.

But he wanted to exchange an outside child for his own flesh and blood!

Xu Ruyun took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down.

I still have four children. It's always better to discover the truth sooner rather than later. It seems my daughter might be able to foresee the future. I can't tell anyone that I can hear my daughter's thoughts.

Xu Ruyun comforted herself.

Then, she said to the deer in a calm tone, "I understand."

Xiao Lu stood up for his wife.

"The lady is risking her life to give birth to the master's child here. Yet he's holding a strange child in the woodshed. What does this mean?"

Xu Ruyun felt utterly cold inside, but she didn't show it at all.

"Just pretend you didn't see it. The master might be here soon."

Little Deer: "Yes!"

Qi Jiating was scolding the midwife in the woodshed.

"You can't even handle this simple task! Don't forget, you still owe me a thousand taels of silver!"

Midwife: "Master Qi, the madam insisted on taking the young lady away. I can't just forcibly take her away, can I? I also want to earn the money, but there's really no way. I'll return the money to you right now."

Qi Jiating: "Useless! Get out—"

Xu Ruyun's daughter, who had just finished drinking her milk and was fast asleep, was having a long dream.

In her dream, she was switched at birth by a cat.

The midwife took her away and handed her over to a woman, who then drowned her.

The baby girl who was switched grew up smoothly, but she not only caused the deaths of her three older brothers, but also her mother's entire clan.

This dream is the predetermined ending for the baby girl in this life.

As a deity, though he fell, he was reborn as a weak infant.

However, because she possesses residual divine power, she can predict the future.

Although the mother's family faced many hardships in the end, she changed her own destiny from the very beginning. Can she change the fate of others as well?

She couldn't help but think of her fate in her previous life.