Actually, Xie Jingyan wasn't entirely skeptical before, after all, he had witnessed Shen Wan's precognitive abilities, especially her poisoning of the daughter of the Imperial Academy Chancellor, which exposed her affair with Zhao Zhuangyuan and their secret pregnancy. He just didn't believe that Shen Wan had dreamt it, but since Shen Wan had told Shen Du the same thing, he had no choice but to believe it, even though he still had doubts.

Shen Wan had always wanted to tell Xie Jingyan, her father, and her elder brother about her past life, but she was afraid they wouldn't believe her and would think she was possessed. So she could only keep it to herself. Now that Xie Jingyan believed her, Shen Wan would no longer hide anything from him. She would tell Xie Jingyan everything she could.

There's just so much to say, after all, it's been five or six years, and I really don't know where to begin.

Shen Wan picked out the important part and said, "In my dream, my elder brother had a horse racing accident and injured his arm. He could no longer hold a red-tasseled spear, and his marriage was not going well. My elder brother liked Princess Huai'an, but Princess Huai'an committed suicide on her wedding day, and my elder brother was also murdered on the same day."

"My father was poisoned, but it was assumed that he died from a relapse of an old illness. Since no one from the eldest branch of the family inherited the title, the Pingyang Marquisate and the military power held by my father were all inherited by the second branch..."

"In the dream, the Prince of Jin fought for the throne, the eldest prince suffered a crushing defeat, lived a life of debauchery and eventually died suddenly."

"You can probably guess what happened to my fourth sister. In my dream, her face was disfigured, she was blind in one eye, and she was always accompanied by the ancient Buddha and the dim lamp..."

"..."

"An earthquake will strike Meizhou in a month, causing countless deaths and injuries. I've already asked my cousin for help with that. There will also be floods, droughts, and snowstorms later on..."

"..."

"The Crown Prince of Yanping accidentally killed the son of Princess Huyang..."

"..."

Shen Wan spoke almost without thinking, and Xie Jingyan's expression grew increasingly grim as he listened. Just as Shen Wan was wondering what else Xie Jingyan might care about or want to know, Xie Jingyan asked, "How did I die in your dream?"

He asked the question very calmly, as if it weren't directed at him.

Shen Wan was startled by what she heard.

Yinshuang, Haitang, and Chen Feng all stared intently at Shen Wan.

Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyan, who said, "Speak, I want to know."

Shen Wan said, "In my dream, half a year later, the Emperor died, Xie Jingyin ascended the throne, you cured your leg ailment, and after my father and brothers died one after another, you faked your death and left the capital. Later, you raised an army in the Northwest to rebel, and my fourth uncle and fourth brother also joined you..."

He rebelled?

He actually has such ambitions?

How come he didn't know?

Xie Jingyan's brow could trap a fly.

He loathed being born into the royal family; he didn't even want the status of a prince, so why would he want to sit on that throne...

He looked at Shen Wan, "Was I killed after my rebellion failed?"

Thinking about this, Shen Wan was still a little angry, "You died because of a woman!"

Xie Jingyan frowned even more deeply.

Since Shen Wan had already spoken, she wouldn't leave anything unsaid. "After your rebellion, you caused the Prince of Jin a lot of trouble. The Prince of Jin knew that you had a sweetheart, so he had someone disguise himself as her and hang him on the city wall to lure you to rescue him. You actually went, and in the end, you were pierced through the heart by ten thousand arrows and died."

Chen Feng clenched his fists, already contemplating killing the Prince of Jin.

Xie Jingyan looked at Shen Wan and asked, "What were you doing when I was killed?"

Shen Wan was stunned by the question: What was she doing when Xie Jingyan was killed?

Shen Wan thought for a moment and said, "I might be admiring the flowers."

A surge of anger rose to the top of his head, and Xie Jingyan gritted his teeth and said, "You certainly have the leisure to indulge in such things."

Without asking, he could guess that in Shen Wan's dream, the person she married was not him, but Xie Jingyin.

She was probably frightened after waking up from the dream, so she decisively abandoned Xie Jingyin and chose to join forces with him.

But his beloved...

Xie Jingyan looked at Shen Wan and asked, "Don't you know who my sweetheart is?"

Shen Wan shook her head.

Xie Jingyan's brows furrowed and relaxed repeatedly.

She knew all about natural and man-made disasters. He died from being pierced by a thousand arrows because of a woman, but she didn't know who it was. Could it be that he later fell in love with someone else?

That's possible. He would never put all his eggs in one basket, especially not on a tree that has no vision.

Things I couldn't understand or even got angry about before, I understand now.

No wonder she asked Young Master Yun to find Doctor Tao. Doctor Tao said that those two rare medicinal herbs were difficult to find, but Young Master Yun was able to find them easily. She had a lot of confidence in his ability to detoxify, because in her dream, he had already succeeded once. She never treated him as someone with a broken leg.

A few days ago in the palace, she abruptly and recklessly asked Doctor Tao to take the emperor's pulse and ask how much longer he could live. In her dream, the emperor only had six months to live, and she wished he could live longer.

She had always resisted him, saying she would only borrow his position as Princess Consort for six months before leaving. In her mind, he had a sweetheart for whom she would risk her life, so how could she possibly be willing to open her heart to him and have his child?

That bowl of contraceptive medicine deeply wounded his heart. Now he could understand Shen Wan again, but reality was very different from her dream. She should look forward. In her dream, he might have fallen in love with someone else in the end, but deep down he was not a heartless person. Since she married him, he would not betray her.

Before Xie Jingyan could speak, Shen Wan spoke first, saying what she had wanted to say for a long time: "I have staked the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion and the Yun family on you. Your life is tied to the lives of many people. I don't want you to repeat the mistakes of your past life and disregard the lives of others for the sake of a woman."

Xie Jingyan wanted to say that he wasn't that kind of person, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn't utter a single word.

Yinshuang looked at Shen Wan and asked, "Then, Your Highness, how did you die?"

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