In her past life, she defied her father and brothers and exhausted all her efforts to support that scum of a man to the throne, only to have him slaughter her entire family in return.
Reborn ...
"Girl, wake up! We're almost there."
In her drowsy state, Shen Wan seemed to hear a familiar voice.
It was the sound of silver frost.
Five years had passed since they, mistress and servant, were separated by death. Little did she know that the first person she would see after her death would be Silver Frost.
Shen Wan opened her eyes with difficulty and saw Yin Shuang smiling at her. She had delicate features and shallow dimples when she smiled. Shen Wan was stunned for a moment. The Yin Shuang in front of her was familiar to her, but she could not match the tragic face she had last seen in her memory.
Yinshuang was her personal maid. In her previous life, she followed her into the Prince of Jin's mansion after marriage. Once, she helped her deliver something back to the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion and never returned. A few days later, Yinshuang's body was found in an alley two streets away from the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion. When she was found, she was barely clothed, covered in wounds, and died a gruesome death.
Yinshuang had been with her since childhood and was extremely loyal to her. However, for the sake of her own and Xie Jingyin's reputation, she did not even collect her body and let the government office throw her into the mass grave.
For a heartless and unfaithful man, she abandoned her maidservant, and it's no wonder that she ended up falling off the city wall and dying, with no one to collect her body.
Shen Wan's nose stung with tears. Yin Shuang, unaware of her distress, opened the food box and handed it to Shen Wan, saying, "Miss, you've been arguing with the Marquis these past few days because you're busy with your appointment with the Prince of Jin. You haven't been eating properly. I bought your favorite chestnut pastries. Please have a few."
Looking at the chestnut pastry handed to her, a hint of doubt flashed in Shen Wan's eyes.
He went on a hunger strike to keep his appointment with the Prince of Jin and to spite his father…
Didn't this happen before she came of age?
Shen Wan felt something was wrong. She wanted to ask Yin Shuang if she had gone to Zuixin Pavilion, but because she spun around too fast, she felt dizzy and her head was throbbing.
The pain felt so real, so real, that she doubted whether she was dead or still alive.
Shen Wan was worried that it was just her imagination, but the carriage suddenly stopped, and the servant's voice came, "Miss, the road is blocked by a tree, we can't pass."
Shen Wan quickly lifted the carriage curtain and saw the two large trees that had blocked her path to see the Prince of Jin in her previous life.
Overwhelmed with joy, Shen Wan's eyes blurred with tears.
It wasn't her imagination.
She really did go back to six years ago.
We went back to the time before everything happened.
Yinshuang muttered, "How come there are trees blocking the road? The carriage can't pass, and the young lady can't ride a horse. If she wants to see Prince Jin, she can only walk."
In her past life, she walked there.
The Zuixin Pavilion, where Xie Jingyin had arranged to meet her, was located halfway up the mountain. The mountain path was difficult to traverse, and it took her, a pampered young lady from a wealthy family, half a day to walk there after fasting for two days. Her feet were covered in blisters, but Xie Jingyin showed no gratitude whatsoever. Instead, he complained that she had kept him waiting for too long.
The most ridiculous thing is that she didn't move Xie Jingyin, but she moved her own older brother.
Her elder brother and father did not approve of her choosing Prince Jin, but ever since her elder brother learned that she, who was tired of shopping, had climbed a mountain road for an hour just to see Xie Jingyin, he never stopped her again and even helped persuade their father.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Yinshuang asked, "Are you still going to see Prince Jin, Miss?"
"I'm not going!"
All the misfortunes in her past life began when she embarked on this path.
Xie Jingyin and the second wife conspired to murder her eldest brother, seize her father's military power, and massacre her maternal grandfather's family on trumped-up charges!
Since God has allowed her to return to six years ago, to the time before everything began.
In this life, she lives only for revenge.
She wants them to pay for their crimes in blood!
Yinshuang never expected her young lady to be so fickle. She had gone on a two-day hunger strike for Prince Jin, but gave up just because two trees were blocking her way. If she had known it was so easy, why did the Marquis and the Heir Apparent try to persuade her? They could have just cut down two trees to block her door.
Yinshuang asked cautiously, "If you're not going to see Prince Jin, then who will you marry when you turn 18 in three days?"
This question stumped Shen Wan.
In her past life, she only wanted to marry Xie Jingyin and never considered anyone else.
But in fact, Xie Jingyin was not the only one who had arranged to meet her on this day; the other sons of the late emperor, and even... Prince Ling.
Thinking of Prince Ling, Shen Wan's heart stirred slightly.
If she could join forces with Prince Ling, Xie Jingyan, her path to revenge would be much smoother.
"Go to Huguo Temple."