Chapter 1: That ungrateful villain, whoever wants to marry him can marry him!

Imperial City, Fengqi Palace.

The steps are made of white jade and the flowers are made of brocade.

A man wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and a golden dragon crown was sitting in front of a bed, talking to the person lying on it.

The woman on the bed looked thin and pale, as if her end was near. She looked at the person in front of the bed and raised her hand slightly.

The man held her hand and said, "I promise you, you will be my only queen in this life, and there will be no one else."

"What about Cui Si?" she asked.

"Cui Si, I married her only for the sake of the Cui family..."

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When Cui Si woke up from her dream, she still felt as if her heart had been stabbed, and the pain was so severe that she could hardly recover.

Why did I dream about that ungrateful villain again?

"Madam, are you having a nightmare again?" The maid in a pink and green dress who was fanning her wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief embroidered with cranes and asked, "Do you want to see a doctor?"

Cui Si looked at her strange yet familiar face and was a little dazed for a moment.

This was Yanzhi, one of her personal maids. She had died in Shangyang City to protect her in the sixth year after she married Yan Xingchuan, but now she was alive and well in front of her.

Yes.

She was reborn into the past.

She was lying on a rattan chair under the sycamore tree in her yard, taking a nap in the sun.

The spring sunshine in March is scorching. The sycamore tree that covers half of the yard stretches out in the spring day, and the branches are full of green leaves. The sunlight from the sky shines through the branches and leaves, casting spots of light on the ground.

All of this made Cui Si suspect that her previous life was just a dream. She just slept under the tree, and when she woke up, nothing happened.

She did not marry Yan Xingchuan, the King of Northern Yan, nor was she abandoned by him after he ascended the throne.

Speaking of which, this rebirth is already her third life.

In her first life, she was a baby girl who was abandoned at birth and grew up in an orphanage. She was extremely short of money and love. She spent her whole life busy with work and side jobs. In the end, she died of a sudden heart attack and all the money she earned was contributed to the bank.

In her second life, she traveled through time and space to this fictional ancient society. She was born into a family of literati in the Great Zhou Dynasty and was the daughter of the Xianyang Cui family, a prominent family in Pingzhou. Although she was born into a noble family, she still had the ambition to be king, and she was willing to sacrifice herself, her brothers, and her maids.

It can be said that if a family has a bad test-taker, the whole family will suffer.

In the boudoir, she was a famous noble lady of the Cui family. After she got married, she was the Queen of Northern Yan. When Yan Xingchuan died, she became the Queen Mother and continued to work hard for the world. Finally, she fell asleep during a nap in the afternoon.

When she woke up again, she was back in her boudoir waiting to get married.

"No need, I just had a nightmare." Cui Si regained consciousness, sat up, took the handkerchief from Yanzhi's hand, wiped the sweat off her face, and asked her, "What time is it?"

"It's the Si hour."

As soon as Yanzhi finished speaking, a maid dressed in a pink shirt and green skirt hurried in from outside the door. She put her hands on her waist, knelt down and saluted, and said quickly:

"Madam, someone has come from the main house and wants to invite you to attend the Spring Festival Banquet."

This is Song Lu, another personal maid of Cui Si.

In her previous life, Song Lu stayed with her until the end. She was originally a lively, talkative and humorous person, but after going through so many things, she became silent and taciturn.

Cui Si frowned after hearing this: "Didn't you say that I wasn't feeling well and needed to rest well, so I wouldn't be going?"

Song Lu seemed to be deflated, and said helplessly: "Madam said that the girls in the tribe have arrived. Even if you are not feeling well, you should at least go and sit down and talk with the sisters in the tribe. Now everyone is here, and they are just waiting for you."

When Cui Si heard this, her brows frowned even deeper.

The Cui family in Xianyang is a large clan, and the direct line has three houses. The lady mentioned by Song Lu is the mistress of the eldest house and also the wife of the clan leader of the Cui family, called Madam Cui, while Cui Si is the girl of the second house of the direct line.

Today, Madam Cui held a spring banquet to entertain the girls in the clan, not for any other reason, but to select a good girl from the clan to marry the King of Northern Yan as his queen.

It is a time of turmoil.

The old Zhou Dynasty was on the verge of collapse. The emperor was incompetent and obsessed with women, treacherous ministers were in power, armies rose up in various places, each ruling its own empire, and the people were in danger.

The Cui family had worked hard in the Great Zhou for a hundred years and dominated the Xianyang area, but they were not immune to this disaster.

After discussing with the elders, the clan leader made the decision of "a good bird chooses a tree to roost in" and selected Yan Xingchuan, the King of Northern Yan, as the good tree among several reputable rebel kings.

Hence, there is the story of the King of Northern Yan going south to marry the daughter of the Cui family, obtaining Xianyang, occupying Pingzhou, and gaining the full support of the Cui family to jointly pursue a great cause.

In the previous life, it was Cui Si who married and became the Queen of Northern Yan.

Speaking of which, she was also naive and ridiculous in her previous life. She thought that she had gone through countless ups and downs with him and that they were a loving couple. She also made many plans for him to achieve great things.

Unexpectedly, just after he ascended the throne, he made his cousin the queen, making her a joke. Even before his cousin's death, Yan Xingchuan promised her that she would be the only queen in this life and he would never appoint another one.

How ridiculous! She is Yan Xingchuan’s original wife.

If Yan Xingchuan had not died early, she would have sent him on his journey and helped him to reach paradise early, and live together with his beloved cousin in the underworld.

In this life, she just wanted to stay away from him and live a good life in Xianyang City.

That ungrateful villain, whoever wants to marry him can marry him!

The suffering you endured in your previous life, you will never have to endure in this life.

But she didn't expect that when she claimed to be sick and wanted to avoid the spring banquet, Mrs. Cui didn't seem to want to let her go.

Cui Si's eyes were gloomy.

Song Lu was a little anxious: "Madam, what should we do?"

In a prominent family, the status of the patriarch's wife is naturally noble. Even though Cui Si is a girl from a legitimate family, she cannot refuse Mrs. Cui's invitations again and again.

Previously, Cui Si said that she would not go unless she was sick. Now Madam Cui sent someone to invite her, saying that everyone was waiting for her. If she did not go, it would be disrespectful to Madam Cui and she would offend her sisters in the clan.

"Well, let's go." It seems that she can't avoid this trip even if she wants to. After all, if she wants to stay in Xianyang in the future, she should not offend Mrs. Cui too much.

"Go and tell the visitor that Ah Si thanks Madam for the invitation. Once Ah Si has changed her clothes, she will leave immediately."

"Yes."

Song Lu took the order and left, while Cui Si put on her clogs and walked into the house.

Yanzhi followed closely behind her, choosing clothes for her to go out.

After changing clothes and dressing up, Cui Si led Song Lu and Yan Zhi out of the mansion and got into the carriage that had been waiting for a long time.

After the three of them got on the carriage and sat down, the driver drove the carriage along the blue brick road, all the way to the main residence of the Cui family.