Half an hour later, Zhao Zhong recounted that long-buried story.

The feeling of carrying a secret for a long time, the reluctance to keep it to yourself, the desire to share it but the inability to do so, is something only the person carrying it can truly understand.

Now, he can finally reveal the secret.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Liu Wei with complete relaxation, then closed his eyes and prepared to die.

His expression was one of utter relief.

A hint of genuine smile appeared on his withered and terrifying face.

Liu Wei sat there blankly, not saying a word for a long time.

I never imagined that the original owner of this body would have such a tragic fate.

If we were to count the unfortunate people in the world, they would certainly be among them.

Time suddenly went back 21 years.

That winter, Emperor Huan of Han, Liu Zhi, passed away, and Empress Dou Miao took over the reins of government.

Emperor Huan died without an heir, and Dou Miao's father, Dou Wu, summoned Liu Tiao, a censor from the royal family of Hejian State.

When asked which member of the royal family of Hejian Kingdom was the most virtuous, Liu Yu recommended Liu Hong, the Marquis of Jiedu Pavilion.

At this time, Liu Hong inherited the title of Marquis early because his father Liu Chang had died young. His mother was Lady Dong, who later became Empress Dowager Dong.

The mother and son depended on each other for survival, and Liu Hong later showed tolerance and reliance on Empress Dowager Dong and the Ten Attendants.

That was also during that period of time.

Liu Hong was unmarried at the time, but he was a young and romantic man. He had a one-night stand with a maid in his household and she became pregnant.

Liu Hong himself was unaware of this matter, but Madam Dong saw it and kept it in mind.

When the imperial court sent people to welcome Liu Hong to Luoyang to ascend the throne, Lady Dong was completely stunned by this enormous surprise.

Liu Hong is about to go to Luoyang to become emperor, so the empress will naturally be from a prestigious family.

Liu Hong's power base was unstable, so he needed to form marriage alliances with powerful families to consolidate his rule.

This maid came from a poor family; she was an ordinary peasant girl from Niujiazhuang in Zhuojun, north of Hejian Prefecture.

So Dong made a quick decision to make the peasant girl and her unborn child disappear together.

Otherwise, if she were to give birth to a son or daughter, it would affect Liu Hong's throne.

Empress Dowager Dong ordered Zhao Zhong, who had not yet been castrated, to carry out this task.

Zhao Zhong led a few men to kill the peasant girl, but it's unclear whether someone had a change of heart or leaked the information.

The farm girl ran back to Zhuojun overnight.

Empress Dowager Dong was furious and sent Zhao Zhong with men to pursue and kill him.

Upon arriving at Niujiazhuang in Zhuojun, they captured a peasant woman and a newborn baby, and brought them back.

Empress Dowager Dong ordered them all to be secretly executed.

Liu Hong then left Hejian, went to Luoyang to ascend the throne, married a woman from the Song family, and made her empress.

Liu Hong thought of the woman he had a romantic relationship with in Hejian and planned to bring her here to enjoy a life of luxury.

Empress Dowager Dong told Liu Hong that the woman had died of illness.

Liu Hong was deeply saddened and posthumously conferred upon her the title of Consort Jing.

This matter should have ended here. As long as Empress Dowager Dong and President Zhao didn't say anything, it would have been buried forever.

However, just a year and a half ago, Liu Wei's adoptive parents brought the now-adult Liu Wei to Luoyang.

They produced the keepsake that Liu Hong had left for the peasant girl years ago and went to find Liu Hong to reunite with him.

Liu Hong, with tears streaming down his face, recognized the token. After a blood test to confirm his kinship, he recognized Liu Wei, bestowed upon him the title of Prince of Taiyuan, and raised him in a secluded courtyard in Beiman Mountain.

Before Empress He, Empress Song was framed by Wang Fu, a eunuch, and other ministers for cursing Liu Hong with witchcraft. She was deposed and died in the violent chamber.

Because she gave birth to Prince Liu Bian, Liu Hong made Lady He, a noblewoman from a butcher family in Nanyang, his empress.

Originally, Liu Hong had few sons, and the extremely jealous Empress He poisoned Consort Wang, who gave birth to the Prince of Chenliu.

Now that another son has been born, it immediately aroused Empress He's suspicion.

This explains why, as soon as Liu Wei transmigrated, Empress He ordered Liu Hong to demote him to the Marquis of Yinshan and send him to his fief in Shuofang.

Meanwhile, when Empress Dowager Dong learned that Liu Wei's adoptive parents had brought Liu Wei to recognize his family, she realized that she had fallen for a switcheroo trick all those years ago.

It must have been Liu Wei's adoptive parents who switched their own child with the newborn Liu Wei.

The story of the Orphan of Zhao was reenacted.

To cover up the scandal of that year, Empress Dowager Dong sent people to massacre the entire village of Niujiazhuang, including Liu Wei's adoptive parents.

Liu Wei had already been brought back and recognized as a relative by Liu Hong, so Empress Dowager Dong naturally dared not harm him.

However, he placed Diao Chan by his side to monitor Liu Wei's every move.

boom!

Liu Wei finally snapped out of his daze regarding this little-known secret.

His eyes were red and swollen with tears as he punched the wall hard.

The wall, built of large bluestones, suddenly sank into a large pit.

Immediately afterwards, cracks spread out from the center of the large pit, creaking and groaning like a spider web.

Now that I have transmigrated here and inherited the original body, how can I ignore the grudges that the original owner carried?

More than a hundred innocent families in Niujiazhuang sacrificed their own children to ensure Liu Wei's survival as an adoptive father and mother.

And the child whose adoptive parents were killed shortly after birth, and Liu Wei's pitiful birth mother.

If Liu Wei doesn't avenge these deep-seated hatreds, he will have lived in vain.

Empress Dowager Dong and her accomplices must not be let off the hook.

Liu Wei glared fiercely at Zhao Zhong.

Even though Zhao Zhong was at peace with himself and was simply waiting for death to come, he was still resigned to his fate.

But he was still terrified by Liu Wei's punch and his current look, and his face turned pale.

If that punch landed on him, he'd be turned into mincemeat in no time.

"Zhao Zhong, even if I killed or injured you ten thousand times, it wouldn't be enough to quell my rage."

"But I always keep my word. Since I promised to spare your life, I will spare your life."

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