"Father, I do not wish to marry Yun Chuwei."

When Yun Chuwei regained consciousness, she heard this sentence.

She was stunned.

Wasn't she dead?

This is...

She glanced around and found herself sitting at a banquet.

Once she sorted out her memories, Yun Chuwei understood that she had indeed died, but had come back to life.

She returned to the day His Majesty bestowed marriage upon her and Xie Sheng.

Recalling everything from her previous life, Yun Chuwei's eyes filled with hatred.

Thinking of the man who said he would kill her with his own hands even in the netherworld, her heart miraculously calmed down a bit.

Who is that masked man? Why does he hate her so much?

As she was thinking, hearing Xie Sheng's resolute and vehement refusal to grant her the marriage, a guess arose in Yun Chuwei's mind.

Did Xie Sheng return like her? Otherwise, why would he make a different choice than in his previous life?

Just then, she heard a stern and displeased voice coming from the high position.

"Xie Sheng, do you know what you're saying?"

Xie Sheng knelt, his head hitting the ground, but his attitude was unusually firm: "The person I love is Yun Lianhua, the adopted daughter of the Yun family. Lianhua is a gentle and beautiful girl, unlike those women who are scheming and cunning. I will not marry a woman with a heavy heart. I will marry no one but Lianhua. I beg you, Father, to grant my wish!"

Yun Chuwei raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this.

If she had only guessed before, she was now absolutely certain that Xie Sheng had returned.

Because Xie Sheng's current statement is similar to his statement when he killed her in the previous life.

Yun Chuwei smiled, a slight curve appearing at the corners of her lips.

It's good that you're back! Now that you're back, you can settle scores and get revenge!

She wanted to plunge Xie Sheng into a desperate situation where he could cry out to heaven and earth in vain, so that he could also experience the pain of being filled with hatred and having nowhere to vent it.

Only in this way can her nearly shattered Dao heart be repaired.

Thinking about it, Yun Chuwei relaxed completely, lowered her eyes and smiled faintly.

Completely different from her was Emperor Xie Che, who sat on a high throne.

The aging, powerful ruler had a gloomy expression. He stared at Xie Sheng with his hawk-like eyes but did not speak.

The imposing aura of the person in charge silenced everyone, and the surroundings were so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Xie Sheng, kneeling and prone, frowned slightly, his hands on the ground gradually clenching into fists, his heart filled with unease.

His fear of his father, the emperor, did not diminish after he was reborn.

only……

Having finally been given a second chance, he was determined to protect his Lian'er and would never wrong her by having her marry him under the identity of Yun Chuwei.

He raised his voice: "I beg my father to grant my request!"

Emperor Xie Che, sitting on the high platform, finally turned his gaze to Yun Chuwei and asked, "Yun Chuwei, what do you think?"

Yun Chuwei was not surprised that Emperor Tianqi had spoken to her.

Since ascending the throne, Emperor Tianqi has implemented sweeping reforms domestically and waged wars on all sides, reaching the point of exhausting the country with military might.

Now that the powerful ruler is old and frail, and with natural disasters and man-made calamities causing turmoil in the country, he needs the help of the old nobles to stabilize the realm.

Yun Xiangguo, the ancestor of the Yun family, was the foremost of the three founding heroes and was revered by the old nobility.

As the direct descendant of the Prime Minister of Yun, a marriage alliance with the royal family was unavoidable for her.

She thought for a moment, then stood up, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, I will leave everything to you. However, please do not inform my master about this matter. After all, being rejected in marriage is too humiliating."

Yun Chuwei mentioned her master in the hope that Emperor Tianqi would not let Xie Sheng off easily.

Xie Sheng, however, thought Yun Chuwei was extremely foolish.

Why would she mention her country teacher in front of her father at this time? Who would care about her teacher?

However, what Emperor Tianqi said next was like a slap in the face to Xie Sheng.

"Rest assured, I will give your master a satisfactory explanation!" Emperor Tianqi raised his voice a few decibels. "Guards, the Crown Prince is disobedient; give him thirty strokes of the cane!"

Xie Sheng's eyes widened slightly.

Wasn't Yun Chuwei's master a Taoist priest from the countryside?

Why would the Emperor punish Yun Chuwei's master just to give him an explanation?

The Crown Prince's faction was also extremely surprised and hurriedly pleaded for Xie Sheng.

The Tianqi Emperor coldly said, "Anyone who dares to plead for him will be punished along with him."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. Yun Chu raised an eyebrow and spoke in the silence, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

Emperor Tianqi glanced at Yun Chuwei and said, "You speak."

He narrowed his eyes slightly. Could this girl be trying to plead for the Crown Prince?

Yun Chuwei bowed again and smiled as she spoke: "This humble woman wishes to share Your Majesty's burdens and supervise the executions on Your Majesty's behalf. I hope Your Majesty will grant my request!"

Emperor Tianqi looked at Yun Chuwei, who was smiling but had a wicked look in her eyes, and thought to himself, "Just as I thought, the disciple that old man taught is no pushover."

On the surface, she was completely obedient, but in reality, she had already made a grudge against the crown prince in her heart.

The crown prince is blind to both appearance and mind.

Why would you abandon this pearl and insist on grabbing at those rubble?

However, the old man was unwilling to go down the mountain to help him deal with the current chaos, so he only sent this little girl down the mountain.

I wonder if this little girl has the ability to help him stabilize the court?

Or rather, is this little girl easy to use?

Emperor Tianqi nodded: "Then you shall supervise the execution!"

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As the Imperial Guards pressed Xie Sheng down on the bench in preparation for beating him, Yun Chuwei sat in the executioner's seat, leisurely cracking sunflower seeds.

Xie Sheng lay on the long bench, looking up at Yun Chuwei with disdain and contempt in his eyes.

He said unhappily, "Yun Chuwei, what are you waiting for? Why don't you tell them to let me go?"

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