The lightning and thunder gradually faded away, leaving only raindrops still pounding against the rooftops and trees, making a clattering sound.

Ye Qingxue stared blankly at the sky, feeling the wind stop. Her eyes instantly reddened, and she kowtowed repeatedly to the ground.

Both umbrellas were blown into the trees and were somewhat tattered, but Dongbai still picked them up, gave one to Moyuan, and held the other over Ye Qingxue's head before pulling her up from the ground.

The destroyed umbrella could only shield some of the raindrops, and the lanterns in the distance swayed, their light flickering.

Ye Qingxue wiped the water off her face and saw that Mo Yuan had already walked up to her.

He gripped the tortoise shell tightly in his hand, his fingertips tracing the cracks on it. When he looked at Ye Qingxue, his eyes were as still as an ancient well.

The tortoise shell broke when he was divining the future, and he immediately thought it was bad. He never expected that the scene just now would be even more frightening. Fortunately, the lightning and thunder had already subsided.

He said, "This divination shows that 'the sun and moon shine together, and the child star moves in reverse,' which is an omen of overlapping time and space."

Overlapping of time and space?

Ye Qingxue was stunned. Was it just like the person she had been reborn into?

Mo Yuan continued, "If you and Prince Jing, Yun Zhuo, have another son, this child's fate will be like a bridge, leading the souls of the dead back through the ages."

To have another child?

He Yunzhuo?

Ye Qingxue suddenly remembered that when Xiao Bao appeared, he called her "mother" and directly addressed Yun Zhuo as "father".

At the time, only she and Dongbai knew about Yunzhuo's background, but Xiaobao recognized Yunzhuo at a glance. Could he really be their child?

But did he come from another time?

Just so that she could live?

In her past life, she and Yun Zhuo consummated their marriage, and immediately afterward, she bled from all seven orifices and died on the spot. Could it be that Xiao Bao was already in her womb at that time, but simply had no chance to be born?

In their past life, were she and Yun Zhuo supposed to be husband and wife?

Ye Qingxue's heart was filled with turmoil, and an idea suddenly came to mind: "You chose me in heaven to be your mother, and waited for me to come to my side and be my child over the long years."

"But I was unable to bring you into this world. You came by your own means, with all your might, and became someone I couldn't get rid of, no matter how coldly or suspiciously I treated you. I didn't even have time to get to know you before you sacrificed yourself to save me."

"Is it because Xiao Bao, Xiao Bao, was never actually born and never had a name, that he's called Xiao Bao Bao like all other newborns?"

Ye Qingxue's hands clenched into tight fists: "I know how to bring you back. I will bring you into the world as soon as possible!"

Ye Qingxue came to her senses and noticed that there were a few strands of gray hair at the temples of Mo Yuan opposite her. Was she seeing things?

Mo Yuan also looked at her, his eyes now seeming to burn with a ghostly fire: "But this divination has three calamities. When the child is born, the mother is in danger and the father is injured; after the child is born, for as short as five years and as long as nine years, no one can know the cause and effect of the past life; the third calamity..."

Before Mo Yuan could finish speaking, he vomited a mouthful of blood.

Ye Qingxue hurriedly went to help him up and finally saw the silver hair at his temples, which was so clear and dazzling, as if reflecting a cold light under the candlelight.

Mo Yuan smiled at her: "If you wish to avoid all kinds of calamities, you don't have to marry Prince Jing and you can simply not have children with him. Otherwise, your future is destined to be difficult and full of thorns."

Ye Qingxue stiffened, a resolute light suddenly flashing in her eyes: "Thank you for informing me, Lord Mo. I know what I should choose!"

Many people and things, if you don't force yourself to possess them, you won't lose them. If you don't lose them, you'll never suffer. But then life loses its meaning of perseverance and the opportunity to find happiness!

Xiao Bao once chose her with unwavering determination, even going so far as to travel through time for her and disappear into the vast sea of ​​people for her. How could she, for the sake of temporary comfort and peace, place him in eternal darkness?

She can't do it!

Even if the road ahead is difficult and full of thorns, she is willing to stake the rest of her life on it, to play against fate, and to never regret her moves.

Yes, once Yun Chi and Empress Shen are eliminated, she will talk to Yun Zhuo about this matter and try to have Xiao Bao born as soon as possible.

Yun Zhuo, Yun Zhuo, I wonder what the situation is like on the river outside? Did he successfully evacuate the villagers? Were they ambushed or assassinated?

Ye Qingxue's worries were not unfounded. Not long after Yun Zhuo led his men out, they were indeed ambushed and assassinated.

However, this was within Yun Zhuo's predictions and not surprising.

Moreover, Yun Zhuo had already divided the people into three groups earlier.

One group was responsible for drawing away the assassins;

Some people were assigned to guard the river embankments to prevent them from being damaged by human intervention, thus turning a natural disaster into a man-made one.

The last group was responsible for persuading the villagers downstream to evacuate overnight.

However, they inevitably encountered obstacles, and those responsible for drawing away the assassins were inevitably injured.

Those who went to inspect the river embankment did indeed see someone deliberately sabotaging it. The two sides clashed, which was time-consuming and inevitably resulted in bloodshed and death.

Persuading the villagers to evacuate is even more difficult.

Yun Chi had already spread the word that today was an auspicious day for his wedding, and there was absolutely no possibility of flooding. Coupled with the statement from Wang Xuanzheng of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, the people believed it without a doubt.

In addition, there's their attachment to their hometown, and the fact that the house took them a lot of time, effort, and money to build.

Asking them to evacuate when they were convinced there was "absolutely no risk of flooding" was like taking their lives.

One by one, those who followed Yun Zhuo opposed him.

Yun Zhuo had already anticipated this possibility. Although he went to the downstream village with his guards, he did not participate in persuading the villagers to evacuate.

He arranged for twenty people to ostensibly persuade the villagers to evacuate, while he secretly took three people to find respected elders in the village and coerced them into making a pledge to evacuate first.

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