"Born handsome, yet turned into a living dead. If even my lower body becomes useless, won't I be forced to live as a widow again?"
Inside the bridal chamber, the candlelight flickered.
Song Xizhi, dressed in a bright red wedding gown, carefully examined the man on the bed with his eyes closed.
The man, dressed in a wedding robe, lay quietly on the wedding bed.
He has excellent bone structure, with sharp features, cold and aloof eyes and tightly closed eyebrows, a high nose bridge, and red and moist lips. There is also a small mole on the tip of his nose.
That was Song Xizhi's new husband, He Jingyan.
"No, I have to try."
She had studied medicine and vaguely remembered that even a comatose man could respond.
As Song Xizhi thought about it, her slender hands brushed past the man's temples, slowly sliding down his chiseled jawline, and then lightly touched the man's lips with her fingertips.
It's soft and looks very kissable.
The next second, with a tearing sound, Song Xizhi ripped open the man's wedding robe.
...
Her hair was disheveled, and she was covered in fragrant sweat.
Song Xizhi collapsed, panting heavily, against the man's lower abdomen, utterly exhausted.
She knew the unconscious man was responsive, but she didn't know He Jingyan was like this!
She worked on it for half an hour, but saw no sign of it ending.
Having satisfied herself, Song Xizhi was too lazy to serve him anymore. She patted the man's lower abdomen with a hint of complaint and muttered, "These abs are like a washboard, so uncomfortable..."
Before she could finish speaking, she heard a sound at the door.
Song Xizhi hurriedly covered the two of them with the blankets, and then saw the door to the bridal chamber being opened with a bang.
"Miss, what are you doing here!"
"This matchmaker has sent you and the second young lady to the wrong bridal chamber!"
Seeing the mess on the bed, Granny Wu guessed that it must have already been done. Her eyes narrowed and her heart sank.
She hurriedly turned around and closed the door, then ran to the bedside, her face full of sorrow: "Didn't you know all along that the Second Miss was going to be married off in a different marriage? Why did she still marry the disabled eldest son?"
Song Xizhi shook his head, panting as he rolled off He Jingyan.
She wiped herself with a handkerchief, glanced at her personal nanny who had been with her since childhood, and explained softly, "Nanny, I know, I did it on purpose."
She knew her stepsister Song Ruoan's scheme: to go with the flow and deliberately marry He Jingyan.
Her biased father originally intended to marry his younger sister, Song Ruoan, to He Jingyan, the eldest son of a marquis with distinguished military achievements, while marrying her to He Yunce, the little-known second son.
He Jingyan was seriously injured on the battlefield a year ago and became a living dead. Even the imperial physician said that he would not live for many days. Naturally, her stepsister Song Ruoan was unwilling to marry him.
In her past life, Song Ruoan arranged this marriage exchange, wanting her to marry Young Master He and become a widow.
In his previous life, Song Xizhi had long known about his stepsister's scheme. After the wedding ceremony, he silently switched back and still went to the bridal chamber with the second young master, He Yunce.
Young couples are one, supporting each other.
Without his elder brother's halo, the timid He Yunze, encouraged by Song Xizhi, took on the responsibility of leading the Marquis's household.
If he lacked connections, Song Xizhi would use his medical skills to treat high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, thus expanding his network.
If money was scarce, Song Xizhi would open shops and send dowries to help revive the crumbling Marquis's mansion.
She toiled tirelessly for the Marquis's mansion, helping He Yunce rise to prominence and eventually reach the highest ranks of officialdom.
However, He Yunze became involved with Song Ruoan, whose husband had died. The two fell in love and secretly began an affair.
While she was out distributing porridge and providing disaster relief for her husband, enduring hardships and sleeping outdoors, the adulterous couple were indulging in illicit sexual relations within the mansion.
She risked her life to treat refugees and tirelessly researched cures for the plague, ruining her eyesight in the process. Meanwhile, Song Ruo'an gave birth to a son for her husband in the Marquis's mansion, bringing joy to the whole family!
They even took the opportunity to seize all her shops and houses!
Song Xizhi unfortunately contracted the plague and was carried back to the Marquis's mansion on the verge of death, but was stopped at the gate and left homeless!
Finally, Granny Wu slit her own throat at the entrance of the Marquis's mansion, her death so gruesome that it alarmed everyone in the capital. Only then did He Yunze have Song Xizhi carried back to the remote, dilapidated courtyard.
Without a doctor or any herbs, the dignified wife of the prime minister, who had saved countless lives, was ultimately left to die in a side courtyard!
Song Xizhi was unwilling to give up. She used all her strength to climb into the yard and survived by eating wild herbs from the yard.
After she recovered, she wanted to divorce He Yunze, but He Yunze kept her under house arrest in the Marquis's mansion and even spread rumors that she had gone mad.
Song Xizhi was imprisoned in a cold courtyard, fed pig swill, and lived as a madwoman for thirty years, watching helplessly as her adulterous husband and wife, along with their children and grandchildren, enjoyed the bliss of family life.
She died alone and full of resentment in the cold, desolate courtyard.
When Song Xizhi opened his eyes, he found himself back to when he was seventeen years old, during his wedding ceremony.
It was then that she realized she had been reborn, but it was too late; she had already married into the Marquis's household.
So she had no choice but to go along with the plan and accept Song Ruoan's arranged marriage, marrying the eldest son, He Jingyan, which led to the scene just now.
Only if she and He Jingyan consummate their marriage can this marriage be irreversible.
In this life, she will see if the cowardly He Yunze can rise to prominence without her, Song Xizhi's, help.
She wanted to find a way to cure He Jingyan, so that he could return to the battlefield and reclaim his family property.
At that time, He Yunze, overshadowed by his elder brother's halo, would be just as sensitive, insecure, and suspicious as he was at the beginning of his previous life...
He could no longer be prime minister, nor could he inherit the title.
Let's see if Song Ruoan, with her lofty ambitions, can still fall head over heels in love with He Yunce.
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