Jiang Qi was sentenced to be executed in the autumn.
On the day the verdict was handed down, he saw someone, an acquaintance.
To avoid attracting attention, Wen Zhixuan wore a black cloak, his beautiful eyes filled with coldness, as if he were looking at a dead man.
Jiang Qi had been tortured and was covered in injuries. His mind was also foggy, and it took him a long time to recognize him.
"It's you?"
Wen Zhixuan remained silent, still staring at him with that chilling gaze.
Jiang Qi shivered.
"How could you come to a place like this? Wen Zhixuan, Wen Zhixuan...you, you are the Imperial Advisor?"
He couldn't believe it.
He had certainly heard of the Imperial Preceptor, but he had never associated him with Wen Zhixuan, who once had no household registration.
After all, if Wen Zhixuan were truly that capable, he would never have fallen into my hands in the first place.
But who would have thought that the lowly person he used to manipulate would suddenly become a favorite of the current emperor?
"No, impossible! How could it be you? You're the one who framed me, aren't you? It must be you. Xu Jun has no grudge against the Jiang family, he has no reason to impeach me, only you—"
Wen Zhixuan finally spoke.
"It's me."
Jiang Qi's eyes were bloodshot, and he glared at him like a demon.
Wen Zhixuan's face was full of disgust; he wished he could tear this man to pieces.
"The Jiang family has already abandoned you, and the Emperor no longer recognizes you as the so-called Imperial Brother-in-Law. You have abused your power and amassed disgrace to your clan. You will soon be beheaded. However, I will not let you die so easily."
Jiang Qi was shocked by the murderous intent in his eyes and felt inexplicably terrified.
"What do you want to do?" Then, as if remembering something, he laughed, "If people knew that the dignified Imperial Advisor was once my subject, I wonder... uh..."
His eyes suddenly bulged out, and his throat seemed to be choked, rendering him speechless.
Wen Zhixuan's tone was icy, "I have cast a silencing spell on you. There are some things you will never have the chance to say."
Of course, normal speech is still fine.
Jiang Qi looked at him in horror.
How could that be…
Wen Zhixuan was indeed skilled, but he was injured at the time, which is why he was caught by the officials by sheer luck. To make him obedient, I had his tendons severed, crippling his martial arts. Oh, right, he seemed to have said before that he was a cultivator, newly entered into the mortal world.
Jiang Qi didn't believe him, or rather, he was lustful. Seeing that he didn't have any great abilities, he imprisoned him in his mansion.
He later escaped, which angered Jiang Qi.
With so many servants in the mansion, they couldn't even keep an eye on a useless person.
It turns out he really did possess supernatural powers.
Jiang Qi shivered.
"If you want revenge, why... are you only making your move now?"
Wen Zhixuan sneered, his eyes filled with gloom.
It's all Jiang Sixian's fault for being so weak, or perhaps it's just bad luck. A perfectly good plan was ruined by a bolt of lightning. With just a few words from Jiang Shuman, she was exposed for who she really was.
Otherwise, the entire Jiang family would have been convicted long ago, and a nobody like Jiang Qi would naturally not have escaped either.
The powerful families of feudal dynasties were all bad, yet the Jiang family was blessed with auspicious omens; the way of heaven is truly unjust.
"Just stay here and enjoy your last moments."
Jiang Shumiao witnessed this entire scene using her mental space.
Fuqu saw it too, and felt a little sad.
"Looking at it this way, Wen Zhixuan is quite pitiful."
Jiang Shumiao glanced at her, "You don't hate him anymore?"
No, not exactly.
Fuqu was somewhat conflicted. "Back then, he captured my primordial spirit, trying to control me to do evil, almost causing me to be destroyed. Of course, I hate him. Moreover, I heard that if a demon does evil in life, he will suffer terribly in the underworld after death. But I was fortunate enough to be saved by a god, and these days I have been cultivating in peace, and my mood has become much calmer. The rights and wrongs of this human world are really hard to judge."
"To put it bluntly, your relative is a real scoundrel."
Jiang Shumiao agreed.
"Every cause has its effect. Jiang Qi brought this upon himself by creating his own misdeeds."
Therefore, as long as Wen Zhixuan does not implicate the innocent, Jiang Shumiao will not interfere no matter how he retaliates against Jiang Qi.
"I wish I had been born a year earlier."
If Jiang Qi, that bastard, had been killed sooner, Wen Zhixuan might not have been so obsessive if he hadn't suffered those hardships.
"Sister Fuqu, do you think he would accept if I tried to make peace with him?"
Fuqu paused for a moment, then belatedly realized that "he" referred to Wen Zhixuan. She stammered, "Well, God, I think it's unlikely. If someone had rescued him and brought Jiang Qi to justice before he escaped Jiang Qi's clutches, he might have been grateful. But now, I'm afraid that won't work."
She glanced at Jiang Shumiao's expression and offered a suggestion.
"Why don't you send him back to his original timeline?"
Jiang Shumiao was discouraged. "Do you think any god can open the portal to time and space? These things depend on fate. I'm currently trapped in the body of an infant, my divine power is suppressed, and I can only move around in the mortal realm. Let alone opening the portal to time and space, I can only maintain my primordial spirit leaving my body for half an hour."
Fuqu thought that half an hour was quite good.
"You previously said that your divine power was forcibly suppressed because your soul was not fully integrated with your body while you were in the womb. If you successfully integrate, will you be able to ascend again immediately?"
Jiang Shumiao thought for a moment.
"Pretty much. My soul was scattered before, so I must have been recuperating for a long time. I was reborn in a mortal body. If I hadn't been born prematurely, I would have been born as a celestial being, and my divine power would have fused with my divine power dozens of times faster. Mortal girls reach adulthood at fifteen, so I would become a god in at most half a month."
A premature fetus born at eleven months...
Fuqu was filled with envy, tears welling up in her eyes, but she said aloud, "So, because of Jiang Qi's evil deeds, Wen Zhixuan hates the entire Jiang family to the bone. He plotted against you, causing you to have a premature birth, suppressing your divine power, and preventing you from opening the portal to time and space to send him back?"
Jiang Shumiao was taken aback by her analysis.
"Hmm, that seems to be the case."
Fuqu: "..."
It's difficult to evaluate.
If Wen Zhixuan had only focused on dealing with Jiang Qi back then, none of this would have happened. But then again, Jiang Qi suffered such a great humiliation, and his resentment was hard to quell. Moreover, Jiang Qi's audacity was indeed partly due to having powerful backers.
It can only be described as a cycle of cause and effect.
"It's no use talking about this now. I still don't understand why he transmigrated. The fact that Heaven didn't suppress him proves that he had a mission. Even if I were born safely, I probably couldn't easily send him back. In short, the Jiang family did owe him from the beginning."
Although her father was unaware.
However, prominent families share the same roots and naturally share both honor and disgrace.
Therefore, as long as Wen Zhixuan does not use Taoist magic to harm the innocent, she will turn a blind eye.
Wen Zhixuan was ruthless.
Every day, he would sneak into the prison and torture Jiang Qi in various ways, making sure he couldn't scream.
Jiang Qi was determined to repay all the humiliation and suffering he had endured.
Before Jiang Qi could even face his execution, the imperial decree bestowing marriage upon Jiang Shuman and Gu Jinchuan arrived first.
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