“Reborn? He’s just like us?” The Ninth Prince heard a new word again. He suddenly realized that he seemed to have overlooked something, that is, Lu Zheng at this age should not know their Xin Xin.
"Rebirth means that he has lived to a certain age, encountered an accident or a fortuitous opportunity, and returned to the past," Cai Xiaolian explained, then looked at Gu Nian, "Niannian, is my understanding correct?"
"That's pretty much the gist of it! If he really is Lu Zheng, then he must have been reborn with his memories intact. Otherwise, why would he suddenly approach our family? It's possible that our three time travels affected his rebirth, or it's possible that his rebirth triggered our time travels. Anyway, it's hard to say!" Gu Nian said.
"In the book you're reading, what exactly did he do to our Xin Xin? What was his final fate?" the Ninth Prince asked.
When the three of them were exchanging information before, they all thought that they could protect Gu Xin from going down the same path as before and avoid encountering Lu Zheng. Therefore, Gu Nian only briefly explained the plot.
Unexpectedly, things changed with Lu Zheng, so they had to carefully understand the plot.
"I don't know what happened to her in the end. I only saw that after the female lead died, the Ninth Prince, whom he stood on, ascended the throne, and his status rose accordingly. I don't know how he died in the end. As for Xin Xin, didn't Xin Xin end up in a brothel in Jiangnan? Because she was young, after being raised for a while, the madam discovered that she had a good foundation, so she was fed and cared for until she was sixteen. She planned to push her out and sell her first night for a high price, but Lu Zheng bought her."
"At that time, Lu Zheng was already twenty-one or twenty-two years old. He was secretly sent by the Emperor to Jiangnan to investigate a corruption case. After that, Xin Xin refused to serve anyone else at that brothel, only Lu Zheng. Lu Zheng spent more than a year investigating the case and cracking down on the factions that were dividing and splitting Jiangnan. In the end, he succeeded, redeemed Xin Xin, and took her to the capital."
"After returning home, he gained the emperor's favor and gradually became able to speak up in their household. However, he did not bring Xin Xin home, nor did he give her a proper status. She was raised outside the family."
"Click!"
At this point, Gu Nian was interrupted by a sudden breaking sound.
She looked at Gu Shouxin's hand; the fire poker was broken.
That's great, really great!
"A mistress! They actually made my daughter Gu Shouxin's mistress!" Gu Shouxin had completely immersed himself in the role, treating his two daughters as his own. Even though these things hadn't actually happened, they had existed. He was furious.
"Your Excellency, don't interrupt Niannian, let her continue," Cai Xiaolian said, patting Gu Shouxin.
"Mm." Gu Shouxin nodded.
Gu Nian continued, "This took six years. Lu Zheng was thirty years old. His father died, and he became the Duke of Zhenguo. But his stepmother had a son. She wanted to deal with him, but she couldn't find a way to do it through him, so she turned to Xin Xin."
"Lu Zheng thought he had protected Xin Xin very well, but he didn't know that Xin Xin had already been discovered, found, and contacted by Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian. His stepmother offered Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian a lot of money to trick Xin Xin into coming out, and then Xin Xin was arrested."
"His stepmother threatened him, demanding that he hand over the title of Duke, or she would kill Xin Xin. In the book, Xin Xin naturally told him to mind his own business."
"His stepmother's son secretly tried to humiliate Xin Xin, but Xin Xin refused to submit. The child that Xin Xin had conceived after nearly eight years with Lu Zheng was lost during that resistance. When his stepmother's son saw that Xin Xin was bleeding heavily, he was frightened and ran away."
"Afterwards, his stepmother had Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian come forward to find a way to lure Xin Xin into a trap. Lu Zheng found out and went to rescue Xin Xin, but it was too late. He could only play along."
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