At that point, they had absolutely no secrets from each other.
Gu Xin told Lu Zheng about the existence of the jade beads, and Lu Zheng told Gu Xin about the life he had lived in.
However, in order to make it easier for Gu Xin to accept, Lu Zheng told her about a dream he had. He didn't tell her all the bad things, because they were all in the past and would never happen again in this lifetime.
He had also mentioned Li Shan to Gu Xin at the time.
“Yes, we hadn’t met Old Wang yet back then. It felt like I had truly lived a whole life, only many people had different endings, different events, and some people didn’t appear at that time. So, I didn’t know if I would ever meet him again. This year, Fatty Wang appeared, earlier than in my dream. That’s when I remembered his family’s situation. But, in the dream, his family’s misfortune didn’t happen at that time,” Lu Zheng said.
"Was Zhang Huzi also the murderer who caused the Wang family's misfortune in the dream?" Gu Xin asked.
"No. In the dream, at this time, the Third Prince and the Seventh Prince were still vying for power, the Emperor was already seriously ill, and Lord Wang didn't side with either of them. Therefore, he didn't have the opportunity to be transferred back to the capital this year like he does now. In the dream, he was always the Prefect of Tongzhou. Next year, a cook named Zhang Liu would enter their household. Then, Zhang Liu would poison them, killing their entire family. Zhang Huzi didn't appear in the dream. In the end, Zhang Liu was arrested, and when I woke up, neither Zhang Huzi nor Sha Ya appeared in the dream," Lu Zheng said.
“Brother Yuanyuan, your dream is truly amazing. But even if you had warned Lord Wang earlier, they probably still wouldn’t have been able to guard against Zhang Liushi and Zhang Huzi! Alas, it can only be said that fate plays tricks on people.” Gu Xin sighed, realizing that Lu Zheng’s test of Zhang Liushi had been accurate. She then asked, “What about Fatty Wang? He eventually came out, and what became of him?”
“He’s come out of it. He’s turned over a new leaf and is a very capable person. He’s completely different from the person we first knew. I just don’t know what he’ll become in reality,” Lu Zheng said.
“It will definitely be better than in my dreams. He’s not a bad person by nature, and he’s not stupid. I believe that after going through something like this, he will definitely get better and better, and he will recover very quickly,” Gu Xin said firmly.
"Okay. Go to sleep! You can't just stay awake because you have the jade bead. Get a good night's sleep; we have to go down the mountain tomorrow morning," Lu Zheng said, patting Gu Xin's head.
Then he got up, took Gu Xin's hand, and led her to the next room.
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The next morning, the steward of the Prince's Mansion led people to haul the coffin prepared the day before up the mountain. Madam Liu from Taizhou, which is closer to Tongzhou, had already arrived with her children.
Madam Liu had traveled to Kunzhou and Jinnanzhou in the Goddess Kingdom, and returned home in high spirits. However, just as she had finished resting and was preparing to visit her mother's family to celebrate her birthday, she received the devastating news. She cried almost all the way from Taizhou to Tongzhou.
By the time she arrived at Hongyuan Temple, she could barely stand.
Her own mother, brother and sister-in-law, nephew's wife, and grandnephew were all dead, which she found completely unacceptable.
Seeing how much weight Wang Pangzi had lost, she grabbed his hand with a pained expression: "Shoucheng, my good boy, you've suffered so much!"
Fatty Wang held Madam Liu's hand without saying a word.
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