Chapter 51
Wen Xian really didn't dare to do anything to Wen Xin.
Even though she was a concubine, her rank was low and she didn't receive any favor from the emperor. Even if she had the audacity of a bear and a leopard, she wouldn't dare to cause trouble in the palace, let alone at the Empress Dowager's birthday celebration.
They simply had a palace maid lead her to a secluded rockery and then abandoned her there.
Wen Xin: "..."
This cheap cousin of mine must be incredibly bored!
Wen Xian's brain is as bad as ever.
Wen Xin wasn't in a hurry to leave. She sat on a flat rock behind the artificial hill and sorted out the memories of the soul fragments and the plot of the Heavenly Dao first.
Unsurprisingly, as the female protagonist of a tragic novel, her fragmented soul lived an extremely miserable life.
A few days ago, she was punished by being forced to stand outside for three hours because she accidentally burned her mother-in-law while serving her a meal.
The spring chill was still in the air, and the fragments of the soul were already weak; how could they withstand it?
She caught a cold after returning home, but the Marquis of Xuanwu's mansion refused to send her a doctor, leaving her to fend for herself.
There was only Xiao Lian, who begged everyone to find her some medicine and took care of her tirelessly.
Unfortunately, the fragments of his soul couldn't survive, and he passed away last night.
Wen Xin fused with the soul fragments and took over her body before this world collapsed due to the death of the female protagonist.
This little world was derived from the tragic novel "The Substitute Bride: The Powerful King's Captive Little Wife Runs Away with the Baby".
The female protagonist, Wen Xin, is the eldest daughter of the Wen family. However, her parents died early, her grandfather neglected her, her grandmother was not her biological mother but her second wife, her uncles were not her father's brothers, and her cousins were all like wolves, determined to make her life miserable.
She was frail and sickly from childhood. After reaching adulthood, before she could even plan for her future, she was forced to marry the male protagonist, Shangguan Hao, the heir of the Marquis of Xuanwu, in place of her cousin.
However, Shangguan Hao's heart belonged to her cousin. After marriage, he never touched her and coldly watched her being bullied in the inner quarters, living a life of constant danger.
He then flirted between his admirer, Princess Qinghe, and his beloved Wen Xian, who had already entered the palace as the emperor's concubine, enjoying himself immensely with both of them by his side.
Shangguan Hao initially didn't take Wen Xin seriously, and his marriage to her was merely a means of revenge.
It wasn't until Wen Xin, who had previously been so careful and ingratiating in front of him, began to treat him coldly and even wanted a divorce, that he finally looked at his wife properly.
But as the male lead, Shangguan Hao is more proud than anyone else. He is cold-hearted and domineering. He may not love or want Wen Xin as his wife, but he cannot tolerate her escaping his control.
Especially when he learned that Wen Xin was involved with the emperor, he became even angrier and mad. He not only forced himself on her, but also subjected her to various forms of mental and physical manipulation.
On one occasion, she even accidentally miscarried while using force.
Wen Xin tried to escape several times, but Shangguan Hao caught her each time.
In her anguish and despair, she could only turn to Emperor Chengyuan for help. The emperor, who had feelings for her, helped her without hesitation and sent her away from the capital.
However, after Wen Xin left the capital, she discovered that she was pregnant again.
She couldn't bear to part with the child in her womb, so she gave birth to him despite Emperor Chengyuan's advice.
Years later, Shangguan Hao was ambushed on the battlefield, lost his memory, and ended up in the small town where Wen Xin lived, where she rescued him.
The two started arguing again.
Not long after, Shangguan Hao regained his memory and relentlessly pursued his wife. After experiencing numerous near-death experiences, Wen Xin couldn't bear it and forgave him for the sake of their child, and the family of three was reunited.
Subsequently, the young Emperor Chengyuan died suddenly, and Shangguan Hao supported a member of the Yuwen royal family, a mere infant, to become emperor. He was granted the title of "One-Character Parallel King" and became the de facto ruler of the Great Yuan Empire.
The Heavenly Dao storyline ends here.
However, reality is not a fairy tale.
Shangguan Hao wields great power and is ambitious, and continues to entangle himself with Princess Qinghe and Wen Xian.
Wen Xin was hurt by her husband's infidelity and was also deeply involved in the power struggles within the household. Within a few years, she was killed by Wen Xian in collusion with Shangguan Hao's mother.
Her son, whom she had raised with great difficulty, not only failed to avenge her, but also became extremely close to Shangguan Hao's mother and Wen Xian, even complaining that his mother was useless and that it was no wonder that her maternal grandfather and father did not value her.
Where is Shangguan Hao?
He was heartbroken for only two days before marrying Princess Qinghe as his second wife and having children with her. Where was the trace of his deep affection for her that had led to his death?
The ghost of Wen Xin, after her death, felt both heartbroken and disgusted when she looked at her husband and son like this.
At the same time, she was extremely angry.
Having lost her parents at a young age and suffering from poor health, she could only display a weak and timid personality to avoid the suspicion of her stepmother and uncles and aunts, and to fight for her own survival.
But in reality, Wen Xin is neither naive nor cowardly.
On the contrary, she was extremely shrewd and manipulative, skilled at scheming and plotting, and cold-hearted. When she needed to be ruthless, she was more ruthless than anyone else. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to grow up smoothly in the Wen family, which was surrounded by wolves.
She must not scheme against Emperor Chengyuan and make him fall in love with her.
But inexplicably, after she married into the Xuanwu Marquis family, especially when facing Shangguan Hao, she became extremely brainless, as if she were truly a weak and harmless soft persimmon who would not fight back or talk back, and could be manipulated by anyone.
Given her true nature, how could she possibly fall in love with a scoundrel like Shangguan Hao?
He dared to hurt her like that, she had long been plotting how to kill him, how could she just swallow her anger and leave, and even give birth to his bastard child?
She even saved him when he was in trouble and reconciled with him?
The ghost Wen Xin could hardly believe that she would do such a stupid, love-struck thing.
Even after death, she still had to be disgusted by that bastard and watch them live a life of wealth and luxury!
The ghost Wen Xin's malevolent energy erupted, and her resentment soared to the heavens, causing it to affect the operation of the small world and directly reverse the timeline.
However, reversing time comes at too high a price. Wen Xin's soul fragments have exhausted their power, so how could they withstand the pain of the female protagonist being tortured?
And just like that, the person was completely ruined!
Behind the artificial hill, Wen Xin rubbed her temples, trying to calm the shock of the melodramatic and disgusting plot, and almost couldn't suppress the resentment of the fragments of her soul.
"Master, are you alright?"
Little Gold flew to Wen Xin's shoulder, its butterfly wings fluttering gently, and specks of golden light swirling around her.
Wen Xin's brows relaxed slightly. "Mm."
"Master, the resentment in your soul fragments is quite strong in this life!"
Xiao Jin said with some concern.
A cold glint flashed in Wen Xin's eyes, "She's been so provoked that she's become a vengeful ghost, how could she not be filled with resentment?"
Xiao Jin said with disgust, "The male protagonist of this small world, Shangguan Hao, is much more disgusting than Li Qingchen in the previous life."
Wen Xin: "Hmm?"
Upon reincarnation into a new small world, Wen Xin will temporarily seal away the memories of her previous reincarnations.
Her power as the main god was sealed. Too many memories and emotions in the cycle of reincarnation would overwhelm her spirit and cause her to feel confused. Sealing was the best solution.
Therefore, apart from knowing that she had successfully fused with a fragment of a soul, Wen Xin had no memory of the period during which she did not remember anything.
"It's nothing, just the male protagonist of the small world where the fragment of your soul is located."
Xiao Jin was afraid of upsetting its master and causing the seal to loosen, so it only said vaguely.
The reason is that the previous owner was overwhelmed with emotion when his elder brother passed away.
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