Ji Yuan had met the general's daughter once before her marriage. Although she didn't get close, she glanced at her from afar.
At that time, she had returned from beyond the Great Wall with her father. Perhaps she wanted to go out to buy some things, so she concealed her identity and pretended to be a young man.
She saw the girl chase away a thug who was causing trouble at the old lady's stall. When the old lady thanked him, the thug looked bewildered and could only awkwardly scratch his head, say "You're welcome," and run away.
At that time, she knew that someone like her, who couldn't hide anything, was no match for her at all.
After returning home that day, she attempted suicide to make Ye Kaifan remember her. Even if he did marry Su Wange later, Su Wange would only end up as a discarded empress.
However, she did not expect that the change would come so quickly in the following year. General Su died on the battlefield, and their wedding could not be held for three years.
Moreover, with General Su dead, her power would inevitably crumble sooner or later. Therefore, she knew that even if the late emperor didn't cause any problems later, she could only become a concubine at most.
She just didn't expect that the late emperor would leave in such a hurry, and that Ye Kaifan would directly make her empress.
Three years into their marriage, her health deteriorated, and Ye Kaifan stayed by her side day and night. In the past three years, he showed no intention of choosing a concubine, as if he truly only wanted to be with her for life.
but…
Gradually, she felt that something was wrong. Although Ye Kaifan's attitude towards Su Wange was not very good, she still felt that something was off.
At that time, she hadn't realized anything was wrong, but she felt something was off.
It wasn't until Su Wange returned with the Longevity Gu that her life was saved, pulling her back from the brink of death.
When she heard Ye Kaifan refuse Su Wange's request to leave, she realized that Su Wange already had a place in Ye Kaifan's heart.
Ye Kaifan didn't want to admit it, but at that time, he was just desperately trying to convince himself. Even Ji Yuan, as an observer, had already seen through it.
During the first year after Su Wange left, Ye Kaifan tried his best to appear indifferent. Just like when she went to the battlefield and didn't return for so long, he didn't care either.
But the more he tried to avoid his feelings, the more he couldn't hide them. He had fallen for Su Wange, and no one could change that fact.
Later, it became increasingly obvious that another female general appeared in Beige. Ye Kaifan made that person a concubine and visited her palace every few days, while Ji Yuan was clearly neglected.
She looked at herself in the mirror, now thirty years old, but she looked like she was twenty. She was becoming more and more beautiful and charming, but appearances can't hold onto him.
Ji Yuan sometimes finds it funny that he was the one who reciprocated her feelings the first time.
As a result, he couldn't control himself and fell in love with someone else. However, instead of loving her, he hurt her again and again. In the end, she left him, and he became like he was going through a life-or-death situation.
Ji Yuan sometimes felt that perhaps on the day Cang Mu had the urge to kill, he would have actually killed Ye Kaifan.
Ye Kaifan might not be in such pain now, forever looking at someone he doesn't love while longing for the one he does love.
Later, when Ye Kaifan selected concubines for his harem, there was always something about them that resembled her.
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