Baili Nian was favored by the emperor from the very beginning because of her beauty, and Zhang Lie deliberately approached her after he realized this.
In Zhang Lie's view, given Baili Nian's status as an illegitimate daughter, she possessed no Xuan Qi whatsoever. As the legitimate son of the Great General's Mansion, a man of both literary and martial talents, he could easily summon Baili Nian at a mere wave of his hand.
Indeed, Baili Nian fell deeply in love with him after he used several methods to pursue her.
After Baili Nian died, his soul remained intact. Recalling his past, and with the help of the secret conversations of some people in the Taiji Kingdom's palace who knew the truth, as well as Zhang Lie's attitude towards Baili Xi, he finally slowly understood the truth.
She felt incredibly foolish, and that her tragic death was also due to her own stupidity. However, she genuinely loved her adopted son, even though he looked down on her and later hated her. She always hoped that the child she had raised would have a good ending.
Because of my own stupidity, this child was imprisoned at a young age and spent the rest of his life in prison. This is truly my greatest sin.
She hoped the child would be a good emperor. As for Zhang Lie and Baili Xi, she also hoped they would receive the punishment they deserved.
The original owner didn't harbor deep hatred for others; she simply hoped everyone would be put in their proper place and the guilty would receive their due punishment. Deep down, she probably hated her own foolishness even more!
When Chu Nian transmigrated to this time, the new emperor Zi Chen was already thirteen years old, a month before Zhang Lie's rebellion.
Although Zhang Lie only managed to force Zi Chen to abdicate with the help of the original owner, he himself had been planning for a long time, controlling the 100,000-strong army guarding the capital as the Marquis of Weiwu.
Half of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the border were originally led by the Great General Weiwu, and it can be said that they had long since joined the ranks of the Marquis Weiwu.
At this time, the original owner of this body was hesitant about whether to force the young emperor to abdicate, due to Zhang Lie's instigation. Although the late emperor was already seriously ill when she entered the palace, he had treated her very well before his death.
If the young emperor Zichen were the late emperor's own flesh and blood, or if he hadn't been so rebellious all the time and had treated the original owner better, the original owner might not have made up his mind to help Zhang Lie rebel.
Because of her inner conflict, the original owner decided to take the young emperor to pay respects at the late emperor's mausoleum. However, on the way back, the young emperor complained that she was wasting people's money and resources, which made her so angry that she fainted.
It was at this time that Chu Nian transmigrated into the original owner's body.
The imperial physician had already taken her pulse and said she would be fine after some rest. In fact, she was already mostly recovered, having used her spiritual power to repair her delicate body to a considerable extent.
After the imperial physician got out of the carriage, the carriage started moving again.
Chu Nian lazily opened her eyes and looked around the carriage.
The emperor was only thirteen years old and did not rule in person. The empress dowager ruled from behind the curtain, with Marquis Zhang Lie and Grand Tutor Jiang Bai assisting in the administration.
At this moment, she was sitting in the emperor's imperial carriage, which was quite spacious. In addition to the spacious main seat where she, the empress dowager, sat, there were two secondary seats on her left and right.
Sitting in the seat on the left was an extremely handsome boy of thirteen or fourteen. Chu Nian's vision went black again upon seeing him, and she almost fainted again from the pain in her chest: This face, so handsome it was almost otherworldly, was all too familiar.
Seriously, this is clearly Lou Qianzong when he was a child. He looks even more annoying than when he became a zombie. No wonder the original owner was so angry that he almost exploded.
Chu Nian immediately felt a little sorry for the original owner.
While organizing the original owner's storyline, she didn't specifically look at the young emperor's face, thinking that with the original owner's memories, she would naturally remember and recognize the person from her memories.
I should have looked more closely, so I wouldn't have been so startled when I opened my eyes.
"Empress Dowager, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, you're awake?!" A woman's soft voice rang out beside her, tinged with joy.
This is Wen Wan, a maid who has served the original owner since childhood and is now the head of the Cining Palace.
She and the original owner were as close as sisters, and she had advised the original owner not to be deceived by Zhang Lie, but unfortunately the original owner did not listen. Chu Nian now suspects that the original owner was actually confused by the troublesome young emperor Zi Chen, which is why she helped Zhang Lie rebel.
However, this little emperor is still a "little" emperor. Chu Nian's spiritual power has already detected a special energy fluctuation on the little emperor's body, but it is not strong. It is similar to the energy factors suspended in the air of this world, which should be Xuan Qi.
The little emperor's spiritual energy wasn't strong, so could she knead him as much as she wanted? Thinking back to the two times she had transmigrated before, she had encountered Lou Qianzong, who always made her uncomfortable. It was her turn to make the little emperor feel aggrieved this time.
The young emperor, who had been sitting to the side with a sullen face and his head down, looked up when he heard the gentle voice. His innocent face showed surprise, but it quickly vanished, replaced by a gloomy expression. He said in his hoarse voice, which was still changing, "I've told you that you're physically weak and shouldn't be so restless. Why did you have to go through all this trouble?"
Wen Wan quickly advised, "Your Majesty, please say less!"
Chu Nian said calmly, "It's alright, let him speak."
Wen Wan's lips twitched. In the past, whenever the young emperor complained about the Empress Dowager, she would always remain silent, weeping and helpless. What's wrong with her today? She actually spoke.
The original owner didn't speak because if she opened her mouth, the young emperor would retaliate with even more barrages of words; conversely, if she didn't speak, but just cried and put on a pitiful act, the young emperor, although he didn't like her doing so, would generally not say anything more.
Sigh, upon such analysis, it seems the original owner did have some ability to grasp the young emperor's weaknesses.
Hearing Chu Nian speak, the young emperor became even more excited and said, "Although Father's imperial mausoleum is only in the suburbs of the capital, it still takes a lot of effort for you and me to come out together. When we went to pay respects to the late emperor, I could have just secretly taken a eunuch out of the palace by myself, and I would have been back by now. But look at us now, my imperial entourage hasn't even entered the gates of the capital yet!"
Chu Nian asked, "Are you done?"
The young emperor sensed that his mother's demeanor was somewhat different today. He glanced at Chu Nian with a puzzled look and then mumbled an "Mmm".
Chu Nian curled her lips and suddenly kicked the little emperor in the butt.
The young emperor and Wen Wan were immediately stunned.
Then Chu Nian started kicking him repeatedly, shouting as she did so: "I, no, I'm just leaving the palace, why are you talking so much? Don't you know villains die from talking too much? Serves you right for talking so much! Serves you right for talking so much!"
That's right, all of them, including the civil official who consistently supported the young emperor, Grand Tutor Jiang Bai, were villains in the original novel. The male and female leads are Zhang Lie and Baili Xi.
After being kicked several times, the young emperor finally reacted and shouted, "How dare you kick me? I am the emperor! The Son of Heaven!"
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