"Ji Miaozhen, Ji Miaozhen, I, Cong Wuyang, must have been blind to have fallen for such a spineless coward!"
Even though Cong Wuyang already knew that the woman was just as cowardly, timid, and heartless as the Ji family, he still couldn't help but feel sorrow.
After being captured by the Xie family, he faced one painful choice after another. He first abandoned his mentally unstable mother, then his father, and even abandoned his own son for this woman.
One by one, those people died before his eyes, until only the two of them, the "wild lovers," remained.
He never regretted it until then, but later, this woman, for the sake of getting a bite to eat, pushed him into a beggar's den to be humiliated by others.
In an attempt to survive, he gripped a blunt knife and repeatedly stabbed it into his body.
If he hadn't failed to regain his memories from his past life, he might not have hated it so much.
But he remembered, he remembered everything. He was the emperor of the new dynasty, and that woman became his empress.
The two were deeply in love throughout their lives. He even remained celibate and did not take any concubines or mistresses. Moreover, he disregarded past grievances and elevated the status of her maternal clan.
But now, he realizes he was a joke from the very beginning.
Thinking of the kindness the Xie family had shown him, and of Xie Manman's expectations of him, Cong Wuyang finally couldn't help but ask, "Manman, if we had lived a good life back then, wouldn't things be different...?"
He truly regretted it from the bottom of his heart; the team that started the rebellion was entirely composed of Xie's old assets.
Even if he doesn't do those despicable things, as long as there's internal strife, he'll reach the position he held in his previous life, and things might even go more smoothly for him.
But he was obsessed with burying the Xie family in the mud, as if only then would their past misery be forgotten.
In the dim firelight, Xie Manman's face appeared eerily dark.
Hearing Cong Wuyang utter such disgusting words, she also wanted to irritate this ungrateful man, so she said, "Of course! If that were the case, not only would life be easier, but you might even be able to ascend the throne and become emperor! Your descendants would last for thousands of generations! But in the end, you don't have that blessing to enjoy eternal incense offerings!"
After saying that, she pulled out a dagger from her bosom and stabbed at Cong Wuyang wildly, each cut going deep enough to see bone.
A short while later, Cong Wuyang, who had been suffering greatly, slowly closed his eyes. Xie Manman leaned close to him and said, "We will never see each other again, in life or in death!"
With his last breath, Cong Wuyang uttered a single word: "Good!"
The people on the ground were so frightened that they tried to back away, but they could only move an inch with all their might.
"Don't want to die now?"
Xie Manman looked at the person on the ground with a mischievous smile, while Ji Miaozhen blinked frantically in agreement.
"Send them to the woods outside the city; there are many wolves there!"
After saying that, Xie Manman put away the dagger in her hand and walked out.
"No! Kill me! Kill me!"
No one answered Ji Miaozhen's words. Suddenly, she remembered what Xie Manman had said when she brought them here: "You only have one choice, so don't regret it!"
She tried to bite her tongue, but her mouth was quickly gagged and she was taken away.
Once outside the secret room, Xie Manman regretted not killing him sooner!
This year wasn't just tormenting them, it was tormenting ourselves.
"Miss, the hot spring is ready!"
Xie Manman disgustedly took off her blood-stained clothes and handed them to the maid, who immediately took the clothes and went out to burn them.
The next day, outside the Xie residence, men escorted two beautiful young women toward the capital, accompanied by Granny Shi.
It wasn't Xie Manman who asked for it, but the old nanny herself who requested it.
She was afraid! Afraid that these people were dishonest and would harm the girl she had watched grow up.
After the carriage left, Xie Manman stood in the courtyard facing the capital, as if watching how the Great Zhou Dynasty would fall.
Three more years passed, and the Great Zhou Dynasty, which had stood for over 130 years, began to falter.
Uprisings and rebellions broke out in various places, and the person on the dragon throne would initially attend court and govern.
But after reports from various places kept appearing on the emperor's desk, the emperor simply stopped doing anything and spent his days indulging in a life of pleasure and debauchery in the harem.
Despite the Empress's repeated admonitions, she was ultimately deposed and banished to the cold palace, and her two sons died of illness.
Everyone in the harem was filled with anxiety and no one wanted to stay within those cannibalistic walls any longer.
The conflict intensified, and towns and cities fell everywhere. The emperor, heeding slanderous advice, foolishly appointed a wandering sorcerer as the commander-in-chief of the army, hoping that conjuring soldiers from beans would solve the crisis facing the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Due to his numerous self-destructive actions, the capital was besieged by various forces that year. With troops at the gates and the city gates tightly shut, the people stayed at home every day, afraid to go out, and the palace was in complete chaos.
The emperor wrote several edicts of self-reproach, saying that the chaos in the country was caused by natural disasters and man-made calamities, that he had neglected state affairs and failed to consider the suffering of the people... He gave a whole host of reasons, but resolutely avoided mentioning the old story of the succession struggle and the conflict in the northwest.
In addition, he issued a secret edict summoning the Northwest Army to the capital to defend the emperor, but the edict was delayed in reaching the Northwest.
The Great Zhou Dynasty was on the verge of collapse. The emperor had no choice but to order his princes to defend the capital, while he escaped with his concubine through a secret passage in the palace and was escorted by a "loyal servant" to the northwest to seek military assistance.
"Master, our two distinguished guests have brought them here!"
Xie Manman stood on the city wall of Sanyang City, looking at the grand procession in the distance, her whole body trembling.
Two lifetimes have passed, and the person she has waited for so long has finally arrived.
Over the past three years, her eldest sister has been traveling around to build up influence and relocate people. Her brothers stayed in the Northwest to recruit soldiers and expand their army to over 200,000.
She sits behind the scenes, controlling the nation's finances, killing countless people while also saving countless others.
All her previous schemes have finally led the thieves into a trap; she should make good use of the houses and tools she has prepared.
This "wise ruler" cannot let the Xie family suffer any of the same hardships they endured.
When the emperor arrived in the northwest on his imperial carriage, he saw a desolate place that was completely different from what he had imagined, and felt as if he had mistakenly entered the capital.
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