At first, Peng Chengwen pretended to be stupid and didn't know the mother and son. Later, he had no choice but to admit it. By then, the matter had reached the emperor's attention. Peng Chengwen then wanted to bring the woman into his household as his wife.
Han Lingxi was also Peng Chengwen's lawfully wedded wife, and she came from a prestigious family. How could she tolerate being changed from wife to concubine? Naturally, she was extremely unwilling.
In the end, because Peng Chengwen was wary of the Han family, he made the original owner the principal wife and the other woman the secondary wife.
The Han family felt that the original owner had suffered a great injustice, but since she had already married, they couldn't just get a divorce. If they divorced, the original owner would only be able to spend her life in seclusion, which the Han family parents couldn't bear. So, despite their dissatisfaction, they could only silently accept it.
After this incident, the Han family became seen as powerful and arrogant people who bullied others, and the original owner of the body was also a vicious young lady from a wealthy family. No one would think that the original owner was also a victim.
The original owner held Peng Chengwen in utter contempt because of this incident, and their relationship was worse than that of strangers. Moreover, Peng Chengwen was no good person for abandoning his wife for power, and soon he began to have a large number of wives and concubines.
The original owner's approach to Peng Chengwen was to ignore him, while the mother and son basically stayed indoors. As long as they were well provided with food and clothing, they didn't care at all about Peng Chengwen's behavior.
Since the original owner had to manage the entire Peng family, she inevitably had to come into contact with Peng Chengwen's concubines. Seeing that the original owner was not favored and had no children, the newly arrived concubines plotted to take her place and even poisoned her when she was not paying attention.
When the Han family learned of this, they were furious and immediately purged Peng Chengwen's inner circle. Those involved in the poisoning were beaten to death, and those who were unaware of the situation were sold off.
Even so, the original owner's damaged body could not be cured and could only deteriorate day by day, relying on medicine to keep him alive.
Just as the original owner was about to die, news came from the border that Beilou had returned in triumph. It turned out that Beilou had not died, but had been seriously injured and lost his memory, ending up in a Xiongnu tribe. Later, Beilou gradually regained his memory and felt that this was a good opportunity, so he infiltrated the Xiongnu for two years.
After gaining the trust of the Xiongnu by lying in wait for two years, he drugged their water sources and led his warriors to a great victory over them. This led to the Xiongnu signing a treaty in which they submitted to the Celestial Empire and paid tribute annually. For a time, he was the most powerful man in the country, and the emperor even intended to bestow upon him the title of Duke.
Upon hearing this news, the original owner couldn't describe how he felt. It wasn't regret or pity, but simply a sigh at the cruel twist of fate.
After absorbing the memories, Han Lingxi thought about it and realized that the current time should be when the original owner was already sixteen years old, and soon to be seventeen. In other words, Beilou was about to be injured and disappear.
Han Lingxi felt that Bei Lou was very likely her lover. Being with Bei Lou would be the simplest way to avoid the fate of the original owner in her previous life. After all, in her previous life, Bei Lou was a responsible and dependable person, and he was not as obsessed with beauty as Peng Chengwen.
What Han Lingxi wanted to do was to prevent Beilou from ending up among the Xiongnu like he had in his previous life. In Han Lingxi's opinion, this was not a good thing, because although Beilou eventually defeated the Xiongnu and obtained the high position of Duke, he also lost a lot in those two years.
For example, he suffered from injuries that were not treated in time, leaving him with a lot of pain. He also suffered humiliation at the hands of the Xiongnu and even lost an eye.
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