After the war began, apart from Li Xin's troops causing some obstacles, the Tiger and Wolf Division was incorporated. "Zi Linglong" led hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops, with Zhao Tuo as the general and Chu Mubai as the strategist, and marched north.
In just three months, the North and South were unified, and the new emperor of the Southern Yu voluntarily abdicated and was kept in seclusion in the Summer Palace for a long time, never to leave again for the rest of his life.
Lu Yan, on the other hand, continues to use the identity of Chu Mubai, becoming a regent of the opposite sex.
Time flies like an arrow; in the blink of an eye, a year has passed.
"Ding! System out of service! System out of service!"
The shrill sound of a mechanical female voice woke Xia Yixin from her daze. She opened her eyes and found herself surrounded by darkness and vast stretches of rocks.
The rushing water reminded her that she was in a cave within the waterfall.
Her clothes were soaked through, and she was lying on a large rock. Something was wrong. Shouldn't she have been eliminated immediately after failing her mission? Why was she still alive, and where was she?
Moreover, she felt her body was full of energy again.
Xia Yixin called out to the system in her mind, but apart from the mechanical "system out of contact" message, she received no response from the system.
Anyway, let's get out of here first.
She walked deeper into the waterfall, and she could faintly sense a breeze coming from the other side of the cave.
Sure enough, she hadn't gone far when the view suddenly opened up before her. It was late at night, and the soft moonlight shone on a large expanse of fertile fields. The summer night was warm and humid, and not far from the fields was a small village with lights twinkling in it.
What a scene of paradise!
Judging from the architectural style, Xia Yixin still couldn't determine whether she was in an ancient world or somewhere else.
She used her internal energy to dry her clothes and easily crossed the dense forest from the mountain to the village.
When she saw an old man carrying a hoe and wearing burlap clothes dressed in the typical dark blue clothes of the common people of Nanyu, she breathed a sigh of relief. She was still in this world, but she clearly remembered that it was spring when she fell into the waterfall, and now it was summer.
She used her beauty-changing ability to transform herself into a farm girl who had wandered into the mountains and forests. She borrowed money from her storage ring and moved into a family's home.
Through the homeowner, she finally figured out that this place was called "Yongning Village," a small village deep in the mountains of southern Nanyu, and that not three months had passed since she jumped off the cliff, but a full year.
Yan Jiu disappeared, the Tiger Wolf Division invaded the capital, Zi Linglong ascended the throne, and Chu Mubai became the regent with a different surname. Apart from the addition of General Yan, Zi Linglong becoming empress, and the elimination of the harem, everything was exactly the same as in the original novel.
She still remembered Chu Mubai's words before she jumped off the cliff. Now, thinking about it carefully, she was certain that he had regained his memories from the previous world, and he was now Lu Yan.
But the problem is that she doesn't understand why Lu Yan would attack Zi Linglong.
And what exactly are his feelings for her?
If it were the original Chu Mubai, she would know that he loved her, but Lu Yan... in his memory, she was the one who abandoned him.
The image of the desperate man from the dimension she had left in her nightmare flashed through her mind...
no!
Waiting any longer is not an option; she has to find out!
She's not afraid of death, so why would she be afraid of anything else?
Without hesitation, Xia Yixin rested for a night, bought a fast horse, and left the small village at dawn.
It took Xia Yixin more than a month to travel from the most remote southern region to the capital of Nanyu.
She was in the form of a male swordsman, with an ordinary appearance, the kind of person who would easily blend into the crowd and go unnoticed.
When she arrived in the capital, it was already the height of summer.
Along the way, she heard a lot about what had happened in the past year, including many stories about General Yan. Because many people in Nanyu had never seen Yan Jiu in person, they only knew him as the "Ghost Doctor" and that he was skilled in both martial arts and literature.
So some storytellers have embellished his story in a way that is incredibly vivid. Some say he is a god descended from heaven, while others say he is a demon from hell. In short, they describe him as as powerful as possible. But when it comes to his appearance, the unified description is just one word—beautiful!
The storyteller spoke fluently, "General Yan may be a military officer, but he is as beautiful as a fairy. Otherwise, how could he have fallen in love with that person at first sight, cough, no, how could he have hit it off so easily?"
Xia Yixin almost choked on her tea when she overheard two people at the next table whispering among themselves.
The tall man clicked his tongue and shook his head, saying, "I think most of the rumors about General Yan and the Regent are just that. What could two grown men possibly have?"
The short man chimed in, "Exactly! However, since the Empress ascended the throne, she has lived a secluded life. I've heard that many people have tried to curry favor with the Regent, secretly sending him gold, silver, and beautiful women and luxurious carriages. He accepted them, but those aristocratic officials who sent them were soon discovered to be corrupt, their homes confiscated, and they were executed. That Regent is truly ruthless!"
"Hey, what's so strange about that?" The tall man took a sip of tea and lowered his voice mysteriously. "Let me tell you, all those rumors about the Regent being celibate and only caring about his beloved wife are false. What man doesn't have an affair? I heard that yesterday the Regent was even going to take a concubine to his side residence!"
"Really!?"
Xia Yixin paused, her hand holding the teacup still; she had no heart to listen any longer.
Could it be that Lu Yan has... given up on her?
Xia Yixin suddenly remembered that she had given Lu Yan, who was still Chu Mubai, the Heartbreak Pill before. Could it be that the medicine was still working back then?
After leaving the teahouse, Xia Yixin bought the location of the Regent's outlying residence from a beggar on the street. She was very careful and changed her appearance again before sneaking into the mansion under the cover of darkness.
Sure enough, there were still red wedding banners left in the mansion. Her heart sank slightly, and then she suddenly heard a woman's groans coming from afar.
The sound was like a hook that had bound her hands and feet, and by the time she realized it, she was already at the place where the sound had come from.
The sound came from a waterside pavilion. The woman's moans inside sounded incredibly jarring to her, and the fluttering curtains made it impossible to see what was happening inside.
However, just as she was about to leave, she sensed a chilling killing intent coming towards her, and was so frightened that she rolled away to avoid it.
Bang!
The moment she dodged, a hairpin shattered the tile where she had just been standing.
Xia Yixin was shocked and was about to run away when a figure blocked his way.
The first thing that wafted over was the cool fragrance mixed with the smell of alcohol.
The man wore a moon-white long robe, which was casually left open, revealing well-defined muscles and perfectly sculpted abs. He was not wearing a crown, and his long hair was loose. His handsome, ethereal face was now adorned with a smile, which gave him an air of sinister charm.
Her original jade-like temperament remained, but the sharpness in her eyes had returned.
Lu Yan looked at the masked man in black in front of him and sneered, "Since you're here, why are you in such a hurry to leave? Did you send the person who sent you to show me whether I'm satisfied or not?"
The more Lu Yan smiled, the more murderous he seemed.
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