For more than a year, although she treated him as Wenyi, her own son, she was still a little worried. She thought that no matter who the soul inside was, as long as it was her own son, that was enough.
But she worried that her baby, which she had been carrying for several months, would be taken away at the moment of birth, leaving her soul nowhere to go.
Chen Yi nodded, "Mother, don't worry, I'll explain it to you now. After you came back, everyone in the village went back to Taoyuan Village, including me. However, Zhao Shi didn't go back. She said she wanted to stay in the capital for a few days."
"Yan Zhen agreed, saying that when she wanted to go back to the village, she would send someone to take her. I didn't think much of it. After returning to the village, I continued doing what I had been doing before, and everyone was still the same as before."
"But two years later, Zhao returned with a woman, who claimed to be her good friend whom she had met on the road. Such a person of dubious origin should not be allowed to enter the village, but Zhao refused and insisted on bringing her into the village, even threatening the village chief with her identity."
“I tried to persuade her, but she threatened to kill herself, so we had no choice but to agree. At first, the woman was fine; she stayed at home every day and didn’t go out. Until one night, she sneaked into my room.”
“Zhao and I started sleeping in separate rooms a long time ago, so we always locked the door from the inside after we went to bed at night. But I forgot about the window, and I knew she had slipped in.”
"Although I didn't know her purpose, I immediately shouted. The woman was obviously stunned for a moment, but soon she started to take off her clothes. I didn't have time to think and ran outside."
“I thought that would be the end of it, but when everyone arrived, that woman turned around and accused me of assaulting her. Nobody believed her, but that woman Zhao actually took it upon herself to arrange for me to take a concubine.”
“I didn’t want to, but the two women, regardless of whether I agreed or not, directly made her a concubine. It was a done deal. But I underestimated them. That woman actually took Zhao Shi to the capital and moved into the palace.”
"Yan Zhen wanted to kill that woman, but he couldn't do it because Zhao was his mother. He didn't expect that woman to be so ambitious. She wanted to select a concubine for Yan Zhen. For a time, the whole country was in a panic. Some ministers thought that the opportunity had come and sent their daughters to participate in the selection."
“How could I let such a thing happen? The day before the selection of the concubines, I rushed to the palace and had the secret guards arrest Zhao and that woman and bring them to the Golden Palace. In front of all the officials, I killed them.”
“I am my mother’s child. How could I be threatened by two women? Since Zhao wants to die, I will grant her wish. I cannot let Yan Zhen bear the infamy.”
"And then what? Everything was fine, so why did you still die?" Xia Hua asked.
His approach was correct, though a bit slow. He should have killed the woman with a single sword strike when she barged into the room, and none of this would have happened. However, he was honest by nature, so it was acceptable.
Chen Yi hesitated for a moment, then said again, "I have failed my mother. I did not handle the situation well when it happened, and I almost caused Yan Zhen to be infamous because of that woman Zhao. In order to shut up those ministers, I slit my throat."
"As I was about to breathe my last, I thought to myself, if there is a next life, I still want to be my mother's son. But when I woke up, I was in a daze and had been sleeping the whole time. When I was conscious, I was in my mother's womb. At first, I thought that it was because I didn't drink the Meng Po soup that I had memories."
“But I heard my mother’s voice. You were in school and said you were getting married in a few days. At first, I thought I must have misheard, or that the voice sounded too similar. But then I heard my father’s voice too.”
“When he called you to eat, I was sure that you had been reincarnated into your mother’s womb. I was so happy and moved around in there. My father told me to be quiet and not make a fuss.”
He was overjoyed at the time; it was just a wish he had before he died, and he never expected it to come true so soon. If he had known he would be reborn in his mother's womb, he would have died sooner.
Unfortunately, he couldn't tell his parents this, or they would be angry. If his brothers knew that he could be their child again, they would be incredibly envious.
"Besides Zhao, did the other women cause any trouble?" An Shuyi asked.
She didn't really like Zhao Shi or Wu Shi from the beginning, but they had given birth to several grandsons, so they hadn't done anything wrong. She couldn't divorce them, otherwise her son would find any kind of girl.
The original owner's judgment was terrible; she was utterly useless. If it weren't for her father and husband, she would have been sold to that remote, desolate place long ago and died a horrible death.
He found two daughters-in-law, each worse than the last. When choosing a daughter-in-law, a man's judgment must be good, because it's a lifelong commitment.
Chen Yi shook his head. "No, the other sisters-in-law are fine. Although Wu is timid, that's even better because she doesn't dare to cause trouble. The other sisters-in-law are even less likely to do so."
"As for why Zhao dares to act this way, it's because she's been praised too highly. She's just a peasant woman who rose to the position of Empress Dowager because of her mother and son. She's heard too many flattering words and thinks she's very powerful."
"But she never thought about who gave her all of this. Even a child in the village knows that the villagers of Taoyuan Village are able to live so well thanks to her mother and aunt."
"All they have is gratitude. Only Zhu Daniu and Zhao Shi are heartless people. Indeed, you can't feed a dog too much, or it will bite."
Xiao Yubai said from the side, "Now that everything is alright in the ancient world, we can relax from now on. Chenyi, remember, from now on you can only call them Dad and Mom, not Father and Mother."
"Of course, that's possible, but it would be too unconventional. If you go to school, your classmates will laugh at you. Just focus on your studies and live here. Forget about the things from ancient times."
Now that he's here and has become his son, he should forget the past and live a good life. Fortunately, he was born into his wife's womb from the very beginning, not someone who usurped her place.
“Isn’t the timeline in ancient times wrong? Why is it that only a few months have passed here, but more than two years have passed there?” Cheng Yumo said from the side.
After listening to him finish speaking, Xia Hua explained, "If the time were the same as ours, then there would be a problem. It's probably because of the influence of the magnetic field when we traveled back in time that the time is similar."
“But this time it’s Chen Yi’s reincarnation, not time travel, so it’s different. I estimate that even if Shu Shu is injured now, she won’t be able to time travel again.”
Of course, she was just saying it; she wouldn't actually hit Shushu.
Time travel is something that happens once or twice, and that's already quite good. How many times can it happen? She and Shushu traveled there out of necessity, not because they wanted to.
“My wife is right. Since there’s nothing to do in ancient times, let’s go back. We have to go to the company tomorrow.” After saying that, he picked up the sleeping child and went back to the villa next door with his wife.
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