Chapter 2 The Beauty Repays Her Kindness
Two months have passed since Wang Yi last traveled to the Tang Dynasty. During this time, she has been busy dealing with the scumbag boyfriend and has not traveled again. Because the evidence she has gathered contains a large number of records of the scumbag boyfriend's illegal activities, her own company has also been affected and she needs to cooperate with the relevant departments in their investigation.
Fortunately, she had taken precautions when she first noticed the man's unusual behavior, and the relevant departments found no problems with her company. However, the companies and leaders who colluded with him were in serious trouble—Wang Yi had concrete evidence documenting their illegal and criminal activities. If she had reported it directly before the car accident, she would undoubtedly have offended many people; but with this premeditated murder as a precedent, she had her lawyer submit the evidence to the police anonymously, so no one could criticize her actions.
Having finally dealt with these matters, Wang Yi, dressed in specially made early Tang Dynasty attire, returned to the Tang Dynasty once again.
Her trip was not to make money, but to "borrow" a child from Li Shimin.
After all, she was already thirty-seven years old in modern times. If she came from an ordinary family, it wouldn't matter, but her family possessed assets worth hundreds of billions, and she herself was worth tens of billions. If she had no children, all this wealth would eventually be inherited by her cousin's son from her uncle's family.
Thinking about this almost made her die of anger.
When my grandfather passed away, my grandmother favored my eldest uncle's family, giving him most of the property and shares that should have belonged to my father, along with my grandmother's own share. My father, being blindly filial, obediently accepted the arrangement and continues to run my eldest uncle's company to this day, keeping him busy all year round.
From childhood, Wang Yi had many arguments with her father over this issue. After being admitted to university, she cut off contact with her family and supported herself through part-time work to complete her studies. After graduation, lacking connections, she struggled on her own for several years, enduring great hardship.
She later met the scumbag at the company's annual party and quickly began a relationship. In the throes of first love, she didn't hide anything and told him everything about her family. It was the scumbag who advised her that she should fight for her father's life—why should her uncle's family leech off her father while his own daughter suffers?
After being enlightened, Wang Yi first yielded to his father and joined the company. He gradually became familiar with the business by leveraging the connections his father had accumulated over the years. He then undermined his father's power and, once he had gained enough influence, started his own business. It took him ten years to build the empire he is today.
Just as she was preparing to marry the scumbag, a premarital investigation revealed that he had been secretly dating her aunt's niece. To be precise, if Wang Yi hadn't appeared, the scumbag would have already married that niece—in terms of the order of events, she would have become the "third party."
It turns out that all of this stemmed from the inheritance held by the father. Seeing that Wang Yi was not as obedient as her father, the eldest uncle's family devised this scheme: to have the scumbag trick her into marriage, and then gradually transfer the assets out of the father's hands after the marriage, so that when the time was right, they would get rid of both her and her father.
If she hadn't insisted on building her career before marriage, she probably would have fallen into their trap long ago. The reason she was able to easily leverage family resources to expand her business over the years was entirely due to her uncle's family's behind-the-scenes manipulation, all in preparation for her marriage to that scoundrel, and then their murder. At that point, the scoundrel, as her spouse, would inherit half of the estate, and her father, as a direct relative, would also inherit a portion. If she died, and her father had no other children, this wealth would ultimately be inherited by her grandmother and then transferred to her uncle.
As for the portion obtained by the scumbag, it would be divided among the aunt's niece, and after going around in circles, most of it would still end up in the uncle's family.
It was precisely because she uncovered this scheme that Wang Yi dealt ruthlessly with the scumbag. But it was also because of the scumbag's appearance that she woke up in time and built up her current wealth. Therefore, when she dealt with the scumbag back then, she didn't completely destroy him.
Unfortunately, the scoundrel didn't understand how dangerous it was to "deal with a tiger for its skin." He had neither background nor money, and if it weren't for his connection with Wang Yi, his uncle's family wouldn't have given him a second glance. After falling out with Wang Yi, he lost even his last bit of usefulness and was naturally kicked out.
With her dreams of a life of luxury shattered one after another, and the scumbag husband unwilling to settle down, she couldn't blame her uncle's family for instigating the whole mess. Instead, she vented all her resentment on Wang Yi, even attempting to take her life. Given this context, how could Wang Yi possibly show any mercy? Moreover, who can truly say whether her uncle's family was also involved in fueling the scumbag husband's murderous intent?
Now that everything is settled, Wang Yi is nearly thirty-eight years old. To avoid her uncle's family plotting against her again in the future, she originally planned to go abroad to buy sperm and have a child.
Unexpectedly, he was able to travel back to the Tang Dynasty. Although he did not meet Prince Qin, Li Shimin, in person last time, based on the evaluation of him by later generations—the governor of Asia, the leader of the Eastern Hemisphere, the strongest carbon-based life form of the 7th century, the ceiling of the world's combat power, the founder of the Xuanwu Gate succession system of the Tang Dynasty, who cultivated civil administration internally, expanded the territory externally, and opened the Zhenguan era of prosperity, possessed the appearance of a dragon and phoenix, and the countenance of the sun and the moon, and held the titles of Grand Commandant, Minister of Works, Minister of the Imperial Secretariat, Grand Secretary, Minister of the Imperial Secretariat of Yizhou Circuit, Minister of the Imperial Secretariat of Shaanxi East Circuit, Governor of Yongzhou, Governor of Liangzhou, General of the Left and Right Martial Marquises, General of the Twelve Guards, Pillar of State, Prince of Qin, General of the Heavenly Strategy, Heavenly Khan... the genetic quality of such a person is undoubtedly top-notch.
With such an outstanding "father of her child" to choose from, it's no wonder that so-called high-level elites in modern society can no longer catch her eye.
However, she was neither one of the five noble families or seven prominent clans in this world, nor did she have any family connections to rely on. If it weren't for her chance encounter with Li Shimin's army last time, getting close to him would have been virtually impossible. Even before Li Shimin rose to power, let alone the fact that he was now the Prince of Qin, the Li family of Longxi was still among the five noble families and seven prominent clans. In that era, "the upper class has no poor families, and the lower class has no noble families." With her status, even if she had the looks of Dilraba Dilmurat, it would be difficult for her to get close, especially since Li Shimin was not a womanizer.
But as the saying goes: when you're out in the world, you give yourself your own identity.
Although she was not born into a noble family, with her modern connections and wealth, as well as her historical knowledge and technological gap spanning thousands of years, what was wrong with her pretending to be a "saintess" of a reclusive sect in this world? It was even more reasonable for this saintess to be the Qin King's mistress.
Drawing inspiration from numerous modern film and television tropes, Wang Yi's self-image is that of a saintly woman from Penglai Island who has come to Tang China to uphold the nation's interests and seek a wise ruler—who is none other than Li Shimin. Her previous act of collapsing by the roadside and being rescued by the Tang army was a test for Li Shimin—having passed the test, he naturally deserves her support.
Very good, the logic is consistent.
So she returned to the Tang Dynasty and went to the Prince of Qin's mansion.
Repaying kindness is just the beginning.
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