ha……
Ji Qianqiu found this utterly ridiculous!
When did she start to become like this?
Because she became the Crown Princess, she had to have a child with Nian Chi. People around her also said that she needed to have an eldest son to consolidate her position.
And so, their first son was born.
It was very painful back then. Childbirth for women in ancient times was like going through the gates of hell. For her own safety, Ji Qianqiu specially purchased system items in advance.
Although her first childbirth was not difficult, her body was still depleted.
But Nian Chi was young at the time, and after a few half-hearted attempts, he got pregnant with her second child, another boy. Everyone said her position was even more secure now.
When the third child is born, Ji Qianqiu doesn't want him.
But Nianchi told her with great anticipation that he wanted a daughter. "A daughter is so wonderful! She's like a warm little cotton-padded jacket, unlike those brats!"
With his third child also being a son, Nian Chi's desire for a daughter grew even stronger, to the point of...
She wanted a daughter so badly that she didn't care about her own health at all!
Does he really want a daughter that much?
Later, her fourth child was finally a daughter, but Ji Qianqiu's health was failing. She still had to worry about four children, especially her Tingwan, who was so young and had taken two days and two nights to conceive...
So she became a woman trapped within deep walls, listening day after day to the words of those around her that had already been tamed. At first, Ji Qianqiu was speechless. She would even stop those who said things that went too far. But as time went on, the subtly ingrained ideas took root in her mind, and she no longer found those words jarring.
Looking back on his tragic life, Ji Qianqiu finally swallowed his resentment and bitterness.
She looked at Shen Nianyi and smiled sadly: "Perhaps... dying at your hands wouldn't be so bad."
Ji Qianqiu pondered for a while about how to deal with her.
There are only two possibilities.
One option is to kill her; the other is to use her life to threaten Nian Chi's side in exchange for maximizing their benefits.
However, Ji Qianqiu did not expect that Shen Nianyi would choose a third path, a path she had never thought of before.
Ji Qianqiu,
As soon as Chen Nian spoke, she reached out her hand to Ji Qianqiu, who was lying on the ground in a disheveled state, and said, "Become mine."
Ji Qianqiu: "..."
"I knew it! I knew it! Shen Nianyi, you crazy woman, you still did it!" Princess Shuwan, disregarding her royal image, covered her head with her hands and screamed.
Completely ignoring Princess Shuwan, Shen Nianyi continued, "I want you to join our camp and contribute all your knowledge and talents without reservation! Help us change this crumbling country!"
"You...you and me? You're insane!"
Ji Qianqiu was taken aback by Shen Nianyi's sudden action, then reacted and said, "You and I are mortal enemies. Back then, the Ji family and the Shen family were wiped out. You and I, can you really let go of your hatred?"
What Ji Qianqiu didn't say was that she and Shen Nianyi, the transmigrated woman and the original female lead, how could they possibly be together!
"Why is it impossible?" Chen Nianyi countered.
"Ji Qianqiu, when the ancient kingdom of Tashi Xingxuan first began to resist the elixir of immortality, the Khan and I, in order to show our determination, gathered the people of a small village and burned the elixir of immortality in front of them,"
As Chen Nian finished speaking, his expression darkened: "The result was that everyone in that village was infected with the magic drug, including me and the people sent by the Khan."
Some vendors even secretly took away the burnt soil...
"The Khan and I were greatly shocked at that time, but later, we inadvertently learned the method for destroying the miraculous medicine that you had been secretly spreading among the people..."
Seawater immersion method!
A pool was dug, and stone slabs were laid to prevent leakage. The sides were then secured with wooden planks. The elixir was placed in the pool and soaked in seawater. The high temperature and highly alkaline environment generated by the reaction of quicklime and water were then used to completely destroy the elixir.
At that time, Ji Qianqiu secretly spread the method of destroying the elixir of immortality among the people under the name of Lin Zexu, but Shen Nianyi and the others still managed to find out that the news came from the Eastern Palace.
After witnessing how the seawater immersion method destroyed the elixir of immortality, even the Khan couldn't help but praise Ji Qianqiu as a talented individual.
Over the years, they have spent a lot of manpower and resources trying to find someone like Ji Qianqiu, but unfortunately, none of the people they found were as good as Ji Qianqiu.
"Killing you would be a huge loss; you're much more useful alive."
"Ji Qianqiu, spend the rest of your life atoning for your sins! Make this declining country prosper even faster!"
At this moment, Ji Qianqiu truly realized that Shen Nianyi was different from her!
Shen Nianyi's words were blunt: "In the current situation, killing won't solve anything. Back then, my father's mistake led to the extermination of your entire Ji family. Later, you wiped out my entire Shen family. And now? If I kill you, will your Ji Qianqiu's daughter come to kill me?"
"But Ji Qianqiu, I have no children, so why should we cling to that hatred that can never be resolved?"
"Go back and take a look at this country, Ji Qianqiu!"
"Do you really want your children, your descendants, the children who will carry your bloodline to live in such a place?"
For some reason, a sense of shame made Ji Qianqiu feel utterly ashamed...
Chen Nianyi, Chen Nianyi, is that really what you think?
Ji Qianqiu completely ignored the system screaming in her mind that she should reject Shen Nianyi. Ji Qianqiu raised her hand and, without hesitation, tightly grasped Shen Nianyi's rough, calloused hands.
The scene seemed to freeze at that moment—
They were once destined rivals, destined for a fight to the death, but their courage, hard work, and perseverance created a different future.
Princess Shuwan watched quietly, her heart filled with emotion: Ji Qianqiu, compared to Nian Chi, who overshadowed your brilliance, you probably never imagined that the people who truly understood how intelligent you were were us…
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