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  Han Xiu gazed at Ming Huan's already swollen abdomen, his eyes dimming slightly. His pupils churned with a mix of emotions: regret, pain, entanglement, and even despair. No one could understand the turmoil brewing beneath his calm exterior, as if a venomous python was devouring his shattered heart.

  At midnight, he often asked himself, had always thought that heaven let him reborn was a kind of pity, but was it really?

  Han Xiuying was wronged by his unloving grandfather in his past life, died unjustly, or the resentment and grievance before his death frightened Yan Wang, opening the gate of life, allowing him to be reborn as a child. With the experience and knowledge of his past life, he is equivalent to a prophet of this era, with the progress of war and the development of the imperial court all under his control, his path to promotion naturally becomes exceptionally smooth.

  He is the richest legendary figure in the Great Zhou Dynasty, who went to war at the age of eight, led a region at fifteen, served as Left Censor-in-Chief at twenty, became Ping Zhang Zheng Shi who dominated the world at twenty-three, and became the youngest Prime Minister of the Zhou Dynasty at twenty-four.

  He climbed to the pinnacle of power in an extremely short period, with only one goal: to avenge his past self. He wanted to pull down Town Country Public Pei Gu from the position of Prime Minister and ask him personally why he had persecuted his mother and son to the death back then. He was also a descendant of the Pei family, with Pei's blood flowing through his veins!

  However, Han Xiuying returned from the battlefield of Western Xia, and as soon as he left Xichang, he received the news that Pei Xiang and his son Pei Shizi had passed away one after another. At that time, he was in a post station, waiting for the official to provide him with horses.

  When he finally climbed to the pinnacle of power after sixteen years, with the ability and strength to punish those who had wronged him in his past life, he was waiting for his grandfather to regret and beg for mercy. However, the person he had always wanted to overthrow died. After Ming Huan's perfect and flawless rebirth journey, which was irreparable and irreversible, the only thing that supported him was the conviction of overthrowing Pei Xiang, but Pei Xiang died. This means that his unwavering faith also collapsed.

  At that moment, Han Xiujian's eyes were left with only a vast expanse of whiteness.

  He was a reborn who grasped the initiative, which made him invincible. In the past, he had also secretly rejoiced in this, but now it seems that his rebirth is actually a joke without discount. To overthrow Pei Xiang, he must grasp at least as much power as Pei Xiang's or even more. So he chose to temporarily wrong Ming Huan and use Hui An County Master as a stepping stone for the shortcut. However, the butterfly effect caused his perfect plan to change, so he lost his beloved wife in his previous life, and his three children were also unable to be born in this world. Nevertheless, the power he gained at great cost did not make his original intention for rebirth come true.

  Bae Sang did not live to see Han Xu personally take revenge and died.

  The script and the previous life have undergone different changes, with a slight difference of a thousand miles. The plot had already slipped out of his control in silence.

  He didn't take revenge with his own hands. He lost the family he vowed to protect, so what did he get besides this sticky power in his hands? Isn't this the biggest joke under heaven?

  The warm sunlight of the afternoon was shining brightly on Ming Xuan's body, illuminating her fair skin and making it glow. She supported her waist with one hand and gently stroked her swollen abdomen with the other, a faint smile playing on her lips as she looked up at him. Her eyes were clear and sincere, without any of the evasiveness or shyness of before.

  She whispered softly in his ear, like a gentle and melodious note. Each word fell on his heart, "You said you had something to say to me, what is it?"

  So distant, yet so polite, it was as if the person standing in front of her was a passing stranger who had just lent her a hand, with gratitude and sincerity, but due to unfamiliarity and indifference, there were no other emotions, as if all those complicated past events that had left an indelible mark on their bones and blood had never occurred.

  Han Xiuzhen was stunned, the endless bitterness spreading in her throat, turning into a corrosive poison that gnawed at every inch of his skin.

  If she can't love him again, he'd rather have her hate him, better yet, hate him to the bone, so that she would think of him from time to time, or feel scared when she sees him like a year ago, want to escape, resist him, at least that means she still can't let go of him. It's better than her smiling like a blooming flower, but in her eyes and heart, he no longer exists, not even a hint of fear, hatred, or resentment...

  Ming Xuan saw Han Xiuzi's gaze looking at her with sorrow and resentment, standing quietly but not speaking. Her eyebrows slightly furrowed, she raised her hand to wipe away the fine sweat on her forehead, and asked in a louder voice, "Lord Han, I don't know if you have anything to say to me? The weather is quite sultry today, if we're done talking, it's best for us to part ways."

  Han Xiuying finally withdrew her gaze and asked in a low voice, "When is this child's expected delivery date?"

  Ming Xuan was slightly stunned, feeling a bit strange in her heart. Han Xi and Hui An County Master had no children, nor had she ever heard that he had an illegitimate child outside, but he seemed to have experience, and could even say the word "production period", which is not something that ordinary men who have never given birth can say, because they simply don't have that concept.

  But she still answered honestly, "The imperial physician said it's at the end of August."

  She had her last menstrual period at the end of November last year and conceived around mid-December, which would put her due date at the end of August.

  Han Xi's heart skipped a beat as he thought back to his previous life, when he and Ming Xuan's first child, Hu'er, was born in early March last year, and the second child was also due at the end of August. He asked in a low voice, "Has this child been named? Did the imperial physician say whether it's a boy or girl?"

  Ming Xuan felt increasingly strange, and an idea suddenly appeared in her mind. She was full of doubts, with a pair of eyes that were slightly inquiring. "My husband and I didn't deliberately try to find out whether the child is a boy or a girl. After all, it's our own flesh and blood, and we look forward to it regardless of whether it's a boy or a girl. If it's a boy, let's call him Yun Zhan, and if it's a girl, let's call her Yun Xiang."

  She guessed that Han Xiu was very likely to be a reborn person, given his familiarity with the Lu family's ancestral tablet in Qingliang Temple, and his words "she is my wife". Connecting this to the unopened letter quietly lying in the secret compartment of the study in Xiyu Pavilion, she couldn't help but wonder if in their past life, he and Mingyuan had become husband and wife. And now that he was so concerned about the child in her womb, it was highly likely that Han Xiu and Mingyuan not only became husband and wife in their past life, but also had children together.

  As soon as she finished speaking, Han Xiuyi's face suddenly changed drastically. His body swayed slightly and he almost lost his balance.

  "He muttered to himself, 'Zhan Er, Xiang Er...'"

  That was the name of his child in his previous life. Except for Rong Er, Zhan Er arrived on schedule. It's likely that Xiang Er will also arrive soon, but their father is no longer him...

  Han Xiuxiu, in these two lifetimes, although she had also experienced the joy of being a high-ranking official and the pride of being a powerful leader, but she had also suffered the pain of being wrongly imprisoned and tortured, and the danger of barely surviving among the piles of white bones. However, all these hardships and sufferings combined were not as painful and desperate as this moment.

  Ming Xuan saw his reaction so intense, she knew that perhaps his child in the previous life was also called this name. She couldn't help but secretly sigh at the wonder of creation. Even if a reborn with foresight had arrived, many things would have changed as a result. But there were still some coincidences that were destined to happen, such as the name of the child in her womb, which she and Pei Jingxuan spent an entire afternoon searching for, flipping through historical books and selecting from the texts that carried water.

  Suddenly, she felt a stir in her heart.

  Although the butterfly effect caused by Han Xi's rebirth has made many small details different, the overall trend of history will not be affected. As a reborn person, Han Xi's thoughts on the rebellion of Lin Nan Wang must be more brilliant and profound than his own.

  She thought for a moment, raised her head and asked, "Will King Lin Nan become the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty?"

  This soft and gentle voice brought Han Xiuyi's surging thoughts back in an instant.

  He stared at Ming Xuan for a moment, shook his head and said, "The King of Lin Nan had been harboring rebellious intentions, and the previous emperor had also taken precautions against him in secret. There were elite troops stationed in Anzhou. After the previous emperor's passing, only the two princes knew about this secret besides those closest to him. When the five kings fought for the throne, the second prince originally had the upper hand, but if it weren't for Chancellor Pei's support, Your Majesty wouldn't have been able to ascend to the throne. And as for the second prince, he didn't even have time to mobilize the troops from Anzhou before he died."

  In his past life, the Ninth Prince had only ascended to the throne in this year. It was his own private matter that brought forward the rhythm of the Five Dragons' struggle for the throne by nearly five years.

  The sudden passing of the previous emperor was also not destined to be so. In fact, the previous emperor should have lived until this September.

  The former emperor had eaten the tribute of Lin Nan Wang when he was young, so although he looked strong on the outside, he suffered great internal damage and relied on medicine to sustain himself. The precious medicinal pill contained a kind of long-life grass that also grew in the deep mountains and ancient forests of Western Xia, but since Western Xia and Zhou Dynasty were constantly at odds, the imperial physician used similar medicinal herbs to replace the long-life grass, which still had some effect.

  Later, Han Xiu ended the long war with Western Xia early and received a surrender letter from Western Xia offering "eternal tribute", making Western Xia a vassal state of Zhou. The Longevity Grass was then easily obtained again. The imperial physician used the Longevity Grass in medicine, which should have made the medicinal effect reach its best, but who would have thought that the emperor's body was severely empty inside and had become accustomed to taking weak medicines? This Longevity Grass was highly potent and became a poison, quickly draining his body, so he died prematurely.

  With the death of the previous emperor, Wu Long's usurpation and Lin Nan Wang's rebellion both accelerated simultaneously, so what was originally supposed to be a situation ten years later is now being staged.

  Ming Xuan was shocked. Anzhou was the closest city to Shengjing, only eighty miles away. Han Xi's carriage was heading in the direction of Anzhou.

  Han Xi saw her expression and guessed what she was thinking. He nodded and said, "That's right, I have the tiger tally that can mobilize the troops of Anzhou."

  He averted his gaze, no longer looking at Ming Huan's abdomen, and let out a deep sigh before continuing, "I know that the Anping Wangfu is a place of great turmoil, so it's good that you can leave in time. In the next few days, there will be great chaos within the city of Shengjing. Once you go to the White Cloud Temple, don't come out again. Qingliang Mountain is a sacred place for Buddhists, and many people from both the south and north believe in the Buddha. The soldiers also believe in gods and spirits, so they won't dare to set foot there easily. Ten days later, if the situation has stabilized, I... your husband, Anping Wang, will personally come to fetch you."

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