Dressed as the stepmother of a wealthy and rebellious son

Chapter 287 The Truth
Shu Wan hesitated for a moment and finally accepted the imperial edict.

She lowered her eyes and looked at the words on the imperial edict, "Qi Yuan, if you were me, what would you choose?"

Qi Yuan said nothing and held Shu Wan's wrist slightly harder.

He didn't give an answer, but in fact, both of them knew his answer.

"I'm hungry, let's go eat first."

After a long while, Qi Yuan said a word, with a slightly suppressed tone in his voice.

"it is good."

Shu Wan didn't say anything more. She put the imperial edict away and went to have dinner with Qi Yuan.

Later, both of them reached a tacit understanding and did not mention the imperial edict again.

Shu Wan's question was as if it had never been asked before.

Other than that, everything is fine.

Shu Wan is now the well-deserved number one person in the harem. With Qi Yuan's favor here, she has the power second only to Qi Yuan.

Even if Qi Yuan is willing to let her power override his, Qi Yuan will basically listen to Shu Wan's opinions on matters where Shu Wan gives negative opinions.

Shu Wan could feel Qi Yuan's caution.

He spent everything he had, probably just to tell Shu Wan that he was not a bad person.

As time goes by, the better Qi Yuan treats Shu Wan, the more Shu Wan feels trapped in a cage in her heart.

Finally, one day, when Qi Yuan took Shu Wan to look at the moon, Shu Wan was the first to pierce the window paper.

"Qi Yuan, there's no need for this."

Shu Wan looked at Qi Yuan and held his hand as if to comfort him.

Qi Yuan held Shu Wan's hand with his backhand, his eyes deep, "I can give you whatever you want."

"You know, you can't give it." Shu Wan sighed, "You know it better than anyone else."

Yes, Qi Yuan does know.

He is an emperor, and he understands better than anyone else what the world Shu Wan describes means.

That means a complete transformation of the entire world, and countless iterations of society, economy, culture, and ideas.

He was willing to give Shu Wan the greatest freedom, but everything in this era was destined to fail.

All he could give Shu Wan was a golden cage.

What is separated between him and Shu Wan is not a certain thing or a certain person. It is a gap of thousands of years, a gap that cannot be crossed.

The chasm was so terrifying and bottomless that even though he had the most supreme power in this era, he was helpless when facing this chasm.

Nothing had ever made Qi Yuan feel such a deep sense of powerlessness.

He was so powerless that he couldn't find any way. He could only rely on being kind to Shu Wan to resist his inner anxiety.

"Zixin tell me, you know how I can go back."

That day, Shu Wan not only asked the mage how she came, she also asked how she could get back.

Zuixin didn't say anything and only asked her to ask Qi Yuan. However, Zuixin did answer her the reason for her two time travels.

In other words, there is God's will somewhere in the world.

Zuiyu is the person who saved her when she was very young in her previous life.

At the same time, he is also Fu Yang’s biological father, Fu Yu.

Fu Yu worked for a special organization. In a top-secret operation, he secretly changed things and kept the soul jade that could transform time and space and warm the soul.

The first time he met Shu Wan was the first time he used the Soul Jade.

At that time, Shu Wan was chased by Prime Minister Shu's political enemies in the court. She fell off a cliff and was so frightened that she almost lost her mind.

Fu Yu saw that she looked well-behaved, so he gave her one of the two soul jade.

At that time, Fu Yu didn't know that two soul jade had to be used at the same time to be effective. He only thought that he only needed to use one.

What's more, traveling through time and space comes at the cost of burning one's own lifespan. A round trip would cost 20 years of life. Fu Yu didn't think about using it again in the future, so he gave it without hesitation.

But things are unpredictable. No one expected that he would meet Fu Yang's biological mother later, nor did they expect that he would kill his biological parents with his own hands.

Yes, Fu Yu was the instigator of the car accident that happened to Fu Siyu's parents.

He had taken on so many tasks, and the task of annihilating Fu Siyu's parents was so ordinary and simple.

Who would have thought that he also had parents and a younger brother, and he killed them with his own hands.

At that time, he wanted to leave the organization and live quietly with Fu Yang's biological mother.

How could the organization let go of his sharp blade? They designed to kill Fu Yang's biological mother, and also designed him to kill his own biological parents without knowing it. Their purpose in doing this was to make it impossible for Fu Yu to return to the world he longed for.

But they underestimated Fu Yu.

Fu Yu tolerated it for several years, and finally blew up the entire organization in a trench deep in the Atlantic Ocean during a group activity.

Then, he returned to the imperial capital, found Fu Siyu, and handed Fu Yang over to Fu Siyu.

He wanted to use the soul jade to go back to before everything happened, so when saying goodbye to Fu Siyu, he said, "If everything goes well, we will meet again."

However, Fu Yu's understanding of soul jade is not thorough.

He thought that the soul jade could travel through time and space at will.

Unfortunately, this is not the case. This jade was owned by the ancestors of the Zui clan thousands of years ago. No matter which era it started from, it would only end up in the Beiling Dynasty.

Therefore, Fu Yu came to the Beiling Dynasty again.

At the same time, Shu Wan, who was holding another soul jade, had her soul removed from her life and sent to a thousand years later.

Qi Yuan always thought that it was the Prime Minister's Mansion that harmed Shu Wan. In fact, this was not the case. Shu Wan's soul separated on its own.

This is how to use the soul jade. When using it for the first time, use your own soul and lifespan as a sacrifice.

For the second use, the souls of the destined people are exchanged as sacrifices.

After using it three times, one hundred thousand souls must be used as a bridge to realize the exchange of souls between destined people again.

Shu Wan returned to the Beiling Dynasty again precisely because, in the previous life, Fu Yu told Qi Yuan that Shu Wan could come back as long as he sacrificed one hundred thousand souls.

This is just the surface. The real reason is that when Shu Wan comes back, Fu Yu can return to modern times.

Zixin didn't say much about how Shu Wan should go back. He only said that all the key lies with Fu Yu.

Wait until a month later when the nine stars are in a row, set up the altar and leave everything to God's will.

"I don't know." Qi Yuan said coldly.

But he was holding Shu Wan's hand, which was trembling slightly, and he knew it.

To break the connection between two destined people holding the Soul Jade, only one person needs to completely disappear, from body to soul.

Moreover, this disappearance must be voluntary.

Self-sacrifice.

The conditions are as difficult as climbing to heaven, but Qi Yuan knew that Fu Yu would do this.

Because he knew, he was afraid.

He could have not told Shu Wan this, or he could have tampered with the altar to make this thousand-year-old ceremony fail.

But facing Shu Wan's clear eyes, Qi Yuan couldn't do it.

"Qi Yuan." Shu Wan said softly, "I'm sorry."

"Don't be sorry." Qi Yuan held Shu Wan's hand, "I am willing. If we change places, what would you choose?"

Shu Wan raised her head and looked at Qi Yuan, her eyelashes trembling.

If it were her, she would be willing to let Qi Yuan go.

Qi Yuan smiled at Shu Wan, but there was a trace of sadness that could not be hidden, "We are the same."

He cherishes Shu Wan so much, so naturally he doesn't want Shu Wan to wither in this era.

"It's a mistake of the times, not mine." Qi Yuan took Shu Wan into his arms, "I love you, and naturally I hope you can live a better life."

They are no longer children. Love is beautiful, but without good support, everything will eventually lose its meaning.

He could give up the throne and live in seclusion in the mountains with Shu Wan, but that would no longer be him, and that would not be the life Shu Wan wanted.

He is the emperor who is strong, powerful, capable of taking life and death, and planning thousands of miles.

Dazzling, unlimited experiences, and the freedom to choose the life you want, this is Shuwan.

If Shu Wan had never gone to a thousand years later, he could give her the maximum freedom.

However, what the world a thousand years later could give her was something he could never give her.

Shu Wan's eyes were slightly hot, and she rarely sighed, "Qi Yuan, I really feel that I can't help you."

"Then, be my queen for a month." Qi Yuan lowered his head and kissed Shu Wan on the forehead, "When I send you back, will there be any relics of mine in that era?"

"Have."

"Okay." Qi Yuan's eyes were filled with smiles, "Then we will meet again eventually."

As long as you never forget, that's enough.