After her luck was taken away, she fell in love with the woman who traveled through time.

Before leaving.

Liang Tan sat in the carriage, looking expressionlessly through the window at the reluctant drama unfolding outside.

Liang Su's eyes also happened to catch Liang Tan who was sitting in the carriage early. Seeing that she was putting down the curtains, Liang Su said unhappily: "No human touch."

Liang Tan heard it, but didn't care at all.

She let down the curtain, leaned back on the cushions, picked up a book nearby and began to read.

The right and wrong in the outside world has nothing to do with her.

After delaying for a long time in front of the Liang Mansion, Xu Shengsheng slowly got on a small carriage behind Liang Tan.

As the carriage started to move, grandmother He waved goodbye to Xu Shengsheng while holding the baby, while Liang Su and Xu followed behind the carriage reluctantly.

The carriage traveled a long way before the noise behind stopped.

Liang Tan had been reading for almost an hour when she felt her eyes sore. She put the book on her legs, supported her head with her hands, and closed her eyes to take a nap.

As he closed his eyes and rested, the sandalwood beads on his wrist emitted a faint light.

Suddenly, she appeared in a snowy mountain.

Liang Tan was a little surprised, but quickly adapted to this change of situation.

Liang Tan tightened his clothes and walked carefully along the snowy road. After walking for an unknown amount of time, he saw a temple covered in snow.

Liang Tan frowned slightly and walked in.

As soon as I entered, I heard a gentle male voice.

"I am willing to exchange everything I have for Liang Tan's rebirth."

The man's words suddenly caused a crack to appear on Liang Tan's expressionless face.

Liang Tan held his breath.

She stared at the back of the man in black clothes and tied up hair, and was sure that it was someone she didn't know.

But if they were strangers, why would he exchange everything he had with Guanyin for her...

The statue of Guanyin in front of me suddenly flashed with golden light.

A sandalwood bead appeared in Guanyin's hand and fell to the ground.

When Liang Tan saw this, her heart was in turmoil. She looked at the sandalwood bead on her wrist...

Could it be that her rebirth was not accidental?

Liang Tan took a deep breath and asked the man from behind, "Who are you?"

The man seemed not to hear her voice and continued to kneel in front of the Guanyin statue.

Yuanshan's eyebrows were slightly knitted together, and Liang Tan walked forward holding up her skirt.

She walked to the side of the man. The man in front of her was about twenty years old, wearing a black robe and had a murderous aura.

She had never seen this face before.

But there was something vaguely familiar between his eyebrows.

A name suddenly popped up in Liang Tan's mind——

She was stunned.

Afraid that he had recognized the wrong person, Liang Tan asked the man in front of him tentatively: "Cui, Ling..."

Liang Tan reached out to touch him, but her hand went through his shoulder.

"How could this be?" Liang Tan looked at his hands that were so empty that they were transparent.

Could it be that she didn't go back to the past, but saw fragments of what happened in the past?

Cui Ling, who was kneeling in front of him, held the sandalwood beads in his hands in front of him, and looked at the statue of Guanyin with great piety, muttering: "My Buddha has mercy on me..."

Liang Tan looked up at the statue of Guanyin, and the light had gone out.

And she shook and woke up.

Liang Tan was unable to come back to her senses for a long time, her eyes were dull, and she was stroking the sandalwood beads on her wrist in a daze.

Although her appearance had changed a little, she was sure that it was Cui Ling.

but……

In this life, she and Cui Ling had only met once.

In her previous life, she was deeply in love with Li Ruo and did not know Cui Ling. All she knew about Cui Ling was what she had heard from her uncle about Cui Ling's deeds on the northwest battlefield and the invalid engagement.

She didn't know Cui Ling, so why would Cui Ling... be willing to exchange everything he had for her rebirth?

Liang Tan was in deep thought.

There must be something she doesn't know, she has to find out!

Dengzhi, who was outside, knocked on the car door and said, "Miss, we have arrived at the inn."

Liang Tan withdrew her hand and responded to Deng Zhi outside.

After getting off the carriage, Liang Tan's face became even colder. Xu Shengsheng looked at Liang Tan's face and instinctively shrank her neck.

"I want to change." Xu Shengsheng said to the driver.

"Miss Sheng, the nearest inn is still twenty miles away from here. It's getting dark soon, so you should just stay here. Look, the eldest lady is staying here too."

She didn't want to be in the same inn with this bloodthirsty maniac.

She was almost killed by this madman in the Liang Mansion. Now she is out of Jiangnan City and her father is out of reach...

If Liang Tan goes crazy again...

Xu Shengsheng insisted: "No."

The driver was obviously in a difficult situation, and he looked towards Liang Tan for help.

Liang Tan stopped walking up the stairs.

Xu Shengsheng watched her movements and her breathing became tense. She was extremely afraid to look into the eyes of this madman.

...Fortunately, Liang Tan did not turn around.

She continued up the stairs.

Xu Shengsheng also breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Shengsheng touched his chest and said to the driver, "Is it because you don't listen to me? You must know who I am. If you don't listen to me, I will tell Dad when I get back."

The driver looked at Xu Shengsheng's face.

I feel this person is two-faced.

She was such a gentle woman in the Liang Mansion, but now she has revealed her true colors just after leaving Jiangnan City?

The driver had no choice but to call another driver, turn the horse around and head to the next inn.

……

Liang Tan was practicing calligraphy in the room when Xu Shengsheng came in knocking on the door.

Seeing Xu Shengsheng, Liang Tan asked without even raising his head: "What's the matter?"

……

On the way to the capital, Liang Tan and Xu Shengsheng's carriages were originally going to go together, but they met Madam Li halfway. Madam Li missed Xu Shengsheng's locust flower cake and warmly called her to get on the Li Mansion's carriage.

"Don't mind, Tan'er. My carriage is really small and can only accommodate two people. Otherwise, let Tan'er get on the Li Mansion carriage too."

Liang Tan looked at Madam Li. It seemed that Madam Li had completely forgotten about taking Li Ruo to the Liang Mansion to ask for forgiveness.

As much as she hated Xu Shengsheng before, she now likes Xu Shengsheng as much as before. As for Liang Tan, she doesn't care about him as much and likes him as much.

The opposite of Mrs. Li is Li Ruo.

Li Ruo changed his behavior and was no longer like before, completely focusing on Xu Shengsheng and blaming Liang Tan.

He doesn't have any feelings for Xu Shengsheng now, but he has some good feelings for Liang Tan. Besides this good feeling, he even feels a little guilty, feeling guilty about why he treated his ex-fiancee like that on impulse.

Li Ruo looked at Madam Li unhappily: "Mom, what are you doing?"

He looked at Xu Shengsheng in Mrs. Li's carriage.

Xu Shengsheng was also looking at Li Ruo. She knew very well why Li Ruo's feelings for her suddenly dropped.

Xu Shengsheng smiled at Li Ruo and said, "Mr. Li, Madam Li wants to eat Sophora japonica cake. I'm here to give it to Madam Li..."

Li Ruo didn't listen to her. He interrupted Xu Shengsheng and said, "You are Mr. Liang's adopted daughter, right?"

"Yes...I am the adopted daughter of Lord Liang."

"Then you are considered half a daughter of the Liang family, don't you know this little bit of rules?"

Xu Shengsheng didn't understand what Li Ruo wanted to say.

She was puzzled and said, "Shengsheng is stupid and didn't understand what Master Li meant."

Li Ruo laughed, and his laugh was somewhat sinister: "It's no wonder that you don't know how to avoid suspicion. After all, she is a concubine's daughter, how can she be compared with the legitimate daughter."

Mrs. Li understood the implicit meaning of Li Ruo's words.

Li Ruoshou's temperament suddenly changed a few days ago.

His original image of being infatuated with Xu Shengsheng suddenly turned into the image of a heartless man who felt guilty towards Liang Tan and regretted his past actions.

Even Mrs. Li suspected that he was possessed by some evil spirit.

Li Ruo slapped himself in the face all day long at home, reflecting on how he could have done such things to Liang Tan one after another, and regretted it.

He had been thinking about how to make up for his mistakes and seek Liang Tan's forgiveness, but before he could figure out a way, his mother held him back.

Li Ruo thought, if his mother was close to Xu Shengsheng, wouldn't Tan'er be even angrier?

But Li Ruo didn't dare to say anything directly to Mrs. Li, so he could only direct his words at Xu Shengsheng.

It's strange that Xu Shengsheng, as an adopted daughter of the Liang family, didn't know how to avoid suspicion with the future husband of the eldest daughter.

Madam Li defended Xu Shengsheng and scolded Li Ruo: "So what if they are children of illegitimate wives? As long as they are clever and skillful, they are all good children!"

Li Ruo raised an eyebrow. He looked at Madam Li in disbelief: "Mom, are you crazy?"

Seeing that there were outsiders present, Madam Li naturally couldn't teach Li Ruo a lesson directly. She deliberately put on a stern face and said, "You little bastard, how dare you say your mother is crazy."

In Liang Tan's eyes, the interaction among the three people was like watching a play that had nothing to do with him.

Liang Tan's expression didn't even change for the slightest moment. Liang Tan said calmly, "Madam is free to let anyone get on the Li Mansion's carriage. What right does Tan'er have to mind?"

Mrs. Li showed no expression when Liang Tan said this so casually, but Li Ruo seemed even more excited.

Li Ruo was still busy explaining to Liang Tan: "Tan'er, my mother..."

"Mr. Li, there is no need to explain further. Liang Tan understands everything."

Li Ruo pressed on: "Understand? What do you understand?"

Liang Tan was too lazy to pay attention to Li Ruo. He said something polite and asked Dengzhi to close the car door.

Liang Tan was sitting in the carriage and could vaguely hear Madam Li, Li Ruo, and Xu Shengsheng singing on the stage outside.

Liang Tan pretended not to hear and leaned against the cushion at the back to take a rest.

On the way to the capital, Xu Shengsheng made trouble in various ways to create opportunities for herself and Li Ruo to be alone together, so they were delayed for a few days.

After arriving in the capital, they didn't even have time to rest as they hurriedly changed into clothes for the Spring Banquet.

[Should I wear something more plain or something more festive for a spring banquet? 】

Xu Shengsheng was in a dilemma.

[Tip: The Queen likes light colors, while the Imperial Concubine likes bright colors. ]

[So polarized? ]

【Yes. 】

In terms of status, the Empress is higher than the Imperial Noble Consort, but in reality, the Empress is a mere figurehead, and the Emperor and the Imperial Noble Consort are in love with each other without a doubt...

The reason why the Queen was able to sit on the position of Queen Mother was that many years ago, her father, the Duke of Zhenguo, rescued a hostage in the northwest, but unfortunately he himself contracted a serious illness. He left a letter before his death, entrusting his son to the late Emperor, requesting the late Emperor to marry his only daughter to the future Crown Prince.

The Duke of Zhenguo had no son, so after he passed away, the mansion gradually became desolate.

Later, the hostage became the crown prince, and the late emperor fulfilled his promise and married the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, Lu Jinglan, to the crown prince. Although the crown prince married Lu Jinglan, the couple always treated each other very closely.

Until the prince proclaimed himself emperor, he brought the woman he had fallen in love with when he was a hostage in the northwest into the palace, despite the opposition of court officials, and named her Concubine Li.

The emperor was on the throne for thirteen years, and the empress had only one daughter, and the princess unfortunately died early. However, Li Bin gave birth to seven children, three boys and four girls, in thirteen years, and was promoted step by step to the current position of Imperial Noble Consort.

The palace knew the emperor's bias, so the empress and the imperial concubine had the same monthly salary, and even the palaces they lived in were of the same specifications.

Although the emperor has not yet appointed a crown prince, everyone says that when any of the imperial concubine's three sons becomes the future emperor, he will regard the imperial concubine as the empress dowager; and the empress, who has no children at all, is just an empty shell now, with only the title of empress, let alone a future.

Xu Shengsheng is not stupid, she continued to talk to the "Heroine Halo".

[So I'd better wear something brighter! I will definitely be the focus of everyone's attention.]

[Do you choose to capture the Imperial Concubine? ]

[Yes, the Imperial Concubine is so favored, and she has a future emperor as her son, so I must capture her. Can you give me some information about the Imperial Concubine's life? That's not too much, right?]

[Royal Consort, Li Lan, was born in the xx tribe in the northwest. She loved martial arts and literature since she was a child. She loved wearing red clothes and riding a horse in the desert. When she was ten years old, she met the hostage Lian Jiting. They were childhood sweethearts and fell in love. After Lian Jiting married Lu Jinglan as the crown prince, he concealed the fact that he married the crown princess and secretly brought Li Lan to the capital. Li Lan accidentally learned the truth and broke up with Lian Jiting. Lian Jiting pursued her relentlessly and finally managed to make Li Lan pregnant and entered the palace. ]

【What about Queen Lü Jinglan? 】

[Lü Jinglan, a native of the capital, has a gentle personality and strong literary attainments. Many years ago, she was also a leader among the noble ladies in the capital. After her father passed away, Lü Jinglan was granted marriage to Lian Jiting. She fell in love with Lian Jiting at first sight, but unfortunately her lover already had someone else. Lü Jinglan did not like to be jealous, so she put away her love for Lian Jiting and became a qualified mother of the country.]

[The queen is not a competitive person, and the former Duke of Zhenguo Mansion has long since withered. Logically speaking, whether it is the imperial concubine or other concubines, facing a queen who has long lost her backing, they should squeeze her out according to normal logic. ]

[Why has this queen been able to stay in the harem for so many years? ]

[Is there no one who is jealous of the position of Queen? ]

Xu Shengsheng touched his chin and thought.

But soon, she knew the answer.

-

Imperial Palace Spring Banquet, Yuhua Garden.

Liang Tan, dressed in a green and white shirt, followed the palace maid to Yuhua Garden, sat low-key in his seat, quietly admiring the splendor of spring flowers.

Xu Shengsheng followed closely behind, but today she wore a brighter red dress than usual. She swaggered into the back garden in full view of everyone.

[Look at the way these people are looking at me! Is it because I am so beautiful today that they can't help but look at me! ]

【can you? 】

[Of course, think about who I am, I am the 21st century...]