I traveled through the Cretaceous period and farmed with the ever-changing dog egg.

"Women dress up for those they love, is Ayan doing it for me...?"

His beloved Ayan rarely dresses up, but today she is so beautiful that he can't take his eyes off her.

Hearing this, Lin Chaoyan, who was unwrapping a gift, paused for a moment, hesitated for a long time, and decided not to tell the truth, since people love to hear lies.

"Ah! Yes, yes, yes! Take your time looking..." Women dress up for those they love? This doesn't apply to modern people.

"Huh...??" She picked up the contents of the box and examined them with a puzzled look.

"What is this?" A seal? What's it for? Does it need my help to stamp it? Lin Chaoyan put the action back with little interest.

Ying Zheng picked her up and placed her on his lap, took the imperial seal out of the box again, placed it in her hand, and patiently explained, "With the imperial seal, Ayan will be the mistress of this Qin palace..."

After hearing this, Lin Chaoyan quickly threw the things back, bluntly refusing. "Bad luck! I don't want it. I'm going to live in the Qinling Mountains in a while..."

He knew Lin Chaoyan might not be interested, but he didn't expect her to be so disgusted, feeling it was bad luck to even touch her.

I felt really sad. "Doesn't Ayan want to be my wife?"

You should at least accept it for my sake! You don't even want the vacancy, what else can I give you?

“I am willing to be your wife, but not your queen. There’s no need for all that trouble. We can just have a private ceremony…” Lin Chaoyan’s attitude was very perfunctory.

“You shouldn’t suffer this injustice, and I won’t let you suffer this injustice either. You must stand by my side.” He also needed a legitimate status; he wanted to be Lin Chaoyan’s rightful husband.

"How can one cultivate immortality with desires all over one's body? On the Great Path, the seven emotions and six desires are the most burdensome. Ah Zheng, since you want to walk this path, you'd better end it sooner rather than later..." She seemed to be talking about Ying Zheng, but it also seemed not to be him.

Many times she really didn't understand why Ying Zheng hadn't gotten tired of her after all these years, even though she had given him her body, kissed him, and hugged him.

"Sever, sever again? No way! Not only will I not sever, I'll make you bear my children. "Desire? Let's not even talk about whether I have desire for you, isn't pursuing the path of immortality a desire? Can someone truly be without desires cultivate immortality? Seeking the righteous path, seizing resources, what they have is clean?" Saying this, he lifted Lin Chaoyan's chin, forcing her to look at him.

“Ayan, we already have so little time together, I don’t want to waste it arguing with you. You have this position, whether you want it or not. What I want is not just your body, but also your heart. Including your status as my husband.”

At this moment, Ying Zheng's eyes were like those of a hungry eagle, sharp and obsessive, as if he wanted to devour everything about her. It was a possessiveness that went deep into her bones, an irresistible bondage, a love that almost suffocated Lin Chaoyan.

This was the first time she had wanted to run away because she was afraid of him.

Lin Chaoyan felt as if she were being entangled by countless threads, getting tighter and tighter until she couldn't breathe.

"Was I wrong from the very beginning?" she murmured, her eyes lowered.

Ying Zheng didn't miss the fleeting fear in Lin Chaoyan's eyes and pulled her into his arms. He really wanted to know what his future self had done to make her so resistant to marrying him, and even unwilling to bear his children.

"Did I scare you? Ayan, don't be afraid. You are my life, how could I bear to hurt you? You said you needed time to prepare, so I waited for you all these years. Why? Why are you so resistant to me? You even secretly took medicine to avoid having my child. Do you know how much I long to have a child with you? Why is this happening?" Every time he tried so hard, all he got in return was Lin Chaoyan secretly taking medicine. Even when he knew she had chosen to be tolerant, he thought that one day he could warm her heart.

Why? Lin Chaoyan had no idea what to say. Did she mean that the Second Emperor of Qin would be destroyed? That her beloved youngest son would kill all her children, and even her daughters wouldn't be spared?

She stared fearlessly at this future emperor of all time. Fear? Why should I be afraid? I've died countless times already, why should I be afraid? "Why? Because we met at the wrong time. Because you are the King of Qin, because you are Ying Zheng, because he is your child, because this child's ultimate fate will be a tragic death."

"You know I can see the future and fate of all of you, yet you still force me to witness your separation and death. How can a bystander detach themselves from the situation once they have a heart? When that child dies before my eyes because of fate, should I stand by indifferently or fight against destiny? What do I have to fight with? What capital do I have to fight with?" She disliked shouting at people, but now she broke her rule. Her forbearance and soft heart became the ropes that bound and restricted Ying Zheng.

Lin Chaoyan struggled out of his arms and walked away, leaving behind only a sentence that made Ying Zheng fall into self-doubt.

"You say you love me, yet you treat me so cruelly. You've never even considered what I'll face in the future. You've only ever loved yourself."

Watching her departing figure, for the first time, he didn't chase after her. He closed his eyes in anguish, guilt, self-reproach, shame, and doubt all flooding his mind. "Stay close, protect her..."

"Yes..." A voice responded from the darkness and quickly rushed to the mistress's side.

"Mother, aren't we practicing martial arts today? Where are we going?"

His mother was the best mother in the world. She would tell him stories, lull him to sleep, and cook him food he had never seen or heard of before.

"I don't know, Mother doesn't know where she's going either..." Just like the child she raised for three years, Lin Chaoyan didn't know how she would face his death in the future.

"Aunt, did Father bully you?" Princess Huayang, Wei Shu's daughter, was particularly fond of clinging to Lin Chaoyan because of her mother's influence.

"Aunt, don't be sad. We'll go to Father and ask him for justice." This was Gongzi Gao, Lady Zhao's son. After being disciplined by Fusu, he became attached to Lin Chaoyan, insisting on learning martial arts together.

Ying Zheng was not always a loving father, though he did fulfill his paternal responsibilities. His favorites, besides Fusu, were Princess Huayang and his future son, Huhai. Therefore, most of his children feared him.

"Yes! Let's go get justice for Auntie." Young Master Jianglu was the most resilient, daring to stand up to his father. At home, he was punished by his mother for practicing martial arts, and then by Lin Chaoyan. When his homework was checked, he was punished by Ying Zheng…

"Where are you going? Children shouldn't meddle in adult matters. Go play in the yard..." Madam Han shooed her son, Gongzi Kun, and her youngest daughter, Princess Huating, out.

Three women make a drama, but here in the plum garden sat a dozen or so rivals in love.

"Ayan, did the King really bully you?" Wei Shu found it hard to believe that Ying Zheng would bully this naive girl in front of her...

Bullying? Lin Chaoyan was too ashamed to say, after all, whether it really counted as bullying...

"Has the King changed his mind? I told you long ago to have a child and a title while he still cared about you. Now you have neither a title nor a child to rely on. How will you spend the long nights in the palace from now on?" Wang Yun'er slammed her fist on the table in anger, looking at Lin Chaoyan with a look of utter disappointment.

"Ah Yan! You shouldn't have fallen in love with the King. Settle your heart on him, and once you're done with him, hurry up and have a child..."

"That's right! You live with the King every day, but your belly still hasn't shown any signs of pregnancy. You should have a trusted royal physician take a look and try to treat you. Women, if you focus your heart on your children, you won't be saddened by your husband's infidelity."

"Stop acting like you're half-dead. At least you've had the King's favor for so many years, something I've never experienced. Being favored is like having a knife to your throat—it's over and you're gone..."

"Who says otherwise! He gave him a good beating that day, and then left without a second thought. He probably went back to find you, my little vixen..." Madam Chu's coquettish voice gave everyone goosebumps.

What followed turned into a rally where people complained and denounced Lin Chaoyan.

...She said, "I don't know!" Then she ate a lot of gossip, including her own.

"Um, ladies. He hasn't changed his mind. We just had a little argument about marriage and having children..." She regretted saying that, afraid of being kicked out of the group chat by the ladies.

There was a long silence, then the conversation turned to praising Lin Chaoyan for finally regaining her senses, and people casually imagined a scene where Ying Zheng was unwilling to give the child a title and the two of them argued.

"Does the King not wish to grant you a title and a child?" Shen Zhiyuan asked hurriedly with concern in her eyes.

"Is that really the case? It's alright, my father is a great general. I'll go to the king and ask for a title for you. From now on, my son will be your son. Anyway, I have two, so what's wrong with giving you one? When the child grows up, we can go to our fiefdoms and play cards together." The pride of a military general's daughter remained even after falling into the harem. Little did she know that her two sons knew their mother was planning to give one of them to their master.

Lin Chaoyan quickly interrupted everyone's invitation to give her the child. "Please don't be angry when I tell you! It's not that he's unwilling to give it to me, it's that I don't want a formal title, and I don't want to have his child..."

"Ayan! What are you thinking? Don't you want to play cards with your sisters? You said just a few days ago that you'd lead us in square dancing when we're old!" Wei Shu earnestly advised, how could a woman like her mingle with a man without any status or identity...

"Sisters, if you know something is going to be a tragedy, do you choose to avoid it or go down a path that leads to disaster and you end up bleeding and bruised? I don't want to end up bleeding and bruised..." She didn't want to change history, and she was powerless to change history...

Princess Huayang... at the age of fifteen or sixteen, was unwittingly forced into a political marriage with the over seventy-year-old Wang Jian. There were no proper wedding procedures, and he was favored for over a decade without even informing her. A few years later, Wang Jian was imprisoned by Zhao Gao and died in a heavy labor.

The widow was also dismembered and her body disposed of by her younger brother, Huhai...

This is why Lin Chaoyan secretly took medicine to avoid having a child with Ying Zheng. Not only did it lead to a tragic end, but the imperial family is known for its ruthlessness. She would never allow her child to become a tool in his political schemes, or to be persecuted by Hu Hai…

Twenty-three sons, ten daughters... she doesn't lack children...