After being reborn, her aloof ex-husband and her crazy deceased husband got into a fight.

After returning to the Lan residence, Gan Cai'er went to the study and then told Lan Tingzhou everything Yao Ji had said to her.

After the imperial examination, Du Ke resumed his daily studies at the Lan residence. However, because Lan Tingzhou had to go to the Hanlin Academy for duty every day, Du Ke's visits to the Lan residence changed from once every two days to once every three days.

After listening to Gan Cai'er's account, Lan Tingzhou pondered for a long time, but his face did not show any surprise.

"Did you already know this?" Gan Cai'er asked.

"Hmm, I guessed a bit." Lan Tingzhou nodded. "His Majesty wouldn't increase the number of people in the hunt without a reason."

That man has always been stingy; if he had no ulterior motive, why would he be willing to spend so much money? Lan Tingzhou lowered his eyes and gave a faint smile.

"What was Du Ke like in his previous life?" Lan Tingzhou suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, Gan Cai'er sighed and said, "On the ship in Kyoto, he had a high fever that wouldn't go down, and eventually he became mentally impaired. I have no idea what happened to him after we arrived in Kyoto."

Lan Tingzhou was taken aback and asked, "Who was the crown prince in the previous life?"

"The Crown Prince?" Gan Cai'er thought for a moment. "When I died, the Crown Prince was adopted by His Majesty from the Prince of Qi. As for whether the Crown Prince was changed later, I don't know."

Lan Tingzhou frowned slightly, lost in thought. His fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, one tap after another. So, Consort Zhu's child couldn't be born?

Lan Tingzhou's eyes narrowed, as if deep in thought.

"You said last time that the Regent died in the thirteenth year of Jinghe?" Lan Tingzhou asked.

"Mm." Gan Cai'er nodded.

"You're so sure, but something else really happened back then?"

Gan Cai'er fell silent, unable to speak again.

She remembered it so clearly because that year, news of successive defeats came from the northern frontier. Worried about Meng Yu, she took Xing'er and traveled thousands of miles to find her husband, embarking on the journey to the northern frontier. Not long after they set off, she heard the news that Gongsun Yi had been executed for treason.

Seeing that she was unwilling to answer, Lan Tingzhou changed the subject: "Then do you remember why he was executed?"

"I heard it's a rebellion."

"I heard?" Lan Tingzhou frowned. "You weren't in the capital at the time?"

Gan Cai'er choked and had no choice but to tell the truth.

"At that time, the war in the northern border was intense, so I went to the northern border..."

Under Lan Tingzhou's cold, indifferent gaze, her palms began to sweat, and she lowered her head, becoming increasingly guilty as she spoke.

Gan Cai'er felt like a wife caught cheating by her husband, but in her past life, she clearly divorced Lan Tingzhou before getting together with Meng Yu! What was there to be ashamed of!

Thinking of this, Gan Cai'er straightened her shoulders, suddenly looked up, wanting to glare at Lan Tingzhou, but when she met his deep and unfathomable eyes, she involuntarily shrank back and lowered her head again.

“We’ve suffered many defeats at the front, and I heard a lot of people have died. He’s never been on the battlefield before… I just want to take my son and go find him,” Gan Cai’er whispered.

Okay, she was definitely feeling guilty.

After all, Lan Tingzhou is still her husband. And what she said about taking her child to find other men... it just doesn't sound right.

Lan Tingzhou's knuckles turned white from clenching his fists as he forcefully suppressed the surging anger in his chest. Only two years after their divorce, she had already given birth to a son with another man! And she even risked her life to travel thousands of miles to search for him before the war!

Great! That's excellent!!

Lan Tingzhou wasn't one to wear his emotions on his sleeve, but at this moment, Gan Cai'er clearly saw anger on his face. Suddenly, her initial slight unease swelled into a profound sense of guilt.

"I...I'll go back to my room first." Gan Cai'er planned to slip away as soon as possible.

As soon as she turned around, she heard Lan Tingzhou's cold, deep voice behind her say, "Sit down."

She paused in her running motion, thought for a moment, then put her feet down, turned around, and smiled ingratiatingly, "Husband, is there anything else?"

Lan Tingzhou lowered his eyes, not looking at her, but simply picked up paper and pen and placed them on the table, saying in a calm voice: "After Gongsun Yi died, write down all the officials in the court that you can remember."

"Oh."

Gan Cai'er had no choice but to sit down, pick up a pen and paper, and write down all the names and events she could remember.

However, in her previous life, she spent half her time confined to the Lanting Boat, her mind and eyes entirely focused on the noble ladies surrounding him, all eyeing him covetously. The other half of her time was spent trapped in the inner quarters of the Meng family mansion, almost completely isolated from the world. Therefore, she knew very little about court affairs, but she had heard quite a bit of gossip and rumors.

Gan Cai'er wrote until the moon was high in the sky. When she handed the thick stack of papers to Lan Tingzhou, the night outside the window was already deep.

As Lan Tingzhou took the stack of papers, he simultaneously grabbed Gan Cai'er's wrist. His slightly cool fingers gently caressed her delicate wrist bones.

He lowered his eyes slightly and said in a calm voice, "If you dare to go to the Northern Frontier to see him, I'll break your legs."

Gan Cai'er's scalp tingled, and she instantly flew into a rage. She flung Lan Tingzhou's hand away and shouted, "Why?!"

"Then you still see Shen Yunxi quite often!"

Although Gan Cai'er didn't think she would travel thousands of miles to the northern frontier to find Meng Yu again in this life, she was very angry that Lan Tingzhou restricted her freedom like this!

Once they're divorced, she can do whatever she wants; why should he have to interfere?!

Lan Tingzhou remained unperturbed, simply reaching out and grasping Gan Cai'er's wrist, holding it tightly between his fingertips once more.

He looked up at Gan Cai'er, his expression calm.

“If I harbor ill intentions towards her, you may break my legs.”