After the arranged marriage, she farms and survives under the tutelage of the villainous boss.

I recalled it again and again.

Strangely enough, when she was first reborn, Jiang Zhiyun herself remembered these past events. But at that time, she felt like an outsider.

She felt it had nothing to do with her.

They wouldn't even be moved by it.

It feels like I've already traveled more than halfway through my memories.

People and things that were originally unrelated suddenly come alive in my presence. Those cold, hard names, those death lists.

The question of who died and when would even surface in Jiang Zhiyun's mind.

Based on the course of events in the previous life, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Xie Shuheng's entire army was wiped out in the Northwest this time.

Xu Yao and Shen Huichuan, who were with him, were the only ones who survived by sheer luck.

Those people had only ever heard the word "death".

Now, Jiang Zhiyun has many faces in her mind.

There were cooks, and brothers waiting for Yunniang to come and take charge.

Most of the cooks were young and waiting to join the regular army to fight and serve the country. A large number of them were disabled but still wanted to stay, so they stayed to be cooks.

These people who she thought were unrelated to her suddenly became vivid in Jiang Zhiyun's mind.

And last time I went to the southwest, there was that group of soldiers fighting for their lives, and the smiles of those who called me "sister-in-law".

Jiang Zhiyun closed her eyes, unsure of what to say.

They shouldn't have died; to be precise, no one should have died.

Xie Shuheng is now afraid that the royal family in Bianjing will turn against him and kill him, and that foreign powers will take advantage of his battle with Xiao Su to launch an attack.

If all of them came at once, Xie Shuheng definitely wouldn't be able to handle it.

Those who cannot survive will inevitably fail.

But such a thing is highly likely to happen; Yunniang wrote down a few lines of Han Chinese texts based on what she knew from her previous life. Everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

"Most of them died; Xie Shuheng went mad..."

Jiang Zhiyun originally thought that it would be abnormal for a villain like Xie Shuheng not to go crazy.

In this lifetime... she felt heartbroken.

Why be so aggressive?

Why do these people wish for others to die?

She thought that if she could choose to be reborn, she would definitely be reborn as a great general and the first thing she would do is to storm into the palace.

Whether it's reckless or not, it's fine this way.

It is truly unbearable to see the emperor using his power to dictate everything, ignoring the common people, and only spouting nonsense that no one cares about.

Thinking about these things now still makes me feel sad.

After writing everything down, he slipped it into Xie Shuheng's sleeve.

Jiang Zhiyun sat alone in the room and continued writing something, a letter that spanned several pages.

I don't know if it was written to herself or to Xie Shuheng.

Because Yunniang put the book away after she finished writing it, it's normal that her eyes are swollen from crying, but she just couldn't stop sobbing.

Jiang Zhiyun lay down and didn't fall asleep until very late.

After lying down, Xie Shuheng automatically found her and then instinctively pulled her into his arms.

"Miss..."

Yunniang traced his eyebrows and eyes with her hand: "Hmm, go to sleep."

"Mmm." He was asleep and looked harmless. He just opened his eyes and looked at her for a moment, then fell asleep peacefully.

When Jiang Zhiyun woke up the next day, Xie Shuheng and Shen Huichuan had already left. According to Liu Fangshu, who came over, the two of them had gone their separate ways.

Liu Fangshu has disappeared without a trace.

“Madam Jiang, why don’t we go out for a stroll tonight? It’s the Autumn Festival here, a time for worshipping the Earth God. It’s very lively at night. I only found out about this from my aunt today. I was thinking of going out for a stroll together. I heard that we can also release river lanterns and pray for blessings for our families.”

"They are all fighting abroad, so it is most appropriate for us to pray for them here."

Jiang Zhiyun nodded: "Okay."

I don't know if Xie Shuheng and the others will be able to make it back tonight.

Didn't they say they were going to the Northeast Protectorate's house today? Now they've disappeared. What happened?

While Jiang Zhiyun was pondering whether Xie Shuheng was reliable or not.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Aunt was the first to open the door; Yunniang and the other woman were keeping Grandmother company.

A woman entered from outside, followed by two old women.

She burst in and asked, "Young lady, I heard you picked up a child on the road, is that right?"

"Could you show me what the child you found looks like?"

Jiang Zhiyun frowned and said, "This woman must not be an ordinary lady. After all, it's not easy to investigate so thoroughly, even finding out where I live. It must have taken a long time."

"Because of the descriptions from the visitors, they all said that you and your husband are a handsome couple, and you are holding a child. Because your appearance is so eye-catching, it's inevitable that some people will pay more attention to you."

"Furthermore, with the recent incident in the Northwest, very few people from the Northeast are allowed to enter the city. That's how Jiang Niangzi was found out. She didn't use any other powers."

"I'm here to find my child."

Her eyes were filled with longing, and tears were about to flow: "This is my child. He was taken away by the servants of the family because of an accident, so I must take him back."

"This is my child, Zheng Xi! Please show me if this is really my child. My wife, please understand a mother's pain!"

"When was it lost?" Jiang Zhiyun asked.

"A month and a half ago, things were chaotic, and I wasn't paying much attention when the child was taken away. I didn't do it on purpose at all!"

"..."

“Young lady, I have lost my child, so I must be the most anxious one.”

At this point, Jiang Zhiyun nodded: "Yes, I understand. But I'm also very curious, since you're so anxious and love your son so much, why didn't you come looking for him sooner?"

“When I found him, he had already suffered a lot with human traffickers fleeing famine. So I believe that the child I found was not the one you lost at that time.”

"When she was in the hands of human traffickers, she was said to have been lost and moved around for two and a half months. So there's no need to meet her. That child is shy and not the one you're looking for."

Zheng Xi got anxious at this moment!

"You... he is my son. Madam, if that's really the case, then we'll have no choice but to go to the authorities!"

Zhengxi started to stand up for himself.

Jiang Zhiyun, on the other hand, was slow and methodical.

"Who is your child? Who is his/her biological mother? What birthmarks does he/she have? Tell me everything. That way you can match things up later, right?"

"..." Who is the birth mother...?

“I am indeed not his biological mother. But I treat him as my own son.”

"Oh, you're quite something. You treated him like your own son, and only started a full-scale search two and a half months after he went missing, determined to find him no matter what. Did you not search before because you didn't know what value he was?"

"Whether it was premeditated or lost accidentally, the lady knows better than anyone else."

"More importantly, the lady is powerful and influential. Such a claim is simply untenable. If you provide credible evidence, I will naturally give it to you. After all, the child needs to be fed if he stays with us."