She was buried alive at the start, but she's determined to smash her ex-husband's head in

"My God!!! What happened to your mouth?!"

Lin Xiuyao immediately noticed Lin Qingwei's swollen lips and ran over to get a closer look. Especially since Lin Qingwei still had such a sour face, she could easily guess what had happened!

Lin Qingwei pushed the person away and glanced at her with an unfriendly expression: "It seems that we are not in a relationship where we should be meddling in these things?"

Lin Xiuyao knew, of course, that there was a deep-seated hatred between the two of them.

But we're family, what's wrong with asking?

Lin Qingwei's mind was in turmoil as she walked towards Qinghui Hall. Lin Xiuyao followed her, asking, "Do you know what happened in the palace just now?"

"do not know."

"Didn't the Grand Secretary tell you?" Lin Xiuyao grabbed the person, looking at the swollen lips in shock. "I thought you accepted the Grand Secretary and that's why you're with him! You didn't actually reject him after all!"

Lin Qingwei got angry at the mere mention of Pei Zhaoan, her face turned even colder, and she shook off Lin Xiuyao's hand.

"Yes, I'm sorry to disappoint you, the position of the Crown Prince's fiancée still won't fall to you."

Lin Xiuyao didn't listen to what she was saying at all. She was so engrossed in the fact that the two of them could still kiss even after their conversation had fallen apart that she felt like her brain wasn't working properly.

Although she didn't particularly like Qi Yanzhi, and simply wanted the position of Crown Princess, she couldn't help but feel indignant for Qi Yanzhi and even Pei Zhao'an.

I never expected Lin Qingwei to be this kind of woman!

Could what she just said to her father be true? Does she really want to marry both of them?

“That’s not the point!” Lin Xiuyao said. “I think Lord Pei really likes you, otherwise he wouldn’t have stood up for you. Scholar Xu was punished with a rod, and even Princess Huarong was punished by His Majesty.”

Lin Qingwei stopped in her tracks: "What did you say?"

"I said that the Grand Commander went to the palace specifically for you, and somehow managed to get His Majesty to punish Scholar Xu and Princess Huarong!"

Although she didn't understand why all these men liked Lin Qingwei, this country girl, Lin Xiuyao had to admit that Qi Yanzhi and Pei Zhaoan were genuinely good to Lin Qingwei.

"That's not it."

Lin Xiuyao rolled her eyes, feeling that Lin Qingwei was deliberately showing off, and repeated sarcastically, "I think Lord Pei really likes you!"

What's the use? Isn't this a rejection? Given Pei Zhao'an's vindictive nature, Lin Qingwei is probably going to be in trouble soon!

Thinking of this, Lin Xiuyao happily crossed her arms and swayed away triumphantly! She figured she wouldn't even need to lift a finger to see Lin Qingwei get thoroughly humiliated!

Does he like me?

This surprised her even more than Pei Zhaoan's forced kiss.

Because from Pei Zhaoan's kiss, she only felt the release of emotions, anger and resentment, but she did not feel any affection.

Lin Qingwei's heart suddenly started racing; she was extremely panicked.

How is this possible?

Will Pei Zhao'an ever fall in love with someone? Himself? When?

However, once certain secrets are revealed, the strangeness of some things seems to become understandable...

She recalled the first time she took the initiative to go to Pei Zhaoan. No wonder he was different from the rumors. Not only did he not make things difficult for her, but he also helped Xu Hanzhang get back the ranking that belonged to him.

This has happened several times as well!

The more Lin Qingwei thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she instinctively hugged her own arm.

No wonder! It really is no wonder!

If he didn't like me, why would he have left those three beads a few years ago and made three wishes for me?

If he doesn't like me, why does he always get angry when I mention Xu Hanzhang and Qi Yanzhi?

If he didn't like her, he would never have asked her to choose him and become his fiancée!

OMG!

Pei Zhaoan actually likes her?!

It's over...

Lin Qingwei was so shocked that she fainted on the spot, and Peizhi and Peilan hurriedly helped her up from the ground.

When Lin Zhengwen and Madam Ye heard the news that Lin Qingwei had fainted, they immediately called a doctor. The doctor examined her pulse and said there was nothing seriously wrong, but Lin Qingwei just couldn't wake up. She slept for several days and looked sickly.

While she was unconscious, she had a very long dream, a dream about her past life, the year Pei Zhao'an died.

At that time, she had already been secretly brought into the palace by Zhao Huarong, her face was disfigured, her voice was poisoned and she was made to do the lowest and dirtiest jobs. She was so worn down that she no longer looked like a girl in her twenties.

In the dead of winter, she didn't even have a warm coat; she was still wearing thin, drafty clothes that had been washed so much that the original color was no longer recognizable.

The palace maids, seeing her, all covered their noses, their faces full of disgust, and threw piles of clothes at her.

She still remembered that the palace maid who bullied her the most was named Su Xin.

Su Xin looked down at her and kicked a basin of dirty clothes at her feet: "These are Consort Hui's clothes. Wash them clean today. If I find you slacking off, I'll chop off your hands!"

These clothes were clearly ordered by Consort Hui to be washed by Su Xin. She was only ever responsible for the dirty clothes in Zhao Huarong's palace, but Su Xin took advantage of her inability to speak and deliberately made things difficult for her every time.

Unable to resist, she could only draw bucket after bucket of icy water from the well in the snowy winter. Her hands were already frozen purple-red, stiff and difficult to bend, and her finger joints were covered with frostbite, which was rotting beyond recognition.

She had thought about jumping into the well to end her life more than once, and every day she wondered why she had climbed out of the coffin and why she hadn't died back then.

She was numb, her eyes devoid of any light, like a puppet.

A group of lazy palace maids were chatting about recent major events.

Su Xin said, "Do you know why such a big commotion occurred in the previous court this morning?"

"It seems someone was plotting a rebellion? But His Highness the Crown Prince was wise and mighty, and discovered his conspiracy in time, tearing the man apart with five horses!"

At that time, His Highness the Crown Prince was already the Prince of Duan, while Zhao Hongjia had long since fallen into despair and had been stripped of his title by the Xuande Emperor, confined to the palace, and forbidden to see anyone.

"Who's plotting a rebellion? He's incredibly audacious!"

Su Xin said with some regret, "You said he's become very bold, so who else could it be? Of course it's Pei Zhao'an, the Grand Secretary Pei! I don't know why he insisted on barging into the inner palace. He used to be so favored by the Emperor."

Pei Zhaoan?

Her numb expression softened, and the repetitive washing motion she had been making stopped. She felt as if she had heard this person's name somewhere before.

"Hey! You mute, why are you crying? Did we bully you?!"

Seeing that she had stopped moving, Su Xin walked over and kicked her, knocking her to the ground. Her arm grazed the ground, her sleeve was torn, and sharp pebbles on the ground scratched her skin, leaving bright red blood everywhere.