Reincarnation and Rebirth

Su Wan'er watched helplessly as this body walked towards the gate of the Qingzhou Prefectural Government. She claimed to be the current Imperial Concubine Wan. The Prefectural Governor looked her up and down, then roared angrily, "Where did this scoundrel come from, daring to impersonate the Imperial Concubine? Guards, drag her away and await your punishment."

"How dare you!" Su Wan'er shouted, but unfortunately, she had no imposing manner at all. The prefect didn't take her seriously and ordered her to be dragged away.

Inside the cell, Su Wan'er said anxiously, "I know you're still here."

Squeezed into the corner, Su Wan'er was too exhausted to complain.

"Do you want us to be tortured to death here together?"

"..."

There were other prisoners in the jail, so she didn't dare to enter the space again and anxiously circled around.

Finally, Su Wan'er sighed helplessly, "You dare to impersonate a noble concubine of the court, that's a capital offense."

"I did not impersonate anyone."

"Look at yourself, you don't look like someone of high status at all."

Upon hearing this, Su Wan'er fell silent. After a long while, she murmured, "Am I really going to die here?"

"Not necessarily," Su Wan'er said. For her own sake, she couldn't let this body really stay in prison.

"Then tell me quickly."

"The news of the Emperor's serious illness must have already spread. The prefect must know this. He will definitely interrogate you again tomorrow. Xiao Yunting's army has arrived in Qingzhou. You can ask the prefect to go and verify with General Xiao. However, you must stand up straight and act submissive. Who would believe that you are the Imperial Concubine?"

Su Wan'er's eyes lit up. "That's right, Xiao Yunting, how come I didn't think of that?"

So stupid.

Sure enough, when the prefect returned home, he told his wife about it as a joke. After hearing it, his wife's expression turned strange. "My lord," she said, "I heard that the Emperor is ill because Consort Wan has disappeared from the palace. Do you think it might be true?"

"That's impossible," the prefect instinctively retorted. But inwardly, a tremor ran through him. He used to be a minor county magistrate, but due to the invasion of the Ziyan Kingdom, the previous prefect had failed in his defense, and after Zi Xingchen ascended the throne, his entire family was executed. This gave him the opportunity to become the temporary prefect. He had never even seen the emperor, let alone the empresses of the harem. But thinking of that woman, with her humble and unassuming appearance, she didn't seem like an empress at all.

The prefect's wife was a little uneasy. "My lord, we have never met the Imperial Concubine, so it's not appropriate to draw any conclusions."

The prefect thought for a moment, then suddenly spoke up, "General Xiao's army just entered the city yesterday, and they should be encamped at Hukou Town by now. Why don't we send someone over to invite the general to come and check?"

"What you say is very true, sir."

The prefect dared not delay. If this really was the Imperial Concubine, then locking her up in jail today would be a capital offense.

"Madam, I will send someone to bring that woman here right away. Please settle her in properly. If she is indeed an imposter, we can detain her later."

"Yes, sir, rest assured, I will take good care of him."

The prefect dared not sleep any longer and immediately left his room, ordering someone to go to Hukou Town to consult Xiao Yunting.

Upon hearing the official's report, Xiao Yunting's face darkened.

Wan'er still couldn't let go of that person.

"Let's go, I will go myself."

Deputy General Lei hesitated, but Xiao Yunting said, "Deputy General Lei, you continue to settle the troops. Normal training will resume tomorrow morning."

When Su Wan'er was taken from the prison to the backyard of the prefect's mansion, she really felt like committing suicide. However, "Su Wan'er" was happy. The prefect's wife smiled and said, "The master has already sent someone to invite General Xiao. You say you are Consort Wan, but we have never met you, so we dare not make a decision on our own."

Su Wan'er, without any airs of a queen, said in a friendly manner, "Well, once General Xiao arrives, everything will naturally become clear."

Seeing that she was not flustered at all, the prefect's wife was already mostly sure of the situation, and her smile became even warmer. "I have already ordered someone to prepare a bath. Madam, please go and rest in the guest room. The person should arrive by dawn."

Su Wan'er nodded and followed the maid.

When Su Wan'er saw Xiao Yunting again, she felt sorry for him. "Su Wan'er" had already left the palace and the capital, and was about to start a new life, yet she still went back to walk right into his trap. Love-struck, hopeless.

"Wan'er, have you thought this through?"

“Yes, Brother Xiao, the Emperor has fallen ill because of me, so I cannot not return.”

Xiao Yunting felt that the person in front of him was different from the one from a few days ago.

He sighed silently and said to the prefect, "It is indeed the Imperial Concubine."

The prefect was greatly surprised, "Your Highness? Why would you come to our remote area?"

Su Wan'er stammered, unsure how to explain. Xiao Yunting glanced at her and asked, "Is Your Highness worried about your brothers?"

Su Wan'er nodded hurriedly, "That's right, that's right. I received news that Xiang'er and Ming'er seemed to have appeared in this area, so I came out of the palace to look for them."

This lame excuse is something Su Wan'er is speechless about.

With Xiao Yunting's testimony, the prefect's family turned pale with fright, knelt down on the ground, and cried out for forgiveness from the Empress.

"Arrange a carriage to take me back to the capital."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Seeing that Su Wan'er didn't seem to need his help, Xiao Yunting felt a surge of inexplicable anger. He said coldly, "Since Your Majesty has already made arrangements, then I will not disturb you any longer."

"Ah, General Xiao... thank you."

Xiao Yunting paused, "Your Majesty, please take care."

In fact, Xiao Yunting did not leave. He hid in a nearby teahouse, feeling that Su Wan'er's changes in the past few days were a bit unpredictable. Could it be that someone was threatening her?

Su Wan'er had no such awareness. She got into the prepared carriage and told the driver to set off.

"Su Wan'er, you've gone mad, you've really gone mad..."

"Let me be willful one more time."

The carriage curtain was drawn, and "Su Wan'er" entered the space, explaining to the air, "I'm not reconciled, I'm really not reconciled. What if he really did it because of me? What if he really has feelings for me?"

Su Wan'er was speechless. You can never wake someone who is pretending to be asleep. This is the tragedy of that generation of women. Many women did not have the awareness of divorce. Even if the relationship in the marriage was extremely unequal, they still stayed in that home and by the side of that nominal husband without hesitation. Oh well, respect other people's fate. Even if it ends up, at worst, they can just die again.

"Whatever, I can't control it now anyway."

"Don't be angry. From now on, let's get along like this. It's actually fine for you to stay in this space."

Su Wan'er rolled her eyes. "Good my ass! Do you want this kind of 'good'?"

The carriage had barely left the city gate when suddenly the wind howled behind them. Immediately afterward, the coachman screamed. "Su Wan'er" was startled and pulled up the curtain. A sword was thrust straight at her, and she was stunned into silence.

The Su Wan'er inside her body said angrily, "Go ahead and hide!"

Unfortunately, the original owner had already gone mad.

In the critical moment, Xiao Yunting, clad in armor, appeared behind the man in black and killed him with a single sword strike. "Your Majesty, are you alright?"

"Brother Xiao, what, what's going on?"

The government office was short-handed and only sent a small team of soldiers to escort them. Now, those people have all fallen, and their fate is unknown.

"Brother Xiao, be careful..."

As Xiao Yunting turned around, he also swung his sword, piercing the black-clad man behind him, who fell to the ground lifeless.

However, the number of men in black was large, and it seemed that the person behind the scenes who sent them did not intend to let Su Wan'er return alive.

Xiao Yunting knew that he couldn't possibly withstand so many experts by himself, and he was filled with regret that he should have brought some guards.

He turned around and comforted the still trembling "Su Wan'er," saying, "Stay inside and don't move around."

While Xiao Yunting was engaged in battle outside, "Su Wan'er" inside the carriage took the opportunity to hide in her spatial dimension.

"How could you do this? He did it to save you."

"But I don't want to die..."

Su Wan'er rolled her eyes. This really was her past life. It was so hateful.

"Then at least bring some poison or powder from your space to help me out."

"Oh, right, I'll go get it now."

Just as Su Wan'er was leaving the space, a man in black stabbed a sharp blade down from the top of the carriage, startling her. Xiao Yunting quickly turned around to check.

In a moment of distraction, I heard a soft thud, the sound of a sword piercing flesh. Looking down, I saw a sword sticking straight out of my chest, the blood around the wound already black, clearly poisoned.

But he still managed to kill the man in black, rushed to the carriage, and ended the life of the person inside with a single sword stroke.

"Wan'er?"

Su Wan'er was already terrified, and what's even more frustrating is that her soul, being too weak and frightened, was once again possessed by the powerful Su Wan'er.

Su Wan'er was too exhausted to curse anymore. She yelled at Xiao Yunting, "Xiao Yunting, are you stupid? Is it worth it for you to be such a heartless person like me?"

Xiao Yunting's lips curled slightly, as if Wan'er from two days ago had returned. "No, don't cry, you're fine, really... live well...

Suddenly, the sound of a sharp weapon slicing through the air rang out overhead again. Without thinking, Su Wan'er threw a handful of poison powder in that direction.

The two began to cooperate, with Su Wan'er poisoning the enemy and Xiao Yunting fighting back. However, more and more men in black surrounded them. Xiao Yunting narrowed his eyes, sensing that these men in black were not from the same group, but rather another group that was clearly targeting him. If this continued, Wan'er would be in even greater danger.

"I'll hold them off, you run first."

"Xiao Yunting, I am not a coward who fears death. If we have to go, we'll go together."

"This is not the time to be reckless. We're not far from Qingzhou. You should run back right now..."

As they were speaking, three men in black suddenly appeared from a large tree nearby, holding bows and arrows. Chu Yunxiao was shocked. "Wan'er, listen to me, run! They're after me!"

"No, Xiao Yunting, the person they want to kill..."

Before Su Wan'er could finish speaking, all the sharp swords shot towards the two of them. Xiao Yunting wanted to stand in front of Su Wan'er, but suddenly he found that arrows were also being fired from behind.

Su Wan'er only saw the archers in front of her and was completely unprepared for those behind her. The next second, she felt a sharp pain in her body. Looking down, she saw an arrow stuck in her abdomen and another in her left chest. The arrowheads had pierced through her, and she could even see the blood-stained arrowheads.

Good heavens, am I really going to die here? Original owner, you really know how to cause trouble, now look what happened, you've wiped out the whole group.