Chapter 2: Wang Baochuan’s Rebirth

The setting sun’s rays streamed through the window, casting a desolate hue over the entire room. Wang Baochuan trembled, clutching her body tightly, shivering from the cold.

“Save… save me!”

“Miss? Miss!”

A familiar voice pulled her from her dream, it was Xiaolian.

She jolted awake from her dream, a bitter taste in her mouth made her frown. It must have been a dream, Xiaolian had already left the capital, hadn’t she?

“Miss, what’s wrong with you?” Xiaolian reached out and touched her forehead, “It’s so cold.”

“You’re sick, I’ll go get a doctor.”

Wang Baochuan reached out and grabbed Xiaolian’s hand, the warmth of her touch was reassuring.

This wasn’t a dream!

She looked around, the light gauze curtains, this was her boudoir, no mistake!

Her hands were still white and delicate, the calluses from picking mulberry leaves and digging vegetables were gone!

“Xiaolian, what day is it?”

Xiaolian looked at her mistress with confusion, “You’re delirious, Miss, it’s the fifth year of Changqing.”

The fifth year of Changqing, wasn’t that the year she met Xue Pinggui?

“What month?”

“Th… the beginning of March!” Xiaolian was completely bewildered.

How wonderful, she met Xue Pinggui in mid-March, she was reborn, and she was reborn before she met Xue Pinggui, everything was still possible!

She was young and beautiful, with countless favors bestowed upon her.  All she had to do was find a way to clear her father and the Wei family of any connection, and live a peaceful life as a loyal subject, naturally ensuring the Wang family’s long-lasting prosperity and wealth!

As for the hardship of the cold cave, whoever wanted to guard it could guard it!

“Xiaolian, I want to eat eight-treasure meat, Yunlin roast goose, and shrimp cakes for dinner.”

“Yes, Miss.”

Wang Baochuan stretched, the feeling of being refreshed and energetic was so good.  She looked at the setting sun outside the window, even the scenery seemed beautiful!

This spacious and bright room, the cloud brocade bedding, the floating light brocade curtains…  She had enjoyed too much luxury in her previous life, so she had to eat wild vegetables for eighteen years?

Moreover, Wujiapo was a desolate wilderness, she was alone woman living there, if it weren’t for the Wang family’s secret protection, she would have been eaten by wild animals!

It was hateful that she had thought she was independent at the time, and hadn’t considered this at all.

After bathing and changing clothes, she went to see her parents.  Mrs. Wang, her mother, saw her kneeling and bowing repeatedly, she called out “My dear child” and hugged her, pulling her up.

“My daughter is so wronged, did your second sister bully you again?” Prime Minister Wang stroked his beard and looked at her with a kind face.

Her eyes welled up with tears, “Daughter just had a nightmare in the afternoon, I dreamed that Father and Mother didn’t want me, I woke up feeling wronged.”

Prime Minister Wang sighed, his youngest daughter was spoiled by him and his wife.  Baochuan was the apple of his eye, how could he bear to abandon her, this girl was really overthinking things.

“You little girl, unless your father dies, how could he bear to abandon his precious daughter.”

Mrs. Wang hugged her even tighter, tapping her forehead, “Don’t overthink things!”

“Yesterday, your two elder sisters made a lot of summer clothes and jewelry, you should have someone call the tailor to the mansion and make more clothes.”

“Mother.” Wang Baochuan thought that she would be going out to burn incense in a few days, and then…

She looked at Prime Minister Wang with a coquettish smile, “I want to ask someone to make me a beautiful dagger.”

“What kind of dagger does a girl need?” Mrs. Wang coaxed her, telling her not to be silly.

“Daughter has been having nightmares these days, I heard people say that daggers can ward off evil spirits, I want one.”

“Okay, your mother doesn’t agree, but your father agrees.”

Wang Baochuan smiled and got up, bowing to him, “Thank you, Father, when I find someone to make it, I will definitely show it to you.”

She was going to have a unique short blade made, the wounds made by the short blade would be clear and obvious, so that anyone could tell at a glance that it was cut by her dagger.

“Wei Bao, just you wait, you want to pretend to be a bandit and kidnap me and assault me?  Let my father see your true face!” She thought to herself, a smile unconsciously spreading across her lips.