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Shen Yuling: “No.”
System: “Huh?”
“Dear Host, as long as you complete the tasks, this system can grant you three wishes!”
Shen Yuling merely smiled, shaking her head.
“What a pity. I prefer to fulfill my own wishes.”
She let out a soft scoff.
With a hint of arrogance, she added, “Depending on others to grant wishes? That wouldn’t be satisfying at all.”
The system instantly deflated, its voice losing all enthusiasm.
“System, let me talk to her.”
Shen Yuling turned her gaze toward the direction of the voice.
A woman dressed in attire reminiscent of the Warring States period appeared before her.
Her flowing robes swayed gently, and her every movement exuded an air of cool elegance, yet her features were strikingly delicate and beautiful.
What an absolute stunner!
Shen Yuling tilted her head slightly, her gaze fixated on the woman before her.
Her eyes, wide with curiosity and admiration, never wavered.
She had always adored beautiful people!
But why did this dream feel so real? She could clearly see every detail of this stranger’s face, despite never having met her before.
How strange.
“And who are you?”
“I am also Shen Yuling, from the Qian Dynasty.”
The woman lowered herself slightly in a graceful bow.
A faint trace of sorrow lingered in her expression.
“My story is a long one. Miss Shen, would you be willing to listen?”
She lifted her gaze to Shen Yuling, eyes filled with quiet anticipation.
Seeing her like this, Shen Yuling felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity and warmth.
She nodded, signaling for the woman to continue.
Might as well treat it as listening to a story in a dream.
As the “Shen Yuling” from the Qian Dynasty slowly recounted her tale, Shen Yuling found herself growing genuinely intrigued.
This “Shen Yuling” was the daughter of Shen Yuan, the Grand Protector of the Qian Dynasty—her lineage noble and distinguished.
At the age of sixteen, she was bestowed in marriage by Emperor Quan Minghe of the Qian Dynasty to the son of the Grand Princess—Prince of Lingyang, Feng Moheng.
According to her, the System had once told her that in the original world setting, Feng Moheng and “Shen Yuling” were destined for a fated romance, a perfect match that would become a celebrated love story. They were meant to be the male and female leads of that world.
But fate took an unexpected turn. Due to a temporal rift, Liu Jingyi, a wealthy heiress from the modern world, was transported to the Qian Dynasty.
As it happened, Liu Jingyi had read a novel in the modern world—one that detailed the entire love story between Feng Moheng and “Shen Yuling.” She knew everything that was supposed to unfold between them.
Armed with this foreknowledge, she strategically inserted herself into Feng Moheng’s life before he even had the chance to meet “Shen Yuling,” securing a place in his heart ahead of time.
By the time “Shen Yuling” was formally granted to Feng Moheng as his wife by imperial decree, the situation had already taken a turn for the worse.
Because of Liu Jingyi’s influence, Feng Moheng began to neglect his legitimate wife.
Yet fate has its own curious way of working…
Feng Moheng and “Shen Yuling” were, after all, destined as the protagonists of their story. Even though Feng Moheng initially ignored her, he eventually found himself falling for her.
However, his growing affection only hastened “Shen Yuling’s” demise.
To secure her place in Feng Moheng’s heart, Liu Jingyi resorted to increasingly ruthless means to eliminate “Shen Yuling.”
Through meticulous schemes and covert manipulations, she not only turned Feng Moheng against “Shen Yuling,” making him grow to resent her, but also subjected “Shen Yuling” to relentless torment within the Prince of Lingyang’s residence.
In the end, she met a tragic fate—dying with her unborn child, a cruel and pitiful end.
Liu Jingyi’s ability to orchestrate such devastation did not rely solely on her knowledge of the plot. She had another formidable advantage—her sister, Zhaoyi Liu .
Zhaoyi Liu wielded immense power in Emperor Quan Minghe’s harem, dominating the imperial court from behind the scenes.
She was the mother of two princes, with the eldest son already established as the Crown Prince.
When Emperor Quan Minghe passed away, Zhaoyi Liu leveraged her influence in the harem and her son’s position to persuade the new emperor to mercilessly eradicate the Shen family.
The entire Shen clan was executed, wiped out in a brutal massacre.