After rebirth, I rejected the Regent, but he pursued me instead

"Yan'er."

In the panic, the servants around Song Qi Yan were knocked down, and then a familiar figure appeared - the uncle who had been with his mother.

That person was Zhou Jingcheng, the man with whom Concubine Xian had a marriage contract before she was forced to marry Song Chengzhong.

I remember that uncle was always with my mother when I was little, so Song Qiyan was not wary of him.

Under Zhou Jingcheng's inducement, Song Qi Yan fell into Zhou Jingcheng's hands.

Later, Zhou Jingcheng used Song Qiyan to lure out Concubine Xian.

At that time, Song Qiyan was still young. He didn't know the purpose of his uncle, nor did he know why Zhou Jingcheng, who had been with his mother that year, suddenly disappeared.

It was not until later that it was discovered that before the defeat of Wu, Zhou Jingcheng was the son-in-law personally selected by the emperor of Wu. Only a few people knew about their engagement, and they had planned to let Zhou Jingcheng marry Jiang Xuening after the victory.

But later, the battle was not won, the Wu Kingdom quickly fell, and even Jiang Xuening fell into the hands of the enemy.

So Zhou Jingcheng hid his identity, started from scratch, slept on straw and tasted gall, and worked his way to Song Chengzhong's side, becoming a famous general at that time.

Thanks to this, Jiang Xuening finally reunited with Zhou Jingcheng after a long separation.

The two of them had been taking advantage of the opportunity to meet the emperor to plot how to leave the palace.

But in the first year that Zhou Jingcheng entered the palace, Song Chengzhong discovered Zhou Jingcheng's true face.

At that time, Song Chengzhong was furious and determined to kill Zhou Jingcheng.

But in the end, Song Chengzhong failed because Jiang Xuening secretly reported the news. However, Zhou Jingcheng also disappeared and no news of him was heard from again.

When they met again, Zhou Jingcheng seemed like a different person, fierce, scary, and unscrupulous.

"Xue Ning, let's go, okay? I'll take you away from this place of trouble."

In Song Qiyan's vague memory, he vaguely remembered Zhou Jingcheng holding his mother's hand and speaking earnestly.

But Jiang Xuening no longer had the same desire for freedom as before. Her eyes were dull. She let go of Zhou Jingcheng's hand, touched the fetus in her belly, and burst into tears.

"Jingcheng, I can't leave. I can't let my child lose his father. I don't want to make the same mistake again. Jingcheng, I'm sorry."

"Could it be that you really have fallen in love with the person who stole you?!"

Song Qiyan vaguely remembered how embarrassed Zhou Jingcheng's face was at that time, mixed with raging anger and disbelief.

"No, how could I possibly fall in love with someone who destroyed my country? I don't love him, but I can't love you like before."

Jiang Xuening was in extreme pain. At this moment, she had already lost the chance to love Zhou Jingcheng again.

Even if she returned to his side, her unclean body could no longer allow her to love Zhou Jingcheng as much as before, even though her heart was still beating.

Looking at the crying Yan'er and the baby in her belly, she just forced a smile and said, "I just want to be a good mother."

"Go away, Zhou Jingcheng. If I stay with you, even if we go to the ends of the earth, the emperor will not help us. So go away, forget me, forget the friendship between us, live peacefully and happily, and don't do anything to hurt others or yourself for me."

Jiang Xuening pushed him away.

Zhou Jingcheng's shoulders were shaking, and the hatred in his eyes finally backfired on him.

"Just because of this boy and the baby in your belly, you abandoned me. Do you know how much pain I have suffered in all these years trying to find you?"

After saying that, Zhou Jingcheng actually raised his sword and was about to chop at Song Qiyan.

Fortunately, Jiang Xuening stood in front of him.

"Zhou Jingcheng, what are you doing?!"

"What? Of course, to kill these obstacles so that you can always be with me."

"You are crazy... Zhou Jingcheng you are crazy!"

Jiang Xuening looked in disbelief at the man in front of her who was consumed by rage, as if she didn't recognize him - strange, scary.

"Am I crazy, or are you possessed by a ghost? You actually stayed with that man. Didn't you say you wanted to be with me? But now you choose to stay with him. Jiang Xuening, I think you are crazy!"

Zhou Jingcheng held Jiang Xuening's hands tightly. This was the first time he treated his princess like this, and also the first time he called her by her name.

"Let go of my mother, let go of my mother!"

Song Qiyan cried and beat Zhou Jingcheng, but Zhou Jingcheng pushed him away mercilessly.

With this push, Song Qiyan fell to the ground, hit his head on a rock, and fainted.

When he woke up again, he saw his mother, who was dying and holding him in her arms.

"Mother, mother, wake up quickly, don't leave me, mother!"

But no matter how much Song Qiyan called out, his gentle mother did not respond.

Later, Song Chengzhong arrived and he was saved, but his mother never woke up again.

Thinking of this, his heart ached.

If he had not walked into Zhou Jingcheng's arms that year, would his mother not have died? Would his father still love him as before?

Because of the mistakes he made in his childhood, he was never able to forgive himself in his entire life.

"My Lord, my Lord, are you okay?"

Qing Xuan shook the distracted Song Qi Yan, and Song Qi Yan finally reacted.

"No problem, go on."

Seeing this, Wu Peng continued talking.

"In fact, when the emperor found out that Zhou Jingcheng and Concubine Xian had an affair, he blocked the news once and tried his best to order people to catch Zhou Jingcheng. But that time, the emperor did not order people to catch Zhou Jingcheng again. Instead, after burying Concubine Xian, he did not ask about the matter again."

"At that time, everyone present knew that Concubine Xian died because of Zhou Jingcheng, but the emperor still left Concubine Xian with a last bit of dignity."

After a pause, Wu Peng added, "Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the emperor went to such great lengths to dismiss the people present and silence the gossips."

But belated affection is cheaper than grass. Even if Song Chengzhong thought he was doing a great deed for Jiang Xuening, the dead Jiang Xuening would never be able to see what Song Chengzhong did.

"That's all I know. Even if you ask me any more, that's all I can tell you."

"Okay, take this token, and I will send someone to quietly escort you out of the capital tomorrow."

Song Qiyan added absentmindedly, "Also, you don't have to worry about your family. I have ordered people to take good care of your family while you are away. Your son has already grown up. Although he is only a small official, he is enough to support the family. You can rest assured."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Wu Peng knelt down gratefully and saluted Song Qiyan, and then gave a sincere advice, "Your Highness, the emperor tried every means to conceal this matter. Now that you have intervened again, I am afraid you will go against the emperor. Perhaps this will only bring you unexpected disasters. Perhaps all the roots should be stopped in time."

"Close hand?"

Song Qi Yan suppressed Yan Jie, waved his sleeves, turned around and snorted coldly.

"Impossible. Even if I have to overthrow the entire dynasty, I will make the person who hurt my mother suffer the punishment he deserves!"

Wu Peng raised his eyes and vaguely saw the hatred in those eyes, which almost swallowed up Song Qiyan.

That powerful feeling of oppression resembles the emperor, and also resembles that old friend. Even Wu Peng, who has been with the emperor for a long time, can't tell who Song Qiyan resembles.

I only know that Song Qiyan will probably be more powerful and crazier than those two in the future...