In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

In the fifth year of Yongzheng's reign, the emperor vomited blood and fell on the desk. His eldest son Aisin-Gioro Honghui ascended the throne and changed the country's name to Qianlong. He made his biological mother Ulanara Yixiu the empress dowager and his wife Fucha the empress.

Honghui had known his own life experience for many years, so he accepted Yongzheng's suspicion and suppression of him in the past few years after he ascended the throne very well. Perhaps because he had no respect or love for his father in his heart, Honghui behaved more filially, pretending to be a satisfactory good son and good minister, and finally became the only winner and ascended the throne.

After Honghui ascended the throne, he did not re-employ Nian Gengyao. Firstly, Honghui was afraid of divine punishment for making his biological father kneel and kowtow to him every day. Secondly, Yixiu once said that Nian Gengyao had the same frivolous nature as Nian Shilan. Honghui was afraid that Nian Gengyao would become lawless after returning to the court. In addition, in the eyes of outsiders, Honghui was indeed Yinzhen's biological son. Only by not changing his father's will for three years could Honghui's filial piety be better shown to the outside world. For this reason, Honghui also specifically stated that he would observe mourning for the late emperor for three years.

Yixiu said that such a cheap son is at least much better than an unfilial descendant like Hongli, right? I think Yinzhen would be satisfied if he knew it. Anyway, the person is dead, and the revenge is completed. Yixiu wants to leave the world and return to the system space to submit the task.

However, System 007 told him that he had to wait until Yixiu's life in the plot ended before he could submit the task. Yixiu had no choice but to take his trusted subordinates and pack up overnight to go to the Old Summer Palace.

However, she did not expect that Nian Gengyao, who was free from his constraints, would come to find her. Under Honghui's protection, Yixiu lived with Nian Gengyao in the Old Summer Palace for the next ten years, fully enjoying a life of being loved.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that Nian Gengyao did not forget to maintain his figure over the years. In the plot, Nian Gengyao dared to invite most of the imperial doctors in the palace to his house because his wife was sick. For the sake of his beloved Yixiu, Nian Gengyao truly achieved a lifelong partnership.

After Yixiu died, Nian Gengyao also committed suicide for love. Honghui buried the two together. As for Yinzhen, who should have been buried with Yixiu, who cared about him?

After submitting the task, Song Ruyi returned to the task hall. Behind her followed Yixiu's soul, whose resentment had been dispelled. Yixiu had also been consciously staying in her body all these years, feeling her life synchronously.

For a soul-calling bird like Song Ruyi who has experienced the awakening of female consciousness and modern gender equality, Yixiu's life was not actually very happy. After all, she was trapped in the prince's mansion for a long time and had no freedom in the palace.

But for a trader like Yixiu, who was originally a woman in ancient times, her new life really made her very satisfied. Whenever she saw those who once trampled on her fall from the altar, the resentment and injustice in Yixiu's heart would be dissipated a lot. Ruyi not only fulfilled the requirements she had put forward before, but also gave her a lot of gifts.

Like Zhen Huan's annihilation of everyone, Concubine Hua being used to her "death", the sincere respect of everyone in the harem, and the grievances that were once hidden under filial piety and forced to endure, the partial and snobbish father, and the oppression and contempt of the empress dowager.

Yixiu once again compared her experiences in the two lives. She once thought that Yinzhen's love for Rouze was one of the rare deep loves in the world. Until she experienced Nian Gengyao's wholehearted love, Yixiu finally understood that Yinzhen's love was not pure enough, not sincere enough, and could not be considered true love at all. He only loved himself.

After submitting the task, the trader's soul was instantly wiped out by the system, and it turned into a ball of pure soul energy that floated in front of Ruyi. Ruyi took it in his hand, played with it for a while, and then put it into his mouth.

"Ah... it tastes good. It really is worthy of being the soul of the Queen who has a crazy attribute."

Just as Ruyi was savoring it carefully, 007 came over with his notebook to review and study with Ruyi.

Ruyi was in a good mood after having eaten and drunk enough. She half-leaned on the table and said, "007, why are you frowning? Is there something you can't figure out?"

"I'm in a good mood now. If you have any questions, please ask me now. I'll be happy to answer them!"

"Well, host, I do have two questions to ask." 007 is not stupid, and he seized the opportunity to ask.

"The first question is that in the plot, Yixiu has always been deeply in love with Yinzhen. Logically speaking, to fulfill her wish, it should be to capture Yinzhen and get his love, right? Although Yixiu said during the transaction that she didn't want to love Yinzhen anymore, I'm sure the host can tell that her words were not sincere."

"Why did the host choose Nian Gengyao to be Yixiu's lover? It's obvious that the host doesn't like Nian Gengyao, right?"

Ruyi raised her eyebrows after hearing this. She didn't expect that 007 was so perceptive that he could see that as Yixiu, she didn't like Nian Gengyao in her heart.

"I've said before that Yixiu fell in love with Yinzhen because she could only love Yinzhen, just like the women in the harem. Under the discipline and education of the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, the only men they could love were their husbands. Didn't Shen Meizhuang also have a romantic relationship with Yinzhen before she was heartbroken?"

"For ancient women, it is actually a false proposition to know what type of men they like, because they simply cannot meet so many types of men to feel and distinguish."

"I chose Nian Gengyao simply because he is the only man in the plot who has shown some qualities of caring for women. It doesn't matter whether I like him or not. I think an ancient woman like Yixiu would definitely like him."

"Especially since Nian Gengyao is handsome, has a nice body, and is a completely loyal boyfriend. Even if a rational old monster like me doesn't like him, I don't hate him, right?"

"Then why didn't the host consider Wen Shichu or Prince Guo?"

"That's the second question." Ruyi was a little impatient. "Why are there so many reasons? I just don't like you. Wen Shichu was so infatuated that he still managed to have a child with Shen Meizhuang, Jinghe. The same goes for Prince Guo. Meng Jingxian's big son is still standing there."

"So the infatuation between these two people is Schrödinger's infatuation, and it is also the true side of ancient men."

"Doesn't Nian Gengyao have a wife and concubines in the plot?"

I don't know why 007 had to find out the reason for choosing Nian Gengyao. Ruyi couldn't say it was because she felt that Wen Shichu or Prince Guo were not of suitable age, and their looks and personalities were not as sexy and exciting as Nian Gengyao. In order to maintain her own image, Ruyi racked her brains to find excuses.

"Well, that's of course a matter of inconsistency between words and deeds. Nian Gengyao didn't flaunt himself as a romantic, and we were already prepared for his image, so naturally we wouldn't have too many extra expectations. Wen Shichu and Prince Guo were different. They flaunted their love, but in fact they were not firm enough and did things they shouldn't have done."

"Alright, alright, let's move on to the second trader. Where do all these questions come from?" In order to avoid 007 from asking further questions, Ruyi impatiently said to continue the task.