Chapter 5: Do the Wretches Know That Wenwan Has Returned? (2)

Dongmo! It was true! "Who is the Emperor now?" Wen Wan’s expression terrified the young maid, who hurriedly replied, "It is the Eastern Emperor..."

The Eastern Emperor?

Zongzheng Bai, the father of Zongzheng Moyin and the deposed Crown Prince, Zongzheng Wuqi.

Wen Wan’s hands trembled, and the maid pulled away from her grasp. The Emperor was still Zongzheng Bai?!

Then... then... "Do you know who Wen Wan is?" Wen Wan’s lips moved slightly; she was entirely unaware of her own shivering.

The maid looked at Wen Wan timidly, bit her lip, and quickly said, "Is Miss talking about that shameless harlot? Hmph! She married the Crown Prince only to seduce Prince Chen, and later committed adultery to conceive a bastard child." The maid pursed her lips, "That wretch was truly bold. After becoming pregnant with a bastard, she tried to pass it off as royal blood and framed the Crown Prince, leading to his execution by the Emperor's decree. Thankfully, Prince Chen saw through her schemes, cleared the Crown Prince’s name, and had that wretch sentenced to death by a thousand cuts. Hmph, her body was thrown into the mass grave. Not a single person from the Wen family would even go to look at it. Prime Minister Wen was a man of integrity his whole life, yet he sired such a shameless daughter!"

Wen Wan let out a cold, vacant laugh, her fingernails digging deep into her palms. A harlot? Ha!

After her unjust death, this was the reputation Zongzheng Moyin had pinned on her!

There was no trace of sharpness in Wen Wan’s phoenix eyes, only a sense of resolve so absolute that it chilled the heart.

Zongzheng Moyin, the Wen family!

The bond between mother and son was nothing but a scam!

Childhood sweethearts? Nothing but tools in the pursuit of power!

Hahahaha, do you know that Wen Wan has returned?

She would take away everything they yearned for and obsessed over, bit by bit, and crush every one of their desperate, night-and-day desires beneath her feet.

The maid was too frightened by Wen Wan’s expression to speak, but Wen Wan merely smiled indifferently. "You are saying that after Wen Wan died, the Crown Prince, Zongzheng Wuqi, was exonerated?" Exonerating a dead man, ha! Truly Moyin’s style.

She finally understood why he would not let her go, even though the child in her womb was his own flesh and blood.

Though Zongzheng Bai was domineering and autocratic, he was not a fool. Sooner or later, he would have realized that Zongzheng Wuqi’s rebellion was not as simple as it seemed. Once his fatherly love was stirred, he would have undoubtedly treasured the "posthumous child of the Crown Prince" she carried.

Ha, Zongzheng Moyin, Zongzheng Moyin—even his unborn child was an enemy in his eyes.

Wen Wan sneered. He would not even spare his own flesh and blood; how could he possibly spare her?

The maid trembled as she looked at Wen Wan. "Miss..."

Wen Wan glanced at the girl. From the joy she had shown when Wen Wan first woke up, it was clear she was loyal to the original owner of this body. "I am fine. I have been unconscious for days and did not realize such major events had occurred outside."

Hearing this explanation, the maid burst into tears. "Miss, you scared Bi Zhu to death!"

Wen Wan patted the maid's shoulder and looked at herself in the mirror once more.

Her face was covered in large, red rashes; it was truly nauseating to behold.

If this face had not been so remarkably ugly, she likely would not have had such a deep impression of the original owner of this body in her past life!

The Third Miss of General Changge’s manor—Changge Yue!

She should have been a noble daughter of the highest standing, but due to the early death of her birth mother, she was forced to survive under the thumb of her stepmother. There was no need to describe how difficult her life had been.

But speaking of the stepmother, Wen Wan offered a cold smile. The current mistress of General Changge’s manor was none other than the younger sister of Lady Wen—the very woman she had once called "Aunt."