Reborn to Become A Queen: The Real Heiress's Comeback

Ji Yue was terrified by Zhan Lan as if her soul had been extracted, her pupils shrank sharply, and she pleaded:

"No, my son, he has done nothing wrong, no, Zhan Lan, he is the flesh and blood of the Zhan Family, you can't do this!"

Zhan Lan looked at her with resolute eyes and continued, "Is that so? How exactly did you marry General Zhan back then? How did you have your twin son and daughter, and how do you think General Zhan would treat your son and daughter?"

"You're talking nonsense!" Ji Yue's eyes were hollow, on the verge of collapse.

Zhan Lan twirled a lock of hair that was disheveled by the wind with her finger, her voice coldly said, "Talking nonsense? You were pregnant before marriage. When General Zhan visited your mansion, you deliberately framed him for defiling your chastity, leaving him no choice but to take you as a concubine."

"But, the adulterous Protector of your family will soon arrive in Ding'an City. Aunt Ji Yue must be looking forward to a family reunion!"

Zhan Lan narrated Ji Yue's past without any trace of disturbance, making Ji Yue almost faint.

Back then, when she was young and ignorant, she had a peak of passion with a guard in the mansion and tasted the matters between men and women.

Unexpectedly, she got pregnant.

Therefore, she schemed to become a concubine of Zhan Beicang.

But, nobody could have known about this matter, her affair with Li Kang was due to Liu Xi's betrayal—if that was the case, how did Zhan Lan come to know this secret buried in her heart!

Zhan Lan withstood her extreme disgust for Ji Yue and took a deep breath.

In her past life, she learned all about Ji Yue's affairs from the secret scrolls in the palace.

It was the intelligence organization Tingyu Tower established by Emperor Xuanwu. After Si Jun came into power, he knew every act and move of the high officials like the back of his hand.

Emperor Xuanwu, who was well aware that the twins born to Zhan Beicang's concubine Ji Yue were not his, not only did not expose this but used Ji Yue's son, Zhan Peng.

At the time, as an adopted daughter of the Zhan Family, Zhan Lan, out of fear of hurting her adoptive father, did not reveal the truth.

Now she thought about it: How foolish she was in her past life, being so in love with Si Jun!

She actually believed Si Jun's lies about preserving Zhan Beicang's dignity.

Back then, why didn't she think about what the true intentions of the Si Family were!

Emperor Xuanwu wanted to use the Zhan Family to guard his borders while fearing that they'd harbor ulterior motives and had long been guarded against them.

To secure the Si Family's reign, he had already plotted, allowing the moths within the Zhan Family to gradually consume it.

This was the cruel art of the emperor.

It was then that Zhan Lan became aware of how kings seated in high positions were so wary and guarded against high-ranking and influential subjects!

The moment there was a hint of disloyalty, they would act to resolve it.

Si Jun inherited his father's will, squeezed the last bit of value out of the Zhan Family, settled internal and external troubles, and after protecting the Si Family dynasty, eventually exterminated the main branch of the Zhan Family!

The people from the second branch and Aunt Ji Yue's family were the first to put righteousness before family and provided evidence of Zhan Beicang's rebellion.

In her past life, why was she so bewitched because Si Jun treated her sincerely on the surface, not only allowing her to read the secret scrolls sent by Tingyu Tower but also informing her of many court affairs.

Even in the year when he was ill, Zhan Lan personally endorsed many memorials.

Therefore, these all became evidence of her and the Zhan Family Army's conspiracy to seize power!

She was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, alleged by Si Jun as a woman who wanted to take the throne!

It was ludicrous that in her past life she had been played by the Si Family, leading to such a tragic end.

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Zhan Lan pulled her thoughts back from the memories. Fear and despair were interwoven in Ji Yue's eyes. Due to overwhelming fear, she opened her mouth several times but was unable to utter a word.

Zhan Lan enunciated each word, "Just wait, your children will suffer and then come looking for you."

In her past life, Zhan Qingqing, using the same methods as her mother, drugged and slept with Wang Qingchen after he got drunk.

After marrying into Wang Qingchen's family, she thrived like a fish in water, and even relied on Wang Qingchen's talents to win over Young Master Si Jun, enjoying a smooth and unobstructed path forward.

Zhan Peng framed her elder brother Zhan Hui, accusing him of having an affair with a consort. Zhan Hui was subjected to castration, his eyes gouged out... In the end, he could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide.

"Why do you torment my child so?" Lady Ji had become completely mad.

She flailed her hands, aiming to strangle Zhan Lan, but suddenly felt as though her wrist was being crushed to pieces.

Zhan Lan tightly gripped Lady Ji's hand, her voice cold as she said, "Do you believe that I am an evil ghost who has killed her way back from hell? In the previous life, your family of three treated me this way!"

Zhan Lan's expression struck Lady Ji like a bolt of lightning; she believed in the concept of reincarnation, she believed that Zhan Lan was possessed by a ghost.

Otherwise, how could she possibly know the things she had done back then?

She had long sent the Protector far away; at that time, Zhan Lan had not yet been born, and could not possibly know.

"Ghost, you are an evil ghost!" Lady Ji raved madly.

Pfft!

Suddenly, Zhan Lan's dagger gently slid across the pulse on Lady Ji's neck.

From the thumb-sized wound, blood began to seep out, and Zhan Lan just quietly watched as Lady Ji's blood gradually drained away.

After a quarter of an hour, Lady Ji died amidst slow torture.

Liu Xi, knowing her place, stood far away and did not overhear the conversation between Zhan Lan and Lady Ji.

Not until Zhan Lan called her over.

The two of them hoisted up a pig cage and set fire to the corpses of two individuals.

Although downstream on the riverbank, wild beasts waited to feast on their bodies, Zhan Lan feared that people might discover how Li Kang and Lady Ji had died.

Better to use fire, burn them to ashes. After dealing with the bodies cleanly, Zhan Lan and Liu Xi left together.

Liu Xi had never seen Miss Zhan Lan's methods before, and watching her profile in the firelight, she felt a certain wariness.

She had been forced to participate in Qinglian's death, and now she and Zhan Lan were in the same boat.

Thinking of disembarking was probably impossible now!

But she did not regret it, because Zhan Lan had helped her kill Li Kang.

If it weren't for Li Kang, how would her parents have died!

If it weren't for Li Kang, how could she, a County Magistrate's daughter, end up as a maid in the General Mansion!

She knew full well that if it were not for Zhan Lan, how many years and months it would have taken her alone to avenge her parents!

Having long desired to perish together with Li Kang, she, from now on, viewed every day she lived as a bonus!

In the light of the fire, Zhan Lan turned to look at Liu Xi and said softly:

"Zhan Qingqing drank a sleeping potion and probably wouldn't wake up until tomorrow morning. When you go back, just stay in your place. If one day, you want to leave the Zhan Family, tell me, and I'll arrange it."

"Yes, Miss Zhan Lan," replied Liu Xi, who after having avenged her family, now regarded herself as someone who had been given a second chance at life.

Zhan Lan had helped her with her revenge, thus she became Zhan Lan's benefactor. Secretly, she thought that her life now belonged to Miss Zhan Lan.

The two disappeared into the night.

In the woods, a shadow also vanished into the darkness.

Walking on the road, Zhan Lan heard a faint noise, aware that someone was following her.

However, since that person had not made a move to trouble her, there apparently was no ill intent for the time being.

Zhan Lan put away the dagger in her sleeve, thinking to herself: it seems, it's time to start training my own Death Guard!