A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

Chapter 49 At least you survived.

After seeing the waiter leave, Zhou Hanzhang sat back down and suddenly said to Jiang Mingyun, "I want to know exactly what happened to you."

Jiang Mingyun paused while drinking tea, seemingly considering whether to tell Zhou Hanzhang.

She naturally believed Zhou Hanzhang, but she didn't know if her brother Hanzhang would believe such a strange thing.

If he doesn't believe it, will he think that I made up a story, deliberately creating a tale of ghosts and gods to fool him, so that I can get closer to him in a legitimate way?

As Jiang Mingyun hesitated, Zhou Hanzhang added, "You talked in your sleep while you were unconscious."

Jiang Mingyun suddenly felt a little nervous, quickly put down her teacup, and stared intently at Zhou Hanzhang's expression. "Did I say something I shouldn't have?"

Zhou Hanzhang thought for a moment. Her attitude clearly indicated that she felt he was trustworthy, but he still needed to confirm, "You trust me?"

Jiang Mingyun gripped the teacup tightly, her fingers digging in, watching as her delicate fingertips turned slightly red.

"It's ridiculous, I treated you like this before, and I even pushed you into the icy lake without knowing what was good for me. In the end, I realized that you are the best person to me. Now, I don't know who else to trust but you."

Zhou Hanzhang looked at her, pondering the truthfulness of her words.

Jiang Mingyun looked at the silent Zhou Hanzhang and said, "Brother Hanzhang, it's understandable that you don't believe me now. You might think I'm being strange or even possessed."

She put down her teacup and rubbed her hands together.

"Actually, after I calmed down, I wondered if this was just a nightmare, but it felt so real, and some of the things that happened matched what I'm experiencing now."

Zhou Hanzhang remained silent, but poured out the water from her cup and refilled it with hot tea.

Jiang Mingyun smiled at Zhou Hanzhang, "You're still as considerate as ever."

Zhou Hanzhang shivered again.

"I hope what I'm about to say won't frighten you. Actually, this is the second time I've lived in this world as Jiang Mingyun."

Jiang Mingyun smiled wryly, "Isn't it amazing? I don't even know what I said in my dream, how much you heard or guessed... What I'm about to say is a bit strange, but you don't have to believe it."

Looking into her earnest eyes, Zhou Hanzhang said, "I believe you. I've read about this situation in my notes. When you were talking in your sleep, Senior Brother Chen was also there, and he guessed that you must have been reborn."

Jiang Mingyun's eyes lit up. "Brother Hanzhang, you know about my life before. These days are not much different from my previous life. If I had to say what the turning point was in my previous life, it would be after I went to Tianan Academy."

Zhou Hanzhang was puzzled, but he did not urge her and let her tell him slowly.

Seeing this, Jiang Mingyun felt somewhat relieved.

"After I entered the academy, I met someone."

Jiang Mingyun seemed to be mocking, "He is knowledgeable about ancient and modern times, speaks eloquently, and writes fluently; he truly appears to be a man of great talent..."

She glanced at Zhou Hanzhang. "Of course, no matter how outstanding he is, he can't compare to Brother Hanzhang. I was initially attracted by his talent and considered him a close friend. Who knew he was so ambitious and deliberately approached me just to gain a higher position?"

"Later, through his scheme, I met the Crown Prince and, under the deception they created, developed a delusion that led me to fall completely in love with him. I then instructed my family to form cliques and use all our family's resources to put the Crown Prince in that supreme position."

But in the end, I met a tragic end, my head severed from my body. At that time, I was carrying the eldest prince's child in my arms, and he was so heartless that he didn't even care about his own flesh and blood..."

As Jiang Mingyun was speaking, she suddenly burst into laughter, and then tears streamed down her face.

"All my sincerity was wasted on dogs, no, they were even worse than pigs and dogs."

Several shop assistants nearby glanced over, and when Zhou Hanzhang saw her like this, he quickly lowered his voice, "Miss Jiang, don't cry, or those people will think I did something to you."

Jiang Mingyun couldn't stop herself at all. She cried silently for a while before wiping away her tears and said, "Excuse me."

Seeing that she had regained some of her composure, Zhou Hanzhang asked, "Who is the person you're talking about?"

"Do you remember that poor student who was standing behind the dean when we first came in? That was him."

"It was him?"

Zhou Hanzhang and Jiang Bowen arrived at Tianan Academy together that day. They and the other student were the first three to enter the academy, so they were all exempted from the entrance examination.

They chatted for a while, and all three parties communicated quite pleasantly.

"That person's name is... Ye Gui?"

"Yes, that's him. Brother Hanzhang has a good memory."

"I never realized he was that kind of person."

Zhou Hanzhang sighed. Of course she believed Jiang Mingyun. Although the girl was sometimes spoiled, they had only just entered the academy and were not really familiar with each other. There was no need for her to lie and frame a poor scholar.

Jiang Mingyun smiled and said, "Brother Hanzhang, there's no need to be upset. It's just that this person is too good at pretending and has fooled everyone. Not to mention us, even my father and mother thought he was a good person and initially wanted to marry me to him."

"But he doesn't even look down on me. He's got huge ambitions," Jiang Mingyun continued to mock.

"Forget it, now that we know he's that kind of person, we should just stay away from him from now on."

Zhou Hanzhang originally intended to advise Jiang Mingyun not to get too caught up in hatred, but then he thought that he didn't seem to have any right to say such a thing.

If I were in that situation, I would definitely seek revenge.

“No, I still want to get close to him this time. This is the fastest way for me to get close to the Crown Prince. I was wronged like that in my past life, and this time I will definitely not let them get away with it.” Jiang Mingyun said bitterly.

Zhou Hanzhang suddenly remembered that she had called out Bitao's name in her dream, "Then I heard you calling out Bitao, what is that?"

"It's quite a coincidence that Bitao is an orphan girl whose background we investigated was clean. We took pity on her and took her into our household."

My mother saw that she was about the same age as me, so she let her stay and take care of her. Over the years, our family has treated her with all our hearts. Her treatment was similar to that of some of my cousins ​​when they came to the Jiang family.

But it turns out they had planned this all along to get close to us, Brother Hanzhang, do you know? Bitao was originally Ye Gui's sister, and the two siblings have been working for the First Prince for a long time.

Zhou Hanzhang sighed. This plot was truly melodramatic.

"In fact, Bitao was the Crown Prince's concubine, and had already given birth to a son and a daughter for him. However, her status was too low, so they plotted against me."

Bitao secretly fed me cold-natured medicines when I was little, which made it difficult for me to conceive. Later, Senior Brother Shen noticed this and helped me recover. The child I finally conceived, however, passed away along with me.

Zhou Hanzhang was completely at a loss for words to comfort Jiang Mingyun, who had crawled back from the brink of death. He could only weakly say, "At least you're alive..."