I won't be a prince's concubine; I'll cook delicious food and raise two villainous cu

The stream babbles in the secluded valley, and birdsong accompanies the fragrance of flowers all around.

Shen Yu opened her eyes wide, turned her neck in astonishment, and looked around the empty valley.

She had just been beaten to death in that dirty, narrow alley in the capital, so how could she have come back to life in the blink of an eye?

The excruciating pain in her limbs and bones suddenly dissipated, but the despair and tragedy of being beaten to death still seemed etched into her soul, causing her to tremble uncontrollably.

Wait, why does this place feel so familiar?

Shen Yu suddenly came to her senses, and memories flooded back—this was the first place she woke up in when she first transmigrated to this ancient world ten years ago!

She looked down at herself. She was wearing a white dress that was covered in dust and torn in several places. Her long hair was hanging loosely in the stream, and the water reflected her young and beautiful face. Her face was as beautiful as a lotus flower and her skin was as smooth as cream. There was no trace of the disheveled state she had been in when she died tragically.

Shen Yu's heart trembled, and she pinched her thigh hard. The sharp pain made her so excited that she almost shouted out loud: she, the woman who had transmigrated, had actually been reborn!

Being reborn on the very first day of your transmigration means that you have the opportunity to rewrite and make new choices about those tragic experiences and predetermined fates!

She quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, forcing herself to calm down. In her memory, a hunter would be passing by this stream in a few moments.

With an injury to her leg, she could only sit halfway down by the stream and couldn't stand up at all.

It was this hunter who saved her back then and took her home.

Speaking of this hunter, Shen Yu had a particularly deep impression of him—he was extremely tall and burly, at least 1.9 meters tall by modern standards, and stood there like an iron tower.

But his face was covered with a thick beard, which covered most of his face. Shen Yu had never been able to see his true face before. She only remembered that he had a pair of big, bright eyes with a fierce look that made people afraid to get close.

Just then, a series of heavy footsteps approached from afar. Shen Yu looked up and met a pair of eyes that shone with a fierce light.

Just as he remembered, the man before him stood by the stream like a mountain, with two wild rabbits he had just hunted hanging from his waist, wearing coarse linen clothes and with half a gray wolf skin draped over his shoulder. He was the same rough and uncouth hunter!

Shen Yu unconsciously smiled with delight, but the hunter merely glanced at her and turned to leave.

A sudden urge to stop him arose within her, and she quickly called out, "Young man, please wait!"

Scenes from her previous life flashed through her mind. Back then, she had just transmigrated and, relying on being a modern person, was arrogant and looked down on everyone. When the hunter appeared, she shouted and begged him to save her, even offering the only jade pendant she had as payment, which finally made the hunter agree.

Looking back now, I realize how incredibly stupid I was.

That jade pendant was the only token of her identity in this world that could prove her identity, and she handed it over so easily.

If it weren't for her foolish pride and arrogance, how could she have ended up dying tragically in the alley?

Shen Yu chuckled self-deprecatingly, pressing her hand on the jade pendant at her waist, no longer daring to be as reckless as she had been in her previous life.

She lowered her stance and pleaded in a fearful tone, "I have unfortunately fallen into this predicament, and I beg you, sir, to lend me your help. If you can save my life, I will repay your great kindness with the utmost gratitude!"

The hunter paused, turned around, stared at her, and asked in a rough voice, "How will you repay me? Also, my name is Li Xiaoyun."

Li Xiaoyun's personality remains as direct as ever.

Shen Yu thought to herself, but the fact that he asked meant there was a chance, which was better than him ignoring her completely.

She made up her mind that she would never take out that jade pendant again in this lifetime, so she replied, "If you save me, I promise to do three things for you that are not against morality. After I recover, I will definitely fulfill them one by one to repay your kindness."

Now penniless, this is the only way she can survive.

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaoyun seemed to ponder for a moment before quickly nodding in agreement.

He walked to the stream, his gaze sweeping over the red stains on Shen Yu's legs. His brows furrowed involuntarily, but he didn't say anything. He simply reached out and scooped her out of the stream, casually tossing her onto his shoulder.

That pose again!

Just like in his previous life, he carried his prey with great rudeness!

Shen Yu was jostled so much that her stomach churned and she almost vomited.

In her previous life, she couldn't hold it in and vomited on this man's back, which made him disgusted with her and he would avoid her whenever he saw her afterward.

In this life, she covered her mouth tightly and desperately suppressed the urge to vomit, thus avoiding repeating the same mistake.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Xiaoyun finally brought her home.

Those were three simple huts built of thatch and mud bricks, which looked very shabby.

Li Xiaoyun lifted the curtain and threw her directly onto the earthen bed in the room.

"Hiss—" Shen Yu's leg hit the edge of the kang, and the wound was jolted painfully. She couldn't help but gasp.

In her previous life, she had also been bumped like this. Back then, relying on the value of the jade pendant, she acted arrogantly towards Li Xiaoyun and even yelled at him, "You savage! Can't you be a little gentler?"

In this life, having endured the torment and beatings of the feudal inner court, she had long since lost her pride. Moreover, since she hadn't taken out the jade pendant this time, she naturally dared not be presumptuous again and could only bite her lip to endure the pain.

Seeing that her delicate face was as white as paper, yet she stubbornly bit her lip and refused to utter a sound, Li Xiaoyun's eyes flickered slightly. Without saying anything, he bent down and crawled out of the wooden door that was a head shorter than him.

Taking advantage of this moment, Shen Yu looked around the room.

The room was surrounded by earthen walls on all four sides. Apart from an old wooden box, there was only the earthen bed beneath him. It was as simple as it could be.

But looking at all this, she felt a strange warmth in her heart, as if this were the safest place in the world.

Just then, two small figures walked in through the door.

Shen Yu recognized them; they were Li Xiaoyun's younger brother and sister.

I heard that they had no elders in their family, and the three siblings relied on Li Xiaoyun's hunting to survive in this desolate mountain.

The little boy was about seven or eight years old, tall and thin, with delicate features; the little girl was only five or six years old, with a crooked little bun on her head, her clothes were not very clean, but her face was exquisitely beautiful, and she was clearly a beauty in the making.

In her previous life, Li Xiaoyun had these two children take care of her, and it seems that she will do the same in this life.

"Sister, are you a fairy?" The little girl looked up and curiously tugged at Shen Yu's fair sleeve.

The little boy rushed forward and anxiously pulled his sister, saying, "Yaya, come here quickly, don't touch anything!"

Shen Yu looked at the five small black handprints left by the little girl on her white cuff and smiled gently.

In her previous life, when she saw this scene, she frowned with disgust and silently pulled her sleeve back.

At that time, she had just transmigrated and was a pampered young lady in modern times. She loved cleanliness and disliked children being dirty, so it was normal for her to act that way.

Looking back now, that look of disgust must have hurt the two children.

So later, the little girl tried to come in and talk to her several times, but the little boy forcibly pulled her away. The little boy would only coldly bring her some water and food every day and refused to have any more contact with her.

Fortunately, this time she did not repeat the same mistake.

She gently raised her hand, patted the little girl's head, and asked softly, "Little friend, what's your name?"

Faced with such a beautiful older sister, as lovely as jade and as gentle as a spring breeze, the little girl had long forgotten her brothers' instructions. She tilted her head back and answered crisply, "Sister, my name is Li Shuoya!"

"Li Shuoya?" Shen Yu's smile suddenly froze.

It's not Ya Ya, it's Shuo Ya!

She remembered the name clearly—ten years later, a notorious concubine named Consort Ya, who was despised by everyone, was born in the Qing Dynasty. Her maiden name was Li Shuoya!

She also has a second brother who, at the age of eighteen, wielded immense power and wealth, but was a notorious traitor named Li Shuozhou!

Shen Yu stared stiffly at the brother and sister, her mind reeling with shock: Could it be? Could these two children be the future infamous concubine Li Shuoya, whom everyone in the Great Liang Dynasty would want to kill, and the treacherous minister Li Shuozhou?