The bright moon hangs high, beckoning him down from his pedestal.

The intense feeling of falling stopped abruptly.

The expected annihilation did not occur; Shen Qingruo found herself in a void, pure white space.

"Hello, Aruo!" a childish voice rang out.

Shen Qingruo looked in the direction of the sound and saw a small ball of white light floating in front of her.

"Who are you? Where is this?" Her voice was filled with the bewilderment of someone who had survived a disaster.

"I'm System Xiao Jiu, and this is the system space!" The little ball of light, which is the system, happily circled around Shen Qingruo.

"You've already died once. You jumped off the palace wall and that was it. I've shielded you from pain."

Shen Qingruo lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling slightly.

Yes, she is dead.

Filled with bitterness and despair.

"It's better that he's dead. Nobody cares anyway, and I don't want to dwell on it anymore." Her tone was indifferent; she didn't want to bring up those past events again.

"Don't say that!" the system's childlike voice said urgently. "Do you know what happened after you died?"

Before Shen Qingruo could answer, a series of images forcibly flooded into her mind.

Shen Wangxi ascended the throne and changed the name of the country to Great Zhou.

He became a powerful and ruthless ruler, expanding his territory and unifying the nine provinces.

He had only one empress and two children in his lifetime.

Shen Yinian had no interest in the throne and was a carefree prince.

Shen Jingyan was made Crown Princess and successfully ascended the throne after Shen Wangxi's death, becoming the first female emperor in history.

The scene shifts to many years later.

On the dragon throne, Shen Jingyan's brows no longer held the flamboyant and bright spirit of her youth, but only the sinister look that had been corrupted by power.

In the later years of her reign, she gradually became dissolute and the government fell into chaos.

The descendants of the Wei family returned with their troops, causing the vast Great Zhou Empire to fall apart and plunging the Nine Provinces into a centuries-long civil war.

War raged across the land, people were displaced, cannibalism broke out, and the world turned into a living hell.

Shen Qingruo watched quietly, outwardly unmoved, but her heart ached terribly.

The things she never dared to yearn for were always easily obtained by others, yet they were destroyed without any regard for their value.

"What's the point of showing me all this?" she asked softly.

"How could it be meaningless?" The system's soft voice turned serious. "We are a system bureau that transcends the Three Realms. This small world is on the verge of collapse due to the heavy resentment accumulated from later generations. We need you to save it."

"Save the world?" Shen Qingruo raised her eyes, her gaze full of sarcasm. "How can someone as insignificant as me save the world?"

"The key lies with Shen Jingyan. As long as we prevent her from ascending the throne and force Shen Wangxi to pass it on to someone else, this predicament can be resolved," the system said confidently.

It paused, seemingly hesitant, and added in a low voice, "Actually, the best way is..."

"Never mind, we'll talk about that later!"

It was afraid that if it spoke up now, Aruo would refuse outright.

The system quickly changed the topic and displayed another video: "Also, Aruo, take a look at this."

It was an era of war, with smoke rising from the borders.

Shen Qingruo saw her always melancholy mother, Yun Wan.

The young Yun Wan was no longer the sickly woman she remembered. Dressed in a simple dress, she still possessed a beautiful face and was anxiously moving through a chaotic refugee camp.

She is looking for someone.

She was to find a young general named Wei Zheng, the second son of the Marquis of Wei in the Great Liang Dynasty, who was also her childhood sweetheart and her lover with whom she had secretly pledged her life.

The scene shifts to a military tent, where Yun Wan finally finds Wei Zheng, covered in blood but still undeniably handsome.

The two embraced tightly.

"Ah Wan, wait for me. After this battle, I will inform my father and marry you in a grand and glorious ceremony." Wei Zheng's voice was filled with joy and unwavering determination.

They were all looking forward to the arrival of Huanxi Shen Qingruo.

However, fate tricked people.

A sudden attack scattered the group, and Yun Wan was separated from the main force and wandered into the desert.

Later, she was discovered by soldiers patrolling the desert and became a servant.

To protect her child, she took advantage of Queen Ulan Yun's kind heart and entered the desert royal court.

Then, one night when Shen Wangxi was drunk, she pretended to climb into his bed.

In fact, Shen Wangxi went straight to sleep that night and didn't touch her at all.

Later, Wei Zheng remained single and never married, never giving up his search for Yun Wan.

Unbeknownst to Shen Qingruo, tears were already streaming down her face.

The final scene is on the city wall.

The general who kidnapped her was her biological father, which is why he had that sachet.

The old man standing to the side was Yun Wenhan, the Grand Tutor of Liang, and her maternal grandfather.

It turns out that all the hatred and resentment she had harbored for so many years was just a joke.

She is not his daughter at all.

It turns out that in the final moments, the ones standing beside her and holding her hostage were her true blood relatives.

Shen Qingruo laughed softly, her laughter filled with endless sorrow and self-mockery.

The system pressed its advantage, trying to incite her hatred and force her to survive. "Look, look, there's also Shen Jingyan. She could have saved you first."

"But in order to claim the credit first, she went straight to the imperial palace, and she abandoned you."

Shen Qingruo suddenly recalled the scene from her childhood when Shen Jingyan had played with her on the grassland. She said:

"Little sister, be bold and follow me. We won't be discovered."

A bitter feeling welled up in her heart again. She hated them, but deep down, hadn't she also harbored a faint hope?

But every time, she was the one who was abandoned.

The system's soft, childlike voice softened, "Host, go back and change all of this."

"It's not for them, it's for those innocent people, and it's for yourself and for your mother, to get an explanation."

Shen Qingruo closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face.

Her life has been absolutely terrible.

He had nothing, even his background was a lie.

After a long silence, she softly said, "Okay."