It doesn't matter if your souls are scattered, as long as you die.

Sunlight streamed through the glass window, illuminating Mu Qian and Yun Li.

One spoke softly, while the other listened quietly.

Yunxuan's confession was rejected.

"She was very sad after being rejected, but she didn't give up. She kept looking for opportunities to follow him. She felt content watching the man laugh, talk, drink, and play with his friends every day."

"But this didn't last long. Suddenly one day, she discovered that there was a woman by the man's side who could make him laugh like a fool."

"She once looked in the mirror and saw that she had the same expression when she thought about men."

"She was heartbroken, but even so, she still couldn't stop paying attention to men. She just stopped following and peeping at them every day like before, and started doing it every few days."

"After a while, she came to realize that as long as he was happy, that was all that mattered."

"Once she came to terms with it and let go of the past, she regained her former drive to make money."

Seeing Mu Qian's furrowed brows, Yun Li guessed that something else would definitely happen later.

Mu Qian then continued, "About six months later, she met that man again, accompanied by Yun Jiaoyue and the woman the man loved."

"Through their conversation, she learned that the man's beloved woman was actually Yun Jiaoyue's cousin, and that they had met because Yun Jiaoyue had introduced them."

"Upon learning this fact, she harbored resentment, resenting Yun Jiaoyue for ruining her plans."

Yun Li had dead fish eyes and a mocking smile on his lips. It was ridiculous that he could hold a grudge over something like that.

Can matchmakers in this world still die peacefully of old age?

"What did she do next?" Yun Li asked, looking up.

Mu Qian: "Later, she worked hard and was determined to live a better life than Yun Jiaoyue."

"She just went too far. Instead of living a better life, she went astray and ended up in prison."

Mu Qian didn't say what she had done to get herself imprisoned; Yun Li just wanted to know about her past conflict with Yun Jiaoyue.

"Cough cough..."

Mu Qian coughed a few times, picked up his cup and took a sip. Seeing this, Yun Li stood up and said, "I'm going out to get something. Wait for me for a moment."

He came back in just two minutes after he went out, carrying a large cup of pear and rock sugar water.

"This quenches thirst and soothes the throat."

Mu Qian looked at the large water glass, which was comparable to a thermos, and smiled silently. Did she even realize that her attempt to deceive herself was being seen through?

Yun Li knew this, of course. As long as no one saw her take something out of her space, they could guess whatever they wanted, but she wouldn't admit it.

Mu Qian didn't expose her, but poured the remaining water in the cup out the window and replaced it with the water she brought.

He took a sip, and it tasted delicious, much better than anything he had ever had before.

After screwing the lid on and putting the cup away, he continued talking about Yunxuan's third life.

"In the third life, in the ancient world, Yunxuan was born into the family of the county magistrate, and was considered a daughter of an official."

Yun Jiaoyue was born into a merchant family.

"The two of them are not in the same region this time. Yunxuan was reincarnated with the memories of her previous two lives."

She thought of Yun Jiaoyue constantly. When she turned eight and had some money, she sent people to inquire whether anyone in the county or nearby villages knew Yun Jiaoyue.

"What she was thinking was that as long as there was such a person, she would kill her first."

"However, after asking around, I couldn't find anyone with the name Yun Jiaoyue in the area."

"She didn't dwell on it too much; there was no better option."

"When Xingfu turned fourteen, her father, the county magistrate, became the county magistrate and gained the appreciation of the prefect. She became the most noble young lady in the whole county."

"She was living such a happy life, which she could never have imagined before. She was immersed in it and dreamed of marrying a nobleman or a prince in the future."

"Such an opportunity really came when she was sixteen years old, when the emperor was going to hold a selection of concubines."

"The emperor at that time was only about forty years old, not too old, which met Yunxuan's requirements. Similarly, Yunxuan also met the requirements for the selection."

"So she went to the capital."

"But after she went to the capital, she met Yun Jiaoyue, whose family had already become imperial merchants."

"She hated them to death at the time, but she was just the daughter of a county magistrate and had no way to shake the wealthy but powerless Yun family of imperial merchants."

"We can only think about the future."

"She was lucky enough to be chosen to stay in the palace, and then she used what she had seen and heard in her second life and her knowledge to successfully win the emperor's favor."

"Having gained some power, she began to target Yun Jiaoyue. At that time, Yun Jiaoyue was already married to a member of the Li family, a powerful military family. She arranged for a beautiful woman to seduce her husband, but the attempt failed."

"When one plan failed, she tried to frame someone, but perhaps because the plan was too clumsy, it not only failed but also led to her being implicated."

"Even with the emperor's protection, they couldn't do anything to her."

"After that, she set her sights on the Yun family. She whispered in the emperor's ear that the Yun family was rich and the Li family was powerful, and that it would be easy for them to rebel."

Yun Li listened, her teeth grinding in anger. What a vicious scheme! They wanted to wipe out both families in one fell swoop.

Mu Qian: "Emperors have always been suspicious, and this emperor really took it to heart after hearing it."

"In less than half a year, the Li family and the Yun family were labeled as rebels and were all exiled to the harsh border region."

"Even with this result, Yunxuan is still not satisfied. What she wants is for both families to be killed."

"But unfortunately, many people in the court knew that this so-called rebellion was nothing more than a frame-up."

In addition, the Yun and Li families are kind and generous, and never make things difficult for others.

These people don't have the guts to exonerate them, but they can still plead for them.

"Later, when Yunxuan learned that neither the Yun nor Li families had been harmed on their way to exile, she was furious again."

"She sent people to assassinate him directly."

"If she didn't succeed the first time, she would try again. She never thought of giving up."

"The Yun and Li families suffered terribly."

"Two years later, the southern border fell, and the court began to lack food and generals. At this time, the emperor thought of the Li family and the Yun family, saying that if they were still alive, they would not be in such a predicament."

Yunxuan also knew that if the country were to fall, she, as the favored concubine, would not have a good end either. Hearing the emperor's words, she dared not utter a single word.

"I don't know if the emperor did anything, but the next day in court, several high-ranking officials submitted a memorial requesting the recall of the Li and Yun families."

"Although the Yun family's house was ransacked, no one believes that it was really completely ransacked; there must still be hidden valuables."

"Upon hearing this proposal, the emperor did not even hesitate and immediately ordered the recall of the Yun and Li families. The Li family was reinstated to their original positions and their residences were returned, while the Yun family was also reinstated as imperial merchants and their residences were returned."

"The order was given, and several days later, the imperial court received news that the Yun and Li families were unwilling to return."

"They each have their own reasons for not coming back, reasons that are hard to pinpoint."

"The Li family's reason was that after two years, all of them had become too old and their bodies were ruined, making them unable to bear the Emperor's favor."

The Yun family's reason was that they had no rice left and could not support the title of imperial merchant, so they could only fail to live up to the emperor's favor.