The scumbag was secretly having an affair, while I was openly having an affair with the prince.

Chapter 21: A Dream in the Past Life

Although Wei Guangzheng didn't agree with her, his face was covered in black soy sauce. In the end, he was still somewhat unwilling. Even though Luo Lixian, his 'adopted daughter,' had gotten involved with the Crown Prince, the thought of the enormous dowry left to her by Ye Shishu's mother made him regretful; he felt he shouldn't have so easily broken off the engagement that day.

No matter what, we'll extort money from the Ye family!

His son was betrayed, and his Wei family was disgraced. All of this was caused by Ye Shishu's promiscuity. Why should Ye Shishu and the Ye family be let off the hook?

Compared to the couple, Wei Yonghuai had no expression at all, remaining motionless like a stone statue.

"Huai'er, what are you thinking about?" Seeing that her son did not respond, Madam Ge asked with concern.

"No...it's nothing." Wei Yonghuai's unfocused gaze returned, and he stood up and said, "Father, Mother, I have something to do, I'll go back to my room first."

Watching his absent-minded back, Madam Ge couldn't help but curse, "See? It's all that little bitch Ye Shishu's fault! If she had obediently married Huai'er, how could Huai'er be so disappointed? That damned little bitch, she didn't want a normal man like my Huai'er, but married a cripple with a disfigured face. She's blind! Do you think she'll have a good life? I heard that Prince Cheng can't have sex after he was crippled. In a few years, that little bitch won't be able to lay eggs. I'll make her laugh to death and make her pay back double for the humiliation our family has suffered!"

Wei Guangzheng rolled his eyes at her, "Although Prince Cheng is disabled, he still holds military power. You may hold a grudge, but don't go too far!"

Madam Ge sneered, "So what if he has military power? Does he dare to rebel? Now that Luo Lixian has entered the Eastern Palace, she will be a Noble Consort in the future. As her adoptive father and mother, our status will naturally rise accordingly! If Huai'er passes the imperial examination this autumn, you and your son will serve as officials in the same court. With Luo Lixian's influence, even if Prince Cheng is still in power at that time, he will have to give us some face!"

Although she spoke with great confidence, Wei Guangzheng was quite pleased. His mood, influenced by Ye Shishu, improved, as if a bright future was beckoning him. In the solemn and majestic Golden Palace, he stood at the head of all the officials...

After returning to his room, Wei Yonghuai had a servant bring him a jar of wine, which he then drank in the room.

His parents were full of confidence in his career path, but for some reason, he felt uneasy at all.

In the past twenty years, I have never felt so lost.

They were even at a loss.

Two women who should have belonged to him—one fell in love with someone else, and the other was given away by him.

He suddenly realized that he was a joke.

He poured glass after glass of wine down his throat, but it still wasn't enough. He even picked up the wine jar and poured it into his mouth, as if that was the only way to sober up.

The more sober he became, the more unwilling he felt. Where had he gone wrong? Why had he ended up with nothing?

Why!

"Young master, please stop drinking! Drinking like this will harm your health!" The servant, seeing him almost frantically pouring wine, quickly tried to stop him.

"Heh!" Wei Yonghuai raised his eyes, glaring at him with bloodshot eyes. "Haven't I been hurt enough?"

"Son..."

"Get out! All of you, get out!" Wei Yonghuai stood up, staggered towards the servant, grabbed him and pushed him out, cursing, "You vain, fickle things don't deserve to stay by my side!"

The servant noticed that he was drunk, so he tried to help him to bed. "Young master, you are drunk. Let me help you to rest."

But Wei Yonghuai wouldn't listen to him at all. When he saw that Wei still dared to touch him, he angrily waved his hand and pushed him away.

The servant was pushed to the ground.

Wei Yonghuai, being drunk, could barely stand, and this sudden exertion caused him to stumble forward uncontrollably.

"Boom!"

With a thud as his forehead hit the ground, he remained completely still.

"Young master!" Upon seeing this, the servant, ignoring his own pain, scrambled to the young master's side, turned his face to look, and then desperately shouted towards the door, "Help! The young master has fallen unconscious!"

……

"Sir, Madam, your son is fine. I'll prescribe some medicine for him to take, and he'll wake up once the effects of the alcohol wear off. As for the swelling on his forehead, applying the medicine a few times will reduce the swelling." The doctor explained the situation to Wei Guangzheng and Madam Ge after examining Wei Yonghuai.

The couple breathed a huge sigh of relief when they heard that their son was alright.

But Madam Ge was still very dissatisfied. She turned around and sternly reprimanded the servant, "How did you serve the young master? Why didn't you stop him from drinking so much wine?"

The servant knelt on the ground and explained, "Madam, as soon as the young master returned to his room, he asked me to bring him wine. I dared not disobey, and I even tried to persuade him otherwise, but he not only wouldn't listen, he also tried to send me away..."

Wei Guangzheng said irritably, "Alright! What's the point of pursuing this?"

Madam Ge glared at the servant and sternly instructed, "Take good care of the young master. If anything goes wrong again, I will not forgive you!"

The servant kowtowed and accepted the order, "Yes!"

Wei Yonghuai remained dizzy for a full day and night.

During his coma, he had a very long dream.

In the end of the dream, he was stabbed in the abdomen by a long sword, and the intense pain and despair made him wake up screaming from the dream.

"Young master, you're awake?" The already anxious servant was startled to see him wake up with a look of terror on his face and hurriedly asked, "Young master, are you feeling better? Is there anything else that's bothering you?"

Wei Yonghuai sat motionless, still trapped in that incredibly long dream, unable to escape even after returning to reality, yet still feeling a dull ache in his abdomen.

Was that really a dream?

The answer is definitely yes.

However, he had never had such a long dream before.

In his dream, he successfully married Ye Shishu and poisoned her on their wedding night. He bribed the doctor from the beginning to claim that Ye Shishu had caught a cold.

In the days that followed, they administered small amounts of poison to Ye Shishu every day, subtly causing her body to deteriorate day by day without anyone noticing.

During this time, he stayed by Ye Shishu's side day and night, taking care of her with meticulous care and unwavering devotion. Even after Luo Lixian gave birth to his son, he arranged for the child to be adopted by Ye Shishu, ostensibly to let Ye Shishu experience being a mother.

After the three members of the Ye family went to guard the border, they saw that the time was right and increased the dosage of Ye Shishu's medicine, causing her illness to completely relapse and kill her...

Their family eventually received all of Ye Shishu's dowry.

A year after Ye Shishu passed away, he married Luo Lixian, citing the need for a mother to care for his child. From then on, the family lived a wealthy and carefree life in an upright manner.

However, one day, Ye Shishu's second brother, Ye Shijun, quietly returned to the capital, secretly investigated the cause of Ye Shishu's death, and found Ye Shishu's grave to open the coffin and examine the body.

After confirming that it was their family who poisoned Ye Shishu, Ye Shijun, in a fit of rage, led his men into the Wei family. Dozens of people, including their servants, were all killed by those vengeful swords.

He was even pierced through the abdomen by Ye Shijun's sword...

He wanted to say that the dream was absurd, but the scenes in the dream were so real that he couldn't believe it was just a dream!

Because if Ye Shishu hadn't chosen Prince Cheng, but instead married into the Wei family as in her dream, their plan would have been exactly the same as in the dream: first, slowly destroy Ye Shishu's body, then use the pretense of caring for her while she was ill to give the Wei family a reputation for being loyal and righteous, and finally, when the time was right, let Ye Shishu die naturally...

"Huai'er, you're finally awake!" Madam Ge entered the room and saw him covered in sweat by the bedside. She asked in bewilderment, "Why are you sweating so much? Huai'er, is there anything else that's bothering you?"

Wei Yonghuai's unfocused gaze gradually sharpened. He turned and stared intently at her, asking in a hoarse voice, "Mother, why did Ye Shishu suddenly become so cold towards our family?"