Rebirth: Marry a General instead of a Prince

Just as the two were at loggerheads, footsteps were heard outside the door. The next moment, He Xiaowan, dressed as a palace maid, pushed the door open and walked in.

Heba Yun's face changed suddenly when he saw He Xiaowan.

Seeing this, Bai Zhiyuan was about to leave, fearing that the two had something to say.

Unexpectedly, Heba Yun said, "Stop! You stay!"

As soon as these words came out, He Xiaowan looked at Bai Zhiyuan with a vicious look.

Bai Zhiyuan complained in his heart, but he didn't take another step in the end.

He Xiaowan looked at Heba Yun with hurt eyes and asked, "Fourth brother, why are you so protective of this maid? Do you like her?"

Heba Yun said nothing, and looked at her with undisguised disgust.

He Xiaowan said bitterly: "Fourth brother, aren't you afraid that I will kill her? Have you forgotten that if you look at anyone for even a second, I will torture her to death."

Then, He Xiaowan looked at Heba Yun infatuatedly and reached out to touch his face, but Heba Yun dodged her. He Xiaowan touched nothing and murmured, "You belong to me alone. I don't allow you to look at other women. They deserve to die for daring to seduce you!"

Bai Zhiyuan looked at the crazy He Xiaowan and finally believed what Heba Yun said, that He Xiaowan was a lunatic!

Heba Yun seemed to be unable to bear it any longer and shouted, "You lunatic!"

He Xiaowan laughed crazily and said, "Yes! I am crazy. But Fourth Brother, I am sincere to you. Look, I will give you everything you want."

"You want the people who bully you to die, so I will poison them and make them die miserably."

"You want the supreme position, so I will fight for you and even poison my father to make you the crown prince."

"I can give you whatever you want. But you can't leave me!"

Bai Zhiyuan listened to this "affectionate confession" and couldn't help but secretly said: "No wonder Heba Yun is fed up with this kind of life. He Xiaowan's love is too suffocating."

Heba Yun pushed He Xiaowan away with disgust, not even wanting to look at her for another second. He said, "You calculated that I had physical contact with you, and used my fear to treat me as your puppet."

"For so many years, you forced me to maintain this incestuous relationship with you. Do you know how disgusting I feel every time I see you?"

He Xiaowan took two steps back and widened her eyes in disbelief. She probably didn't expect that the sincerity she had shown her over the years was not worth mentioning in front of Heba Yun. In fact, he didn't have an ounce of sincerity towards her over the years. All he had was endless annoyance towards her.

At this moment, Bai Zhiyuan suddenly felt sympathy for He Xiaowan. He Xiaowan at this moment was very much like herself when she learned the truth in her previous life. She found it so hard to believe and felt so painful.

He Xiaowan's eyes were filled with crazy murderous intent. She pointed at Bai Zhiyuan fiercely and asked, "Is it because of her? Do you like her? Is that why you treat me like this?"

"But Fourth Brother! Do you know who she is?"

"She's not a southern barbarian at all!"

Bai Zhiyuan's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that He Xiaowan knew her true identity so quickly?

Hearing this, Heba Yun looked straight at her with a pair of eyes as cold as black jade.

Bai Zhiyuan looked calm and said in a calm tone, "The prince already knows what the princess said. I am indeed not a southern barbarian!"

He Xiaowan stared at her with a gaze as sharp as a knife, and asked word by word: "Who are you?"

When Bai Zhiyuan heard her say this, he knew that she had not yet found out her true identity.

She was relieved and said with a smile: "Princess, you don't need to know who I am. I came here naturally because I want something. But I have already confessed all this to the prince. If the princess doesn't believe it, you can ask the prince."

Heba Yun's deep eyes were filled with a hint of a smile. He thought for a moment and said, "She's right!"

He Xiaowan's pupils shrank suddenly, her eyes full of disbelief. She asked sternly, "Heba Yun, are you crazy? She is not a southern barbarian. Who knows why she is close to you? If she is a spy from another country..."

"Enough!" Heba Yun interrupted her coldly.

He Xiaowan stood there in a daze, her eyes looking at He Bayun became complicated and difficult to read. She said with difficulty: "Even so, you still want to protect this woman?"

"Fourth brother, you disappoint me so much!"

Heba Yun sneered and said, "Disappoint you? When have I ever made you proud?"

"They all said that I, Heba Yun, was mediocre in talent, but why was it me who finally became the crown prince? It was all because of you. You, He Xiaowan, are the pride of the southern barbarians. The ministers praise you, and my father likes you. But I am a useless prince. If it weren't for your favor, how could I be where I am today?"

"What they said is true, but they don't know how much I hate this. I hate you, and I hate this cruel palace. I hate everything you have done for me."

"For so many years, I have been feeling sick all the time around you."

He Xiaowan's face turned pale. She probably didn't expect Heba Yun to hate her so much. She said in disbelief: "You...you actually..."

He Xiaowan was extremely angry and shouted, "I'm going to kill you!"

But she came here today disguised as a palace maid, without any confidants. Because there were too many rumors about her and the prince in the past few days, she invited Heba Yun to come several times, but Heba Yun ignored her. In desperation, she secretly came to him late at night, wanting to see him and discuss countermeasures with him, but she didn't expect to learn such a painful scene today.

The fourth brother whom she had always loved treated her like this for a woman of unknown identity.

At this moment, He Xiaowan only attributed Heba Yun's change of heart to Bai Zhiyuan. In fact, what she didn't know was that those words had been suppressed in Heba Yun's heart for a long time.

Maybe He Xiaowan had noticed it a long time ago, but she was unwilling to admit that she had always loved the wrong person.

She attributed all her pain today to Bai Zhiyuan.

He Xiaowan pulled out her hairpin and rushed towards Bai Zhiyuan, shouting, "I'm going to kill you!"

He Xiaowan doesn't know martial arts, so Bai Zhiyuan easily avoids her.

However, Heba Yun just watched coldly from the side, wishing that Bai Zhiyuan would kill He Xiaowan with a sword at this moment.

Bai Zhiyuan looked at Heba Yun's indifference and remembered that Qi Zeyi was also like this when she was dying in her previous life. Although she couldn't see it at that time, the indifference he exuded made her unforgettable.

Bai Zhiyuan hesitated for a moment, wondering whether to kill He Xiaowan. If He Xiaowan died, no one would be able to control Heba Yun. What should he do if Heba Yun turned against him?

He Xiaowan stopped and said in shock: "You actually know martial arts. Who are you?"

Bai Zhiyuan remained silent.

He Xiaowan suddenly woke up. She took out a bottle of medicine from her body and said to Heba Yun, "I can't watch you destroy the Nanman. Do you see? This is the antidote for the poison that my father was poisoned with. I will give it to him now. When my father wakes up, he will not let you go!"

Bai Zhiyuan suddenly looked up and stared at the medicine in He Xiaowan's hand.

She had heard before that the Nanman Emperor He Mulin had been poisoned and had been in a coma, so she suspected that He Mulin's poison was the same as her brother's.

At this moment, He Xiaowan actually took out the antidote herself. Without time to think, Bai Zhiyuan took a step forward and snatched the medicine bottle from He Xiaowan's hand.

He Xiaowan was stunned at first, then saw Bai Zhiyuan open the medicine bottle and confirmed that there was medicine inside, but she didn't know whether it could cure Bai Qiuze's poison.

Seeing Bai Zhiyuan cherishing this bottle of medicine so much, He Xiaowan understood and said, "So this is what you want."

He Xiaowan took two steps back and roared, "I want to save my father. I want him to kill you..."

Heba Yun saw that she was becoming more and more crazy, and was afraid that she would really rescue He Mulin. In that case, not only would he lose his position as crown prince, but even his life would be in danger.

In a flash, while Heba Yun and He Xiaowan were struggling, Heba Yun pulled out the dagger he was carrying and stabbed it into He Xiaowan's chest.

He Xiaowan opened her eyes wide, as if she couldn't believe that Heba Yun would actually kill her. She slowly fell in a pool of blood, staring at the cold-faced Heba Yun without blinking.

Bai Zhiyuan was also shocked by the sudden change. She didn't expect that Heba Yun would actually take action against He Xiaowan personally.

He Xiaowan fell to the ground, spitting blood. She smiled bitterly and said weakly, "Fourth brother, dying in your hands is a worthy death. Cough cough cough..."

"I just want to ask you one last question. Have you ever loved me?"

Heba Yun's eyes were cold from beginning to end. Hearing this, he glanced at He Xiaowan with disgust, turned his head away, and said, "I have never loved you."

He Xiaowan's mouth was full of blood. She laughed loudly, her hands trembling. She pointed at Bai Zhiyuan and said, "Who do you like? Her?"

"When I saw her snatching my medicine bottle just now, I suddenly remembered that the only people in this world who were poisoned by me, apart from my father, were the soldiers from the southern border of Dali who were at war with my Nanman."

"Ahem...you are not from my southern barbarians. I guess you are from Dali. I heard that the only son of General Weiyuan of Dali was poisoned by my poison and has been in a coma ever since. What is your relationship with him?"

Bai Zhiyuan didn't say anything. He Xiaowan was indeed smart. She could almost figure out her identity based on these details.

Seeing that Bai Zhiyuan didn't say anything, she looked at Heba Yun again. Heba Yun was immersed in Bai Zhiyuan's identity. He only heard He Xiaowan ask: "She is from the enemy country, don't you mind, fourth brother? Fourth brother, you are working hard to get the kingdom, do you want to give it to others?"

Bai Zhiyuan was afraid that Heba Yun would turn his face against her at this moment, so she said: "I am not interested in your Nanman Kingdom. I just want the antidote. Tell me, where are your medicines? Can the medicine in my hand really detoxify?"

He Xiaowan took a deep breath, laughed and said, "I won't tell you!"

Then, she used up the last bit of her strength, pulled out the dagger she was carrying, and stabbed Heba Yun while he was not paying attention. She wanted to die with Heba Yun, and no one could separate them.

"Be careful!" Bai Zhiyuan couldn't help but shout.

Heba Yun was a man after all, and He Xiaowan was injured, so he snatched He Xiaowan's dagger and stabbed her in the chest.

This time, He Xiaowan covered her chest with one hand, her face full of shock. She fell to the ground again, twitched a few times, and slowly became silent.