Quick Travel: Dream Hunt

The system was so angry when it saw Ting He's expression that it thought she had a big appetite and was not satisfied, so it had to raise the stakes and said:

"Alright, alright, I'll grant you two wishes. After the mission is over, I'll send you back to before you entered the palace, and after this life ends. I'll also send you back to your original world, so you can resolve the doubts in your heart. I can't give you anything more. You can only wait to die in this darkness until you never wake up again."

Ting He's heart skipped a beat. She no longer had the capital to bargain with him, and she didn't dare to act rashly. She kept a straight face and didn't say anything until the system's patience was almost exhausted. Then she spoke:

"In that case, then I'll do it for you. You're short of taskers, and I'm short of money. Let's work together and create brilliance together."

Seeing that Ting He's rhetoric was like that of a pyramid scheme, the system simply couldn't bear to watch it. Not wanting to bargain with this greedy woman, it said:

"Since you and I have been successfully bound, you must listen to me, don't break the rules, and do the task well. So are you ready? Okay, now that you are ready, let's start the transmission."

Ding ding ding, a strong suction force came, filling Tinghe's mouth and lungs with oppressive air, almost suffocating her to death. Soon the suction and the uncomfortable feeling disappeared, and she began to gasp for breath and cough.

After her body recovered, she slowly opened her eyes. Her vision gradually became clearer, and what came into view was a completely unfamiliar ancient room.

On the ceiling, the wooden beams are crisscrossed, revealing traces of time. The stale air is filled with a faint smell of dust and a faint scent of sandalwood.

Looking around, the walls are rough and simple, the windows are covered with a layer of gauze, and the sunlight shines through, soft and hazy.

The bed looked a bit crude, and the bedding on it was rough in texture, but it gave off a warm scent, obviously having been used for a long time and being contaminated with human body temperature.

Not far away there is a wooden round table and chairs, on the table are an antique ceramic pot and several tea cups, as if silently waiting for their owner to use them.

Outside the window, the breeze blows gently, the leaves rustle, and occasionally one or two clear bird calls can be heard, adding a bit of vitality to the quiet atmosphere.

The whole room was filled with a cold atmosphere, as if all the beautiful things did not exist except Tinghe.

After Ting He looked around, his curiosity faded, so he asked the system:

"Where is this? What mission should I do? Do maids still live in such a big house?"

The system's cold response:

"I will transfer your memories to you immediately. You are the Crown Prince's Consort. The wish you need to fulfill is to fulfill the wishes of your personal maid Haitang and let her die of old age."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ting He held his head and wailed: "It hurts so much, it hurts so much..."

During the memory transmission process, Tinghe's wailing gradually became quieter. It was not until a long while later that she returned to normal. She looked around again with a strange expression and did not speak again.

That's how memory works.

The General's Mansion and Prince Jing's Mansion are well matched, and they have even been engaged since childhood.

But who would have thought that Prince Jing did not love the Princess Consort, but his cousin. Moreover, Prince Jing was busy with official duties, which were all managed by Princess Jing. Princess Jing did not like the appearance and temperament of her daughter-in-law Ting He, as well as her lofty status and knowledge.

It turns out that Prince Jing is a king of a different surname. He once followed the old emperor to fight in the battlefield. Later, he resigned from the post of general and returned the military power. He was praised by the old emperor and was granted the title of king of a different surname, which was hereditary.

His wife was a country woman whom he married before he joined the army. However, they had only one son over the years. Later, when the general returned victoriously and was granted the title of king of a different surname, he refused the marriage bestowed by His Majesty and brought his wife to Beijing, requesting that she be named Princess of Jing.

The old emperor couldn't persuade him, so he rewarded him with two concubines and asked him to take them back home.

But who would have thought that 20 years later, no child was born in the backyard.

His and the princess' only son, Liu Ziyuan, had married General Liu's only daughter, Liu Tinghe, as per the engagement five years ago.

But Liu Tinghe's life was not good because of the marriage engagement she had made since childhood. She had not conceived a child in five years of marriage.

She was so despised by Princess Jing that she even thought of taking her own cousin's daughter as the prince's concubine. She ignored Liu Tinghe's wishes and directly took Hu Piaopiao as a concubine on the grounds that the prince's wife had been infertile for five years and violated the seven reasons for divorce, and forced her to live in Prince Jing's Mansion.

From then on, Liu Tinghe of Prince Jing's Mansion lived in dire straits.

Because of the unreasonable nagging and excessive bullying by Princess Jing and the concubine Hu Piaopiao, the young Ting He began to blame herself for not leaving a child for Liu Ziyuan.

Haitang, the maidservant beside her, tried her best to persuade her young lady to be more open-minded, or to take good care of her body and try to have a boy.

Either she should take good care of her health and take good care of her dowry, and stop always believing the prince's words and using her dowry to subsidize the entire palace. But the young lady never listened, and she was worried about the position of the prince's consort every day and was bedridden.

Until that day, the uncle's selling of official positions and titles was exposed, and the emperor sentenced the Liu family to confiscation of property and exile. General Liu and his family were also among them. They suffered an unprovoked disaster and might never be released.

Because she was married and no longer a member of the Liu family, they let her go. But when she heard the news that the entire Liu family had been exiled, Ting He spat out a mouthful of blood, lay bedridden, and died of depression within a few days.

After her death, the palace held a grand funeral for three days to save face, but all her dowry was given to Princess Jing. However, her personal maid Haitang was sold out of the palace after the death of the Crown Princess and became a human trafficker again.

Haitang, who was eager to protect her master, did not want her young lady to have such an ending, but she could not refuse to be sold by the palace. On the way to being sold, she bit her tongue and committed suicide.

Before she died, she made a wish that if there was an afterlife, she hoped that the young lady could stand up and sit firmly on the throne of the Crown Prince's Consort, not giving up her position to any coquettish or slutty woman. She also hoped to preserve the glory of the Liu family and become the young lady's backer.

……

Ting He blinked and understood the plot immediately. The original owner could not give birth to a child and was looked down upon by her in-laws. Then her in-laws found her niece from her mother's side to replace the original owner. In the end, she died of depression and became a stepping stone for her mother-in-law's niece from her mother's side.

Ting He's focus was not on the mission, but he asked secretly:

"System, how much money did the original owner's dowry have? Is it a lot? Can I take it back? Where is the plot now? Looking at my condition, I'm afraid I've been bullied by the evil mother-in-law."

The system nodded and replied:

"Indeed, you just happened to arrive when the original owner had been married for five years and had not conceived a child, and Princess Jing was making trouble for her. She had just announced that she would let her niece marry into the palace, and you were unable to accept the news and passed out. Your personal maid Haitang had already run out to get a palace doctor for you."

Ting He nodded, and just as she was about to ask the system whether she could take the dowry away, she heard a pleasant and urgent voice approaching from afar:

"Hurry up, please hurry up, my lady is still waiting for you to save her life, please leave quickly, if you delay, the prince will definitely punish you."