Father, who is both a heir and a descendant, is still biased; the bound system has gone berserk.

After leaving Huabaoge, the carriage headed towards the Marquis of Weiyuan's residence.

"Miss, the Second Prince has gone too far. He used to be so affectionate towards you, but he changed his tune as soon as something happened to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion."

Chong'er's eyes were red, feeling wronged for her young mistress.

Ying Yufu looked at the little girl who was two years younger than her, and smiled, revealing eight small white teeth.

Chong'er's eyes widened. "Miss, have you been driven mad by the Second Prince? How can you still laugh at a time like this?"

The little insect's eyes were already round, but with them wide open, they looked even rounder. In addition, she had two tufts of hair sticking up high on her head, truly living up to her name.

Seeing that Chong'er was about to explode with anger, Ying Yufu quickly comforted her, "This is a good thing. To realize that the Second Prince is a piece of shit before the marriage, of course I have to laugh."

Otherwise, you'd end up eating it yourself!

That was close.

"Miss?" Chong'er looked at her in shock.

Ying Yufu stopped speaking, as she recalled the dream she had earlier.

That dream was real, and it was similar to a precognitive dream.

Just as Ying Yufu was deep in thought, a strange "ding" sound rang in her mind.

Then came a voice she had never heard before.

[Host binding successful. The Face-Slapping System, Xiao Dian, is at your service.]

Little Daddy?

This strange voice wants to be her stepfather?

[Host, you have epilepsy.]

It's Dad.

A flicker of anger and fear of the unknown flashed in Ying Yufu's dark eyes. "What are you? Stop playing tricks on me and get out of my body right now!"

[Host, don't be afraid. I am a system from a higher dimension. You can consider me a divine artifact.]

The system finally realized that it had scared the little girl.

However, the one who was even more frightened was Chong'er. Chong'er looked at her young mistress with a terrified expression, "Miss? What are you talking about?"

With tears welling in her eyes, the little insect sobbed, "Has the young lady finally been driven mad by the Second Prince? She's even talking to herself in words she can't understand!"

Ying Yufu snapped out of her daze, and the Face-Slapping System quickly said, "[Host, you don't need to say it aloud; you can just talk to me in your mind.]"

Ying Yufu shook her head at the insect to indicate that she wasn't crazy, then closed her eyes and pretended to rest.

[You claim to be a magical artifact?]

"Yes, host, that's how you understand it for now. You'll understand once we spend more time together," the Face-Slapping System said.

Ying Yufu was very clever and applied what she learned to other situations: "[You are a magical artifact called the Face-Slapping System, your name is Xiao...]"

[Little Dian, host, Dian as in madness, I don't want to be your little father. After all, I was just created and am still a baby!]

Fearing that Ying Yufu would utter the words "little father," the system Xiaodian quickly added.

Ying Yufu remained silent for a moment.

"Little Dian, your name is really special. Are you the spirit of this divine artifact? I've seen it described like that in storybooks," Ying Yufu said.

[Host, you're incredibly clever; that's exactly how it's understood.]

"When did you enter my body? Why was I completely unaware?" Ying Yufu was still somewhat wary.

【Host, don't be nervous. Listen to me. As soon as I arrived in this world, I scanned your tragic future and chose you to help you slap the bad guys in the face, change your tragic fate, and reverse the collapsing plot of this world.】

Host, do you remember that dream you had before?

Ying Yufu suddenly understood. [That precognitive dream I had—was it because of you?]

[Yes, host, host, that's when I bound you, which is why you had that dream. Do you want to know your fate?]

Ying Yufu's heart sank suddenly. She had already sensed from Xiao Dian's words that her future was tragic.

Could it be related to the accident that happened to my maternal grandfather's family?

Her voice was heavy as she said, "I want to know."

[Alright, host, I'll present it to you in the form of a dream.]

As soon as Xiao Dian finished speaking, Ying Yufu fell asleep.

She had a terrible nightmare.

In the dream, the second prince actually asked the emperor for a decree on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet to grant him, his cousin, and himself a marriage.

My cousin is the principal wife, and I am the concubine.

Unexpectedly, the Emperor rejected the Second Prince's request and stormed off, ending the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in a sour mood.

Looking at the scene in her dream, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although she escaped the fate of becoming the second prince's concubine this time, three months later, bad news came from the border.

My maternal grandfather's body was found under the mouth of wild dogs, and his head was hung above the border gate. My maternal uncle also died from his injuries.

My aunt and cousin fought a bloody battle to retrieve my grandfather's body, and finally died from exhaustion.

The eldest cousin, Shangguan Fei, also fell into the enemy camp for this reason, suffered inhuman treatment, and eventually died from unbearable humiliation. Her naked body was hung on the city wall for everyone to see.

Meanwhile, in the capital, the second uncle's crime of embezzling disaster relief funds was also confirmed. Considering the merits that the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion had made to Bei Xuan, his entire family was not exterminated, but was only sentenced to exile.

My maternal grandmother came from the Mu family, the richest family in Jiangnan. She donated all her family's wealth to the national treasury in order to save her family's lives. The emperor agreed to kill only my second maternal uncle.

Even so, the eldest son of the second uncle lost his life when his carriage overturned off a cliff during an outing.

My second aunt was six months pregnant when a villain broke into her home and assaulted her, resulting in the deaths of both her and her unborn child.

Upon hearing the series of devastating news, the mother finally succumbed to her illness and passed away a few days later.

After her mother died, her enormous dowry was given by her father, Marquis Weiyuan, to her eldest aunt in the main branch of the family, as part of her cousin's dowry when she married into the Second Prince's household as his principal wife.

The deaths of her husband, her son and daughter-in-law, and her grandchildren did not break her spirit.

However, when she learned that her mother had also died and that her dowry had been taken away, it became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The old lady of the Duke of Zhenguo, a heroine personally bestowed by the late emperor, her maternal grandmother, finally lost her last hope and died in despair because of this.

At this point, she was finally forced into the Second Prince's household as a slave—yes, just a slave, not even a concubine.

Shortly after she entered the Second Prince's residence as a concubine, her brother, Ying Zhuoxiu, was pushed into a cesspool and drowned.

Her younger sister, Ying Yutan, was only eight years old and was already frail and sickly. She also lost her life due to a high fever.

Meanwhile, she herself was tormented daily by her cousin Ying Hengzhi in the Second Prince's residence, living a life worse than death, and was compared to a prostitute.

Finally, she was sold into a brothel and put in a large cage, where she was tortured to death by a group of thugs. At that time, the Second Prince and Ying Hengzhi were watching from outside, and Ying Hengzhi clapped her hands and laughed.

The second prince, having rendered meritorious service in suppressing the crown prince's rebellion, inherited the throne after the late emperor's death and became the new emperor.

Ying Hengzhi was made empress.

Her father, Marquis Weiyuan, had obtained the command of 400,000 troops from the Zhenguo State government, which propelled him to a high position. He was then granted the title of Duke Kaoshan, becoming second only to the emperor and even more powerful than the former Zhenguo State government.

Liu Xueyan, the wife of the eldest son, was even granted the title of First-Rank Imperial Lady, a position of great honor and prestige.

Their glory was built upon the blood and flesh of the entire Duke Zhenguo Mansion, as well as that of their mother and her children.

"Miss? Miss, wake up, we're here." Chong'er's voice rang in my ears.

Ying Yufu felt the insect gently shaking her body, its voice filled with a sob.

Ying Yufu opened her eyes and found her face covered in tears. Chong'er was looking at her with great concern and was also crying.

"Miss, you're finally awake! I called you the whole way, but you wouldn't wake up. You kept crying, crying nonstop. Miss, were you having a nightmare?"

Ying Yufu looked at the insect, her voice hoarse: "Yes, I had a nightmare, an extremely terrible nightmare."