Reincarnated as the daughter of my mortal enemy, all I want is to ascend the throne.

Flying Fork gave Li Qingyan a special privilege: she could choose between her two fathers.

Of course, one was Li Yan, and the other, Li Qingyan, had been choosing for a long time.

Finally, the banquet sequence was selected.

Yan Xu is a strong and handsome man; with his genes, his appearance and physique must be quite good.

These are all secondary. Yan Xu is a man of noble character. The eldest son of the Yan family is self-disciplined and respectful of propriety, and never engages in promiscuous behavior.

Now twenty-five, the same age as Li Yan, but Li Yan already has several children, while Yan Xu is still single, and no one knows why.

The God of War General cared for his subordinates, was upright and friendly, and was a true gentleman.

Every word that can describe a good person can be used to describe him.

Completely opposite to Li Yan, Li Qingyan still doesn't understand why Yan Xu became friends with that madman after all these lifetimes.

Feeling a bit hungry, Li Qingyan burst into tears.

Yan Xu wiped his blood-stained hands on his clothes, then gently patted Li Qingyan as he held her, asking, "Are you hungry?"

He jogged along with Li Qingyan towards the General's Mansion.

Since there were no children that old in the manor, there were no wet nurses. The steward could only get some goat milk overnight, boil it, let it cool, and then feed it to Li Qingyan.

The taste wasn't good for Li Qingyan, but she had no choice but to drink it.

After drinking it, I felt sleepy and drifted off to sleep.

Yan Xu looked on with a hint of helplessness, "This little guy eats and sleeps all day, just like a little piglet."

The butler cleaned his wounds. "The general doesn't have children, so he doesn't know. This little baby is like this. Once he can run, he starts to make a fuss, and you can't even get him to sleep."

The old housekeeper has two grandsons who are at an age that even dogs would dislike.

Just thinking about it gives me a headache.

"This child looks to be from a wealthy family. Where did you find this child, General?"

Yan Xu rubbed his forehead. "She was kidnapped by a woman. I heard a child crying in a dilapidated house when I passed by. I felt something was wrong, so I went in. The woman was a bit strange..." Thinking of this, Yan Xu frowned. The Jingzhao Prefecture had already taken the woman's body away.

He remembered that the jade pendant in the child's hand had already merged into his sword. He pinched the child's cheek. "Let's talk about it tomorrow. The child will stay here for today."

Just as the housekeeper was about to take the child away, Yan Xu stopped him and told the child to stay and sleep with him.

Looking at Li Qingyan sleeping, Yan Xu found it amusing and put his finger under her hand.

The baby, less than a month old, was small and frail, with hands smaller than a single finger. He was well-behaved and adorable, and it was unclear whose child he was.

Peace and tranquility reigned within the General's Mansion, while chaos reigned in the Imperial Palace.

Li Yan stormed into Cining Palace with icy eyes, sat down in the main seat with a cold face, and asked, "Mother, where is my child?"

He discovered that the woman was able to enter the palace using the Empress Dowager's waist token.

The Empress Dowager closed her eyes, turned the Buddhist prayer beads, and chanted mantras, the Rebirth Mantra being heard clearly.

Li Yan held the dagger to the Empress Dowager's neck. "With so much blood on your hands, do you think Buddha would want your Rebirth Mantra?"

"Will my eldest brother, third brother, fourth brother, and fifth sister accept your kindness? It was their mother who instigated them to seize the throne, resulting in their deaths."

Every word Li Yan uttered pierced the Empress Dowager's heart.

The Empress Dowager tightened her grip, causing the prayer beads to break and scatter on the ground. She glared fiercely at Li Yan, as if he were not her son but her mortal enemy. "Li Yan, how could I have given birth to such a cold-blooded monster like you?"

"You who kill your own brothers and sisters don't deserve to live. Your children deserve to die too."

The malicious curse made Li Yan freeze, his mind filled with nothing but the image of his little brat crying.

Li Yan tightened her grip, "My son is dead. Your maternal family will also suffer. Do you think your maternal grandparents will curse you before they die? If you hadn't laid a hand on an infant, they wouldn't have lost their lives."

"I'll give you 15 minutes to think about it."

Laifu lit an incense stick beside him.

The Empress Dowager trembled, both from anger and fear. Li Yan, that madman, had truly committed the act of slaughtering her maternal grandfather's entire family.

Li Yan sat in the main seat with a cold face, drinking tea. He found it amusing that when he was fighting alongside his father, they considered him the bravest child, but now that the world was at peace, his parents saw him as an obstacle and wished they could get rid of him as soon as possible.

A chilling aura emanated from his body, like a demon from the deepest hell.

"The time has come. It seems that the Empress Dowager still can't figure it out." Li Yan slightly raised her eyes, and just as she was about to drop the teacup in her hand, the palace door opened from the outside.

The retired emperor arrived in a hurry. The empress dowager was his first wife; the two had been married since they were young and were a loving couple.

If the Empress Dowager hadn't been so perplexed, she wouldn't have been imprisoned in the Cining Palace.

"A-Zhi," the Emperor Emeritus's voice trembled, "where was that child taken? Tell me quickly."

The baby somehow ended up in the palace, and the Emperor Emeritus's men searched for a long time but couldn't find any trace of the child's mother.

He didn't care about a princess, but he never expected the Empress Dowager to lay a hand on the child.

The Empress Dowager tugged at the Emperor Emeritus's robes, "Chenlang, please save my father and the others."

Seeing their affectionate display, Li Yan remained expressionless, even indifferent, as if watching two actors.

"Empress Dowager still hasn't figured it out. In that case, the Zhou family should cease to exist." Li Yan revealed a smile, as if the King of Hell were demanding a life.

The Empress Dowager closed her eyes; she had lost again. "That woman lives in a dilapidated house in the north of the city and likes to eat infants."

The teacup in Li Yan's hand shattered with a crash, shards of porcelain piercing his palm. Blood dripped continuously onto the ground like flowing water, staining the golden brick floor red with the emperor's blood, instantly revealing a murderous intent.

He didn't look at them; as he left, the palace doors slowly closed.

The Empress Dowager sobbed uncontrollably in the Emperor Emeritus's arms.

The retired emperor closed his eyes. This son of his was the one with the most imperial bearing among all his children, but he was also the one he feared the most.

This fear alienated the father and son, and also led the already biased wife to make a grave mistake.

Their family had long been torn apart.

Li Yan mounted his horse, and the white steed galloped through the city, leaving the Imperial Guards far behind.

In the past, Li Yan was a true war god on the battlefield, with superb martial arts skills and brilliant military tactics.

However, after being poisoned in the early years of the founding of the dynasty, Li Yan began to feel cold, and his health deteriorated. His martial arts skills declined, but his horse riding skills were still superior to others.

The wind whistled through the dilapidated house.

Li Yan frowned deeply. How could such a run-down place be worthy of his little brat?

I kicked open the broken wooden door. Inside the dilapidated house, there was only crooked old furniture. There was no one there.

Li Yan took a deep breath. "Where is he?"

The Prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture hurriedly bowed. He had only come out after hearing the sound of galloping horses, never expecting to see the current Emperor.

"Your Majesty, the woman in this room is dead and we have taken her back. Her body is in the Jingzhao Prefecture."

"Where is the child?" Li Yan's aura grew increasingly cold, and an unyielding chill lingered around him.

"A child?" The prefect was somewhat bewildered. What child? He suddenly remembered the baby that Yan Xu was holding in his arms.

This is troublesome. Everyone knows that the Emperor and the God of War General have been at odds lately.

The prefect, forcing himself to speak, said, "In...in the general's mansion."

Upon hearing that Yan Xu had taken the person away, Li Yan felt a chill run down his spine and mounted his horse.

Only when the sound of horses' hooves disappeared did the prefect finally breathe a sigh of relief and collapse to the ground. "What kind of mess is this..."