Chapter 1
The Anwang Mansion is different from other mansions.
It is not located in the capital city but on Wansui Mountain in the southeast of the suburbs.
It is said that the Feng Shui here is extraordinary, and people from different eras keep crossing over.
Even the current Anwang, my husband, is a time-traveler.
One morning, the Lord Anwang went to the well to fetch water and wash his face.
He finished his breakfast in one go and was about to kneel when he saw me in gorgeous clothes.
However, he quickly restrained himself when the servant called me the queen and greeted me.
At that moment, I immediately realized that there was already another soul in that body.
If I hadn't experienced the panic and forced composure of arriving in a strange world, I probably wouldn't have noticed.
This new Anwang is very good at observing words and expressions, and knows how to disguise himself.
In just three days, he adapted to the identity of Lord Anwang.
Perhaps afraid of being exposed, during that time, he rarely met me.
He secretly learned about the era and his position, quickly mastered the etiquette, and got used to the expenses of the mansion.
In the past, Lord Anwang didn't need to be involved in court affairs.
He loved poetry, painting, calligraphy, chess, and music.
He wrote beautiful words and painted with exquisite ink.
He didn't hesitate to break his own wrist bones with a vase to escape from these activities.
He spent three years recovering and changed his handwriting, rarely painting again.
During those three years, I, as the queen, was like a non-existent person.
He married a new woman and gave birth to a daughter with her, making her his concubine.
I knew he was guarding against me and learning to control everything.
The concubine had never seen him before, so she naturally didn't suspect him.
My daughter, Shanshan, was still young at that time, and she briefly sensed the change in her father's aura, but it was quickly calmed by her father's embrace and forgotten.
From then on, the affectionate Lord Anwang and I became a couple who treated each other with respect on the surface.
The concubine became more favored and even began to persuade the lord to divorce his wife and make her the legitimate wife.
Everyone thought I would give the concubine a hard time and mistreat her and her daughter.
Unexpectedly, I acted as if nothing had happened, taking care of the miscellaneous matters of the mansion as usual, reading, appreciating flowers, and raising my daughter Shanshan.
I knew the concubine's crying and demanding a lifelong commitment from the lord was not due to her arrogance but because she came from a country where polygamy was prohibited.
She couldn't bear to share her husband with other women.
I just didn't expect that she would die.
The lord brought our youngest daughter to my room by hand, his voice indifferent, "Take care of her and Shanshan as their mother since her mother died from being poisoned by a servant girl." The maid who poisoned her was executed.
I didn't believe what the lord said, so I calmly spent a year piecing together the truth from the servants' whispers and fragments of information.
Originally, one day the imperial concubine got drunk and inadvertently revealed that she actually came from another era, where men and women were equal, love was free, and there was monogamy.
She wanted to grow old with the prince and didn't want to engage in palace intrigues.
The prince didn't say anything at the time, but soon after, a maid poisoned the concubine.
Half a year later, I accidentally found out that the maid was also a time traveler.
It was just difficult to know which world she came from.
However, she was used by the prince and then silenced by him.
The prince's residence became a dangerous place for time travelers.
One came, and one died.
I concealed my identity as a time traveler in fear and protected my two innocent daughters, hoping that at least we would be safe.
Until my daughter Shan Shan had an accident and fell into the water, everything changed in an instant.