"Ah..." I felt my whole body was burning and sweating a lot as my back was arching. I couldn't move my limbs and tried to open my eyes as the bright light passed through the wooden window where the pretty curtains were moving along the blowing wind.

A hand shaking my body as the familiar voice spoke, "Miss Xue, wake up." I couldn't swear I heard Li Qin's voice, "Please wake up or else I will splash you with water." She said in a teasing voice, she always does that while I always sleep...

Wait... What? My eyes shot open and found myself laying on the bed. I look around my surroundings. The familiar white curtains, silk blanket and cabins filled my sight as I slowly sat up and my head began to throbbing which hurt so much.

My long, black eyelashes flutter and recognize the room. This is my bedroom but why am I here? My eyes snapped and looked at the person beside me as my body began to tremble that I saw Li Qin smile at me.

(Li Qin)

"Good morning Miss Xue. You've been sleeping in the bed very long time so I had to wake you up and bring your dress." She said, I thought she died but she is still alive!

My tears have fallen on my cheeks. I quickly hugged her and cried, "Li Qin... you're alive! I thought you were dead... I can't believe you're still here..." I cried in a trembling voice.

Li Qin was confused but gave her cheerfully smile, "Miss Xue, do you have a nightmare? But don't worry, it's just a dream." She calmed me down as I quickly wiped my tears and looked around my room again. It's more like a nightmare, Li Qin. You die in front of me for trying to me and my child. Wait, didn't I die already?

"Li Qin, what is the date?" I asked her in a hesitate voice.

"Today is 6 January XX30..." Her words left me in shocked as Li Qin helped me dress up. That means I'm 17 years old! I have reborn in the past 10 years where the tragedy has started when the Xiao family were all killed by Xiao Wen and his associates... I smile softly and realize the heaven must have heard my plea!

"You must be tired from battling the Hou army. These people always tried to disturb the peace since the late emperor wanted to eliminate the Xia kingdom." Li Qin opened the window.

I remember the day, the great emperor conferred me as general phoenix when the Hou emperor sent the army to attack the Xia kingdom as I went to the battle and defeat them with my 45,000 army. I almost died because my body began to numb and started to lose my vision but luckily the enemies retreated and we won the battle.

I remember Qui Yue was the one who served me tea before I went to the battle in the past. That traitorous bitch has poisoned me from the start since I learned she was working with Qiao Lian and I have to get rid of her at my sight as possible. But if I expose her then Qiao Lian will certainly find a new undercover and by then things will be very tricky.

Li Qin was doing my hair, I looked at the mirror with reflection of my face. I should have listened to my father's warning about Xiao Wen, I disgrace our family's name because I stole his seal to prevent Xiao Wen's power. In my last life, we haven't spoken to each other for 6 years after he was poisoned by Qui Yue. It was my fault for not listening to him, he's only trying to protect me since my mother died.

"Miss Xue, is something wrong?" Li Qin interrupted my thought, I turn my head and smile as she's done tying my hair.

"It's nothing. Let's go and meet my father, we don't want to wait for him forever." She nodded as we walked to the hall. I want to see my father so badly and apologize to him for being stupid as we reach at his studies. I saw my father reading the book and noticed his face was pale, his eyes were tired as he saw me standing and stood up with a warm smile.

(Song Shun)

"Good morning, my daughter. I hope your injury heals enough from the battle..." He said as my lips quivered and dashed toward him. I hugged him and wanted to feel the warmth from him, he suddenly shocked at my reaction and put his hand on my back, "My child, is something wrong?"

I shook my head and smiled, "It's nothing, father. I just miss you so much." His eyes began soft and hugged me back.

"I also miss you so much... I'm sorry for not being there for you in your first battle since you returned home for 4 months if I haven't got too sick then I wouldn't be there for you in the battle." He said and pulled the hug away. He coughs loudly while covering his mouth with his hand.

"Father, don't be sorry. I'm old enough to take care of myself. Now, why don't you let me serve you the medicine so your body feels better." I smile as I put him on the chair.

"That would be nice but I already told the maid named Qui Yue who makes the medicine every day." He spoke her name as I clenched my fist, hiding in my sleeve in anger.

"Don't worry, I will tell her right away." I went to the kitchen while Li Qin followed me. I gritted my teeth, why my father was so sick every day and couldn't go to the palace festival and the meeting. To think Qiao Lian's spy has a scheme to poison my father with the drug by Qui Yue. Just wait for me to teach that traitor a lesson.

We arrived at the kitchen and saw Qui Yue was cooking. I pull Li Qin behind the wall and watch her, pull something out of her pocket and smile evilly. She adds something into the medicine, "Miss Xue, what is she up to?" She whispered as I didn't answer but glaring at Qui Yue and remembered her words.

(Qui Yue)

Flashback

"Mistress Lian has provided me with great fortune in the beginning so I would spy on you. The day your father die... The day I poison him... Till the end, even in the most pain, he kept calling your name, begging to see you once more and tell you to live well as I forced him to drink the poison with my hands. I laugh... I laughed at him, seeing him suffer! Hahahah!" She said in a pitch, "That's exactly what happened to him!"

Flashback ended

Her words struck in my mind that she murder my father with her own hands. My anger boiled through my veins and I wanted to make her suffer. Qiao Lian and Qui Yue give him a different poison to make him weak and I can't let it happen.

After Qui Yue finished cooking, she went out with medicine on the tray. We stepped inside the kitchen, she stopped and greeted me, "Greeting, Miss Xue. Is something you need?"

"Qui Yue, I heard you're going to give medicine to my father. Let me take it for him." I pretend to smile and look at her nervous reaction.

"No, I will serve him the medicine after all, you just returned from the battle." She tried to make an excuse, "Did she notice I put the drug into the medicine?" She asked in her thoughts.

(Honey suckle which I research in google)

"Nonsense, I feel fine so let me take it." I took the medicine from her as I analyzed and smelled the medicine. It smells like honeysuckle, these flowers have a sweet nectar that is delicious, but eating a few honeysuckle berries will likely only result in a bit of stomach upset. If large quantities of potentially poisonous berries are ingested, you may experience nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and rapid heartbeat.

"Shall I take it for the master, Miss?" She asked in a low voice as I narrowly glanced at her.

"No, it's so bitter for my father. Go and take some sweets to balance the bitterness." I ordered as her forehead began to sweat and spoke hesitantly.

"But Miss, you can't mix medicine with other ingredients, which will make the medicine less effective." Her voice sounded like hesitation, she can't fail her mission.

"Really!? Then why my father is not getting better! Obviously, there's something wrong with this medicine. Just go and make another bowl!" I scolded at her and wanted her next move.

"But the sweetness could ruin his health..." She disobeyed my order and stubbornly spoke as my teeth gritted in anger and gave her a hard slap. She fell down on the ground and slowly held her cheek which got bruised.

"Stop acting like you know medicine. Are you lazy or up to something! How would sweets make medicine less effective? No wonder my father is getting more sick!" I angrily snarled at her. Qui Yue trembled in fear and kneel down.

Li Qin was shocked to see her master yelling at the maid and felt something wrong, "Why do I feel Miss Xue is a different person?" Said in her thought and watching the maid bowing down on the floor. She suspects that Qui Yue put the poison in the medicine.

"Forgive me, Miss Xue! I was wrong! I won't do it again! I will make another medicine!" Her pathetic excuse made me sick.

"Enough, I will make the medicine myself." I snarled at her as I turned to Li Qin, "Take her to Nanny Mao and tell her to punish this maid for 50 planks..." Li Qin nodded and grabbed Qui Yue's arm.

Qui Yue shook her head, "Please have mercy! Please!" She begged with tears as I clenched my fist and glared at Qui Yue. I also begged mercy for my child but they didn't, maybe the punishment won't be enough to make her suffer.

"Wait, Li Qin..." She stopped as I stared at Qui Yue and thought of making her suffer more, "Add another 10 planks when she's done her punishment... She will do all the chores by herself without resting or eating the food until she finishes all of them." I said deadly with no emotion.

"Yes, Miss..." Li Qin harshly pulled her arm as Qui Yue's eye widened in fright and struggled to escape.

"No!! Miss, you can't do this to me!" She exclaimed with tears and thrashing her arms as Li Qin slapped her face.

"How dare you shout at Miss Xue! You've been in the Song mansion as the maid for 7 year but you dare to disobey your mistress with your words. You should be thankful for not being kicked out of the Song mansion!" Li dragged her while Qui Yue thrashed and screaming with tears as I smiled darkly that she will suffer soon.

Walking into the kitchen and collecting all the ingredients. Making the pot to heat up and put the water in as it began to boil. I put in a slice of pears and sugar. Mixing them with adding the medicine as I did. These ingredients can cure his illness

Pouring in the cup and bringing it to my father, "My daughter, I heard someone was screaming. It's just me or just imagine." He was curious as I shook my head.

"It's just your imagination, father but now you need rest before you eat your medicine." I handed him the medicine. He took a sip and happily sighed with a smile.

"You made delicious medicine, just like your mother. I wish she was here with us." His eyes are full of sadness. Father really loved mother so much and couldn't forget her death. My heart clutching in pain so much, I hold his hands and smile.

"Mother will always be there for us, father..." I spoke gently as he smiled. I left him alone so he would rest easily. Walking in the garden where the flowers bloom in the season.

Standing in front of the rose. I stroke the petal and think about the past. Yao Ting mentioned my mother was secretly investigating Consort Ding's plan and her son's identity from 9 years ago.

I remember I first met Consort Ding who was a beautiful woman but wicked and greedy woman while I was playing at the royal garden and saw her, harshly beating the helpless maid with the whip because she ruined her dress. I got really scared and ran toward my mother. I never thought that Xiao Wen is the son of Xiao Wu, the tyrant prince.

The emperor's 5th brother doesn't have children or wife, did my mother suspect at Consort Ding affairs with the emperor's brother? The emperor doesn't love her much because his father, the late emperor, forced him to marry her for her wealth, status and reputation.

Prince Xiao Wu the 5th prince, he was the most tyrant person that everyone had ever seen, I have never met him in person before but I heard the story about him. There was once a war between the kingdom of Xing and Xia over territory. But eventually Xing lost the war and its soldiers and citizens surrendered themselves and were now prisoners of war.

During this time, he was once a general that he promised to release them to Xing but instead of them being released alive he decapitated a lot of soldiers and civilians and dumped their severed heads at the gate of the castle. Due to this act of cruelty it caused the citizens of Xing to hate and fear the Xia Kingdom and see them as devils.

My grandfather witnessed such a horror method and secretly reports the late emperor which makes him furious. The late emperor took his seal so he would not take control of the army.

To think I marry his own and flesh blood, Xiao Wen whom I chose when he revealed his true form as the predator and exploited my father's power and mine for the throne, like his father. I was so naive and foolish to love him.

This life, I will not fall in love with him again. The only thing I need to do is to get revenge on my child and myself. I closed my eyes and scrunched into sadness.

I couldn't forget my son's lifeless body where I was forced to watch him die by his own father. My eyes opened into sadness and looked at the sky.

"My child, no matter what happens, I always love you even if you're dead. I always remember you and hope that you will be reincarnated into a good family. I failed you as a mother and couldn't protect you in the last life but as long as I'm alive. I will kill everyone who took our life by shedding their blood and avenge your death! My child, your death will be avenged!" I whispered softly when the wind blew my hair like he was listening as the tears fell down from my eyes. I moved my hand where the wind blew towards the north to show the sign as I clenched my hand and held it tightly.

I, Song Xue, have been reborn and vowed to destroy the people who betrayed me and will pay them a price as long as I live. I have become the sword that protects the people I love. A sword that shall end my enemy's life!