Shi Mingyue couldn't understand why Tang Nuan was so stubborn and refusing to repent. She had clearly harmed him, had clearly done something wrong, yet she acted as if she deserved it. Could a person's heart really be so evil?

"You are originally from Zhao country, but you helped the enemy country and collaborated with the enemy and betrayed your country. This is your first mistake. In my previous life, I had no grudges against you, but you hurt me cruelly when we first met. In fact, you really wanted to kill me to silence me, right? You are so vicious, this is your second mistake. Later, you married Qin Zheng. I think I treated you well, but you bullied me in every way and were cold-blooded and selfish. This is your third mistake. Finally, you told the truth before I died because you wanted me to die sooner, right? Tang Nuan, why are you so vicious? Put yourself in my shoes, don't you ever feel a bit guilty?" Shi Mingyue questioned Tang Nuan. She really didn't understand.

Tang Nuan raised her head and glared at her, "I told you, you deserved it! Who told you to show up there that night? You were in my way, and I only regret that I didn't go easy on you that night, and you were lucky enough to survive. Later, when you were clearly infertile, why did you shamelessly stay with Qin Zheng? You treated me well, but it was just a show, trying to leave a good impression in front of Qin Zheng and make him reluctant to abandon you. I hoped you would die soon, but it's a pity that you didn't die."

Shi Mingyue bit her lower lip. Tang Nuan's sophistry made her very angry. She put the blade in her hand against Tang Nuan's neck and began to rub it slowly.

"Haven't you eaten? Be quicker. You can't even kill someone?" Tang Nuan sneered.

Shi Mingyue stopped what she was doing. She looked at He Jun and smiled brightly, "Can someone like Tang Nuan be converted by Buddhist teachings?"

He Jun glanced at Tang Nuan, his face expressionless. "Yes, I can. There was once a story about Arhat Subduing the Dragon and other Bodhisattvas making a bet. He promised to be reborn into the human world and convert three people. If he failed, he would never return to heaven. The first person was a beggar for ten lifetimes, lazy and without fighting spirit; the second person was a prostitute for ten lifetimes, shameless and dissolute; the third person was a villain for ten lifetimes, cruel and vicious."

Shi Mingyue and Tang Nuan were unconsciously attracted by what He Jun said. These three people alone would give people a headache, and how could the Arhat Subduing the Dragon save them when facing three of them at once?

"After the Arhat Subduing the Dragon was reborn into the human world, he encountered these three people at the same time. He tried his best to persuade the beggar, but the beggar refused to make any progress. Even if he gave the beggar money, the beggar would still go out to beg on the streets and find food in the garbage dump. He paid for the prostitute's freedom and helped her open a shop, but the prostitute did not change her nature and continued to have affairs with customers. He tried to persuade the evildoer again and again, but the evildoer beat him up every time and could not persuade him." At this point, He Jun threw a question to the two: "What about you? How would you save them next?"

Shi Mingyue was overwhelmed. How could she save them? She had no idea. Although Tang Nuan pretended to ignore her, she couldn't help but think that the Arhat Jianglong was bored. These three people all deserved what they got. Why should he save them? How could he save them?

He Jun continued to ask: "If you have to sacrifice your lives to save these three people, are you willing?"

Tang Nuan couldn't help but sneer, the answer was clearly written on her face. She would never do that. If she met these three people, she would kill them with a knife, and then nothing would happen.

After a long moment of reflection, Shi Mingyue replied, "In my previous life, I would have been willing, but not in this one." She wasn't a Buddha, not so great and selfless. She had already died once and witnessed many things. If she eliminated one evil person, many more would be spared. Sacrificing her life to save one evil person wasn't worth it.

He Jun said, "Then do it. People like Tang Nuan deserve death."

Shi Mingyue did not listen to him, but put the knife back on the table, "Now my conditions have changed. I want you to send Tang Nuan to Fu Yueli and judge her according to the law." If she killed someone, she would be breaking the law, because she is not the law and has no right to decide the life and death of others.

He Jun actually didn't object to her request. He nodded and said, "Okay, as long as you abide by the agreement between you and me."

Shi Mingyue had no intention of complying at all. She wrote a letter asking Fu Yueli to deal with Tang Nuan according to the law, without mentioning anything else.

Somehow He Jun managed to send Tang Nuan to Fu Yueli. Three days later, He Jun came to tell her about it.

"What was your answer to the question you asked me that day? What if it meant saving the three people at the cost of sacrificing yourself?" Shi Mingyue was a little curious about He Jun's answer.

He Jun didn't hesitate and gave a confusing answer to Shi Mingyue: "I am willing, but I can't."

Shi Mingyue was completely stunned. He Jun's answer was exactly the same as her true inner thought. She was willing to sacrifice her own life to save the three, but she wouldn't because she still had someone she cared about. But when she said she wasn't willing, it was because she felt willing but not willing would be meaningless. If she couldn't, how could she say she was willing? It seemed hypocritical.

"Actually, you don't really want to marry me. You plan to end your life on the wedding day. Am I right?" He Jun's words hit Shi Mingyue's heart.

Shi Mingyue looked up at him, not afraid of his blunt gaze, "Yes, there is no way I can marry you."

"Look, I know you so well, and you know me too. Aren't we the most spiritually compatible couple?" He Jun stared at her intently.

Shi Mingyue said, "Perhaps you are right, but the person I truly love is Fu Yueli. He understands me and believes in me, so I will not marry you. He Jun, you also experienced the feeling of being forced before. Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. Even if you have become a monk, you still do not believe in Buddhism. Even if I marry you, I will not love you."

He Jun didn't speak for a long time. He looked at her, not knowing what he was thinking.

Shi Mingyue always felt that she saw the shadow of Fu Yueli in her dream in the underground palace on his face, the same tiredness and boredom. What was he thinking?

"Last time you said that you live for your lover and relatives, but in fact, I don't even know why I live, so I found a reason for myself to survive. Fu Bo destroyed the Tianyun Kingdom and established the Zhao Kingdom, so I will destroy the Zhao Kingdom and rebuild the Tianyun Kingdom. But I know that the rise and fall of dynasties is a natural law. To me, the people of the He royal family are just people with similar blood. I am not interested in their life or death. I am not doing this for the glory of the He family, nor for revenge. I just want to find a reason to survive." He Jun smiled, and his smile was extremely sad.