(Foreword: This chapter is about the female protagonist's rebirth. Some of her memories are from her first life, so please be aware of any potential triggers here. In her first life, the female protagonist harbored resentment towards the male protagonist, but it wasn't exactly hatred. Therefore, after her rebirth, she won't suddenly have as much hatred. Also, this chapter focuses solely on the female protagonist's rebirth; the male protagonist is not reborn. You should all know what the male protagonist was like in his previous life, so please proceed with caution if you are sensitive to such thoughts!)
Finally, there's one more thing: the male and female leads are not equal in strength, and the male lead doesn't show any mercy to the female lead. So if anyone thinks the female lead isn't assertive or is still so weak, you can stop reading here.
To see a strong female lead later on, it's better to watch a story with two rebirths. In that case, the female lead will have memories of her second life, she'll feel hatred, and she'll fight tooth and nail to get revenge on the male lead. The female lead in our story today, however, isn't thinking about revenge; she just wants to stay away.
He'an Hall
Nan Zhiyun, dressed in a light blue palace gown, sat upright in the main seat of He'an Hall, her expression blank, as if she were thinking about something from a long time ago.
"Your Highness, what's wrong? You've been sitting here for over half an hour. Please tell me what's wrong?" Qianxia was genuinely worried about her mistress's condition. Her mistress had been in the palace for over a month, but His Majesty's attitude...
"Your Majesty..." Qianxia felt uneasy.
"I'm fine..." Just when Qianxia was about to cry from worry, Nan Zhiyun finally spoke.
"You can leave now. I want to be alone for a while." Nan Zhiyun's mood was clearly low.
"But..." How could Qianxia dare to leave when she saw Nan Zhiyun in this state?
"Go downstairs, I just want to sit alone for a while, it's fine." Nan Zhiyun's attitude was very firm.
"...Yes," Qianxia could only choose to leave temporarily.
When Nan Zhiyun was the only one left in the room, she couldn't hold back her tears any longer. The tears that filled her eyes fell like pearls from a broken string.
Nan Zhiyun still can't believe she's sitting here. She's been reborn... reborn after shielding Yu Jingchen from a sword, reborn to the month after she entered the palace.
Her heart ached terribly... She regretted it, she wanted to go home, she didn't want to stay here, but... what could she do?
The events of her past life flashed through her mind like a series of images. That sword wound had truly hurt, yet she hadn't seen the slightest change in Yu Jingchen's expression. Perhaps whatever she did was insignificant in his eyes; he had only ever felt disgust towards her.
Before she died in her previous life, she said... "Your Majesty, if there is an afterlife, I wish we would never have met, and never see each other again in any future life..."
But why did Heaven give her this second chance? Would the events of her past life repeat themselves? Nan Zhiyun couldn't imagine it; she... was truly terrified.
No… she couldn’t just sit here and wait to die, couldn’t repeat the same path as in her previous life. This time she wouldn’t be so foolish. She was tired, and this time she wanted to give up…
This time, she would no longer cling to Yu Jingchen's feelings, nor would she get involved with him any further. If possible, Nan Zhiyun wanted to leave the palace...
Just as Nan Zhiyun was still lost in her thoughts, a notification came from outside.
"His Majesty has arrived!"
This voice instantly pulled Nan Zhiyun back to reality from her memories of her past life. Perhaps because of her past experiences, Nan Zhiyun trembled all over when she heard those two words.
Yu Jingchen walked in, still as cold and sinister as ever.
Nan Zhiyun rose and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I have come to see you!" Nan Zhiyun did not dare to raise her head. The fear that Yu Jingchen left her in the previous life was deeply engraved in her bones. In this life... So she has not yet reached that point, but all the pride in her body has been worn away.
Yu Jingchen didn't wake her up. He walked past Nan Zhiyun and sat down next to her. He looked at Nan Zhiyun on the ground, a look of disgust flashing in his eyes: "It's only been two days, and you can't even do proper etiquette anymore?" Yu Jingchen said coldly.
"...Yes, Your Majesty, I know I was wrong." Nan Zhiyun was unwilling to explain, because she knew that Yu Jingchen would never listen to her explanations. He could find any excuse to punish her if he wanted to. The more she explained, the worse the punishment would likely be...
"Since you know you're wrong, then kneel down." Sure enough, Yu Jingchen came here specifically to cause her trouble. Nan Zhiyun's heart was no longer stirred. Let him do whatever he wants. In this life, she no longer had any expectations of him.
Seeing that Nan Zhiyun didn't argue or even raise her head, Yu Jingchen frowned. Why did he feel that Nan Zhiyun was acting strangely today?
"The Empress Dowager truly likes you; she always thinks of you in everything she does," Yu Jingchen said, looking at the person kneeling on the ground.
“It is my good fortune,” Nan Zhiyun replied, her tone completely calm.
Yu Jingchen frowned more and more deeply; indeed, it was something that was annoying.
The Empress Dowager just sent someone over, saying that he should dine with Nan Zhiyun, saying that Nan Zhiyun had just entered the palace and that he shouldn't neglect her. In short, she meant that he should dote on Nan Zhiyun more. This feeling... Yu Jingchen's face turned gloomy.
Two days ago, good news came from the border that Nan Su had won another battle... The Nan family is really a real nuisance.
Yu Jingchen coldly watched the kneeling person, not telling her to get up. Nan Zhiyun had been kneeling for quite a while; she had been punished so often these days that she had gotten used to it. However, she had just been forced to kneel a few days ago, and now she was finding it hard to bear it any longer.
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