Later… the Empress Dowager committed suicide by setting fire to Cining Palace. Nan Zhiyun heard it… those terrible memories surged forth, and Nan Zhiyun felt as if her mind was about to explode. She hated it so much! But there was nothing she could do.
So Nan Zhiyun maintained a facade, pretending to be the same as before, to lower Yu Jingchen's guard. Then… she plunged the dagger into his heart. But Nan Zhiyun underestimated Yu Jingchen's abilities; how could she possibly assassinate him?
"Yu Jingchen, I hate you! I hate you!!!" That was the first time Yu Jingchen had heard Nan Zhiyun say she hated him like that. A dense, sharp pain welled up in his heart, but it was quickly replaced by anger.
"So what if you hate me? What can you do about it?" Yu Jingchen's casual words shattered Nan Zhiyun's defenses.
"Heh...haha..." Nan Zhiyun laughed unusually, unable to stop herself from laughing.
Yu Jingchen frowned, and the next moment he saw Nan Zhiyun spit out a mouthful of blood. Yu Jingchen admitted that he panicked at that moment.
That day, all the imperial physicians gathered at He'an Palace, and skilled healers from the martial arts world also entered the palace. But... they all said that Nan Zhiyun didn't want to wake up...
Three days later, Nan Zhiyun was no more in this world. She had fallen into a deep sleep, completely free...
Nan Zhiyun is gone… This thought suddenly flashed into Yu Jingchen's mind, jolting him awake. Looking at the pitch-black sky inside the room, Yu Jingchen came to his senses. So… it was fake, no, to be more precise, it was all in the past…
Did those things just happen...? Yu Jingchen felt a little dazed; he was covered in sweat. Looking at the girl in his arms, he had a sense of unreality.
Yu Jingchen closed his eyes to calm himself. Those things couldn't be real, could they...? How could he have done that? He tried to quiet himself, to convince himself it was a dream. But... as time passed, as his emotions gradually subsided, those memories flooded back into his mind like a tidal wave.
Yes… that was a complete lifetime. In that lifetime, the Empress Dowager seemed to have been reborn, but I hadn't. So… I developed strange feelings for Nan Zhiyun during that journey—possessiveness, a desire to control…
In that past life, the Empress Dowager, in an attempt to change the outcome of her previous existence, allied with Yu Jing'an in a rebellion, but little did she know that she herself was already prepared. After the rebellion failed, she imprisoned them all in revenge. And then, facing Nan Zhiyun… so all those things were true.
Really… Yu Jingchen felt a pang of pain in his heart. So, did he really do those things? He looked at the girl in his arms and felt a spasm in his heart.
Yu Jingchen gently released Nan Zhiyun and went to the outer room alone. His heart was aching terribly, so much so that he could hardly stand up.
Did those things really happen? He found it hard to believe, but the memories became clearer and clearer in his mind, even down to the details.
Yu Jingchen couldn't convince himself that those things were fake, so what had he done in the past?! Never before had Yu Jingchen felt such regret. His heart ached terribly; he could only reach out and clutch his chest, the pain unbearable…
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