Shangguan Wanning stood at the corner of the corridor. She didn't know when a drizzle started to fall from the sky. She saw Mu Jingrui holding an oil-paper umbrella and tilting most of it towards the woman next to him.
The two of them walked slowly in the drizzle. They were handsome and beautiful, just like a perfect match.
This scene deeply hurt Shangguan Wanning's heart, and finally made her realize that the world is unpredictable and cannot be forced.
In the previous life, she was just his concubine; how could she be his wife in this life?
Mu Jingrui met Yin Yuqing who was trapped in the pavilion by the drizzle on the way. Faced with her request for help, he could not ignore it.
In a trance, Mu Jingrui seemed to feel a pair of eyes staring at him.
He looked up inadvertently and saw Shangguan Wanning not far away.
Mu Jingrui stopped involuntarily, and the two looked at each other for a long time.
"Miss..."
It was not until Lu Tong called her softly that Shangguan Wan Ning was brought back to her senses.
She whispered a few more words into Lu Tong's ear, then turned back to the room where she had just rested.
Mu Jingrui took a step forward subconsciously, and in his distracted state he completely forgot that there was someone standing next to him.
"Sir Mu, my young lady wants you to come over and talk to her." Lu Tong stepped forward, bowed and said.
She was a little afraid of Mu Jingrui, so she stood far away and didn't dare to get close.
Mu Jingrui's face was gloomy and he snorted coldly.
She was quite proud. She asked him to see her when she had something to ask him? Why?
Shouldn't she lower her posture and come to him?
"Which room?"
Mu Jingrui wanted to slap himself in the face. He was unworthy of being a man to be so hypocritical.
Mu Jingrui handed the umbrella to Yin Yuqing, and under the guidance of Lutong, he came to Shangguan Wanning's door. Lutong retreated silently.
He pushed open the door and saw Shangguan Wanning standing by the window, staring blankly at the raindrops falling from the sky.
She stretched out her hand and let the rain fall, wetting her palm.
Looking at Shangguan Wanning's thin body, Mu Jingrui had the urge to go forward and hug her in his arms.
He clenched his fists and tried his best to hold back, then snorted softly. "What does Princess An Ning want me to do?"
Princess An Ning?
Shangguan Wan Ning raised the corner of her mouth and smiled self-deprecatingly.
She turned around and looked at Mu Jingrui's arm which had just been held by Yin Yuqing, and a pang of sadness welled up in her heart.
"I know that Lord Mu is busy with official duties and has a beautiful lady waiting for him. I will make this short and try not to waste your time."
Shangguan Wanning's distant attitude made Mu Jingrui feel a nameless anger in his heart.
She walked to the table and opened a bundle.
Mu Jingrui was stunned.
Inside were his birthday card and engagement token.
"These... are what you gave me when we got engaged. Now, I am returning them to you."
Mu Jingrui was furious. He quickly stepped forward and grabbed Shangguan Wanning's wrist.
"Shangguan Wanning, what do you mean?"
Mu Jingrui was almost going crazy.
She framed him and betrayed him time and time again, and he hadn't even said he wanted to cancel the engagement, but she actually took the initiative to bring it up?
Shangguan Wanning wanted to shake off Mu Jingrui's hand, but failed after trying several times.
Her grievance and sadness flooded again, and she looked at Mu Jingrui with tears in her eyes. "Let me go..."
"Let you go? If you don't explain yourself clearly today, don't even think about me letting you go."
"Mu Jingrui!" Shangguan Wanning growled, "You're hurting me."
Mu Jingrui couldn't help but let go.
"I am returning your birthday card and engagement token to you to help you..."
Mu Jingrui could see that Shangguan Wanning was not angry with him, and he actually felt a little flustered.
"If you're doing this for Yin Yuqing, then there's no need to worry. She and I are just..."
"It has nothing to do with her."
Shangguan Wanning interrupted Mu Jingrui and turned around to look at the things on the table. God knows how reluctant she was.
"I just feel that...it's impossible for us to continue."
"Impossible? What do you mean by impossible?" Mu Jingrui turned Shangguan Wanning's body over again so that she was facing him. "Last time, we almost broke up because of a misunderstanding. This time, I'll give you a chance to explain. I want to hear it from your own mouth."
Shangguan Wanning really wanted to tell Mu Jingrui that she had never betrayed him from the beginning to the end, and had never even thought about it.
However, it is a fact that she lured Mu Jingrui to escape from prison and used her to assassinate him. No matter how you explain it, the result is the same.
"I have nothing to say."
Shangguan Wanning's choked words almost drove Mu Jingrui crazy.
Why was there nothing to say? She should have said something, even if she had to make up a lie to deceive him.
As long as she said it, he would believe it.
"Shangguan Wanning, I'll give you one more chance, you..."
"Will you give up all your future prospects for me, and put aside your hatred with my grandfather and my third uncle? Will we stop caring about the disputes in the court and run away?"
Mu Jingrui paused, not knowing how to answer.
"You wouldn't, would you?"
Shangguan Wanning slowly pushed away Mu Jingrui's hand on her shoulder and took a few steps back.
She didn't let her tears fall because she didn't want to make Mu Jingrui even more sad.
"Jing Rui, let me tell you now, you are the only one in my heart from the beginning to the end. I have never thought of hurting you, let alone deceiving or betraying you, and you will not completely believe me. At this point...it is impossible for us to be together again."
Shangguan Wanning turned sideways and quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes while Mu Jingrui was distracted.
"I'm returning these things to you. I'm very grateful that you've saved me so many times. I hope that in the future... there will be a girl who truly loves you and you can spend the rest of your life with her."
Shangguan Wanning finished speaking and turned to leave.
Mu Jingrui grabbed her wrist again.
He had thousands of words to say to her, but he couldn't utter a single word.
After a long while, he said in a hoarse voice: "Don't leave! I won't let you leave."
Shangguan Wanning slowly pulled her hand back.
"Jingrui, face the reality."
After saying that, he ran out crying.
Mu Jingrui stood there in a daze. For a moment, he wanted to chase her out and tell her that he didn't care about what happened in the past and he was willing to take her away from the court, which was full of troubles.
However, when this thought popped up in his mind, the 100,000 dead souls on the Western Xia border battlefield appeared before his eyes again.
If he lets Zheng Guoxun and his son go, how will he face them in the afterlife?
Mu Jingrui turned around and slowly walked to the table. Looking at the engagement token he gave to Shangguan Wanning, he couldn't help but tears up in his eyes.
"Lord Mu, are you... okay?" Yin Yuqing walked over and asked cautiously when she saw the distraught Mu Jingrui.
Mu Jingrui clenched his fists, his face was gloomy, and he seemed to be muttering to himself.
"She's gone... gone..."
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