The group of people were invited by Xuan Yuan Yue.
Finally, they all sat down in Xuan Yuan Yue's room, each remaining silent, their hearts filled with mixed emotions after this unexpected encounter.
Only Xuanyuan Han remained completely detached, like an outsider, picking up a cup of tea and blowing on it for a while.
Finally, she handed it to Greenie beside her and said with concern, "You've been out and about all morning, you must be thirsty. Have some water."
Greenie looked at him with a face full of joy and said, "Thank you, Brother Mingxuan."
Seeing the two of them looking so sweet and happy, Yi Shangyun recalled the past and felt that all their past experiences seemed like a joke at this moment. She had almost lost her composure and completely succumbed to their charms several times.
But she could only secretly comfort herself: "He was never mine, and I never liked him. Now he can be with whomever he wants, marry whomever he wants. What does it have to do with me? I'll leave sooner or later anyway..."
Even so, she still clearly felt a little disappointed: "But seeing them like this, why am I angry?"
So she took matters into her own hands, picked up the teacup on the table beside her, and drank the tea in one gulp.
At this moment, Xuan Yuan Yue, who was standing to the side, seemed to have noticed her subtle thoughts.
Then he tentatively asked about Lü'er, who was carefully wiping the fine sweat from Xuan Yuanhan's temples with her embroidered handkerchief.
“Miss Greenie, you didn’t know before, but now that you know who he is, are you still determined to marry him? Even though he already has a wife in his household.”
Greenie said firmly, "Of course I like him, no matter who he is or what his past is like, I like him anyway."
Xuanyuan Yue let out a sigh of relief, then turned to ask Xuanyuan Han, "And what about you, Imperial Uncle?"
Unexpectedly, Xuan Yuanhan corrected him, saying, "Your Highness, please be careful with your words. My name is Wei Mingxuan, not the royal uncle you mentioned. Besides, my grandfather and Lu'er have been very good to me, and I am willing to stay here and take care of them for the rest of my life."
Hearing their answers, Xuan Yuan Yue was practically going crazy: "But what if one day you suddenly remember everything from the past?"
Xuanyuan Han thought for a moment and said, "I don't know, and I don't want to know what I was like in the past, but I do know that people always have to look forward. My current life is peaceful and warm, and I like it very much."
Xuan Yuan Yue clearly never expected that the once calm and reserved man, whose heart was only concerned with the suffering of the people, would one day say such a thing.
May our land be free from the smoke of gunpowder and the chaos of war!
May the people of Western Qin live in peace and prosperity, and enjoy a peaceful world!
"Have you forgotten all of these things?"
Even when she finally uttered those words that were once etched into his very bones, Xuan Yuanhan remained unmoved, his heart as still as water.
But she still refused to give up the possibility of waking him: "The beautiful land you swore to protect with your life, and those people, do you know that they are about to..."
Just then, Yi Shangyun finally spoke up: "That's enough, stop talking."
Xuan Yuan Yue was so anxious she didn't know what to do: "Yun'er, say something! He's forgotten everything about your past, why aren't you saying a word!"
Yi Shangyun gritted his teeth and said, "Things have come to this, everyone has their own ambitions, let's not force it anymore!"
After saying that, he stood up and rushed out the door.
In this situation, Xuan Yuan Yue could only sigh heavily in the end.
It was late at night.
Yi Shangyun sat alone in a pavilion and, surprisingly, drank alcohol for the first time.
"good!"
"very good!"
"You're ruthless!"
"You actually forgot me before I forgot you."
"but……"
"That's fine too!"
"I originally felt indebted to you, after all, everyone said that you were very good to me."
"There were many times when I was facing you, and even I almost believed what they said."
"That's fine too."
"Then I can leave without any guilt."
"For the rest of your life, live the life you want, a simple and peaceful life."
"Consider it compensation for the fact that you liked me."
"I'll take care of the rest!"
"Next..."
"I will soon complete my mission in this time and space and protect the people you want to protect."
"When we unify this continent."
"I won't stay a second longer."
"I want to go back to my own world."
"After we get back..."
I'll just forget about you.
Forget everything here!
"Completely forgotten."
"What utter nonsense about past and present lives."
"It's all a lie."
"fraud."
"You big liar!"
"Everyone here is a big liar."
Just as she seemed to be sometimes sober, sometimes drunk, sometimes crying, sometimes laughing, sometimes slamming her fist on the stone table, sometimes raising her glass to the air, with tears still streaming down her face, she spoke these words in a broken and disjointed manner.
Little did they know that all of this was seen and heard by Xuan Yuanhan, who was leaning against a tree trunk in a dark corner by the pond not far from the pavilion.
He knew he should leave politely at this moment, but for some reason he couldn't shake the feeling of unease.
I'm afraid that if anything were to happen to her, I would just quietly stay by her side.
After an unknown amount of time, Yi Shangyun was still drowning her sorrows in alcohol.
“Wei Mingxuan…”
"Pooh……"
"You dare call him by his name?"
"You're clearly that awful bastard, that heartless scoundrel!"
"They say one thing and do another."
"I should have seen through you long ago, you hypocrite, you big jerk!"
"You're just taking advantage of the fact that you and Wei Mingxuan look exactly alike to fool me!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"It will make me the happiest woman in the world. We will hold hands and look at this beautiful land together, enjoying the peaceful years and the fleeting time. When all the hustle and bustle fades away, we will stay together and grow old together."
"It's all a lie."
"You'd better get out of here!"
"No!"
"Get out of here!"
"Get out of my world!"
"What's so great about it!"
"Take your new love and get out of my sight!"
“Wei Mingxuan…”
You don't deserve it!
"Wei Mingxuan, he can only be mine!"
"fraud!"
"fraud!"
Unexpectedly, as Yi Shangyun was talking, she suddenly stood up and put one foot on the railing of the pavilion.
Then, holding onto the pillar with one hand, he pushed off with one foot, and soon, his other foot followed suit.
"Oh no, danger!"
Seeing this from the shadows, Xuan Yuanhan could no longer suppress his worry and rushed forward to grab him by the waist and pull him down.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she landed, Yi Shangyun bumped right into Xuan Yuanhan's broad embrace.
For some reason, at this moment, Xuan Yuanhan stared blankly at Yi Shangyun in his arms.
As soon as he realized the distance between them, he pushed her away.
"who?"
Who is it?
"Who's stopping me?"
"Grandma, I'm not playing anymore."
"I'm leaving!"
"I'm going home!"
While Yi Shangyun's hand was still being held by Xuan Yuanhan, her body swayed slightly. As she regained her footing, a familiar face came into view.
So she smiled at him, then pinched his face with her other hand, her mind suddenly becoming confused again.
"Who are you?"
"Is it Wei Mingxuan, or that annoying liar!"
Where is this?
"Past life, or this life?"
"Western Qin, or modern times?"
Xuan Yuanhan said angrily, "If you can't drink, don't try to drink like others. You've only had two cups of wine, and you've already become so arrogant!"
Unexpectedly, Yi Shangyun overheard her words and immediately pushed him away forcefully, saying, "None of your business! Are you my father or my mother?"
Seeing that the woman looked terrible after getting drunk, Xuan Yuanhan stopped arguing and hoisted her onto his shoulder.
No matter how much Yi Shangyun yelled, he simply carried her all the way to the room, threw her on the bed, and forcibly covered her with a blanket.
Just as Xuanyuan Han was about to turn and leave, Yi Shangyun suddenly started crying quietly.
"Why?"
Why did you make me have memories of both lifetimes?
"Wei Mingxuan, Xuan Yuanhan, how should I choose?"
"Why is it that time and time again, after finally convincing myself to give each other a chance?"
"But you always have other women by your side."
"The last time it was Lu Tianjiao."
"This time, it's Greenie."
"Your Highness..."
"I'm so tired."
"This time..."
"I think I'm really going to give up on you!"
"sorry!"
Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuanhan felt a strange unease in his heart for some reason.
Suddenly, numerous fragmented images of himself and Yi Shangyun flashed before his eyes.
He then realized: "So that woman was her!"
But soon, the thought of Greenie and the old man who saved him brought him back to his senses, and he rushed out the door and fled.
That night, Yi Shangyun had another dream, in which she saw the woman she hadn't seen for a long time.
In the dream, the woman who looked exactly like him reappeared.
Yi Shangyun said impatiently, "It's you again?"
The woman smiled and nodded, "It's me, long time no see!"
This time, before the woman could even speak, Yi Shangyun rejected her: "You don't need to persuade me anymore. It's all fake. What past life and present life have nothing to do with me. Even he has lost his memory and given up on this continent, wanting to live an ordinary life. What can I do? I just want to go back to my own world."
The woman smiled gently: "Perhaps everything could be fake, but right now, is the impending war that will plunge countless people in both countries into misery also fake?"
Yi Shangyun insisted, "Human greed is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant; worldly affairs always end in chaos. This world is inherently a world where the strong prey on the weak, so what does it have to do with me?"
The woman asked the same question: "What does that have to do with these innocent people?"
Yi Shangyun clearly had no way to refute this.
The woman continued, "A problem that could have been solved without firing a single shot has been turned into a disaster for the people because of your selfishness. Can you say you bear no responsibility?"
At this point, Yi Shangyun was speechless with grievances: "I..."
After a pause, the woman continued, "In this world, not only you and I, but everyone is born with their own irreplaceable mission. No one can ever be truly independent. Only when the mission is accomplished can life begin anew, which is what is meant by rebirth from the ashes!"
"A new beginning..."
"Reborn from the ashes..."
Inside the room, illuminated by a dim candlelight, a faint sound could be heard coming from Yi Shangyun.
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