Shen Zhao was once infatuated with Yu Xiyan, wishing he could give her his heart.
But now, it's all in the past...
Shen Zhao simply nodded politely, then walked straight down the mountain.
"Shen Zhao!"
Yu Xiyan called out to him.
"Let's talk."
Shen Zhao stopped: "The Imperial Seal has been repaired, and Your Majesty should return to the palace."
Yu Xiyan: "Do you really have to do this?"
Shen Zhao asked, puzzled, "What's wrong? Is there a problem with the Imperial Seal?"
“Shen Zhao, you know I’m not talking about the Imperial Seal. I just want to know what I need to do for you to be willing to return to Chang’an.”
"I think this issue was explained clearly enough last time at the Heavenly Annihilation Holy Land."
"I don't want to repeat myself. It's getting late, Your Majesty. You should depart as soon as possible; there are many matters at court that await your attention."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
"Shen Zhao, I want a Begonia 'Azure Night' tree. Can you plant it for me?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Zhao was immediately taken aback.
So, she came back too.
Shen Zhao's expression at that moment made Yu Xiyan realize that he was very likely a reincarnation, just like her.
This explains why Shen Zhao, who always obeyed him, fled Chang'an on the very day he ascended the throne.
Why is his attitude not as flattering as before?
Why is it that the tenderness in his eyes is gone from his gaze?
Now, everything makes sense.
If Luo Pianhong, Mu Qiuyao, and even himself could be reborn and return, why can't Shen Zhao?
She should have thought of that sooner.
"Shen Zhao, you're back too, aren't you?"
A single, seemingly casual remark instantly brought back to mind the humiliation and injustices Shen Zhao had suffered throughout his nine lifetimes.
He really wanted to turn around and roar at Yu Xiyan to vent his emotions and release all his frustrations.
But then I thought, what's the point of doing this?
"Oh……"
Shen Zhao chuckled softly, looked at the icy beauty so close to him, shook his head and said, "Let bygones be bygones. I don't want to bring up the past anymore. It's not something worth reminiscing about for me."
With just one simple sentence, Yu Xiyan got the answer she wanted.
For a moment, she didn't know how to face Shen Zhao, feeling somewhat awkward and helpless.
"sorry."
After a long silence, she could only lower her head and slowly utter those three words.
"I won't accept it!"
Shen Zhao's answer made Yu Xiyan's heart tremble.
She suddenly looked up, only to meet Shen Zhao's bloodshot eyes.
"What, what did you say..."
“I said, I don’t accept your apology. You don’t need to put on such a pitiful look. I still prefer the way Empress Yintian was high and mighty, torturing and humiliating me under her feet.”
"Shen Zhao, listen to me. I know I've done many things to wrong you, and you must resent me."
But I really didn't mean it. Can you give me a chance to make it up to you?
"No need, and what can you possibly compensate me for? And who are you to say such ridiculous things to me?"
When you and Raymond Lam were plotting to destroy me, did you never think about how to make it up to me?
"Shen Zhao, please don't do this. I regretted it after you died. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have listened to Lin Feng..."
"Stop talking, I don't want to hear it!"
Shen Zhao interrupted Yu Xiyan directly.
He had been trying very hard to control himself from going crazy, but Yu Xiyan kept reopening old wounds.
So he took the initiative and became the host.
"Are you trying to say that everything was Lin Feng's scheme, and that he instructed you to do all this, right?"
"You're saying that what you did to me wasn't your true intention, but that you were just misled by Raymond Lam, right?"
Yu Xiyan was taken aback and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Don't put all the blame on him. Lin Feng is a good-for-nothing, that's true, but do you know how much you care about him and how much you love that good-for-nothing?"
"I'll just tell you one thing. Do you remember it?"
"Do you remember that night when you discovered Lin Feng's affair with the eldest daughter of the Taiqing Sect, and even witnessed their illicit affair, you got drunk and came to the Po Jun Mansion looking for me?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiyan's delicate body trembled violently, and she couldn't stop shaking.
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