"Yes, Master, did Xu Shi betray Zhen Niang?" "If Xu Shi truly did, we'll have him socially annihilated, what a heartless scumbag." "Master, I..." Xu Shi looked at the comments, then at Li Shu, anticipating yet apprehensive. Deep down, he felt he hadn't betrayed Zhen Niang. But Zhen Niang's millennia-long obsession lingered, and he feared the possibility that he had truly done something wrong in his past life... If he weren't recounting his past life, simply seeking a resolution, she could have granted it, without Xu Shi or Zhen Niang having to pay a price. So, meeting Xu Shi's expectant gaze, Li Shu gave a direct answer. "In your past life, you didn't betray Zhen Niang." The commentary erupted in excitement. Xu Shi also looked at Zhen Niang excitedly. "Zhen Niang, do you hear me? I didn't betray you." Tears of blood streamed from Zhen Niang's eyes, making her look even more terrifying. But in the next moment, Zhen Niang returned to her usual self. She looked at Xu Shi, tears welling in her eyes. Her Xu Lang hadn't betrayed her. But, "Why didn't you come back? I waited for you so hard. They all said that you betrayed me, that after passing the imperial examination, you married the daughter of a high-ranking official in Beijing, and rose to prominence, having forgotten me long ago. They laughed at me and forced me to marry someone else. Xu Lang, I don't believe you betrayed me, but I can't find you. They won't let me leave. They say that I was abandoned, my reputation was ruined, and no good family wanted me... They married me to a dying man in a ghost marriage... I was sealed alive in a coffin, and it was so dark and stuffy in there... Xu Lang, where are you, Xu Lang..." Zhen Niang had just come to her senses. Before everyone had time to be happy, they fell into chaos again. What Zhen Niang said during her chaos shocked everyone again. [Fuck, ghost marriage, sealing a living person in a coffin, is that what I thought?] [Upstairs, if Zhen Niang's memory is correct, it must be what you thought.] [How vicious! How could Zhen Niang's family bear to let their own daughter do such a thing? In the feudal world of ancient times, women whose engagements were broken off or abandoned held a bad reputation, making it difficult for them to find a good family to remarry. It was fine if the family was open-minded and wouldn't force them to do anything. But if the family was too stubborn, they might actually be forced into a ghost marriage or something like that. After all, the reward for such a thing was certainly high. Sacrificing a woman with a ruined reputation in exchange for great resources for the family was a common practice in ancient times. So, Xu Shi didn't return to marry Zhen Niang as agreed, and because Zhen Niang's reputation was ruined, the family forced him into a ghost marriage? According to Zhen Niang, Xu Shi went to take the imperial examinations, and he must have passed, so he didn't return to marry Zhen Niang. But the master said that Xu Shi hadn't let her down. So, was Xu Shi forced to marry someone else because he wasn't selected as a husband? After all, such things happened a lot in ancient times. Judging from Xu Shi's appearance, he must have been a handsome man in his previous life. It's quite possible. The crowd speculated endlessly. Xu Shi never even glanced at the comments. After listening to what Zhenniang said, he was shocked and looked at her with heartache. "Master, what Zhenniang said..." Xu Shi wanted to ask Li Shu if what Zhenniang said was true, and if she was really caught and arranged for a ghost marriage, but he saw that Zhenniang was once again surrounded by strange energy, and the ten fingers of Zhenniang's hands became bloody and mangled, and some of them even had their nails turned inside out. It seemed that she had grabbed something too hard. Sealing a coffin alive... Zhenniang was sealed in a coffin alive. Zhenniang was afraid of the dark since she was a child, and it was pitch black inside the coffin... Was Zhenniang's hand injured by the struggle of grabbing the coffin lid after being sealed in the coffin? Xu Shi felt a dull pain in his heart. He looked at Li Shu, his voice hoarse, "Master, since I have not let Zhenniang down, what am I doing? Why did I break my promise?"
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