In his previous life, An Piao'er spread rumors that An Yuan'er was colluding with a servant and was unfaithful and impure. Gu Chuzhi divorced An Yuan'er based on three of the seven grounds for divorce: childlessness, adultery, and jealousy.
It's laughable, really. Gu Chuzhi never touched her, so how could she have had a child? As for her promiscuity, An Yuan'er never even saw what her so-called lover looked like. As for jealousy, that was certainly true. In her past life, An Yuan'er had entrusted herself to the wrong person, only wanting to marry Chuzhi, the man who had saved her life when she fell into the water as a child. She constantly beat and scolded An Piao'er, that vile woman who had repeatedly seduced and provoked her husband.
In the end, An Yuan'er's marriage in her previous life was a complete joke.
An Yuan'er always thought that she must have been deeply in love with Gu Chuzhi in her past life, otherwise why would she insist on marrying him even though he didn't like her? But in this life, after meeting Yi Chenli, An Yuan'er realized what true love really is.
It turns out that liking him wasn't because of an accidental life-saving grace, but rather... a gradual attraction that developed after getting to know each other. It started out as repaying a debt of gratitude, but eventually she fell in love with him, feeling heartbroken for his every moment of pain and sorrow, with only him in her eyes and heart.
In her past life, she didn't understand what love was, yet she was stubborn and willful, wasting her life in vain.
In her previous life, she was divorced and sent back to the An family. She was subjected to countless insults and abuses. An Yuan'er could no longer stay in the An family. Before her father and brother were framed in the officialdom, they sent An Yuan'er to the palace, where she became the head maid.
It was also because she entered the palace that An Yuan'er met that tyrant in her life after she turned 25.
An Yuan'er patted her face, trying to snap herself out of her reverie.
This life is different now. At least she didn't meet Yi Chenli after she turned 25. They met and fell in love when they were young. In this life, An Yuan'er will not marry Gu Chuzhi, nor will she marry anyone else. She will only marry him.
If she can't marry the person in her heart, she'd rather stay single for a lifetime than be 25.
An Yuan'er understood and said firmly, "I'm not afraid of being 13. I will never marry someone I don't want to marry."
Yi Chenli thought the girl was talking nonsense: "What kind of girl never gets married? You'll end up an old maid if you do that."
An Yuan'er retorted, "Even if Yuan'er becomes an old maid, she will still be a beautiful fairy."
"Ali, I don't want you to change yourself because of me, and to try things you don't like."
In his previous life, the tyrant seized the throne through violence. In this life, Yi Chenli took on a disaster relief mission. He voluntarily exposed himself to the royal infighting he once despised. Ultimately, Yi Chenli simply wanted to have a legitimate opportunity to possess that girl.
After all, the throne obtained by killing one's brother and father will ultimately be shrouded in infamy and will be remembered with disgrace for eternity. Yi Chenli must be reluctant to see An Yuan'er suffer the same infamy as him.
Yi Chenli did not agree to An Yuan'er's request.
Because he had already been involved in the royal infighting that he hated, once he embarked on this path, there was no turning back.
Although this path was the one Yi Chenli most resented—his usual style favored violent slaughter and carnage, a simple and direct approach that best suited his ruthless and decisive nature—it was clear that this path was not suitable for two people.
If getting involved in royal infighting is the only legitimate way to marry a girl, then no matter how much Yi Chenli's body and mind resist it, or how much he despises the hypocrisy of his so-called father on the throne, he can endure it.
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