One night before the execution, Li Jinlin led people to the prison where Chu Huan was.

Chu Huan still sat in the same position as when he came here, leaning stiffly against the wall, looking at the flickering candlelight in the corridor.

Li Jinlin looked at him: "Mr. Chu, the emperor is merciful. If you have any wishes before the execution, I can do my best to fulfill them for you."

Chu Huan shook his head silently.

Li Jinlin confirmed again: "Really?"

Chu Huan nodded.

The man who was once so proud and proud is now hiding in the dark silently. Li Jinlin said in his heart that he deserved it, nodded, turned around and left.

Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him. Li Jinlin turned around and saw that Chu Huan's face was pale, his lips were slightly open, and his eyes were shining under the candlelight. Then he looked straight at him, but he was a little dazed.

"Mr. Chu..." Li Jinlin turned back.

Chu Huan clenched two thick black wooden stakes tightly with both hands, and said hoarsely: "I want to see Jiang Yuanyi."

Li Jinlin was confused, but there was no reaction on his face. He just said in a calm voice: "I will try my best. As for whether Madam Xiao Er is willing to see you, I can't guarantee it."

Chu Huan's heart stagnated when he heard the word "Madam Xiao Er". He nodded slowly: "Thank you, Lord Li."

He watched Li Jinlin walk out of the dungeon. The sound of the door closing creaked, and Chu Huan suddenly felt that he had some strength.

She will come...

Even if she hates him.

Chu Huan didn't know what he wanted to say, he just wanted to see her.

He didn't know how time changed, he just counted in his heart, and it felt like a long time had passed. Until, in the deserted corridor, there were light footsteps.

Chu Huan stood up with a swish, pounced to the cell, and peered out through the gaps between the wooden pillars.

The man was wearing a dark brocade robe, and his sharp eyebrows and eyes carried obvious coldness and mockery in the dim light.

His expression gradually stiffened on his face: "Why is it you?"

Xiao Tuo stood less than a step away from him, staring at Chu Huan's ferocious look: "What else?"

Chu Huan stared at Xiao Tuo closely, his fingers digging into the gaps in the wood, and the fine wood chips pierced into the soft fingertips.

"Chu Huan, I remembered it too."

Chu Huan was silent for a few moments: "Remember what?"

Xiao Tuo sneered: "Are you playing dumb with me? If I'm not mistaken, you just remembered it last night."

That's why you can't wait to see her, because you know that you once had it, and you know that it was you who made everything become like this.

Chu Huan said calmly: "Yes, so what?"

His face flushed, his voice trembled: "Yes! I remembered! So what?! It's not your turn to show off in front of me!"

Xiao Tuo frowned and looked at Chu Huan. He stepped in, reached into the cell and grabbed Chu Huan's collar: "I remember how you ruined the person I loved the most, how you pushed her to death step by step! You still want to see her? What qualifications do you have?!"

Chu Huan laughed twice: "What qualifications do I have?! Just because she was mine in the last life!"

Xiao Tuo grabbed his collar and kicked him in the stomach. This kick was really cruel. The fishy and sweet smell of blood suddenly hit him, and blood flowed down his throat.

Chu Huan stared at Xiao Tuo with his eyes wide open. He grabbed Xiao Tuo's wrist and said in a hoarse voice: "She doesn't dare to come to see me, right..."

Xiao Tuo threw away his collar and grabbed his neck: "Don't dare?! It should be you who doesn't dare to see her! Do you know? I only regret that I remembered it so late, otherwise I would have killed you regardless of everything!"

Last night, Mingming just fell asleep normally, but many familiar and unfamiliar pictures suddenly appeared in his mind.

He seemed to be in it. He didn't experience it, but the pain was unforgettable.

He saw Jiang Yuanyi shyly avoiding him, saw the chaos in the southern border of Ning'an State, and his brother was seriously injured. He was forced to go to war that day. He learned about Jiang Yuanyi's marriage news, hurriedly left the team, and climbed over the woman's wall.

He proposed to her again, but was still rejected. He thought Chu Huan was a good man and would treat her well.

Countless days and nights, he would think of her when looking at the cold moon on the battlefield, and he missed her deeply.

After he reached adulthood, he didn't even have a concubine. His mother was anxious to find him a wife, but was rejected by Xiao Tuo. He didn't want to go back to the capital, so he hid at the border and fought day after day.

Until the border was in chaos again, he had to return to the capital, but found that Jiang Yuanyi was divorced and lived in a brothel.

He was so angry that he couldn't hold the sword steadily, and his throat smelled of blood. When he rushed to Qinrui Pavilion, he saw a group of young men drinking and having fun, and she was sitting aside with a calm face, not angry at all.

That was the person he held at the top of his heart and was reluctant to touch...

Xiao Tuo watched his eyes turn red again and again, then he wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and walked in.

He watched himself gently lift the veil of the woman, caress her scarred face, and ask her to marry him again.

The border war was very urgent, and the redemption process was complicated. He gave the madam a lot of money to help take care of her, and then sent people from the mansion to handle this matter. He immediately rushed back to the southern border, just wanting to win the war quickly. He

fought for his country for ten years, thinking that God would favor him once, but he didn't. The moment the arrow pierced through the ice and snow and shot through his heart, Xiao Tuo knelt in the snow and howled, resentful of why God teased him like this.

He seemed to have experienced a lifetime in his dream. When he woke up, his clothes were soaked with sweat. Jiang Yuanyi was a small ball in his arms, breathing lightly, and her fair cheeks were slightly pink, like a newborn baby.

Xiao Tuo held her tightly in his arms, holding her like a lost treasure, until the person in his arms couldn't breathe and murmured a few times, he let her go.

At dawn, Xiao Tuo couldn't sleep, so he got up and went to the yard. Li Jinlin came to visit early and said that Chu Huan asked to see his wife.

Xiao Tuo broke the arrow with his hands, his eyebrows furrowed tightly, and he didn't know where Chu Huan got the face.

There was a dead silence in the prison, only the two people confronted each other with love and hatred across two lifetimes.

Xiao Tuo looked at Chu Huan and said word by word:

"How can you face her?"

Chu Huan laughed twice: "In the last life, I killed her, and in this life, she killed me. We are even, right?"

"Even?" Xiao Tuo sneered and said, "I am the one who wants to kill you! Chu Huan, remember this, you will always owe her."

Xiao Tuo looked at him with disgust: "But you will not have the chance to make amends, so die with this feeling of hating yourself until death but unable to change anything. This is the retribution you deserve."

"Mr. Xiao." Li Jinlin stood behind him and reminded him softly, "The time has come."

Xiao Tuo looked at Chu Huan, his dark eyes staring straight into Chu Huan's eyes: "In the next life, I will still find her before you."

Xiao Tuo threw him away, and Chu Huan stood there like a lost soul.

A gust of wind blew over, and a few lights in the corridor went out. Wax fell along the cold iron platform in sharp and weird shapes.

Li Jinlin pointed to the exit: "Sir, please leave first."

Xiao Tuo nodded, glanced at Chu Huan, and then turned to leave. The moment he reached the corner, Chu Huan's hoarse cry came from behind.

"Xiao Tuo!"

Xiao Tuo paused slightly.

"Tell her for me..." Chu Huan looked at Xiao Tuo's back with shining eyes, and he didn't say a word until the figure completely left his sight.

The bloody smell that had just disappeared surged again.

He was thinking, if he had not been so cruel and indifferent in his previous life, would he not have become like this? But there is no if...

Big mouthfuls of blood gushed out of his mouth, and Li Jinlin handed him the poisoned wine.

Chu Huan took the wine, tilted his head back and drank it mixed with blood.

The poison took effect quickly, and Chu Huan soon fell to the ground. In his gradually blurred vision, the girl with a sweet smile, propped up her chin, sat beside his desk, looked at him with a smile, and called softly: "Husband."

Li Jinlin stepped forward and gently closed his eyes. There were tears in the corners of the man's eyes, and the touch of his fingertips was cold.

Li Jinlin sighed and stood up: "Go report to the emperor."

"Yes."

...

Xiao Tuo walked out of the dungeon step by step. It was the sun outside, and the light was a little scorching. He raised his head and felt the heat of the light on his face.

It was a completely different temperature from the ice and snow that year.

He finally understood why Jiang Yuanyi was so obsessed with the battlefield in the southern border. On the battlefield that took his life, she wanted to see him survive with her own eyes.

He could not wait to ride back to the Duke's Mansion. In the courtyard, Jiang Yuanyi was wearing a simple training suit, with crystal sweat running down her cheeks. She looked at him with the light reflected on her face, looking so lively.

Jiang Yuanyi stood on the arena and smiled at Xiao Tuo: "Why are you standing there like an idiot?"

Xiao Tuo approached her and held her in his arms.

Thank you for coming to my side in this life.

Jiang Yuanyi stayed in his arms for a few seconds, then raised her head slightly and looked at him: "What's wrong?"

Xiao Tuo leaned over and kissed Jiang Yuanyi's lips: "I remembered it."

Jiang Yuanyi frowned: "Remember what?"

Xiao Tuo smiled and said: "Things from my last life."

Jiang Yuanyi's eyes suddenly widened, and she froze for a long time, hesitating: "You...how, how come you suddenly remembered it?"

Xiao Tuo hugged her tightly again, buried his head in her shoulder, and whispered: "Maybe it's because the grudges in the last life are over."

Jiang Yuanyi still couldn't calm down.

She hesitated for a few seconds, and asked softly: "...Don't you blame me?"

Xiao Tuo let her go in confusion: "Why blame you?"

Jiang Yuanyi buried her head, and the words were hidden in her heart for a long time. Jiang Yuanyi didn't speak for a long time.

Xiao Tuo leaned down slightly and looked at her: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Yuanyi looked into his gentle eyes, and then said softly: "... Blame me for being blind."

Xiao Tuo held her shoulders with his broad hands, looked into her eyes quietly, and said: "I should be blamed for not taking you away, causing you to suffer so much in your last life."

Jiang Yuanyi tightened her hands behind his back and looked up through his shoulders.

The sky was clear and cloudless, and the branches growing on the edge of the courtyard were full of newly grown green leaves, dotted in the light blue sky. A light breeze blew, gently lifting the hair of the two people, entwining them playfully.

Jiang Yuanyi kissed his neck.

How lucky I am to have the opportunity to start over again in this life, with you.

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