She was holding a dagger in her hand, with blood dripping from the tip of the knife. She was dressed in magnificent clothes that showed her noble status, but it did not detract from her beauty at all. Instead, it made her look all the more free and elegant.
She looked into his eyes. "What happened in our past life is in the past. In this life, whose hands the deer dies in has yet to be seen."
Jiang Yin spread out his palms covered in bright red and said gloomily, "Since Heaven has allowed you and I to be reborn, it must be giving us a chance. Gu Ying, why don't we join hands and take over the entire Dong Li kingdom, what do you think?"
Gu Ying snorted in ridicule. "Your ambition is still so big?"
Jiang Yun walked even closer, looking very pleased with himself.
He grabbed the blade in Gu Ying's hand at once. The viscous blood rolled down along the blade and dripped onto the snowy ground, but he was still smiling. He did not care at all about the pain. Instead, it made him look even more unrestrained.
"You died early in your previous life, so you probably don't know, right? The Dong Li royal family declined and their fortune ran out. By the end, the Zhao family took over the throne and I joined the cabinet and became the prime minister. My power reigned all over the kingdom and I was only a step away from that position."
"Now all those arrogant nobles who used to look down on me have to address me as Minister Jiang. When they see me they have to bow down and kneel. Whoever I want dead disappears from Bianjing."
He pressed down the dagger and suddenly pulled Gu Ying into his arms by the waist. He leaned towards her soft and tender neck feverishly, smelling her body fragrance, still feeling unsatisfied. "Gu Ying, you and I were always meant to be together..."
"Do you still remember our grand wedding, when you wore your bridal gown and looked so beautiful..."
"Later, we were also passionately in love. I treated you well too, didn't I? Back then, I was the only one in your eyes and heart. You made clothes for me, took care of the household for me, taught me how to read and write. Just to give me a child, you damaged your own body. Gu Ying, I remember all these things."
Disgust rose in Gu Ying's eyes and her heart twisted painfully.
She hated her former pathetic and weak self!
Yet now this man was mercilessly tearing open her shameful past and exposing it to others!
He had gone mad!
She felt she would go mad too!
Jiang Yun continued, "I know I wronged you. Now I truly repent. Why don't we start over in this new life? I swear I will never let you suffer the slightest grievance. I will make you the most honored woman in the entire world."
"Gu Ying, we haven't seen each other for so many years. Do you know how much I missed you? Did you miss me too?"
As he spoke, his large hand slid down, wanting to intimately hold her little hand like in their past life.
However, Gu Ying's face remained cold. She retreated back forcefully.
She looked at him in utter disgust, as if he was filth. "Jiang Yun, what are you talking about?"
Jiang Yun smiled crookedly. "Didn't I make myself clear enough already?"
Gu Ying only felt nauseous and sick. At that moment, she felt her stomach churning violently and could not help but heave dryly.
Jiang Yun's eyes narrowed dangerously as he looked towards her flat belly.
Could it be... she already carried Zhao Changdu's child?
He was not aware of his face swiftly becoming ugly. A surge of inexplicable anger also rose uncontrollably in his heart.
Gu Ying covered her chest and collected herself for a moment before breaking into a smile that did not reach her eyes. "What a pity. You want to start over but I don't wish to anymore."
"I want to watch you die without even a place to be buried. I want to watch you ruined and disgraced. Most of all, I want to watch you unable to reincarnate even in death!"
"Between you and me, it's either you die or I live. There is no second path."
Jiang Yun's smile froze slightly. "How could you bear to?"
Gu Ying knew too well how to puncture the pride and arrogance of someone like Jiang Yun. Those days where she allowed herself to be tormented by him were only because she liked him.
What if she told him she never actually liked him at all?
"Do you really think I liked you?"
Jiang Yun's brows knitted tightly together. "If you didn't like me, why were you crying and throwing tantrums to marry me?"
Gu Ying's lips curved up lightly. "Because when I was young, I saw a ten year old boy fall into a hot spring. I wanted to save him but I was too small. Instead he was the one who saved me. From that moment, I liked him in my childish heart. It was only that I didn't understand love back then. When I grew up and met you, I mistook you for him."
Jiang Yun's handsome face darkened. He shouted angrily, "You're spouting nonsense!"
Gu Ying smiled. "You guessed right. That boy was my Changdu. What a coincidence, isn't it? You gave me to the prince and it turned out he and I were already bound by marital fate. We didn't come together in our last life but we still ended up married in this life somehow. What does this mean? He and I were destined to be together. As for you..."
Her eyes turned cold as she glanced at him indifferently. "You were nothing more than the prince's substitute."
"Gu Ying, you're talking rubbish! Rubbish!" Jiang Yun frowned in disbelief. His grip on her shoulders tightened fiercely, his eyes filled with madness and gloom. "Impossible! You clearly loved me so deeply—"
Gu Ying denied categorically, "The only one I ever loved was Changdu."
Jiang Yun's eyes sank deeper and deeper, as if falling into an abyss.
How could it be... He clearly never gave her to Zhao Changdu.
After the incident between her and the prince, he began to despise her for losing her purity... So he never touched her.
Later, Shu Wang took a liking to her beauty and he slipped her a drug in order to gain favor. He delivered her into Shu Wang's bed.
When Shu Wang returned her afterwards, her entire body was covered in the marks left by a man's caresses.
He sat by her bed the entire night, filled with anger, jealousy and hatred.
He also swore to kill Shu Wang to avenge her once he succeeded in his grand plan.
But how could she have fallen in love with Zhao Changdu...
A turmoil of complex emotions rose in his heart. He stared fixedly at Gu Ying's exquisite face again. Pulling his lips back, he let out a few eerie laughs.
He swiftly suppressed his feelings and found Gu Ying's weakness. "Gu Ying, you died early so you don't know that Zhao Changdu married Huo Qiyan afterwards, right?"
His shrill laughter felt like needles stabbing painfully into her heart.
Gu Ying clenched her fists tightly, trembling all over.
Yes, she did die early.
So she didn't know what happened to the prince afterwards...
Jiang Yun seemed to have guessed her thoughts. His smile deepened. "Gu Ying must be wondering what ultimately became of Zhao Changdu. I can tell you, but shouldn't you offer me some sincerity first?"
She was holding a dagger in her hand, with blood dripping from the tip of the knife. She was dressed in magnificent clothes that showed her noble status, but it did not detract from her beauty at all. Instead, it made her look all the more free and elegant.
She looked into his eyes. "What happened in our past life is in the past. In this life, whose hands the deer dies in has yet to be seen."
Jiang Yin spread out his palms covered in bright red and said gloomily, "Since Heaven has allowed you and I to be reborn, it must be giving us a chance. Gu Ying, why don't we join hands and take over the entire Dong Li kingdom, what do you think?"
Gu Ying snorted in ridicule. "Your ambition is still so big?"
Jiang Yun walked even closer, looking very pleased with himself.
He grabbed the blade in Gu Ying's hand at once. The viscous blood rolled down along the blade and dripped onto the snowy ground, but he was still smiling. He did not care at all about the pain. Instead, it made him look even more unrestrained.
"You died early in your previous life, so you probably don't know, right? The Dong Li royal family declined and their fortune ran out. By the end, the Zhao family took over the throne and I joined the cabinet and became the prime minister. My power reigned all over the kingdom and I was only a step away from that position."
"Now all those arrogant nobles who used to look down on me have to address me as Minister Jiang. When they see me they have to bow down and kneel. Whoever I want dead disappears from Bianjing."
He pressed down the dagger and suddenly pulled Gu Ying into his arms by the waist. He leaned towards her soft and tender neck feverishly, smelling her body fragrance, still feeling unsatisfied. "Gu Ying, you and I were always meant to be together..."
"Do you still remember our grand wedding, when you wore your bridal gown and looked so beautiful..."
"Later, we were also passionately in love. I treated you well too, didn't I? Back then, I was the only one in your eyes and heart. You made clothes for me, took care of the household for me, taught me how to read and write. Just to give me a child, you damaged your own body. Gu Ying, I remember all these things."
Disgust rose in Gu Ying's eyes and her heart twisted painfully.
She hated her former pathetic and weak self!
Yet now this man was mercilessly tearing open her shameful past and exposing it to others!
He had gone mad!
She felt she would go mad too!
Jiang Yun continued, "I know I wronged you. Now I truly repent. Why don't we start over in this new life? I swear I will never let you suffer the slightest grievance. I will make you the most honored woman in the entire world."
"Gu Ying, we haven't seen each other for so many years. Do you know how much I missed you? Did you miss me too?"
As he spoke, his large hand slid down, wanting to intimately hold her little hand like in their past life.
However, Gu Ying's face remained cold. She retreated back forcefully.
She looked at him in utter disgust, as if he was filth. "Jiang Yun, what are you talking about?"
Jiang Yun smiled crookedly. "Didn't I make myself clear enough already?"
Gu Ying only felt nauseous and sick. At that moment, she felt her stomach churning violently and could not help but heave dryly.
Jiang Yun's eyes narrowed dangerously as he looked towards her flat belly.
Could it be... she already carried Zhao Changdu's child?
He was not aware of his face swiftly becoming ugly. A surge of inexplicable anger also rose uncontrollably in his heart.
Gu Ying covered her chest and collected herself for a moment before breaking into a smile that did not reach her eyes. "What a pity. You want to start over but I don't wish to anymore."
"I want to watch you die without even a place to be buried. I want to watch you ruined and disgraced. Most of all, I want to watch you unable to reincarnate even in death!"
"Between you and me, it's either you die or I live. There is no second path."
Jiang Yun's smile froze slightly. "How could you bear to?"
Gu Ying knew too well how to puncture the pride and arrogance of someone like Jiang Yun. Those days where she allowed herself to be tormented by him were only because she liked him.
What if she told him she never actually liked him at all?
"Do you really think I liked you?"
Jiang Yun's brows knitted tightly together. "If you didn't like me, why were you crying and throwing tantrums to marry me?"
Gu Ying's lips curved up lightly. "Because when I was young, I saw a ten year old boy fall into a hot spring. I wanted to save him but I was too small. Instead he was the one who saved me. From that moment, I liked him in my childish heart. It was only that I didn't understand love back then. When I grew up and met you, I mistook you for him."
Jiang Yun's handsome face darkened. He shouted angrily, "You're spouting nonsense!"
Gu Ying smiled. "You guessed right. That boy was my Changdu. What a coincidence, isn't it? You gave me to the prince and it turned out he and I were already bound by marital fate. We didn't come together in our last life but we still ended up married in this life somehow. What does this mean? He and I were destined to be together. As for you..."
Her eyes turned cold as she glanced at him indifferently. "You were nothing more than the prince's substitute."
"Gu Ying, you're talking rubbish! Rubbish!" Jiang Yun frowned in disbelief. His grip on her shoulders tightened fiercely, his eyes filled with madness and gloom. "Impossible! You clearly loved me so deeply—"
Gu Ying denied categorically, "The only one I ever loved was Changdu."
Jiang Yun's eyes sank deeper and deeper, as if falling into an abyss.
How could it be... He clearly never gave her to Zhao Changdu.
After the incident between her and the prince, he began to despise her for losing her purity... So he never touched her.
Later, Shu Wang took a liking to her beauty and he slipped her a drug in order to gain favor. He delivered her into Shu Wang's bed.
When Shu Wang returned her afterwards, her entire body was covered in the marks left by a man's caresses.
He sat by her bed the entire night, filled with anger, jealousy and hatred.
He also swore to kill Shu Wang to avenge her once he succeeded in his grand plan.
But how could she have fallen in love with Zhao Changdu...
A turmoil of complex emotions rose in his heart. He stared fixedly at Gu Ying's exquisite face again. Pulling his lips back, he let out a few eerie laughs.
He swiftly suppressed his feelings and found Gu Ying's weakness. "Gu Ying, you died early so you don't know that Zhao Changdu married Huo Qiyan afterwards, right?"
His shrill laughter felt like needles stabbing painfully into her heart.
Gu Ying clenched her fists tightly, trembling all over.
Yes, she did die early.
So she didn't know what happened to the prince afterwards...
Jiang Yun seemed to have guessed her thoughts. His smile deepened. "Gu Ying must be wondering what ultimately became of Zhao Changdu. I can tell you, but shouldn't you offer me some sincerity first?"
