The more she tried to forget that man, the more vividly she remembered him. She wanted to hate that man, but couldn't bring herself to do so.
"Qingchen, it's about time I told you some truths."
Zhou Chang looked at the young girl with a complicated expression. He slowly crushed the flower petals in his hand, scattering them onto the ground and stepping on them before saying, "You are not Jiang Wan's daughter."
The girl's eyes opened wide in shock.
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Inside the Empress's bedchamber.
Luo Wanqing covered her cherry lips with one delicate hand and yawned lazily. Leaning languidly on the railing, she remarked to Li Guanshi, who was standing quietly nearby:
"You wanted to play the good person, yet couldn't bear to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Ultimately, you've sent that girl down into the abyss. Li Guanshi, oh Li Guanshi, you're just as hypocritical as Jiang Wan."
Li Guanshi silently watched Jiang Erliang as she practiced swordplay in the garden, saying nothing.
