Clad in white as brilliant as snow, with a face handsome as polished jade, he gently brushed my hair and murmured, “How could I ever deserve such fortune? To have you as my wife is all I could wish for in this life…”
It was also him, still dressed in white as brilliant as snow, still gentle as jade, who seized my chin and forced me to drink an abortifacient.
Beneath his fine, feminine brows, his alluring phoenix eyes rippled with tenderness. “Actually, I’ve wanted to know for a long time: if I took you by force, would Heaven punish me?”
It was also him, the beauty mark at the corner of his eye red as blood, who cruelly throttled me and roared, “The duty of Snowshadow Palace is to execute those who defy Heaven!”
He had sharp brows and bright eyes, with strikingly handsome features as chiseled as a blade. Unmistakable pain filled his gaze. “I know you’re scheming to take my throne, but you’re the one who tempted me. How could I bring myself to refuse?”
It was also him, dressed in black with his hair tied back, godlike as he looked down at me. His eyes brimmed with mockery and disgust. “Touch you? You’re filthy. Why not go serve as a camp follower in the Red Flame Army? If you satisfy them, perhaps I’ll consider sparing your mother’s life.”
At a single thought, flowers bloomed.
What I took for true love was actually a lie.
And what I took for a lie was true love?
The ridiculous thing is, I can’t even tell the difference…
I fought fate and challenged Heaven, only for it all to become a joke. One wrong step led to another. I defied Heaven and changed his fate, but I can’t bring back the time that’s gone or rewrite my own life…
