Xiao Junyi, carrying a blood feud, discovered that he had helplessly fallen in love with the daughter of his enemy. He kept telling himself that she was not her father, but he still couldn't easily let go of his hatred.
He killed Ouyang Yi to avenge himself, but lost his beloved forever.
Ouyang Yan spent year after year in the cold palace where Xiao Junyi both loved and hated her, gazing at the towering palace walls, the cold bowls of porridge, and the man who rarely came to see her...
She was destined to be a sparrow that could never escape its cage.
“Since you hate me, why don’t you kill me?” Tears streamed down Ouyang Yan’s cheeks, and her voice was hoarse. He killed my father, yet I fell in love with my father’s murderer. And I even… even carried his child.
“I want you to wish you were dead but be unable to die. I want you to live forever with regret, atoning for your father’s sins.” As Xiao Junyi spoke, the hand hidden behind his back clenched into a fist.
But the panic he felt when he heard she had fainted in the cold palace, and the overwhelming joy he felt when he heard they were having a child, those feelings could not deceive his heart.
Yet Ouyang Yan always thought Xiao Junyi was using her. After all, her blood had stained the blade that killed her father.
“Child, I can only blame your being born into the wrong family. Your mother has failed you!”
Xiao Junyi hurried away from court, but no matter how fast he rushed, all he could see was the blood strewn across the floor and the woman's pale, lifeless face.
I only hope that in our next lives, we'll both be born into ordinary families and become a loving couple.
