She Died Ever So Carefully

Chu Heng knelt in the damp, gloomy dungeon,

crying as he said, "A Yuan, how could you think I wouldn't recognize you?"

I couldn't answer him. I was dead, and I had died when peace and prosperity reigned and the whole nation was celebrating.

I thought I was Li Yuan's replacement. Only at the very end did I realize: had he ever loved Li Yuan, either?

He loved his people and his country, and he should never have loved me.

A scheming assassin like me was fit only to be a pawn.

"Chu Heng, live well. I'll try not to meet you again in my next life..."