The day I helped Nangong Rou seize the throne, she ordered nine Bone-Eating Nails driven into my shoulder blades.
It was because her male favorite claimed I had grown too powerful and harbored treasonous intentions.
She even believed his slander and, in just one year, governed the country into ruin, leaving the people destitute.
On the day the city fell, I looked at the woman I loved and used the last of my strength to ask the question I had kept buried in my heart for years:
“Was there ever a moment when you truly loved me?”
Nangong Rou didn’t answer. She only shielded the trembling male favorite in her arms.
So, in the end, she couldn’t even bring herself to look at me...
I stopped hoping. Gripping my broken sword, I charged at the enemy troops.
“Nangong Rou, I repay your kindness today. If there is another life, may we never meet again!”
As cold blades clashed, my body disappeared beneath the hundred thousand soldiers.
When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the time before the city fell.
This time, I ran without hesitation!
Whoever wants to kill her can do it!
But I had only just made it to a ruined temple when someone blocked my way.
A woman in finery lifted my chin and pinned me against the wall.
“Where are you going? Didn’t you want to hear my answer?”
