After being reborn, I came face-to-face with the emperor who had once taken me by force.
His eyes were bright with the joy of getting back what he’d lost. Mine were cold with a hatred as deep as the sea of blood between us.
At court, he praised my husband warmly: “My dear subject and his wife are truly devoted to one another.”
Beneath the palace walls, he cast aside his imperial dignity and cornered me. His eyes were bloodshot as he pleaded, “Wei Mingshu, this time... what do I have to do for you to look at me?”
I looked at him, remembering how he had died taking an arrow for me in my previous life, and slowly drew the knife from my sleeve.
“It’s simple, Your Majesty.”
“Repay everything you owed me in your last life, principal and interest.”
