Yan Mingxiao lay on her back on the ground, and the brief memories of the past flashed by like a revolving lantern. She felt the weight of memory and the lightness of life.

The world is a big dream.

The happiest time in her life stopped in the late spring when she was sixteen years old.

At that time, the admiring young man was still in high spirits, with his only close friend always by his side.

Collect water plants in spring, enjoy lotuses in summer, and keep blowing the music, while the flowing fire lights up the confusion.

Then, the gold is lost and the paper is drunk, the prosperity is gone, the autumn dew withers, the red regret is gone, and I blame the east wind and refuse to send the spring back.

Yes, if you think about it carefully, she had complained about Ji Ranyue.

"It would be great if she died when the Zhou Kingdom fell." This idea appeared in Yan Mingxiao's mind more than once.

Because of this, she doesn't have to make difficult choices before her best friends and lovers.

She would not hesitate to die together with Ji Ranyue, that way, it would be considered the best of both worlds.

She has neither let down her friends nor betrayed her lover, how wonderful...

"When did you and I become a being that can die together but cannot live together..."

"Because of Ji Ciyue." Ji Ranyue held her bone-cold fingertips, and a little blood oozed from the laceration on her chest.

You see, they actually know everything.

"If you want to go on alone, don't look back..."

Yan Mingxiao reluctantly raised her fingertips, but failed to hold her palm back and dropped it to the ground.

"Mingxiao!"

"Lord!"

Zhang Liang was half-kneeling on the ground, as if he was the last piece of driftwood supporting the girl.

"Why do you feel heartache for those who have abandoned you?"

Ji Ranyue shook her head slightly, not crying, her eyes were dry and empty.

"She just firmly chose Ji Ciyue between me and Ji Ciyue. It can't even be called a betrayal... It's just that people's hearts are like scales and they know their own weight."

To Yan Mingxiao, she was just a close friend who had been together for less than three years.

But to Yan Mingxiao, Ji Ciyue is the husband she wants to stay with for the rest of her life!

She just chose her love.

This is normal.

Ji Ranyue hypnotized herself like this in her mind.

"However, my lord has treated Miss Yan sincerely. In my conscience, anyone who makes my lord sad is a good... enemy."

"Zifang, you must be curious, why do I have a different affection for her alone?"

curious?

I should say it's jealousy.

Zhang Liang put away the undercurrent in his eyes and bowed his head, which was the best posture of a patient listener.

For Ji Ranyue three years ago, Yan Mingxiao's existence was a salvation.

At that time, she had just escaped from the ninth apocalyptic world.

Although the soul successfully escaped, the remaining emotions have not been extracted.

That apocalyptic plane has a double-S level of danger, but the most terrifying thing is not the dangerous and turbulent living environment created by zombies, but the human heart that is difficult to look directly at.

People, sometimes they are the least able to stand the test.

But she had to face the evil of people's hearts every day, which made her sensitive, suspicious and worried. She couldn't sleep all night long.

Even after venting her anger with a man, she lit expired tobacco, counted the falling ash bit by bit, and kept her eyes open until dawn.

When the world finally separated, both zombies and humans suffered losses, and no one gained a real victory.

The entire earth has become a desperate situation.

When she was reborn from the body of the deceased little princess and opened her eyes, the first person she saw was Mingxiao.

"My daughter is entrusted by the prince to look after the princess."

Ji Ranyue will never forget the girl's condensed and clear eyes, like the water of a green lake, which seems to reflect soft waves as it flows.

Under the gaze of such eyes, all her uneasy, gloomy and negative emotions were completely healed.

Yan Mingxiao found that she often couldn't sleep at night, thinking it was caused by the pain in her leg. He not only ordered the doctor to massage her calf to activate the menstrual blood, but also stayed with her at night with a candle lamp, burning incense and playing the piano.

The sound of the piano has a calming effect, and those nights are rare moments when she can sleep peacefully.

Her care was truly meticulous.

Not for flattery, not for flattery.

All her intentions were due to another person's casual instructions.

Ji Ciyue.

When she found out that Yan Mingxiao was actually in love with Ji Ciyue, she was so depressed that she couldn't sleep all night.

She doesn't understand.

How could such a beautiful pearl be blind and fall in love with such a wolf-hearted thing?

She hadn't thought about it, and advised Mingxiao not to stupidly offer her sincerity to Ji Ciyue.

"Don't be like this, Xiaoran. As long as I can remember, my grandfather told me, Mingxiao, that you will be the future crown princess, or even the queen, and you must serve the crown prince sincerely. Every word and deed must be a model for the women of the Zhou Dynasty.

"

She has been so strict with herself for half her life.

She wanted to be his wife and his minister, and she would never leave her for the rest of her life.

"I have grown up with His Highness the Crown Prince since childhood. Xiaoran, His Highness... is not as vicious as you think. What's more, you and His Highness are biological siblings!"

Because of her, in the past three years, all the struggles between Ji Ranyue and Ji Ciyue were kept in the dark. In front of Mingxiao, they still maintained their usual peace, just looking at each other with disgust.

Of course, this is just what Ji Ranyue thinks she dislikes.

If it weren't for the queen position that Mingxiao longed for, she would not have let Ji Ciyue ascend the throne as King of Zhou so easily when the old King Zhou passed away.

When Mingxiao was crowned queen, she was not as happy as Ji Ranyue imagined.

She smiled impeccably, and she also smiled with a bitter heart.

Just now, she unexpectedly learned that Ji Ciyue had long had an unethical intention towards his eldest sister and her only close friend.

But she was caught in the middle and became a complete joke.

On the wedding night, we had different dreams in the same bed.

The red candle cried blood, mixed with her tears, and soaked the pillow quilt.

"Don't worry, as long as the Yan family is still around, you will always be the queen of Zhou."

Of course, she would only be the queen of Zhou State, not the wife he recognized.

One step away, you are already separated by a chasm.

Does Ji Ranyue know about this?

She couldn't control herself and not vent her anger on her.

"Xiaoran..."

"What's wrong, Xiaoxiao, are you still used to living in the Zhonggong Palace? If you're not used to it, why not move back to my Yaohua Palace? I -"

"No need, I think the palace is very good, and the king will meet tonight..." A blush appeared on her cheeks.

However, the cruel thing is that Ji Ciyue did enter the middle palace that night, but instead of congratulating her, she secretly summoned ten beauties to accompany her.

Ponds of wine, forests of meat, sounds of dogs and horses.

The beautiful and depraved appearance of the young man was all reflected in her eyes.

She finally stopped laughing.

"Your Majesty, what exactly does it mean to be a concubine?"

The young man's lips curled up slightly, and the wine slid down his neck into the loose clothes. He raised her chin, his eyes were blurred, and seemed to be full of infinite affection, but the words he spat out were so cold.

"Didn't you long for the position of queen? If my sister hadn't insisted on keeping you, I wouldn't have been able to marry you as my queen."

His smile was like a sharp knife stabbing her, dripping with blood.

－－－－－－Digression－－－－－

Two words from the previous chapter have been changed, so let’s assume that Yan Mingxiao is still alive in the previous chapter.
Chapter completed!