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A few days later.
One afternoon, Li Yuan used the excuse of helping his sister-in-law carry groceries to the market and slipped out of the house with Xie Wei.
The moment they were outside, he tugged her hand and led her into a quiet, shadowed alley.
As they hurried in, Xie Wei glanced at him, amused. “Don’t even think about it. I told you before, there’s no going back. You should set your heart on Yu’er and treat her well.”
But Li Yuan suddenly said, “Have you ever wondered…who I really am?”
Her smile vanished in an instant.
Xie Yu might be innocent, but she wasn’t.
From the beginning, she had known that this Ximeng Gucheng was merely a mask. Behind it lay something far deeper…and far more dangerous.
To the average person, she, as the former Empress Dowager, had wielded unimaginable power. But even then, she’d always known she was still just a piece on the board.
And this man before her? He was likely the one tipping that board, deciding who lived and died with a flick of his wrist.
She had always made herself ignore it, played along, pretended not to see. But pretending wasn’t the same as not knowing.
Everything she said and did was addressed to Ximen Gucheng, not the terrifying force behind him.
So now, her smile faded, replaced by a calm, unfamiliar coldness.
“Whatever this senior desires…I am willing to do it,” Xie Wei said, “All I...
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