After My Death, The Villain Blackened Again: Chapter 26

ARC 1: THE EMPEROR SCHEMES TO GRAB A MAN’S WIFE (23)

Day in and day out, Emperor Yuan imagined ways to get rid of Ming Lan once and for all. He never thought there would come a day when the woman he cared for would be associated with that man.

That man was obviously beyond the mountain pass, yet he affected him at all times.

This woman he constantly thought about and even lost sleep over could be taken by Ming Lan with a simple wave of his hand.

At this moment, Emperor Yuan was swept up by anger. He felt as if the shocking news had engulfed him in a great flame.

He remained very still for fear the slightest movement would reveal all his emotions.

Ji Zai had been chasing a palace fighting drama when it turned to stare at Yan Ge as if she was a monster.

"Blockhead, where did you learn such a trick? You’re pushing misfortune onto others. You said this, but have you thought about what the third miss of the Luo family will do in the future? Also, the emperor was so deceived by you, what if he kills Ming Lan in advance out of anger over this so-called Lady Luo? Your Ming Lan is obviously losing more than she gains."

Not waiting for Yan Ge to respond, Ji Zai shook its head and sighed: "You better clear up your identity and go become his concubine. Wouldn’t it be good if you have a child and stay together until your hairs turn white? His love trial will also be completed. I say, you really are a wooden head full of grass. What are you doing so many things for?”

"You’ve never cultivated." Yan Ge replied to Ji Zai in her mind: "You only know how to eat, drink, and poop every day. Not even the first door of cultivation has been entered, how can you know what a tribulation is? A love trial isn't as simple as you say.”

Ji Zai was not convinced: "You’re a blockhead. Don't say you understand."

"I don't understand." Yan Ge explained: "Even if I don't, I've seen countless people in the world. This mighty one has always gotten everything he wished for with ease. If you want him to comprehend his love trial, then there must be destruction before construction¹. Your idea to push the boat along with the current² will have no effect."

JI Zai thought Yan Ge was being fallacious, but it couldn’t talk through to her no matter what it said. In the end, it angrily left the sentence, "You better not make yourself bald” and went back to eating melon seeds as it watched the palace series.

Yan Ge stopped caring about Ji Zai. She gradually closed her eyes and rested her forehead on Emperor Yuan’s leg. Her voice was hoarse when she spoke: "Ming Lan and I have been acquainted since childhood. My mother died early, and my father and current mother were not fond of me. After my maternal grandmother invited me to Jiangnan, Ming Lan would always visit me whenever he passed by and brought me things. He never turned his back on me. I, I can’t abandon him."

Every measured word struck Emperor Yuan’s heart like a heavy hammer, and the breaths that left his chest felt painful.

He suddenly wanted to question her; since she did not want to be sorry for Ming Lan, then why provoke him?

Then he recalled how he was the one to provoke her in the first place. Even the opportunity in the pit was because she was given that kind of drug.

He could not be angry, nor could he question her.

"Your Majesty, I have already let him down. I cannot betray him anymore." Yan Ge's hand gripped Emperor Yuan's clothes tightly.

The corner of his clothes had been crumpled. Her voice was emotional, but it sounded extremely determined: "Would Your Grace treat it as if we never met?"

"You’re no longer a maiden." Emperor Yuan answered slowly: "If he knew, he will not be good to you in the future.”

"I do not care if he is good to me or not." Yan Ge raised her head, and her eyes seemed to be covered with a puddle of light as she looked at Emperor Yuan: "I never expected others to treat me well. It’s sufficient for me to be good to myself."

Emperor Yuan held her chin, and his fingertips rubbed over her lips: "A Yan, you clearly like me."

Her eyelashes were trembling as she pursed her lips. Lowering her eyes, she answered as if resigning herself to fate³: "Yes, I like Your Majesty."

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1. No construction wtihout destruction (不破不立 - bù pò bù lì)idiom that means one has to endure hardships and sacrifices on the path to progress↩︎
2. Push the boat along with the current (顺水推舟 - shun shuǐ tuī zhōu)idiom that means to take advantage of a situation without making any effort↩︎
3. Resign to one’s fate (认命 - rèn mìng)means to accept one’s predestined misfortune↩︎

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If the emperor isn't thinking about Ming Lan, then he's thinking about Yan Ge. So he really is thinking about her all the time.