"Later Leng Yi told me that your shoulder blades had been pierced in the imperial prison, and that even if you got out you would be a cripple. He begged me bitterly, for the sake of the many years you had followed me, to let you out, even if it meant confining you somewhere. I felt a touch of pity too. But later, Murong Qingyan feared that keeping you alive would always be a disaster, and that once you got out you would find evidence to expose her, so she chose to strike first. She colluded with the Second Prince of Wuyang State to fake a prison break and take you back to Wuyang State. Back then, I felt cuckolded; you had followed me since you were a child, and why should you be taken away by another man? Even if you died, you had to die by my side, even if it ended up being just a skeleton." Chu Hengyuan recalled this episode from his previous life.
Later, out of anger, he had ordered that as soon as the Second Prince of Wuyang State appeared in the Capital, Gu Ranran's life was to be taken immediately. Later, when Aran was truly forced by Murong Qingyan to drink poisoned wine, a piece of his heart was torn away. It was not until Leng Yi and the others later found evidence to clear Aran's name that he regretted his actions more than anything.
"Ranran, you know what? In the previous life, your name was finally entered into the Chu family's ancestral jade tablets as my wife. Later, consumed by my obsession with you, I held your spirit tablet to marry you, and even posthumous…
Chapter 89