Yun Wan’s gaze gradually grew dim. She lay silently beside the Lord Marquis, glancing at the man who was completely wasted and rambling incoherently. After a long period of quiet contemplation, she curled her lips into a bitter smile.
"My Lord, you may not know this, but in my past life, I exhausted every ounce of my energy for his sake. I plotted and planned with all my heart, unable to bear the thought of him taking a single wrong step and living with eternal regret. I exhausted myself completely to help him attain the position of Chief Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices."
"And what was the result? I earned only his life-long resentment. He even went so far as to join forces with his own sister to kill his mother with his own hands."
Chapter 54