Chapter 696: We Are The Same 2 (1/2)

Muxiang was waiting for He Changdi’s calm expression to crack. However, after a long pause, nothing changed in that coolly handsome face, not even the slightest ripple.

She spoke with some hesitation, “You… you don’t believe me?”

Following that, she listed a few examples to prove that Chu Lian wasn’t the original owner of her body.

Just as her panicked fit was getting more and more intense, He Changdi abruptly barked in laughter. “If you say my wife is a freak, then what am I? And what would you be? Since you’ve come to this now, you probably didn’t have a good end in your past life either!”

He Changdi’s revelation was like a bomb to Muxiang.

She stared with widened eyes of disbelief at He Changdi.

What did he say?

He… was like her? He had reincarnated?

What kind of joke was that? How could things have happened this way?

Muxiang was about to collapse from the weight of He Changdi’s words.

She had thought that she could start afresh from the beginning, but it seemed like it had only been wishful thinking.

Everything she had done now looked laughable in comparison.

Numbness overtook her. The two people who had been a couple in their past lives now stood facing each other as sworn enemies in this jail cell.

There wasn’t any joy in He Changdi’s heart. He simply wanted this annoying grudge to come to an end sooner, so he could return to Chu Lian’s side and enjoy the warmth that belonged to im alone.

After a long period of silence, Muxiang suddenly spoke up numbly, “He Changdi, let me go. I’ll tell you a secret.”

He Changdi wanted to laugh. Even at this moment, she actually hadn’t given up. It seemed like she really wouldn’t repent until the very end.

“What secret? That you’re Lu Luan’s illegitimate daughter? I’m sure that you must have passed this news on in secret to Xiao Bojian a long time ago!”

Lu Luan was the emperor’s true name.

He Changdi had sensed that there was something off about the emperor’s attitude towards him, and how Xiao Bojian had purposely tried to get closer to Chu Lian. It was only with that extra relationship between Chu Lian and the emperor that it could all be explained.

Muxiang’s eyes were already as wide as they could go. She had never thought that He Changdi would already know of that secret.

In her past life, she had only found that out right before her death. Furthermore, she had dug it out from the inheritance that her mother had left for her. By then, He Changdi had already passed away in her past life.

Finally, the despair that had been building up overwhelmed Muxiang.

After fifteen minutes, He Changdi stepped out of the jail cell. Laiyue was guarding the door. When the manservant saw that He Changdi’s right hand was stained with blood, he could guess what had happened to the prisoner inside.

He Changdi paused in his steps and instructed him, “Take the corpse away and burn it yourself.”

Laiyue took a group of guards into the jail cell. They were greeted by the sight of the prisoner lying in the corner of the dark cell, a dagger stabbed through her chest and a grudgeful expression on her face. However, she was no longer breathing.

When He Changdi stepped out into the little courtyard outside the jail, he looked up to the dusk sky slowly giving way to the dark of night. Waves of emotions were causing ripples in the depths of his eyes.