Chapter 134

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Jiang Wan gasped for air.

She looked at the fresh blood on her hands.

Her face was still wet with tears.

But in her heart, she had already breathed a sigh of relief.

She had escaped, and the humiliation she suffered today would be repaid a hundredfold in the future.

She had no time to look after her Grandmother.

Grandmother had been sent in and came out quickly.

Grandmother seemed to have gone mad, sometimes insane, sometimes lucid.

Fortunately, the next day, Aunt actually sent someone to pick them up.

With the Seventh Prince's army at their doorstep, Jiang Changtian had no choice but to open the gates.

She finally left this godforsaken place.

The dark room in the temple was a nightmarish place in the depths of her heart, filled with countless demons.

Thankfully, it was all over now.

She left Ming County.

Following the premonitions from her dreams, she navigated through dangers step by step.

As she had wished, she married Chu Xi and climbed the ladder of power, eventually reaching the position of Empress.

After securing her position as Empress and while pregnant with her second child, one day the Emperor invited a high monk to preach.

The high monk's face was like that of a celestial being, incredibly beautiful, making people unable to look at him directly.

Every word he spoke was like heavenly music, penetrating deep into people's hearts.

He was like a true Buddha descending to the mortal world, every movement captivating people's hearts.

Jiang Wan didn't believe in Buddhism, but she couldn't help but trust this person.

Listening to him preach Buddhism brought tears to people's eyes.

She heard the high monk still chanting sutras:

"All the evil deeds I have done in the past,

Born of beginningless greed, hatred, and delusion,

Born of body, speech, and mind,

I now confess them all."

He was reciting prayers for the deceased, his face full of compassion, his eyes calm, watching countless people die, scream, and cry. He remained calm, continuing to chant: "No anger, no delusion, no joy, no sorrow, no good, no evil..."

Jiang Wan's eyes widened. This, this high monk, it was him, it was him.

She died in terror.

As she breathed her last, the child in her womb seemed to still be moving.

The door opened.

Day broke.

Light poured in.

Jiang Wan clutched her belly, looking at her legs that were still there, and at the crowd outside.

She saw her deranged Eldest Brother.

She saw her Father, face covered in blood.

She saw her worried Grandmother.

She saw her Mom holding her Younger Sister.

She saw groups of armored men in black.

She saw Jiang Changtian sitting there with his eyes closed, resting.

His face was calm, like a true Bodhisattva, gazing at her without a ripple of emotion.

She crawled back in terror.

She wouldn't go out, she wouldn't go out, she didn't want to go out.

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