I couldn't stop laughing.

It's so ridiculous.

"Atan, come here,"

I walked up to Chen Xiang.

Chen Xiang opened his arms towards me.

I hugged him.

"Don't be sad, you still have me."

Turns out, he saw through my sadness.

I thought I didn't care anymore, but in reality, I still held on to illusions.

At this moment, the illusions shattered completely.

However, I wasn't that sad.

Maybe it's because this embrace feels especially warm.

Soon, I heard that the noble concubine went mad.

She claimed she wasn't the real noble concubine, that the true noble concubine was in Marquis Chen's residence, and she was merely a substitute for the noble concubine's identity.

And the one who spread the news of the noble concubine going mad was unexpectedly the Prime Minister.

"If what Sister Ah said is true, then it's a crime of deceiving the Emperor. The entire Prime Minister's residence will be buried. Only when she goes mad and speaks lies can the Prime Minister's residence be preserved."

I understood the reason behind Father's actions.

Turns out, Sister Ah also experienced being abandoned.

"Your mother had a big argument with your father because of this and she was locked up by your father." Chen Xiang told me this as if it were a joke.

Only Mother, she still favored Sister Ah as always.

Shortly after, Sister Ah was offered to the heavens.

I didn't go to see it in person.

Chen Xiang also didn't mention this matter.

However, I still heard the details from others.

Sister Ah had been cursing me, saying that I deliberately harmed her, that even as a ghost, she wouldn't let me off.

The once elegant and noble noble concubine, now no different from a madwoman.

She was engulfed by the raging fire.

Her curses turned into wailing.

I could almost imagine the scene at that time.

Yet, my mood was unusually calm.

Sister Ah, this is what you chose for yourself.

In the next life, don't be so greedy.