(Quick Transmigration) Meat Eating Journey

Ancient Times‧Holy Monk (19-20) + Extra

Chapter 19

「Your Majesty,」 Gao Gongming cautiously raised the porcelain bowl in his hands above his head. 「You haven't eaten anything for two days. Your health is important; please eat something.」

「Leave,」 the young girl's voice was faint and ethereal, as if it might vanish into the air at any moment. Gao Gongming, kneeling beside her, did not move. She suddenly waved her hand, knocking over the porcelain bowl. 「I told you to leave! Did you hear me?!」

「Yes, yes.」 Gao Gongming repeatedly kowtowed, hesitating to speak as he glanced at the emperor's pale face, then silently retreated.

In the room, only Ye Xuan remained. No, there was also Huai Yan lying on the bed.

Her slender hand reached out, gently caressing his jade-like handsome face, sliding over his pale lips, his high nose, and finally resting on his eyes, which could never open again.

「Huai Yan... Huai Yan...」 the girl murmured softly. In the past, whenever she called him like this, the man before her would always smile and warmly respond.

How long had it been since she last heard Huaiyan's voice?

Only two days, but to her, it felt like a thousand years.

Why? She wondered. Why hadn't the world reset? Time hadn't reversed. When Lu Jin discovered her identity, the system reset the entire world. But now, with Huai Yan, the male lead, dead, he lay here quietly, lifeless.

No, Huai Yan couldn't be dead. She didn't believe it. Even if this world was fabricated, how could Huai Yan be dead?

When Huai Yan's prayer beads fell to the ground, she had frantically checked his breath and pulse with trembling hands. Everything was gone, she could feel it. Heartbeat, breathing, all signs of life were absent.

But she didn't believe it. She refused to allow anyone to take Huai Yan away or bury him. She placed him in her own palace, watching over him every day, not letting anyone near. During this time, she neither ate nor drank, paying no attention to whether Li Yunfeng's identity as a spy for the enemy had been discovered and imprisoned or whether the Empress Dowager had fallen ill in the palace out of regret.

As long as I guard him, he can come back to life, right?

Not knowing where this obsession came from, Ye Xuan almost madly believed that Huai Yan wouldn't die just like that.

She distinctly remembered it wasn't supposed to be like this. When Huai Yan shielded her from the assassination, she recalled in a daze that it wasn't supposed to be this way. There had been another Li Yunfeng who had attempted to assassinate her, and Huai Yan had tried to push her away, but she had desperately stopped him, willingly throwing herself onto the blade.

At that time, she wasn't herself anymore. She was almost entirely merged with the consciousness of the emperor Ye Xuan, making Huai Yan more important than life itself.

Ye Xuan smiled bitterly, tears streaming down her face. Even though her heart was breaking, she had to admit that when Huai Yan stepped forward, she had hesitated. Whether it was out of shock or fear of death, she couldn't say. Because of that brief hesitation, Huai Yan had taken the blow for her, leading to the current situation, so different from before.

She was an extremely intelligent person. Because of Gu Yincheng's letter, how could she not guess that her vague memories were things she had personally experienced? Before losing her memory, she had played the role of Ye Xuan many times in these fabricated worlds. With each empathetic experience, her self-awareness weakened until she was completely fused with the host body.