Chapter 201: Surprise

The Empress opened her eyes, red flames burning in them, allowing her to see everything even inside the coffin.

Where am I? It seems to be inside a coffin. Didn’t I perish together with the Kunpeng? How did I end up here?

The empress tried to think, but deep within her soul, she felt a sharp pain, making it impossible for her to ponder on these matters.

At the same time, the experiences of Su Mengli in this life played out vividly in her mind, like a passing panorama, which even made the Empress, who was domineering and awe-inspiring, blush a bit.

However, the Empress did not get angry. At this moment, she realized that she was just a wisp of residual soul, a fragment of memory. The true owner of this body was the Su Mengli who was so passionate about love, not her, the Empress who ruled over all.

The Empress’s memories were not complete. In her recollection, there was no mention of Ye Xuan’s rebirth.

She speculated that her residual soul had arrived in a parallel world, a world entirely different from her previous life.

However, why did she die so quickly in this life, even though she felt slightly happier than in her previous life?

No, she hadn’t died in this life. Her soul was intact. It was just that her awakening as a residual soul had temporarily plunged her main soul into slumber.

But even though she was only in a state of slumber, how did she end up being placed in a coffin? Was she captured by someone?

In her previous life, the Empress had reached great heights and possessed immense power, but she was not impulsive in her actions.

She could sense that her abilities in this world were only at ten percent development, much lower than her parallel world self. Therefore, she needed to plan before acting.

Subsequently, the Empress looked at Ye Xuan again. Why was this kid so unlucky?

In her world, his whole family died shortly after, and in this parallel world, although she didn’t know the fate of his family, she was dead now. Why was he so unlucky?

It was only at this moment that the Empress noticed that Ye Xuan was dressed as a groom, while she herself was in a bride’s attire.

The Empress was even more surprised. What was going on? Did the bride and groom die on their wedding day and then get placed in coffins?

The Empress had only skimmed through Su Mengli’s memories earlier and hadn’t figured out what was happening. Could it be some cheesy plot like the Butterfly Lovers or Romeo and Juliet?

In a rush, the Empress searched through this memory segment and breathed a sigh of relief after understanding the situation. Thankfully, it was a normal death in battle.

If it had been some melodramatic love entanglement or misunderstanding leading to a suicide pact, it would have been embarrassing for her parallel world self!

Although the Empress had clarified her situation, she did not act recklessly.

Based on the memories of this world, apart from her experiences, there weren’t many differences between the two worlds. So, in this world, was there also an old rival?

That guy seemed to enjoy manipulating and playing with corpses. Perhaps, she could set a trap and help China solve some problems?

The wise Empress made this decision and lay quietly in the coffin, watching Ye Xuan.

After observing for a while, the Empress suddenly felt that Ye Xuan was quite handsome.

Speaking of which, he was her groom, her legitimate husband. In this parallel world, she had shared many intimate moments with him.

The Empress, who had never been in love, suddenly felt a bit envious of her parallel world self.

After watching those memories, the Empress became curious. What did a kiss feel like? Her parallel world self seemed to enjoy that feeling a lot!

At this moment, the Empress didn’t feel too sad because she was looking at things from an outsider’s perspective.

This was a parallel world, not her own. The intimacy between Ye Xuan and Su Mengli that she witnessed did not anger her. Seeing Ye Xuan’s death did not make her very sad either.

On the contrary, with only a wisp of residual soul left, Empress suddenly felt mischievous. She wanted to try how a kiss felt!

Surely, the original owner of this body wouldn’t object, right? After all, they had done much more outrageous things many times before!

Therefore, the Empress made a move, adjusted her posture, and kissed Ye Xuan’s lips.

As a residual soul, the Empress’s combat awareness was clearly not as sharp as in her previous life.

She didn’t notice that as she revived, Ye Xuan’s heart in his chest began to beat slowly.

Sharing the same fate, when Su Mengli consumed the Death Fruit, cutting off her vitality, Ye Xuan followed suit, losing consciousness completely.

Later, when the side effects of the Death Fruit erupted, Su Mengli died, and her consciousness fell silent.

Then, the Dog Curse took effect, reviving Su Mengli, temporarily putting her main soul into a dormant state, while the Empress’s residual soul took over the body.

With Su Mengli’s revival, Ye Xuan’s vitality gradually recovered.

When Empress’s lips touched Ye Xuan’s, he opened his eyes, and their gazes met, creating a somewhat awkward atmosphere.

Looking at Empress, Ye Xuan silently thought, “System, is she Mengli or the Empress now?”

The system seemed embarrassed and took a few seconds before replying, “She is the Empress.”

“But didn’t you say the Empress doesn’t like me? Why did she kiss me then?” Ye Xuan asked, slightly annoyed.

The system, feeling irritated, responded, “How would I know? I haven’t had such a previous owner. It’s embarrassing and lacks dignity!”

When Ye Xuan asked this question, he had already guessed the answer.

Because Su Mengli’s kiss was too awkward and inexperienced, it was evident that it couldn’t be this world’s Mengli…

However, the Empress had already kissed him. Would it be inappropriate to expose the truth?

Thinking this, Ye Xuan pretended to be clueless and asked, “Mengli, what’s going on?”

Empress’s heart was racing, feeling anxious. It was fortunate that he didn’t know she was an impostor; otherwise, it would have been disastrous…

“We both should have died and been placed in coffins. Now we might have been resurrected, right?” the Empress said slowly.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xuan replied, “Really? Then why are we still inside the coffin? Shouldn’t we get out first?”

Shaking her head, Empress said, “Let’s wait. It’s been a long time since you saw your parents, right? This carriage is heading back to Jiangcheng. It would be a nice surprise for them.”

Looking at Empress, Ye Xuan hesitated and asked, “Are you sure this is a surprise and not a shock?”

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