Cui Lingyao said, "First, with so many people around, gossip was inevitable. The idea of a soul returning in another's body is too outlandish. I couldn't reveal my identity under the public eye."
"Second, I had just gone through the 'accident' of being pushed into the water by your concubine. Seeing you again... my feelings were complicated, to say the least. I couldn't just show up with an unfamiliar face and a body full of aphrodisiac poison, run to you, and announce that I was your Princess Consort who'd been dead for three years."
'Third, she had returned with a system mission. As long as she was in her right mind, she wouldn't have revealed herself to him without a proper plan.'
Of course, this was a reason Cui Lingyao would not voice.
She stopped, paused for a moment, and asked him, "Are those two reasons enough?"
Xie Jinbai looked at her and nodded with difficulty. "Enough."
