Kong Yue was back on Yun Xi's bed, and the girl hadn't changed a bit. He held Yun Xi in his arms, smelling the unique fragrance of the girl's body, and feeling how real she was. However, he was sleepless.
Kong Yue had been suffering from insomnia every night recently. Maybe this was his fate. He had to act even though he had known how dangerous it was to assassinate again.
It was another sleepless night for him. There were supposed to be a lot of stars in the sky, but it was mysteriously dim these two nights.
Staring at Yun Xi who was in sound sleep, Kong Yue couldn't help touching her face. In the past two days, he had been doing everything he could to spoil her. He had cooked for her, helped her get dressed, diverted her from boredom, played with her, and appreciated the flowers and the moon with her. He felt so sweet even though he was just watching her sleeping like this. If possible, he wanted to spoil her for a lifetime. He hoped the dawn would never come.
However, dawn was coming. It was grey dawn outside the bedroom window. Kong Yue's eyes could only see Yun Xi. He kissed the girl's pink lips. His lips lingered against hers for a long time, but he had to let her go. He put on a black night suit and a black mask. Yue looked lonely, and his mature and sharp eyes were filled with deep affection and reluctance.
A ray of morning sunlight shone in. Princess Xi was lying on the bed. Her eyes were closed but she wept bitter tears. She had felt something. In the past two days, Yue had been spoiling her, but she could see the intense reluctance hidden in his eyes. He looked at her and didn't sleep last night. In fact, she was also awake. However, she didn't want to make him worried, so she closed her eyes and pretended to be sleeping. Yun Xi did not dare to open her eyes until he left, for fear that she would never see her Yue again.
Yuer knocked on the door gently, "Princess, the imperial edict has just arrived. The king ordered you to go to the hunting ground in the western suburbs. The carriage is waiting outside, and I'll serve you to dress up."
"I don't need to dress up. I will come out after I get changed."
"Aye."
Her pure and flawless eyes opened. There were complex emotions in her eyes, most of which were anxiety and fear. However, she still had to face it.
The hunting ground in the western suburbs was extremely busy today. All girls were dressed up. They competed for the supremacy of beauty in groups with chatter and laughter. Men were all very energetic, waiting to show their strength. This place was filled with waves of laughter.
A young woman appeared, and she looked incompatible with this scene. Princess Xi was wearing a white mourning dress. There was just a simple hairpin in her long, shiny, and black hair that reached her waist. And she didn't wear any makeup. Yun Xi walked slowly towards the pavilion where King Yun was without any expression. From a distance, it seemed that she was not here to greet the king but to attend a funeral.
Princess Xi walked in the pavilion like a soulless jade doll. The princess ignored officers and princes nearby. She bowed slightly to King Yun and then walked away before King Yun spoke.
King Yun had been in a good mood. Seeing Princess Xi acting like this, he got so angry. Crown Prince Yun Su nearby came out immediately to mediate. Yun Su didn't want to come out, but this time his Sister Xi had gone too far. No king could tolerate someone wearing a mourning dress in front of him. Although King Yun could not kill her, he would not spare her easily.
"Father, you haven't been so happy as today for so long. I must hunt a big animal for you. I can't wait for the game to start."
His son was changing the topic deliberately. King Yun frowned, but he would still respect him since there were so many people here. "Well, then today's hunting shall officially begin."
Yun Su, Yun Zhi, and some princes of the Kingdom of Yun first entered the forest to hunt. Soon young officials and the sons of some ministers also joined them. Cheering sounds kept ringing outside the forest. Many noble ladies were waving their handkerchiefs in excitement, hoping that the young men in the forest could cast a look at them.
Princess Xi hid in the corner alone away from others, as if she had no relationship with this world. She was really scared. Today, she wore this mourning dress for some reason. Kong Yue happened to leave on the imperial hunting day. The helpless girl could only pray silently to gods in her heart. But no matter how pious Yun Xi was at this moment, what she feared most still happened.
A great number of people in black suddenly appeared in the imperial hunting ground. The people in black separated slowly, leaving a path for one person to pass. A leading man with mature and sharp eyes appeared. There was an irresistibly domineering temperament on his countenance. He was holding a sharp sword in his hand and he drew a trace on the ground. The man looked directly at King Yun in the pavilion with the compelling sharpness in his eyes.
This time, soldiers rushed out and stopped them in the middle of the hunting ground. They fought with the black-clothed men far away from the pavilion. People in black rushed up desperately one by one, brandishing their swords and fighting frantically. They didn't care their bodies had been cut for so many times. Facing these desperadoes, the soldiers also braced up to attack. One fell and another one replaced his place. The scene was out of control.
Those princes, ladies, and noblemen were in a mess, especially those who had been at the prince's birthday banquet. Were they cursed? How could they always get involved in battles wherever they went! When they were back home, they would offer incense to worship Buddhas. People kept screaming, shouting, and crying. They were running for their lives desperately, especially people around the hunting ground. They wanted to escape, but they were surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
The leading man in black was a master of martial arts. He was very strong. When the men in black gradually gained the upper hand gradually, however, many hunters with bows and arrows suddenly appeared around the hunting ground. The whole hunting ground was surrounded tightly. Obviously, this was a trap.
Yun Xi had been staring at the leading man in black since he appeared. She ignored the noise and people running around her. She looked at the man in black, paying attention to everything about him. At this moment, Yun Xi only cared about him and she could only see him. She walked slowly in his direction.
The blood became to blur Yun Xi's visual field. This was a massacre. The people in black were shot one by one, and their weapons fell to the ground. Blood was flowing everywhere. Even though they were dead, they were still protecting their leader, their master with their bodies.
Men in black had already been surrounded by corpses. The breathing of the living people gradually became faint, and there were fewer people alive. On the left hand of the leading man in black, a man in black had an arrow in his right arm. However, he was still protecting his master with a determined face and his unskilled left hand desperately was chopping the arrows shooting towards them. The man in black on his right yelled loudly with bleeding eyes and mouth.
The leading man threw away his sword. He took out an inferior forgery pearl from his arms and held it tightly in his hand. His mature and sharp eyes saw Yun Xi approaching him slowly. He stared at her and shook his head desperately. The despair in his eyes was because he cared about her so much.
The girl looked at him and smiled. She continued to walk towards him with a pure smile. An arrow shot into the ground in front of the girl. It almost killed her but still couldn't stop her.
Yun Zhi rushed back. He saw this scene and the reckless Yun Xi. He wanted to go there to stop her, but he was stopped by Li Yi desperately. Yun Zhi kept calling her "Xier" like crazy.
But the girl didn't look at him at all. Now she could only see her Yue. Ignoring the arrow rain shooting at the men in black, she continued to approach her Yue. She was getting closer and closer to him. Suddenly, the girl was held in one man's arms. It was Crown Prince Yun Su.
Yun Su had always been gentle and elegant. He would never expect that Yun Xi would be so willful at the risk of her own life. Yun Su was stimulated by the girl in front of him, and his fake elegant demeanor disappeared.
"Take a good look! That man will die today. You will never see him again."
Yun Xi didn't say anything. She tried to break free from Yun Su's arms desperately. She could only see Kong Yue who kept shaking his head. He didn't want his beloved woman to die for him. Yue only hoped that she could stay alive. The eye contact of the two people deeply hurt Crown Prince holding the girl.
"Sister Xi, your parents were killed by my father, and your country was annihilated by the Kingdom of Yun. You have been imprisoned by us for almost seven years. Now you can watch carefully. The man you love is about to be shot to death by arrows. You must know that we will still be the most honorable people on this continent and the Kingdom of Yun will still be the greatest country after your death. Do you believe in the nonsense prophecy? Can you accept the fact that your dearest and beloved people die in vain?" Yun Su said these words in Yun Xi's ear deliberately. He knew that she no longer cared about her life, so he wanted her to have a motivation to be alive, even though it was hatred.
Hearing Yun Su's words, Yun Xi's eyes got dim. The unprecedented pain irritated her heart more deeply. Tears streamed out, blurring her eyes. She tried her best to open her eyes, but she stopped struggling.
The girl watched Yue's men dying one by one around him. There were corpses everywhere when she looked around. Suddenly, everything seemed to be overly peaceful and quiet. She could only hear arrows piercing the sky and entering bodies with devastation and lifeless despair.
Those ruthless arrows finally shot into Kong Yue's body, one after another. They seemed to shoot into her heart and the pain lingered. Her heart was not merely hurt. It was broken and could no longer be complete.
Her Yue had been staring at her, clenching his fists tightly. His mature and sharp eyes were filled with pity for the girl. His eyes were never closed until the end of his life. He fell on corpses and never got up again. Yun Xi's heart had been torn apart, and the pain was so severe that her tears were running out and she could no longer cry. However, she still forced herself to look at everything in front of her.
When Kong Yue and others could no longer breathe, arrows stopped shooting out. There were only tragic scenes left in the imperial hunting ground with corpses everywhere. The world was amazingly quiet. Sometimes people were alive, but they felt much worse than being dead. Death could also be a relief because some living people had to bear too much.
Unexpectedly, Yun Xi broke away from Yun Su and ran over to hold Kong Yue in her arms among those corpses. She pulled down the black mask on his face, revealing his exquisite and handsome face. She kissed his thin lips that were losing temperature gradually. One of her small hands opened his clenched fist at the same time in secret. He was holding the only gift she gave him. The pearl still carried the last trace of warmth of his body. She held it in her hand, and she couldn't feel any pain. She must remember everything that happened today. One day, she would make the whole Kingdom of Yun pay the price.
Yun Su suddenly felt regretful. He shouldn't have arranged everything deliberately. A few days ago, Yuer brought him a piece of news that drove him crazy. She saw Kong Yue pouring well water on his body by the well. His soaked clothes were attached to his body, so Yuer could see Kong Yue's chest. Yuer was no longer ignorant. She could tell the difference immediately. It was the time when Yuer knew that Kong Yue was a man.
Yun Su had been suspicious of Kong Yue. Hearing that he dared to kiss his Sister Xi, Yun Su wanted to make him the scapegoat of the assassination. He had been planning for it. After knowing that Kong Yue was a man, he thought of his young uncle Yun Hai who looked like Kong Yue immediately. Yun Hai's mother was a princess of the Kingdom of Xuan. Yun Su investigated it in secret as soon as he had the clue of the Kingdom of Xuan. As expected, it turned out that Kong Yue was from the Kingdom of Kong and he was the mastermind of that birthday banquet assassination.
Therefore, Yun Su suggested his father go hunting and leaked the news to the spy of the Kingdom of Kong deliberately. He had arranged this siege show. It was also Yun Su who invited Princess Xi here in the name of his father. He wanted Yun Xi to watch the death of her beloved man with her own eyes. He wanted her to give up.
Yun Su also had no idea when his feeling for Yun Xi had already become love. Perhaps because of his perverted possessiveness, he wanted her so much and he thought he would get her one day. He even had planned to fight against his father for her since a long time ago.
Yun Su wanted to hide in the dark in the first place. He didn't want her to know that he had arranged everything. Yun Su still wanted to pretend to be a nice guy in front of her. But today, he lost his mind because of her desperation. He completely forgot his elegant manners which he was proud of. He didn't want her to die or sacrifice. He would also never allow her to leave him. Yun Su would not let go of her at the price of imprisoning her for a lifetime, exposing everything, or being hated by her.
The hunting ground of the western suburbs in front of them had been a beautiful place with clear waters and green hills. However, now it was dyed red with blood.
In the middle of the corpses of the men in black, Princess Xi was holding Kong Yue who had lost his temperature. She was still kissing him as if there were only the two of them left in the world. It was a kind of weird beauty.
King Yun looked at Yun Xi. He seemed to see that woman again-her mother, Mengxi, the only woman King Yun had ever loved in his life. He hated her betrayal. In the end, she died with King Shui who was old enough to be her father rather than coming back to him. Therefore, he did not hesitate to annihilate the Kingdom of Shui and took away the bastard of King Shui and her as a sacrifice. Yun Xi he saw now was as lowly as her mother. No, she was worse than her mother. It was obvious that his favorite son had been in love with her. At this moment, King Yun's eyes had shown the intention to kill her. However, he could not kill her immediately because she was a sacrifice.
"Lock up that bitch and imprison her in her room. Take good care of her! I want her to be sacrificed alive."
"Your Majesty, please spare Princess Xi and allow me to keep an eye on her."
"Su, what are you talking about? You have disappointed me too much. How can someone who does great things gets distracted by a woman."
"Your Majesty, I said please spare Princess Xi."
"Yun Su, do you still know you are the Crown Prince? This woman can't be alive. Are you guys deaf? Send Crown Prince back to his palace!"
But not a single soldier came forward at this moment. A group of veterans echoed King Yun's words. However, no one responded no matter how they lost their temper, glared at others, and made noises. The scene was very weird.
Crown Prince Yun Su changed his cautious look. He walked towards the corpses all over the ground and pulled up Yun Xi who was still holding Kong Yue. He hugged the girl in his arms tightly, ignoring her struggle.
"Your Majesty, I didn't want to force you, but she is the person that I care about the most."
"What do you want to do, you unfilial son!"
"Now I can only make you the father of the king earlier than expected." As soon as Crown Prince finished his words, a soldier stepped forward and caught King Yun.
King Yun was so angry that he cursed, "Unfilial son, how dare you rebel. Do you know the Kingdom of Yun will perish if she isn't sacrificed? Do you want to destroy the century-old foundation of our kingdom for a woman?"
"I don't believe the foundation of my kingdom depends on sacrificing a woman."
"You rebellious beast. I am going to give the world to you sooner or later, but you are in such a hurry to usurp the throne."
"Your Majesty, I didn't mean to do so. My mother was beaten to death by you back then. I was too young to stop you. But now, no one can touch the person I care about."
"What did you say?"
"Well... you don't care about my mother at all, let alone taking it seriously. Father, you can rest assured and live out your life in retirement, and your son will take care of everything for you. If anyone has any problems with my succession, you can step forward now. "
As soon as Yun Su finished his words, many dissatisfied officials and some young princes stepped forward. Yun Su waved his hand. Their heads were immediately cut off by the soldiers nearby before they stood firm and utter a word. The scene was so bloody. People kept screaming and everything was chaotic.
"I will kill people who scream again." When Yun Su said this, the expression on his face was still so gentle and harmless. However, his words had shocked all the people present. All the people were covering their mouths, fearing that they would be killed because of making a sound.
Yun Su suddenly leaned down and said to Yun Xi in his arms, "Sister Xi, I became an unfilial son only for saving you." After he finished his words, he forcibly took away the girl who had been looking at Kong Yue.
The succession began and ended so inexplicably. After Yun Su succeeded to the throne, he was renamed the emperor. Kings became emperors, and the Kingdom of Yun became the Empire of Yun.
Yun Su took the girl to the bedroom of Crown Prince which was about to become history. Today, he saw what the girl did and her desperation. He saw her kissing Kong Yue who had been dead in front of so many people. He had totally lost his mind.
Yun Xi was thrown on the bed by him. Yun Su rushed to kiss the girl's pink lips frantically, ignoring her desperate struggle. He still did not stop when Yun Xi bit his tongue and the smell of blood filled his entire mouth. Blood flowed down from their mouths that had never been separated, dripping on the young girl's neck as white as jade. It looked indescribably weird and charming.
The girl couldn't struggle, and she kept holding Kong Yue's pearl in her hand. She clenched it tightly, but she couldn't stop the man. After a long time, he finally let go of her and seized her hands with a big hand.
At that moment, she was desperate, and her hope was gone. Yun Xi no longer struggled. She knew that no one would come to rescue her no matter what happened to her. Her Yue had gone. Besides, her struggle would only make Yun Su even crazier. Now everything was inevitable. The only thing she could do was holding tightly onto the pearl with the last trace of warmth of Kong Yue. Her suffering was like being bitten by a dog. One day, she would kill the dog by dismembering its body.
However, Yun Su suddenly stopped. The girl's silence calmed him down. He felt strange and raised his head to look at the girl under him.
Yun Xi was biting her own lips. Fresh blood was dripping down from her lips. It had been his blood, and now she was also bleeding. She looked above the bed blankly without tears. Her heart couldn't be more broken. For all this time, Yun Xi only held on to the pearl belonging to Kong Yue and stopped resisting.
Yun Su felt so painful when he saw such a desperate girl. It was like a basin of cold water pouring down to quench his sexual impulse. He called her anxiously, "Sister Xi."
However, Yun Xi did not answer Yun Su. She raised her eyes to stare at Yun Su. Her eyes changed from being helpless to mature and tough. There was also deep hatred in her eyes.
At this moment, Yun Su felt pitiful and panicked, so he stopped. He hugged Yun Xi tightly, "Sister Xi, don't hate me. Don't hate me. I won't touch you again. I will wait for you to forget Kong Yue, okay?"
But Yun Xi pushed him away immediately. She pulled the quilt on the other side to cover the shame on her body.
"Then you can go away."
She had a soft voice, but it showed a ruthless coldness. This was the first time that Yun Su had heard her voice, and it sounded so indifferent.
Yun Su didn't feel annoyed at all. He was flustered. After all, his Sister Xi had suffered too much today. But he didn't regret it. He would kill Kong Yue sooner or later. His only regret was that he shouldn't let her witness it. He hugged Yun Xi who was hiding in the bed. Ignoring her hatred, he kissed her on the forehead and left the room.
Soon a bathtub was brought to the room. Yuer came in to serve her. Yun Xi said, "Go away", and she walked directly into the bathtub. Yuer clenched her fists in resentment. Why did Yun Xi become the Crown Prince's woman instead of her? Yuer suddenly had an evil idea. She left the room quickly and ran to the study room of the Crown Prince.
The water in the bathtub submerged Yun Xi's head, and her tears were mixed in the water. She didn't come to the top until she was unable to breathe. She desperately washed her body Yun Su had touched. Fortunately, she was still a virgin. However, compared with her body, she cared more about Kong Yue's death. She tightly held the pearl in her hand and placed it on her chest. All her pain was deeply suppressed. The girl stopped crying. She put on her clothes. Yun Xi wanted to stay alive to make all the people who had hurt her beloved ones pay the price. She wanted to make them come to a sticky end.
Xiyan Palace had been energetic because of them. After that day, it was even more deserted than before without any trace of people. Everything looked the same as usual. However, the beauty under that phoenix tree was no longer there.
Yun Xi never stepped into Xiyan Palace again, let alone Yuer. That place was special and sacred to Yun Xi. There were so many memories of her and Kong Yue in this place. It was obvious that Kong Yue was set up this time. Now she had to find out who betrayed Kong Yue and the people who had destroyed the Kingdom of Shui in the past.
Yun Xi was no longer the pure and innocent Princess Xi. She now wore a mourning dress every day to grieve for her Yue. From her perspective, she had been Kong Yue's wife. The only person Princess Xi trusted now was Yun Zhi. However, she didn't want to expose him, so she waited for him to contact her. That afternoon, a servant girl called Honger approached her voluntarily. After Honger told her the details of the three people on the Seventh Night of July, Yun Xi finally believed that she was Yun Zhi's person.
She was one of Yun Zhi's people in the imperial palace. With Honger, she could communicate with Yun Zhi more conveniently. Of course, Yun Xi would not talk to Honger casually. Sometimes Yun Xi was watching flowers while Honger was watering the flowers nearby. Yun Xi was at the window of the room while Honger was outside the window. Yun Xi was in front of a tree while Honger was behind the tree... The two people talked secretly. They scarcely talked to each other face to face. Now Yun Xi had to be very careful about every step she took. After all, Yun Su was watching her.
Fortunately, Yun Su didn't force her anymore except for that night. However, he stayed next to her every day after the imperial court session ended. He liked to watch her even when he was reviewing the reports. He only left when he was about to sleep at night. However, Yun Xi didn't want to say a word to him, and she treated him as air. He has never been annoyed. Yun Su had always believed that she would compromise one day if he always stayed with her. However, he didn't know that some hatred couldn't be forgotten just because of compromise.
It was getting hotter. A woman wearing a mourning dress sat in the pavilion of Imperial Garden on an ordinary morning. She wore a plain hairpin with her hair tied in a simple bun, and she held onto an ordinary pearl in her hand.
The young woman was pondering on the main participants who had annihilated the Kingdom of Shui. Yun Zhi had helped her find them out. She was also thinking about Yuer, who set up Kong Yue and went to the Crown Prince for shelter.
Unexpectedly, a few people dressed up as court eunuchs appeared in the Imperial Garden. They sneaked close to the woman in the pavilion. Yun Xi was going to call someone over after she noticed the incoming people. However, the court eunuchs suddenly knelt one after another.
"Princess, we finally found you," one of them in the front spoke.
"Who are you?" Yun Xi felt a little strange. She even didn't have enough time to hide the pain in her eyes and pull out an indifferent look.
"Princess, we are the generals of the Kingdom of Shui. Since our kingdom was destroyed, we have been looking for opportunities to meet you."
The court eunuch in the front said with tears filling his eyes. Court eunuchs behind him were also about to cry. The Kingdom of Shui was annihilated, and they lost all their family. They had no way to revenge. The only member left of the royal family was Princess Shui Yinzhu. They finally met their princess after all the hardships.
Yun Xi's heart twitched. She saw the sincerity in their eyes. Besides, no one would deceive her because she was useless now. However, the princess had been through so much that she would no longer be as naive as before. She still felt doubtful.
"The Empire of Yun has been heavily guarded. How did you get in?"
"It was all thanks to your servant girl, Yuer."
"Yuer? What? Tell me everything in detail." Yun Xi felt more suspicious after she heard the name.
"Princess, this is the story. We found Miss Yuer last year, and we wanted to meet you. However, we were arrested by the Crown Prince Yun Su of the Kingdom of Yun back then and imprisoned in his secret chamber."
"Then how did you escape?"
"It was Miss Yuer who secretly set us free. She also found a place for us to treat our wounds. This time, she even prepared court eunuch's uniforms for us so that we could come to meet you!"
"What? No... you have been set up!" Yun Xi soon detected the hidden conspiracy, but she was still a step late.
Yuer's voice rang from afar, "Your Majesty, I did not lie to you. Princess Xi asked me to release the generals of the Kingdom of Shui. They are planning to kill you."
As she finished her sentence, the young emperor Yun Su, who looked gentle and warm, appeared in the Imperial Garden with a large group of guards. The guards soon surrounded Yun Xi and the court eunuchs in the pavilion. Yuer had dressed up deliberately, and she stood beside Yun Su. However, Yun Su completely ignored her. He walked towards Yun Xi slowly while the guards caught the generals of the Kingdom of Shui swiftly.
"Sister Xi, do you have anything to explain to me?" Yun Su soon walked to Yun Xi and held the woman in white in his arms, although she didn't even want to look at him. He knew Yun Xi would not talk to him, so he continued, "Sister Xi, I didn't mean to kill these people from the Kingdom of Shui. I just wanted them to help me keep you around. However, it seems that they must die now."
"What do you want to do, Yun Su? They didn't want to kill you. It was all Yuer's conspiracy." Yun Xi didn't care about her own life, but she cared about the people of the Kingdom of Shui.
"I know. It's just that I'm afraid they will take you away. You can only be mine. Kill them all!"
"Please... let them go. I will never leave."
"It's impossible. I won't give you any chance to escape. Kill them."
Yun Su's voice was still as gentle as his appearance. However, after he finished his sentence, the generals of the Kingdom of Shui were all killed one by one before they reacted.
Yun Xi yelled madly, and her eyes turned red. However, her heart didn't hurt so much, maybe because she was accustomed to despair. After a long time, she calmed down gradually and re-adjusted her mentality.
"Yun Su, you are so cruel. Human lives mean nothing to you. I, Shui Yinzhu, swear that I will destroy your empire one day."
Yun Xi's voice was soft, but she uttered every word while she gnashed her teeth. She said it like an oath. After she finished her words, she pushed Yun Su away with all her strength. Her eyes had been cold, but now they became even icier, more frigid than the freezing winter. Standing in the pavilion, she was like a reborn Rakshasa in mourning dress. She was no longer the innocent Princess Xi.
Yuer saw Yun Xi's look, and she felt a little scared. She said to Yun Su immediately, "Your Majesty, you see, I didn't lie to you. You can't allow an assassin to stay by your side."
"Yuer, there are many things to be settled between us." Yun Su didn't speak, but Yun Xi's soft and beautiful voice rang again, with a trace of threat. Yun Xi suddenly showed a charming and enchanting smile, "Yun Su, leave Yuer to me."
"Sure. You can do whatever you want." Yun Su had no good impression of Yuer. This girl had framed his Sister Xi so many times and treated him like a fool. In the past, he didn't kill her only because she still had value to use. Now since Sister Xi wanted to have fun, he didn't mind doing her a favor. "Catch Yuer and send her to Princess Xi. You guys will follow Princess Xi and obey her orders from now on."
Yuer couldn't believe her ears. The man she loved had saved her and killed all the beggars for her. However, now he did not care about her life at all. She kept begging him, "Your Majesty, you can't do this. I will be killed by Princess Xi. Your Majesty, I did everything just for you, and I treats you sincerely..." However, no one would appreciate her performance, no matter what she said.
Yun Xi turned her head to face Yun Su and said, "Yun Su, send the bodies of the generals of the Kingdom of Shui back to their homeland."
"Okay. You have my words."
After Yun Su finished speaking, he wanted to get closer to Yun Xi. However, Yun Xi turned around and left without looking at the dead bodies on the ground. In fact, their death was not totally a bad thing. At least they were free now, and she would have no worries in the future. There was no warmth in the eyes of the woman in mourning dress.
...
The room was bathed in the morning sunlight. Yun Xi changed her mourning dress into a red dress. This was the first time she put on a dress with a color other than white. The dress was gorgeously red, as bright as the color of blood as if it's dyed by the blood of all her loved ones.
The dress made this pure beauty look even more enchanting. Yun Xi now was as tempting as poppy flowers. Her inherent purity was replaced by mercilessness.
Yun Xi only wore the ordinary hairpin she had been wearing. Now there was an ordinary pearl on it. She had asked people to make it overnight. Wearing it on her head, she felt that Kong Yue was with her forever...
The Imperial Study Room was supposed to be the most sacred and inviolable place in the palace of the Empire of Yun. However, a beautiful woman was sitting on the throne at this moment. She was dressed in red without makeup, only a simple hairpin with a pearl on her black hair. Her eyes had been pure and clean. Now they looked enchanting but filled with hatred. Two soldiers in front of the desk pushed Yuer to kneel on the ground.
Yun Xi stared at her nails without looking up, "Yuer, I don't think I have ever treated you badly."
"Princess, forgive me... please forgive me!"
"What have you done to deserve my forgiveness?"
"Princess, I haven't done anything bad. There was a little misunderstanding between us."
"Misunderstanding? I have never been so patient as today-now let's discuss our misunderstanding. I can forgive you even though you have framed me. However, you should not involve the person that I cared about. You had revealed the whereabouts of Yue many times, making Yue fall into the trap. You can not atone for your sins even if I kill you thousands of times. Yuer, you also framed the generals of the Kingdom of Shui. Without you, they would have been imprisoned instead of being killed. Don't you think you deserve to die?"
"What do you want to do? What do you want to do? Your Majesty, save me! Please save me!"
"I want your life. I wonder who will come to save you."
"No, I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I still want to be His Majesty's concubine."
"Yuer, should I say you are bad, or should I say you are naive? If that man was interested in you, do you think you would be here?"
"It's all your fault. It's you who hung out with the other men and seduced His Majesty. I did nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong! You are a bitch... you are a witch. You will die like a dog..."
"Don't gag her and let her keep cursing. You guys cut off her fingers and toes one by one. By the way, go to call an imperial physician. I want her to be alive. I am going to TAKE MY TIME TO PLAY WITH HER."
The desperate screaming of the girl filled the whole Imperial Study Room. Her crying made people shudder. People in the imperial palace who passed by couldn't help but tremble with fear. The princess was no longer the pure and innocent doll. Everyone quickened their pace hastily. They all wanted to be far away from the Imperial Study Room.
A man who looked gentle and harmless in a golden imperial robe stood at the door for a long time and didn't leave. His Sister Xi had changed, and it was he who had changed her. He didn't know how to love her, but he didn't regret it. He hadn't felt love since he was a little boy. Yun Su was obsessed with Yun Xi, and he wanted to keep her for the rest of his life.
The door of the Imperial Study Room opened, and Yun Xi walked out. Yun Su immediately greeted her and tried to hug her. The woman avoided him and stepped straight forward.
Yuer had lost all her fingers and toes in the room, but an imperial physician was keeping her alive. She saw the golden color of the emperor's cloth and cried out, "Your Majesty, help me!"
The new young emperor didn't even look at her. He followed his Sister Xi in a hurry. Meanwhile, Yun Xi did not know that Yun Su had already been in trouble in the Congress because of her. Rumors spread everywhere. To protect her, he had totally become a tyrant in people's eyes. Yun Su would meet all her wishes. He was willing to give her the whole world as her toy, let alone Yuer, who was just a disgusting little servant girl...
Every day, Yun Xi would go to the Imperial Study Room to see if Yuer was still alive. Unexpectedly, today there was an uninvited guest. Fifth Princess of the Empire of Yun had been spoiled, and now she was still reckless. She ran over and stopped the woman in red who was about to go to the Imperial Study Room. There was a charming smirk on the innocent face of the woman in red. She was not a pure girl anymore, "Fifth Princess, what do you want from me?"
"You disgusting slut. You have seduced Zhi, and I heard that you also slept with my big brother. Why don't you go to hell?"
"Send Fifth Princess back."
Yun Xi left this sentence and ignored Fifth Princess. She passed by her and continued to head to the Imperial Study Room. Fifth Princess was even angrier and kept cursing because of Yun Xi's arrogant behavior. However, she couldn't catch up with Yun Xi because the woman in red had the professional guards arranged by Yun Su to protect her. Fifth Princess was stopped by the guards. They even sent her back forcibly.
Yun Xi did not intend to kill her even though Fifth Princess was obstinate. After all, she was just a spoiled princess who was not involved in annihilating the Kingdom of Shui, killing her parents, or harming her Yue. Even though Fifth Princess almost killed her, Yun Xi wouldn't mind it as long as Fifth Princess didn't touch the people she cared about.