A disgusting and pungent smell had filled the air. The sound of wailing showed that a cruel slaughter was going on. The sound of knives and swords cutting through people’s body had shocked everyone. The number of corpses on the ground kept increasing, and they were about to pile up like a hill. There seemed to be nothing left but the color of red in this world, dyeing the mansion of the Mengs, where once lived the most prosperous and richest family in Huaiyang City.
A royal edict was announced to the public - the Mengs was in treacherous collusion with foreign kingdoms. They forged the former king’s last royal edict and tried to break the laws. They had committed unforgivable sins, and the entire clan of the Mengs should be executed. But the new king was about to ascend the throne. He was merciful, so he spared the daughters of the Mengs and allowed them to work in brothels while others should all be executed.
Last night, Meng Xi, the eldest daught
When Crown Prince Yun woke up, it was already three days later. The sun was shining on his body. He had stopped bleeding long ago and had been properly bandaged. Although his wound began to scab, the pain was still there, reminding him of the truth that he didn’t want to face. As soon as he was awake, the eunuchs and palace maids watching him all night rushed to inform the Noble Consort. While Crown Prince Yun was still overwhelmed by the pain physically and mentally, the Noble Consort had arrived and hugged her son. “My son, you finally woke up. You had no idea how scared I was when you came back that day.” “Mother, Xier saw me kill the Mengs. She’ll never talk to me again.” “That bitch. How dare she hurt my son! I’m going to kill her.” Hearing that, Crown Prince Yun pushed the Noble Consort away despite the pain, “Mother, no one can hurt Xier. I won’t let anything bad happen to her, even if it is at the c
“No, I just didn’t expect it to be you.” Looking at Young Master Jin, Meng Xi also felt somewhat strange. Young Master Jin had always been like her friend. He was even the matchmaker who helped her chase after King Yun. But now they met again after a long time in such a place. Destiny really played with them! “If it’s against your will, I will leave,” said he quickly. Observing her expression, he was afraid of her being upset. “It’s okay. Maybe you’re the best choice.” A trace of self-deprecation appeared in Meng Xi’s eyes. Standing up in her seductive gauze dress, she seemed even more tempting in the candlelight at night. Meng Xi walked slowly to Young Master Jin and forced herself into his embrace with her body trembling nonstop.Holding the girl he had long desired, Young Master Jin carried her up, closed the door behind him, and put her on the bed. He then got on top of her. But at this moment, he still respectfully a
King Yun felt so cold. He held Meng Xi tightly in his arms with one hand while pointing at Young Master Jin with the other hand. He turned around and said to the guards, “Take him away.” “Yes,” The guards responded quickly and went to catch Young Master Jin. Young Master Jin was taken away. He looked at King Yun and said anxiously, almost begging, “You can do whatever you want with me. Please, don’t hurt her again. I know you love her. If you hurt her more, you will regret it...” However, Young Master Jin was still pulled out. He kept screaming when the door of the room was locked up, “Don’t hurt her again! Don’t hurt her again!” Soon, his voice faded away. The room was silent without a sound, which was even more unsettling. King Yun could not stay patient anymore when he thought of the intimate behavior of Young Master Jin and Meng Xi. He threw Meng Xi onto the bed rudely, ignored her resistance, and climbed on top of h
After two years, King Yun gradually arranged his men into the Congress. He regained control of the entire Kingdom of Yun and sent his mother, the Empress Dowager, to a nunnery. He killed the Prime Minister and other men who ever had a relationship with his mother. King Yun’s brothers and sisters dared not make trouble again. He finally became the real king of the Kingdom of Yun. He was now the powerful King Yun. A carriage taking his mother left Huaiyang City slowly. The young king stood on the gate tower, yelling like a madman. “Ah... Ah... Ah...” His voice spread far away. King Yun laughed. He had been suppressed these years. He had been bearing patiently and acting these years discreetly. It wasn’t until this moment that he felt the air was fresh. Finally, he was truly free. No one could threaten and control him in this kingdom. He was not anxious to deal with his brothers and sisters who had framed him. When his kingdom was stable and everythin
Because of another man, Meng Xi, the beautiful and innocent woman, had changed her mourning clothes into a pure white dress without any pattern. Looking at the two in front of him, King Yun felt extremely distressed. He then ordered his men to catch Meng Xi and let her watch the execution of Young Master Jin, the man he should have killed long ago. Hacked over and over again, Young Master Jin still stared at Meng Xi. Although blood flowed out from his wounds, he looked at her affectionately as if he didn’t feel it. Until the last moment of his life, she had been the only thing in his eyes.Memories of her with Young Master Jin flashed across Meng Xi’s mind.At first, she approached him for Crown Prince Yun. Jin was a very talented young master. He didn’t have a peerless appearance, but he was the outgoing big boy that everyone liked. Sometimes he was even charmingly goofy. Just because Meng Xi liked Crown Prince Yun, he helped her to wi
That was the end of Meng Xi’s story. Her name “Xi” meant “tides”. From her innocent childhood to the sweet first love, from bearing the pain of seeing loved ones killed to killing herself in despair, her life went through ups and downs, just like tides coming in and going out. King Yun was the man Meng Xi loved the most, yet he hurt her the deepest. In fact, his possessive love ruined her whole life. It was true that there were sweet moments, but what prevailed was still suffering and sadness.Until the end, Meng Xi chose her path to death instead of getting back to King Yun. However, as she left all her agony behind, her daughter Shui Yinzhu had to bear more. She was only nine years old when her parents were killed and her homeland was destroyed. Wu Nian was overwhelmed by all kinds of emotions for a while. He never thought that his mother, who had always been smiling and kind, had such a painful experience. Wu Nian just remembered th
When Wu Nian saw him, he couldn’t believe his eyes. The once handsome businessman, the Second Young Master of the Fengs, became a monk. He couldn’t help calling his name, “Feng Qianwu.” The good-looking monk didn’t answer. He just walked to Wu Nian’s bed and put a pillow under his head, helping him raise it up a bit. Sitting in front of him, he picked up the bowl of medicine, slowly feeding him with a spoon. Wu Nian looked at him but didn’t refuse it. After all, the monk had obviously saved him, and he was not afraid of Feng Qianwu harming him. If he really wanted to kill Wu Nian, he wouldn’t bring him back in the first place. Wu Nian used to hate the terrible taste of medicine, but now he drank it in one gulp without a trace of disgust. Perhaps the pain in his heart had already exceeded the bitterness of the herbs. It was not until the bowl was empty that the monk took away the extra pillows under Wu Nian’s head to make him lie down
A carriage was traveling slowly on the road back to Huaiyang City. Winding mountain roads were on both sides. It would take at least half a month to reach Huaiyang City. But the people in the carriage seemed not in a hurry, making it move slowly and steadily. The carriage was not large, just a normal wooden one but a bit shabby. It made a creaking sound while moving forward all the way. The coachman was an old guy with a lot of white beards but little hair on his head. He drove the horse slowly in front of the carriage. A man and a woman were sitting in this ordinary carriage that no one would pay attention to. The man was handsome and righteous with a pair of calm and elegant eyes. He kept staring at the woman in his arms. The woman in his arms wore a white dress. She wore a simple pearl hairpin on her plain hair bun. However, it did not affect how beautiful she looked. This woman had a delicate and small face with a pair of pure and
In the Hall of Death, Xuan Zhi stood courteously in front of the sculpture. The atheistic man sincerely prayed for the first time in his life. Lying beside him was the dead body of Shui Yinzhu.Shui Yinzhu’s body was still in the pink dress. There was a hairpin with two pearls on its hair. The body had decayed, but Xuan Zhi still grabbed her hand and treated it like a treasure.He took up a dagger and cut his two wrists. His blood flowed onto her body as if he was transferring vitality to her. When the blood was drained, his life came to an end. It was a sacrifice of his soul so that he would stay with Shui Yinzhu in the afterlife.Time went back to the day when Shui Yinzhu passed away. Xuan Zhi wrote an edict that Yun Su wouldn’t be sentenced to death and would be locked in that palace for the rest of his life. It was what Shui Yinzhu wished, and Xuan Zhi was fulfilling her wish.On the same day, Xuan Zhi abdicated the thro
He was thrilled at her consent. But when he was about to move on, he noticed the fear in her eyes. Xuan Zhi realized that it must have reminded her of what Yun Su did to her, so he stopped moving and held Shui Yinzhu in his arms instead. He wouldn’t continue, knowing that she was hurt so deep within and that she might get unhappy.“What’s wrong?” Shui Yinzhu asked.“Nothing. There’s no need to hurry. We have plenty of time for you to get used to it.”Shui Yinzhu didn’t say a word. Her Zhi had always been a silly man in front of her. She kissed on Xuan Zhi’s lips. The woman was running out of time, and she couldn’t wait for her inner world to heal. What she hated was the touch of Yun Su, the past of herself, and even her own body. But Shui Yinzhu loved Xuan Zhi. She was willing to consummate the wedding with him.Xuan Zhi was no longer repressing himself now that Shui Yinzhu had already taken the initiative. Hesitation would
“Oh, you fool. You are such a fool.”Shui Yinzhu felt moved and sad. The two opposite emotions lingered at the bottom of her heart. The mixture was kinda sweet. As she lied down in Xuan Zhi’s arms, the girl understood that she was selfish and couldn’t accept any betrayal of Xuan Zhi. Tears dropped from her eyes. Xuan Zhi loved her so much. What should be done to repay that?As he saw her tears, Xuan Zhi immediately wiped her face clean. “Come on, easy, Yinzhu. It’s my fault. Feel free to blame it on me. Just stop crying, or I will feel hurt. I’ll always be by your side and keep you happy.”Their love moved Uncle Zhi and Li Yi. But Zuo Xin was still there. Uncle Zhi had to interrupt as he said, “Your Majesty, how are we supposed to deal with Zuo Xin?”“Zhi, let go of her and marry her to Xiaojing.” No one expected to hear that from Shui Yinzhu. She wasn’t born a Bodhisatva, but she wanted to accumulate merit for him as Xuan Z
At that moment, Uncle Zhi had mixed feelings about her. He didn’t hate Shui Yinzhu. Instead, he simply felt that she had too much influence on Xuan Zhi. Besides, her reputation had been discredited by Zuo Xin. But the woman in front of her had only several months to live. Uncle Zhi agreed to her request, partly because of his selfishness and partly out of sympathy.Shui Yinzhu wiped the tears on her face, kept down her sadness, and told Uncle Zhi to get Li Yi in. No matter how bad she felt, she had to keep up with the show.The conversation was quite simple with Li Yi. Shui Yinzhu promised her that she would give an answer to everyone in a month. She got Li Yi reassured and told him to treat Paner well before sending him away.To her surprise, Xiaoba showed up right after Li Yi left. He shook Shui Yinzhu’s shoulders as his eyes went red for sadness.“Did you hear our conversation?” Shui Yinzhu immediately realized that. “Don
In the name of their so-called reputation, the men in the audience hall in the imperial palace suddenly had amnesia of the benefit they got as well as the reduced casualty. They simply tried to ditch the poor girl after conquering the Empire of Yun.That was the misfortune of women in this period of time. The men had a selfish will that the woman would make the “proper” choice so that they would secure their loyalty and morality at the same time.Shui Yinzhu never thought that Xuan Zhi would chase her out of the hall. Xuan Zhi held her in his arms and kissed her lips regardless of her resistance. It was one of the very few times for him to be aggressive in front of her.It was a clean kiss filled with warmth and yearning, different from the disgusting one of Yun Su. The two hearts in love started to beat faster. Shui Yinzhu was soon lost in that kiss. The veteran in love was as innocent as a maiden in front of him. That was how love coul
The Empire of Yun, the once superpower and the only Kingdom that ever conquered the entire world, had turned into a place in turmoil under more than ten years’ reign of Yun Su. People all over the empire complained about their rulers. The empire would soon fail, and the end was coming near.The morning session in the Empire of Yun continued. But the evil empress in red remained the same unreasonable woman. She sat in Yun Su’s arms and flirted with him even though the empire was in grave danger.The silent ministers were not sure if they should speak against their irresponsible emperor as the grave situation and the serious discussion had been defiled by the erotic aura. But Yun Su seemed to enjoy holding the beauty in his arms as he accepted it and didn’t say a single word against it.The ministers were there to suffer. They had to do their report with their head lowered. No one had the courage to look at the two on the throne. It wasn’t
“Many years ago, there was a little girl. She was the little princess of the Kingdom of Shui. Her parents loved her and provided her with the best affection. However, when she turned nine years old, the Kingdom of Yun waged war against the Kingdom of Shui... The little princess felt as if she was a jinx. In order to protect the ones she loved from dying, she had to sacrifice herself to live with her enemies.”Shui Yinzhu then told her story, including her relationship with Kong Yue and Xuan Zhi. She told the little girl about the death of Kong Yue, the injury of Xuan Zhi, the care of Qi Yuan, and the destiny of Wu Chen. She omitted the part that she was a child of the emperor’s father and how she retaliated upon the general, the Prime Minister, and the lords.Shui Yinzhu was the storyteller, but her heart still ached when she recalled the past. Surprisingly, the string of her heart could still be plucked by the past after all the time passed. She was
Speaking of the empress Shui Yinzhu, people all recognized her as the personification of a succubus. She was so charming like a vixen whose glamour in innocence could attract everyone around her. She didn’t wear the phoenix crown and robe, the status symbols as the empress but the blood-red dress. She kept her hair in a bun, and wore a simple hairpin with two pearls on it. The emperor of Yun was so fascinated by her that he forgot the responsibility of the throne and started to kill innocent people.Under the constant and mostly intentional influence of the evil empress, Yun Su raised the tax over and over again. He forced his people to do labor work and abused his power and the financial resources to build wonders. The nervous people were sent everywhere to build grandiose temporary palaces for the pleasure of the emperor and the empress.The emperor totally ignored the welfare of his people as he would torture them for saying anything wrong. He con
“Paner, where is the...bamboo scroll?”“What?”“The bamboo scroll...you mentioned.”“Oh, right.” Paner finally remembered what she came here for and took out a bamboo scroll from her pocket. This was the reason why she came to find Shui Yinzhu.“Okay.” The pain drained all the strength from Shui Yinzhu’s body. But she still managed to read the message before sending Paner to burn it.The bamboo scroll came from Wei Ruxuan. He intended to cooperate with Shui Yinzhu. It wouldn’t be hard to guess that it was because of Bu Xiaoyan. But Shui Yinzhu didn’t expect was that Wei Ruxuan could send this bamboo scroll to her through this well-guarded harem. Prime Minister Wei’s influence could reach farther than it seemed.As the window opened again, Xiaoba took out a flask and handed it to Shui Yinzhu. “I asked the doctor to have the medicine boiled for you.”“Okay.” Shui Yinzhu took the flask and