Chaoyang drank too much. She was already too drunk, let alone drank so much of herself.
"Don't touch me..." Chaoyang waved his arms, feeling very restless.
Xiao Junze hugged Chaoyang with a cold face, carried him into the room and threw him on the bed.
"Idiot..." Chaoyang turned over and cursed idiot.
"Who are you scolding?" Xiao Junze gritted his teeth.
"You are all idiots." Chaoyang laughed after scolding him.
Ever since she was a child...she was so smart, she had a photographic memory, and she knew everything, whether it was martial arts attainments, dancing skills, or military strategies.
She is too smart...
He is smart and different, but also incompatible with others.
She seems to be a superfluous existence in this world, an alternative.
"You look so good-looking, little vixen!"
"I heard that this little goblin is an illegitimate daughter, and her mother is a dancer from the Western Regions!"
"A despicable child, when he grows up, he will also be the master of evil..."
Growing up, Chaoyang heard too many sounds.
About her face…
"Chao'er, have you seen it? The ugly faces of these people are called jealousy. That's why my mother made you swear to hide your beauty, avoid your edge, and never... let others see your light."
Otherwise, those people will be jealous, show their terrifying and greedy faces, pluck out the light from you bit by bit, trample you under their feet, and trample you into hell.
…
Chaoyang's nightmare poison broke out, and she was tortured, ridiculed, and abused in her dreams.
Because her face was so outstanding, Baili was never allowed to dress herself up since she was a child, but even in coarse linen clothes, she still stood out among the maids.
She hates this feeling of being out of place and hates others treating her as an alien.
Her mother is from the Western Regions, but so what...
"Drink the sobering soup." Xiao Junze pinched Chaoyang's chin and wanted to drink her sobering soup. If he continued this unreasonably, he was afraid that he would be tormented until the middle of the night.
Xiao Junze originally wanted to call an army to hold him accountable, but when word came from the palace that Emperor Long did not blame Murong Ling, he was relieved.
"No..." Chaoyang lay on the bed and refused to turn over despite saying anything.
She buried her face to cover up her so-called beauty.
The nightmare was poisonous, and his bones were trembling. But Chaoyang seemed to be used to it, and even if life was worse than death, he could still remain silent.
Xiao Junze noticed something was wrong with Chaoyang. He knew how painful a nightmare attack was, and he clearly remembered the feeling.
Obviously... he could use the dragon blood fruit to detoxify Chaoyang, but he still hesitated.
Chaoyang's behavior in the palace tonight was too smart, and it was bound to cause him a lot of trouble. Although these troubles were nothing, Chaoyang actually had a crush on Murong Ling, so he should be punished!
"Don't drink?" Xiao Junze asked in a low voice, and said coldly. "Then you can just bear it tonight."
Listening to the sound of the palace door closing, Chaoyang's weak hands slowly tightened the sheets.
Tears and suppressed sweat had already soaked his entire face, his bones were creaking due to pain, and veins popped out under his fair skin.
"Aniang... Chaoyang hurts so much."
Mom... Chaoyang hurts so much.
…
Prime Minister's Mansion.
Shen Qingzhou would sit in the courtyard and drink on this day every year. Outsiders knew that it was the death anniversary of the Prime Minister's wife, and the Prime Minister stayed behind closed doors and did not go to court early in the morning.
But Xifeng knew that today... was not just the death anniversary of the Prime Minister's wife.
It was the day that Shen Qingzhou tortured Bai Li until death was worse than life.
Because the wife of the prime minister of Fengtian was killed by Baili.
This is one of the reasons why Shen Qingzhou hates Baili.
The sound of the chain being pulled was heard in the study room, and Bai Li's body trembled and curled up after he regained consciousness after being unconscious.
Shen Qingzhou put down his wine glass, stood up and walked into the study. "Are you awake?"
The voice that was as cold as an envoy from hell made Bai Li's whole body tremble like a sieve. "Kill me... Shen Qingzhou, you kill me..."
Unable to speak, Bai Li's wound that had already been torn open again was seeping with blood-colored beads, so dense that it made people feel that life would be worse than death.
"Ah Li, this is your punishment for trying to leave me." Shen Qingzhou pinched Bai Li's chin, and his pale and bloodless face was lifeless.
"If you seek death again, I will make you regret it even more." Shen Qingzhou approached Bai Li ambiguously and pressed his forehead against Bai Li's. "And your good daughter, I will also make her life worse than death."
Bai Li's dim eyes flickered out of control, but she didn't have the strength to kill the beast in front of her. "You will regret it..."
"Regret? Of course I regret it. Over the years, I have been living with regret day and night." Shen Qingzhou pushed Bai Li away with force and pulled the slender silver chain that pierced Bai Li's ankle.
"Ah!" Bai Li screamed and was dragged into the secret room by Shen Qingzhou.
Outside the courtyard, Xifeng closed his eyes forbearingly, his hands already clenched so tightly that they hurt.
It has been the same day for more than ten years, and every year on this day... Baili is like going through hell.
In the past, under the protection of Emperor Long, Bai Li would return to the summer resort to avoid Shen Qingzhou after being tortured.
But now, Emperor Long's body was weak and he couldn't suppress Shen Qingzhou, so he had to turn a blind eye.
Baili's screams could be heard from time to time, like punishment, making Xifeng outside feel worse than death.
Maybe God punished him for his cowardice, so he didn't dare to rush in and take Bai Li away.
"Shen Qingzhou...just kill me..."
If you hate her so much, why do you want to keep her?
"Shen Qingzhou..."
Bai Li's breathing became weaker and weaker. Shen Qingzhou had tortured her for more than ten years.
For more than ten years, every courtship was like a torture. He never made it easy for her, but made her trapped in the hell of lust, a life worse than death.
"Shen Qingzhou, have you... ever... loved me..."
Baili's voice was intermittent, and even she seemed to be dreaming.
Shen Qingzhou's hand that tortured Bai Li froze for a moment, and then he used more force. "Ah Li, there is no love in treating trophies..."
no love...
Baili smiled bitterly, tears burning his eyes like needle pricks.
There is no love.
She was just a victim of Shen Qingzhou's conspiracy and a trophy given to Fengtian from the Western Regions.
It's just...a hummingbird whose wings were broken by someone and no longer has the strength to fly back to the sea of flowers that belongs to her.
"Shen Qingzhou, please let Chaoyang go...leave yourself a way out." Bai Li smiled.
She is the number one female killer in the Western Region, a saint who has experienced the most rigorous training since she was a child, and a killing tool without emotion.
She has a strong desire for revenge, and Shen Qingzhou tortured her for so long.
Even if she died, she would give Shen Qingzhou the most fatal blow.
She wanted Shen Qingzhou to have a taste of what it meant to live worse than death, and what it meant to regret something too late.
With hatred gradually gathering in his eyes, Bai Li glanced back at Shen Qingzhou.
This man who deceived her, got her, and then personally gave her to the emperor and promoted her to a noble rank...
"A way out? From the moment I met you, I have never left a way out for myself." Shen Qingzhou only wanted to monopolize Baili. In his eyes, Baili was a trophy that all countries competed for, a symbol of power and ability.
symbol.
He wants to get this woman, pull her off the altar and step into the mud so that she can only belong to him forever.