The story of a bullied daughter's rise to power

"After I left you?" Feng Ziqi's eyes flashed, and he said, "After leaving you, I returned to Mingyue Kingdom, but Mingyue Kingdom was in chaos at that time. My father listened to the words of treacherous ministers and wanted to burn me to death, saying that I was harmful to Mingyue Kingdom and should not be the crown prince. My father didn't like me in the first place. If he hadn't had to, he wouldn't have let me sit on the throne of crown prince. However, he didn't succeed, because on the day he wanted to burn me to death, it rained heavily. The people of the Divine Cult said that this was my fate. My father had no choice but to imprison me and had decided to abolish me. People are always like this. If you don't hurt others, others will hurt you first. It's always right to strike first." Feng Ziqi sneered.

"Later, people from the Divine Cult came to me and wanted to cooperate with me. I refused. On the day that my father summoned me, I killed my father." Feng Ziqi's voice became low when he said this.

I don’t know whether to feel regret or resentment.

"Later, I became the emperor of Mingyue Kingdom. The subjects of Mingyue Kingdom respected me, and the Divine Religion gradually submitted to me. Finally, I found a way to get the magic medicine. So I came to find you." Feng Ziqi said everything very casually, but the sadness hidden in it was self-evident.

How desperate must a person be to kill his own father?

Perhaps, he was really on the verge of despair at that time?

"Actually... sometimes I feel somewhat fortunate. Look? I'm still alive and living well. This at least shows that maybe my father had compassion for me in the beginning. Otherwise, wouldn't I have died long ago?" Feng Ziqi said this in a faint voice, with a complicated look in his eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Sometimes, I wonder why I should survive? Why did my mother give birth to me? My survival will only make people around me sad and afraid. How can a prince who is born with blood-red eyes lead the Mingyue Kingdom better?" Feng Ziqi did not look at Situ Yaorao when he spoke, but just spoke to himself.

It seemed like he hadn't confided in anyone for a long time, and once he started talking, he couldn't stop. Situ Yaorao listened to him silently, and her emotions kept changing with his words.

And she was the culprit behind all this.

If it weren't for her, Cang might have returned to Mingyue Country long ago, and perhaps Mingyue Country wouldn't have been in chaos. If it weren't for her, he could even leave Mingyue Country and never return, living a free life. But he wanted to get the magic medicine for her. For this magic medicine, he returned to Mingyue Country, and in order to survive, he became the emperor.

But now… after pushing him to this point, she wanted to leave, and rejected him without any affection, telling him that she had someone she loved.

If she were Cang, she would have killed herself long ago.

"Life is so ridiculous. I let you save me, but for you, I walked on a path that I didn't like. The funny thing is, I don't regret it. If I were given another chance, I would still choose to meet you." Feng Ziqi looked at Situ Yaorao, and his voice was so gentle when he spoke, so gentle that it made Situ Yaorao feel guilty.

"I'm not worthy of your kindness to me. If possible, you should find a girl who loves you and be your imperial concubine." Situ Yaorao looked at the man and said softly.

Feng Ziqi shook his head when he heard this: "It's good to have a new imperial concubine, but they are not you. My heart has belonged to you since you rescued me, since you no longer despised me. I am not a monster, I only have one heart. Now that I have given it away, where does the heart come from to love others? Have I ever said that you are really cruel? Since you don't love me anymore, why don't you give my heart back to me?" The man looked at Situ Yaorao, his voice was so sad.

Situ Yaorao listened, her heart trembling slightly, and she only said, "I'm sorry."

As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Ziqi laughed again: "Sorry, I brought up something unhappy again. Let's go back. This plum blossom is indeed beautiful, but unfortunately... it's too sad. The love I want is not like this."

"Desolate?" Situ Yaorao was puzzled.

"In the Mingyue Kingdom, there's a legend that tells of a tree demon who, in order to gain the attention of a scholar, gave up a thousand years of cultivation and forced herself to bloom for ten years. In the tenth year, she blossomed into eternity. This nine-time bloom is inherently tragic. With only ten years to live, she bloomed a flower more beautiful than any other."

Feng Ziqi said this, and ate the petals again in front of Situ Yaorao. Seeing him eat, Situ Yaorao's heart moved, and she wanted to stop him.

"I will do everything you ask me to do, including...you want me to die." Feng Ziqi's voice was very soft, but when it reached Situ Yaorao's ears, she was scared and almost ran away.

The two of them quickly returned to the courtyard. After returning to the courtyard, they saw Gusu learning embroidery in the center of the courtyard, with Gusu's father sitting next to her.

"My benefactor." The old man was about to kneel down when he saw Situ Yaorao. Situ Yaorao hurriedly said, "You don't have to kneel down to me. We had a deal before, and now I haven't been able to bring the person out to you. If you say so, I am still sorry for you. If you kneel down to me, I can't bear it." After that, he said to Feng Ziqi, "I'm a little tired. I'm going to go back and rest first."

"Okay." Feng Ziqi said lightly, and then sent Situ Yaorao back to the room.

Outside, Gusu looked at the old man and said, "Father, you shouldn't have knelt before her. She took the Ganoderma Lucidum, which originally belonged to you."

"Don't talk nonsense. She let me know that person was once alive, and now she is helping him escape. She is my father's benefactor. Gusu, although I don't know what grudge you have with the noble, but as a person, you must not forget the kindness you have shown. Otherwise, you will not have a good ending. If it weren't for the benefactor's help that day, my father would not have survived."

"You are able to survive because I abducted her. Father, do you know how much I paid?" Gusu looked at him aggrievedly.

"But if it weren't for the noble lady, who could you abduct? The noble lady was abducted by you, so you were able to exchange her for the antidote. Gusu, don't forget your roots. The noble lady has done her best for you. We treated her like this, but she repaid us with kindness." The old man advised.

"Father keeps calling me a noble lady, but he doesn't know how much injustice his daughter has suffered because of her. Gusu always thought that Father was on my side, but now I know that in Father's eyes, there is only the underground palace and Situ Yaorao, the so-called noble lady. I will return to Mingyue Country soon, and Father doesn't even ask what awaits me!"