Shocking! The female protagonist unlocked her powers by killing people!

Dongfang Jibai looked at the figure formed from the black mist and asked, "The person you saved back then, was it Princess Changheng?"

"Hmm." The shadowy figure responded, his thoughts drifting back thirty years.

...

Thirty years ago.

Frequent earthquakes occurred deep within the snowfields of Thousand Frost City. The beasts living deep within the snowfields were disturbed by the earthquakes and moved towards the outer edges. As the beasts moved outwards, their activity ranges severely overlapped with those of the local people, resulting in numerous casualties.

Upon learning of this, the Lord of Thousand Frost City immediately dispatched troops to Snow Village to stop the beast horde. However, stopping them was only a temporary solution; to truly resolve the issue, the root cause needed to be addressed. Therefore, after arranging for patrols to prevent the beast horde from harming the people, the Lord of Thousand Frost City personally led his men to the depths of the snowfield to investigate the cause of the earthquake. But once they arrived, they were completely lost to the outside world.

With the city lord out of contact and the casualties caused by the beast horde increasing, Thousand Frost City was unable to resolve the matter. The deputy city lord had no choice but to seek help from the capital, hoping that the capital could send someone to solve the problem.

When news of this reached the capital, Crown Prince Beiming requested permission to investigate the matter. However, the one who ultimately came to Qianshuang City was not Crown Prince Beiming, but his own sister, Princess Changheng.

Princess Changheng possesses the unique ice spirit source, making her the most powerful among the younger generation of the Beiming royal family. As the Crown Prince's sister, she is the most suitable person to investigate this matter.

After receiving the imperial decree, Princess Changheng led her army and dozens of experts to Qianshuang City.

On the day the group set off, Princess Changheng's fiancé, Bai Qingjue, disregarded his family's objections and followed the group to Xuecun Village in Qianshuang City.

"Bai Qingjue." Chang Heng looked at the boy who had dismounted from his horse. The wind and snow covered him. When her gaze fell on the boy's pale lips, her tone became even more stern: "This is not a place for you to cause trouble. If you want to cause trouble, go back to the capital."

Faced with Chang Heng's cold and stern expression, Bai Qingjue was not sad at all. Instead, she smiled and stepped forward, saying, "Princess, I brought guards who can help. I'm not here to cause trouble."

“You’re just making a scene here.” After saying that, Chang Heng looked at the four old men following behind Bai Qingjue: “Please take him back to the capital.”

Upon hearing this, the four elders simply shook their heads.

The elders shook their heads. It wasn't that they didn't want to take the young master back; they wanted to take him back more than anyone else. But the young master was unwilling, so they couldn't take him away.

When the young master decided to come, no one in the family agreed. The old master even wanted to lock the young master up. But what did the young master do?

He hung the white silk ribbon on the beam, stood in front of the circle he had prepared, and told everyone that if they didn't let him come, he would die in front of them.

The young master of the Bai family suffered a fatal injury at birth and was predicted not to live past the age of twenty. As a result, the Bai family doted on him, spoiling and indulging him to the extreme. They would give him whatever he wanted, like the stars but never the moon, thus raising him to be a little tyrant.

The Bai family's doting on their young master has aroused envy and jealousy among the children of other aristocratic families. Some are even sour, saying that the reason the Bai family spoils Bai Qingjue so much is because Bai Qingjue will not live long and will die young.

They wouldn't live in front of the Bai family, but there were always whispers about them in private. When Little Tyrant was seven years old, he overheard the other children calling him at a palace banquet.

Short-lived.

The little tyrant couldn't stand this insult and immediately started fighting with the other children. The guards who accompanied the little tyrant naturally had to protect their young master, but the other children also had their own guards. The little tyrant's guards were no match for the other side's numbers and had difficulty escaping, so they naturally couldn't protect him. Fortunately, the other side's guards only stopped the guards and didn't help their young master beat up the little tyrant.

Just as Little Tyrant was being beaten down, Chang Heng passed by and rescued him by punching the little brat one by one.

The little tyrant fell in love with Princess Changheng at first sight and kept clamoring to marry her.

He was the young master of the Bai family, who was predicted not to live past the age of twenty, but Chang Heng was the most powerful among the younger generation of the entire Beiming royal family. When the Little Tyrant clamored to marry Chang Heng, everyone laughed at his wishful thinking.

While everyone else was laughing at Bai Qingjue, the Bai family felt sorry for him. To fulfill his wish, they used the Bai family's past favors to the royal family and half of their wealth to ask for a match.

The Bai family has been a prominent clan for generations, with a rich and profound heritage. The Northern Underworld Emperor wanted half of the Bai family's wealth, so he agreed to bestow a marriage upon them. However, apart from the Bai family members, no one truly cared about Bai Qingjue.

Princess Changheng was three years older than Bai Qingjue. Logically, Princess Changheng could have discussed marriage when she came of age, but the imperial decree bestowed by Emperor Beiming stated that they would marry after Bai Qingjue reached adulthood.

Everyone knew he was predicted to die before reaching adulthood, but the emperor's decree stipulated that he should marry after reaching adulthood.

Everyone understood the emperor's meaning. He only wanted the Bai family's wealth, not that he really wanted to marry Changheng to Bai Qingjue. But... the Bai family asked for a marriage decree, and the emperor agreed. Asking for more would be ungrateful.

Seven-year-old Bai Qingjue did not understand the reason behind it, but was happy about the arranged marriage.

Changheng, who grew up in the palace, knew her father's intentions. She did not want her father to humiliate the Bai family and Bai Qingjue for the sake of half of the Bai family's wealth, so she refused, on the grounds that she did not like Bai Qingjue.

How could the Northern Emperor not know his daughter's thoughts? Chang Heng's resistance made him feel that he had lost his authority, so he arranged for Chang Heng to undergo more training.

When Bai Qingjue learned that Chang Heng didn't like him, he spent every day thinking about how to please Chang Heng and stopped acting foolishly. This effort to please Chang Heng lasted for eleven years.

Seven-year-old Bai Qingjue didn't understand, but eighteen-year-old Bai Qingjue already did.

He understood the meaning of the Northern Underworld Emperor, but he... also truly loved Chang Heng. He even thought the Northern Underworld Emperor's decree was good. When he came of age... if he lived past the age of twenty, he could stay with the person he loved forever. If he didn't live to adulthood, and Chang Heng hadn't married him yet, his death wouldn't delay Chang Heng's marriage.

Bai Qingjue cherished Chang Heng, which is why, when he learned that Chang Heng was coming to Qianshuang City to deal with that matter, he threatened to kill himself to get his family to let him come along.

Now that he's here, he won't go back.

"Princess, please let me stay." Bai Qingjue smiled and assured Chang Heng, "Don't worry, I will definitely not cause any trouble."

Chang Heng frowned as she looked at the smiling young man: "Bai Qingjue, how many times do I have to tell you, I have no feelings for you."

"Oh dear, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the imperial decree has decreed that we are engaged." Bai Qingjue glanced ahead and said before Chang Heng could speak again, "Princess, there are four elders here, so you don't need to worry about me. Go and attend to other matters. I won't bother you any longer."

After Bai Qingjue finished speaking, she ran away without giving Chang Heng a chance to reply.

"Bai Qingjue!" Chang Heng called out as she saw the person run away, "If you don't want me to be angry, go back to the capital!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Qingjue paused for a moment, but then ran even faster.