My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

"Your Highness doesn't know who I am, does he? I am Princess Shuhui... no, my name is Kang Ruxue. It is because of Your Highness's great kindness that I was able to live. Ruxue is grateful to Your Highness and is willing to serve you like a slave to repay Your Highness."

Lu Yinheng then glanced at Kang Ruxue, as if he had just realized her identity.

He said, "Then you should thank Zhu Qi. It was he who begged me to spare your life. If he hadn't come to me, I wouldn't even know who you are. You don't need to come here specifically to thank me."

Kang Ruxue had expected that Lu Yinheng wouldn't give her any face, but she never expected him to be so ruthless.

Her delicate expression froze for a moment, then she quickly added, "Thank you anyway. I—"

Lu Yinheng had long lost his patience. Before she could finish speaking, he kicked her with all his might.

"what……"

Kang Ruxue truly hadn't expected that Lu Yinheng would not only speak so disrespectfully to her, but he could also be even more ruthless.

He actually just attacked her and kicked her away.

Kang Ruxue screamed and fell into a clump of grass, her hair disheveled on the ground. She was completely dazed and hadn't yet recovered from the sudden turn of events.

This was the first time she had ever encountered such a situation in her life.

How could someone kick her away without even letting her finish speaking?

How could someone be like that? Is he blind?

Kang Ruxue unconsciously touched her face.

She was known as the most beautiful woman in the State of Qi.

How many people have gone to great lengths just to catch a glimpse of her?

Even though the Qi Kingdom has fallen, and she is no longer a high-ranking princess, she checked her appearance just before leaving home, and it remained unchanged. She was still breathtakingly beautiful.

But the pain coursing through her body told her that it was all real. Someone really did ignore her beauty, treated her like trash, and kicked her away.

She pinched her palm in frustration.

Could it be that the woman he rode with today was more beautiful than himself?

She wanted to find an opportunity to see just how beautiful that woman was that made him despise her so much.

As Kang Ruxue was thinking bitterly, a somewhat puzzled voice suddenly came from above her head, "Ruxue, what are you doing here?"

Upon hearing Zhu Qi's question, Kang Ruxue immediately suppressed her hatred. She looked at Zhu Qi with a pitiful expression and said, "My lord... I might have caused you trouble, sob sob..."

Her crying was so delicate that it evoked pity in people.

Zhu Qi's voice softened slightly as well, "What happened?"

Kang Ruxue grasped Zhu Qi's arm with her fair fingers and said aggrievedly, "I...I heard that Your Highness returned with a woman. I wonder if it is the legendary Divine Lord. I wanted to go and express my gratitude...I guess I was just bad at speaking and offended Your Highness, so Your Highness kicked me out."

She was worried that Zhu would find out that she had gone to see Lu Yinheng and see through her true thoughts, thus becoming dissatisfied with her, so she deliberately brought up the woman who had returned with Lu Yinheng.

This was to show that she wanted to see the mysterious woman, not Lu Yinheng. However, to her surprise, Zhu Qi's expression became visibly excited after hearing that the Divine Lord might be coming.

"The Divine Lord has arrived?" Zhu Qi looked at her excitedly and said, "You've seen the Divine Lord?" Before Kang Ruxue could answer, she began to scrutinize Kang Ruxue critically.

"You're dressed far too casually when you meet the Divine Lord."

Kang Ruxue looked at Zhu Qi's reaction with some surprise.

Judging from his words and actions, it is clear that the Divine Lord holds a more important place in her heart than Lu Yinheng.

After criticizing Kang Ruxue's clothes, he quickly tidied himself up again.

Looking at his solemn expression, Kang Ruxue felt a strange sensation rise in her heart. Could it be that his daughter was more important to him?

However, seeing that he wasn't paying attention to her going to see Lu Yinheng, she felt that was for the best. She endured the pain and began to straighten her clothes.

With Zhu Qi standing to the side, she couldn't do anything else. But seeing Zhu Qi's cautious demeanor, she was somewhat curious. Could it be that the person riding alongside Lu Yinheng today was truly that empress?

Even more powerful than her father? An empress who makes men willingly serve as her subjects.

She wanted to see what kind of woman could make so many men submit to her.

Soon, Zhu Qi straightened his clothes and went to pay his respects. Kang Ruxue followed him.

Seeing the woman he had kicked away arrive with Zhu Qi, Lu Yinheng's expression immediately turned cold.

Zhu Qi was so excited when he heard that Ji Yunshuang had arrived that he didn't notice Lu Yinheng's displeasure at first.

Upon seeing Ji Yunshuang, he first knelt on the ground and performed a grand ceremony, bowing three times and kowtowing nine times.

Kang Ruxue followed behind Zhu Qi, completely dumbfounded. Was the empress she had casually made up really that?

She followed Zhu Qi and bowed, secretly observing Ji Yunshuang, feeling somewhat resentful.

She was stunned when she saw it.

Kang Ruxue had always been confident in her beauty, believing no one could surpass hers. Even now that the Qi Kingdom had fallen and she no longer held a noble status, her beauty could still be her weapon, enabling her to accomplish many things.

But after meeting Ji Yunshuang, she suddenly realized what it meant to feel ashamed of herself.

Although she was unwilling to admit it, she had to acknowledge that Ji Yunshuang was far more beautiful than her.

Thinking back to how Lu Yinheng had kicked her away, she suddenly felt she understood.

If I were a man, I'd probably kick that woman out too.

With such a woman in front of you, who would still be interested in other women?

Thinking about her previous thoughts, Kang Ruxue felt extremely embarrassed and ashamed.

How could she act rashly without fully understanding the situation?

Now, she is filled with regret.

……

Lu Yinheng saw that Kang Ruxue had been behaving herself except for stealing a few glances at Ji Yunshuang at the beginning. She didn't make any more moves, but out of consideration for Zhu Qi, she didn't kick him away again.

He had originally planned to send someone to talk to Zhu Qi later, but now that Zhu Qi had arrived, he didn't bother with the timing and directly told him to have all the idle people in the mansion move out.

Zhu Qihao quickly pledged his loyalty, saying he would immediately make arrangements to remove all irrelevant people from the mansion.

Zhu Qi and his men came like a gust of wind, and left just as quickly.

Ji Yunshuang frowned slightly as she watched the two figures disappear into the distance.

Upon seeing this, Lu Yinheng explained Kang Ruxue's identity. He explained that it was because of Zhu Qi that Kang Ruxue's life was spared and she was handed over to Zhu Qi. He then said, "King Qi Jing and the others are all currently imprisoned. Would you like to see them in person?"

Ji Yunshuang felt there was no need to see those people.

She shook her head and said, "Let's just deal with it!"