A Useless Person's Rise to Power: The Demon King's Addiction to Pampering

This girl is from the Empire.

She had long heard of the art of restoring the Ling family to prosperity, but His Majesty the Emperor was already very old and would pass away if he did not make a breakthrough soon.

So she inquired about the Ling family extensively, and finally discovered a breakthrough.

Ling Yuan is the only son of the Ling family.

Ling Yuan, who was only sixteen years old, had never experienced romantic love before. He was certainly confused and expectant about this matter, so the girl came to approach him.

The kindness Ling Yuan showed the girl over the past two years deeply touched her, but this could not make her betray the empire. The moment she received the message from the empire, she had already prepared the medicine.

This medicine can make someone fall into a deep sleep for three days. By then, even if something happens, Ling Yuan won't have time to do anything and won't be able to resist.

but……

The girl couldn't bring herself to do it.

She knelt beside the unconscious Lingyuan, sobbing uncontrollably, her back bent over, tears splashing onto the ground.

Without a doubt, the girl also fell in love with Ling Yuan.

Knowing what the empire was planning, she took young Lingyuan directly to the Ling family's door and met young Lingyuan's parents along the way.

However, Lingyuan's parents did not treat their daughter well. Because of this woman, Lingyuan cut off all contact with them without saying a word and has not seen her for two years. They felt both hatred and helplessness towards this woman.

However, the girl knelt down the moment she saw Xiao Lingyuan's parents!

"Please, Uncle and Aunt, save Lingyuan!"

She kowtowed directly on the ground and went straight to the point: "The people from the Empire will arrive tonight. I don't want Ling Yuan to die. I know I'm guilty, but I beg you to save him!"

After she finished speaking, she told Xiao Lingyuan's parents everything and begged for their forgiveness, constantly blaming herself.

"What did you say!"

Young Lingyuan's father was both shocked and furious. He slammed his fist on the table, wishing he could kill his daughter, and said through gritted teeth, "I should have gotten rid of you, you scourge, back then!"

The girl didn't speak, her head lowered, her brows tightly furrowed, her eyes filled with Ling Yuan's image, gazing deeply as if she wanted to forever etch her young husband into her heart.

Finally, she bent down and gently kissed Xiao Lingyuan's forehead, silently uttering three words.

"I love you."

The young Lingyuan's parents were furious at what the girl had done to him, but the imperial officials were coming soon and they couldn't afford to cause any more trouble.

So he didn't do anything to the girl, but coldly ordered, "You can leave now. My family will handle this ourselves. You're an outsider, so don't get involved."

Actually, this was already showing leniency. When they found out that the girl had ulterior motives in approaching Xiao Lingyuan, they should have just killed her to silence her.

But in the end, nothing came of it.

They were afraid that if young Lingyuan woke up and found the girl missing or dead, he would hate them.

Ultimately, they still loved Xiao Lingyuan, even more than Xiao Lingyuan could imagine; he was their only child.

Although the girl was driven away, she did not go too far from the Ling family's residence. She changed her clothes and secretly watched the Ling family mansion.

I want to keep looking at you.

The young woman had this expression when she stood on the high pavilion looking down at the Ling residence; her eyes were clearly filled with tears, but they never fell.

Feng Jiutian had been an observer all along, but she was somewhat moved. However, since it wasn't her own experience, she couldn't truly empathize with her.

This... is this what they call love?

Feng Jiutian thought that if love could change a person so completely, then she would rather never...love.

She was quite satisfied with that.

However, when love truly came to her, she could no longer refuse it and could only accept this intense love.

The young woman stood on the pavilion, her posture unchanged, looking at the Ling residence. She had changed into a black dress, and a large cloak covered her face, revealing only a smooth chin and red lips painted with lip rouge.

From afar, she exuded a bewitching aura, completely different from the gentle and beautiful woman beside Xiao Lingyuan.

Feng Jiutian thought that if Ling Yuan were standing in front of the girl, he probably wouldn't recognize her either.

This night.

The magistrate's residence was engulfed in flames.

The imperial forces have arrived.

"Hand over the token!"

One of them pointed his sword at Lingyuan's father and coldly demanded, "Where is he? Where did you hide him?"

"If you're so incredibly resourceful, why don't you find it yourselves?"

His father spat, his body already covered in wounds, even his spit was tinged with blood, and he looked at the imperial people who came with disdain.

Your father is dead.

He was nailed to the wall of the Ling family by the people of the Empire, his limbs were covered with nails, and blood splattered all over the ground.

The mother was in tears. Unable to bear the blow, she rushed out, unleashing a surge of powerful spiritual energy, and charged directly into the crowd of empire members, self-destructing!

"boom--"

A tremendous explosion erupted from the Ling family, and everything within the barrier turned to dust!

Several more Imperials were also bound within the barrier and died as a result of the triggered formation. Only five or six people managed to escape!

Ling Yuan knew nothing about any of this.

The girl watched everything unfold, then moved and landed directly in front of the escaped man. Expressionless, she moved her fingers.

"Goo-"

A slightly strange sound rang out.

A rustling sound arose around them. Those who had escaped stared at the girl in terror, pointed their fingers, and blurted out, "Poison—"

Then, as if he had a fishbone stuck in his throat, he couldn't say anything. Upon closer inspection, he saw that these people's bodies were covered with venomous snakes.

Feng Jiutian immediately recognized that these were not ordinary venomous snakes. They were spirit snakes that had been carefully cultivated and refined. With their profound cultivation, they were able to silently bite and kill many experts.

These spirit snakes are the kind that can bite and kill even an Imperial Tutor-level expert!

Then this girl's cultivation level must have reached at least the Immortal Master level!

Unfortunately, three immortal masters came to the Ling family this time, so the young lady was unable to make a move; otherwise, she would have suffered the same fate as her parents.

After dealing with the group, the girl took one last look at the Ling family compound, now reduced to ruins within the barrier. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but her red lips eventually faded into a faint line as she turned and left.

Some things are better left unsaid.

The young woman was too ashamed to face Ling Yuan. She lowered her head, summoned back the spirit snake, and hurriedly disappeared in front of the ruins of the Ling family, leaving behind several corpses.

……

Three days later, Xiao Lingyuan, who had been escorted by a group of people, appeared in a small town outside the most dangerous monster forest in the empire at that time.

The first thing he did when he woke up was ask the servant beside him, "Where is my wife?"