So satisfying! The Great Demon King wiped out everyone equally!

Hearing the commotion inside, a dozen assassins rushed over, all filled with fear. They saw a girl wielding a large knife, and with a swift stroke, one assassin's head rolled off. The girl's eyes were cold and icy, radiating a chilling aura.

Now it was clear that these dozen or so assassins had wiped out the original owner's entire family. Cang Lan's eyes were sharp, and her heart was filled with murderous intent. She swung her broadsword again, the blade sharp and fierce. With each stroke, the assassins were powerless to resist, their throats sealed with a single blow.

Cang Lan's figure weaved through the blood-red light, his greatsword like the scythe of death, leaving a trail of blood wherever it passed. Soon, horrifying pools of blood accumulated on the ground, and the air was thick with the stench of blood.

Just then, Xiaobai suddenly spoke up to warn: [“Host, watch out behind you, there are hidden weapons!”]

A barrage of hidden weapons shot towards Cang Lan from behind. Cang Lan reacted swiftly, dodging to the side. Immediately afterward, she kicked up a sword from the ground and thrust it at the assassin. With a soft "thud," the blade pierced the assassin's heart, killing him instantly.

The night was as black as ink, and all around was silent. Canglan stared at the corpses scattered on the ground, blood dripping down his face...

"Xiao Bai, resume the storyline!"

[The story is being re-enacted...]

This is an ancient novel world, a classic story of "Even though you have tormented me a thousand times, I still love you as if it were my first love."

This is a tragic novel where the female protagonist endures a series of physically and emotionally torturous events, including being a substitute, the massacre of her family, a miscarriage, having her heart ripped out, and attempting suicide by cutting her wrists. In the end, the male protagonist returns, pregnant, and begs for forgiveness, leading to a reconciliation between the two.

The male protagonist, Xiao Yunzhou, is the Crown Prince. He and his cousin, Chen Yan'er, have been childhood sweethearts and deeply in love, making them an enviable couple. However, just as Xiao Yunzhou is about to request the Emperor's permission to marry, the Censorate, led by the Zhao family, exposes the corrupt crimes of Chen Wenqin, the Vice Minister of Revenue, to the Emperor.

Upon hearing this, the emperor was furious and ordered severe punishment for the Chen family and all those involved. In an instant, the women of the Chen family were forced into prostitution, and the men were either exiled or executed.

Upon learning of this, Xiao Yunzhou secretly sent people to rescue Chen Yan'er and house her in a brothel, keeping her as a kept woman.

Driven by a desire for revenge for his beloved, Xiao Yunzhou harbored deep hatred for the Zhao family and those involved in exposing the Chen family's wrongdoing. Over the next few years, he secretly eliminated those who had participated in exposing the Chen family, except for the Zhao family.

The female protagonist, Zhao Linglong, falls in love with Xiao Yunzhou at first sight at a banquet. From then on, she boldly pursues her love and makes no attempt to hide her admiration for Xiao Yunzhou.

Xiao Yunzhou, constrained by his status, could not freely meet with Chen Yan'er. By chance, he discovered that Zhao Linglong bore a striking resemblance to Chen Yan'er, and thinking that she was a daughter of the Zhao family, he kept her by his side as a substitute out of revenge.

One day, Zhao Shibao hurriedly returned to his residence and ordered Zhao Linglong to cease all contact with the Crown Prince. However, the love-struck Zhao Linglong, having finally found true love, naturally refused to obey and ran away from home, where she was arranged by Xiao Yunzhou to stay at a manor.

Unbeknownst to her, Zhao Shibao had already discovered that the Crown Prince was hiding Chen Yan'er in a brothel and using her own daughter as a substitute. At the same time, Xiao Yunzhou also received news that Zhao Shibao knew about Chen Yan'er's affair. He knew that if the Emperor found out, his position as Crown Prince would be in jeopardy.

So that very night, they hired twenty assassins from the martial arts world, and in one night, they wiped out the entire Zhao family.

The original owner of this body was Zhao Linlang, the youngest daughter of the Zhao family and the female protagonist's younger sister. She was hidden in a wooden box by her mother, but she was still discovered by the assassin. He slashed her face with a knife and stabbed her in the heart, but she survived because her heart was on the right side.

After that, she went into hiding, became an apprentice, and successfully entered the Dark Pavilion, becoming the number one assassin in the martial arts world, all for the purpose of finding that group of assassins and finding out the mastermind behind them. Soon she found out that the mastermind was none other than Crown Prince Xiao Yunzhou.

After learning that Xiao Yunzhou would stay at a certain manor for a long time every day, Zhao Linlang meticulously planned and secretly lay in ambush. When night fell, she seized the opportunity and was about to kill Xiao Yunzhou with a single blow when Zhao Linglong actually took the fatal sword for him.

The two locked eyes and instantly recognized each other. This sudden turn of events alerted the guards on the estate.

Zhao Linlang didn't think much of it, assuming that Zhao Linglong hadn't recognized her, so she quickly attacked Xiao Yunzhou again. The two fought fiercely, but unexpectedly, Zhao Linglong took advantage of Zhao Linlang's inattention and directly picked up a dagger, stabbing Zhao Linlang hard in the back.

Zhao Linlang slowly turned around, her face filled with disbelief. Ultimately, Zhao Linlang was discovered and taken away by Xiao Yunzhou's men.

It turns out that after the female protagonist Zhao Linglong boldly pursued Xiao Yunzhou's love, experiencing her first stirrings of affection and giving herself and her heart, she accidentally saw a portrait in Xiao Yunzhou's study. Seeing that she looked seven or eight parts like him in the portrait, she immediately understood everything. She wanted to take revenge on Xiao Yunzhou, make him fall deeply in love with her, and then cruelly abandon him.

Despite Chen Yan'er's slaps, the miscarriage plot, the heart-blood-cutting, the contraceptive soup, and various misunderstandings, Xiao Yunzhou still hasn't fallen in love with her.

However, the entire Zhao family was wiped out overnight. Upon learning this devastating news, the female protagonist, Zhao Linglong, was heartbroken. Seeing Zhao Linglong so grief-stricken, Xiao Yunzhou felt an indescribable pang of heartache for the first time.

Before this, he had never felt this way about anyone, not even Chen Yan'er...

From that moment on, he understood Zhao Linglong's importance in his heart, and began to care for her with utmost tenderness and concern. He tried his best to comfort her and accompany her through this difficult time.

Under Xiao Yunzhou's gentle care, the two's feelings quickly intensified. Chen Yan'er sensed something was wrong and took the opportunity to tell the female lead that Xiao Yunzhou was the murderer who wiped out her entire family. The female lead was heartbroken and discovered that she was pregnant while fleeing. She gave birth to a son outside the marriage.

Later, Xiao Yunzhou found her and settled her in the manor where they fell in love, and the two reconciled.

She knew she should hate Xiao Yunzhou, but he was, after all, the father of her son and her lover, and she had long been unable to leave him.

So when he saw Zhao Linlang trying to assassinate Xiao Yunzhou, he didn't hesitate for a moment and stabbed her directly.

Thus, Zhao Linlang was imprisoned in a dark dungeon, her eyes were gouged out, and she was tortured to death.

After Zhao Linlang's death, it was only after seeing the "bullet comments" that I realized that her family and Chen Yan'er, who framed the female lead out of jealousy, were just cannon fodder in the book. They were all part of the play in the tragic love story between Zhao Linglong and Xiao Yunzhou.

The massacre of her entire family was merely to create a tragic moment between the male and female leads, highlighting their intertwined love and hate.

Even the "heart" that she felt lucky to have at the brink of death was the author's intention, because keeping her alive was useful, specifically when she assassinated Xiao Yunzhou, the female protagonist stabbed her younger sister to death—highlighting the female protagonist's unwavering love for the male protagonist.

Ultimately, the male protagonist, Xiao Yunzhou, ascended the throne and became emperor, and Zhao Linglong naturally became empress, ruling the world. In this vast harem, Xiao Yunzhou only favored Zhao Linglong, and had no other concubines.

The two of them walked hand in hand, deeply in love. Their love story, that of the emperor and empress, has been praised by later generations and has become a celebrated tale.