The Emperor's Domineering Favor, the Evil Consort's Unparalleled Reign

"You're Fu Cheng?! I've come to you to break the illusion on this moonstone." Ying Li brandished the moonstone in her hand, her face slightly pale. Fu Cheng, who was sizing up Ying Li, narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw the moonstone in Ying Li's hand. He waved for the nine women behind him to step back and said, "Jiang Yanli sent you?!"

Ying Li nodded, but the next second, Fu Cheng turned around, threw the paintbrush in his hand onto the painting he had just finished, and said in a cold voice, "Anyone can come here? Do you think the Fu Family Manor is too lenient with outsiders!"

"I have no such intention. I have come here only to ask you to help me break the illusion on this. Whatever your request is, as long as I can do it, I will agree to it without hesitation," Ying Li said quickly when she saw that Fu Cheng was about to refuse.

Fu Cheng smiled, turned around and approached Ying Li. He lifted Ying Li's chin with his right hand, his peach blossom eyes filled with a gentle smile, completely different from the cold Fu Cheng just now. He raised an eyebrow, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, exuding a unique charm and interest. "As long as you can do it, you will agree to me without hesitation?! If I make unreasonable requests, you will also agree to them?!"

Ying Li nodded without hesitation almost as soon as the other person finished speaking, and said firmly, "I will agree to whatever you want me to do."

Fu Cheng looked at Ying Li's resolute eyes, then his expression suddenly darkened. His face gradually paled, and he repeated, "You'll agree to anything? You'd better think it over."

"I'll agree to anything you say, and Ying Li keeps her word."

"What if I asked you to submit to me?!" Fu Cheng pressed aggressively.

"If you promise me to break the illusion on this moonstone, Ying Li will naturally agree."

"What kind of monster are you?! You don't even care about a woman's reputation, which is the most important thing for her," Fu Cheng said.

“If Mingneng allows me to protect the person I want to protect most, and can help me protect my family, then what is there to hesitate about?! Many times, God doesn’t give you the chance to sacrifice, and just lets you watch the person you care about die in front of you. Compared to those, I think you are more reasonable to be given a choice.” Ying Li said, word by word, his eyes indifferent and detached, not blinking.

Fu Cheng re-examined Ying Li, crossing his arms and looking at her meaningfully. Qing Yu brushed the quicksand off her body and stood up. She glanced at Ying Li with a fierce look in her eyes, "Pah!" A mouthful of saliva flew out of Qing Yu's mouth and landed at Ying Li's feet.

"You're a despicable person, capable of anything to achieve your goals! What about protecting the most important people? What about protecting your family?! From the moment you came to find Jiang Yanli, you've been willing to sacrifice everything for your future, for your own prospects! You little slut, shamelessness knows no bounds! Do the people you're protecting even know how despicable you are?!"

Fu Cheng patiently watched Ying Li's joke unfold, but soon, the expression on his face, which had been meant to tease Ying Li, turned serious. Looking at Ying Li's indifferent face, he could not detect a trace of lust in her, except for a clean and extraordinary temperament. It was as if Ying Li had no desires or wants, and everything she did was a pre-arranged chessboard, and all she had to do was to move forward step by step according to the chessboard she had prepared, regardless of the cost.

Fu Cheng suddenly found it hard to believe the resolute purity in Ying Li. He fixed his slightly provocative gaze on Ying Li's face and said in a deep voice, "Take it off."

Ying Li's eyes flickered, and the coldness spreading from her gaze gradually enveloped Fu Cheng. She didn't even have a trace of resentment or grievance. She didn't even glance at Qing Yu, who had just smeared her. Instead, she neatly put away the moonstone in her hand, loosened her belt, put her right hand on her left shoulder, and with a backhand, she had already taken off her outer clothes.

Fu Cheng's expression changed, and his brows furrowed slightly.

"Take off more." He wanted to see what kind of tough girl Ying Li was. How could she not have any feminine demeanor at all? Ying Li was only seventeen years old, but she acted like a twenty-seven-year-old veteran. Heaven knows what she had been through.

Ying Li loosened the sash on the side of her clothes, and with a gentle flick, a thin, gauze-like long robe slipped off her body. She seemed to feel a little cold, her lips turned white, and the muscles on her face twitched slightly. Soon, her face returned to normal.

Before Fu Cheng could say another word, Ying Li had already taken off three layers of clothing. Just one more, and she would be left only with her undergarments. Fu Cheng's eyes grew increasingly deep. Watching Ying Li's swift movements and indifferent affection, a hint of displeasure flashed across his face. "No need."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ying Li took off her clothes, revealing herself to be wearing only a knee-length inner shirt. Her long hair stood up high, and there was not a trace of hesitation on her indifferent face.

"Is that enough?!" Ying Li asked. Fu Cheng looked at her for a long time, then suddenly smiled. "Among the women I know, there are three types. First, those who are willing to sacrifice everything for what they desire, even if it means losing everything and barely surviving. Second, those who are unwilling to sacrifice anything for what they desire, but will use all their strength to find the person who is willing to sacrifice for them and help them rise to the top. Third, those who are willing to sacrifice for what they desire, but are filled with sympathy and always try to gain sympathy at crucial moments. Whether she does it intentionally or unintentionally, she will always shed a few tears."

As Fu Cheng spoke, a peculiar emotion flickered in his eyes as he looked at Ying Li. He dropped his earlier teasing expression and said, "You are the first type, but coincidentally, I dislike the first type the most. Go back now; I won't help you break the illusion on the moonstone."

Ying Li bit her lip, her eyes defiant. "Perhaps you think what I'm doing is unprincipled and despicable, but I really need what's inside the moonstone. My friends, my family, they all need me. I can't abandon them. Fu Cheng, as long as you help me unlock that thing, I, Ying Li, will do anything, even face mountains of knives and seas of fire, just say the word!"

“That’s the problem!” Fu Cheng said. “Are you a savior?! Your friends, your family, they have their own fate, their own destiny. What happens to them is their own business. How much can your small body bear?! I advise you to find a beautiful place with clear waters and lush mountains, recuperate properly, and live a peaceful and ordinary life. Wouldn’t that be better?!”

"Jiang Yanli, that person, couldn't do what you did, so she volunteered to help you to Xuan Ye. She will push you into the fire with her own hands, and still think she is right. Silly girl, in the end, you will only suffer. Maybe, ten years later, you will be grateful for my decision. Go."

After Xuan Ye finished speaking, he walked into a landscape painting without looking back. Ying Li dressed himself and searched for a long time, but could not find Fu Cheng. He entered the painting himself, but kept Ying Li and Qing Yu out of the illusion.

"You little bitch, you don't need to look anymore. Once Fu Cheng has made up his mind, he won't go back on it. Since he said he doesn't like you, he just doesn't like you. No matter how much you make a fuss, he won't help you. I think you should just give up." Qingyu mocked from the side.

Ying Li slowly turned to look at her, puzzled, "We're clearly the same kind of people, so why do you always say such hurtful things?! You wanted my eyes, wasn't it all for Jiang Yanli?! I want to break this illusion for my friends, to find my family. We're all persistent people, so why do you have to say such hurtful things?! Does it feel good? Hurting someone who ends up like you, seeing her unable to get what she needs, makes you feel relieved and happy, doesn't it?!"

"You..." Qingyu was suddenly struck where it hurt. She looked at Ying Li, her anger burning. She picked up a sword and attacked Ying Li. When she got close to him, her expression changed drastically.

Ying Li's pupils dilated. A hand pulled on Ying Li's shoulder from behind, dragging her towards the ink painting. Ying Li turned around, and Fu Cheng's smiling face became especially clear!

"I've changed my mind. I won't help you break the illusion, nor will I let you leave the Fu Family Manor. Rather than having you thank me ten years later, I'd rather let you live under my protection from now on!"