King Yun felt so cold. He held Meng Xi tightly in his arms with one hand while pointing at Young Master Jin with the other hand. He turned around and said to the guards, “Take him away.”

“Yes,” The guards responded quickly and went to catch Young Master Jin.

Young Master Jin was taken away. He looked at King Yun and said anxiously, almost begging, “You can do whatever you want with me. Please, don’t hurt her again. I know you love her. If you hurt her more, you will regret it...”

However, Young Master Jin was still pulled out. He kept screaming when the door of the room was locked up, “Don’t hurt her again! Don’t hurt her again!” Soon, his voice faded away.

The room was silent without a sound, which was even more unsettling. King Yun could not stay patient anymore when he thought of the intimate behavior of Young Master Jin and Meng Xi. He threw Meng Xi onto the bed rudely, ignored her resistance, and climbed on top of her. Men had always been stronger than women. Meng Xi kept struggling, but it was useless.

The girl’s tone showed a hint of fear. However, her heart was filled with hatred facing this murderer who had killed her family. She became unyielding. Even her tone turned tough again, “What are you doing? You bastard! You are an animal!”

“What am I doing? Haven’t you done it all!? Now you are still pretending to be a virgin?”

“Let go of me. I feel sick when I see you.”

“Yeah! You feel sick when you see me. But you don’t feel sick when you see Jin and other men!”

“You are not comparable with Jin. No, you are not even a human being.”

“You! Do you like him this much? I am going to show you how much I am better than him!”

As King Yun said so, he kissed Meng Xi’s neck. Meng Xi bit his neck directly, and soon she tasted blood in her mouth—he was bleeding. S he almost bit off his flesh.

However, King Yun didn’t flinch at all. He didn’t mind if he was bleeding. With both hands, he tried to undress the girl. However, she pushed him away with all her strength.

“Go away, asshole! You are just an animal! I would rather sleep with a beggar than be touched by you.”

“Why are you so shameless?”

“I’m shameless. Then don’t touch me if you don’t like it. Go away! Go away...”

At this moment, King Yun no longer answered Meng Xi. He felt he could not hold back the impulse of strangling her if he continued to talk to her. He stopped her from talking with a kiss. When she was about to bite him, he stopped kissing her. His hands tore at the girl’s dress forcefully, and then her perfect body was revealed. He started to rape the girl without mercy, completely ignoring the girl’s cursing.

Well... Meng Xi now could not resist. The only part of her body she could control was her mouth. She could do nothing but curse him. Facing King Yun, she didn’t want to cry. She hid her true feelings desperately, no matter how aggrieved and sad she felt. Meng Xi didn’t want to show her weakness to him and could only keep cursing him, “you asshole, bastard, animal, you are just trash...”

The girl’s words did not disturb King Yun even a little. Instead, it aroused his deeper possessiveness. His anger made him even more impulsive. He was no longer gentle, and he was rude to her. When he thrust himself into her body, he had a special feeling, making him confused for a second. King Yun couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw some bloodstains on the bed. Then he felt joy from the bottom of his heart.

King Yun knew that Meng Xi was afraid of pain, so he became gentle. He ignored the girl’s cursing and kept calling her “Xier”. His Meng Xi was a virgin. Nothing had happened between her and other men. He was the one who took her virginity. However, a natural impulse still drove him crazy gradually and slowly. Ignoring her painful expression and the pain from his wounds left by the fight before, he had conquered her body until Meng Xi was so tired that she passed out. He hugged her tightly and touched her tired and sweaty face. King Yun kissed her cheek affectionately and then fell asleep in contentment.

King Yun hadn’t slept so peacefully for many days. Tonight, he slept very well. When he opened his eyes slowly, the woman in his arms had disappeared. However, all the traces of last night were still there, especially the bloodstains on the bedsheet. Everything was real. Meng Xi now really belonged to him. He felt a little regret. However, he would have done it again if he had a second chance.

What he didn’t know was that he had pushed Meng Xi’s heart even farther from him this time.

After that day, King Yun released Young Master Jin. He knew that Meng Xi tried to irritate him on purpose, and his friend hadn’t betrayed him. However, they were no longer good friends. From now on, they had no relation with each other. But at this moment, King Yun didn’t have time to care about Young Master Jin.

Meng Xi had disappeared. King Yun searched every place he thought she might go to, but he still could not find her. It was a pity that King Yun had no real power at that time. He could not mobilize many people to search for her.

King Yun got but soon lost his beloved girl. He no longer participated in the royal court session. His mother and ministers kept persuading him, but he paid no attention to them. He stayed under the phoenix tree in the backyard of the mansion of the Mengs, waiting for his lover’s return stupidly.

The mansion of the Mengs had been empty now. The blood and corpses were cleaned up as if nothing had happened. However, this place was silent without any traces of vitality. Even in the daytime, it brought people a gloomy feeling. The wound on people’s hearts could never be cured so easily.

Lan Li took a bite of the food on the table. He took a short break and then looked at Wu Nian in front of him. He knew he would feel uncomfortable hearing the story. After all, this was his mother’s story. He wanted to give Wu Nian some time first and then continue.

Wu Nian’s face had been covered with tears. Meng Xi’s experience was so similar to his. Why did they have to experience such painful things?

“Did Meng Xi then escape to the Kingdom of Shui?”

“No, not yet.”

“What happened then?”

His crying voice had revealed how anxious he felt. He wanted to know everything about Meng Xi so much.

Lan Li looked at him, his heart softened. He picked up a wine glass and toasted to Wu Nian. But then Lan Li realized he didn’t want to drink it, and he was impatient. Lan Li didn’t mind it and soon continued to talk about the story of Meng Xi.

Sometimes, a person’s impulsive behavior and wrong choice at one brief moment would affect his life forever. Young Master Jin was a perfect example. It would be great if he didn’t marry his wife to forget Meng Xi deliberately. Now he would have been together with Meng Xi.

That’s right. Meng Xi disappeared, and she stayed in Young Master Jin’s place. That night, Young Master Jin arrived at the door of his mansion. He saw Meng Xi, who was struggling to walk and clearly had been raped by King Yun. Young Master Jin loved Meng Xi so much. He held the woman in his arms and took good care of her in his place. He didn’t care whether she was a virgin or not. He treated her as well as always. Meng Xi felt so touched.

Young Master Jin was so sincere to Meng Xi, which was precious for Meng Xi, who was so frustrated at this moment. They were not a couple, and they had never crossed the line. However, Meng Xi now depended on Young Master Jin, and she had a different feeling for him. They were more intimate than friends but less than lovers.

If no one disturbed Young Master Jin and Meng Xi, their relationship might go on in this way. Even though it was not unforgettable love, it was still a kind of ordinary happiness. In this case, they didn’t have to experience more pain, and Shui Yinzhu would not be born.

However, Young Master Jin had a wife! After she married Young Master Jin, it was so hard for her to even see her husband once. Madam Jin felt like a widow, and she couldn’t stand it. Well, no one could stand it. Her husband didn’t like her. Now he even brought another woman to their mansion boldly. They spent time together every day and showed her how intimate their relationship was. Even a bodhisattva would be angry at it, let alone an ordinary woman like Madam Jin! Therefore, she went to the mansion of the Mengs and told King Yun the secret...

...

King Yun had been frustrated, but now his heart became even colder after knowing where Meng Xi was. He did not rush to look for her. After all, Young Master Jin had a grandfather who had been a politician for a long time and served three kings in total. What King Yun needed now was real power. Only with real power could he hold everything he wanted in his hands, including his woman.

“Madam Jin, you can come and talk to me if something happens between them.”

“Your Majesty, aren’t you going to do anything? They’ve stayed together every day.” It seemed that King Yun didn’t want to make a move. He was not anxious, but Mr. Jin was! She wanted to get her husband back as soon as possible!

“Madam. Jin, stay patient. Now you have to be patient. If you act rashly and alert them, they might flee together. The loss would outweigh the gain.”

“But we just let them be?” Madam Jin still felt very uncomfortable. Any woman who saw her husband with other women would feel as uncomfortable as she did.

“No need to hurry. We need to put their guard down first, and I will solve the problem gradually. Don’t worry. I will take Meng Xi away. Then you can spend the rest of your life with your husband, and there will never be a third person between you.”

That’s right. There will not be a third person. King Yun had made up his mind to slaughter the Jins at this moment. This stupid woman had become an accomplice of King Yun when she still didn’t realize what was going on. She had pushed every one of the Jins to the guillotine.

After today, King Yun seemed to be reborn. He no longer trusted anyone, including his mother and his fake father. He wanted to become a real strong man, so he began to build his own forces secretly. He was not active in congress. Sometimes he even didn’t attend the royal court session in the early morning. In the eyes of outsiders, King Yun was useless and obscene. He was lost in women and stayed in brothels frequently. Everyone had let their guard down toward him.

The brothers and sisters of King Yun had witnessed how imbecile he was. They assassinated and poisoned him. At first, they did it in secret, but they gradually became more overt. Then for King Yun, his fake father and mother were the perfect people to deal with it. Anyway, they wanted him to sit on the throne and be their puppet safely.

King Yun watched them fighting in this way. He was so happy to watch the good show and wished he could clap his hands for them.

The wolf had a winning game when the shepherds quarreled. This was a perfect saying for King Yun. It didn’t matter to him who was the shepherds—his brothers, sisters, fake father, or mother. It would be perfect for him if he was the real wolf who took advantage of it. Everything was gradually under his control. He used the brothel to win over some officials in private. He had his men. The guards he trained secretly had become powerful. The most important thing was that he kept the real tiger-shaped tally himself and gave the fake one to his fake father.

However, King Yun’s favorite woman, Meng Xi, was still in the mansion of the Jins. Although everything was under the king’s control, she had been a thorn in his heart. He missed her and wanted to get her as quickly as possible. However, he had to be patient. He must plan it step by step to get the supreme power in the Kingdom of Yun truly. At that time, he would have whatever he wanted and could imprison her at his side forever.