Because of another man, Meng Xi, the beautiful and innocent woman, had changed her mourning clothes into a pure white dress without any pattern. Looking at the two in front of him, King Yun felt extremely distressed. He then ordered his men to catch Meng Xi and let her watch the execution of Young Master Jin, the man he should have killed long ago.

Hacked over and over again, Young Master Jin still stared at Meng Xi. Although blood flowed out from his wounds, he looked at her affectionately as if he didn’t feel it. Until the last moment of his life, she had been the only thing in his eyes.

Memories of her with Young Master Jin flashed across Meng Xi’s mind.

At first, she approached him for Crown Prince Yun. Jin was a very talented young master. He didn’t have a peerless appearance, but he was the outgoing big boy that everyone liked. Sometimes he was even charmingly goofy. Just because Meng Xi liked Crown Prince Yun, he helped her to win his heart. Gradually, they became closest friends until she was with Crown Prince Yun. Since then, he began to avoid her and rarely talked to her.

However, when she became a prostitute and sold her virginity at the auction, he appeared. That night, he could have become her first man, but seeing her trembling, he just held her in his arms all night. She still remembered how he hugged her and said, “Xier, don’t force yourself. You are a good girl. What happened to your family is not your fault. It’s not worth hurting yourself for a man like that.” That night she vented all her anger at him, yelling at him to drive him away, biting him, and beating him, yet he kept holding her. As Meng Xi finally calmed down and cried in his arms all night, he did nothing but give her warmth. Since that night, he had come to see her every day but had never crossed the line.

For her sake, he even beat up King Yun regardless of their friendship and the hierarchy. After she was raped by King Yun, Young Master Jin did not mind that she wasn’t chaste but blamed himself for his inability to protect her. Despite the objection from his family, he hid her at home and took good care of her. Supporting her in silence, he had never tried to force her. Over the past two years, Meng Xi had recovered from those nightmares thanks to the peace he offered. However, she brought him a massacre on his family. When Young Master Jin finally escaped from the jail, the first thing in his mind was still to save her. Now he was even hacked to death on this cliff, all because of her.

Bleeding heavily, Young Master Jin slowly let out his last breath. In his wide-open eyes, there was a deep love for Meng Xi. Suddenly, with all her strength, Meng Xi broke free from the soldier’s grab and hugged Young Master Jin’s body. In great despair, her eyes had already dried.

Closing her eyes, she showed her most beautiful smile. Her voice was hoarse after choking with tears. Touching Young Master Jin’s face, she looked at him with the deepest affection, as if he was the only man left in her heart, “Jin, how grateful I am to be loved by you. In the next life, let me be the one caring for you.”

Meng Xi smiled with a hint of relief. Dressed in a white dress stained by the blood of Young Master Jin, she looked like a strangely gorgeous fairy, ready to get back to heaven.

Suddenly, King Yun felt something weird. “Xier, what are you doing? Xier...” said he quickly.

But it was too late. Holding the body of Young Master Jin, Meng Xi had jumped off the cliff without hesitation. At the last moment, she kissed the dead man’s lips. This was the first time she kissed him, and it was also a promise for their reunion in the next life.

The peerless white figure disappeared. Until the last moment, Meng Xi had never again cast a glance at King Yun. Finally, she allowed herself to be selfish this time. Meng Xi chose her path to death without worrying about the future of her sisters. Hugging Young Master Jin, she only wanted to leave the world that broke her heart.

King Yun had searched the abyss Meng Xi jumped down into, but there was nothing. At last, he lost the woman he loved the most in his life.

Meng Xi’s determination was the last straw that destroyed King Yun. He began to lead a decadent life, putting one woman after another into his royal harem. He wanted to make Meng Xi his only wife, but she preferred death to him. While he hurt Meng Xi time and time again, his heart was also broken.

King Yun never treated women with sincerity ever again. But many were still willing to get on his bed. For him, those women were nothing but toys, which he could play or throw away depending on his mood. He believed this was what they deserved anyway.

Time never stays for anyone. No matter how many wounds he had, how many times he had given himself up, King Yun had to keep his life going on.

Unexpectedly, just one year later, he saw Meng Xi again. Even though he could only watch her from afar, he had secretly made a decision. If he conquered all kingdoms and destroyed the Kingdom of Shui, he should be able to take her back.

Spring arrived, and all flowers bloomed. King Yun was invited by Kingdom Shui to the Kingdom of Shui. Yet, he had never expected to see Meng Xi there, the woman he loved the most and thought was dead.

Seeing Meng Xi at the audience hall in the royal palace, King Yun almost lost his decency. He had no idea why she had become King Shui’s new consort and was obviously pregnant with his baby.

Seeing Meng Xi with her swelling abdomen, King Yun felt his heart had broken into pieces. The woman he loved betrayed him and even abandoned her own country. Why? King Yun could not understand. It didn’t end with Young Master Jin. She was around another man who was old enough to be her father and obviously had many women as a king. Yet Meng Xi would rather bear his children than be King Yun’s only lover.

From then on, King Yun had really been devoured by his hatred towards Meng Xi. He hated her just as much as he loved her. At that time, the Kingdom of Yun was not as powerful as its neighbor, the Kingdom of Shui. King Yun cast a deep glance at the beautiful woman who had regained her smile. Dressed in a gorgeous palace dress instead of mourning clothes, Meng Xi deliberately avoided looking into his eyes. Her pregnancy was the biggest irony to King Yun. Secretly, he had made up his mind. He would dominate the world so that no one could ever take his things away.

King Yun turned around to greet King Shui. He then walked up to the seat prepared for him and sat down. He was heartbroken and almost driven mad by the urge to kill and the lovesickness. Yet suppressing all his emotions, he put on a smile without revealing any of his thoughts.

A few days after the departure of King Yun, Meng Xi gave birth to a baby. That was Princess Shui Yinzhu. As a token of his congratulation, King Yun sent her Lan Li in person, the boy they adopted together. Before the annihilation of the Kingdom of Shui, it was the last time he saw Meng Xi, who changed the boy’s surname from Lan to Fang in front of him. Clearly, she didn’t want to have anything to do with him anymore.

Nobody knew if it was King Shui’s idea, but King Yun and Meng Xi finally had some time alone. Looking at the woman he loved the most, King Yun wanted to give her a hug, but he knew he couldn’t.

“Xier, do you really want to be so cold?”

“King Yun, I don’t belong to the Kingdom of Yun anymore. Please behave yourself and call me Consort Xi.”

"You will regret it, Xier. No, Consort Xi."

“I’ve made my decision anyway.”

“Do you still feel anything for me?”

“No, never again.”

“Okay, remember what you’ve said today because one day, I will make you kneel down and beg to come back to me. Just wait.”

After the conversation, King Yun left the Kingdom of Shui right away without any hesitation.

Meanwhile, a prophecy was spread out, saying that whoever had the little prince of the Kingdom of Xuan could take over the world. While all kingdoms were looking for him, who was still a baby, King Yun happened to find him.

No one knew if it was because of the prophecy or the power of superstition. With King Yun’s efforts those years, the Kingdom of Yun had developed a strong army, conquering the Kingdom of Xuan and Wu one by one. Not long after the Kingdom of Wu’s demise, a new prophecy appeared.

Princess of the Kindom of Shui... 9 years old... 16 as a living sacrifice... the Kingdom of Yun prosperous... Otherwise... the Kingdom of Yun would perish...

King Yun had already hated the Kingdom of Shui for many years. Aided by that prophecy and Lan Li, the boy he saved and raised up with Meng Xi, he made it to strike the Kingdom of Shui.

Listening to the story told by Lan Li, Wu Nian was already in tears. Despite his hoarse voice from crying, he interrupted the storyteller, “Brother Li, I have one question. Did you really open the gate to the capital of the Kingdom of Shui?”

He wanted to hear him answer it personally. Tortured by that long-lost “Brother Li”, Lan Li was too ashamed and hurt to look up at Wu Nian. “Yes,” he replied.

“Why?”

“Because King Yun told me as long as I opened the gate, he would make me a prince of the Kingdom of Yun. With that title, I should have the same status as Princess Shui and marry her. “

“Just that? Did you open the gate just for that? Did it ever cross your mind that tens of thousands of citizens there would be slaughtered because of what you did?”

After hearing what Lan Li said, Wu Nian couldn’t believe his ears. He suddenly wanted to laugh, and he did, but in tears. How ridiculous that the Kingdom of Shui was destroyed for such a reason! After laughing for a long time, his heart suddenly started to hurt a lot. It turned out that hearing the truth in person was way more unbearable than just knowing it. Wu Nian couldn’t forgive Lan Li’s selfishness. After all, he was to blame for his parents’ deaths and countless lives in the Kingdom of Shui.

Stopping smiling, Wu Nian secretly poisoned his own wine. Then he stared at Lan Li with his pure and seductive look, offering his drink.

“Brother Li, have a drink. Let’s continue the story.”

Feeling already guilty, Lan Li didn’t doubt his sudden mad laugh and the drink he gave even a bit, nor did he have time to. Hurriedly taking a sip, Lan Li continued to talk.

Even if King Yun hated Meng Xi, he still held the deepest love for her. From the beginning, all he wanted to do was to kill everyone around her, cut her wings, and bring her back to his side.

But Meng Xi no longer wanted to be manipulated by King Yun. She preferred accompanying old King Shui to death to looking at King Yun again. Meng Xi actually committed suicide. After King Yun sent someone to kill King Shui, Meng Xi took the sword on the ground and stabbed herself.

At the last moment of her life, Meng Xi hugged King Shui tightly with love and apologies in her eyes, just like holding someone she cherished the dearest. She did not look back at King Yun but said, “What I regret the most is saving you in the brothel that day. If there is an afterlife, I’d rather reincarnate as an animal than meet you again.”