A mysterious expression lurked in his deep, dark eyes.
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For the next three days, Su Tiyue stayed in the Jinxiu Palace. She neither went to Xiao Heye's place nor went to learn to dance from Consort Ji.
I had heard Qingwu mention some things about Consort Ji, just a few words, but they were quite shocking.
Consort Ji, whose real name was Meng Xueji, was originally just a farmer's daughter. She was beautiful and had a graceful figure. At the age of eighteen, she married a tea merchant from the same village. The couple were deeply in love, but their marriage was short-lived, and they had a son and a daughter.
But their good fortune didn't last long. It's said that once, the emperor, traveling incognito, passed through their village. The tyrant took a liking to Meng Xueji at first sight, and even though she was already married, he didn't let her go.
Meng Xueji refused to submit, enraging the emperor. The tyrant beheaded her husband on the spot and threatened to kill her two children as well...
What was once a harmonious and happy family of four was suddenly struck by an unexpected disaster overnight.
Later, Xiao Heye intervened and saved Meng Xueji's two innocent children.
However, Xiao Heye was no benevolent person; everything he did was for personal gain.
This explains why Consort Ji listened to Xiao Heye's every word.
Xiao Heye held enough leverage to make Consort Ji obey; he controlled her lifeline. He was the only one who could save Consort Ji, and also the one who could make her wish she were dead.
But was Consort Ji truly saved?
The emperor killed the man she loved with his own hands, yet she had to fawn over and flatter her enemy, sleeping in his arms every night...
How cruel, how humiliating!
In the palace, everyone said she was a glamorous, elegant, and beloved imperial concubine, but who could see that beneath that gorgeous and luxurious exterior, her heart was already dead?
Su Tiyue was well aware that in Xiao Heye's eyes, she would be the next Consort Ji.
Throughout, Xiao Heye could always easily sense other people's weaknesses. He would give you a little something sweet, and then lure you into the game under the guise of a transaction.
Once they entered the game, they became pawns, and Xiao Heye was the one wielding the pieces.
Those caught in the situation are often powerless to control their own destiny.
In the end, Su Tiyue did not completely escape this cage; she simply jumped from one stinking swamp into another unknown abyss.
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