"Retribution?" Mu Ruyue sneered, curling the corners of her lips sarcastically, "Haven't you heard of this saying? It's better to demolish ten temples than to destroy a fake marriage. Who do you think will be punished first?"

Mu Yixue glared at Mu Ruyue fiercely and argued, "I just want to serve the prince and become his concubine. I don't want to break up your marriage at all."

Looking at Mu Yixue's unfazed look, Mu Ruyue felt helpless. This woman had been spoiled by Mu Qing since she was a child, so she never considered the consequences of her actions or words. Ye Wuchen had clearly stated that he didn't need any concubines, but now he actually raised this issue.

"Xue'er!" Mu Qing's face changed drastically, and he said hurriedly, "Your Highness, please forgive her this time for the sake of Xue'er's young age and ignorance."

"Young and ignorant?" Ye Wuchen glanced at her gloomily, with a haze covering his handsome face. "This Mu Yixue is only two years younger than Mu'er, but she is young and ignorant? Since she wants to be looked down upon, then I will make the decision and let her marry Wang Bo, the deputy general under the general of the Protectorate, as a concubine."

"No!" Mu Yixue screamed. She was a girl from the Mu family, but she could only be the concubine of a deputy general? Moreover, Wang Bo was said to have had his face destroyed when he was young. He was extremely ugly. He was just a warrior and did not know how to be gentle with women.

Wouldn't it be pushing her to death if she became his concubine?

"Haha, please rest assured, Your Majesty. Wang Bo is my father's subordinate. I will handle this matter well." Li Lu glanced at Mu Yixue, a trace of pity in his eyes.

Wang Bo had two concubines, and it was said that both of them were tortured to death by him in bed. I wonder if the young lady of the Mu family can live for half a year...

"Dad, Dad, save me, save me quickly, I don't want to marry that ugly guy, I don't want to!"

"My Lord, this..."

Mu Qing wanted to beg for mercy, but before he could say anything, a powerful pressure came over him, making it impossible for him to say a word. He could only watch Mu Yixue being dragged away by Li Lu.

However, Mu Yixue's fate was obviously worse than that of the concubine who was tortured to death...

Before she entered the palace, she was crippled by a man in black and became a first-class waste. Moreover, on the wedding night, Wang Bo discovered that she was no longer a virgin and left in anger. From then on, whenever he was unhappy, he would torture her severely. Within half a month, Mu Yixue had become a half-human, half-ghost.

Because of the Ghost King's order, the Mu family was not allowed to visit Mu Yixue, so now Mu Yixue was helpless and could only endure Wang Bo's inhuman torture...

Compared with Mu Yixue's misery, Mu Ruyue has been in seclusion since they left, and finally advanced to the sixth-rank warrior after a month. Although the art of alchemy has not yet made a breakthrough, she has become much more proficient in it. Now she can refine intermediate earth-grade pills and can produce 100 pills in one furnace.

This is quite a progress.

During the period when Mu Ruyue was in seclusion, the succession of imperial power finally ended. Emperor Ziyue was imprisoned by Old Zhao, and the throne fell to the sickly Ninth Prince Ye Luoya. However, this had nothing to do with Mu Ruyue. Now, she only wanted to improve her strength as quickly as possible.

Then, walking side by side with that man...