“Miss Ji, I’m already in enough trouble now, so I don’t know if listening to your story will lead to more trouble.” Mu Ruyue raised her eyebrows. She didn’t want to take all the responsibility on herself.

Ji Ruya bit her bright red lips, and her charming eyes were filled with a hint of sadness.

"Miss Mu, please rest assured. I don't have anything to help you with. I just want to find an audience. Of course, if Miss Mu can help me when she has the ability in the future, I will be very grateful. But if Miss Mu feels embarrassed, she can completely forget what I said today. I will not force Miss Mu to do anything for me."

Her expression was firm, and her beautiful eyes were fixed on the girl in front of her.

"Okay, then I'll listen to Miss Ji's story," Mu Ruyue spread her hands, "but if this matter is troublesome, I will pretend that I haven't heard it."

What kind of story would a harem girl have? It was nothing more than a love affair. Ji Ruya was in her prime, so it was understandable that she had a man who loved her.

Ji Ruya smiled bitterly, and memories came flooding back like a tide...

"I am not from a famous family, but from a small family. Although my family is not of high status, my father is kind and my mother is gentle, and I have a cousin who lives in my house. My cousin and I have been engaged since we were young by our parents. Later, my cousin's family fell into poverty, but my parents did not despise him and treated him as their own son."

"But, because of a medicinal ingredient, the family suffered a disaster..."

With her fists tightly clenched, Ji Ruya's eyes flashed with hatred: "When I was sixteen years old, two months before my cousin and I got married, my father undoubtedly obtained a thousand-year-old medicinal herb when he went out for business. It happened to be seen by Mu Qing who passed by here. For the thousand-year-old medicinal herb, he did not hesitate to destroy my family! I will never forget that day, the blood dyed half the sky red, my parents fell into the hands of the enemy in order to protect my cousin and me! And my cousin and I separated after escaping..."

"I hate it! I want to kill my enemies to avenge my parents all the time! For revenge, I gave up my best years and my alliance with my cousin to enter the palace. Once I enter the palace, it's like being trapped in the sea. Maybe I will be trapped in the palace for the rest of my life, but for revenge, I have no regrets!"

"Five years, haha, five years have passed since that day. For five years, I have been haunted by nightmares every night. I can see my enemy right in front of me but I can't take revenge. Even if that dog emperor loves me, he will never kill Mu Qing for me."

Five years! God knows what kind of life she has been living in the past five years.

Every night she dreamed that her parents and the 136 members of the Ji family appeared in front of her with blood on their faces. The heart-wrenching sound made her heart clench, and she wished she could use the blood of her enemies to sacrifice to those dead souls.

What was once a happy family was tragically wiped out because of a medicinal herb. If that incident had not happened, she might have married her cousin and had a lovely child.

"I obviously hate that dog emperor, but I had to greet him with a smile. I know I am very sorry to my cousin for doing this, but I endured it all for the sake of revenge. The only thing I did for my cousin was to protect my body. No one except my cousin is allowed to touch my body."

Ji Ruya covered her cheeks, tears streaming down her fingers: "But I don't want revenge now, what should I do? I don't want revenge anymore..."