From then on, Little Peony had only one thought in her mind: she had to live, for Li Muge.
She wanted to tell Li Muge that she was no longer alone in this world, that she had someone else, and that she would always be there for her.
"Guardian, please don't go see the Empress." Little Peony was afraid that Li Muge would lose control.
"Don't worry, I haven't done anything wrong, so what's there to be afraid of?" Li Muge reached out and pinched Xiao Shaoyao's chubby cheeks before leaving.
However, her momentary gloomy expression betrayed her current mood.
Empress Feng is a well-known kind and benevolent woman in the Three Realms. People say that Su Qing's gentleness and beauty are all inherited from her.
No one remembers that the Empress had another daughter; perhaps everyone has selectively forgotten her.
Li Muge stopped when he got close to the Empress.
Deep in her memory.
At that time, she enjoyed hunting and diligently studied magic, hoping to become a helper to her father.
She wants everyone to see clearly.
The women of the Phoenix Clan are not just pretty faces.
There's no need to sell your face to protect your clan.
Back then, her mother would often smile kindly at her and indulge her little temper tantrums, but when did things change?
Li Muge uncontrollably recalled those past events.
Since Su Qing came, her position has become awkward, even though her father and mother are not her biological parents.
But they raised her.
In Li Muge's heart, what difference does it make whether they are her biological children or not?
When Su Qing first entered the palace, she was wearing only coarse cloth with several patches on it. Her timid little face dared not look at anyone around her.
Li Muge wanted to go up and talk to Su Qing to ease her anxiety, but was pushed away by the Empress.
Empress Feng didn't say anything at that time.
However, Li Muge could no longer see her mother's love for her daughter in the Empress's eyes; there was only hatred, blame, and disgust.
Li Muge didn't understand.
She clearly did nothing wrong.
Why does everyone still point the finger at her for everything?
Each member of the Phoenix Clan dared not utter a word of gossip.
But whenever Li Muge passed by, they would stare at her with those mocking eyes, making her seem like an outsider in the entire palace.
For the sake of family, Li Muge was willing to put aside her pride.
Try to learn to cook and clean.
Learn to read people's expressions.
When Li Muge first met Su Qing, she thought, like everyone else, that the girl in front of her was an extremely kind person, and she even felt guilty towards Su Qing.
I think if it weren't for that blunder involving a swap back then...
Su Qing wouldn't have suffered so much.
However, when she served tea to Su Qing, she clearly didn't burn her, yet Su Qing used just a few tears to pin the blame on her.
When she specially prepared chicken soup for Su Qing for several hours and delivered it to Su Qing, it turned into deadly poison.
No one even listened to her explanation.
Perhaps everyone at the time had already sentenced her to death.
Li Muge collapsed in a disheveled state in the dark and damp death cell. At that time, Su Qing was wearing a dress made of celestial silkworm silk, which was unique to the immortal realm, and she looked ethereal.
It was a world apart from the foul-smelling death row cell.
She was no longer the country girl Li Muge had first met.
At that time, Li Muge had suffered all kinds of torture and was no longer the princess she used to be. She could only humbly reach out to Su Qing, her lips cracked and peeling from dehydration.
She offered a flustered explanation.
Explaining to Su Qing was like grasping at the only straw.
But Su Qing stepped on her face hard, and Su Qing's gentle face turned ferocious in that instant: "Li Muge, this is what you deserve. Everything you have, your status, should belong to this princess."
"And you only deserve to live like an ant."
Su Qing's words shattered Li Muge's delusions. Just when she was feeling disheartened, Su Qing still did not intend to let her go.
She meticulously prepared a play.
He deliberately provoked her, pretending to be a kind younger sister in front of everyone, and took the sword blow himself.
The goal was to completely ruin her reputation.
Neither the Celestial Realm nor the Phoenix Clan had a place for her.
I want to survive.
She had no choice but to become the demon she once despised.
Empress Feng turned around and saw Li Muge, whom she hadn't seen for thousands of years. She was moved and said, "Muge."
Li Muge took a step back, his expression slightly impatient: "Alright, Empress, stop trying to intimidate me. You want my heart's blood? Impossible. Not a single drop."
The Empress, who had initially felt some maternal affection for Li Muge, immediately retorted, "Li Muge, I never expected that after all this time, you still have no intention of repenting."
"Could it be that you really want to debase yourself and be a demon forever?"
"Oh, if I can't be a demon, what else can I be? Please enlighten me, Empress." Li Muge lazily raised her sleeve, a hint of sarcasm in her eyes.
However, the Empress did not notice.
Or perhaps all she can think about right now is saving Su Qing.
"Mu Ge, as long as you save Qing'er this time, your mother will definitely have a good talk with your father and ask him to forgive you."
"Wouldn't it be better if you went back to your father and mother's side, just like before?"
After the Phoenix Queen finished speaking, she glanced at Li Muge's expression and added, "Don't worry about the Immortal Realm. With the protection of our Phoenix Clan, the Immortal Realm will certainly not hold it against you."
Li Muge couldn't help but laugh out loud: "The Empress really knows how to make empty promises. Does she really think that I, the Protector, am the same foolish Li Muge I was back then?"
"Given my current status, Empress Feng believes that I still need someone else to protect me."
"How dare you, Li Muge! Your father and I are your family, and Su Qing is your own sister. Moreover, if it weren't for her, you would be the one suffering in the countryside."
"Shut up." Li Muge used magic to trap the Empress's neck from a distance.
"Li Muge, are you crazy? The Empress raised you, do you think your conscience has been eaten by dogs now that you've become a protector of the Demon Realm?"
The Big Dipper Star Lord rebuked him.
With a single, indifferent glance from Li Muge, his hand moved beyond his control, tearing out his own heart.
"Lord of the Big Dipper!" The other star lords quickly gathered around, casting spells to stabilize the Big Dipper's breathing.
Li Muge scoffed: "This is really funny. I thought that you people from the Immortal Realm, who always talk about righteousness, must be heartless. I didn't expect that to be the case. How boring."
"Witch, you are truly wicked." The remaining eleven Star Lords all rushed towards Li Muge.
But at that moment, a dark aura quickly enveloped them.
It prevents people from seeing what actually happened inside.
After hearing a few heart-wrenching screams...
As the black mist dissipated, only a dozen or so desiccated corpses remained on the ground.
Li Muge smiled and said, "Demon Lord, I appreciate your kindness."
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