Chang'an
It was late at night.
Unbeknownst to anyone, a massacre was taking place inside the grand mansion.
The horrific massacre of the entire family was prevented from taking place by the heavy gate.
Of the more than thirty people in the mansion, none survived. Only a little girl escaped by hiding in the lake. Her relatives were frequently thrown into the lake to die.
The lake was stained red with blood.
The little girl hid in the lake, holding her breath.
"Are all the people dead?" When almost everyone in the mansion was dead, a man walked in, seemingly disgusted by his surroundings.
He kept covering his nose with a black handkerchief.
"Reporting to Your Excellency, we have inspected the area and found that everyone in the Fu family is dead."
The man nodded in satisfaction.
Young Fu Shanyue endured the icy chill of the lake water to remember the face of her enemy.
The man had a distinct scar on his face, which was etched into the girl's heart. Being young, the girl could no longer hold on and sank to the bottom of the lake.
Before losing consciousness, the girl thought of her father, mother, and wet nurse; their tragic deaths were etched in her mind.
It became a nightmare that the girl thought she could never forget.
No matter what it takes to achieve it.
She wanted revenge.
She wanted to make her enemies pay for their crimes in blood.
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Fifteen years later.
Chang'an Street is filled with vendors setting up stalls and hawking their wares.
Passersby came and went in an endless stream.
Li Muge, holding a peony, has been lingering in the human world for eighteen years, encountering only hypocritical humans along the way.
They swore eternal love, vowing to love each other to the ends of the earth. But in the end, it was all just empty talk. As soon as Li Muge put her to the test, her true colors were revealed.
A day in the sky.
One year in the mortal realm.
Li Muge carried Xiao Shaoyao down the street, hoping to try her luck, but among the hundreds of people coming and going, she didn't see a single person who was truly sincere.
"Little Peony, I said I'd finish in ten days, but it's been eighteen days already, and I haven't even seen a trace of a sincere person. At this rate, when will this protector be able to remove the Heart Gu?"
Just as Li Muge was feeling bored and confused.
The ring on her hand, which she used to sense the love bead, suddenly lit up.
Li Muge almost wanted to jump up without caring about her image. Was it easy for her?
Finally, she met someone for whom she could sacrifice the Love Pearl.
Following the ring's guidance, Li Muge arrived at a... well, a brothel.
“This…” Li Muge cast a spell to transform into a man and lingered at the entrance of the brothel, fiddling with the ring on his hand.
For someone to have genuine and pure feelings for their loved ones, the first quality they must possess is unwavering devotion.
Can someone who frequents brothels be faithful?
Li Muge had some doubts.
Little did she know that her timid and hesitant manner was perceived by the courtesans calling out at the door as a sign of being willing but lacking courage.
The girls exchanged glances.
They immediately surrounded Li Muge: "Young master, what are you looking at? Come inside, there are plenty of pretty girls there."
"Yes, young master, don't be shy. We've seen plenty of men like you. It's only natural for men to like pretty girls. Come on, go inside with the girl."
"I... I didn't..." Li Muge was about to speak when she felt the ring burning in her palm and gave in.
Of course, she also wanted to see what kind of fun things brothels in the human world had to offer.
"Sir, it's good that you've thought it through. We at Mingyue Tower will not let you down."
Li Muge was ushered into the building. In the Three Realms, no matter where you are, brothels are places of entertainment where money is squandered.
Hua Yulou was the most famous brothel in Chang'an.
The girls in the building are all exceptional in their skills in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, playing musical instruments, and singing.
When Li Muge saw those men, the moment their hands touched the girls, they immediately became restless, their hands roaming over the girls' bodies.
I immediately felt disdain; what kind of devoted person could come from a place like this?
"Oh, Grand Tutor You, you've come to see our Miss Yan Yue again today, haven't you? Oh, you've come at just the right time, Yan Yue doesn't have any guests right now."
The madam followed the man in black attentively.
Despite the obvious scar on his face, You Zhengqing's resolute appearance did not diminish his good looks in the slightest.
As Li Muge watched You Zhengqing walk past her and upstairs, the ring on her hand burned even hotter.
Before long, the madam came rushing downstairs, gleefully weighing the silver in her hand, but Li Muge stopped her.
"Madam, who is this Miss Yan Yue?"
"Yan Yue, this child is the most beautiful courtesan in our Hua Yu Lou. No, that girl's skills are many times more powerful than those of the most beautiful courtesans in the brothel. Otherwise, how could she have captivated Grand Tutor You so completely?"
"Grand Tutor You." Li Muge opened his folding fan, placed it against his chest, and whispered gossipingly, "Such a high-ranking official, coming to Huayulou to see Miss Yan Yue so openly, isn't that inappropriate?"
The madam rolled her eyes. "What's wrong with that? You men are all hypocrites. What's wrong with coming here? The Grand Tutor even wants to redeem Yan Yue from her servitude. That would be a proper marriage, with the principal wife as the betrothal gift."
“But…” the madam paused, then sighed, “I don’t know why Yan Yue doesn’t know how to enjoy her life of luxury.”
"This is a wonderful thing that many people can only dream of, yet she still doesn't agree to Grand Tutor You marrying her. Really, I don't know what she's thinking?"
After hearing about this, Li Muge pondered for a while, then took out several gold ingots from his purse and placed them in the madam's hand.
"This is my deposit for Miss Yue to accompany me. Please keep an eye out for her, madam, so that no one else can snatch her up first."
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