Chapter 3 is the most painful

  Ling Feng's eyes suddenly widened, and deep within them was a profound fear. She desperately wanted to scream but couldn't utter a sound. She desperately wanted to resist, but her body wouldn't obey her commands. All she could do was stare helplessly as the man brutally and coldly tore off her clothes in front of her.

  His tall and straight figure stood upright in front of her, blocking the only light that shone through the hazy night, and she was completely trapped under his shadow.

  His face, bathed in moonlight, was expressionless, yet it still gave her a suffocating sense of icy coldness and terror.

  "No, no, no," she screamed with all her might, but nobody could hear her. Everything had become mute, everything was stuck in her throat.

  And his cold, hard body pressed down on her without hesitation.

  At that moment, Ling Feng's already immobile body completely stiffened, and despair quickly flashed through her eyes. No matter how she screamed in her heart, no matter how she prayed, it couldn't change the fate of tonight. She regretted it so much, regretting that she shouldn't have sneaked out alone.

  But now everything is too late, too late.

  As his body pressed down on hers, she suddenly felt a tearing pain spreading through her body, a heart-wrenching pain that tore not only at her flesh but also at her longing for love. Everything, everything had become a deep shadow in her heart.

  At that moment, a crystal tear slowly fell from the corner of her eye, and the light in her eyes also slowly dimmed, giving off an aura of desolate despair in the darkness.

  But her body showed no mercy, harshly, forcefully, and deeply tearing her apart again and again.

  That tearing pain seemed to dissolve all her strength, and just now she had been sucked out of too much blood by him, so it wasn't long before Lingfeng fainted.

  He seemed to have no feeling at all, and continued his actions as if nothing had happened, or perhaps he had felt it but didn't want to pay attention, didn't deign to pay attention.

  It wasn't until much later that he slowly got up, adjusted his not-too-disheveled clothes, and gave her a cold glance. The corners of his lips twitched again, revealing a cold and ruthless smile.

  "Prince Wang, she has fainted." The man who had just brought Ling Feng over furrowed his brow slightly, his words sounding like they were laced with concern, but his tone devoid of any actual care.

  "Hmph, tell the old thief to take her back." The cold eyes shifted from Ling Feng's body and gazed into the distant darkness, the chilly voice sending shivers down one's spine in this eerie black night.

  Those profound and unfathomable eyes flashed with a bloodthirsty ferocity, while the deep-seated hatred was even more shocking. "If Murong's old thief were to find out that his evil deeds had been repaid on his daughter's body, I wonder what kind of reaction he would have. I'm really looking forward to it." If he hadn't remembered wrongly, two days ago, Murong Lie had still proposed to the Emperor to send his daughter into the palace. This time, he wanted to see how he would present a crippled corpse to the Emperor.

  "Yes." His body respectfully responded, of course also understanding what the king's announcement meant. After finishing speaking, he quickly hid in the dark night.

  "In order to prevent any accidents from happening in this wonderful game, I'll kindly guard you, lest those beasts eat you up." The cold face turned towards Ling Feng once again, the corners of his lips curled into a cold smile. Seeing her motionless body, he didn't show even a hint of concern.

  After a big two quarters, suddenly heard the distant transmission of chaotic voices, also vaguely felt that there was a flash of flames, his lip corners again slightly twitched, and then quickly disappeared in the darkness.

  The man who rushed over immediately stiffened when he saw the disheveled body on the ground, and the pain in his eyes spread endlessly. However, in the first moment, he quickly pulled down his shirt to cover the exposed flesh, and swiftly picked her up.

  Murong Lie, who was closely following behind, didn't see Ling Feng's appearance, but quickly understood what was going on. His eyes flashed with anger as he gritted his teeth and said, "This stinky little girl......"

  "Dad, she's already fainted." His thin lips parted, but his voice suddenly became hoarse, and the hand holding her trembled uncontrollably.

  Murong Lie glared fiercely at Ling Feng, still unable to conceal the anger in his eyes, and said harshly, "Actually, one person sneaked out of the house secretly, causing such a thing to happen. When she wakes up..."

  The words had barely left his lips when a figure flashed before his eyes and the man was already carrying Ling Feng away.

  ……………….

  Ling Feng woke up to find it was already the second day, morning. She slowly opened her eyes, and the familiar room made her pause for a moment. Was last night's incident just a dream?

  But the pain that immediately spread through his body cruelly reminded him that it was not a dream, but an iron fact.

  "You're awake." Murong Lingyun saw the pair of slowly opening eyes and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, but seeing her dazed expression, his heart suddenly ached, and he could no longer care about anything else. He tightly hugged her and softly said, "It's okay, don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

  Why is heaven so cruel, why does it torture her time and time again, and this time, alas...

  "Have you finally woken up?" Just then, Mu Rong Lie walked in, his eyes blazing with anger, and said fiercely, "Look at the good deed you've done, you've disgraced the Mu Rong family completely."

  Ling Feng's eyes slowly turned to him, and the dim eyes no longer had their former luster. The corners of his lips involuntarily twitched, "When did you start treating me as a member of the Murong family?" Although she hadn't been here for long, she already knew many things about Murong Ling Feng. The Murong Manor never acknowledged her, and outsiders didn't even know of her existence in the manor.

  "You......" Murong Lie's breath caught in his throat, his hand swiftly extending to point at her with a stern finger, "You've done something like this and you still have the nerve?"

  Ling Feng smiled coldly and said with a face full of indifference, "What's the big deal? It's just losing a body, do you have to be so dramatic?" If she wasn't mistaken, her encounter last night was still thanks to him.

  The man at the beginning repeatedly confirmed her identity before taking her away, while the person who came later seemed to have only acted after hearing that she was Mu Rong Lie's daughter.

  "You......" Murong Lie's face turned red with rage, his eyes cold and hard as he said, "Fine, very good. Today I will teach you a lesson, if not......"

  "Old master, you should go to the morning court now." The woman who came with him said gently, but her eyes were worriedly looking at Ling Feng and Murong Lingyun.

  "Hmph." Murong Lie coldly snorted, "Wait till I get back, and I'll deal with you properly then."

  …………………….

  In the grand hall of the imperial palace.

  The emperor gazed at Murong Lie with a thoughtful expression, and said in an seemingly casual tone, "Regarding the matter of sending my younger daughter into the palace that you, Chancellor, brought up a few days ago, I've considered it for several days and think it's not bad. Let her enter the palace then." Thinking of the woman he saw last night, his eyes couldn't help but reveal a hint of a smile, so despite knowing she was Murong Lie's daughter, he still decided to let her enter the palace.

  "Huh?" Murong Lie was slightly stunned, seemingly not expecting the Emperor to suddenly change his mind. A few days ago, he had mentioned this matter to the Emperor several times, but the Emperor had intentionally rejected him each time. Why would he suddenly bring it up today?

  The emperor's eyes sank slightly, and he couldn't help but secretly sneer in his heart, but he said lightly, "Don't worry, Prime Minister, I won't be too rash." His words paused for a moment, and with a hint of deeper meaning, he glanced at him before issuing the order: "Pass on my decree, summon Mu Rong Ling Xue to enter the palace and confer upon her the title of Imperial Noble Consort." The title of Imperial Noble Consort was the highest rank in the imperial harem, second only to that of the Empress. Never had anyone been conferred this title immediately upon entering the palace...

  A man with a cold face standing in the grand hall, upon hearing the emperor's words, flashed a hint of astonishment on his face, but the corners of his lips immediately curled up into a cold smile with a deeper meaning.