Devious One

There was not much to say, so Shen Yu just stayed silent and gave her the warmth she needed. He felt her her stiff body loosening up and knew she was getting relaxed.

Li Xiaojing smiled bitterly.

"My Sect still didn't give up and the Emperor easily massacred the members of my sect. He's a cruel bastard so he massacred only men who tried to resist and kept women alive. For one simple reason, he wanted to give them to his soldiers to play with."

She sighed and continued her tragic tale.

"I had lost my will to live, honestly. But I knew everything was because of me, so I accepted his proposal. I used some methods which I don't want to go in details for now, to force him to make me the empress and also let go of my Sect.

"Even though he's a madman, he knows how to do things. He knew if he tried to push us to the end, he would just get a backlash. Our sect has a history of many years, after all."

She sighed.