Chapter 124: Chapter 124 The Ghost King is the Deepest Hidden One
“Cousin…”
Ji Ru Ya looked at the man in front of her, his face brimming with deep affection, and a profound fondness welled up in her eyes. If she could die together with her cousin, she would be utterly content with her life.
However, their seemingly private conversation and affectionate gazes deeply infuriated Emperor Zi Yue. Flames of anger flickered in his eyes as he roared furiously, “Wretched woman, so you have betrayed me all along! Guards, seize this adulterous pair for me!”
After all, no man could take being cuckolded lying down.
Emperor Zi Yue had never expected that Consort Ya, whom he had always doted on, actually had a past with her personal guard and had developed feelings for him. His woman, even in death, could only be buried with him; he would not allow anyone to make a cuckold out of him.
Ji Ru Ya slowly closed her eyes, waiting for death to come. But the anticipated pain did not arrive for a long time. She slightly opened her beautiful eyes, and in that moment, a vision of snow-white robes caught her sight.
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Mu Ruyue drew her sword and blocked the guard’s attack, and without turning back, she spoke to Ji Ru Ya, “Miss Ji, you and your cousin leave this place first. I can handle it alone.”
“But…” Ji Ru Ya’s face showed hesitation.
“Go now!” Mu Ruyue said in a cold voice without turning her head, “I’ll be distracted with you here. Also, take Wuchen with you. Rest assured, they can’t harm me.”
“Mu…”
Ji Ru Ya wanted to say more, but she was scooped up around the waist by her cousin, silencing all her words in her throat.
“Yaya, Miss Mu is right. We would only distract her by staying. We should leave first. She won’t be in any danger,” her cousin assured her.
Ji Ru Ya’s face was shrouded with a layer of worry. After a long silence, she finally turned her head to Ye Wuchen, “Ghost King, please leave with us.”
Ye Wuchen didn’t speak, merely looking straight at Mu Ruyue.
His usually clear and pure eyes were now as deep as the night, impenetrable, leaving one unable to discern his thoughts. Upon seeing Ye Wuchen like this, Ji Ru Ya was slightly startled.
Although she did not know the Ghost King well, they had met a few times. This man had always appeared foolishly devoted, immature in mind, but how did he look like that now?
Moreover, if she was not mistaken, there was… a killing intent coming from the Ghost King?
“Cousin, let’s go,” Ji Ru Ya held the man’s hand tightly, a faint light shimmering in her eyes, “Let’s leave this place and get help. I remember the son of the Guardian General Mansion has a good relationship with Miss Mu and has called upon many strong allies for her. Only if we leave now can we help her, as for the Ghost King…”
Ji Ru Ya gazed deeply at Ye Wuchen. In this moment, she realized this man was shrouded in mysteries.
“He will be fine as well.”
This was her intuition. The Ghost King’s façade had fooled too many; perhaps he was the deepest hidden among the royal family…
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“Guards, stop them!” Emperor Zi Yue also saw Ji Ru Ya attempting to escape and urgently commanded aloud.
But before those men could even reach Ji Ru Ya, flashes of sword light streaked by, and those people’s heads were swiftly severed from their bodies.
“Yan Jin.”
Following Mu Ruyue’s shout, a small black beast dashed into the castle from outside the walls. Under the gaze of everyone, the beast’s body was shrouded in a layer of black wind that stretched and grew larger. Moments later, when the black wind dispersed, a man dressed in black stood in the void…