Bai Zhi held her breath.
She had just been secretly attacked by Dongfang Ruoxi, which had damaged her foundation. It was not advisable for her to get angry. Entangling with the King of the Eastern Continent at this moment was not a good idea.
"Your Majesty, it was because she offended me. I had no other choice," she said.
"Your Majesty, you know that I just lost our child. My mood had been extremely poor, and I even wanted to take my own life more than once. These maids actually came to provoke me. I was really overwhelmed with anger at that time, which was why I did such a thing. Thinking about it now, I'm still scared."
She was still acting.
Her acting skills were so clumsy.
But why hadn't she seen it before and got so deeply involved?
The King of the Eastern Continent flicked his sleeve.
One hand quickly lunged towards Bai Zhi's neck.
Out of instinct, Bai Zhi quickly dodged to the side.
The speed was so fast that even the King of the Eastern Continent was impressed.
After dodging, Bai Zhi covered her chest.
Due to getting angry earlier, her qi and blood were surging, and there was a dull pain in her chest.
She said angrily, "Your Majesty, we've had a lot of affection for each other. Why do you have to be so harsh on me?"
The King of the Eastern Continent looked dejected.
Looking at his empty hand, he felt ironic.
"Aren't you supposed to be ignorant of spiritual power and mental strength?"
Only then did Bai Zhi realize that her previous action had completely exposed herself.
The King of the Eastern Continent looked at Bai Zhi intently.
"Why? Why did you lie to me?"
"I've treated you with all my sincerity."
Hearing this, Bai Zhi couldn't help but smile.
There was a hint of ridicule in the corner of her eyes.
"Sincerity? You, the King of the Eastern Continent, dare to talk about sincerity? If you hadn't been tempted by my appearance back then, why would you have brought me into the palace?"
"I took pity on you back then. You were helpless. You told me that you would only rely on me for the rest of your life. When I was trapped in the brothel back then, it was all thanks to your help. Was this also your scheme?"
"Otherwise, Your Majesty, how do you think I could get close to you?"
The King of the Eastern Continent was extremely angry and laughed instead.
The previous fierce battle had already consumed a lot of his strength.
He rushed back only because he couldn't believe it.
But now that he had gotten this result, it seemed that all along, he had been being self - affectionate.
She had just been acting with him all this time.
His body lost its support, and the King of the Eastern Continent barely sat down on the imperial concubine's couch behind him.
His eyes were full of disappointment.
Bai Zhi just stood opposite him.
Looking at his appearance, she felt a hint of guilt.
No matter what his original intention was, this man had truly treated her well.
It was a pity.
If he had just pretended not to know, perhaps she could have asked the God Seat and the Ghost Lord to spare his life.
It was him who didn't know how to cherish.
"Have you ever—"
"Never."
Bai Zhi knew what the King of the Eastern Continent was going to ask and answered straightforwardly.
"Forget it. I don't have much time left. Jin'er, for the sake of our many years of marriage, can you at least let me die in the clear?"
Bai Zhi didn't say a word but didn't refute either.
It seemed that the God Seat had already told the King of the Eastern Continent everything. Then, there was no need for her to continue acting.
"Why did you choose me?"
"Because Your Majesty has ambition. You're not willing to be oppressed by the Dongfang Clan. As a man of the Eastern Continent, you're full of vigor. You're the only one qualified and capable of provoking a fight between the royal family and the Dongfang Clan."
Sure enough.
The truth was so bloody.
"Jin'er, after all these years of our relationship, have you really never been attracted to me? I don't believe that all my sincere feelings have become nothing in your eyes."
Bai Zhi glanced at the King of the Eastern Continent, walked to the opposite side, and sat down.
She casually picked up a cup of tea and took a sip.
She said, "Your Majesty may not know, or rather, has never understood me. My real name is Bai Zhi, and I'm one of the four guardians of the Ghost Domain. Oh, I also have a younger brother named Bai Fan. We've depended on each other since childhood. When I said I was going back to visit my relatives, I was actually going back to the Eastern Wilderness to see my brother."
"My brother and I both have good talents in cultivation. I was selected to serve in the Ghost Domain since childhood and practiced with the God Seat, while he became an inner - sect disciple of a large family. But our lives were both unhappy. Do you know why, Your Majesty?"
Bai Zhi put down the teacup and continued, "Because of my father."
"Back then, if my father hadn't been a philanderer and abandoned my mother, she wouldn't have committed suicide, and my brother and I wouldn't have been displaced. I even had to send my brother as a slave to a large family with my own hands just to ensure his food and clothing."
Bai Zhi's eyes changed.
"After that, I went to the Ghost Domain. I practiced hard in order to have a good life with my brother one day. At that time, I endured so much humiliation and gritted my teeth to get through it."
"Later, after I achieved something, I left the Ghost Domain to look for my brother. On the way, I passed by a small town. They said that the great benefactor in the town, Bai Yunfeng, was giving out free porridge. Bai Yunfeng, that's my father's name."
"I rushed over."
"He didn't see me, but I recognized him at a glance. He had aged a bit, but the smile on his face was so gentle and kind. There was also a woman beside him. The woman looked at him with admiration in her eyes, and he looked at the woman with affection. Oh, they also had a child. The child was actually about the same age as me. Do you know what this means, Your Majesty?"
It meant that when he was her father, he was also the father of several other children. He had let his mother down, and he had let her down a long time ago.
Bai Zhi had never told the King of the Eastern Continent about these things, nor had she told anyone else.
A tear unexpectedly fell from her eye, and Bai Zhi casually wiped it away.
The King of the Eastern Continent wanted to say something but didn't know what to say.
Bai Zhi continued, "However, they also received their retribution. I killed everyone in that small town, leaving no one alive, from the eighty - year - old old woman to the newly - born baby. Do you know why I was so heartless? Why I could be so cruel? It's because I've been a cold - blooded person since childhood. If you're not cold - blooded, you won't be able to survive in the Ghost Domain, a place that eats people without spitting out the bones."
Bai Zhi's smile was a bit strange.
The King of the Eastern Continent said, "You're really cruel."
"Yes, I'm cruel. Before I left, I set a fire and burned the place clean. It was on the border of the Qingyun Kingdom. At that time, if it weren't for the people around me to cover me, I'm afraid I would have died at the hands of the thousand - year imperial master."
Bai Zhi shed tears.
Later, she went to the Eastern Wilderness and saw her brother.
But she didn't mention a single word of what she had encountered before to Bai Fan.