Although Ying Le knew full well how fickle, perverse, and cruel Ying Le could be, Ying Ru Shi still felt a ridiculous trace of emotion stir in her heart.
Ying Le was simply like that. When she treated you well, you were her most beloved toy, and she would wish to give you everything in the world. She would even hold you tightly in her sleep. But when you stopped being fun... you were nothing more than a toy.
Ying Ru Shi lowered her head and stared intently at the Yaksa Mask, a pleading look in her eyes.
After Ying Le's ten years of rule, everyone who dared oppose her had long since been fed to the dogs. Even silent officials would be kicked out of court. Later on, even insufficiently enthusiastic praise would make one a criminal. Ying Ru Shi had traveled throughout the court and country, and everyone was Ying Le's hound or talon, blindly carrying out her orders. No one dared show compassion.
She was not trying to attack the innate flaws of the bureaucracy. Everyone was already having a difficult time living under Ying Le's court. Being forced to hurt others to survive was understandable. Beneath Evernight Sky, people always had to learn cruelty.
Moreover, as a member of the imperial clan, Ying Ru Shi had no right to criticize them... If she had not been a member of the imperial clan, perhaps she would have died long ago on a whim of Ying Le's.
But moving forward alone was simply too bitter and exhausting. In City of Evernight, with its tens of thousands of people, and throughout Qi's population of hundreds of millions, she could not find a single person she could trust. Under Ying Le's rule, all of Qi had fallen silent. Conscience was