The years I was in the human world

After the execution, Yu Zhao almost died, but the Phoenix bloodline allowed her to survive. She suffered a life worse than death. From the time the execution scars were formed to the time they healed, Ye Yunzhou never visited her once. He was afraid, terrified, and felt guilty, so he did not dare to look at her situation. Day after day, he numbed himself with the lie that the Phoenix bloodline could allow her to be reborn into Nirvana.

Even though Yu Zhao was disappointed in him, she never thought he could be so heartless. The hope in her heart dimmed with every day he didn't come to visit her, and then she was completely desperate on the day Ye Yunzhou came with a bowl and a dagger to take her heart's blood.

Ye Yunzhou didn't dare to see her, but he was so cruel that he stabbed her scarred body again. The dagger sank into her heart, and blood dripped into the bowl. Ye Yunzhou still said high-sounding words: "Yu Zhao, don't be afraid. She needs treatment. They promised me that if they can cure her illness, your crime will be reduced."

Then, it took several years to extract the blood from his heart. Yu Zhao did not wait for his release from prison, but learned from his daughter Kong Que that Ye Yunzhou was going to marry Yaoguang.

Yu Zhao's reaction to this news was not even as intense as when she was falsely accused. She knew the man's cruelty from the moment he was executed. She just hated him. She hated Ye Yunzhou for feeling at ease with his actions, and hated Yaoguang for stepping on corpses to ascend to the throne, yet still maintaining her reputation.

She had been drained of her heart blood for many years, and her body had long been exhausted, to the point where even the Phoenix bloodline could not save her. She had a vague premonition that she might really die.

As for the Phoenix Nirvana, it will not be her who returns from the fire. Yu Zhao thought sadly that the pure Phoenix Nirvana has always been the same person, but Yu Zhao knew from birth that she was not a pure Phoenix, and the Phoenix Clan would not recognize her. She only had one chance in this life, and if this life was gone, she would be gone.

"Kong Qing, come here. Mother has something to tell you." Yu Zhaoqiang pulled herself together. She was going to die, but her daughter was still too young. She didn't want Kong Que to suffer like her when she was young without the protection of her parents. "Do you recognize your father?"

Peacock nodded ignorantly.

"Okay." Yu Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, and she said, "Go find your father and ask him to protect you."

"Mother, what about you?" Kong Que reached out and hugged her mother's waist. Yu Zhao's waist was already very thin, and one hand could wrap around it. Kong Que's young mind didn't understand what this meant, but she felt very uneasy. She tightly grasped her mother's clothes and begged bitterly, "Mother, don't you want Kong Qing anymore?"

Yu Zhao choked up. She couldn't bear to tell her daughter that she was going to die, but she herself didn't believe the lies that Kong Que said everything was fine.

Yu Zhao showed a sad smile on her face. Her hands were tied, so she had to lower her head and rub her cheek against her daughter, and told a lie that was not really a lie: "How could it be possible? Mother will always watch over you, but mother cannot protect you. You have to ask your father for help."

After Yu Zhao finished speaking, he suddenly felt very tired. He tilted his head and fell asleep. Kong Que didn't know what happened to her mother, who suddenly lost her voice. She ran out of the Phoenix Tower in a daze, panicking and not knowing what to do. She remembered Yu Zhao's words to seek protection from her father, and she crawled to find Ye Yunzhou.

"...The procedures for the wedding ceremony have been finalized. Your Majesty, is there anything else you need to add?" The etiquette officer in charge of the wedding ceremony was reporting the arrangements to Ye Yunzhou with the documents in his hand. At this time, a skinny little girl suddenly ran over and hugged his legs, crying, "Daddy, Mom has fainted and can't be woken up. Please go and see her."

Ye Yunzhou was a ruthless person, but he was not so cruel as to not recognize his own daughter. He raised his hand to stop the etiquette officer from talking, and squatted down to pick up Kong Que. However, he paused when he saw that she was dirty. Finally, he just supported her shoulders and said with suppressed impatience, "Kong Qing, why are you here?"

"Mom has fainted. Dad, come with me to see her." Peacock cried while pulling Ye Yunzhou's sleeve and dragging him towards the Phoenix Terrace.

Ye Yunzhou saw a black mark on his sleeve, and the poorly concealed eyes of the etiquette officer beside him showed curiosity. Ye Yunzhou became more and more annoyed. He didn't want others to laugh at him, so he pulled his sleeve out of Kong Que's hand, squatted in front of her and said sternly: "Call me father. Tell me the truth, did your mother faint, or is she looking for an excuse to call me over?"

Kong Que was stunned, not understanding why the loving and gentle father in her memory had become so harsh and strict. Her mother was still imprisoned in the Phoenix Tower and her life or death was unknown. She burst into tears on the spot after being frightened by Ye Yunzhou. The sound of a girl's crying was not loud, but when Ye Yunzhou thought of the woman in the Phoenix Tower who he was ashamed to see, he felt it was extremely noisy.

At this moment, the maid sent by Yaoguang bowed respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen invites you to come over."

Ye Yunzhou was immediately pardoned. He dismissed Kong Que with a few words, and followed the maid without saying whether he would go to see Yu Zhao or not. Phoenix blood, rebirth, what could Yu Zhao do? It was just a reason for him to go see her, Ye Yunzhou thought.

This is what she did in the past. Every time she asked, she would ask when she would be released from prison. After so many times, Ye Yunzhou got annoyed and simply told her that she would never be able to get out in this lifetime. From then on, he never visited Phoenix Tower again.

Kong Que was left there by someone. She looked at Ye Yunzhou's back and called out "Daddy" several times, but the man in front of her didn't even look back. The etiquette officer looked at the child who was not loved by his father, shook his head with pity, and finally didn't interfere.

Peacock was at a loss for a moment as she watched her father leave resolutely. Then she thought of her brother, and her heart was filled with joy. Yes, she still had her brother. He would not stand idly by and watch their mother do what she did.

Peacock's elder brother, Ye Jin, is a promising young man. Although his biological mother, Yu Zhao, is a dirty human-demon hybrid in the eyes of others, he himself did not inherit the blood of the demon clan. In addition, his father, Ye Yunzhou, sold his wife in exchange for an opportunity to rise to the top and sit on the position of the Lord of the Final Court. Because of his father's favor, Ye Jin is treated quite well, at least much better than Peacock, who has no one to discipline him.

When Kong Que found Ye Jin, he was discussing martial arts with several children of the Ye family. When he saw his sister coming, he immediately dropped what he was doing and happily picked up his sister: "Little Kong Que, why did you come to see your brother today?"

Peacock was a little flattered. In the past, her brother always treated her coldly and had never been so kind to her.

Several disciples who were with Ye Jin sighed, "Why else would people say Ye Jin is a gentleman? Even the half-bloods of the demon race treat her so well."

"After all, she is my sister, a blood relative. I can't just leave her alone." Ye Jin said goodbye to the others with a smile, and put Kong Que down where no one could see her. He immediately put away his gentleness and said nastily, "Stinky girl, who told you to come to me?"

"Brother, mother has fainted and we can't wake her up." Kong Que didn't care about Ye Jin's sudden change in attitude towards her. She cried and repeated to Ye Jin what she said to Ye Yunzhou.

Ye Jin's expression was blank for a moment after hearing this, as if he didn't know how to face what Kong Que said. After a moment, he slowly spoke: "Mom - she fainted?"

Ye Jin is not like Ye Yunzhou who is completely heartless. His hatred towards his mother comes entirely from the tragic scene in Dongshan that year. All the people in the entire Dongshan area died tragically. The explanation given by the final court was that Yu Zhao colluded with evil spirits. Ye Yunzhou and Yaoguang framed Yu Zhao very thoroughly and even kept it a secret from Yu Zhao's own son. Therefore, from then on, Ye Jin and his mother had a rift.

After Yu Zhao was executed, he never went to see his mother again. He no longer liked Kong Que, who clung to his mother and "aided the tyrant".

But even though he was disappointed, he was still touched when he heard the bad news about his mother. However, Ye Jin could not forgive Yu Zhao's crime, so despite his worry, he still rubbed Kong Que's head and refused: "I won't go to see her."

Kong Que was about to say something, but Ye Jin held his mouth. He said, "You don't have to frame me with these words. The blood of the Phoenix is ​​not that easy to die."

She will continue to live a life worse than death to atone for the tragic deaths of the people in Dongshan.

……

"Did the little peacock go to find Yunzhou?" The beautiful woman said lazily while leaning against the beauty couch. The female official who served her kneeled on the ground and massaged her calves, while replying, "Reporting to the queen, the little hoof hugged the king's legs and said that her mother fainted. She looked so sad that I thought she was dead."

"Zhu Huang Yu Zhao." Yao Guang held a jade ring in her hand and examined it carefully. After hearing the maid's vulgar words, she did not blame her. She chuckled and said nonchalantly, "Back then, the Zhaoyang Sword was very majestic. Now-"

"After all, she is just a lowly demon. How can she stand with others?" The female official knew that Yaoguang was used to hearing such flattery, so she immediately followed her words and said, "If you ask me, those people were blind to give her the title of the most beautiful woman. How can a lowly demon compare with you?"

"Heh." Yaoguang sneered when she mentioned the old story of being suppressed. She dropped the jade ring in her hand heavily to the ground. The female official was frightened and trembled. She kowtowed and apologized. Yaoguang glanced at her indifferently until her forehead bled. Then he said as if nothing had happened: "Look how scared you are. If you don't know, you might think I'm blaming you."

The female official broke out in a cold sweat again. She didn't dare to kowtow again. She lowered her head and said carefully: "Your Majesty is magnanimous. It is I who feel that I have not done well--"

"That's enough." Yaoguang interrupted her before she could finish. She stood up from the beauty couch, holding a round fan in front of her chest and waving it, her beautiful eyes raised, "Didn't the pheasant want to take Yunzhou and Korea away with the chicks she gave birth to? I'd like to go and see what she's up to."

Yaoguang led her maids and personal female officials to the Phoenix Terrace. When the door was opened, the strong smell of blood made her frown. She fanned the door in disgust, and also felt disgusted with the poor woman kneeling on the ground: "What a smell, it stinks."

Seeing that Yu Zhao didn't respond, Yao Guang waved her fan curiously, pointed at someone and said, "She looks like she really fainted - you, wake her up for me."

With the burning pain on her cheek, Yu Zhao barely regained some consciousness. She opened her eyes and saw Yao Guang standing there with a look of contempt. She exhaled: "What are you doing here?"

"Of course we're here to watch the show." Yaoguang smiled. She was quite satisfied with Yuzhao's miserable condition. "Yuzhao, how does it feel to be alone?"

"It's okay." Yu Zhao replied. She was about to die and could clearly feel her life slipping away. Naturally, she was too lazy to argue with Yaoguang. After all, she had already lost.

But Yaoguang was not satisfied with Yuzhao's reaction. She didn't like the feeling of punching cotton. She moved her eyes and saw a little head peeking out at the gate - a peacock.

Yaoguang's smile deepened. She ordered someone to bring Kong Que to her. She poked the little girl's face with her nails painted with nail polish and said in a playful tone, "This is your daughter, right? She's so beautiful."

"You, don't touch her." Yu Zhao said in a hoarse voice, finally giving Yaoguang the reaction she wanted.

Yaoguang narrowed her eyes in satisfaction, and inadvertently glanced at the wound on Yu Zhao's chest left by the blood from his heart. An interesting idea instantly came to her mind: "Thanks to your phoenix blood, my body was able to recover. I wonder if your daughter's heart blood has this effect?"

As Yaoguang spoke, she asked someone to fetch a dagger and pointed it at the little girl. This undoubtedly hit Yuzhao's sore spot. She ignored her weak body and shouted at Yaoguang, "Yaoguang, come to me if you have anything to say. Don't touch my daughter!"

The sudden outburst startled Yaoguang, and Yuzhao burst into tears, crying for her mother. Yaoguang came back to her senses, and her expression instantly became very ugly. She couldn't accept that she was actually frightened by the woman under her feet. She immediately kicked Yuzhao in the chest and said cruelly: "I heard that the Phoenix bloodline is hardy. Today I see that it is really true. Even at this level, you still have the energy to yell at me."

After saying that, she kicked him again. Yu Zhao groaned, and her eyes went dark and she fainted again. Then Yaoguang didn't kick her again. After all, she came here today just to show her power. It is true that people with Phoenix blood are tough, but they are not immortal. She was also afraid that if she kicked Yu Zhao to death, not only would she not have the Phoenix blood to nourish her body in the future, but she would also get into trouble for no reason.

Yaoguang looked at Yu Zhao's dying but still beautiful face, and somehow remembered what the female official had said about the "most beautiful woman". She simply cut Yu Zhao's face with a dagger herself. Seeing that the originally intact face was now bloody and flesh was turned inside out, as if it were pieces of meat assembled together, she left with satisfaction.

It stands to reason that Yu Zhao would wake up from the pain of such a wound, but she didn't. After a long, long time, so long that Kong Que had to hold her and cried until she fainted, she woke up in a daze, and then suddenly felt that the pain on her face was gone. She didn't know what happened. Kong Que didn't feel that his mother's broken face was hideous and horrible, but asked sadly and distressedly: "Mom, does it hurt?"

Yu Zhao looked at her daughter's cautious and timid appearance, and suddenly couldn't help shedding tears. The tears stung her wounds so much that they hurt extremely, but she didn't care anymore. Feeling the last bit of life slipping away, a desperate smile appeared on her face. She hated Yaoguang, Ye Yunzhou, and even more so herself, but she couldn't do anything. She could only close her eyes unwillingly but helplessly: "I left you behind, what should I do..."