The eldest sister was reborn and the younger sister traveled through time. I just want to survive.

At midnight, a shrill scream was heard from the inner hall.

Dongyu and Yushui were guarding outside the hall. When they heard the noise, they hurriedly got up and rushed into the inner hall to check the situation.

Qian Manman had already sat up from the bed, her face was pale and her forehead was covered with sweat. Before Dongyu and the others came closer, she threw off the quilt and was about to get off the bed, "I know where Xijie is, let's go save her now, go save her right now..."

Dong Yu quickly stepped forward to support her, "Madam, please don't be anxious. Let's make it clear first. Where is the young lady?"

"Shh~" Yu Shui glanced out the window and signaled the two to speak in a low voice.

Qian Manman subconsciously covered her mouth, her almond eyes filled with fear. She took a deep breath, trying to suppress the surging in her heart, and said in a trembling voice: "Sister Xi is locked up in a secret room under the Qianqing Palace. The entrance is behind the antique shelf in the Qianqing Palace's bedroom."

Dongyu and Yushui could not hide their shock. They were just trying every possible means to cure their illness, but they didn't expect Qian Manman to actually dream about the entrance to the secret room.

Yu Shui was the first to react, and she comforted Qian Manman in a gentle voice, "Madam, please don't be anxious and lose your composure. Even if we know where the young lady is hiding, we still need to think of a safe way to rescue her safely."

The Qianqing Palace is where the emperor works and rests. There are spies inside and outside the palace. It is almost impossible to sneak into the Qianqing Palace and rescue someone.

"Yes, we need to think about it in the long run, but we have to act quickly, otherwise, Sister Xi will encounter an accident." Qian Manman did not dare to speak out the scene in her dream, for fear that it would all come true if she spoke out.

He questioned Qian Manman in detail until he could no longer get any useful clues. Dong Yu stayed to look after Qian Manman, while Yu Shui went to Ci'an Palace at night.

Even though they now knew the young lady's whereabouts, it was impossible for the two of them to successfully rescue her by themselves. They had to seek help from outside forces, and Concubine Shu was the only person they could ask for help.

In the East Hall of Ci'an Palace, Concubine Shu learned the whole story and hesitated for only a moment before readily agreeing to find a way to save people.

After the rescue was settled, Concubine Shu reminded: "Try to get Madam Yan out of the palace before the Dingbei Army attacks the city!"

Yu Shui knew that Concubine Shu had good intentions, so she nodded and agreed, "I will persuade Madam to leave the palace as soon as possible."

Concubine Shu added: "I'm not asking you to persuade, but to implement it. Remember, delay will lead to changes."

Hearing this, Yu Shui's face became more serious, "Okay, I'll thank the Concubine Dowager for reminding you on behalf of the Madam."

After the rain stopped, Concubine Shu's personal nanny came into the palace to serve. Seeing her master's exhausted look, the nanny couldn't help but persuade her: "There is still a way back, Madam, think about it carefully. If you make a mistake, there will be no recovery!"

The master is already a dowager consort. No matter who sits on the throne, no one will embarrass the dowager consort of the previous emperor. There is no need for the master to take the risk of getting involved in muddy water.

Concubine Shu looked out the window with a carefree look in her eyes. "Even if I will be doomed to eternity, it is much better than being a caged beast driven by others. I have had enough of the days when I can only see the four directions of the sky... Now there is a chance to escape from the cage, I will try my best to give it a try."

The nanny sighed helplessly, "Alas! I am afraid that the madam will regret it one day."

"I will never regret it." Concubine Shu said in a resolute tone.

She had waited so long for this opportunity, so she would just try her best to move forward courageously. How could she possibly regret it?

She was originally a concubine's daughter of the Hua family. Her biological mother was of humble origin and died early. Her own appearance was not outstanding, so she was not valued by the family.

From childhood to adulthood, her life in the mansion was not much better than that of a servant, and she was fed up with the suffering of the women fighting in the backyard.

Therefore, she dreamed of seeing what the sky outside the mansion looked like, wanted to experience what it felt like to wander in the hustle and bustle of the city, and wanted to marry an ordinary man and live an ordinary and simple life.

When she was fifteen, she fell in love with her father's disciple, and with the consent of the elders on both sides, they got engaged.

Her fiancé was born in a small family. He had the bookish air of an ordinary scholar, as well as the simplicity of an ordinary citizen. When the two of them were together, they always had endless things to talk about. He would tell her many interesting stories about the city and the beautiful scenery he had seen.

His appearance gave her hope for the first time in her fifteen years of life, and she looked forward to marrying someone soon.

However, she did not expect that before the wedding, her elder sister, who was supposed to enter the palace as a concubine, fell ill suddenly. At that time, she was the only eligible girl in the Hua family who could enter the palace in her place.

As a girl from an aristocratic family, she had no choice but to give up her engagement with her lover and enter the palace.

Driven by fate to enter the palace as a concubine, she was unwilling but accepted her fate. However, she later realized that accepting fate alone was useless.

On the first night of being chosen for favor, the emperor threw a stack of letters between her and her fiancé in front of her.

She was given two choices. The first was to choose to fall with the Hua family, including her fiancé, the only person in the world she had ever hoped for, who would also be implicated and killed.

The second choice is to obey the emperor's orders, become a soulless human target, and protect the woman the emperor wants to protect.

She didn't have the courage to die, nor did she want innocent people to die because of her, so she chose the second option given by the emperor and became a human target to block the sword for others.

But the human target is not a simple target. Not only does she have to block all the arrows from behind her, but she also has to ensure that the person behind her is safe. Even if the woman drops a hair, she will be warned.

Once, she tried her best but failed to protect the person, and the woman acted stupidly and was slapped by Concubine Li.

Afterwards, the emperor handed her a severed hand. The hand she had once held carefully was placed in front of her, covered in blood, just because she did not stop the woman from doing something stupid.

She hated him so much that her body and mind were torn apart. She even thought about turning around and killing the woman hiding behind her, so that the emperor would also taste the pain of unbearable suffering.

But when she saw the innocent eyes of that stupid woman and her wholehearted dependence on her, she couldn't bring herself to do it. After her grief and anger, she put on the false mask again and continued to live in pain and suffering.

After the death of the previous emperor, that foolish woman insisted on dragging her to share the honor of the empress dowager, but she didn't know that what she wanted was never the honor of the empress dowager, but to escape far away.

Now that he was willing to take action against the new emperor and his son, she couldn't tell whether he wanted more to escape from the cage after the success, or to take revenge on the mother and son.

Life in the deep palace was too boring. She wanted to try a different path, hoping that she could escape the four directions above her head and live the mundane life she had longed for.

In short, for her, she has nothing to lose, but she wants to gain something, so even if she fails, she will never regret it.

In the following days, Dongyu and Yushui were afraid of alerting the enemy, so they did not dare to move near the Qianqing Palace. They waited patiently for news from Concubine Shu. After five days of anxious waiting, there was finally news.