The protagonist chased the villain, and Tiandao screamed in anger

"Ajian, take her over there."

You Mu pointed at Lou Jian beside him, motioning Concubine Yu to follow.

"Yes."

Walking under the palace wall with the Crown Prince's attendants, Concubine Yu was different from before. She walked with more freedom and steadiness than before.

The dark clouds that weighed on my heart dissipated, and the long street in the palace that seemed so long in the past seemed to have come to an end in a flash.

There was a strong smell of blood in the prison. Concubine Yu covered her mouth and nose and saw General Qi, who was beaten and bleeding outside the iron prison.

Seeing the familiar face, Yu Fei's breathing became stagnant and the bloody scenes flashed back in her mind.

She didn't stay long. She began to suffer from nausea and retching in the early stages of her pregnancy. Unable to bear the churning in her stomach, she hurried out of the prison and retched under a tree several times before she felt better.

"Do you want to go to the Imperial Hospital?" Lou Jian took the handkerchief from the guard on the side and handed it over.

His Highness asked him to look after Concubine Yu and he always had to take a closer look at her.

Taking the handkerchief to wipe it, Concubine Yu shook her head and calmed herself down.

"Thank you very much, you don't have to look after me... I'll go back to Oriharu Palace first."

Not allowing Lou Jian to follow her, Concubine Yu covered her face with a handkerchief, remembered the way back, and walked slowly back along the palace road.

Occasionally, a bird flew across the sky, bringing a cool breeze that made her eyes sore.

In fact, she was not the daughter of a county magistrate. Her real identity was just a peasant girl from a village.

The village where she grew up was very small, located on the border, and often suffered from wars and disturbances. But they were lucky, the soldiers stationed on the border were very responsible and vigilant every day, and even though they were very close, they had never been invaded by other countries.

Those tall soldiers guarding the border would occasionally take time out to come to the village well to fetch water. Whenever they came, they would go in groups of two or three with buckets of water. When they saw the uncles and aunts in the village, they would always raise their dark faces and grin with a simple smile.

The villagers got along well with these soldiers, knowing that they were guarding the peace of the village day and night. The old village chief, who was leaning on a cane, would always gather some aunts and grandmothers to bring some food to the soldiers.

These were all grown in the wild, not rare, but picked and made by the villagers themselves. The soldiers cherished them very much, perhaps thinking of their parents whom they had not seen for many years, and sometimes when they ate the food sent by the village chief, they would bow their heads and cry silently.

Such days lasted for a long time.

When she was young, Concubine Yu thought that gazing at the moon on her pillow and catching fireflies with a cattail leaf fan would be her life...

The border wars became more frequent, and that battle lasted for a long time. The young soldiers went to the village to spread the word, asking them to leave the village and move to the city, so they moved away quickly to avoid being affected.

At that time, the younger laborers in the village moved to the safer Qinglu County. She also left the village with her parents.

Only my grandfather and a group of elderly people still stayed in the village and were unwilling to leave. On the one hand, this was where they were born and raised, and the elderly were unwilling to move, always looking forward to returning to their roots.

On the other hand, the war had lasted too long and the soldiers at the border were running out of food. The village chief was not afraid of death and only hoped to deliver some hot meals to the soldiers.

She was very naughty at that time and missed her grandfather, so she would secretly go up the mountain along the path without telling her parents and go back to take a look at the small mountain village.

Occasionally, he would look down from a height at the battlefield where people were fighting each other, and after being frightened, he would quickly run away. But when he walked a little further away and saw the red silk banners erected on the city wall, he would feel a little more at ease.

Those older brothers will protect them.

This battle lasted for a long time, or rather, it dragged on for a long time.

The reinforcements were delayed and many people died. The old general who led the army barely managed to hold on, but the victory was difficult. After the war was over, the reinforcements finally arrived.

She didn't know what happened that day, but she heard that the village chief who came back with food was crying sadly and said that many young children had died.

The elders sat together, feeling very sad, and she also started to weep. The elders cried for a long time, and she had not left the mountain until the evening...

In fact, thinking back now, Concubine Yu's memory of that day has become much more vague.

That night was very chaotic, with the sound of soldiers and horses constantly coming and going, as if there was a momentum of pursuit. Then, a group of soldiers rushed into the village with knives in hand and hacked the village chief to death without saying a word.

It was a very dark night, and she hid in the dark. Her grandfather hid her in a pile of bamboo baskets in time, so she was not seen by the murderer.

But by the light of the fire, she carefully memorized the leader's face.

In the second half of the night, she ran home in panic along a small path, but her body was shaking, and she was speechless as she looked at her worried parents.

Those people are reinforcements. They are killing people!

...Someone in the village died. People in the county said that he was burned to death. But such a crude cover-up is bound to cause dissatisfaction among the elderly and their children.

Dragging the dead body, they decided to go to the county government to ask for an explanation and to find out the truth.

Before the authorities were informed, an epidemic broke out in the county. For a time, everyone was in danger. Who would have the energy to take care of the few dead bodies in the village?

My father and mother also fell ill, had high fever and vomiting, and within a few days they became so emaciated that they lost their human form.

Hearing that the county was going to block the fire to prevent the spread of the disease, many people tried to escape. It was at that time that Concubine Yu was protected by her parents who used their bodies to block the swords and guns, and she escaped the fate of being buried in the fire.

She also contracted the disease, but luckily, when she fell ill on the side of the road in the wilderness, a traveling doctor gave her medicine and saved her life. She also met a lame old lady, and she temporarily had a place to stay.

There was no evidence, but Concubine Yu was suspicious. She thought the sudden epidemic was meant to cover up the fact that those people had committed the crime, but she had nowhere to turn to and didn't know how to seek justice.

Once, she heard a storyteller in a teahouse and realized the idea of ​​filing a complaint with the emperor. After that, she found a job as a waiter in a restaurant and worked hard, planning to save enough money to go to Kyoto to perform gongs and drums.

But the journey was long, and it took Concubine Yu two years just to pay for the journey. Fortunately, after two years, she had grown up and was old enough to travel alone.

After bidding farewell to her grandmother, Concubine Yu's journey to Beijing was not smooth. She was robbed and nearly sold. She stumbled into Beijing, but because of hunger, she ran into an oncoming carriage.

She was rescued and met someone who could help her, a man named Yan.

It was then that she realized that her target of revenge was not just one general, but many more, including princes, marquises and even... the emperor.

The prince was imprisoned, and all communications were passed on by the adults. The prince told her to think carefully before making a decision.

At the beginning, Concubine Yu was indeed confused. She couldn't even tell the difference between the official ranks, let alone how to plan revenge.

But she finally stayed.

After walking such a long way to Kyoto, if she gave up like this, her grandfather, parents, uncles in the village, and neighbors who died unjustly in the county town, their souls suffering from illness would never have a day of redress and relief...

In the distance, outside the palace wall, a group of birds were singing on the tops of the dense green trees. They flew together, spreading their wings and chasing each other. Their free flying appearance brought Concubine Yu back to her thoughts.

There was a little wetness on her cheek. Concubine Yu raised her hand to touch it and felt the traces of tears... Before she knew it, her face was already covered in tears.

The palace was too restrictive. The four corners of the sky contained a woman's entire life. They flattered each other on the surface, fought with each other, and felt repressed and suffocated.

Fortunately, she is no longer Concubine Yu. She can still be herself and fly out of the palace like those birds...