As the saying goes, one shouldn't harm others, but one must always be on guard against others. With Feng Yu Heng's cautiousness, how could she not hear the approaching footsteps? How could she not notice that the person was dodging and squatting down behind her. With one hand pushing her back, the other hand was grabbing her ankle. If it was the real Xiao Ya, she would have been hit by this push and pull.
Unfortunately, it was also Feng Yu Heng.
The culprit behind the scenes had watched as Feng Yu Heng was pushed into the well. Her head was in and her feet were off the ground. But for some reason, this person only felt a wave of dizziness. When she came back to her senses, she was shocked to find that the person who had fallen into the well and was half submerged in the water was actually herself. Outside the well, there was a hand grabbing her wrist. A smiling face bent over, laughing so hard that it made her heart tremble.
"Miss Qi, is the temperature under the water suitable?" Feng Yu Heng's evil lips curled up, her eyes filled with undisguised murderous intent.
The person under the water was the Miss Qi who had argued with her before. It was fine if she didn't mention the temperature of the water. Once she mentioned it, the Miss Qi immediately felt cold invading her body. The half of her body under the water was frozen numb, as if it had been separated from her upper body. She couldn't feel anything at all.
Her lips and teeth were chattering and her face was green. In such a short time, she had already emerged with a strong sense of death. She begged Feng Yu Heng, "I was wrong. Please let me go, okay?" Her voice was weak and dissipated.
Feng Yu Heng asked her back, "If I had been successfully pushed into the well by you, would you have pulled me out and tried your best to save me?" Then, without waiting for her answer, she continued, "A person shouldn't have the heart to harm others. You and I have no enmity, but you have to come to me. I am not a kind person. How can I let someone who wants to kill me continue to live? " After she finished speaking, she suddenly let go of her hand and stood up. "Miss Qi, farewell." With a plop, she fell into the well and no longer made a sound.
She clapped her hands in disgust, her gaze becoming colder. He only knew that the people of the North Land were indeed vicious and merciless. After a few words of argument, they turned around and wanted to kill him for revenge. Just how twisted were their hearts?
She had no intention of bickering with a little girl, but that didn't mean that she could tolerate someone threatening her life. In the man-eating North, let's see who can eat who.
Feng Yu Heng looked at the water bucket and then looked at the well. The cold expression on her face disappeared and immediately changed into an anxious and scared expression. She then turned around and quickly ran to the rear courtyard. As she ran, she shouted, "Not good! Miss Qi has fallen into the well! "
She ran and shouted all the way. When she arrived at the small courtyard where she practiced illusion techniques, everyone was startled by her shouting. The two girls who had been following Miss Qi panicked and asked anxiously, "Which well did he fall into?"
Feng Yu Heng said, "It was the well where I carried the water. I don't know why she also went there. As soon as I turned around, she rushed forward and fell into the well. You guys should quickly go and take a look! "
Everyone quickly rushed over to the well. The guards of the Illusory Hall also rushed over. A strong guard placed a hook into the well and stirred it a few times. It seemed like something was hooked onto the well rope and was pulled out.
Everyone looked over and saw that if the person wasn't Miss Qi, who else could it be? The hook directly went down to the girl's collarbone and pierced through it. It was like hanging a piece of pork and she had already lost all signs of life.
The surrounding people all sucked in a cold breath and the girls all turned their heads, not daring to look at the corpse. Shen Yuning and Zhang Lingxi stood on either side of Feng Yu Heng and comforted her, "Xiao Ya, don't be afraid. She should have been carrying water from the well, but she ran over here. It was clear that she wanted to cause trouble for you. She didn't want to cause trouble and instead lost her life, so she deserved it."
These words were heard by the two girls by Miss Qi's side. They wanted to say a few words, but thinking about it, they closed their mouths. The two of them were familiar with Miss Qi and wanted to take advantage of the fact that her elder sister had entered the Winter Palace, but now that Miss Qi was dead, there was no need for them to stick up for her.
Very quickly, the woman surnamed Qi also rushed over. Following behind her were several old people from the Illusory Hall. However, these people didn't make much of a fuss about the death of a young lady. The woman surnamed Qi only waved her hand and instructed the guards, "Wrap up Xiang Zhang's mat and send it back to her family. Give her some money and settle the matter. If her family has any doubts, have them come to the Illusory Hall to discuss this matter. "
She casually dealt with this matter, as if it wasn't a person that had died, but rather a cat or dog. Only after the guards took the corpse away, the woman surnamed Qi looked at Feng Yu Heng with a profound gaze. Then she softly said, "Fu Ya, very good."
Feng Yu Heng's eyes were calm as she gave a slight bow and said, "Many thanks for big sister Qi's praise."
The woman surnamed Qi nodded, "Since there is a dead person in the well, then we'll seal it! Let's forget about carrying water. You children, the first ten to learn the Ice Flower Fire Technique will come with me to the front hall. As for the ones with less talent, that will be up to you. "
After she finished speaking, she turned around and left. Shen Yu Ning and Zhang Ling Xi quickly pulled Feng Yu Heng along and followed her. There were also some other children that quickly followed. As for the others, they stood in place without moving.
Feng Yu Heng heard someone loudly say to the girls behind her, "The Ice Flower Fire Technique is my Illusory Hall's most simple illusion technique. If you can't even understand this, then there is no need for you to stay. There are two paths in front of you right now. The first is for you to leave your home. The second is for you to stay in the Illusory Hall and do odd jobs. You should consider it. "
On this New Years' Eve, there were people who were happy and people who were sad. The girls who passed the initial test were naturally happy, even if they couldn't learn illusions in a short period of time. They were only there to accompany the illusionist. But their goal was not to learn illusions, but rather to obtain a chance to enter the Winter Palace. So, as long as they could stay, it was a good thing.
As for those who had no choice but to go home and become rough workers, they could only frown as they passed this New Years' Eve.
Shen Yuning said to Feng Yu Heng, "Xiao Ya, I've heard people say that not everyone who enters the Winter Palace will be favoured by sir Duan Mu. After all, he is old and in the past two to three years, I've heard that he has been too busy with the concubines in his palace, so he doesn't have time to take care of the concubines in the Winter Palace. So, this rule has always been there. It is just to maintain his face and it is just for the liveliness. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to the Illusory Hall. After all, even if I have to participate in the selection at the age of thirteen, I will still be there when there are many people, so there is a higher chance of not being selected. "
Feng Yu Heng asked her, "Is your family also lacking money?"
Shen Yuning shook her head, "We don't lack money, but my stepmother has been disliking me more and more. A few days ago, I secretly heard her talking to my father, saying that she wanted to betroth me to her nephew. You don't know this, but her nephew doesn't know anything other than gambling and drinking. I don't want to marry that kind of person, so I'd rather stay in the Winter Palace for the rest of my life. "
Zhang Lingxi also gave a sigh and said, "Us three sisters all have our own problems. If we can enter the Winter Palace, we have to support each other. I've heard that the Winter Palace is no different from Dashun's palace."
Feng Yu Heng helplessly said, "How can there be peace in a place with many women." She said this and thought of something. After pausing for a bit, she said, "There really are people who want to enter the palace. If they can't do it in one year, they'll come the next year. I'm afraid that some of them have already come for several years." She had seen that some of the people who came to register for the Illusory Hall were older than her by several years, so she had this thought.
"That's right." Shen Yuning said, "There are people here who are already fifteen years old and have already reached marriageable age. That is someone who hasn't given up after many years of struggle. Xiao Ya, we should stay away from people like that. Those old girls who haven't been married for many years, their hearts are a bit twisted. "
Feng Yu Heng gave a helpless bitter smile. She was only fifteen years old, but she was already an old girl in this era. This concept was something that she couldn't accept even now. Tomorrow was the first day of the new year. She was filled with anticipation for the Winter Palace.
Feng Yu Heng entered the Illusory Hall using Fu Ya's name. At this time in the Fu Manor, the real Fu Ya was taking care of her mother's sickbed as usual. The only difference was that the medicine she gave her mother today was no longer a bowl of bitter black medicine, but rather small pills that were the size of a girl's fingernail. She could take two at a time and take it twice a day. It's said that this would make her better.
As Fu Ya fed the medicine to her mother, she thought about the woman who had suddenly appeared in the room yesterday. The woman who looked very much like her was like a fairy who had suddenly appeared in front of her. Not only had she used strange methods to treat her mother's illness, but she had also left behind many strange medicines. What was even stranger was that after her mother had been treated by her and taken the medicine, although it had only been a single day, her mother's condition had improved. Even she could see that her mother's face had regained some colour and her coughing wasn't as frequent as before.
Only Fu Ya couldn't understand. If that girl had such high medical skills, why would she spend so much effort to join the Illusory Hall? Those who were capable would avoid the Winter Palace like the plague, wouldn't they?
When she was distracted, her mother immediately saw through her. That woman said to Fu Ya, "Mother knows what you're thinking, but no matter what, that girl is our benefactor. Xiao Ya, no matter what happens in the future, you can't betray your benefactor. You have to do everything you can to help your benefactor. Do you understand? "
Fu Ya gave a serious nod, "Mother can be assured, Xiao Ya has remembered everything. As long as mother can get better, Xiao Ya is willing to use my entire life to repay that girl's kindness. "
On the first day of the New Year in Song Zhou, everyone did their best to use the festive noise and sounds of firecrackers to cover up the disaster that had occurred on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. People didn't mention anything about the fire, as if it had never happened. They only wished each other a happy New Year and asked which girl was preparing to participate in the Winter Consort selection after the New Year.
On this day, Feng Yu Heng followed the illusionists of the Illusory Hall and finally arrived at the western end of Song Zhou. She entered the Winter Palace that faced the south. What welcomed her was a familiar face.
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