Chu Xiang had left the previous world and arrived at a new place in the blink of an eye.
Thirst, hunger, and the burning sensation all over her body made her feel very uncomfortable. She heard the sound of sobbing next to her and slightly opened her eyes, turning her head to look.
A palace maid wearing tattered clothes immediately cried out in pleasant surprise, "Niang niang! Niang niang, you're awake? Are you feeling better? "
Chu Xiang opened her mouth, but her throat was too dry and she couldn't speak.
The palace maid hurriedly said, "Niang niang, please wait. This servant will go get some water." Then she got up and ran out. A moment later, she used a broken gourd to scoop some water. She struggled to raise Chu Xiang's head and brought the water to her mouth.
Chu Xiang saw the dirt in the water and subconsciously frowned. The palace maid choked with sobs, "Niang niang, this is … … this servant caught the rain. You, you have to endure it. Those bastards refused to send water and this servant couldn't find any."
Chu Xiang tilted her head and directly drank the rainwater. What was a little bit of rain? What hadn't she experienced?
She liked to enjoy, but when there were no conditions, she could endure any kind of suffering. Otherwise, how could she have lived for so long?
The rainwater alleviated the pain in Chu Xiang's throat. The palace maid took out a wet handkerchief and folded it neatly to place it on Chu Xiang's forehead. She asked softly, "Niangniang, are you feeling better? You scared this servant. They didn't allow this servant to call an imperial physician. This servant is incompetent and can only watch niang niang suffer and can't do anything. Niang niang … … "
Chu Xiang raised her hand and weakly said, "It's fine. This consort feels much better and wants to sleep a bit more. You can rest."
The palace maid saw her haggard and weak appearance and her tears kept falling. She covered her with a quilt and nodded, "Niang niang, you can sleep. This servant will stay by your side to watch over you. If you feel uncomfortable, call this servant. Don't endure it by yourself."
Chu Xiang closed her eyes. A strong musty smell came from the broken quilt and filled her nose. She endured the pain and concentrated on absorbing the spiritual energy from the ground. It took her about an hour to guide the spiritual energy into her body and make herself feel better.
She still couldn't cultivate in this world. Although the Spiritual Qi was slightly more abundant than in the previous two worlds, it was only a little more. Other than making her body healthier and looking better, it didn't have much use.
Fortunately, she had this bit of spiritual energy to solve her urgent problem. Otherwise, with her status as an abandoned concubine of the Cold Palace, and with someone deliberately making things difficult for her and not allowing her to receive treatment, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to live past tonight.
After the spiritual energy entered her body, Chu Xiang guided the spiritual energy to circulate in her body, carefully nourishing her body. Her fever slowly subsided. When the palace maid discovered this, she was pleasantly surprised. She gently removed the wet handkerchief from her forehead. Only then did she change out of her soaked clothes and hang them on the broken table to dry. Of course, the new clothes were just as tattered. Each of them only had two sets of clothes.
After finishing this, the palace maid slowly sat on the wooden stool beside the bed. She leaned against the bed and looked at Chu Xiang's situation. When she couldn't take it anymore, she lay down and closed her eyes.
Chu Xiang heard her movements and slowly merged with the original owner's memories. This was a dynasty she had never heard of before, the Great Xia Dynasty.
The Great Xia Dynasty had united the seven countries three hundred years ago and was very powerful. However, after passing it down from generation to generation, the court had become very corrupt. When it came to the current emperor, there were several rebel armies that openly opposed the emperor, causing the lives of the common people to be very unstable.
The emperor, Li Xiao, was an incapable ruler. He didn't like the court and only liked to squander the wealth left by his ancestors. He sat on the high and mighty dragon throne, looking at everything in the world as if it was a game. Even the rebel army and the court fighting could make him laugh out loud.
He was also a tyrant. The loyal and grating officials were all taken care of by him. The remaining officials either kept their mouths shut or completely obeyed him. This caused the court to be very absurd and corrupt officials could be found everywhere.
The original owner was the prime minister's daughter. She had a beautiful appearance and was the head of the four concubines in the palace. She was quite doted on by the emperor. She had been in the palace for a year. If there were no accidents, the emperor would make her an imperial concubine in a few years.
However, there was an accident in the palace. The original owner's personal palace maid, Huiyun, seduced the emperor. She used some unknown method to obtain the emperor's favor and ruthlessly suppressed the original owner.
The emperor liked to be able to hold people up and didn't like to be thrown into the army camp to be a military parasite. His new love hated the original owner. The emperor was happy to coax his new love. He punished the original owner a few times according to Huiyun's wishes and sent her to the cold palace.
The prime minister naturally wanted to stop it, but when did the emperor listen to the words of his officials? He ordered people to fabricate a few big crimes and directly sent the prime minister's family to prison, waiting for them to be exiled after the new year.
Huiyun was made an imperial concubine and asked Gong Runnan to torture the original owner. He didn't give her food, water, tattered clothes, moldy quilts, they were all specially found to humiliate the original owner. Because the imperial concubine had served the original owner, she turned over the past as a disgrace and took pleasure in humiliating the original owner.
The imperial concubine was now favored, and no one in the palace dared to make her unhappy. There was only a powerless palace maid, Ziyu, by the original owner's side. After a few days in the cold palace, she was tossed to death. Chu Xiang just happened to take over this body and send her soul away. When the original owner left, she begged her to save her family. It was already unfair for her to suffer this inexplicable disaster. Why did she have to implicate her family?
Chu Xiang's soul was very compatible with this body, so she agreed without hesitation. Now she must find a way to get out of the cold palace and get rid of the identity of an abandoned concubine to save the prime minister's family. It was very difficult to do this. The first step was to solve the problem of hunger.
Chu Xiang carefully nourished her body with spiritual energy for an afternoon. Finally, she had the strength to get up. When night fell, she sat up with the help of the bed. Ziyu, who was dozing off, woke up and hurried to help her. "Niang niang, you look much better. Do you still feel uncomfortable?"
Chu Xiang put on her shoes and waved her hand. "I'm much better. Don't call me niang niang in the future. If people hear it, they will punish us again."
"Yes, Master." Ziyu lowered her head and put on a coat for Chu Xiang. Tears fell silently.
Chu Xiang saw this and smiled. "What are you doing? It's not time to despair. We still have a long way to go. "
Ziyu choked with sobs. "Master, the prime minister, he … who can save you now? How about, how about I help you run out? You can stop the emperor and beg for mercy? The emperor has always been very good to you. Maybe you can ask for a glimmer of hope? "
Chu Xiang thought of the emperor and sneered. You want me to make that dog emperor happy? Dream on!
She was flexible, but she had no interest in fighting for favor and pleasing the dog emperor unless it was a last resort. She would try other methods first. If it didn't work, she would find a way to turn the emperor into a lapdog at her feet.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Ziyu thought she was worried, so it helped her put on her clothes and went to open the window for ventilation. Chu Xiang followed it to the window and looked at the dilapidated garden outside. "Has the rain stopped?"
"Yes, Master. Do you want to drink water? I collected some rainwater. "
Chu Xiang shook her head. "Let's go out for a walk and find something to eat."
Ziyu quickly stopped her. "Master, your body is just getting better. You shouldn't be tired. You rest in the room. This servant will go out and find something. "
"Let's go together. I don't know how long I will live here. I have to get used to this." Chu Xiang gathered her clothes and took the lead to go out.
There was a lot of water on the ground. Ziyu was a little worried and helped her around the puddles and slowly walked around the yard.
The yard was very big, but it was very desolate. There were only a few scattered trees and a lot of weeds. The gate of the yard was locked with a chain from the outside. There was a small door on the gate to send food and clothes. However, no one sent these to them, so the gate was naturally locked.
Chu Xiang walked around the yard and searched carefully. Finally, she found a wild fruit bush.
Ziyu was surprised. "Master, there are fruits here! It was blocked by the weeds, so this servant didn't find it. " Ziyu squatted on the ground and picked a fruit and put it into her mouth. "This servant will try it. If it's fine, Master won't have to starve."
Chu Xiang took back the spiritual energy of the fruit. In fact, this spiritual energy was still useful. At least it could test whether something was harmful or not. It was good to feel mild, and harmful to feel repellent. She already knew that there was no problem with the fruit. She rebuked, "Don't be so impulsive in the future. If something happens to you, won't I be the only one left?"
Ziyu smiled. "This servant is too anxious. Master, you haven't eaten for two days. You must be hungry." She touched her stomach. "Master, this fruit seems to be fine. This servant doesn't feel uncomfortable at all. It's just that the fruit is a little astringent."
Chu Xiang nodded. "Then pick all the fruits. We'll take them back to eat."
"Yes." Ziyu knelt on the ground and used her skirt to pick the fruit.
Chu Xiang went elsewhere to look. She found a hole in the wall in a pile of weeds. The stone was loose. She pushed it, and a few stones fell down, forming a hole that she could crawl out of.
Chu Xiang squatted at the entrance of the hole, cleaned up the stones, and looked outside. There was a road outside. It was very remote and there was no one. It was already dark, and there were no lanterns. She thought for a while and got up to help Ziyu carry the fruit back. "I'll go outside to take a look late at night."
Ziyu was shocked. "How can you do that? If someone finds out, Imperial Concubine Hui will definitely take the opportunity to kill you! Master, why do you want to go out? Just tell this servant to do it. You can't take the risk. "
Chu Xiang ate a fruit and looked out of the window. "I can't stay here and wait for death. Father and Mother are still waiting for me to save them. I'm going out to see if I can think of a way. It's useless to let you go. "
Zi Yu wanted to persuade her again, but Chu Xiang raised her hand to stop her. She looked at her and said, "Now that things have come to this, we can't make a single mistake. What I need is not someone who is loyal and willing to die for me. I can't just sit and wait. I have to find a way myself. Do you understand?"
Ziyu was just a palace maid. She already felt desperate about the current situation. She couldn't think of any possibility of turning the tables. She only felt that with her master's appearance, she might be able to change the emperor's mind.
She didn't understand what Chu Xiang wanted to do, but she couldn't help and didn't want to make trouble. She quickly nodded and promised, "This servant knows. This servant will only listen to your orders."
"Stay here tonight. If someone comes, find a way to cover it up for me. I'll come back as soon as possible. "
"Yes, Master."
Chu Xiang ate some fruits and drank some rainwater. Finally, she felt full. She let Ziyu rest in the room. She climbed out of the hole in the wall, identified the direction from the starry sky, and walked north in the dark night.
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