The night was as dark as ink and the cold wind blew, causing the dilapidated courtyard door to become even more rotten.
A few servants hurriedly walked through the courtyard. The one in the lead was slightly wider and wore a green robe. Her sleeves were half rolled up and she carried a food basket as she walked towards the innermost room.
The courtyard was filled with a strange smell. The younger servant behind her whispered, "It's really smelly. I don't know why Master called that thing over. It's so scary." She couldn't help but exclaim and whispered into the servant's ear, "Don't tell me he wants to …"
"Wang Gui Jia, speak less." The green robed servant was slightly annoyed, "If other people hear it, they won't forgive you."
The one called Wang Guijia immediately fell silent.
When they reached the door, a young round-faced servant girl came out. She took the food basket from the green robed servant and went back inside.
After a while, she came out with the empty food basket. The green robed servant took it and said to the round-faced servant, "Master ordered us to bring the person into the room."
"Is it …" The round-faced servant was also shocked.
"We don't need to know." The green robed servant sighed and called out to Wang Gui Jia, "Come here and bring the person over."
The room was lit up and the room became brighter. Wang Gui Jia pinched her nose and after a long time, she saw a thing sitting in a wooden basin.
The moment she saw that thing, she almost vomited. These days, although she came with the green robed servant to deliver food every day, she had never seen the person inside.
The thing in the wooden basin could no longer be called a 'person'. Her four limbs were chopped off and there was only a whole body in the wooden basin. Her hair was messy and there was some filth on it. She could vaguely see that it was a woman.
The green robed servant looked at her and a trace of sympathy flashed in her eyes. Although she didn't know who this woman was, it was really sad that she had fallen to such a state. Moreover, Master suddenly ordered them to bring the person out. The outcome was more likely to be disastrous.
Wang Gui Jia was horrified and disgusted but she didn't dare to disobey orders. She braced herself and carried the wooden basin out of the room.
The woman was also gentle and didn't struggle or cry. He seemed to have fallen asleep.
As instructed, he placed the wooden basin in the master's bedroom. Wang Guijia was still muttering in his heart, "Why did the master place such a frightening thing in the room?" Suddenly, the woman in the wooden basin opened her eyes and happened to meet Wang Gui Jia's gaze.
Strangely enough, this extremely terrifying woman only had a pair of extremely beautiful eyes. They were charming and full of emotion, but they were also spotless. They were as clear as the flowing water of the Jade Bone Mountain Stream, cold and moving.
Wang Guijia stared blankly for a long time before he turned around and left the room.
Jiang Ruan slowly opened her eyes.
After staying in the dark for a long time, she was at a loss of what to do with the brightness in front of her. When he realized the situation he was in, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
She was the eldest legitimate daughter of the Minister of War, the former Beauty Ruan. But now, she had been turned into a human swine and would never be able to rise again!
She recalled her father's words before she entered the palace at the age of sixteen, "Ruan 'er, since you have entered the palace as a concubine, you have the entire Zhao family behind you. There is no need to worry."
Her younger sister held her hand and wiped away her tears, "Ruan 'er, you are Susu's benefactor. Even if I die, it will be difficult for me to repay this kindness."
And he held her hand, "Wait a little longer, wait a few more days, and I will grant you the status of an official wife."
But now, her father had already been promoted to the position of Prime Minister Who Supports the Country, a first-rank official, and her stepmother had long since become the wife of the Prime Minister. Her younger sister was the mother of the nation, and that person had ascended to the throne! They had already thrown her to the back of their minds, to the extent that they had abandoned and killed her!
When she was five years old, her birth mother died early and her older brother died on the battlefield. Her concubine was raised to be the second wife. A wandering Taoist priest who passed by calculated that her eight characters would bring bad luck to her father and mother, so she was sent to the countryside. When she turned fourteen and reached the marriageable age, Jiang Quan finally took her back to the fu on account that she was his own flesh and blood. Not long after, news came from the palace that the young miss of the Jiang family was on the list of new concubines to be selected.
The Emperor suspected that the Jiang Family was colluding with the Eighth Prince. At this time, the Emperor summoned people to the palace. His intention was not to drink, but to restrain the Eighth Prince.
There were only two di daughters in the Jiang fu. Jiang Su Su's health was not good, and her personality was even more delicate and pure. The Emperor's decree could not be disobeyed. Under Jiang Quan's command, Jiang Ruan entered the palace and became Beauty Ruan.
No matter how submissive she was, she couldn't bear to submit to the Emperor and enter the palace at the age of a flower to wither. If it weren't for the fact that the Eighth Prince had been comforting her, she would have already committed suicide in the depths of the palace with a piece of white silk. Since she was a child, other than her dead brother and mother, no one had ever comforted and cared for her like this. She gave her heart to him and calmed down. She was willing to be a pawn of the Jiang family and him in the palace, delivering messages. Who would have thought that once the Emperor was forced to abdicate, the Emperor would die tragically, and they would imprison her, slander her as the one who killed the Emperor, and give her the title of a demoness who brought disaster to the country!
When she stood on the steps and saw her father's cold eyes, she finally understood that she had been abandoned! When the cunning hare is dead, the hound is cooked!
She was locked in the dark prison, rescued, and thought that she had escaped with her life, but this was the beginning of the nightmare.
Her sister, who was as elegant as a fairy, smiled faintly as she watched helplessly as her limbs were chopped off and she was made into a human swine.
She was filled with despair, unwillingness, and anger, but then she heard the fairy-like person say, "Jiejie knows that Little Sister usually likes to be clean, and I can't tolerate even a grain of sand. Little Sister has already tolerated Jiejie, this grain of sand, for more than ten years. Today, it's time to pull it out. "
She smiled and added, "The Eighth Prince is going to make me the Empress. The glory that Jiejie has not enjoyed, Little Sister will enjoy it on your behalf. "
Only when the pain reached deep into her bones did she know what it meant to be numb. Jiang Ruan really couldn't think of a reason why Jiang Su Su hated her so much.
However, Jiang Su Su seemed to have guessed her thoughts and said with a smile, "Isn't Jiejie's mother the daughter of the General fu? Doesn't Jiejie rely on this identity to look down on Little Sister? What a pity, what a pity. "She propped up her cheek and tilted her head, saying," Yesterday, the General fu was executed at noon for the crime of rebellion. "She stared at Chang 'an and said word by word," One hundred and three people, their entire family will be executed. "
Jiang Ruan felt like she had been struck by lightning, and her mind was in chaos. The General fu was her maternal grandfather's home. Although her mother had insisted on marrying Jiang Quan, angering the Great General Zhao, and since then they had lost contact. But after all, blood was thicker than water. How could her heart not feel like it was being cut by a knife?
She stared at Jiang Su Su, but the other only laughed mockingly, "Jiejie is angry just like that? There's no hurry, I still have a big gift to give Jiejie. We'll meet again in the future. "
Thus, Jiang Ruan was sent to a dark room. After struggling for a few days, she finally saw the light today.
The door opened with a creak.
A fat man reeking of alcohol grabbed the person in front of him, threw him on the bed, and was about to press him down.
He vaguely looked like a little boy, and was struggling with all his might. When Chang 'an saw the boy's face, she suddenly turned pale with fright.
That was — Pei 'er!
Most of the women in the palace were unlucky. Many were unable to give birth to a son, and many died after giving birth. Pei 'er's birth mother was only a little palace maid, and she died after giving birth to Pei' er. The Emperor did not value this son of lowly birth. That day, for some reason, he gave the child to her to raise.
After six years, she and Pei 'er had long developed a mother-son relationship. Early on, when the palace revolted, she had ordered her personal palace maid to carry Pei 'er and escape, but she still could not escape.
"Mother! Mother! "Pei 'er struggled and cried, but he could not avoid the hands that were caressing his body.
Jiang Ruan only felt her whole body turn cold. She had long known that Marquis Li Dong loved to play with boys when she entered the palace. But now, she could only watch helplessly as her own son was humiliated by this demon.
She shouted loudly, but could only make hoarse and muffled sounds.
Li Dong looked at her with disgust, "I don't know why, but the Imperial Concubine insists on watching me do things with this thing. It really disgusts my appetite."
He thought about it, but still succumbed to the Emperor's power. Not daring to make any other moves, he concentrated on teasing the boy who had fainted from the fall.
Jiang Ruan sat in the wooden basin. Only now did she understand why Jiang Su Su had only left her a pair of eyes. Jiang Su Su wanted to watch her last relative die in front of her.
She sat in the basin in a daze like a wooden puppet. Scenes of the past flashed before her eyes: her mother's defeated face before her death, her father's cold smile, Eighth Prince's promise, Jiang Su Su holding her hand and thanking her, the Emperor's cold eyes, the suffering in the imperial harem, and finally, the struggling and crying Pei 'er in front of her.
Li Dong inadvertently turned his head, and unexpectedly saw the person in the wooden basin. He was so shocked that he fell off the bed and shouted, "Guards, guards!"
The woman in the wooden basin had a wooden expression on her face. Two streaks of blood and tears streaked down her cheeks, and she looked miserable and mournful. The servant who broke the door and entered was also stunned for a moment. He only felt that he had seen an evil spirit from hell, and his whole body turned cold.
Li Dong was flustered and exasperated. "What are you still standing there for? Beat her to death." In his fear, he had long thrown the Empress's orders to the back of his mind. In any case, the courtyard was filled with his people, so there was no need to worry about information leaking out.
The servant came back to his senses and rushed over with the rod in his hand. Without any explanation, he hit the woman's head.
No one heard the deepest curse in the heart of the person in the wooden basin: Even if she never reincarnated, even if she turned into ashes, she only wished to live and die as an evil spirit! Let the person who harmed her pay with blood!
At the same time, in Yang Ping Palace.
"Your Majesty seems to be exceptionally spirited today." Jiang Su Su laughed lightly.
The new Emperor looked up at the woman opposite him. She wore a phoenix crown and red robe, and her exquisite face was set off by her noble attire. She looked like a fairy from the Ninth Heaven. Jiang Quan's youngest daughter was indeed elegant and beautiful.
"Is there still no news from Jiang Ruan?" Suddenly, he asked in a low voice.
Jiang Su Su's face darkened. "No, Jiejie must have escaped with Pei 'er. She must have worked hard all these years, but no matter what, she shouldn't have distrusted Your Majesty …"
The new Emperor thought of Jiang Ruan, but found that no matter how he tried to recall, Jiang Ruan was only a vague shadow in his mind. Her reputation was not good, and at best, she was a beautiful woman. He married the power behind the Jiang family, so there was no difference between Jiang Ruan and Jiang Su Su. Since Zhao Changan was already the former Emperor's woman, he would never marry her.
Although Jiang Ruan was already an abandoned chess piece, he still had some hesitation. After so many years in the palace, he had relied on Jiang Ruan to get through many dangerous situations. She had indeed helped him a lot. But, why didn't she wait for him to make a decision before escaping from the dark prison?
He did not like this feeling of not being in control.
With a cold snort, the new Emperor said, "You don't know what's good for you. The time has come, let's go. "
Jiang Su Su curtsied and placed her hand on the man's palm.
In the 18th year of Xuande, the new Emperor ascended the throne and made Jiang Shi his Empress.
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