Chapter Twenty-Three: Desperate Survival

Like a beautiful epiphany, the spring in Handan City is beautiful but short-lived. It seems that in the blink of an eye, the flowers withered, and the cicadas began their own short and noisy splendor, and then quickly left this world.

Although it was already early autumn, the sun was still shining at noon. Zhao Chan nestled in the rocking chair, still enjoying the coolness of the big tree. The child has been more than seven months old at this time, and his belly is getting bigger and bigger, and he heard the imperial doctor say that his belly seems to be much bigger than the belly of a seven-month-old pregnant woman in the past, but fortunately, the child is quite healthy. Zhao Chan knew that the child was fine, so she calmed down, but she became more and more lazy.

In the past few months, Zhao Chan's life has been like this. As for the one who helped people behind it, it was always a mystery. But even so, Zhao Chan's life is still peaceful and stable, even a little more comfortable than before. After all, the other party doesn't seem to be targeting him much, and besides, staying in this hall, although the food and clothing are poor, he is not disturbed by the outside.

As for Xiao An, since Wei Yue's incident, Zhao Chan did not rush to torture Xiao An, but begged Yiren to lock her up in the apse of Xiquan Palace, and sent a poor girl in Xiquan Hall to serve. Although the apse of the West Spring Hall is dilapidated, if you want to live a few people, you can still do it.

Inhuman readily agreed to this request, after all, it was his heir. Originally, for Zhao Chan, I felt that it was okay to sacrifice the child. But now, Zhao Chan is so considerate and nuanced, she can't help but feel a little better about Zhao Chan's heart, but the guilt in her heart is also a little more. However, the more he was like this, the more Zhao Chan did not appreciate it.

As long as Yiren thinks of trying to get close to Princess Chaoyang, disgust will always flash in his eyes. Zhao Chan saw these in her eyes, but she remembered them in her heart. Maybe Zhao Chan can understand that he doesn't like Princess Chaoyang, but he still can't agree with using Chaoyang's feelings. But what is depressing is that Princess Chaoyang is tired of this, and she can't wait to get tired of being by the side of strangers day by day, and she has long left her "rival in love" behind.

Huanyifang is located in the north of Zhao Palace, the gate is quite dilapidated, there is a big door plaque hanging on the door, and the handsome Zhao Da seal is written with the three big characters of "Huanyifang", but I don't know how many fresh lives are left on it.

In this troubled world, as long as there is a poor family with daughters, it is common to sell women, if you meet important people in the palace, who will not flock to it? Not to mention selling for a good price, the girl can still have a good home, after all, it is the palace. But who would have thought that the royal palace was the place where people were really eating people and not spitting out bones? It's just a matter of working day and night, and I have to endure the deduction and scolding from my aunts from time to time, which is really hell on earth.

Wei Yue has been here for three full months. Because she is the person sent by Princess Chaoyang, the girls of Huanyifang are indispensable to ridicule every day. They are used to being bullied on weekdays, but now when they see such a beauty who was once high, they are jealous in their hearts, and they can't give Wei Yue a good face even if they want to vent their anger. In addition, the aunt hinted openly and secretly that she wanted to give Wei Yue some color to see, and everyone looked down on people even more.

Although Wei Yue had never encountered such treatment, she also gritted her teeth and deliberately didn't care. On the contrary, there are more times when she is silent, and all the mistakes she has always made have been committed by herself. Originally, she could have stayed by Lu Buwei's side, and she might have had the opportunity to move him with her feelings. But now? It's all different.

In the evening, Wei Yue dragged her tired body, shook her sore arms, and walked slowly towards the house where she lived. She's had enough of these days, and she wants to go back! Even if it was her own doing, she didn't want to be here at all! I don't know if she deliberately looks at her unpleasantly or what, every day, she always washes the most clothes, but she always eats the least.

When he returned to the house, he saw that there was no one inside. He drew a small bucket of water from the well in front of the house, took out a piece of bread from his shabby clothes, and swallowed it in small gulps with some cold well water. At last he had finished eating the wheat bread and looked up at the sky, and it was already night, and the moon hung brightly in the sky, bringing a glimmer of hope to such darkness. The early autumn night was a little cool, Wei Yue gathered her half-torn sleeves and was about to go back to the house.

But at that moment, she saw the face reflected in the bucket. The facial bones are prominent, the originally round face has long disappeared and is invisible, the eyes are empty, and the original aura and recklessness have been lost.

Wei Yue covered her mouth with a look of surprise, but the face in the water also followed her example and made the same action! Unconsciously took a few steps back, staggered and sat on the cold ground.

This? It's her? Wei Yue shuddered and trembled in disbelief.

Wei Yue was frightened by her appearance, and was stunned for a while, with mixed feelings in her heart, but she didn't know how to feel.

After a long time, Wei Yue reacted and sneered: Is it God's retribution for the way he looks now! It's funny.

She was about to sit up, but a hand grabbed her by the arm and pulled her up from the ground with just the right amount of force.

Wei Yue turned around, but what she saw was a half-baked face.

"Moon girl, long time no see." Father-in-law Chen was very polite with a duck voice.

"Hello father-in-law." Wei Yue didn't know what he meant, but she also knew that he was the most powerful eunuch beside King Zhao. If I can get his help, maybe I can get out of this hellish place. Thinking like this, Wei Yue's voice became much softer than before.

"Hmm. Go, the king declares your audience. Chen Gonggong's tone was still polite.

"What, what?" Wei Yue was obviously not overly surprised, and did not hear Chen's father-in-law's words clearly.

"The king wants to see you." Gonggong Chen seemed to know Wei Yue's thoughts, and added again.

The king wants to see her! Wei Yue kept muttering these words in her heart, and she also chewed on these words. God is pitiful, does God even have to help her.

"Don't hurry up and change your clothes," Gonggong Chen saw that she still didn't react, looked at her shabby clothes again, and couldn't help urging: "Don't you want the king to see you like this?" ”

Saying this, Gonggong Chen waved his hand, and a little father-in-law stepped forward, holding his clothes.

Wei Yue hurriedly went into the house to change and followed Gonggong Chen.