I knew what Rou was going to tell me, but I couldn't find out, so I wouldn't know what her secret was. So, I pretended to be ignorant and said, "Really? That's great, I really want to know your previous story, you sue me. ”

"Well, Childe, what I want to tell you is my background and ...... And why I've survived to this day is a secret. ”

I'm really curious, and I'm very interested in the history of more than 2,000 years ago. Think about it, what is written in the history books, after all, is one-sided, our historians always say that it is impossible to fully restore the life of that era, and no one knows what the real history looks like.

Not to mention historical events, but what historical figures look like, we are all guessing, and there is no accurate conclusion at all.

But now, a living female ghost tells the events of her time, which is much more comprehensive and real than the one in the history books. Even if I don't eat, I'm going to listen!

"Childe, here's how it happened......"

Xiaorou's eyes began to become deeper, and I could feel the breath of history blowing in her body.

I was like a child, sitting beside her in a daze, listening to Teacher Xiaorou tell her stories from the past......

Childe, do you know where I was born? The place where I was born is the ancient Yanzhao, which is now the Hebei region. My hometown is Handan, you should know this place.

The land of Yan Zhao has been full of beauties since ancient times. And Handan is known as the hometown of beauties!

Remember Handan toddlers? That is to say, we in Handan, with this allusion, you should know how many beauties there were in Handan at that time.

In fact, the fact is that Handan is really the hometown of beauties.

Because of this matter, the person in power at that time, that is, Emperor Wu, sent people to recruit beautiful women here and call them into the palace.

I remember very well that I was only a fourteen-year-old girl. My father left us because he was overworked. Without a father, the family can't eat. Our lives have become strapped and stretched.

I'm a girl, and I'm wearing a summer single in the winter. Even on my feet, I was wearing a single shoe that I only wore in summer, and I had no choice but to be patient.

The departure of my father has brought a catastrophic crisis to our family, which is not rich in the first place.

My mother has three younger brothers to raise. During the day, I helped my mother wash other people's clothes, sew clothes, and cook. In the evenings, I helped my mother raise silkworms. In this way, our day's income cannot meet our family's expenses at all.

It was at this time that the recruited officers and soldiers in the palace came to Handan.

At that time, I heard that if a girl from a family was selected by a recruited officer or soldier, she would receive a large amount of money. Because of this, I thought about it at home for several days. Finally, out of desperation, my mother tearfully offered me to the official who called the girl.

As I said, I was fourteen that year.

Yes, don't look at my young age, in fact, I was already born at that time. The neighbors and neighbors praised me for my appearance of Xi Shi and the appearance of a sable cicada. If I had been born in Yin Shang, and Daji had anything to do, I would have entered the palace to serve the king a long time ago.

When I heard someone say that, my mother signed me up.

The night before I was summoned by the recruiting officer, my mother observed me carefully that day and said, my Xiaorou is really good-looking, this is a natural beauty embryo, and my mother is really getting better and better-looking.

Xiaorou, you also know the situation of our family. Your three younger brothers are not yet adults and simply cannot afford to eat. The whole family just relies on our mother's meager money, and they can't live at all.

Child, you are your mother's child, your mother's meat. I really can't bear you, I really don't want to ask you to go to the palace. But...... Mother said this, and tears fell, but ah...... Child, you must know that your father is gone, and if I don't raise the boy he left behind, how can I be worthy of your father? So, child, I have wronged you......

That night, the two of us hugged each other and cried for a long time. Eventually, I fell asleep in my mother's arms.

Seriously, how I wish that night would never pass so I could be with my mother for the rest of my life. But ah, the world is impermanent, and it's useless for me to be afraid, and I still have to meet the recruiting officer the next day.

Honestly, I don't resent my mother at all. On the contrary, I think she is a person who understands righteousness. Actually, this is very good, if I am elected to the palace, I can not only solve the economic problems of the family, but also use this money to support my younger brother.

As for me, I don't have to be cold and hungry, and I don't have to be coveted by other men!

Things turned out to be the same as I imagined, and as soon as the recruiter saw my appearance, he was immediately fascinated. These people all said that I would definitely be able to become Emperor Wu's favorite concubine in the future.

After the matter was settled, the recruiter allowed me to stay at home for the night to say goodbye to my mother and younger brothers.

It was also on the last night before leaving, that the mother went down to the kitchen and killed the only old hen in the house that laid eggs. With tears in her eyes, she chopped the wooden planks at the head of the bed as firewood. That night, for the first time, I felt so well fed.

The three younger brothers were very sensible, and only after I had finished eating did they drink the leftover chicken soup from my meal. I think they also know that I, who was my sister, will be leaving them after tonight!

After eating, my mother coaxed her three younger brothers to sleep early. Then, my mother brought water herself, burned a bucket of warm water from the remaining wood, and wiped my body for me. I could feel my mother's hands trembling at that time. I could feel that she was trying her best to hold back her emotions and not let herself cry.

After bathing, she led me to the bedside. The mother took the needle out of the sewing box and smoked it with an oil lamp for a while, until the embroidery needle was reddened by a small number.

My mother told me to take off my clothes and put me on the bed. I listened to her until the needle hit my skin, and I knew that at this moment, I could never go back. My mother stabbed me silently, and I felt pain in my back, and other fluids were left on it. I knew it was my mother's tears that she had endured all night.

In fact, it's not just my mother crying silently, why am I not crying silently?

Mother, what are you thorning in me?

Lotus, a lotus!

Why mother?

Child, man's way is his own. Whatever happens to you in the future, but remember, don't forget the mother's thorn lotus behind it!

Although the embroidery needle is pierced on my body, but I know that at this moment, her heart must be more painful than my body, she didn't say anything when she was piercing the flower, she just concentrated on doing it, but I know what she meant, the life in the palace is extravagant, and my mother wants to remind me all the time, don't lose myself for all this, and clean myself in the mud......

That night, my mother held me until dawn.

The next morning, I was picked up by a carriage, and a completely different life awaited me, and fate slowly tore the curtain of my sorrow......