Chapter 12: Memories (1)

Inside the towering city walls, there are magnificent buildings standing majestically, and the magnificence is extraordinary.

A guard stood heroically and energetically between the palaces.

Waves of patrolling guards came and went, and the guards were so tight that it seemed that even a mosquito could not escape their eyes.

In the corner of this huge palace, a unique palace is revealed.

A woman sits quietly under the gazebo, as if admiring the beautiful scenery.

But if you look closely, the woman's beautiful face has a solemn expression, and a pair of beautiful eyes are staring blankly at the rockery opposite the pavilion.

She dragged her chin in her hand and fell into deep memories.

"Kill her! Kill her! ~”

A vicious voice came from the rockery, and a group of children were surrounding a little girl, whose body was curled up, her head buried deep in her body, her eyes closed and shivering.

The children kept throwing mud, weeds, and branches at the little girl, who was covered in dirt and unkempt.

When they got tired of playing, they finally stopped tossing her.

"Let's go, let's go!"

"Let's go! Let's play! ”

"Phew..."

"Phew..."

……………

Before leaving, I didn't forget to humiliate her again, and then walked away.

After making sure that they were all far away, the little girl slowly raised her head, looked around in horror, and dared to stand up slowly after making sure that there was no one left. She limped to the water's edge, the clear water reflected her face full of dirt, she stretched out her little hand, carefully washed her hair and cheeks with water, and after a while, a snow-white skin appeared in the water, a smooth face, she was so beautiful, two lines of tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, she was in pain, who could save her from the sea of suffering.

"Princess, princess~"

In a trance, she heard someone calling her, it turned out to be Mama Li, Mama Li was her mother's close slave, and she was also the best person to her besides Eniang. Seeing Mama Li getting closer and closer, she quickly wiped away her tears and stood up.

Mama Li saw that the princess was so embarrassed, and took her in her arms.

"Princess, didn't I tell you not to run around? How disobedient you are! ”

"Mama, I just want to collect a little dew and decoct medicine for Eniang, and Doctor Sun told me that using dew will help Eniang's condition."

As she spoke, the princess took out the bottle that she had hidden in her arms, and she held it tightly in her arms so that it was not broken by the children just now.

"Princess, my child, I have suffered you."

"An Ning is not bitter, as long as E-Niang can get better, let An Ning do anything!"

A little child is sensible and distressing.

Mama Li took her back to the palace, this is a palace that has been abandoned for many years, overgrown with weeds, snakes, rats, insects and ants crawling all over the ground, usually no one will come, not even ghosts will come, a veritable cold palace.

"Princess, go and accompany the mother! Slave maid go decoction! ”

An Ning gave the dew to Mama Li and ran into the room quickly.

Dark, damp, and dusty filled the room, and a cough came from the bed, and Yueru lay on the bed weakly, almost dying.

"E-niang, are you better?"

An Ning's small hand caressed Yueru's cheek. Yueru looked at the weak An Ning being bullied again, and her heart was distressed as if she was dripping blood.

"Ning'er, E-Niang is sorry for you."

"What do you say? Eniang, how could Ning'er blame you? E-Niang must be obedient and take medicine well, only in this way can E-Niang accompany Ning'er, and Ning'er doesn't want to be without E-Niang. ”

Yueru hugged An Ning tightly in her arms. She hated herself for going out on that thunderous night, hurting herself and her children.

Yueru was originally a palace maid doing chores in the palace, and on a thunderstorm night, she suddenly remembered that the clothes washed for the palace ladies had not been collected, so she braved the rain to put away the clothes, but the rain became heavier and heavier, so she had to hide in the nearby pavilion to avoid the rain. But unexpectedly, the emperor also happened to pass by because of the rain into the pavilion, now the emperor is mediocre, extravagant and wasteful, arrogant and lascivious, at a glance took a fancy to Yueru, who was still a little beautiful, and forcibly pampered her in the pavilion.

For Yueru, her sky has fallen, but what is this to the emperor? After the incident, the matter was put behind him, and it was not until Yueru found out that she was happy that the emperor remembered her again.

Although the emperor has many concubines, his descendants have not been prosperous, and the elder brother born to him has either died young, or he is sick, and there is no talent to be useful. The emperor originally thought that if Yueru could give birth to an elder brother, he would give her the title and let her enjoy the glory and wealth. But God did not fulfill people's wishes, on the night of An Ning's birth, she was beaten into the cold palace, and since then she has been riddled with diseases, dark days, and has never stepped out of the palace again.

Now she has been in this cold palace for nine years, living a life like an ant every day, and only a personal slave and maid follow her with all her heart, or because she once saved her life when she was on an errand.

The more Yueru thought about it, the more sad she felt, she was not afraid of death, she was afraid that one day she would leave her peace and loneliness alone in this dark palace, how would she live?

"Mother, don't cry, crying is not good for your health, don't be afraid, Ning'er will accompany you."

"Mother, it's time to take medicine?"

Mama Li brought the medicine in and fed it to Yueru to drink.

"Mama Li, how is the matter with what I asked you to inquire about?"

"I've inquired about it, every morning I will leave the palace with the car transporting Gong Bucket, Gong Bucket is smelly and dirty, and the guards at the door generally don't check it."

"Okay, you take all the valuable things, ask them to be accommodating, then let An Ning hide in the gong bucket and go out of the palace."

"Okay, slave and maid, let's do it!"

"E-niang, what do you say? Why did you let me out of the palace, I won't leave, what will you do if I leave? I'm going to be with you! ”

"Ning'er, listen to me, I'm afraid that Eniang's illness will not get better, how will you live alone in this deep palace in the future? You listen to your mother, go out of the palace, forget all this in the palace, and live an ordinary life. ”

"I don't, I don't want it, Eniang, don't, don't drive me away, please, please, Eniang, how can you live when you leave the palace in peace? Don't want to be peaceful! ”

An Ning cried heartbreakingly, holding Yueru tightly and not letting go.

"Niangniang, don't forget it, such a young child, she is a daughter again, and I am afraid that there will be no way to live when she goes out of the palace. Follow us step by step! ”

Mama Li couldn't bear it. In this era of human life, how can a nine-year-old girl live alone?

The three of them hugged their heads and cried, they could only resign themselves to their fate, and they were helpless, they could neither protect themselves nor their loved ones.