Chapter 1: Rebirth
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A biting coldness suddenly enveloped Zuo Ying's whole body, and quickly penetrated from every inch of her body to her flesh, bone marrow, and heart. At the same time, the suffocating sensation that broke into her consciousness also sealed her nasal cavity in an instant, choked her throat, and made her brain, which could not get oxygen, swell and split!
She opened her eyes suddenly, and there was a mist of light and shadow in front of her, and the coldness and tingling sensation that filled her eyes in an instant made her suddenly realize that she was in the water! She instinctively wanted to breathe, but was immediately stopped by reason - all she could breathe was water! Filling one's lungs with water is tantamount to hastening one's own drowning death!
While her mind was still judging her surroundings, her limbs were already instinctively swiping down desperately. Thankfully, her hands and feet were still nimble, and before she was about to faint from suffocation, her body finally broke through the water, and was exposed to the harsh sunlight and the breeze on her face. She desperately inhaled a breath deep into her chest, as if for the first time in nearly thirty years of life, she was so acutely aware of the reality of such a thing as air.
The sky is high and the clouds are light, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, a blue wave, the smoke and willows on the other bank, and there are the water pavilions with the eaves of the fighting horns and the exquisite nine-curved stone bridge in the distance, the scenery shown in front of Zuo Ying is not beautiful, but what is more prominent than the beauty is weird.
Zuo Ying, who still clearly remembered what happened to her not long ago, couldn't believe that she was still alive. She wondered which doctor had been able to revive her after being shot in the left breast. I want to know why I am in such a picturesque park - the pond! - If this wasn't a special cure, she could guarantee that none of her men would allow this to happen if one of them was still alive.
The coldness of her body and the sharp pain in the back of her head still tormented her, but on the contrary, the wound of the bullet was not painful at all, as if the experience was unreal.
Maybe - the "special therapy" worked? Zuo Ying twitched the corners of her frozen mouth.
But please, can the side effects be minimized? Also, will a nurse pick her up ashore? She could barely feel her frozen body, and her spirit was so weak that it seemed like she would lose her strength again and sink at any moment.
At this moment, a few people hurriedly ran on the shore, and they all looked at Zuo Ying with a look of shock, and exclaimed something in their mouths that Zuo Ying, whose consciousness had begun to blur, could not hear clearly.
The person who ran at the front came to the shore, jumped into the icy pool without hesitation, and came to Zuo Ying's side with three or two strokes, his body sank, grabbed one of her arms, carried her on his back, and swam towards the shore with a hydrophilic platform in front.
Even though Zuo Ying has begun to be groggy, she can confirm that she doesn't know this person, because among the people she knows, there will be no one like this person, who likes to wear a plain white floor-length dress with a deep neckline and long sleeves, and a waist-length hair that is black and shiny enough to sell shampoo advertisements, just like the classic dress of an ancient lady - if there really is, it would have been popular a long time ago.
The last thing Zuo Ying perceived before she lost consciousness again was that the person who saved her put her on the sun-warmed grass on the shore and lay down, her slender fingers caressed her face, pressed her chest, and came over with a face that showed a nervous expression, and her facial features were delicate and beautiful like a masterpiece of Chinese painting.
"Princess, princess......" her voice was also gentle and beautiful, as if she had stuffed a candy into the mouth of the person who heard it.
Wait, "Princess"? Is it so exciting here?
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When she was unconscious, Zuo Ying seemed to have had a long, long dream.
It's funny to say that in this dream she is a princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty who has not been known in history - He Lanying.
She dreamed that she wore a complicated bun on her head, dressed in a strange wide robe and long-sleeved gorgeous costume, surrounded by a group of palace maids and attendants, shuttling between the simple and gorgeous palace rooms. She also met many people with strange faces but could be named in her heart, and did many things such as playing, reading, writing, and dictating to her attendants so that they had nothing in common with her old life.
It's like she's watched a long drama that's long enough to run out for 1,800 episodes, but unlike the series, she knows all the details of each episode, and the feeling is so real that it's like experiencing a completely different life again.
"Ying'er! That's enough! Hugh is going to mess around again! A young man's familiar face and angry voice appeared in Zuo Ying's dream.
"Brother Huang! You've always loved me the most, and everything follows me, why can't you do it this time?! If you let him marry someone else, then I will never marry anyone in my life! ”
An unfamiliar but familiar voice rushed out of Zuo Ying's mouth. Before she could be surprised, there was a "snap" and a slap on the head and face, so that although she was in a dream, she could really feel the dizziness in front of her eyes and the heat on her face.
"Don't you remember the death of the eldest brother? You have to marry someone who killed your eldest brother to be happy?! Come! Drag me out! The man's voice was almost roaring.
"Brother Huang! You are talking nonsense! I hate you! I hate you! Zuo Ying covered her hot face and involuntarily ran outside.
Just as she plunged headlong into the cold and biting water, Zuo Ying trembled all over, and suddenly realized that the reality that was different from the dream - the reality that could be touched by every inch of skin returned to her body in an instant.
Yes, it's time to wake up, the absurd dreams are over, and when you wake up, you should see the white sheets in the hospital room and the brethren who would probably fill the room and the corridors. If you think about it on your knees, the killer disguised as a newspaper seller was instigated by Tyrod, who was competing with her for the black market arms market in North Africa. Should the dying old crocodile feed him his severed hands and feet, or bury him in a grave and rot alive?
When she opened her eyes, there was a hint of a smile on the corner of Zuo Ying's mouth. But the smile was fleeting on her face - the "dream" in front of her did not end!
Feather sara tents, brocade futons, pear wood beds, mica screens...... There was also a girl kneeling in front of the bed, about eighteen or nineteen years old, dressed as a standard ancient lady.
She was tall and slender, wearing a plain white floor-length dress with a deep neckline and long sleeves, and her long black hair fell over her shoulders and was neatly tied at the back. Her skin is snow-white, and her beautiful facial features are not stunning, but they are delicate and delicate that people never get tired of looking at.
Zuo Ying recognized this person as the person who had just rescued her from the water.
She saw Zuo Ying open her eyes, and her eyes were as beautiful as autumn water.
"Your Highness Princess, you have finally woken up."
She speaks slowly, not in a hurry, gentle as a sweet spring, until people's ears are like thirsty lips and tongues, ignoring the content of what is said, only eager to absorb more.
After doing the "dream" just now, Zuo Ying knew that the girl in front of her was called Scarlet Feather, and her role in her "dream" was a personal maid who had followed her for many years, because she was favored by herself when she was performing on the street and bought it into the palace on a whim.
But knowing this, there is no way to dispel the doubts in her heart. She lifted the brocade quilt on her body and sat up from the bed, still feeling a slight dizziness in her head, and she calmed down before she could stand up.
Scarlet Feather hurriedly got up and said, "Princess, the imperial doctor told the slave maid, saying that the princess was too frightened, and she was cold in the water, and she had to rest more after waking up, and it was not appropriate to get out of bed and walk around." ”
Scold? Was it some kind of powerful drug that kept her stuck in her hallucinations? It's just that if there is really such a medicine in the world, the first one who can get it to deal with the enemy must be Zuo Ying.
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