Chapter 3: The Past

The two walked for a while, came to the side of the blue water lake in the city, and casually entered an inn.

The people of the Great Zhou Dynasty love the piano and entertainment, and the business is prosperous.

Bishui Lake is located in the very center of Bianliang, the scenery is pleasant, surrounded by the best restaurants, inns, tea shops, washers, green buildings and other places for drinking and entertainment in Bianliang City, which is very lively.

"Miss! This is the legendary inn! Da Zhou people are really good at enjoying it! “

Su Yazhu sat on the bed of the inn, looked at the fresh and elegant inn room arranged, and sighed again.

Jiang Rou was sitting by the window drinking tea, glanced at Su Yazhu, smiled, turned her head to look out the window, and did not speak.

She knew that the current prosperity of the Great Zhou was bought by countless Great Zhou soldiers with blood and corpses.

It's March, and the willow trees by the clear water lake have just pulled out their tender green shoots, and the peach blossoms are already in full bloom.

In the restaurant not far away, the sound of piano singing, laughter, mixed with the rouge aroma of the dusty woman and the intoxicating peach blossom breath, drifted over the lake by the smoked wind, swung into her ears, her heart, her heart was like a knife.

This is the ballad of the Great Zhou, beautiful and tactful, eloquent and moving, completely different from the passionate singing in the desert and on the grassland.

She remembered her childhood, every night, her mother always called her Yue'er softly, always hummed songs softly, and coaxed her to sleep.

Jiang Rou's room is on the third floor of the inn, and most of the capital is visible as far as the eye can see.

She clenched the teacup tightly in her right hand, her eyes crossed the blue water, crossed the bustling city, and looked straight at somewhere in the west of the city, her eyes were scarlet.

After a while, she raised the cup in her hand and threw it fiercely, and the tea in the cup flew out with her life, with anger and hatred, and drew a sharp golden arc in the sky against the sun.

Bang! The surface of the lake splashed slightly, and the calm blue water surface was instantly shattered by the sharp blade, and the wind blew and made waves.

"Father! Mother! Your moon is back! ”

Chu Yue looked at the west of the city and whispered, her voice was connected to her body, trembling slightly, and the scenes of the past were tumbling and surging in her heart, like sharp knives, slashing at her heart.

In that direction, the former Yunlu General's Mansion, her home, is now only a ruined ruin.

Her father used to be the general Yunlu who terrified the two Xiongnu tribes, and her mother was the daughter of the Guogong Mansion who moved the capital with her amazing talent and national style.

She has older sisters who love her, lovely younger brothers.

But one day nine years ago, everything changed.

That day was the day when my father returned to Beijing in triumph, and my father came back from the battlefield and brought back a joint surrender letter from the two kingdoms of the Xiongnu in the north and south.

It was supposed to be a day of celebration for the whole world of the Great Zhou, but for the Chu family, it was a complete destruction.

Before dawn that day, her mother took her and her sister into the palace in a car.

She still remembers that day, in the carriage, she happily asked her mother if she would see her father soon, and she also asked her mother why she didn't bring her brother with her.

The mother just took her and her sister's little hands, and said with a smile that the queen aunt missed them, and her father would take her younger brother into the palace later.

At that time, she was just seven years old, and she seemed to see that her mother's smile seemed to be mixed with something she had not seen. She didn't understand it at the time, it was fear, it was fear.

Father probably didn't expect that in the Great Zhou that he bothered to guard, in this Bianliang City that made him think about it day and night, what was waiting for him was not the applause and welcome of the mecca, but the death-like silence, the deadly arrow that was ambushed on the city wall early.

On that day, her father was shot to death by an arrow for rebellion.

That night, her mother followed her father in the palace with a white ling.

That night, the Chu family's mansion was burned to ashes by a fire, and her grandmother, her three-year-old brother, and all 78 people in the house were wiped out with the fire.

And she and her sister, because of the protection of the queen's aunt, because they are only women, survived

That year, Chu Yue dreamed countless times that he was burned by the fire and woke up in a cold sweat.

That year, my sister had a serious illness that lasted for half a year because she was sad.

Fortunately, the queen's aunt has always seen them love them as if they were her own daughters.

As time passed, she and her sister had long accepted this fact.

She had lived with her sister in the palace for six years, and until three years ago, she was still Chu Yue.

Three years ago, my sister turned fifteen and was about to marry the prince of Ningguo, and she had just been engaged to the prince of Changping.

Ning Guogong is a noble in the capital, and the son of Ning Guogong has a prominent family, and the queen's aunt is afraid that her sister will be wronged in the future because she has no mother's staff to rely on, so she asked the emperor to crown her sister as Princess Lanxin.

According to the rules of the palace, the princess is forbidden to leave the palace for a week before she gets married, and the representatives of her biological mother and siblings need to go to Lingyin Temple to pray for blessings.

On that day, the queen's aunt took her to Lingyin Temple to pray for blessings as usual.

The temple is built on the top of the mountain, and although it is very close to the palace, the blessing is to meditate in the temple until sunset, so you need to stay there for one night.

The weather during the day was good, cloudless, and the mountains were full of peach blossoms.

When Chu Yue arrived at the temple, she happened to meet her best friend, the daughter of Princess Changning, Cui Yalan, the lord of Yun'an, and said that she was here to ask for a peace charm for the eldest princess.

Thinking of this, the corners of Jiang Rou's mouth couldn't help but pull out a sneer, she will never forget what happened that day.

Chu Yue and Cui Yalan hadn't seen each other for a long time, and the two naturally lived together at night.

In the middle of the night, the two chatted until late at night.

"Chu Yue, are you happy that you are married to the Hou Shizi of Changping?"

The two were chatting, and Cui Yalan suddenly mentioned her fiancé, Zeng Zimo, the son of the Marquis of Changping.

Zeng Zimo is a famous talent in the capital, the son of the Marquis of Changping, and the dream lover of countless girls.

Chu Yue and Zeng Zimo have known each other since childhood, although the two do not meet often, but they are also secretly in love with each other, and they just got engaged last month.

Hearing Cui Yalan mention her fiancé, Chu Yue's face was as red as a ripe peach, about to drip water.

"Hmm!" She shyly held the corners of the quilt and nodded slightly.

"Have you ever held hands?" When Cui Yalan heard Chu Yue's words, she became interested, and even flushed because of excitement.

Chu Yue listened to Cui Yalan's words, nodded shyly, and her whole body burned.

"I'm telling you, you don't tell anyone!" Chu Yue said with a red face.

"Don't worry! Surely I won't! Cui Yalan smiled sweetly.

She remembered that day, the peach blossoms had just bloomed, and the sun shone on the face of the jade boy through the smokey wind, and he smiled at the corner of his mouth, and gently took her hand in his hand.

"Yue'er! I will be good to you for the rest of my life! ”