Chapter XIII Introduction

The Yuhe Palace, dark and quiet, is called the Cold Hall in the Northern Wei Imperial Palace.

That year (473 AD), when Tuoba Hong was 6 years old, he was imprisoned in the Yuhe Palace by the Empress Dowager Feng for three days.

Tuoba Hong succeeded to the throne at the age of 5, just over a year, because he was still a child, he often had a stubborn heart, and accidentally smashed a jade statue of the Empress Dowager Feng's "Taishang Laojun". The Empress Dowager Feng taught him a few lessons, and Tuoba Hong unhappily contradicted her.

Feng was very angry, imprisoned Tuoba Hong in the Yuhe Palace, and ordered that no one should be allowed to visit, no food should be sent, and those who violated the order were beheaded.

Tuoba Hiroshi was alone, his small body curled up in the corner of the Yuwa Temple.

Lonely, scared.

Even with his pitiful call, no one came to visit.

The rats in the night feather and the temple were rampant, and he was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and his small body was severely hit.

Three days later, when the inner supervisor went to pick him up at the order of the Empress Dowager, Tuoba Hong, who came out of the palace gate, had dull eyes, a pale face, and was melancholy and silent.

From then on, Tuoba Hong was no longer stubborn, no longer spoke loudly, no longer contradicted Feng, and everything was left to its own devices.

That year completely changed Tuoba Hong's character, and it also left an indelible memory in his heart.

But this incident will always leave a shadow in his heart and accompany him to grow up. The nightmare of that year will never linger again.

Tuoba Hong woke up from his bed again, sweat dripping from his forehead, and the memory of that year seemed like it was just yesterday.

It was late at night, and the inn was unusually quiet.

"Someone!" He shouted to the door in a trance.

Gong Yi pushed the door and walked in, bowing respectfully: "Lord."

Takubahiro got up from his bed and sat down at the table.

Gong Yi hurriedly poured a glass of water.

After Tuoba Hong drank the water, he asked in a low voice, "Where is Miss Gao?"

Gong Yi replied: "Miss Gao is still with her eldest brother at the Yangcheng Inn, and she may return to Pingcheng with her eldest brother Gao Shouwen tomorrow."

Tuoba Hong waved his hand lightly and motioned for Gong Yi to step back.

He sat quietly at the table and recalled Gao Zhaorong's look and joy when he saw Ji Yu in Hongyan Tower.

He clearly understood that Gao Zhaorong regarded Ji Yu as a life-saving benefactor, so he was so happy to see Ji Yu.

Tuoba Hong sighed, he didn't know if he should tell her that he had saved her, not the King of the North Sea.

But if she was told that she was the one who brought her out of the misty forest, and that she was her benefactor, then she would treat herself with such tenderness.

But if she regained her memory and remembered the top of the mountain that day, and she panicked and frightened, thinking that he was a bad person, and saw him as the murderer who caused her to fall off the cliff, how would he explain it?

He was supposed to save her, but he made her think that she was with those robbers and let her suffer from the cliff.

How should he explain, how to justify himself.

Tuoba Hong had a headache and didn't know how to explain this matter to Gao Zhaorong.

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Coming out of Hongyan Tower, Yuan Gongzi stood on the street, looking at me with a gloomy expression and following Ji Yu.

I don't know how to explain to Yuan Gongzi that I actually know Ji Yu, and when I was hesitating, the musician saluted Ji Yu.

"The people's daughter Nangong Ni thanks the King of the North Sea for his rescue."

Her words were very soft and soft, and she was very elegant.

I looked at Ji Yu's expression, and he looked at Nangong Ni's expression was just a positive look, without too much expression.

He said casually to Nangong Ni: "No need to say thank you, just raise your hand."

Nangong Ni smiled and said: "Ni is just a musician, if His Royal Highness needs Ni to perform at the mansion one day, Ni will definitely come to the house without complaining."

Ji Yu replied: "Okay."

Nangong Ni bowed slightly, "Na Ni will leave first." ”

Ji Yu said to Xie Rin: "Send Miss Nangong."

Seeing Nangong Ni leave, I stopped my eyes on Ji Yu's face again.

Following his gaze, I saw Yuan Gongzi again, who was still standing there looking at me.

Ji Yu obviously knew Yuan Gongzi.

I looked at Ji Yu as if he was about to walk towards Yuan Gongzi, and suddenly from the other side of the street, a group of people rushed towards me.

The fastest young man in front of me came straight to me and called out to me with excitement on his face: "Rong'er, it's really you, it's great that you're okay, you don't know how worried my eldest brother has been about you these days."

I was stunned, and I didn't have time to react to this sudden attack.

"Big brother?" I didn't recognize her on the look, and I was very puzzled by the big brother who suddenly came out.

The man looked me up and down, reached out and touched my head, and asked me in a panic, "Rong'er, what's wrong with you?"

I chuckled, "I have amnesia." ”

Ji Yu beside him didn't react much, and was still calm.

One of the people who came after me knelt down in front of me, begging for forgiveness with a look of self-reproach.

"Second Miss, it's all the slave's fault, if the slave hadn't let Miss take that path, this wouldn't have happened, and now when I see Miss, the slave will be punished by Miss."

I frowned, I couldn't figure out what was going on, but looking at the situation in front of me, they all knew me.

At this time, Ji Yu called lazily, "Gao Shouwen." ”

The man who called himself my eldest brother looked at Ji Yu on the side, as if he was surprised by something, and hurriedly knelt down, "The subordinates have seen His Highness." ”

And all the people who came with him also bowed down at the same time.

After Ji Yu let them get up, he asked, "Is she your sister?" He looked at me as he spoke.

Gao Shouwen hurriedly responded: "Yes, it's the second sister Gao Zhaorong under his subordinates."

I thought that Yuan Gongzi would come over and ask a few words, but he just looked at me between Gao Shouwen and Ji Yu talking, and led his people away. I think he must have gone back to the inn.

He didn't ask me to go with him anymore, perhaps because he was relieved to see that I had relatives by my side, and he didn't have to worry about me anymore.

Ji Yu didn't leave Hongyan Tower with me, he said that he still had some things to deal with, so he asked Gao Shouwen to take me away.

I also wanted to find out my identity, so I followed Gao Shouwen to another inn where he temporarily lived in Yangcheng.

In the inn, I asked Gao Shouwen again: "Are you really my eldest brother?"

"Yes, Rong'er, you really don't even remember your eldest brother?" His face twitched, and he was very sad.

I pursed my mouth and shook my head, "I don't remember anything." ”

Gao Shouwen sighed sadly.

I wanted to know what was going on and what happened to me to lose my memory.

The man who had knelt down to me before now had a reason.

He told me that his name was Shi Ye, and he was a house slave in Gaofu, and he escorted me all the way back to Pingcheng from the old mansion in Longcheng this time. I was accompanied by my maid Yinglin, and that day, it was raining heavily, and in the middle of the road to the hillside, a flowing stone blocked the way, and Ishino suggested that I take a path. He said that he had walked that road when he had walked the rivers and lakes, and it was very safe.

Since there was no town on the hillside, and there was no place to stay, I listened to Ishino's words and took another path.

However, as soon as they arrived in the dense forest, suddenly several masked black-clothed men burst out in front of the carriage, each holding a weapon, saying that it was a robbery.

Ishino reacted quickly before pulling the carriage to the reins.

I was in a panic in the carriage, and Yinglin didn't dare to move easily.

Ishino understands that if he encounters robbers, there will be a big battle, and he is not afraid, what he is afraid of is that I will be hurt.

He didn't want to get out of the carriage, so he drove the carriage past the people, but his thoughts had already been seen through by the robbers. One of the men in black jumped up in the air and slashed at the stone field.

At the same time, Ishino rose into the air and fought the man.

At this time, the horse was frightened and galloped forward, and Yinglin and I in the carriage panicked in the carriage, so we could only hold on tightly to prevent ourselves from falling off the carriage.

Ishino couldn't separate himself from me, and Yinglin couldn't take care of me.

Some of the men in black had already followed closely behind the carriage.

Ishino said that he was seriously injured, and when he woke up, it was already the second day, but Yinglin and I were gone.

He followed the carriage with his wounds, and finally saw the carriage broken in the woods, the horse was gone, and Yinglin and I were nowhere to be found.

After listening to so much, I finally understood why I lost my memory and why I fell off the cliff inexplicably.

It's just that what happened after that, Ishino doesn't know, and I still don't have any memory.

Ishino asked me about Yinglin?

I don't have the slightest impression of the name Ishino just said, since I woke up in the misty forest, I was the only one by my side, and there was no Yinglin at all.

So where is Yinglin at this time?

Ishino and Gao Shouwen both looked at each other, and they didn't know at all.

said that after Yinglin and I disappeared together, they never returned to Gaofu, and there was no trace of them.

After Ishino and Takashobun walked out of my room, I calmed down, and I thought back to what Ishino had said, and I thought hard about the day of the accident.

But in my mind, a man's figure vaguely appeared, I seemed to be running, I couldn't see clearly in front of me, I was flustered and scared.

The man chased after me, waving at me, "Don't run, there's a cliff ahead—"

But I seemed so frightened that I didn't listen to the man's call.

As I ran to the cliff, I glanced back at the man.

In my mind's eye, his appearance was blurry, and I couldn't remember his face.

Who the hell is he?

Why did I suddenly have such an image in my head?

Was that the man the one who made me fall off a cliff?

I don't know at this point.

Could that man chasing me be those bandits?

If not, why are you chasing me, making me scared and keep running...