Chapter 2: Ill-fated
Liu Yu knew that Empress Dowager Lu hated them to the bone, and she would never give them a way to live.
She only begged her younger brother to have the same determination as her, "Jin'er, we have to live, we have to live for our mother." Brother, have you forgotten? My mother told us since I was a child, and my mother said that Jin'er is the bravest, and Jin'er will definitely become a man who stands up to the sky in the future. Didn't Jin'er say that if you want to be the bravest man in the world, you have to look good to those bad guys! β
Liu Yu's mind kept recalling the past. The days with his mother, as well as the days of their father, the former cloth family, Liu Yu knew that this life could only be lived in a dream again.
"Sister, I... I really can't do it......"
Liu Jin dragged his tired body and fell into the grass and trees at once.
No! No!
Liu Yu panicked, he begged him bitterly, but his brother's hand had already taken off her hand.
When the big man heard this, he came to the ground and ordered loudly, "Search for me!" They must be around here, not a single fly or an ant to spare! Otherwiseββ! The big man swung his sword and cut down a big tree as thick as a person's neck, "Military law disposes!" β
"Sister save me!" Liu Jin didn't realize that he had reached the brink of a dead end, and at that moment, the big tree pressed on Liu Jin's legs, and no matter how he struggled, the tree just stumbled him without moving.
Liu Yu hurriedly leaned down, her face suddenly gloomy, "Jin'er, don't be afraid, sister is here to save you!" β
The tree was too heavy for a child, and Liu Yu couldn't move it no matter how much he moved.
"General, those two children are gone......"
The soldiers did not notice them, but the big man said, "Keep looking!" How can a good person disappear? β
Liu Yu had tears rolling in his eyes, dripping on Liu Jin's face, and the hearts of the two sisters and brothers were connected together at that moment. They can't abandon each other in life or death.
Afraid of being heard by the people over there, her voice was very low, "Jin'er, hold on, sister go find a piece of wood and help you pry it open." β
After the young man nodded, Liu Yu moved there little by little with confidence.
Pregnant!
Liu Yu seemed to see a glimmer of light, and suddenly illuminated in front of him, it was a wood that was not thin or thick.
The boy was so crushed by the wood that she gritted her teeth to relieve the pain in her body, and she took the wood and pried the wood on her brother little by little.
Under the flip, Liu Yu was already drenched in sweat, and the wood finally rolled aside.
Butβ
"General, there!"
The wood rolled on the thick pile of fallen leaves, making a subtle rustling sound that startled a soldier.
As soon as the big man heard this, he drew his sword and swung it in that direction.
Blood suddenly rained down and fell to the ground. The more Liu Yu fled, the more the blood kept gushing out, and he traveled all the way.
"Those two children are wounded, follow the bloodstains and catch them." The big man commanded.
Liu Yu took Liu Jin and continued to escape, but the road ahead was a point of no return.
"Sister, there's a cliff ahead!" Liu Jin shouted, but it was too late.
Liu Jin's feet slipped, and he reflexively grabbed those clumps of grass and trees, but after all, he slipped into the valley.
"Brother-Jin'er!"
Liu Yu's eyes widened, she couldn't believe that Liu Jin was right in front of her eyes, falling into the abyss.
At that moment, her faith completely collapsed.
The big man's footsteps are getting closer and closer, he looks at this young and ignorant child condescendingly, there is not a trace of pity in his pupils, he is an out-and-out executioner, are there still fewer people who die under his sword?
"What are you running? Sooner or later, he is going to die, and he still makes grandpa unable to live at night for such a big night? β
His sword, unusually cold in the moonlight, shimmered with cold light.
"Don't dream, you're Empress Dowager Lu's lackey!" Liu Yu didn't know where the courage came from, so she stepped forward and pushed Dahan, who stood in front of her without moving, and she was so frightened that she immediately retreated.
Dahan didn't speak, just forced Liu Yu back step by step.
Liu Yu's heart was suddenly not so scared, she suddenly stopped, and looked at the big man with a calm expression.
Dahan felt that the atmosphere was weird and interesting, he wanted to see what Liu Yu wanted to do, he sneered, "Can't run?" Ready to be caught obediently? β
Liu Yu's heart was cold, her eyes sank, and she suddenly sneered, "Don't dream!" Wish for the moon! Even if I die, I won't go with you! β
She closed her eyes suddenly, and jumped forward, life and death were at her fate.
The dripping raindrops fell, wetting Liu Yu's bruised body.
Half-awake, she felt that her body was in pain, and the blood oozing from the scars was like a scar on Liu Yu's heart that could not be healed.
Lying in a pool of blood, her body suddenly felt light and fluttering, and that feeling was very warm. Those hands really warmed Liu Yu's heart.
"Kid, are you awake?"
Liu Yu opened her worried eyes and looked at the strange man in front of her, she subconsciously curled back two steps back.
It's a small wooden house, the furnishings are very simple, but it looks very clean and tidy. In front of the wooden table under the east window, there is a pot and a lamp, and the tea in it is as thin as water.
"Don't be afraid, child."
Liu Yu raised his eyes, it was a kind old man, and the vicissitudes of time were written in his white hair mixed with green silk.
Liu Yu said timidly, "Uncle, who are you?" β
"Son, you must have fallen from the valley, I saved you, where is your home? Is it on there? β
The old man's gentle gaze made Liu Yu relax his vigilance, "I, I don't have a home." β
The tears in Liu Yu's eyes made the old man's heart tremble slightly, and he had tears in his eyes, "Child, I don't have a home, my wife passed away more than ten years ago, and I have no children and no daughters under my knees." Kid, if you don't dislike it, make this your home!! β
The old man couldn't suppress the emotion in his heart, and reached out to stroke Liu Yu's head.
The gentleness of the palm of his hand made Liu Yu unable to move, and it was so warm that it was like her mother was still alive.
Liu Yu's cheeks were beside him, and tears fell unconsciously.
Five years are like a day, Liu Yu has lived in this ordinary cloth family for nearly five years, and the old man has always regarded Liu Yu as his own child. The old uncle's surname is Dou, and she also has a new name, called Dou Yifang.
Dou Yifang originally thought that such a dull and healthy life would go on forever.
But God made people, and Dou Yifang had tried so hard to escape from the cage, and now she has to go back.
She is still a son of the family.
After the old man died, Dou Yifang sold the old man's family property, just to bury the old man safely. The rain that day was dripping, just like the day she was adopted by her uncle.
The old man is still as kind and kind as he was back then, but he will never reach out to wipe her tears again.
She wandered alone in the bazaar.
She was fifteen years old.
The edict of the Han Dynasty selected the son of the family to enter the palace, and he was also fifteen years old.
The willows on the palace wall are deep, and the lonely night rain is cold. Dou Yifang sat alone in the west window, and everything in the palace was something she had never heard of or seen.
A palace lamp is finely carved, and every grass and tree is priceless.
Aunt Etiquette's sharp voice echoed in Dou Yifang's mind for a long time.
"You all listen to me, when you enter this palace, you are the people in the palace, and you are not as good as you outside, and now you are all palace people. I know that there are many of you who have daughters from famous families, and you have a few spare money at home, and you are unwilling to come in if you can't hold it. But when you get to this palace, don't think about it again, if I hear a word, I won't be able to keep you......"
Where did Dou Yifang dare to have such an idea, she just wanted to live in peace.
The night is four, the grass and trees are sparse, and the song of the palace is not young.
On this day, the morning light is faint, and the spring day is mild. The trees are luxuriant, the flowers are blooming, and the flowers are purple and red.
There is a beautiful woman over there, sitting quietly under the window, holding a group fan embroidered with Zhaojun out of the plug, and shaking the show fan without a match, very comfortable.
Dou Yifang was dressed in a blue palace dress, and the simple hairpin was pinned in the bun. She tried to step forward, but timidly retreated, and after several times, the man finally saw it.
The fan-holding beauty seemed to have walked down from the painting, with a smile in her eyebrows, "Yo, which sister is this, so delicate and lovely." β
The breeze shuttles between the beauties and fans, and they are comfortable.
Dou Yifang saw that there was nowhere to hide, so he had to put on a smiling face, his face was like a spring breeze, "This sister is fine, I am Dou Yifang in the West Chamber." β
The smile on the beauty's lips is still bright, "Su Xiangjun in the East Chamber." β
Dou Yifang's dark eyes were as clear as water, she carefully looked at the beauty named Su Xiangjun in front of her, and she was full of emotion in her heart.
Su Shi behaved dignifiedly, behaved decently, and looked like she should be a young lady from a big family.
Dou Yifang couldn't help but sigh, although he was a member of the same family, his makeup was too shabby.
She was a little embarrassed, but she heard the man ask, "My sister is in her teens this year?" β
"Fifteen years old......
Su Xiangjun listened to it and smiled, she is sixteen years old, and she has a younger sister at home, who is fifteen years old this year.
"Then the Su family is a sister who is worthy of her sister, and the Su family is sixteen years old this year......
It was when Su Xiangjun and Dou Yifang had a good conversation, and under the courtyard wall over there, a person came out unconsciously, who had a coquettish physique, a graceful posture, and was dressed more gorgeously than Su Xiangjun.
"Sister Su is really idle, what do you have to say to such a third-class person? If you want me to say, there are all daughters of poor families in this West Chamber, isn't Sister Su contemptuous when she talks to them? The man rolled his eyes in disdain and sneered twice.
Dou Yifang looked at the person with some embarrassment, Su Xiangjun was not afraid of her at all, "How can Sister Gu talk like this, everyone is a member of Yongxiang's family, didn't you hear what your aunt said that day?" Those who enter the palace are all palace people, and my sister doesn't know what Sister Gu has to be proud of......"
Gu Hui'er was still sneering, looking at Dou Yifang like a play, but she was talking to Su Xiangjun, "Sister Su is really interesting, what kind of family, what kind of palace people are palace people, heh, ridiculous." There are some people, who are only worthy of wearing such shabby clothes, and only worthy of serving inferior people, what kind of characters are we? In the future, maybe he will become the master of the palace. β
Dou Yifang's cheeks were flushed by Gu Hui'er's two words, and he was ashamed of himself.
"Sister Gu is a little decisive when she said this......" Su Xiangjun's steps were extremely steady, and his words were neither humble nor arrogant, "This boiler-burning phoenix is not as good as a chicken." What can I do if I fly on the branches, I don't know if I will become a phoenix or a sparrow, but I am afraid that my sister is sleepy, and she has not woken up yet, and she has come out to sleepwalk. - Still talking about dreams. β