Chapter 29
Gu Luoyan walked forward, against the crowd. Finally out of the market, she ran, breathing heavily.
The accumulated fear and sadness swirled in her mind. Tears just fell.
The combination of being ignored as a matter of course and the shock of suddenly awakening made it almost impossible for her to see the world in front of her.
Qiu Niang, Bai Lang, and Gu Luoyan would even think of Li Shisan.
How are they?
Qiu Niang died in front of the madam, and Bai Lang protected the three of them with his own death. The moment the red leaves withered, the Red Pavilion was massacred.
Zu Qianjiao laughed at her arrogance.
Gu Luoyan didn't quite understand it then, but now she finally understands.
They lost.
It turns out that what I was thinking about was nothing.
There was muffled thunder in the sky and soon dark clouds gathered.
That rain!
Zu Qianjiao finally talked about Nian Qing to Gu Luoyan.
Nianqing... yes, Nianqing turned into a fox!
As the sky darkened, darkness enveloped the Gu Luoyan.
Gu Luoyan couldn't breathe.
She was trembling.
People around her passed by her, but just looked at her coldly and went their own way.
Gu Luoyan ran, she ran towards the Hong Kong Coliseum. The road leading to the Hong Kong Coliseum passed through a slum alley.
It was foul and smelly, and most of the people living there were women and children.
Some were sold, some were beaten and disabled, and some were abandoned because they were born girls.
Pairs of eyes hidden in the dilapidated house looked at the running Gu Luoyan, making her feel extremely powerless.
At that moment, Gu Luoyan would remember a lot of things.
Qiu Niang was drugged and sold into the Hong Kong brothel by her husband, already pregnant. Yan Nanji's biological mother, displeased with her daughter, abandoned her infant at the brothel's door, where she was later adopted by the brothel's madam. Bai Lang was trafficked there along with his sister. His sister tragically died from a beating, but Bai Lang survived and became a guard. The Hong Kong brothel was a place of cannibalism, but who among those who entered did so willingly?
Including Gu Luoyan himself.
The young child followed the nobles into the Hong Kong Coliseum. The nobles left but left Gu Luoyan behind.
At that time, the pale-faced owner just smiled and asked someone to carry the young girl who had just entered the Hong Kong Coliseum to the platform.
Gu Luoyan was like a trapped beast, being watched by countless eyes.
She is a precious gift. When she falls from a high position, even if she just keeps crying, there will be people cheering.
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The memory is too old and has become blurry.
But she vaguely remembered the words the singer said when he welcomed her to the stage:
"The daughter of the guilty minister, the Left Prime Minister, Gu Luoyan, is presented to you!"
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No... There is no place for me in this world.
Women are born lowly, and there are monsters causing chaos in the world.
The further Gu Luoyan ran, the more pain he felt.
Many people died, and many people are suffering in this world.
She also lost her direction briefly when her memory was clouded.
But not anymore.
Gu Luoyan thought that she wanted to make a breakthrough in this chaotic world, to drive away the evil spirits and allow women to live like men.
The Hong Kong Coliseum is just the beginning. Once you escape from the Hong Kong Coliseum, the secular world will still be a cage of suffering.
No, she wants to break it open and add a painful scar to this world!
The Hong Kong Coliseum is here.
Inside the city walls, a dead atmosphere reigned. Outside, a multitude of vendors set up stalls. Pedestrians came and went, seemingly unremarkable. No one paid much attention to the Hong Kong Coliseum, as if it had been forgotten, a dead city already empty.
monster.
Gu Luoyan clenched his fist, becoming even more certain of what he thought.
She wiped away her tears and vowed not to let those who died be sacrificed in vain.
Gu Luoyan turned around and went to a place in Mingjing, the escort agency. That was where Bai Lang was when he was alive.
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The heavy sound of drums began, followed by the sound of horns.
Birds are circling in the sky.
At the solemn Temple of Heaven, the high priest prayed to the heavens and performed a ritual. Before the stone jade dragon steps, all the officials stood in awe, all in their ornate attire.
A woman wearing a dragon crown walked out of the palace on the stone jade dragon steps. Her face was covered by a pearl veil, and her expression could not be seen.
She walked slowly forward, holding the hand of a young child dressed in gold and jade.
The curious child put one hand to his mouth, the other hand held by the woman. He and the woman stood in front of the palace, looking down at the officials below.
The young Right Prime Minister, standing at the front, smiled triumphantly. He took a step forward, bowed solemnly, then knelt with his hands clasped in front of him, and began to speak:
"kneel--"
In an instant, all the officials knelt.
The Right Prime Minister's voice rose again: "Long live His Majesty, and long live the Empress!"
All the officials in the rear congratulated together, and their voices were like waves, echoing in the imperial city.
The new emperor, named the reign title Sui Xin, ascended the throne.
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After the enthronement ceremony, the woman led the baby to the back of the palace and ordered the palace attendants around her, "Send the emperor to another palace to rest."
"Yes." The palace maid accepted the order and then took the child away.
The woman raised her hand and the servants around her left.
Only then did the woman speak: "What's the matter?"
Shining dust appeared in the room, and soon a woman draped in silver gauze descended from above and saluted the person under the dragon crown.
"Dou Shiqiu of the Hongguan has met the Empress."
"explain."
Dou Shiqiu then stood up and said, "The Red Pavilion has been cleared. Shiqiu has come to report."
As the woman walked inside, the surrounding palaces dispersed like an illusion, eventually becoming a void.
"You did a great job." She said with her back to Dou Shiqiu.
After the woman finished speaking, the veil covering her face turned into a butterfly and flew away. She turned around, revealing a face that was half human, half beast.
The woman's chin and lips still looked human, but her face, with the tip of her nose pointing upwards, was covered in white hair, making her look eerie.
The pair of blue-purple amber animal eyes looked over, and seemed to have a captivating power.
The woman was silent for a moment. She walked closer to Dou Shiqiu and placed a golden elixir in his hand. "Before Zu Qianjiao died, he came to me and asked me to protect him. This is his offering. I give it to you today as a reward."
Dou Shiqiu didn't look at the woman. She lowered her head and waited until she finished speaking before saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. If you had informed Shiqiu at the time... I should have been able to save his life."
The woman's animal eyes widened for a moment, and she said to Dou Shiqiu, "You don't want to keep him, do you?"
Dou Shiqiu fell silent and had to bury his head even lower.
She stroked Dou Shiqiu's hair and gently patted his hand: "It's okay. I don't like that androgynous person either. I didn't give him an answer, just letting him fend for himself."
Dou Shiqiu said nothing more. She bowed to the woman again and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, regarding the follow-up of the Hong Kong Coliseum. I will assist the prince and we will handle everything."
"If your Majesty needs to re-open the Red Pavilion, give Shiqiu seven days, and I will definitely find a new owner and reopen it."
"No need." The woman waved her hand, and the shadow of the butterfly covered her face again.
"I established the Red Pavilion simply to have eyes and ears in the capital. Now I have seen clearly that the next one to come will be like Zu Qianjiao, proclaiming himself king and acting lawlessly."
The surrounding nothingness turned into water waves, and the appearance of a palace was about to appear.
She finally said to Dou Shiqiu, "Shiqiu, from now on, I want you to monitor the movements in the capital and be my eyes."
"Yes, my lady."
The moth flew away from above, and the woman was the only one left in the hall.
She was dressed in a brocade with auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes, and wore a dragon crown embellished with countless jewels, and walked deeper into the depths.
After the death of the previous emperor of the Yun Kingdom, there was no more queen.
From then on, there was only one empress dowager in the Ming Palace.
As she walked forward, countless white smoke condensed and emerged from the golden objects around her.
Beneath the veil, the woman's blue-purple eyes lit up, revealing a pale and elegant blue firefly.
Her words seemed to be in the air, yet also seemed to be everywhere in Mingjing.
"No one will remember the late emperor. The late emperor will be forgotten."
Some subtle transparent runes floated in the air of Mingjing City.
An idea was planted in people's minds - the country of Yan had never had an emperor, and the current monarch was supreme.
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The blue fireflies dispersed, and Liu Rujian fell silent. She walked deeper into the palace. Everything seemed normal, unchanged.
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Gu Luoyan broke into the escort agency, and the escorts looked at the newcomer in confusion.
The woman sitting behind the shopkeeper stood up and called her, saying, "Young lady, what brings you here? This is an escort agency, you are not allowed to enter without permission."
Gu Luoyan looked back at her. She paused for a moment and walked towards the woman.
Gu Luoyan spoke, and although it was directed to the woman, it seemed as if he was also speaking to all the escorts in the room: "I'm here to look for someone. Is Escort Bai Lang here?"
This remark woke everyone in the escort agency, including the woman, as if struck by lightning.
The woman murmured: "Bai Lang, Bai Lang..."
Gu Luoyan had already approached, her hands resting on the counter as she continued, "His name is Bai Lang, and he's the official behind the Yunshang Escort Agency. You're Lian, right?"
The woman's face showed confusion. She stopped to think, looked at Gu Luoyan and asked, "I wonder who the young lady is?"
"My name is Gu Luoyan, I am Jizi from the Red Pavilion, and I was saved by Bai Lang."
"Bone smoke..."
The woman's eyes suddenly widened as she read. "Kui Shou...you said you were Gu Luoyan?"
"Impossible, then why are you here? Is today the day to visit Beijing?" she asked her, frowning, with many unspeakable expressions on her face.
"It's not Beijing Day, the Hong Kong Coliseum is gone."
"The Hong Kong Coliseum is gone? What does that mean?" The woman slammed the table, her face full of disbelief.
"It's destroyed, it's gone." Sadness and grayness appeared in Gu Luoyan's eyes.
"Then where is the Bai Lang you mentioned? Let him come to see me!" Lian shouted loudly.
"He's dead."
There was no sound after that.
The woman named Lian was stunned, then shook her head, muttering "No, no," as she backed away.
Finally her legs hit the chair and she stopped.
Lian took a deep breath and tears fell.
She was a little panicked, not knowing why she was crying. She hurried to wipe her tears, but at that moment she stopped.
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Ten years ago, Lian was a beggar. She bit the hand of a beggar in the Red Pavilion and escaped from her arms.
Lian kept running and running, trying to hide and avoid being caught and taken to the Hong Kong Coliseum.
But her leg was injured and she couldn't run fast.
She was saved by an older brother who could climb walls and fly over rooftops.
The man held her and quickly climbed up to the pavilion to hide. He didn't release his hand to cover her crying until the noisy sounds on the road below faded away.
Who is that person?
Lian couldn't remember clearly.
She only remembered that the man wiped her tears, told her not to cry, and made faces to cheer her up.
"Little girl, you will follow me from now on. I guarantee you will never have to worry about food and drink."
Lian remembered that the man was very confident, very demanding, and really nice.
"May I have your name?"
"I don't have a name."
"Well... I'm also a rough guy, so don't expect me to give you a name."
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"Forget it, it's so unpleasant to keep calling them 'hey, hey, hey'. I see the lotus flowers are blooming beautifully in the summer, so you should just be called 'Lian'."
"Just one word!" The little girl tilted her head to look at the person whose face she couldn't see clearly.
"Yeah, do you expect me to give you two names?"
"Bai Lang, you are sick." She hit Bai Lang with her fist in dissatisfaction, but it didn't hurt at all.
The dizzying blankness suddenly became clear.
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Lian came to her senses, tears streaming down her face. She walked forward, held Gu Luoyan's hand, and asked:
"How do you think Shiro is doing?"
"He's dead." Gu Luoyan said with a sob.
My memory drifted back to the day when I helped Bai Lang rob a car and sneak into the Hong Kong Coliseum.
After succeeding, Bai Lang bowed to them and thanked them. He went there with the determination to die.
Memory comes alive.
The hidden part awakens, becoming snot and tears on Lotus's face.
She held Gu Luoyan in both hands, remembering what Bai Lang had told her before he left.
Lian choked up, sniffing her nose. She looked firmly at Gu Luoyan and said:
"Lian, following the orders of the leader of the Yunshang escort, has been waiting for Miss Luo Yan here for a long time."
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