"Are you... new here?"

"Why?"

Hearing this voice, Tianzi also turned her head and looked to the side. Then she saw a girl who looked about the same age as herself sitting in the corner not far from her. She seemed to be very tired. Although her clothes were clean, she looked lifeless.

"Where is this place? What are you doing here?"

Hearing the emperor's question, the girl laughed.

"This is hell. We...are here to entertain those adults and masters..."

"For fun?"

Faced with the girl's answer, the emperor looked confused.

"Is it singing...dancing or something like that?"

However, this time, the girl did not answer immediately. Instead, she widened her eyes in surprise and looked at the emperor carefully.

"You...are you not some young lady?"

"Why?"

"You can tell by the look on your face."

The girl picked up the straw beside her and put it in her mouth.

"There are three types of people who come here. One type is those who were trafficked here, another type is those who were sent here because of problems at home, and the other type is people like me..."

As she spoke, the girl pointed at herself.

"I was sold here by my parents."

"Hey? Hey?!"

Hearing this, the emperor was even more surprised.

"Why did your parents sell you to a place like this?"

“Because life is unbearable.”

The girl sighed and looked up at the incandescent light in front of her.

"Our family was poor to begin with, and last year we suffered a flood. Our home and fields were submerged. I have a younger brother and a younger sister, and there are four people in our family. We really had no food to eat. Someone found my father and said they wanted to sell me for money..."

"So your parents sold you here?"

"It's better than starving to death. We have nothing after the flood. Dad has lost his job. Without money, we can't buy anything."

"But, but I remember...last year's flood...should have received a large amount of disaster relief funds, right?"

The emperor was the emperor after all. Although he was sidelined by the eunuchs, she knew about these things. After all, things were not the same as they were in the past. The emperor could see the flood situation on the Internet and TV. The flood last year was indeed very serious, so when the eunuchs told her that they would give a large sum of money to disaster relief, the emperor agreed.

"Disaster relief funds?"

Hearing the emperor's question, the girl sneered.

"How could those corrupt officials give us disaster relief funds? For them, it would be best if we were all dead, so they could swallow up all the disaster relief funds. Although there was indeed such a thing as disaster relief funds after the flood, the process was extremely complicated. My father initially applied for disaster relief funds, but in the end it took two months before he got ten yuan. On the contrary, the 'compensation' from those big companies and wealthy people came very quickly, and they got it within a few days."

“…”

Faced with this answer, Tianzi was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment. After a long while, she asked softly.

"So, what exactly are we supposed to do here?"

"Didn't I tell you? It's for people's amusement."

A disdainful smile appeared on the girl's face, and she "explained" to the emperor very kindly.

"We are just pets like cats and dogs here, fawning over the adults in exchange for food and clothes."

"Flattering?"

Hearing this word, the emperor was stunned, while the girl curled her lips.

"In short, don't think of yourself as a human being anymore. Just think of yourself as a toy. When the adults are in a good mood, they will ask you to sing and dance for them, or perform shows. When they are in a bad mood, they will whip you or play some excessive tricks. Look at that girl..."

As she spoke, the girl raised her chin and nodded at the girl lying not far from her. The girl had messy black hair, lifeless eyes, pale skin, and looked like she was about to die.

"You'll understand if you go and take a look."

"……?"

Hearing this, the emperor was a little confused, but he still approached cautiously and took a closer look at the girl. However, just as the emperor's eyes looked between the girl's legs, her face suddenly changed, and the next moment the emperor hurriedly ran to the side and vomited with a "wow".

"That child was too stubborn. She refused to cooperate when she was bought, and then the adults used a red-hot iron rod to beat her... Well, to be honest, I think it would be better for her to die than to live like this..."

“This, this is really too much!”

Tianzi covered her mouth, but even though she closed her eyes tightly, the scene she had just seen kept appearing in her mind.

"How could this happen? How dare they do this?"

"Who knows?"

However, even in the face of the emperor's crying, the girl still seemed calm.

"My father told me that when the last emperor was alive, everything was still good. But since the previous emperor passed away, the eunuchs have made everything a mess. But I don't really understand it. After all, when I was old enough to understand, the world was already like this. There were corrupt officials everywhere, there were no laws at all, and there was no justice. As long as the rich had money, they could do whatever they wanted, and the poor could only blame themselves for their bad luck..."

“No! It’s not like that… wuuuu… wuuuu…”

At this moment, Tianzi finally couldn't help crying out loud. However, even so, only a few girls around her looked at her for a few times, and then looked away. As for the young girl, she was quite calm.

"Okay, Miss, now that you are here, crying is useless... All of us here have cried and begged for mercy, and we have thought that someone would come to save us, but... this is simply a dream. Those masters are all powerful people, who dares to go against them?"

“Woo… woo…”

But at this time, Tianzi could no longer listen. She had never thought that the outside world would become like this.

However, this is just the beginning.

“Crack.”

At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and then the man in blue work clothes walked in. He looked around and then waved.

"Okay, it's time for you to get to work! Get out now!"

After hearing what the man in blue overalls said, the girls stood up blankly like wandering ghosts, and then lined up to walk outside. Only the black-haired girl who looked like she was about to die was still slumped in the same place.

"Hey, what are you doing? Why are you dawdling? Hurry up!"

Looking at the black-haired girl, the man in blue overalls seemed quite angry and kicked the black-haired girl. Seeing this, Tianzi stood up hurriedly and grabbed the hand of the man in blue overalls.

"Why did you hit her? She was so badly injured, didn't you see?"

"You little bitch, it's not your turn to speak here!"

The woman in blue overalls glared at Tianzi fiercely, suddenly shook off her hand, then raised her hand high and slapped Tianzi.

“Bang!!”

However, what Tianzi did not expect was that just when she was about to take the slap, the girl who had just spoken to her suddenly rushed over, stood between her and the blue work clothes, and blocked the blow.

"Do you want to go against me too?"

"This child has just arrived and doesn't know the rules! Besides, if you hurt her and the master blames you, will you take the responsibility?"

"……cut!"

Hearing the girl's scolding, the man in blue overalls spat and put down his hands.

"Then she..."

"I'll do her job today."

Glancing at the figure still sitting in the corner like a doll, the girl gritted her teeth and continued to speak. Hearing her answer, the man in the blue overalls sneered.

"Well, that's what you said. The masters are not in a good mood today, so don't expect any preferential treatment!"

After saying this, the man in blue overalls turned and left, and the girl stared at his back blankly, then took a deep breath and gave Tianzi a helpless smile.

"That's terrible. Looks like we're going to be in trouble today..."

“…”

"Okay, let's go, otherwise those people will get even more aggressive."

As she spoke, the girl took the emperor's hand and left the room.

After walking along the corridor for a while, the group came to an empty room. Then the girls lined up very skillfully, which made Tianzi a little confused. However, before she could react, she was grabbed by the girl next to her.

"Come, stand at the back. This way, the masters will find you later... Anyway, be mentally prepared."

Although she didn't know what the girl meant, Tianzi nodded and stood at the end of the team as the girl instructed. Then, she turned her head and looked around.

This place is like a big glass cage, with a stage similar to an auditorium in front of it. There are all kinds of strange props around, such as a triangular wooden horse, or whips and gallows, which are stained with fresh blood, which is shocking.

"clang--!!"

Just when the emperor was feeling anxious, suddenly, the sound of a gong rang out, and then the emperor saw the door on the other side of the auditorium open, and then one person after another walked in from the door.

When the emperor saw them, his eyes widened in surprise.

Because these people are none other than his own eunuchs!

"Sir, what do you think of today's show?"

Just when the emperor was so surprised that he couldn't speak, the man in blue overalls approached the eunuchs with a smile and asked. The fat and big-eared man in the lead had a gloomy face, then sat down on the chair and snorted coldly.

"Today... I'm not in a good mood, so I'll just feed them all to the dogs!"

"Why?"

Hearing the fat man's words, the girls queuing below screamed in surprise. However, before they could say anything else, the man in the blue work clothes nodded with an expression of indifference.

"Yes, sir."

As he spoke, the man in blue overalls took out a remote control and pressed a button. Soon, a large iron cage filled with wild dogs slowly descended. At this moment, the girls were already huddled in the corner, watching all this in horror, not knowing what to do.

“Woof woof woof!!!”

The moment the iron cage landed, dozens of wild dogs that looked extremely hungry suddenly jumped out and rushed towards the girls. Faced with this scene, the girls had almost no choice but to scream and run away.

“No, don’t!!”

Looking at this scene, the emperor finally couldn't bear it any longer.

"Brother, save them--!!"

Just as the emperor shouted, a silver sword light suddenly appeared out of nowhere and swept across the entire room.