Chapter 414 A White Silk
Lily only had time to shout before the eunuch beside her covered her mouth again.
But the way she struggled desperately towards Zhou Yunshu could not be ignored.
Zhou Yunshu patted Xixi's shoulder and asked Chunque to stay with her.
When Zhou Yunshu came to Baihe's side, she asked the eunuch who was detaining her to release her mouth.
"lily."
When Lily heard Zhou Yunshu calling her name, tears welled up in her eyes unconsciously.
She hadn't heard this name for a long time.
"gentlemen."
"You recognized me."
Zhou Yunshu said this because she had changed her appearance before, and she was estimated to be only 30% or 40% similar to her current self, not to mention that she was wearing men's clothes at that time, while she is now dressed in women's clothes.
"The sir's gait hasn't changed, little prince..." Lily thought about how Xixi's surroundings had changed, and she changed her words: "Your Majesty hasn't changed much since then, and..."
Lily looked at Chunque, who had been standing next to Xixi, and said, "This girl has always been by your side."
In fact, she had just called Zhou Yunshu just to gamble that the woman who was walking beside the new emperor and was extremely close to him was the Mr. Zhou whom she used to respect and admire.
Fortunately, she made the right bet.
When Zhou Yunshu heard Lily talking about Chunque, she couldn't help but turn around.
Speaking of which, both Concubine Li and Lily confirmed their identities through Chunque. In modern terms, Chunque is almost becoming her anti-counterfeiting mark.
"Sir, please save me." Lily tried to break free from the restraints around her and knelt in front of Zhou Yunshu.
But the two eunuchs around her seemed to be afraid that she would hurt Zhou Yunshu, so they kept her restrained.
Zhou Yunshu looked at Lily, who didn't dare to look her in the eye, and asked, "How do you want me to save you?"
"Are you really satisfied with just letting me rescue you?"
"Do you still remember what I said to you?"
Lily looked up at Zhou Yunshu with red eyes.
"You regret your choice."
Lily smiled with tears in her eyes and shook her head, "I don't regret it!"
Even though she now wanted to ask Zhou Yunshu to help her save her life, she did not regret anything she had done along the way.
"If I hadn't fought for anything, if I hadn't snatched anything, I would have been thrown from the brothel into a mass grave on a bamboo mat many years ago."
"But now, I've been a saint, a royal concubine, and almost... I became the empress dowager, the most honorable woman in the entire Great Zhou. This is something that the girl from a small fishing village couldn't even dream of. I have no regrets!"
"Since you have no regrets, you must bear the consequences of your failed choice."
Lily was silent, clenching her palms, "So, you will become the Queen Mother, right?"
She really didn't expect that the person who had always been worshipped as a god in her heart would suddenly turn into a woman and even become the mother of the new emperor.
Zhou Yunshu shook her head and said, "No, I will leave soon."
Lily didn't expect Zhou Yunshu to say that, so she couldn't help but look up and asked in surprise, "Why? That's the Queen Mother!"
She had almost become the empress dowager after all her efforts!
Zhou Yunshu smiled and said, "I prefer life outside the palace. I prefer freedom. That's all."
Lily looked at Zhou Yunshu blankly, not knowing what to say for a moment.
“Everyone wants different things.”
Lily looked at Zhou Yunshu, who was always so calm and bright, and said something.
A question she wanted to ask Zhou Yunshu when she was in Wolong Mountain.
"Sir, do you despise me? Do you despise me for being mean, lowly, and lowly?..."
"No." Zhou Yunshu interrupted Lily's self-humiliation.
She looked at Lily seriously and said, "I admire you very much."
Zhou Yunshu's words quieted down the surroundings, and Lily stared at Zhou Yunshu intently.
"You are unlike your name. Despite going through so many setbacks, you always manage to break through the ground like the most tenacious wildflower, persevering and striving to move forward without giving up. I admire you and respect you."
"I've witnessed you bloom twice, and each time it amazed me."
Zhou Yunshu smiled and said, "There are not many people in this world that I admire, and you are one of them."
As Zhou Yunshu spoke later, the smile on Lily's face grew wider and wider, but tears flowed like a dam bursting.
The only genuine concern she had ever heard in her life came from Zhou Yunshu; the only sincere praise she had ever received also came from Zhou Yunshu.
After listening to Zhou Yunshu's words, Lily suddenly felt that she was not so dirty as to be unsightly.
Even though there were people restraining her, Lily still bowed to Zhou Yunshu as she did at Wolong Mountain.
"Thank you, sir."
After saying this, Lily didn't say anything else.
After Zhou Yunshu watched the eunuchs escort Lily and others away, she returned to Fengluan Palace to find Zhu Zhengchun.
"Will all the concubines in the palace be sent to the Dharma Temple?"
Zhu Zhengchun thought Zhou Yunshu was asking about the King of Wei's biological mother, so he nodded and said, "Yes."
"So are the consorts guilty too?"
Zhu Zhengchun smiled and explained to Zhou Yunshu: "How can a guilty concubine be qualified to be treated the same as the imperial concubines? These people will all be executed."
"when?"
"Probably tonight."
While Zhou Yunshu was silent, Ji Sheng came back from outside.
He saw Zhou Yunshu sitting at the table in silence, and Zhu Zhengchun beside her looked like he had just finished speaking. He asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhu Zhengchun repeated what Zhou Yunshu had just asked.
"Do you know him?"
Ji Sheng sat next to Zhou Yunshu and said.
Zhou Yunshu nodded, "Do they have to be executed?"
After hearing what Zhou Yunshu meant, Ji Sheng was silent for a moment and then said, "You don't have to die."
"But sometimes death is the best relief."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Ji Sheng and asked, "If they don't have to die, where will they be sent?"
There are some things Ji Sheng actually doesn't want Zhou Yunshu to know. In his eyes, there are many dirty things in this world that are not worth Zhou Yunshu's attention.
But when Zhou Yunshu looked at him, he hesitated for a moment and said to her, "She will become a military prostitute."
This is not the norm, the norm is death. No matter what, they are the emperor's women, and it is their blessing to die for the emperor.
Ji Sheng told Zhou Yunshu that she wanted to become a military prostitute with the intention of reusing assets.
After all, whether it is the northern border army or the military defense anywhere else, they need women.
"A woman with a bit of ambition would never allow herself to become a military prostitute. Even if given a second choice, they would choose a white silk."
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