Xiang Yuxin raised her head slightly, her eyes blurred, as if immersed in memories of the past, and slowly told Xiao Ning and the other three the story of her and Nangong Luoyu.
More than 20 years ago, the retired emperor of the Chu State, Xiang Yuxin's biological father, met a hunter's daughter by chance during a hunting trip. At that time, the woman was picking wild fruits and mushrooms in the forest and met the old emperor. However, the old emperor was attracted by the woman's beauty and flirted with her, then left.
When the hunter arrived, it was too late. He regretted that he should not have let his daughter go out alone and suffer such an insult. However, efforts to find the perpetrator were ultimately futile. In desperation, the father and daughter could only accept reality, but as time went by, the girl's belly grew bigger day by day, and ten months later, she gave birth to a baby girl, Xiang Yuxin.
Little Yu Xin spent a wonderful childhood under the careful care of her mother and grandfather, until she was nine years old, when the man appeared again. He claimed that he owed the mother and daughter something and hoped to take them back to the palace to live a better life.
However, the mother was firmly opposed, and she was full of hatred for the man. But one night, after a conversation, the woman's attitude changed and she no longer resisted the proposal to return to the palace.
In this way, the nine-year-old Yu Xin followed her mother to the palace, but the old emperor did not bring her grandfather with him. Instead, he gave her a sum of money and took her mother and daughter away. Yu Xin naively thought that she could live a good life with her mother in the palace, no longer needing to go hunting every day, and no longer having to worry about not having enough food. However, the reality was not so.
The Empress Dowager, who was in charge of the harem, was very dissatisfied with Xiao Yuxin's mother. Because she was of humble origin, she often found excuses to beat and scold her, and even made her do some dirty and tiring work that servants were unwilling to do. This was not the treatment a concubine should have. Xiao Yuxin herself was also hated by the old emperor's four sons, who often bullied her and laughed at her for being a bumpkin from the countryside. In this way, the mother and daughter spent three miserable years.
Until when little Yu Xin was twelve years old, one day her mother anxiously took her out of the palace and brought her to the city wall. She said to her nervously, "Yu Xin, mother will send you out of the palace later. Someone will meet you outside!"
After giving the instructions, she sent her out. There was a woman waiting for her outside. She was her mother's maid. She grabbed Xiang Yuxin's hand and ran outside without looking back.
The two of them made it out through the encirclement. Their mother asked them to find Yu Xin's grandfather. After a long journey, they finally arrived at their former home, but it was no longer inhabited.
Suddenly, a group of masked men in black appeared like ghosts and quickly surrounded Xiang Yuxin and the maid. These men in black had cold eyes and exuded a cruel aura.
"Who are you? What do you want to do?" the maid asked in horror. However, the man in black did not answer, but directly attacked and pierced the maid's heart with a sword. The maid's eyes widened and she fell to the ground, her blood staining the ground red.
"No... don't hurt me..." Xiang Yuxin was so frightened that her face turned pale and her voice trembled. But the man in black showed no mercy, grabbed her arm and forcibly took her away.
When Xiang Yuxin opened her eyes again, she found herself in the palace, and she felt a deep fear. At this time, an old woman came over and looked at her indifferently. It was the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother sneered and said, "Your mother is dead. I tortured her to death with my own hands.
Xiang Yuxin was stunned, tears welled up in her eyes. She never thought that her mother would be treated so cruelly. She was filled with grief and anger, and asked the Queen Mother why she did this.
The Queen Mother proudly told her that the old emperor had never treated Xiang Yuxin as his own daughter, but only wanted to use her Chu blood. The blood of the Chu royal family contained a strange power, but this power could only be inherited by women. Therefore, the Chu royal family used the secret technique of sacrificing daughters to transfer the power to men.
Since all the old emperor's children were sons this time, he could not pass on his power. After much investigation, he learned that the daughter of the former hunter was pregnant and gave birth to his daughter, so he decided to bring Xiang Yuxin back to the palace.
After Xiang Yuxin heard this, she burst into tears, her heart filled with pain and despair. She finally understood that her and her mother's fate had long been doomed to become victims of this group of scum.
The Queen Mother led Xiang Yuxin into a secret room where several people in black robes sat. She was trapped in an iron cage, and then the old emperor and a young man entered. Obviously, they planned to use Xiang Yuxin as a sacrifice.
Xiang Yuxin cried and questioned the old emperor: "Why, why did you deceive me and my mother!"
"Why? Humph, what reason do I need to have for doing this? Just blame your mother for giving birth to you! But it's also a good thing that your mother gave birth to you, otherwise I really don't know where to find the sacrificer."
After that, she pushed the boy towards the black-robed man, and everyone began to silently chant a spell, and a mysterious rune emerged, covering her and the boy. In an instant, a powerful suction force emerged, absorbing Xiang Yuxin's vitality, and a powerful force separated from her body and injected into the boy's body.
In a moment, Xiang Yuxin was dying. The empress dowager picked up the boy, checked his body and laughed with joy, "Very good! My son will be able to inherit the throne eventually!" After being overjoyed, she looked at the emperor and asked.
"Your Majesty! The sacrifice was successful, this child..."
"She can't survive either, it's up to you!" the emperor said coldly.
When the queen heard this, a sinister smile appeared on her face, and she immediately sent her men to release the girl.
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