In this hellish place, she knew very well what saying the wrong thing meant.
She would worry at the slightest sound or anyone walking past her, wondering, "Are they here to arrest me?"
But nothing happened until dusk.
As night fell, she was waiting in line at the well to draw water when she heard the hinges of the west gate creaking.
A large group of people rode through the iron gate. When she caught sight of the leader, she trembled!
"Uncle?" She looked at the man in surprise, because the man was none other than her uncle, Wei Zhilan's cousin Juan.
At that moment, she felt her mind go blank and her entire worldview collapse.
“What they said is true!” Zhao Zhilan thought bitterly, “My mother…the Wei family really colluded with Dongpan Ge!”
She instinctively clenched her fists, "Lin Mo..."
Unconsciously, a tear fell, dripping into my heart!
Then, a familiar face appeared in the crowd.
Although she had changed into armor and disguised herself, Zhao Zhilan still recognized her at a glance.
"The person who calls herself Ningning!"
Beside Tang Ying, there were two more people. One of them wore a black half-helmet with a wide iron nose guard. The other was tall.
"Her?" Zhao Zhilan wondered in surprise, "Who exactly is she?"
She joined Dongpango's army? Zhao Zhilan wondered.
She knows who I am; if she tells anyone...
For a moment, she was terrified of being identified.
But as they rode past, Tang Ying glanced roughly in the direction she was standing, her gaze passing right past her.
"Didn't she recognize me? Or..."
No wonder, I haven't showered in a while, so my face is even dirtier and my hair is all messy.
She spent the rest of the day preparing for the upcoming battle.
Training, working, until late at night.
When she returned to her lodgings, her hands were bleeding and her arms were trembling with soreness. She was too exhausted to eat, so after asking Gao Hui for permission, she crawled back into the haystack to sleep.
In her daze, Zhao Zhilan sensed someone beside her, so she immediately sat up.
"Your Highness, how have you been?"
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