Zhao Wan remained silent upon hearing this, while Song Huiru looked up at her.
Her life had been very smooth in the first half, so when she saw Zhao Wan's experiences, she remained silent. Even though she hated Zhao Wan, she also felt that Zhao Wan was very pitiful.
And this was the first time they had ever heard about Li Yuchu. They were all unfortunate people tormented by fate, dragged into hell by evil spirits, and then driven mad. In that era, many countries stood side by side, which was very chaotic. "Demons and monsters" roamed the world, and the people suffered.
Living in such times, sorrow and tragedy did not stop them, until the country was destroyed, the city was destroyed, the dynasty was unified, and the world was at peace.
But that had nothing to do with them anymore; they didn't live to see that day.
Luo Lin: "Then why did he massacre the entire city?"
Qin Nan: "When Li Yuchu was first sent to Chen Xiaoen, he was still... normal, so he would resist and struggle. In order to temper his temperament, make him bow his head and submit to him, there would be people who would train him."
In addition, he was not the only one who was treated as a plaything; there were other victims as well. However, very few of them were particularly good-looking. Most of them were tortured all night and then either died or were seriously injured and left to fend for themselves in mass graves.
It took him seven years, from sixteen to twenty-three, to finally trample everyone under his feet. Before that, Chen Xiaoen was not the only one who had tormented and humiliated him.
People in the same situation still insist on dividing themselves into different classes. No one thought Li Yuchu would survive, so no one cared. They even trampled on him when he was in a lowly position.
Staying in the capital city also required a certain status; before he was castrated, he was disguised as a eunuch.
After all, Chen Xiaoen wanted obedient...playthings, so he isolated and made him suffer in various ways, including sending him to some neglected, lonely concubines...
Li Yuchu's seven years of life were incredibly suffocating to outsiders.
He must have hated this world and its people.
Those experiences made him realize that without power, one's life is not one's own; without status, one is nothing but mud that everyone can trample on.
I don’t know when it started, but he changed… He no longer had the ambition to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, nor the integrity to be upright and honest. He became the very thing he used to despise.
The city had trapped him; he would rather perish with it than leave.
Li You: "What about his parents?"
Qin Nan: "Whether he is exonerated or not is no longer important. His uncle and aunt were also arrested by him and were tortured to death. At that time, there was a form of torture in prison called Lingchi."
He didn't spare anyone, including the county magistrate and the yamen runners.
But he never went home again, never left Gucheng, even though he was now free to leave at will.
Perhaps he was afraid, afraid to face his past self. If he hadn't experienced these things, he would have been a gentleman and a spirited young man.
The world is corrupt, and people's hearts are unpredictable.
He was truly born at the wrong time. If he had been born later, after the world was unified, his exceptional talent and good looks would surely have made him famous throughout the land, and he might have even risen through the ranks. At the very least, he wouldn't have become a eunuch wielding immense power in the court.
Qin Nan looked at Li Yuchu with a sense of regret, but now he was no longer aware of joy or sorrow. His gaze was somewhat vacant as he stared at Li You's bald head.
At this moment, Li Yuchu seemed to have become the purest infant, as blank as a sheet of paper, free from pain, but also having lost herself.
Luo Lin also fell silent. He was a science student and had long forgotten the history he learned in middle school. Only by being in the midst of those tragic worlds mentioned in history books could one truly understand how desperate they were and how many lives they represented.
Times change, circumstances change, but the human heart remains the same.
After Qin Nan finished speaking, the courtyard fell silent. Everyone was speechless. There is always something hateful about a pitiful person, and something pitiful about a hateful person.
Zhao Wan and Song Huiru also remained silent. It was a tragedy of an era, but they were caught up in it; they were the tragedy itself, and in doing so, they created the tragedy for others.
Right and wrong are no longer enough to describe love and hate; even blaming feels powerless.
Qiong Ruiheng saw that everyone was silent, but he couldn't quite understand that kind of sorrow and pain, so he took Qin Nan's hand.
Qiong Ruiheng: "Brother Anan, we're leaving tomorrow, shall we go out for a walk tonight?"
Qin Nan snapped out of her reverie, her gaze softening as she looked at Qiong Ruiheng. After a moment's thought, she realized she couldn't dwell on this heavy topic any longer.
Qin Nan: "Yeah, last night, let's go for a walk."
Bai Hao was about to speak up and join in, but Shan You grabbed his arm.
Dan You: [My payment, and also, do me a favor.]
Bai Hao paused for a moment, then realized what Shan You was thinking. He lowered his eyes, considered it for a moment, and agreed.
Xie Chong, a member of the Xie Zhi clan, entrusted Bai Hao to look after Shan You when they met, since they are already rare divine beasts, with no more than ten currently existing, and their reproductive ability is low, making them easy to become extinct.
Furthermore, Bai Hao was quite unfamiliar with the immortals of the mortal world. He had never been to the Heavenly Realm, but he was more familiar with the Underworld. After all, Di Ting, who had once answered his questions and whom he regarded as his mentor, worked in the Underworld.
Therefore, he was still interested in getting involved in the matter of the Mountain God and Shan You. Besides, Qin Nan was now the owner of the painting, so naturally nothing would happen to him. Moreover, he had eaten enough in the afternoon, so he didn't necessarily have to go out with Qin Nan right now.
Li You had no choice but to look at Li Yuchu. Although he felt awkward, there was nothing he could do. Jiang Jiang, who was in his arms, unexpectedly took the initiative to move closer to Li Yuchu and let him hug her.
Li Yuchu looked at the soft, fluffy Jiang Jiang, her bright red eyes sparkling. She carefully held Jiang Jiang in her arms, gently stroking its fur, and occasionally poking Jiang Jiang's little bald head.
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