There were constant painful wails in their ears, and in their eyes there was a giant phoenix charging straight towards them.
It emits a dazzling light and carries flames with it. Its posture is to turn wherever it passes into a sea of fire like it, leaving no trace.
"Get out of the way!" Chunhua stood in front of Zhang You, but it was no use. Both of them were covered with phosphorus powder.
Zhang You observed carefully. When she first arrived, she found a long-abandoned pond on the side, green and black. At this moment, she didn't care about the filth and stench of the pond. She pulled Chunhua over and jumped in.
"puff!"
The strong smell of water pierced my nose, stimulating my sense of smell. The water was icy cold, wrapping my limbs in it. My already thick jacket felt incredibly heavy.
Fortunately, the sparks on the clothes were extinguished.
Zhang You pulled Chunhua out of the water. His stomach was churning and he almost vomited his breakfast.
“Cough cough cough!”
"vomit!"
"Are you okay?" Chunhua surfaced and looked at Xia He's appearance and asked worriedly.
She knew that Xia He's sense of smell was more sensitive than theirs, and the smell in the pond must be very unbearable for her.
"Ugh! It's okay, ugh!" Zhang You resisted the urge to vomit, and hugged Chunhua tightly with his right hand, wanting to take her to the shore.
Zhang You was a good swimmer. They had trained in swimming in Dingzhou before, but Chunhua wasn't as good as her. Now that they were in the water together, she naturally had to take extra care of Chunhua.
"I'm so lucky."
Sun Chanyu's voice rang out above his head. Zhang You stopped swimming towards the shore with Chunhua in his hand, and the blood in his body seemed to freeze.
Sun Chanyu was already standing by the pool, staring at them quietly, her voice sounding sinister.
"But it's all in vain."
"My Lady."
A eunuch and his men stood behind her, looking down at them as if they were ants.
She subconsciously wanted to pull Chunhua to swim behind her.
"go."
As she spoke lightly, the eunuchs and palace maids around her picked up the tools they could find, surrounded the pool, and stared at them fiercely.
"What are you doing!" Zhang You had no way to retreat and could only stay in the middle of the pond with Chunhua.
Although the water in the pool is not deep, the temperature at that time will cause them to die of hypothermia if they stay in it for too long.
Some eunuchs picked up stones from the ground and threw them at them.
Some palace maids also picked up long wooden sticks, hit them, and pushed them into the water.
"What are you doing? Of course I want to kill you!"
The attacks from all around kept coming, and their current situation was too passive. The pool was so small that they had no way to avoid it.
We must go ashore! Only by going ashore can we fight them.
Having made up his mind, Zhang You looked at Chunhua and said firmly, "Chunhua, I know you are better at martial arts than me. I will cover you, and you go up. If you can escape, you must tell the princess the news!"
After Zhang You finished speaking, he ignored her reaction, used his body to block for her, swam to the shore, and pushed her up with all his strength. However, he was hit on the head by stones and sticks, and was bleeding.
She ignored the pain and pushed Chunhua forward, "Go!"
Chunhua did not disappoint her. She had mastered the sword technique to perfection, and it was more than enough to kill these people.
She wanted to kill La Xia He and come up, but Xia He yelled at her, "Go! Leave me alone!"
Chunhua turned around and looked at Xia He deeply, with reluctance in her eyes. In the end, she injured the people who surrounded her and tried her best to escape.
"Chase! We can't let her escape!"
At the command, most of the eunuchs and palace maids who had been knocked down got up and chased after them.
Sun Chanyu, a eunuch, and two palace maids were left on the shore. The maids had no intention of letting Zhang You go, so when she reached the shore, they simply stepped on her and pushed her into the water.
"Mulululululul."
Zhang You turned her head away, and the maid lost her strength and fell into the pool, choking on several mouthfuls of dirty water. The maid seemed to be unable to swim and kept floundering in the water.
Zhang You stuck her head out, away from the palace maid, and took a deep breath. Her stomach was churning. She had just drunk several mouthfuls of the pool water, and now she felt so nauseous that she wanted to vomit.
"You're so useless." Another palace maid squatted on the shore, grabbed Zhang You's hair, pulled her over roughly, and without a pause, pressed her head and pushed her under the water.
Zhang You had just taken a few breaths when he was pressed down again.
The pool water rushed in from all directions, squeezing her face and pouring into her nose and ears. She couldn't bear it anymore. As soon as she opened her mouth a little, the fishy-smelling pool water rushed into her mouth.
After drinking several mouthfuls, the foul taste spread in her mouth. She felt as if her entire intestines were contaminated and she felt extremely nauseous.
"Ugh! Plur! Ugh! Plur!" She vomited in disgust.
When she vomited, the pool water began to flow back into her mouth. What was worse was that she had no oxygen and a strong feeling of suffocation filled her entire body.
Am I really going to die?
But I haven't accompanied Qiao Si yet to avenge them.
How can I be willing to accept this!
My thoughts are a little confused.
Memories flashed through her mind like a kaleidoscope, and at that moment, she thought a lot.
Why let Chunhua escape? Why not let her save herself and leave together?
Why did you stay in Prince Qiao's Mansion? Knowing that this road would be so difficult, why did you still help Qiao Si put on a show?
Why do I start caring about them when I shouldn't care? Do their lives really have anything to do with me?
Why should I get involved? I just want to live a peaceful and normal life.
Why did he save her in the first place and get into trouble?
…
Memories flashed through my mind, and everything in it seemed to have happened yesterday.
Because Chunhua is a very important friend, I can't watch her die in vain with me.
Because Qiao Si and everyone in Prince Qiao's Mansion were innocent, they had done nothing wrong. The one who was wrong was the suspicious emperor.
Because this is the justice she wants, not the survival of one person, but the desire for everyone to have a stable life. Therefore, those people are worth saving.
Because I can't stand people in high positions and don't want more people to be persecuted. It's also for my own benefit.
Because at that time, she was just a weak person who needed help. She had no foresight and could only act according to her heart.
…
She has no regrets about any of this.
Her strength to struggle grew weaker and weaker. She no longer had the energy to resist and could only allow the suffocating feeling to envelop her.
Sun Chanyu looked at the person in the pool who was gradually becoming motionless, lowered her eyes to hide the sadness in them.
In the past few years, she never regretted taking action, but only felt refreshed.
Only they...
She still remembered that the three of them were just teenage girls at that time, but they dared to speak out for themselves and rescued themselves despite the large number of people in the troupe.
It’s not that no one tried to save her during those years, but in the end, they were all afraid of the local opera troupe and chose to give up.
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