"Just live a good life, that's enough to fulfill your ambition to not be a slave. Alright, who else?"
Following the example of Xinyou, others stepped forward one after another, saying, "This servant, Su Qiu, kowtows to thank the princess. I was born in the south and only wish to return to my roots."
"Alright, fifty taels as usual. We'll leave on another day."
After the two bowed in gratitude, Zhao Shu glanced at the others and asked, "Is anyone else here?"
"This servant is Chuchun." The moment Zhao Shu finished speaking, she knelt down. Zhao Shu scrutinized her. "This servant, Chuchun, swears to serve the Princess to the death, and will never betray her. May those who break this oath die a horrible death."
With the beginning of spring, the others also knelt down one after another, "This servant swears to be loyal to the princess to the death, and will never betray her. May those who break their oath die a horrible death!"
Zhao Shu stood up and helped them up one by one. "Today, you are my people. From this day forward, we, mistress and servants, will be of one mind. As long as I, Zhao Shu, have a bite to eat, I will never let you go hungry. As long as I, Zhao Shu, have a breath left, I will never let you be humiliated. But! I, Zhao Shu, am here today to make this clear: if anyone dares to betray me, as I have said, they will suffer the ten most cruel tortures."
Once, slowly torture him to death! Did you all remember that?
"Yes, we understand!" the six replied in unison.
Zhao Shu turned her head, her gaze falling on Green Ivy, Bi Qiao, and the others.
The group of people were startled, realizing that the princess's words were not only addressed to these six people, but also to them.
"This servant has remembered that too!"
"You may all leave."
After washing up, she lay in bed and thought of the novel *Dream of the Red Chamber*, in which her favorite line was, "Full of absurd words, a handful of bitter tears; everyone says the author is foolish, but can the book truly convey its meaning?"
Compared to these weighty classics, Ajiu preferred to read Grimm's Fairy Tales at that time, but she liked to read Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
In the middle of the night, she was still dreaming, listening to a child reading aloud by the window. The sound of the child reading aloud calmed her for no reason, until she was awakened by the soft sound of the green ivy.
"Princess, Princess." After calling a few times, Green Ivy complained in a low voice, "What bad luck, disturbing the princess's rest."
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