Huo Baichuan covered Zhao Shu's ears tightly. When she tried to pry them open, Huo Baichuan held her hands under her armpits, refusing to let her hear anything.
However, there was no other way out from this artificial hill, and if he went out now, he would definitely be discovered, otherwise he would have dragged Zhao Shu away long ago.
Zhao Shu struggled for a while, but felt mentally and physically exhausted, and in the blink of an eye, she had no strength left.
She recalled that after her father was stripped of his title that year, her concubines scattered like birds and beasts. Some went to other households, while others returned to their hometowns with a large sum of money. It had been too long, and she could no longer remember many of them. In her previous life, she had always been arrogant and naturally disdained to pay attention to her concubines.
But you can still hear some scattered rumors that the concubines are doing well, even better than her. By then, she was already a commoner, and a commoner who had been divorced. Her daughter was even removed from the Gu family's genealogy. In her biological father's heart, her Hua Yao was nothing more than a bastard.
Hua Yao, tears streaming down her face, knew that her Hua Yao could never come back to life, but she was still powerless to avenge her.
In fact, my father was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and grew up in the palace, but he did not experience anything sordid. In my memory, he was very absurd, but at the same time, he was kind-hearted and extremely kind. Most of these concubines were either given to him by others, or they were people he rescued when he saw injustice and were offered their bodies in return. Some of them were sold into servitude to bury their fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters and entered the royal palace.
Regardless of how the concubines entered the household, they were always treated very well and were never mistreated. Even those who were proud and looked down on concubines like Bi Qiao would not deduct their monthly allowances.
After an unknown amount of time, Prince Duan and his concubine finished their intimate encounter, and Huo Baichuan finally released his hands, but he still held Zhao Shu tightly, preventing her from moving.
Perhaps because it was already autumn, and her clothes were completely wet, Zhao Shu felt exceptionally cold. A gust of wind blew by, and she shivered.
Tears fell in large drops, my mind a jumble of unbearable images. I had heard a saying in a past life that if you tilt your head back, your tears will stop falling.
She hated herself for not shedding tears, even though she had made up her mind not to cry. She had thought that all her tears had been shed in that lifetime, which showed that tears are something that can be regenerated.
I looked up, but the tears still wouldn't stop. It's clear that if a person wants to cry, even if they look up, the tears will still stubbornly overflow. The silver moon in the sky had disappeared behind the clouds at some point, and even the shadows swaying in the moonlight were nowhere to be seen. Not only was it pitch black all around, but as far as the eye could see, the world was completely dark.
After a while, the dark night began to patter with rain. Already soaked to the bone, and still a child, her wet clothes did not accentuate her shapely figure. Instead, she stood motionless like a wooden board, staring at the dark sky.
It's like trying to see a flower bloom in the dark sky.
"Let's go." Huo Baichuan couldn't bear to provoke her. Anyone could see that Zhao Shu was an arrogant person. She had witnessed her own second uncle having an affair with her father's concubine, and she didn't take out a knife and kill them. He already admired her rationality.
Zhao Shu stood up like a walking corpse, letting Huo Baichuan lead her, and carefully made her way away from the artificial hill in the dark.
Prince Duan and his concubine had long since left, but Zhao Shu could still seem to smell that filthy stench.
"You can't go back to Qionghua Courtyard now. Find somewhere to make do for now. Tomorrow at dawn, you will go to the palace and stay with the Empress Dowager. Don't come out," Huo Baichuan whispered in her ear.
At that moment, however, she was preoccupied with making that concubine suffer a terrible death and did not listen to anything else.
Huo Baichuan received no response for a long time and said nothing more. The two walked quietly, probably because it was dark and they couldn't see the road, so they stepped on the flowers and grass.
After walking for a long time, I finally reached the wooden door. It was so dark that I couldn't see my hand in front of my face, and I couldn't see where the door was at all. It took me a long time to find the door, but it was locked.
The two of them had just walked along a dark path, so it seemed that no one lived in this house anymore. Several concubines in the mansion had died recently, and these must be the empty houses left by the deceased concubines.
Huo Baichuan reached out and touched Zhao Shu's head, pulled out a hairpin from her hair, and fiddled with the lock for a long time. No one knew how he did it, but the lock opened.
She led Zhao Shu into the house and began to feel around inside. After a long time, she finally touched a table and chairs. The house was even darker, giving her a sense of dread, as if she were blind.
Remembering his own problem, Huo Baichuan dared not let go of Zhao Shu. The two began to grope around in the room, unable to see the way, and even brought several stools that fell to the ground.
After much effort, they finally found the inner room of the house. There was a bed with a mattress on it. Huo Baichuan pulled the mattress over and wrapped it around Zhao Shu, whispering, "Are you cold?"
"It's not cold," Zhao Shu whispered back to her. She felt even colder. Since her rebirth, she hadn't thought about those unbearable past events for quite some time, and Hua Yao hadn't thought about them so deeply for quite some time either.
She always felt that she was about to rise to the top and never have to be bullied again. She was about to make those who harmed her wish they were dead. However, overnight, she felt like she had returned to the days when she was at the mercy of others.
She felt a little flustered, or rather, disheartened. She hated herself for this. No, she wouldn't just give up like this!
"If you want to cry, then cry. As long as you don't cry loudly, it won't hurt." Huo Baichuan thought for a long time before squeezing out these words dryly.
Zhao Shu shook her head, but Huo Baichuan couldn't see it. She pulled the blanket around herself closer and said softly, "I'm so sorry to have troubled you."
Huo Baichuan nodded. Zhao Shu couldn't see either, as it was terrifyingly dark around them. "It's alright. Even if we get caught up in it a couple of times, it won't matter."
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