"Six years ago, my ambitious uncle Su Mutianjun attempted to usurp the throne. He marched to the imperial city and forced my grandfather to abdicate." Mu Lige narrowed her starry eyes slightly, and when she opened them again, they were filled with a cold and solemn look.
"Not only that, he also mobilized the spies he had planted in the Eastern Palace to set it on fire during a dark and stormy night. At the same time, he colluded with underworld forces, hired assassins with high martial arts skills, and worked together with his accomplices to surround and kill the Eastern Palace."
"My father and mother both perished in that sea of fire, and I was attacked by numerous assassins and severely injured. Fortunately, Qiao Zhiyuan, the eunuch in charge of the Eastern Palace at the time, risked his life to protect me and took me out of the capital through a secret passage."
The sky was filled with flames, the shrill cries and screams, and the strong smell of blood in the air... The tragic scene of the blood-stained East Palace that year still lingered in Mu Lige's mind.
Recalling the past, sad tears suddenly rolled down Mu Lige's eyes like pearls from a broken string.
"Brother Li~"
Men don't shed tears easily, but only when they are heartbroken. Looking at Mu Lige crying, Hua Qingcheng didn't know how to comfort him. She could only raise her hand to wipe away his sad tears and then hug him tightly.
"Uncle Qiao and I disguised ourselves and traveled across mountains and rivers to escape Zhaoyang Country. After many twists and turns, we finally arrived at Huaqiao Village in Laifeng Country. We were starving and cold, and almost froze to death that winter night. Fortunately, my kind father saved us."
"Brother Li~"
Hearing Mu Lige's words, looking at his stern face, and feeling the sadness and grief emanating from him, Hua Qingcheng felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife.
Her brother Li was a man of great generosity and magnanimity, a truly illustrious figure! A supposedly high-ranking grandson of the Zhaoyang Kingdom, he was forced to become a lowly husband to a village woman in the Laifeng Female Respect Kingdom. It was the difference between the clouds in the sky and the mud on the ground. Such a huge gap, how could he... endure it all?
Hua Qingcheng's heart ached, and she couldn't help but recall the scene when her father Ye Maochun described to her when they first met Li Ge...
"You didn't see it with your own eyes. Thinking about it now still pangs my heart. In the dead of winter, the young man was wearing only a thin, ill-fitting black shirt riddled with holes. Even though he was unconscious, he was still shivering.
At that time, Li Ge's hair was disheveled, his face was dirty, his complexion was very pale, and his lips were dry and cracked, even turning purple. His hands were frozen like chicken claws, and his feet were bare, covered with cracked and bleeding cuts. He looked so miserable that he was even worse than a beggar, and his father was moved to tears.
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Before she knew it, Hua Qingcheng was in tears. She felt sorry for the boy named Su Mulige, and also for her poor brother Li.
Witnessing his uncle's treason with his own eyes and seeing his parents die miserably in front of him, how could the young Su Mulige carry such a heavy blood feud on his tender shoulders?
Her brother Li was seriously injured and had to avoid the eyes and ears of his enemies. He traveled all the way from Zhaoyang Kingdom to Huaqiao Village in Laifeng Kingdom. How much suffering did he endure during this period?
"Qingqing, I'm fine." Looking at Hua Qingcheng crying for him, Mu Lige suppressed the sorrow in his heart, gently kissed the tear marks on Hua Qingcheng's face, and comforted her in return.
"Brother Li~"
Hua Qingcheng clenched her fists, her eyes narrowed slightly before opening again, but now they were already ablaze with crimson. Anyone who dared to hurt her, her brother Li, to this extent, would pay a heavy price!
"Brother Li, do you... want revenge?"
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