In the tenth year of Lin Zhao's reign, Da Qi's cavalry entered the Jiang Kingdom. The country was ruined and his family was destroyed. Emperor Zhao remained cowardly all his life and hanged himself in the main hall before the palace gate was breached.
The once splendid palace was now in disarray.
The palace maids and eunuchs were running around, and the concubines who used to be dignified and elegant in gorgeous clothes had now changed into palace maids' clothes and mingled with the crowd, trying to escape the chaotic palace.
Shi An dragged her body towards the city wall like a zombie. The palace maids and eunuchs who used to be so respectful to her and didn't even dare to look directly at her now bumped into her from time to time because they were in a hurry to escape.
Her thin body was constantly being bumped into by the crowd, but she didn't seem to care as if she felt no pain, and continued walking forward with dull eyes.
The north wind blew loudly on the city wall, and white snowflakes began to float in the air.
Shi An slowly raised her hand, and clear-cut snowflakes fell on her palm. She twitched the corners of her mouth and said in a hoarse voice: "It's so beautiful."
There was the sound of horse hooves in the distance. She looked up and happened to meet the man's eyes. Seeing his eyes suddenly widening, Shi An raised a bitter smile at the corner of her mouth and opened her lips lightly, "Farewell."
Already." The next moment, he jumped off the city wall without hesitation.
"Shi'an, no-"
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In the 20th year of the reign of Emperor Jiadi of Qi State, he went to a house outside Beijing.
"Miss, Miss, are you okay?"
Yu Shuyue finally woke up from the nightmare amidst Shaoyao's anxious shouting.
"Are you having a nightmare?"
Seeing that Yu Shuyue's white pajamas were soaked with sweat, Shaoyao was afraid that she would catch cold, so he quickly found new pajamas for her to put on, while wiping the sweat on her forehead and neck with a towel.
"It's okay, please step back and rest."
Yu Shuyue could no longer remember the scene in the dream, or even the appearance of the man, but the hoarse "Shi'an" lingered in her mind for a long time, and she couldn't get rid of it.
In the past month, she had dreamed the same dream no less than ten times, but every time she woke up from the dream she could not remember what happened in the dream. She shook her head and raised her hand to gently press her temples while breathing deeply.
Take a breath.
She suddenly became alert while deep in thought, but before she could make any move, a sharp sword with a cold light and a faint smell of blood was already pressed against her white neck.
"I don't mean any harm, I'm just using a place to hide. As long as you cooperate, I won't hurt you."
Although the man's voice sounded calm, Yu Shuyue could still hear his weakness, presumably because he was injured.
Her hands hidden under the quilt moved slowly, and she comforted the man who came from nowhere, "Okay, I will cooperate."
"What are you doing in the middle of the night? Don't disturb the lady."
As soon as Yu Shuyue finished speaking, there was a burst of noisy sounds outside and Shaoyao scolding the guards.
"Girl, this group of people is chasing a thief and said he entered this courtyard. The general is also afraid that the young lady will be frightened, so he came here to confirm."
"Let them go," the man whispered.
Feeling the dagger getting closer to her flesh, Yu Shuyue couldn't help but sweat dripping from her palms.
"Shaoyao, what's so noisy outside?"
She cleared her throat, trying to make her voice sound normal.
"Miss, General Zhou is on routine patrol, are you okay?"
Recalling the appearance of his young lady drenched in cold sweat just now, Shaoyao worried that she was still being disturbed by dreams.
"I'm fine, you all please step aside."
The sword on her neck got closer to Shaoyao when she was about to open the door, and Yu Shuyue had to quickly speak out to ask them all to retreat.
Although she trusted General Zhou and his team's strength, this man's movements were definitely faster than him. In order to save her life, she had no choice but to cooperate first.
"Are you okay?"
When the courtyard returned to tranquility, Yu Shuyue asked softly with her heart in mind.
In the moonlight, the man could clearly see the slight red color on her neck, and he frowned slightly.
"Thank you, sorry."
She quickly sheathed her sword, turned around and left neatly from the window.
After she was sure that the person was gone, Yu Shuyue finally felt relieved. She took a deep breath and looked at the handkerchief on the quilt. She frowned slightly, wondering why the man left this behind.
Her hand stretched out from under the quilt, holding a delicate little dagger in her hand. Although the dagger was small, it could cut iron as well as clay.
She carefully picked up the handkerchief with a dagger and looked at it. Except for the jade bamboo embroidered under the handkerchief, there was nothing special about it.
She pursed her lips tightly, and finally decided to get out of bed and carry the handkerchief with a dagger to the window. She threw away the handkerchief without hesitation, then put down the window and lay back on the bed.
Yu Shuyue still held the exquisite dagger tightly in her slender hands, looking at the bed curtain above with her eyes wide open.
She now regrets that she just learned some useless Qing Kung from her brother, and now it has no effect.
This happened before she even arrived in Shangjing City. There was no telling what else she would encounter in Shangjing City. It seemed that she would have to ask her brother to teach her some self-defense moves later.
Yu Shuyue slowly closed her eyes in sleepiness while thinking about it.
The breeze blew slightly outside the window, and the white handkerchief on the ground was blown to the corner after a while.
The next morning.
"Miss, what's wrong with your neck?"
Shaoyao was helping Yu Shuyue get dressed. When he saw the dark red blood on her neck, he suddenly panicked and said, "Are you injured? I'll call the doctor right now."
"Shaoyao, come back, it's okay, it's not mine."
Yu Shuyue rubbed her hands and found that she was not injured. Maybe the blood from the man's sword last night got on her neck.
She frowned in disgust and walked aside to wash her hands.
Shaoyao was worried and wanted to ask what was going on, but Yu Shuyue obviously didn't want to answer the question, and they had to rush today, so she had no choice but to shut up.
She will guard her lady every step of the way! This chapter has been completed!