Chapter 503 The encounter between Xiaona's mother and daughter
Although An San already knew that Bai Xiao was from the Northern Barbarian country.
But he never thought that Bai Xiao would have anything to do with the Northern Man Kingdom royal family.
Now he is just shocked by the cruelty of people's hearts. The emperor of the Northern Barbarians, after destroying his entire family, actually kidnapped his daughter back and trained him into a murder weapon?
And what happened to Mu Qier? What happened to herself? She seemed completely unaware.
Mu Qier said nothing, just forced himself to listen calmly.
She remembered that her cousin and aunt did not attend her father's birthday party. For this reason, she was quite disappointed.
"Then what?" The words she asked softly, her voice was a little different from hers, low and depressed.
Xiaona looked at Mu Qier worriedly, fearing that she wouldn't be able to bear it.
But the truth is so cruel. She continued:
"Then, our China tribe lost its leader, and the people of the tribe became lambs to be slaughtered. All the capable soldiers were beheaded, and the remaining people were kidnapped and sent back.
A slave is a maid. My mother and I are in it."
She still remembers the panic and helplessness she felt when she and her mother were dragged out of the house by soldiers.
"Then why have I never met a tribesman in the past few years?"
Mu Qier was puzzled. Since the people of the China tribe were taken back as slaves, there was no way that none of them would come out without a chance.
As long as someone was able to leave the house, she thought it was impossible and she had never heard any news about him.
"The days of being slaves and maids only lasted a month. All the people who were captured were sent to the mines and were imprisoned all year round to mine ore. I heard that many of them died of exhaustion and starvation, and they never had another chance.
See the sun."
Mu Qier quickly analyzed Xiaona's words. One month was exactly the day when her injury was about to recover.
"Heard?"
Mu Qier caught a key word. If his cousin was also sent to the mine, he should have seen it with his own eyes. Why did he use the word "hear"?
Xiaona nodded. But she also lowered her eyes and recalled the situation at that time. It was really hard to describe.
"In the beginning, my mother and I were slaves to the master of that family."
She paused and then said:
"I have taken a liking to my grandma and want to keep her in the backyard."
Xiaona wiped away a few tears before saying in a tearful voice:
"At first, my mother was unwilling. But when I heard that I was going to be sent to a place like a mine, my mother committed herself to that gentleman in order to protect me. So, that gentleman sent two unrelated people to take my place.
We are mother and daughter."
Forced to remarry? Maybe, it’s not a remarriage, just a hidden beauty in a golden house, becoming a plaything belonging to only one person?
There was silence in the main hall. Such a human tragedy, any words of comfort are in vain.
Mu Qier's clenched fist trembled slightly, trying hard to suppress the emotions that were about to explode.
"Who is that person?"
She wants to kill that damn pervert!
Unexpectedly, Xiaona defended that person.
"Cousin, he didn't force my mother. Moreover, over the years, although he has been strict about us and not allowing us mother and daughter to go out, he has never treated us badly. We have no worries about food and clothing, and he will also tell us about the news outside.
listen."
Xiaona paused, feeling very conflicted when she said these words.
"If it hadn't been for this gentleman, we, mother and daughter, would have been sent to the mines, and perhaps we would have been tortured to death."
Xiaona didn't think that the man did anything wrong by taking possession of her mother, she was just telling the truth.
She heard that people in the mines didn't have enough to eat and didn't have enough clothes to wear. They were doing strenuous physical work and were beaten if they were slow.
If you are an official, if you look at someone with good looks, you will be dragged into a small dark room to have fun. It is simply hell on earth.
Compared with those people, their mother and daughter were lucky. No matter how bad the adult was, he did protect their mother and daughter.
It is not your duty to slaughter the China tribe.
They cannot receive someone's protection and then act like victims and demand repayment with their lives. Every wrong has its owner, and every debt has its owner!
Mu Qier's heart ached. Her cousin looked at his mother, who had no choice but to commit herself to another man for her own sake, but she couldn't hate him.
Perhaps, she had spent countless days and nights hating herself.
Just like her, she had thought countless times why she was the only one in the whole family who survived.
If a family member is extremely unfortunate, even living alone is a sin! She would rather die with her clan members.
"Then, how did aunt pass away?"
Mu Qier asked cautiously. This question would undoubtedly reopen the scars in her cousin's heart.
But she couldn't know the whole truth unless she asked.
"My mother is as conflicted as I am. She feels grateful for this man who protected our mother and daughter, but she cannot forget my father. She often cries secretly, feeling that she has betrayed her father. She has been depressed for many years and passed away a month ago.
Death."
Months ago! Mu Qier felt even more pain in her heart.
For many years, her relatives were not far away, but she didn't know it at all. She didn't even get to see her aunt after she passed away.
If her cousin hadn't come all the way to look for her, she wouldn't have known that her cousin was still alive.
"Then cousin, how did you escape?"
"I didn't escape, but the master let me go."
As soon as Xiaona said this, everyone present immediately thought of several possibilities.
Is it because the woman you love is gone, so you no longer want to support Xiaona, who is not related to you by blood?
Or is it because they have been together for many years and have feelings for each other, so they take the initiative to let Xiaona go free?
Xiaona saw the doubts in everyone's eyes and continued:
"Before my mother died, I asked you to send me to my cousin. You really like my mother, and because it was a request before my death, I agreed."
Several people were moved when they heard this. Xiaona's mother, maybe after getting along with that adult for a long time, it was no longer as simple as being forced.
Perhaps, in such difficult days, dependence also developed.
After all, that adult was not just playing around with her. After many years, his feelings have not changed. He was still willing to listen to her last words.
Compared with many heartless people, I don't know how much better.
No wonder Xiaona would speak for him.
Things in the world are indeed difficult to be black and white. If that gentleman is a good person, he takes advantage of others' danger to satisfy his own feelings.
If you say he is bad, he really showed his sincerity and care to Xiaona and her daughter.
It's hard to tell clearly what's right and wrong.
"Your Excellency sent five people to escort me to Yunxiao Kingdom. However, I don't know how the news leaked out, and the Northern Barbarian royal family found out about my life experience, which led to the subsequent pursuit."
Xiaona lowered her head, feeling depressed.
"Those five people all died one after another for protecting me on the way to the capital of Yunxiao Kingdom. I was the one who harmed them."
Her tears fell down like uncontrollable beads.
Sometimes, she would rather be the one who dies than let those five innocent people die in vain for her.
She felt sorry for these five people, and even more so for their families.