The white snow covered the green tiles of the palace walls, and the lake had already frozen. The fog was so thick that people could not see the distance between the water and the sky.
A bright red gauze with the wind slightly moving, covering the slender dancer. White and greasy skin in the movement leaked a piece of spring light. Suddenly the pair of brimming water eyes cast a glimpse, and it could be called the most beautiful in heaven and earth.
Ring, ring, ring.
The jade-like ankle of the beauty was tied with a golden bell by the domineering ruler, ambiguously producing a few red marks, such as the fallen plum dotted, let the heart and soul sway.
The man who was drinking at the top narrowed his eyes slightly and then laughed, and suddenly made a sudden attack, imprisoning the beauty into his arms. His palm staggered into the red gauze, capturing the white wrist.
The beauty’s hands were like warm jade, warm to the touch.
He profanely squeezed, the other hand lifted up the light red gauze, and fingertips lightly provoked, causing a tremble.
"Do not ... "the beauty with tears in her eyes, frightened to try to break free, begging for mercy sounded pitiful "back, go back ... "
Although there were gauze curtains around the pavilion to cover, but still outside, how could ...
"Heh."
The man sneered, he was clearly used to predation. Reaching out, he seemed to want to choke her, but then stopped and turned to hold down the back of her neck, roughly leaving a trail of finger marks.
"Can't learn to behave."
His voice was soft, like a lover's murmur, tinged with hostility, and he punishingly kissed that unappealing little mouth.
The sound of the tulle cracking was crisp, the sound of golden bells shaking ethereal, tight and messy ...
Aghia's brow furrowed and her eyes snapped open, breathing sharply and chaotically, but all she could see before her was an empty blanket of snow.
She looked around, and when she looked up at the familiar plaque engraved with the words "Shen Mansion", she was in a trance.
She was dreaming again.
Or rather, it wasn't a dream, it was something she had actually experienced, a memory from her previous life.
Those memories, like a knife carving, were burned into her brain with a clear imprint.
She, Aghia, was the most honored princess of the Northern Rong, once the prime minister rebelled and her parents were killed. The hypocritical and treacherous prime minister claimed that her parents died of an acute illness, but in fact he wanted to kill her and her brother.
She and her brother had to flee, but they were separated on their way to the Great Xu, where they were separated again.
After being separated from her brother, her maid, Liu Nu, was wounded to protect her and was defiled by the second young master of the Shen Family, the Commander of the Military Region of Wancheng City. And not only did she not seek justice for Liu Nu, but she was used as a dancer by the Shen family and offered to the fierce and notorious tyrant Xie Jie.
Not a wife, not even a concubine, just a canary to be ravaged at will - a plaything.
She had no status and could not even protect herself, so much so that when her brother was disemboweled and hung on the wall for public display, she could not even collect his body.
The country was broken and the family was dying, so she could only end this ridiculous life by burning herself.
She closed her eyes fiercely and drove that strange feeling of humiliation out of her body, barely able to suppress the cold smile at the corners of her mouth.
The good thing was that even God seemed to feel pity for her and actually let her start over again.
At this time, she was not yet under house arrest at Shen Mansion and had not yet met Xie Jie.
Aghia slowly opened her eyes, raised her head, and stared at the closed door of Shen Mansion in front of her.
She was reborn just after Liu Nu was defiled, and this time she still failed to save Liu Nu from her fate.
But this time, she must rewrite the fate of her last life and never let herself repeat it!
She wanted that high and mighty tyrant to bend over for her, to make Shen Family pay the price, and to save her brother and take revenge to restore her country.
"Oops, you're awake? I was going to do you a favor and find a tub of hot water to help you wake up."
The doorkeepers found her movement, laughing and teasing: "Wise up! What is the identity of the second young master! Not to mention playing a maid, even she is really played to death, no one dares to care even if you kneel to death!”
Shen Family as Military Region Commander Mansion, holding military power, in Wancheng City can be said to be a local king. Even the family's lackeys were all arrogant than the small officials in remote places.
For them, humiliating a weak woman with no one to rely on was a little spice to their humdrum life, enough to satisfy the twisted psychology of showing off their power.
The lackeys laughed loudly and deliberately said: "Didn't I pay you a white bun? Money and goods are clear! You kneel here, what if you dirty the way of the masters?"
They even gave her a white bun. Even if they also took this woman into the mansion and played with her, who would stand up for them?
The mocking words in her ears, word by word, all reflected her memory.
Aghia clenched her teeth and looked up coldly, glaring at them angrily, her eyes slightly red.
For the rest of her life, she could never forget the way Liu Nu looked when she was thrown back into their small compound, bruised and dying.
She was a living human being!
It was the sister she grew up with, her partner in life and death. In their mouths, she was worth only a white bun!
But expecting Shen Family to find conscience and severely punish the wicked, was no longer possible. The bitter fruit of naivety, she had already tasted once in her previous life.
The victim died in pain on her deathbed, the wrongly accused ended up with a false accusation, but only the evil-doer escaped justice, how ironic?
"God's justice is clear. If Shen Mansion doesn't support justice, someone else will."
Aghia pulled the corner of her lips and stood up shakily. A few days without food and water made her voice hoarse, but did not stop the determination.
The Shen Family had a strong hand in Wancheng City, but there was someone else in the city that the Shen Family cannot afford to offend in any way.
That person was her target, the Great Xu's monarch, Xie Jie.
Aghia's eyes skimmed deeply over the door of Shen Mansion, a cold light flashed in her eyes. She walked a few steps faster, and left in the snow amidst the sneers of the lackeys.
At 7 a.m., in front of the yamen of Wancheng City, a pair of plain hands pulled out the wooden mallet from the rack and hammered down the red-painted cowhide drum.
Rub-a-dub! Rub-a-dub! Rub-a-dub!
Three drums sounded, and the city was shaken by the Dengwen Drum.
Aghia was dressed in plain clothes, her hair tied up with a red plum, a few strands fell down loosely, making her flawless face even whiter.
She took a deep breath, clear and pleasant voice full of grief and anger, the words sobbed blood.
"I have a grievance! Sue the second son of Shen Mansion!”
After three drums, the yamen of Wancheng City were still dead silent, and no one dared to come out to answer.As far as the eye can see the green walls and gray tiles, the black beams and vermilion doors. The brass nails on the door of the official government office was majestic and solemn, and the couplets on both sides of the book was the justice and law, but at this time, it seemed ridiculous.There was no such thing as justice for the people! There was no fairness! Only officials protecting officials!Aghia closed her eyes, collected the sadness in her eyes, raised her hand stubbornly and continued to beat the drum.Rub-a-dub! Rub-a-dub! Rub-a-dub!The sound of the drums was deafening, and Aghia's cries of injustice was filled with desperate sadness, "I have a complaint! Sue the second son of Shen Mansion for forcing rape of a virtuous girl!”Silence!The gate of the yamen was closed, and
What repayment?Aghia was stunned, staring blankly at Xie Jie in front of her. His dark and obscure eyes could not be seen through, as if he was a ferocious beast that wanted to devour people.This was a familiar gesture, and for some reason it reminded her of the tyrant Xie Jie from her previous life, who also pressed forward like this, making her almost unable to breathe.Aghia lowered her eyes, thinking of the coarse linen clothes she was wearing and the money she was struggling to live on. For a moment she was at a loss, and embarrassment gradually appeared in her eyes.What could she have to offer Xie Jie?Before she could think of a decent answer, Xie Jie moved again.He reached out, ran his fingertips slowly down her jade-like cheeks and up her dark hair, precisely found the branch of the red plum, and pulled it out bit by bit.The hair scattered, Aghia's fair face became more and more
The hall was dead silent for a long time. Zhou Zhong was sweating coldly and could not wait to bury his head in his clothes.His Majesty had promised the position of Zhao Yi. what a great honor! This girl refused just like that!!Xie Jie's face suddenly went cold, staring at the top of her hair, eyes as obscure as frost. Half a long time, he suddenly smiled."Justice?"The sound of his footsteps, as if he was knocking on Aghia's heart, made her hold her breath."What kind of justice do you want?"His fingers clamped tightly her chin, forcing her to look straight into his eyes, the curve of his lips seemingly smiling, his tone full of hostility.The white skin was so delicate that with a little effort, ambiguous red marks could be imprinted on it.Aghia raised her head, biting her lower lip, white teeth against the red lips, moist as a fruit to be picked.Her eyes were
Aghia jerked back to her senses and was so startled by him that she fell backwards and sat on her knees the moment before she was swept into a wide, dominant embrace.The embrace was short and instantly parted, as if Xie Jie had only pulled her gently and quickly released her.But Aghia was keenly aware of the warmth of those hands resting on her waist, and the not-so-light but ambiguous nudges.She was so moved by the tingling of her vertebrae that sweat oozed from her forehead, just like a peony wet with dew.One can't help but think that underneath her clothes, whether she has also been soaked with fragrant sweat."I don't dare."Aghia's ears burned red from his actions, her face flew hazy, she mumbled, her eyes seemed like a pool of spring water, containing watery intent, and people could not help but want to bully.How can he be so dissolute.Aghia was shocked and ashamed to
"Arthurs!"Aghia snapped open her eyes and woke up from her nightmare, breathing violently, the clothes on her back already soaked with cold sweat.After the prime minister's mutiny in her previous life, she herself was separated from her brother Arthurs, and she was stranded in the Great Xu, imprisoned by Xie Jie as a canary. Arthurs was sent to frontier by the prime minister of the Northern Rong and thrown to the Great Xu.The Great Xu's generals skinned him and hung him from the city walls as a deterrent to the Northern Rong.Her brother, the little wolf of the steppe, was not even left full-scale in the end.Aghia's eyes were red as she remembered her own despair when she heard the news in her previous life.Now she was just surviving, trying to find Arthurs was like a fantasy.If Arthurs is found one day and has to go up against the prime minister, how will she be able to save him?
When Aghia saw him approaching, her eyelids jumped and she panicked a little, backing up while accusing him, "Those thirty lashes are a holy ruling. How dare you Shen family play a double game. You are simply deceiving the Emperor and ignore everybody else."No wonder in the previous life, the Shen family would be stretched to nine clans to be killed for failing to rebel. It turned out that from this time, there were already hints.Aghia’s fingertips clasped the short dagger in her sleeve, vigilantly stared at the Second Young Master Shen, then out of the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of a corner of the arcane robe behind the plum grove.The golden dragon embroidery on the top, revealing the identity of the owner of the clothes.It was Xie Jie.Aghia's fingertips jerked, she quickly let out a sigh of relief and pretended she didn't see Xie Jie. She pretended to be pitiful, her voice already trembled slightly,
Aghia stared blankly at the Second Young Master Shen's bloodied face, and in her heart, in addition to the thrill of revenge, she couldn't help but feel a few chills.This is Xie Jie, the tyrant who kills and takes away.Xie Jie cupped her chin so that she had to look at him. Her eyes gradually rose to a layer of watery mist, and she looked away in horror, her eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings, as if she would fall into tears if she pressed one more word."What are you afraid of?" The corners of Xie Jie's mouth curled up slightly. He seemingly smiling, gently brushing her hair, gentle coaxing, only his eyes clearly with a cool color, "He made a move on you. I took it out for you, and you fell out with me?""No, no..." Aghia's fingertips tightened. When she looked at him again, she took on a bit of dependence, and a slight blush surfaced on her face, as if she had gathered enough courage, "He has done much evil and committed
Apologize? It didn’t look like a apologize, but rather a revenge.Aghia slowly walked into the courtyard, looked at Madam Shen, took a deep breath. Coldness flashed in her eyes.In her previous life, it was the same Madam Shen who discovered her beauty and reported to Military Region Commander Shen to send her to Xie Jie.She was also the one who helped the second son of Shen family to suppress Liu Nu's lawsuit in order to establish the image of a good mother, and also made the city's medical centers all turn Liu Nu away, resulting in Liu Nu's high fever and death.Aghia coolly curled her lips, did not hide the disgust in her tone, "I thought who is such unruly, uninvited. It turns out to be Madam Shen... that is normal."Madam Shen's face turned black. But the Mammy beside her was clever. She stepped forward and scolded Aghia in a vicious voice, "Reckless! Our lady is the hostess of the Shen family, show some respect!"Who doesn't know that in th