Chapter 1 Sheng Jiaojiao

"The empress threw herself into the lake"

The palace lanterns radiate a dim yellow light, hanging on the veranda, the wind blows, and the long red tassels flutter.

A long row of court ladies walked across the lotus pond with ebony lamp handles in their hands.

In midsummer, the pond is full of fragrant lotus flowers.

A female corpse in white slowly floated up from the bottom of the lotus pond.

The white pajamas and skirts are spread out layer by layer, and the delicate lotus flowers are blooming full of vitality. Among the green lotus leaves, the gauze skirt flutters slightly with the water waves.

The face of the female corpse, as white as snow jade, quietly emerged from the water, cold, lifeless eyes closed, the moonlight shone on her delicate facial features, like a jade sculpture under the moonlight.

Two little eunuchs rushed over from the other side of the lotus pond, crying loudly:
"The Empress has thrown herself into the lake!"

The formation of the neatly lined up night watch ladies suddenly became chaotic, everyone shouted in panic, the news spread quickly, like a stone thrown into a calm lake, countless eunuchs and maids rushed towards the lotus pond.

The sword on the bodyguard with the knife, and the jade pendant hanging around his waist, jingled as he ran.

In the Palace of Mental Cultivation, Yin Ze is discussing with the ministers about the recent rumors among the people and the court, about the affair between the empress and the great general Tan Ji.

The maids and eunuchs rushed in, holding the self-certification written by the queen in their hands, kneeling on the ground and crying,

"Your Majesty, the Empress has proved her innocence by dying. Your Majesty, the Empress has already thrown herself into the lake."

Before he could finish speaking, the maid who came to report was already sobbing, but Yin Ze had already got up, rolled up his dark red dragon pattern plain clothes, and left the Hall of Mental Cultivation like a whirlwind.

His face was livid, his fists were tightly clenched, his lips were white, before he walked out of the gate, he kicked his feet, and the dragon pendant hanging from his waist fell on the high threshold and became two pieces.

Yin Ze staggered a few steps and almost fell.

Why? Why did Jiaojiao throw herself into the lake?

He had no intention of abolishing her, he was just scaring her.

Because there are too many people talking about this matter in the world, and the imperial concubine has been making noises again and again recently, there is indeed some impenetrable tacit understanding between his queen and the great general Shenwu.

Yin Ze felt upset, so he reprimanded Sheng Jiaojiao, asking her to prove herself to clear the empress' stigma, he wasn't forcing her to die.

Jiaojiao!

Could it be that even if she died, she wouldn't want to involve that man?
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The loess stretches to the sky, several acres of Susukida, and a simple earth-wood house.

There are two yards in front and back.

"Jiaojiao, your grandma and I went to carry water, and you watered the vegetables in the field."

Before dawn, Sheng Jiaojiao's mother's voice sounded outside the house, but there was no sound in Sheng Jiaojiao's room.

A Niang and A Po didn't care, they carried the earthen pots on their backs and stepped out of the door stepping on the starlight.

After a long time, in the darkness, Sheng Jiaojiao opened her eyes, like a person who has been drowning for a long time and was suddenly dragged ashore, so she breathed in the fresh air heavily.

She was drenched all over.

Tears fell from the corners of his eyes, and his heart was full of sadness and desolation.

It has been a few days since she was reborn, and she wakes up from nightmare after nightmare every day.

In every nightmare, she was the queen of Daze Kingdom in her previous life. Because she was framed for having an affair with another man, the emperor reprimanded her and asked her to prove her innocence.

She, she... He wanted her to prove that there was no ambiguity between her and Tan Ji, who was innocent.

On the night that the emperor left, someone covered her nose and mouth and threw her into the lotus pond abruptly.

Sheng Jiaojiao grew up on a high loess slope where water resources are very precious. How could she swim?Struggling immediately, kicking on the stones by the pool, trying to get ashore.

The gangster held her head down and pressed her tightly under the water.

It's terrible, the feeling of suffocation is really terrible.

Even if she starts her life again, when Jiao Jiaoer thinks of the deep and cold bottom of the lotus pond, the feeling of suffocation will never go away.

There was another sound outside the house, it was the male in the family getting up to carry the water.

Sheng Jiaojiao forced herself to get up, with a pale face, supported her frail body, changed into clean clothes, took out the chamber pot in the room, and poured it into the cesspool of the latrine, which was beside the vegetable field.

Their family planted half an acre of vegetables in the backyard. Because of the lack of water, the water that the family members ate, drank and washed every day would be used to irrigate the field.

But the green vegetables grow very slowly, with half-drooped yellow leaves, and it looks like they are about to die of thirst.

Putting down the chamber pot, Sheng Jiaojiao frowned with a heavy heart. She stood on the edge of the half-acre land for so long that she even forgot that before she married Yin Ze, her family lived in the loess of Zhishou County. on a high slope.

Zhishou County is located in the north of Daze Kingdom, close to the subordinate countries, and the folk customs are strong, but the loess is connected with the wind and sand, where the sand blows, no grass will grow anywhere.

This is a place where water resources are very scarce, and the only water is bitter, turbid, with an indescribable astringency.

The environment is increasingly visibly harsh.

Looking at the half acre of green and yellow land in front of her, Sheng Jiaojiao rubbed her stomach, turned around, and planned to water the land with water from the tank.

If you don't water these small dishes more, you will die of thirst in another day.

The water tank is in the kitchen in the backyard.

Everyone in the Qi family has to carry a can of water home every day, even the old lady is no exception.

Sheng Jiaojiao walked to the side of the water tank and looked at it by the moonlight, only half of the water in it was there, and the water in the house was used for people to eat.

If she watered the ground with the clear water in the tank, the water would not be enough for people to eat. Although Grandma would not beat and scold her, she still had to walk a few miles with the clay pot on her back to refill the water tank.

In her previous life, Sheng Jiaojiao didn't understand these things, and her family members let her use whatever water she wanted to irrigate the ground, and other people's hard work would not tell her in front of her face.

They did their best to treat her like a jewel and a treasure. These are some good family members.

But it was such a group of family members. Because of the future Emperor Yin Ze, the whole Huangtu Village was slaughtered in the end. Sheng Jiaojiao couldn't help thinking about it, and his heart ached.

For a moment, the sound of crying and the sound of swords cutting flesh seemed to be heard again in the ears. A Niang hugged her and dodged in the light of the knife. Grandma rushed up and hugged the body of a black-clothed killer.

The old lady is usually a domineering person. At that time, she vomited blood from her mouth and let the sword cut her back, she shouted loudly.

"Let's go, Jiaojiao'er, let's go, don't worry about grandma."

"Grandma!!"

Sheng Jiaojiao was crying, and A Niang pushed her into the house. The light of the knife flashed, and A Niang was chopped down to the ground. One knife, two knife, and another knife
no no no!

Sheng Jiaojiao at the side of the water tank held back her tears and endured the heart-piercing pain. She turned around and picked up the earthen pottery she had put on the side of the water tank to fetch water.

Now that she was reborn, in this life, she must not let these family members, because Yin Ze's whole family was slaughtered.

(End of this chapter)

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