What favor are you fighting for?The empress's harem has won a lot of business

Chapter 106
When Lin Xi dreamed of it, she couldn't believe that this was a place with people.

In the middle of the Gobi Desert, which is full of sky and plains, there is a flat land, about the size of a village with dozens of households.

A small road leads directly to the village. There is a well at the entrance of the village, and a small Populus euphratica tree covers the well.

Walking in, the house is made of adobe and stone, and every household is similar.

After tying the horse at the entrance of the village, Lin Ximeng went door-to-door.

The first two houses were empty, and the third house was opened by a woman.

Years of exhausting work and the harsh living environment made the woman's face ashen and her eyes cloudy.

When I asked the last sentence, it took me a long time to react.

"Lin"

"Over there" I don't want to say a word.

Following her finger, Lin Ximeng looked towards the room in front.

Those are almost the worst rooms. Other people’s houses have mud and stones, and the roof is a kind of straw mat. If you build several layers up and down, there will be no air leakage.

The Lin family only had a few small mud houses, and the windows were covered with tattered linen.

The strong north wind was mixed with gravel, and the torn sackcloth made a 'poof' sound.

Taking two pieces of pancakes to thank the woman, Lin Ximeng walked towards this bodily relative step by step.

The person who opened the door was a gray-haired woman with a gray-blue rag wrapped around her head, a gray sackcloth on her upper body, and a patched blue skirt underneath.

She was about to go out with a basket on her shoulders, but she was stunned when she saw the person coming.

"Girl, who are you looking for?"

The familiarity of close relatives hit her heart, and Lin Ximeng's breathing was slightly short of breath.

Look carefully from top to bottom, and finally look at the woman's face.

"Are you Mrs. Lin back then?"

The cloudy eyes shone slightly, and the creases at the corners of the eyes rose. The woman looked carefully at the person in front of her, her voice trembling.

"You are... Meng'er?"

The bamboo basket fell to the ground with a bang, and the woman trembled all over.

"It's me, mother!"

"Dream, my dream"

Xie Chenyu didn't come, Lin Ximeng came alone.

The flesh and blood of the dearest relatives hugged each other tightly and wept bitterly.

It took a full quarter of an hour before Lin Ximeng was dragged into the room by Mrs. Lin.

The room is simple, with an adobe bed on the east side, a half-old wooden table and two crooked stools.

To the west is a simple hearth, with messy branches, dry grass and leaves piled up in the corner.

A whole wall was smoked and smoked.

All the tables, benches and beds in the house are covered with dusty dust and black smoke.

From top to bottom, Mrs. Lin hasn't bathed for many years, and her skin has turned the color of tea sauce.

"This place is simple, why are you here, Meng'er?"

The woman shrank her hands and bowed her head in embarrassment. She wanted to get up and clean up, but she was afraid that the dust would fly up and choke her daughter. She stood up and sat down, going back and forth several times.

"Mom, sit down first"

Lin Ximeng looked around, but there was nothing to eat, and the pot hadn't been opened for a long time, it was cold.

"Meng'er, don't look at it, sit here, mother just wiped it clean." Mrs. Lin pointed to a bench.

The daughter's face is tender and tender, she still looks like a little girl back then, but a little different.

Mrs. Lin was afraid that her daughter would be wronged, so she wiped her sleeves again and again.

Lin Ximeng breathed out, but still couldn't bear to sit on the stool, so she sat down next to her mother by the bed.

The mother and daughter went from unfamiliarity to intimacy, tears were wiped away.

Lin Ximeng asked her what she usually eats, how often she cooks a meal, where does her clothes come from, and where are her aunts and others?

"There were 130 people in our family back then, where are they all now?"

"Most of them are dead. Your nurse and nurse have all died of illness, and some were assigned to other villages. After a long time, mother can't find out. Your aunt lives next door and is alone. Mother is planning to call her Let's go find something to eat together"

Only two people depend on each other.

"What do you usually eat?"

"It was delivered by someone. Every now and then someone would bring coarse grain noodles. The food is not very good but it can still be full. Every time I steam a pot of steamed buns, I can eat it for several days."

What does heartache feel like?Lin Ximeng felt that someone had cut her heart with a knife.

It was painful and hot, and I was extremely aggrieved.

It took Lin Ximeng half a day to understand the situation clearly.

The people here are all exiled by the imperial court, and depending on the crime, the labor to be done is different.

Those who commit minor crimes do some light work, such as spinning and weaving, and those who commit serious crimes have to go to the fields to open up wasteland, plant some survivable crops in the local area, and hand them over to the court.

They can't eat it themselves, so they have to pay for it.

In every village, people regularly come to deliver food, and those who commit minor crimes eat better food, while those who commit serious crimes only have black buns.

And Mrs. Lin also learned that her daughter is now His Royal Highness Chu's beloved, and she has just been promoted from a concubine, so she is still favored.

Mrs. Lin touched her daughter's cheek with trembling hands.

"It's a pity that the jewel in my palm is now going to be a concubine for someone else. How can you rest assured that you have read so many books and learned so many principles, and you are so delicate and beautiful?"

"God gave you all the good things, but didn't give you a good life"

"My daughter, have you been wronged in the palace?"

Lin Ximeng: "..."

His eyes were wet, and he was ashamed and helpless.

I want to cry because my life is really in chaos, I don't know if I will see the sun tomorrow.

The shame is because I don't have to worry about food and clothing, but the helplessness is because I have no ability to save them out at the moment.

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The second wife of the Lin family came after hearing the news.

After some pleasantries, she knelt down crying.

"Good boy, can you find out where Xiyan's child is? After that incident, she was only six years old. Such a young child will be used as a slave? Can she survive?"

Speaking of Lin Xiyan, Mrs. Lin turned her back and wiped her tears.

Before she had time to speak, her five-year-old child was hacked by the house raiders. The small child had a cut as big as his shoulder, and blood flowed out.

At that time, she passed out, and when she woke up, she was already on the prison van going to northern Xinjiang.

She frantically asked everyone, no one knew where her youngest son was and if he was still alive, everyone was in panic and panic.

Over the years, it has almost become a heart problem for her.

"Lin Zhengxiao, your younger brother, if he is alive, he will be 11 years old this year, what a pity..."

Lin Ximeng lowered her head and digested the information carefully.

Memories of the past are too confusing.

It's impossible for the queen to tell her the details, and a concubine has nowhere to ask.

It was the first time that Lin Ximeng knew so clearly about the Lin family.

Grandma died.

The mother and aunt are still alive, and a younger brother Lin Zhengxiao and cousin Lin Xiyan are missing.

"What about the others?"

Madam Lin and the Second Madam looked at each other in blank dismay.

The eyes of the two old and haggard women were filled with intense sorrow, a piece of ashes that would never come back.

"all dead"

"From the moment your father was beheaded, the Lin family was completely over."

In a word, shatter all of Lin Ximeng's illusions.

Still thinking about overturning the case, still thinking about redressing her injustice, and thinking that one day she will no longer be the daughter of a criminal minister.

If Xie Chenyu succeeds, she can also get a noble concubine, and it is not impossible to rush to the queen.

Now, all dreams are broken.

(End of this chapter)