Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 1 Struggling
In the tenth year of Zhenguan, he merged with Taiyuan Prefecture.

"Let me go!" the 13-year-old girl said with a cold look on her face.

She has a pair of beautiful, cold eyes, one eye at the corner and two at the end, like a half-opened iris.When he stares at people, he seems to be born with some hatred.

At this time, she was being held by two strong women's arms, unable to move. Her thin and thin figure was more like a small insect trapped in a spider web, struggling in vain.

The woman standing opposite the girl was almost 50 years old. She had a sallow complexion, a chubby figure, and a mean look on her face. She said in a sinister manner:

"Miss Yuan, the old master has passed away for more than a year. Now, our husband is in charge of the whole Wu family! The master of the family has an order that you can't leave this courtyard. Don't you feel tired of Miss Yuan torturing us slaves like this? ?”

The 13-year-old Wu Rou struggled twice more. Her long and narrow nose revealed her perseverance and stubbornness, and she shouted again in a voice like an oriole:
"You still know that you are slaves, let me go! Do you hear me?"

The old woman winked, and the two women who were holding her arms released their hands.

As soon as she let go, Wu Rou raised her hand and gave the old woman a loud slap, fast and hard.

The old woman covered her face and became angry instantly. She raised her hand and was about to slap her back. Wu Rou immediately grabbed her arm with both hands and threatened:
"Tian Sanniang! You dare to hit me?! According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, evil slaves who bully their masters are sentenced to death by hanging. If you don't want to die, just beat me!"

The old woman raised her arms, her eyes flashing with anger, glaring at Wu Rou but not daring to make a move, and finally pulled her hand back unwillingly.

She said fiercely:

"Okay, I don't dare to fight now. When Lang Jun comes and takes his order, I will beat you to death!"

Wu Rou's eyes were shining with tears, and she gritted her teeth and said:
"Beat me to death? Those two beastly brothers don't dare to let me die. You want to beat me to death?! Go ahead and dream!"

Tian Sanniang waved her sleeves and shouted loudly:

"What are you afraid of? Our husband just wants to keep you alive and torture you for a few more years to relieve your anger! When he gets tired of playing with you, he will kill you and call it a plague. Who will know and who will care? !”

Wu Rou was so angry that she cried. Her 13-year-old face was still very immature, and she replied at the top of her lungs:

"I still have friends, I still have a wet nurse and a maid. They will know and they will care! They will file a complaint on my behalf!"

Tian Sanniang showed a proud smile and said mockingly:

"Hey, your friends, they came back a few times but were turned away, and then they never came again. Can they still remember you? As for your wet nurse and maid? The wet nurse has rushed back to her hometown. The little maid was sold to Ren Yazi and taken away a long time ago. I don’t know if she is still alive or not. Who remembers you? Hahahaha..."

"Ah! I'm going to beat you bitch slave to death!" Wu Rou was so angry that she was about to rush over and beat her. Tian Sanniang quickly dodged and called to the two strong women and said:

"Quick, quick, hold her!"

Wu Rou's arms were clamped on the left and right again, leaving only two legs flapping around.

At this time, a beautiful woman who looked about 40 years old was helped from the backyard and shouted to Wu Rou:

"Arou! What are you making trouble again? How do you get together with a few cheap maids to fight and kick them, what does it look like?!"

When Wu Rou heard this, she immediately became quiet and called out, "Auntie."

The two women who were holding her quickly let go of their hands, and Wu Rou walked up to her in a polite manner, lowered her head and listened to the instruction.

This beautiful woman is the step-wife of the warrior Xun. Her surname is Yang. She is a royal family of the former Sui Dynasty. When she was young, she lived in a Taoist temple to hide from the world. When she was 40 years old, she married the warrior Xun, a hero of Yuanmou, and gave birth to a child. The three daughters are now in their 50s, but they still have their charm, they have not aged very well, and they are all noble.

Yang glanced at Tian Sanniang proudly and taught Wu Judo:
"No matter what situation you are in, you must remember your identity and do things that are consistent with your identity. If you continue to behave like those dirty and despicable shrews, you will no longer be my daughter."

Wu Rou raised her head aggrievedly and said:

"But Aniang... we are under house arrest and bullied. I want to go out and file a complaint!"

A trace of sadness flashed in Yang's eyes, and then she said resignedly:

"The cycle of heaven brings retribution. The sins they have done will be repaid sooner or later. There is no need to force it."

Having said that, he turned and walked away.

The person who helped her over was the second girl Wu Shun. She glanced at Wu Rou and followed her.

Behind them, Tian Sanniang was so angry that her eyes were not eyes and her nose was not a nose, and she whispered:
"What kind of airs do you have! The Sui Dynasty died a long time ago, and now the Tang Dynasty still pretends to be royal and noble... What our husband hates is your bad behavior! It's already like this, and you're still showing off! "

Wu Rou followed the second sister to the room in the back hall.

This is a farm, which was once the dowry property of Samurai Yu's first wife, Xiang Lishi. Samurai Yu made his fortune as a timber merchant, and Xiang Lishi was also a merchant, so this farm is not big.

The warrior Xun started his business with Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, got the title of Duke Ying, and became the governor. He tried his best to get rid of his background as a merchant, and even refused to see Xiangli. After her death, he would not see her dowry. , so the farm has been in disrepair for a long time and is very dilapidated.

In the past, even the servants of the Wu family were unwilling to live in this place, but with a wave of their hands from the Wu brothers, it became a place for the Yang family to take care of themselves.

As soon as Wu Rou entered the room, she saw her mother, Ms. Yang, with her back to her, sitting in front of the simple dressing table, sulking and saying nothing. Her back was straight and quite imposing.

Wu Rou thought she was going to be scolded again, so she took a few steps forward, her steps were light and her posture was beautiful. Just when she was about to admit her mistake like a noble girl, she saw in the small copper mirror, Her mother-in-law was secretly shedding tears.Wu Rou was speechless immediately, relaxed her hold, and said:

"Auntie, you are so wronged and why don't you let me vent my anger on them? Why bother?"

Yang was still arrogant and wiped her tears and said:
"I'm angry because of your shrewish look! You are becoming more and more inhuman here. People who don't know better think you are a domestic slave and a beggar who steals food!"

Wu Rou's red and plump lips trembled violently twice, and she said excitedly:

"Is this what I want? Auntie, why are you not afraid at all? Sanniang Tian just said that those two beast brothers are going to kill us from the plague, and no one will even know about it!"

Before Yang could speak, the second girl, Wu Shun, said softly:
"Sister, just listen to that filthy idiot's nonsense. They won't do it. We are brothers and sisters. When the eldest brother and the second brother have had enough trouble and calmed down, let us go back."

"If they really thought you were brothers and sisters, would they sell your cronies and followers, put you under house arrest here, and let you starve and be bullied by your servants?" Wu Rou asked continuously.

Wu Shun was one year younger than Wu Rou, but his character was much more cowardly. When he was asked this question, he immediately did not dare to speak and just rolled his eyes at his sister in dissatisfaction.

Wu Rou glanced at her youngest sister again. Wu Wen was only ten years old. She was sitting on the bed, holding a needle to mend her clothes.

Nobody takes it seriously.

She was so anxious that she shouted to Yang:

"Aniang! Think about how we came here. From the beginning, they said they wanted to renovate the yard and tricked us into coming here for a short stay. Then we were not allowed to see guests or go out.

The next step is to sell out all the confidants who are serving us, leaving only Tian Sanniang who are loyal to the Wu family brothers.

Later, they starved us on the pretext that they were nervous and had no money to eat on the farm, and made us use our money to supplement our clothing and jewelry.

A Niang obeyed them in everything, saying that she could not lose her dignity and that a master should act like a master.

But look at what kind of life we ​​are living now?Oh, you think these are all trivial matters, just a family feeling unhappy and getting angry.

Last month, they brought over the clothes that the servants wanted to wash and forced us to wash them. If I didn't want to, they beat me. Don't you remember? Do you still think this is a family quarrel?

Are you really prepared to be killed by the Wu brothers silently before you think this is a big deal? ! "

Yang turned sideways and asked her with tears in her eyes, saying:
"You are now capable, do you have a solution? Aren't you being beaten by others?! There are so many of them, and we are just four weak women, not even one of them has strength. What good is it besides looking ugly?"

She cried and said:
"As long as one of you sisters is a son, I won't be so angry. If I don't have a son, I won't be able to share the family property. Even my dowry was taken over by those two traitors! ... What else is there to say? That’s what fate is, accept it.”

Wu Shun said softly:
"Sister, our brothers just want to do us wrong. If we find out that Aye was angry with us, didn't love their mother, and didn't care for them, they wouldn't want to kill anyone.

People's hearts are made of flesh, so you should stop making trouble, go along with them, let them vent their anger enough, and when their anger subsides, they will naturally feel guilty.Besides...we will have to rely on our brothers to live our lives in the future, so what's the benefit of going against them? "

"Shut up!" Wu Rou was so angry that her head was about to explode. She clenched her fists and roared, her young face and eyes turning red.

Wu Wen, the third girl who was sewing clothes, was startled, pricked her hand, and raised her head to look at her in surprise.

Yang turned around and scolded:

"Why are you fighting with your sister? If you have the ability, fight with your two brothers! As long as you have the ability to fight with them, our Wu family will listen to you from now on!"

Wu Rou gasped in anger, held back the tears that burst out of her eyes, turned around and ran away.

She couldn't run out of the yard and had nowhere to go, so she ran to the far west corner, where lived an old woman who had been sent by the warrior Yu to look at the house.

The old woman was in her [-]s and [-]s, and she hardly went out. She just guarded a loom every day, ate, slept, and weaved, and she didn't have anything to do with Tian Sanniang and the others.

The door to her room was wide open, and through the door one could hear the slow, rhythmic sound of the loom being pushed and pulled inside: "Clang, clang... clang, clang..."

Wu Rou was familiar with the road, so she rushed in directly, reached the bed behind the old woman, took off her shoes and climbed up, leaned against the corner, hugged her knees, and cried quietly there.

The old woman stopped the shuttle and turned her head.He glanced at her with his dim old eyes, hesitated for a moment, then said nothing and resumed weaving.

"Bang dang... bang dang..."

Amidst the rhythmic sound of weaving, Wu Rou said sadly;

"Why didn't they resist? Why were they so tolerant? Don't you feel humiliated? ... The two brothers pretended to be polite at first, but now that they know we have no one to care about, they become more and more arrogant and inhumane day by day.

They dare to treat us like slaves now, and they dare to sell and kill us like slaves tomorrow. As long as no one knows the inside story, they don't even have to pay the price. Is there anything that can encourage malice more than this? "

Wu Rou wiped her tears as she spoke. Her eyes, single in front and double in back, seemed to be born with hatred, and she said:

"My mother-in-law said she should accept her fate, but the second sister is still dreaming about reconciliation. The third sister is like an emotionless fool. She does whatever she is told and doesn't understand anything! I am the only one who is anxious and the only one who is afraid. !”

The more she talked, the more she felt aggrieved. She hugged her knees and cried bitterly, making a sound of "woo woo".

(End of this chapter)