The emperor's favorite useless concubine

Chapter 211 The face is still like a distorted illusion

"You can call it the Wangchuan River. This is the hub of time. You came from the afterlife, forgot everything, and came to this world." Dugu Xi squatted down, squatting in front of Yiren, his beautiful face was still distorted "The other side of the river is your past life, and here is your present life. This is where your past and present lives are."

Yi Ren was stunned for a while, then looked at the river hesitantly, "Did you build this river?"

"Yes, and no." Dugu Xi stood up again, and casually glanced at the smoky world, "You can regard it as a product of God. Although in our era, people no longer believe in God."

"Which era?" Yi Ren asked again.

Dugu Xi didn't answer directly, but looked at her from top to bottom, and asked, "Do you know why I chose you?"

"I don't know." Yi Ren replied honestly, "I thought it was a very natural thing."

"Nothing happens naturally, everything has its opportunity and cause and effect." Dugu Xi said indifferently: "You think it's natural, but you didn't deliberately expect it, it just happened unexpectedly."

"Then, why?" Yi Ren also stood up and stood in front of Dugu Xi.

She is not tall, a lot shorter than Dugu Xi, and she doesn't have Dugu Xi's glamorous aura, but for some reason, when she stood in front of her, she didn't feel how small or insignificant Yi Ren was. .They are like two distinct beings, but equal to each other.

"Five years, it's been five years since you came into this world." Dugu Xi's expression was a bit bewildered, as if he was dreaming, "And it's been 20 years since I left this world."

"Leaving?" Yi Ren seemed to understand, but suddenly remembered another very important thing, "Where is Xiaokui?"

"Xiaokui, I don't know, maybe you will see her soon, maybe you will never see her again. Life is like duckweed, who can control its direction, right? Yiren."

"No, I have to know where Xiaokui is." Yi Ren repeated this topic a little stubbornly.

"Didn't you ask why I chose you?" Dugu Xi changed the subject again.

"kindness."

"I've always wanted to know one thing, what kind of person is the most powerful? He can firmly hold everything you want, power, life and love." Mrs. Xi approached Yi Ren, staring into her eyes, Word by word: "After I came back from the death row, a wise man in the temple told me that because I was too tight, I got nothing. He told me to let go, he said, as long as I let go hand, you can get everything. This is why I choose you, you... never tried to hold anything."

Saying that, Mrs. Xi took a step back and looked at her coldly, "But what have you got? You can get status, love, family and happiness because of luck. But, you can't protect them, as long as you Let go, and you will lose it. Your husband disappears, your place will soon be replaced by someone else, your child disappears, the person who loved you takes another wife, and even your life will be lost. will be held in your own hands."

"What will happen to them?" Yi Ren looked at her blissfully, without much shock or panic, just asked quietly.

"No matter what they are, you have already lost them." Madam Xi lowered her eyes and said flatly, "You don't have the strength to keep them."

Yi Ren's lips pursed for a moment, trying to answer something, but when the words reached his lips, they turned into a faint smile.

A smile like the breeze and white clouds.

Naturally, calmly.

"It's strange, your words reminded me of a line." She raised her head, looked at Dugu Xi with a smile, and said softly: "When you hold your hands tightly, you will find that there is nothing in your palm, and when you open it , and you will have the whole world—this truth was said in the Oscars centuries before your time, when we still believed in God.”

Dugu Xi stared at her blankly, she had guessed countless reactions of Yi Ren, but it was not unexpected that she would laugh.

He smiled nonchalantly, as if he didn't know what he had experienced in the past five years, it was just an experiment under Dugu Xi's cold gaze.

"I'm going to find Xiaokui." Yi Ren said, patted her buttocks and planned to leave, but halfway through, she suddenly remembered something, turned her head and asked, "Is Ruochen okay?"

"Yiren, you surprised me." Dugu Xi said lightly, without answering directly, but looked at her calmly, "We will meet again soon."

Yi Ren turned her head, too lazy to continue asking: Although Dugu Xi is self-righteous, but he is not a person who breaks his promise, Ruochen should be fine.

Just, where is this?

Although he didn't know where this place was, Yi Ren could only move forward, one step, two steps, stepping into the fog that could not see the way ahead and the way behind.

After walking a few steps, she suddenly stepped on the ground.

When she fell, she turned her head in a hurry.

There was no one behind him.

"I didn't expect the big one to be a pretty little beauty after washing it." A slightly old female voice aunt said beside her ear, and immediately after that, an old hand as rough as bark stroked her face. touched Yi Ren's cheek.

Yi Ren opened his eyes suddenly, which frightened the old woman, and then dodged back, and then looked at her with his head.

Yi Ren's eyes were extremely confused at first, but then became clear, and the beams and curtains above his head were reflected in his eyes.

It was just a dream, it turned out to be just a dream.

But... such a real dream——

"The little girl must be confused." The old woman smiled, leaned forward, touched Yi Ren's forehead, and said with a smile: "After a while, you won't be confused."

"Where's Xiaokui?" Yi Ren blinked, then got up quickly, looked at the old woman in front of her in a gown with wrinkled face, and asked anxiously: "The little girl who was with me Woolen cloth?"

"She is worth more than you, and she has been sold to the capital... Ahem, this is not something you should inquire about. Now, you are already a member of our Baichun Garden. It has nothing to do with you whether it is a girl or not. My name is Lichun, working hard here is better than being a beggar woman, right?" The old bustard continued to say with a smile.

"Er... a brothel?" Yi Ren didn't want to die like the others, she couldn't do it, she was just a little confused: Is it true that all women have to go to this place?
Dugu Xi said, your life will not be in your hands either.

That's what it meant.

——Then it's not a dream, it happened for real, although I don't know how that scene got into her mind, but Dugu Xi was really talking to her.

However, Xiaokui was also sold... She is still so young, although she will not be affected by anything, she is only affected by the environment...

Yi Ren had a headache, she lowered her head and looked at her toes.

(End of this chapter)