The lady is so cute

Chapter 95 Preface

New Year 2011, Winter

imperial capital
san yiplos
The heavy snow fell, and white covered the entire city of St. Iplos, becoming the color tone of the entire city.

An unknown passer-by passed by, hesitated in front of the little girl in a shabby coat, and threw two dimly colored coins from his pocket.

ding~dang~
The two coins shook, collided, and rubbed back and forth in the dilapidated iron bowl, and then stopped and made a colliding sound.

You might find it annoying, but it's the most beautiful voice in the world to her at the moment.

She looked up, and the kind-hearted person who just dropped the coin had already moved away.

Liana could only pray silently for this unknown well-wisher in her heart.

Looking at the few silver coins in the broken bowl, Liana showed a trace of bitterness on her immature face.

Not enough, far from enough. It is impossible for the money to be enough to treat my mother's serious illness.

Located in the northern part of the main continent, the capital of the empire, San Iplos, is very cold in winter, and the heavy snow that has just fallen has formed more than one meter of snow on the road.

Against the white walls of a closed restaurant:
"Huh~ha~"

Liana let out a breath, trying to warm her little hands that were already frozen.

Unfortunately, this had no effect, and Liana could only lean against the wall of the road and try to curl up to keep warm.

Gollum~

Gollum~

It was the sound of Liana's stomach. She hadn't eaten all day.

There is a restaurant next to it, and she endured it in this fragrant place until the restaurant closed because it was too late. .

Liana knew that the money she got from begging was not enough for her to buy things, and she was reluctant to spend the money on these places.

Even the cheapest black bread is an unattainable food for her.

She is not the only child begging on this path, there are many poor people who are in a similar situation to her.

But in one thing, Liana is different from them.

Liana tightened her shabby coat and hat to completely cover her head in a relatively warm hat, but she showed her slender platinum hair.

Most commoners in this world have flaxen hair, and the rare color of platinum is usually only owned by upper-class nobles.

That's right, Liana actually has a noble status, but it's a ridiculous noble status, a noble status that she hates.

She has an identity that can surprise the people around her, that is, the princess of the current human empire—the illegitimate daughter of the current human emperor.

But so what, it became the reason why she and her mother were persecuted.

Liana counted a few coins in the bowl, looking at the head of the mighty tall man printed on it, Liana wanted to throw these coins out.

But she can't.

This man is really good at torturing their mother and child, and even the last hope of survival depends on the "charity" of this man who made them fall into such a state.

跨哒
跨哒
Around Liana, there was the sound of a carriage passing by the road. It was a certain nobleman rushing to a place.

It may be to attend a luxurious banquet of some nobles, it may be to negotiate a sky-high amount of business, or it may be to discuss imperial policies that can affect countless people
But none of this has much to do with Liana.

Things like carriages, whether in ancient times or now, are the luxury of the upper class nobles.

The sky was getting dark, Liana couldn't help it, she could only go back.

Otherwise, the night here would be very dangerous for her.

Because it's not just the cold weather, but also be careful of those cold hearts.

Liana stepped across the wide road and walked into another world.

If it is said that the side where Liana stayed was a prosperous paradise, but the side of the road is a poor and dilapidated hell.

As a bard passing by said:
One city, two worlds, separated by roads and different days.

This nearly ten-meter-wide asphalt road successfully split the area of ​​St. Iplos into two parts.

Of course, for the nobles and rich people, they would not admit that this area is also part of the city of St. Iplos.

A place where a group of things that are not as good as livestock live is worthy of being part of their great imperial capital!

The poor created a lot of wealth for the nobility, but they didn't even enjoy a tiny bit of the value of this wealth.

Today looked like it would be another night of enduring hunger, fighting back the pain in her stomach due to hunger, Liana's eyes filled with tears.

She wanted to cry, but she knew she couldn't cry, she had to be strong.

That was a surrender to reality, a surrender to that man.

Even without the man who looked like a god in the eyes of the people of the empire, Liana believed that she and her mother could survive.

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The coachman stopped Ma Jiang, and another passing luxury carriage stopped.

With the help of the guards, two gorgeously dressed women came out.

They held a bag in their hands with some things in it.

Seeing them, Liana's heart trembled, and a surge of joy welled up in her heart.

Today's luck is very good, I actually met a nobleman who came to 'feed'.

Two aristocratic women grabbed a handful of bread crumbs from the bag, and the guards beside them blew their whistles.

As if there was a tacit understanding, many begging children from nearby rushed over and surrounded the two noble women.

The aristocratic women looked at the longing smiles of the poor children around them with satisfaction, as if they had been satisfied in their hearts, they laughed.

The bread crumbs in the bag were swayed, and a small rain of bread was sprinkled, and the children fell into a fierce scramble in an instant.

Liana is no exception. This is an opportunity to fill her stomach, and she cannot give up.

With skilled hands, Liana quickly picked up bread crumbs on the cold ground and put them into her mouth.

Even with a layer of ice crystals on the surface of the breadcrumbs, it was already a good meal for Liana.

Tears flowed down unsatisfactorily, this was the first time in a few days that my stomach was slightly full.

Even though the feeling of fullness now comes more from the fact that the ice crystals on the surface of the bread crumbs have not yet melted, it still made Liana's tears well up uncontrollably.

No matter how strong the willpower is, when you eat something again without eating for a few days, no matter how bad the food is, it will make people cry.

"Hey, Evelyn, look how funny these monkeys are!"

A noble woman said with a smile to her companion.

"Oh ho ho, of course. It's really interesting to see these monkeys picking up things on the ground."

The two looked at these children from the slums jokingly, as if they were fighting for food in an animal show.

Skinny children in shabby clothes fought over crumbs of bread scattered on the ground, like a group of monkeys fighting.

As if they had had enough fun, the two noble women returned to the carriage with the children's eyes still on them.

"Ah! The weather is really cold! I don't know how these skinny monkeys survived."

"Haha, Evelyn, why do you care so much? If a group of monkeys die, they will die."

Anyway, there are more monkeys.

This kind of "feeding" game, they can still meet tomorrow.

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It was the sound of the carriage leaving again.

Liana stole the cold crumbs in her bosom and felt a burst of delight.

She actually saved some food for her mother. As long as these ice crystals are melted with body temperature, even a seriously ill mother can be used.

But Liana suddenly felt bad eyes coming from her side, it was other children staring at her.

Liana looked thin even in a baggy, ill-fitting coat.

How to do?
The food that was finally picked up from the cold ground was snatched like this, no, Liana didn't want this!
But being a thin little girl is no match for this group of children.

Kicked to the ground by an older child, bread crumbs fell on the ground.

It was so cold, Liana pressed her cheeks tightly to the ground, feeling the coldness of the ground while watching the other children frantically grabbing the 'food' she had finally picked up.

The hood of the coat came down, and Liana's long platinum hair was also scattered on the ground, blending with the white snow on the ground.

"Hey, white-haired brat, die with your lecherous mother!"

"Not my mother." Liana tried to retort but couldn't.

After snatching her hard-earned food, there was a child who did not forget to spit on her before leaving.

Even in the slums, she and her mother were looked down upon because of their hair color.

But Liana was used to it.

Looking at the backs of the other children leaving happily after the successful snatching, Liana knew that the cold winter in St. Iplos was just the same as in previous years.

Liana suddenly felt drowsy, she seemed to be really sleepy, and she wanted to have a good sleep.

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sand ~ sand ~
The sound of someone approaching came from the snow-covered ground.

Liana finally opened her eyes, and what she saw was a little boy about her age.

No, considering the handsomeness of the other party, he should be called Xiao Zhengtai.

The other party also had black hair that was as rare as hers, and there was a gleam in the black pupils that made Liana feel strange.

"It's so pitiful, let me help you."

The boy's hand pulled her up from the freezing snow, and the warmth from his hand dissipated Liana's drowsiness.

That was Liana's first encounter with the dark-haired boy.

In the cold winter of the imperial capital, the weather is still extremely cold and harsh.

However, this year a warm heart approached Liana.

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Preface [-]: Winter Snow Encounter in Saint-Yiplos
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　Cough, the style of the preface will be different from that of ordinary chapters.

　　
　
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