Let me be a concubine? I turned to someone else's arms

In the middle of the night, a drizzle fell in Nanyang. The rain was as fine as needles, dripping down on the long-thirsty earth, silently soaking the dry soil.

With this long-awaited autumn rain, the weather in late September has become a little cooler.

When Luo Qin woke up in the morning, he noticed the moist and fresh air, and his mood seemed to be refreshed as well.

After washing her face, the pretty girl, wearing a moon-white lotus-embroidered skirt, knelt gracefully in front of her dressing table, letting the maid comb her black and shiny hair. She casually asked Rufang behind her, "Did it rain last night?"

Rufang replied: "My dear, it rained for half the night yesterday and it only stopped at dawn today."

Luo Qin nodded slightly when he heard this, playing with a pink and blue butterfly bead flower in his hand, and said: "Finally it rained, this rain may save many lives."

Recalling the refugees he saw on the road to Nanyang, they were hungry and thirsty, their lips were cracked like cracked old tree bark, Luo Qin felt pity for them, wondering if they could make it to the south...

"That's for sure. You don't know, girl. When there's a drought, not only is there no food, but the grass roots on the ground and the leaves on the trees are all eaten by the common people. God has pity on us."

"Yes."

Luo Qin was once again thankful that he had met his father and brother, otherwise he would have been eating grass and trees for his own share now.

Fortunately, big cities like Nanyang have reservoirs, so people don’t really die of thirst.

Rufang saw that her daughter seemed to be in a depressed mood, so she said in a flattering way: "Daughter, today I will make your hair into a gentle bun."

Luo Qin looked through the bronze mirror and saw the girl behind the beautiful girl looking at her with sparkling eyes. She smiled and said, "Okay."

Rufang quickly tied her hair into a bun and put on a hair accessory with pearls in the same color as her dress.

The girl in the mirror has a face as beautiful as a lotus, eyebrows as long as an eyebrow, and lips as red as cinnabar. She is truly a natural beauty.

After dressing up, Rufang helped the girl to get up, asked the maid to serve breakfast, and waited on the girl.

Just as Luo Qin had finished her breakfast, Luo Rong came to invite her happily to go out and play together. Luo Qin was in a very good mood that day, so she went out with Luo Rong.

Luo Rong praised Luo Qin's clothes endlessly and expressed envy.

In this era, most clothes tend to be dark in color. Luo Rong is wearing a brown skirt today, but Luo Qin only likes light colors. Her clothes are almost all light-colored, with unique embroidery patterns. Every set she wears makes her look like a fairy from the paintings of beautiful ladies who has come down to earth.

Before going out, Luo Qin put on a veil. Luo Rong looked up to Luo Qin's low-key behavior.

The two girls were wandering around Nanyang City. Maybe because it rained last night, many people came out to play and stroll around today. The streets were busy with people coming and going and cars were busy.

Looking around, there are young men, young ladies, old men with white beards, little children, and street vendors. Unfortunately, you can rarely see smiles on people's faces...

Luo Qin also discovered that there were many horse-drawn carriages in the city, driving in from outside the city.

"What happened?" Luo Qin asked.

"Aunt Qin, you don't know that this is a noble family from the north who moved here with their entire family."

"Did we lose a city in the north of Dajin?"

Otherwise, why would these nobles move south?

Luo Rong shook her head. "I don't know. How can a sister-in-law like me know about such national affairs?"

Unable to get the answer, Luo Qin had to give up with regret.

Nanyang City was originally a prosperous city, but due to the autumn drought and the war in the north, many poor refugees have gathered in the city.

Luo Qin gently lifted the curtain of his hat and saw many skinny people huddled in the corners of the street. It had turned cold in September in the north, and these ragged refugees huddled together to keep warm.

Luo Qin asked Luo Rong: "Are these people just waiting to die?"

"Probably." Luo Rong glanced at these refugees, with pity and disdain in his eyes, "All the food and grass of our Luo family has been transported to the battlefield. If it weren't for Aunt Qin and you guys coming, we wouldn't be able to find a place to buy food. We are almost starving to death, so how can we care about these lowly people?"

She was right. Food was the most scarce thing nowadays. Not to mention the common people, even the nobles themselves had very little left, so how could they care about irrelevant people?

Luo Rong turned around to look at Luo Qin, and indeed saw that the pretty girl had frowned brows and looked worried.

Luo Rong thought to herself that if this was true, in her opinion, Aunt Qin was gentle and kind, and it was inevitable that she would feel sympathy for these untouchables.

Luo Rong patted Luo Qin's hand and comforted her: "But Aunt Qin, don't worry too much. Every winter, a girl from the Chen family occasionally comes out to give out porridge to help these untouchables through the winter."

But this year is different. There is a shortage of food this year, so Miss Chen should be powerless to do anything.

Luo Rong pulled Luo Qin away from the refugees and was about to go to the rouge shop when they ran into a few young men from aristocratic families who were beating the refugees.

"You deserve to die, you untouchable!"

The young man's eyes flashed with ferocity, and he kicked a refugee away viciously! It just happened to hit Luo Qin!

"what!"

"Aunt Qin!"

"Girl!"

Luo Qin screamed, and her body, as fragile as a willow in the wind, fell to the ground, and the veil on her head was blown away!

The sudden change made Luo Rong and other maids like Rufang panic. Rufang hurriedly helped Luo Qin up, anxious and worried, "Girl, girl, how are you?"

"Aunt Qin, how are you?" Luo Rong was also startled. After coming to his senses, he hurried to check on Luo Qin's condition.

Luo Qin, who was helped up, shook his head with lingering fear, "It's okay, my hand just hurts."

She stretched out her hand and saw that the skin on her fair palm was broken and blood was oozing out.

Luo Rong grabbed Luo Qin's hand, "Oh! Aunt Qin is injured!"

Everyone around was stunned where they were, their eyes lingering dully on the girl in the veil. Luo Qin lowered his head uncomfortably.

"Ping'er!"

At this moment, a man's exclamation was heard from a distance, and in the blink of an eye, the man hurried over.

Luo Qin quickly raised his eyes and saw the person coming, his eyes were filled with joy, "Brother..."

The person who came was Luo Qi.

Luo Qi hurried to his sister in two or three steps, "Ping'er, how are you?"

"I'm fine." Luo Qin shook her head softly.

Luo Qi saw the scratch on his precious daughter's white and tender hand, and immediately became angry. He turned around and looked at the culprit with a bad face, "May I ask which family you are from?"

The man didn't care at first, but when he saw Luo Qin Mili falling, he stood there in a daze with his mouth open, his eyes following Luo Qin's figure.

Seeing Luo Qin's brother coming to question him, he was startled and hurriedly came back to his senses. He looked at Luo Qi and then at Luo Qin. He knew in his heart that the two must be from noble families. He apologized immediately and repeatedly, "Sorry, sorry, it was an accidental injury. I didn't mean to do it. It was the lowly man who soiled my robe. I wanted to teach him a lesson, but I accidentally injured the girl. It was a misunderstanding. I hope the girl will forgive me."

As he spoke, his eyes kept scanning Luo Qin's beautiful face, and when he looked at the palm of his hand that Luo Qin was caressing, there was more pity and regret in his eyes.

Luo Qi wanted to scold him for being reckless again, but this man had already apologized sincerely, so Luo Qi couldn't get angry again. He gritted his teeth and said, "Since you are sincere, I'll let you go this time, but don't do it next time!"

"Yes, yes, thank you for your understanding." The man hurriedly bowed and asked carefully, "My name is Xiao Yi. I wonder which family you three belong to. I will come to apologize to you someday."

Luo Qi refused directly, "We are members of the Luo family, so there is no need for us to come and apologize. I hope that Mr. Xiao will not be reckless and hurt innocent people next time."