The Regent's Koi Princess

The old shopkeeper stepped forward quickly and helped Yue Niang up. Looking at the scars and tears on her face, his face was also filled with heartache.

"Little girl, what are you doing? Please get up quickly. Let's sit down and talk about it."

The old shopkeeper helped Yue Niang to the round table nearby and made her sit on a chair.

The old shopkeeper turned around, picked up a cup and poured a cup of hot water for Yue Niang, handed it to her and said: "Miss, drink some hot water to warm yourself up. If you have any problems, you can tell me. If you need any help, I will definitely help you with all my heart."

Yue Niang took the ear cup filled with hot water with both hands, lowered her head to take a sip, then looked up at the old shopkeeper. Before she could say anything, tears could not stop flowing out.

She sobbed and looked at the old shopkeeper and whispered: "I am from Xihe Town. I had a happy family of three, but unfortunately, my parents passed away in an accident.

I was left alone and helpless, so I went to the capital to seek refuge with my cousin half a month ago.

I thought my cousin would accept me because of the kindness my parents had shown me in the past, but who knew... who knew that my cousin's husband would see that I had evil intentions.

He...he...wuwu, he actually wants to take me as his concubine.

He is my cousin's uncle, how can this be?

When I refused, he imprisoned me in the woodshed and denied me food and water. He also used family law to punish me. Fortunately, an old maid rescued me and I was able to escape. "

Yue Niang took out the pearl hairpins from her bosom and placed them in front of the old shopkeeper, and continued, "Old uncle, I have very little money left and I don't have anything valuable on me. I only have these pearl hairpins left to pawn.

Old uncle, please see if there is any value in it. I want to pawn it to earn some money to go back to my hometown and live on the few acres of thin land left by my parents."

After hearing what Yue Niang said, the old shopkeeper felt sorry for her. Alas! Another pitiful person.

The old shopkeeper took out a bag of silver from the drawer of the counter without hesitation and handed it to Yue Niang.

"Girl, here is a hundred taels of silver for you to take, and as for the pearl hairpin, keep it for yourself as a souvenir!

Although I am the shopkeeper, there is still a boss above me who makes the decisions for me.

Therefore, I can only do my best to help you. Girl, take it and leave this troubled place and go home."

Looking down at the bag of silver handed over by the old shopkeeper, Yue Niang clenched her hands tightly on her legs.

She bit her lips lightly, feeling ashamed. She had never thought that one day she would have to deceive a kind person she had only met once in order to survive.

But, this is not her fault. If she wants revenge, she cannot be too soft-hearted.

The world is inherently unfair. You can't blame yourself for using any means to achieve your goals. You can only blame yourself for being too conceited and too kind-hearted. After all, he is also a man.

No matter who it is, as long as he is a man, she will not believe him. For the rest of her life, she will put aside the love affairs of the world and live only for revenge.

Looking up at the old shopkeeper, her eyes were red.

Just as Yue Niang was about to stand up and kneel down towards the old shopkeeper, she was stopped by the kind-hearted old shopkeeper. Then she thanked the old shopkeeper profusely, bid him farewell and turned to leave.

Leaving the pawnshop and walking on the deserted street, Yue Niang raised her hand to wipe away her tears, then turned around and looked towards the direction of the capital. Her eyes were filled with hatred.

"Zhao Zhoucheng, the pain you inflicted on Yue Niang, even if it means sacrificing her own life, Yue Niang will definitely find a way for your son to pay it back.

If there is a chance to meet you again in this life, Yue Niang will definitely make you taste the pain of father-son estrangement and husband-wife estrangement.

You want to have many children and grandchildren, oh! Yue Niang will make sure you have no children and grandchildren."

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the other side

Lin Qingyue, Tang Baokun and his party rode at full speed for two days and one night, and finally arrived at Yanta Pass, two hundred miles away, before sunset.

An Sicheng, the garrison commander of Yanta Pass, was a fifth-rank garrison general promoted by Tang Baokun.

Therefore, Tang Baokun is both a mentor and a good friend to An Sicheng.

……

Inside the tent, An Sicheng, who was dressed in grey armor, tall, full of righteousness and good looks, looked down at the hand-drawn border map of the entire Western Zhou Dynasty and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

An Sicheng was once a butcher.

Just because An Sicheng himself has mastered martial arts and is an upright and kind person, he met Tang Baokun by chance.

Tang Baokun valued talent very much. He felt it was a pity to see such an outstanding person like An Sicheng become a butcher because of the schemes of a villain, so he kept An Sicheng in his military camp.

Fortunately, An Siben himself was ambitious and in just two years, he was promoted from an ordinary soldier to a fifth-rank general and was sent to Yanta Pass.

Tang Baokun was indebted to An Sicheng, and An Sicheng was a very loyal person. He always remembered Tang Baokun's kindness in recognizing his talent.

He has been stationed at Yanta Pass for five years now. Although he is in Yanta Pass, he has always been paying attention to the things happening in the capital.

Therefore, he had already received the news that Tang Baokun would join the army to quell the rebellion in Nanjing. In the past two days, he had sent people to wait one mile away from Yanta Pass so that he could be the first to know when his mentor would arrive.

At this moment, he was checking the places that must be passed between Dijing and Nanjing. He wanted to know which places were guarded by people who were Zhao Zhoucheng's confidants.

On this somewhat worn-out border map, Western Liao, Dijing and Nanping were also circled to form a straight line.

He had received news yesterday that his mentor would join the army to attack Nanping. Calculating the time, if nothing unexpected happened, his mentor should arrive at Yanta Pass at this time.

An Sicheng was immersed in his own thoughts when his deputy general Li Da opened the tent curtain and walked in.

"General"

Li Da walked into the tent and looked at An Sicheng, clasping his fists and saluting.

"According to the spies, Lord Tang is less than a mile away from our camp. As soon as I got the news, I hurried over to ask the general if we should go out to greet him."

Hearing that his mentor had arrived, An Sicheng put down the border defense map in his hand, looked at Li Da and ordered in a hurry: "Hurry up and gather the troops, let's welcome the mentor together. Also, tell the cook to prepare wine and food, I want to drink a few cups with my mentor."

After An Sicheng finished speaking, he walked out of the tent.

Li Da quickly gave orders to his followers, and then quickly followed An Sicheng's pace.

An Sicheng walked quickly to the stable, pulled out the warhorse he usually rode, climbed on it, clamped his legs around the horse's belly, and whipped it with the whip.

The horse rushed out with a whoosh.

When An Sicheng and his party arrived at the three-way intersection one mile away from Yanta Pass, they could already vaguely see the expeditionary army slowly approaching from the opposite side.

At first glance, his mentor was riding on a tall horse with a heroic look.

An Sicheng quickly jumped off his horse, stepped forward quickly, and ran towards Tang Baokun in two steps at a time.