I turned the cold palace into a paradise

At the entrance of the village, a group of men and women gathered together.

"The Empress Zhaozi is useless! Boss Jiang must pay compensation!" a man said angrily.

"They said that if you pray to the Goddess of Childbirth, you will give birth to a boy, but in the end, your wife gave birth to a money-losing child!"

"But Liang Lao Da, Jiang Da Shan, and Liu Zi all gave birth to sons. Do you think that the voice of the Goddess of Childbirth was too soft at the time, so the gods didn't hear it?"

"It's possible! Then go catch some poisonous insects later, and then go and ask the Goddess of Childbirth tonight."

"It's not possible to poison an insect. What if..."

"I don't care about her! As long as I can give birth to a son..."

After they finished talking, everyone dispersed, not noticing that there was a frightened little girl hiding behind the big banyan tree.

As night falls, the sky is dotted with diamond-like stars. The crescent moon gently caresses the Milky Way, casting its light on the earth, adding a touch of mystery to the quiet night.

A thin figure quietly opened the door and walked into a small house in the backyard. The house was filled with a strong smell of incense. The weak candlelight did not illuminate the house, but instead added a bit of horror to the atmosphere.

The figure walked straight to the center without stopping, and whispered, "Sister, I'm here to take you away from here..."

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Yunyue was sitting around the fire, roasting the rabbit that Siyin had caught, while telling the two of them ghost stories.

"The little girl on the bed looked at her mother and said fearfully: Mom, there is someone under the bed. The mother consoled her for a few words, lifted the bed sheet and looked under the bed. She saw another daughter under the bed saying: Mom, I'm scared, there is someone on the bed..."

"Hey? Why didn't you react? Aren't you afraid?" Yun Yue felt particularly frustrated when she saw Si Yin and Ling Yao who remained silent. Was it because her storytelling skills were too poor?

Lingyao stood up calmly: "I'm going to the toilet first. Siyin, can you accompany me?"

Si Yin stood up immediately: "I just happened to want to go to the bathroom too."

The two of them were stiff, their bodies tense as they held hands and walked towards the back of the temple.

Yunyue was left sitting there alone, still doubting herself.

After a moment, the two men ran back like the wind, as if there was a ghost chasing them. Yunyue couldn't help but burst into laughter. It turned out that the two men were still afraid.

The three of them shared the rabbit and were about to rest when they heard a noise nearby, like someone crying. Si Yin Lingyao's expression froze, and she thought of the ghost story Yun Yue had told her, and she couldn't help but move closer.

Yunyue was not afraid. She took a torch, stood up and walked towards the crying sound.

In the corner of the collapsed wall of the temple, there was a girl crying while holding a jar that was half her size.

Yunyue and the other two walked over and asked, "Little sister, what's wrong with you?"

The girl raised her head, and a head appeared in the jar in her arms, turning to look at them. Under the reflection of the torch, it looked even more pale and scary.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!” Lingyao was so scared that she hugged Yunyue, and Yunyue was also frightened.

Si Yin suppressed his fear and stood in front of the two men.

"I'm sorry, brother and sister. I scared you." The head in the girl's arms apologized softly. The voice seemed to come from the distant horizon, as faint as the flapping of a butterfly's wings, subtle and delicate.

"Don't be afraid, my name is Daru and this is my sister Xiaoru. Can I hide here with my sister for a while? I can't walk anymore." The girl holding the jar began to pray.

Now that they could speak, the fear in Yunyue and the other two's hearts dissipated a little.

But why put the person in the jar? Yun Yue walked forward and was about to check when there was a loud noise outside the temple.

There were also curses from men and women.

When the girl named Daru heard the sound, her frightened eyes were like lightning in the dark night, instantly breaking the silence, revealing endless fear and anxiety.

"They are here!" a woman shouted when she saw several people, and instantly more than a dozen men and women rushed in from outside the temple.

Someone stepped forward and tried to catch Daru, but was stopped by Yunyue.

"Who are you?"

The man was stunned and said impatiently: "We are from her village. She ran away with her sister in the middle of the night. We were afraid that something happened to them, so many people came out to look for them in the middle of the night!"

Yunyue turned to the girl and asked, "Do you know them?"

The girl nodded timidly, then shook her head.

Yunyue frowned, not sure what this meant.

At this time, a woman and a man emerged from the crowd.

"I'm her mother! Da Ru!! What are you doing, you dead girl? How dare you run around with your sister? I'll break your legs when I get back!" the woman said sternly.

"Come home with me quickly!" the man said with hatred, glaring at her.

Those who claimed to be from the same village echoed:

"Da Ru, please come back with us quickly. Can't we sleep in the middle of the night?"

"Yeah, you're so old and you don't understand anything. If anything happens to Empress Zhaozi, I'll see how you'll explain it to us."

Da Ru, who had been silent the whole time, yelled with red eyes: "Xiao Ru is not the Empress Zhaozi! She is my sister!"

Da Ru was so angry that she picked up a dead branch on the ground and was about to hit her. What the hell are you talking about! You are still counting on Xiao Ru to make money! "You stinky girl, I will sell you out when I get back!"

After listening for a long time, Yunyue finally came to her senses and had a guess in her mind that she was unwilling to believe.

"I'll buy them both!" Yun Yue threw a silver ingot on the ground with a gloomy face.

Mr. and Mrs. Jiang didn't expect that someone would take their casual words seriously. They wanted to refuse, but when they saw the silver on the ground, their eyes widened. Wow! Where have they seen such a large amount of silver? Usually, the villagers come to worship the Goddess of Childbirth for a few coins at most! And now the Goddess of Childbirth is getting less and less accurate, so many people don't come. Thinking that their son will need money to study and get married in the future, the two of them turned their eyes and picked up the silver on the ground and said, "This can only buy one person!"

Yun Yue was already very angry, and she would not indulge her: "A strong man in the market is only five taels of silver. If you are not satisfied with the twenty taels now, then return the silver to me."

When they heard that they had to return the money, Jiang Laoda and his wife were unwilling to do so. They hurriedly said that it was a loss.

"Lingyao, write the indenture and have them sign it."

Lingyao nodded, turned around and got on the carriage. She had bought some new pens, ink, paper and inkstone during the day, which came in handy.

Mr. Jiang and his wife followed.

The other villagers were unhappy when they saw this.

How can I let them take my son away when I have given them money and still haven't given birth to him? How can I give birth to a son after they take him away?

They angrily scolded Jiang Lao Da and his wife for taking their money and not doing their job.

The villagers saw that there were only two people on Yunyue's side, so they rushed forward to snatch Xiaoru while Yunyue was not paying attention. Daru held the jar tightly and refused to let go. During the struggle, Xiaoru fell to the ground and the jar broke into pieces.

A child without limbs, with a pale torso and covered in scars, lay among the debris.