Princess Promotion

Yao Chuguang picked up a piece of meat and put it into her mouth. The aroma of meat and sauce instantly permeated her mouth and taste buds. If the environment was not wrong, she would really want to cry with happiness. It was not easy for her to finally eat a piece of meat.

After eating two bites, he saw that An Tian didn't move his chopsticks, but just silently gnawed on the steamed bun in his hand.

Yao Chuguang had no choice but to put down his chopsticks and said, "Your hands are white and slender, without calluses or scars. It means you come from a good family. At least you are well-off and have maids to serve you."

Yao Chuguang ignored her and continued to talk to herself, "My last name is Shen, and I'm the third child in my family. I'm from the countryside and can't read or write, so I'm called Shen San because I'm the third child. When I was five years old, there was a flood in my hometown. All our farmland was submerged and we had no harvest. My family was on the verge of starvation, so they had to sell me in exchange for some food."

When the girl heard this, her eyebrows moved, but she still didn't say anything.

Yao Chuguang continued, "Luckily, my parents still had some conscience. They didn't sell me to a brothel for a high price, but instead bought me to a eunuch who purchased maids for the palace. But it was only slightly better than a brothel. After all, the real good jobs that allowed us to appear before nobles were rarely given to commoners like us. The work done by eunuchs was the hardest and most tiring. They were often beaten and scolded, and even beheaded if they weren't careful."

Yao Chuguang suddenly asked a question: "Do you know why no one dares to drink the water from the well in the palace?"

The girl naturally didn't know and shook her head.

Yao Chuguang's expression remained unchanged as she spoke calmly, "Because not a single well is clean. A palace maid like me, who sold her body to serve as a servant, has no chance of leaving the palace unless she's old."

"Then why are you here?"

Yao Chuguang: "Because I'm unwilling to live a life of misery. I don't want to wake up every day and start doing laundry and chores, living in constant anxiety without even a good meal or decent clothes. If I have to choose, I'd rather choose a brilliant but short life than a life of hardship that's hard to predict."

"Other people used their monthly allowances to buy food and drink or give to their families, but I saved every penny. After two years, I used the money to bribe a eunuch's servant and got a job sweeping the gardens. Later, by chance, I met the princess. She loved flying kites. I was a fast runner and a good kite flyer. She took a liking to me and took me in as a maid in her palace."

At this point, the girl finally realized that it was impossible for the maid of the Western Zhou princess to appear in the border town for no reason, but the legitimate princess of Qi State had come. Although she had been in a daze these days, she had also heard some news that the legitimate princess of Qi State had died in the city. The reason why she was here now must have something to do with that princess.

Even though she was from the Western Zhou Dynasty, it didn't stop the girl from admiring the Princess of Qi: "Princess...what kind of person is the Princess?"

Yao Chuguang: "The princess is a very good person, but she has a bad temper and is a bit willful."

The girl didn't expect Yao Chuguang to give such an evaluation.

Perhaps the girl's surprised expression was too funny, Yao Chuguang burst out laughing, tears welling up in her eyes. She rubbed her eyes fiercely with her sleeves before speaking, "That's what she didn't know at the critical moment. She's usually so majestic and squeamish. If she had escaped with me, she might have saved her life, but she actually said it was her responsibility and told us palace maids to escape if we can. Survival is more important than anything else."

The girl didn't know why, but her throat seemed to be blocked by something and she couldn't make a sound.

Yao Chuguang: "You said she was so good at reincarnation, and all the good things in the world could be hers, but she is so stupid that she insists on guarding that broken city."

The girl couldn't understand why a person who could say that living was better than anything else would choose to die in such a tragic way.

"The princess said that everyone must die, some lighter than a feather, some heavier than Mount Tai."

Yao Chuguang looked at the girl with tears in her eyes and silently gave himself a thumbs up in his heart.

Yao Chuguang had never met anyone who attempted suicide before. He had only watched rescue programs and some TV dramas on TV, but the routine was almost the same, just comparing how miserable they were.

Most of them are about how people deal with misfortunes they encounter. If you compare them with others, you will find that you are not the only one who is miserable in this world. In fact, everyone is not having a good life.

Compared with the past of suicidal emotions, most people would want to continue living and face the future.

No one would believe Yao Chuguang if he told his own experience, so if it really didn't work, he could only make up a story.

First, make up a story about a miserable and poor birth, and how he has seen the ups and downs of life since childhood in order to survive. After finally clinging to a big brother, the big brother falls, and he has to live a life of wandering again.

Compared to this, I was born into a wealthy family and at least enjoyed a few years of happiness. No matter how miserable my current situation is, it is not to the point of lacking food and clothing.

If there is any hurdle that is insurmountable, just look at it: even a princess of noble birth cannot survive even if she wants to. Being alive is better than anything else.

Although Yao Chuguang didn't want to talk about this matter, only things that happened recently and right next to him could have the greatest impact.