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The autumn rain had been drizzling for two days, but the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was not affected at all by the drizzle. Cars were flowing outside the gate, and the house was full of guests and friends.

All the important people in Kyoto are here today.

However, this hustle and bustle had nothing to do with Xia Zheng in the backyard. As a concubine, she was not allowed to attend such a banquet.

But today she was actually glad that she had a low status and didn't have to go.

She didn't know whether it was because of the arrival of autumn or her pregnancy, but she felt extremely sleepy these past few days. She had no strength at all and was either lying in bed or lying on the couch.

I had just finished lunch and my eyelids started drooping uncontrollably again.

"Auntie, why don't you take a nap?"

Xia Zheng waved her hand and forced herself to pick up the location map of several recipes that Chef Yang had just delivered along with the lunch. She wanted to make a decision on this matter as soon as possible.

But this spirit was becoming more and more disobedient to her. After reading two words, it closed its eyes again and dozed off a few times. It was only because of Frost's quick eyes and hands that it held her chin, otherwise it would have hit the small table.

"Forget it, forget it, let's go to sleep..."

"Auntie Xia." Just as she was about to give up looking for a location and get up to go to the inner room to sleep for a while, she heard the voice of Aunt Zhao coming from the yard.

Xia Zheng immediately hid the site map in the book and walked to the door with Shuangjiang.

Zhao Mama also just walked outside the eaves and said politely, "The Crown Prince's Consort invites me to the front yard."

"Invite me?" Xia Zheng was puzzled. She didn't hear Tao Yurong say she was going when they greeted her yesterday. Besides, most of the guests should have arrived in the front yard by now. It would not be appropriate to ask her to go even if it was to do something.

"Yes, the Crown Princess said she had something to tell you. I don't know the details, but she just wanted you to hurry."

I'm afraid it's something urgent.

Xia Zheng did not dare to delay, but she was going to the front yard after all. As a lady of a noble family, she could not lose the reputation of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, so she hurried back to her room to pack up, and after choosing, she found a relatively valuable-looking silver hairpin and put it on her head.

"Miss Shuangjiang is not convenient to follow." As soon as she went out and was about to take a step to catch up, Madam Zhao stretched out her hand to stop her.

As a concubine, Xia Zheng was not qualified to go, let alone a concubine's maid.

Normally, it would be best if Nanny Liang accompanied her, but Nanny Liang was not in the courtyard at the moment. Xia Zheng could only turn around and tell Shuangjiang: "You stay in the courtyard. If Nanny Liang comes, tell her that the Crown Prince's Consort summoned me to the front courtyard."

Shuangjiang was a little worried, but she didn't dare show it in front of Madam Zhao, so she could only bear it.

Following Madam Zhao out of the courtyard, she did not go towards the hanging flower gate, but took the path on the other side.

"How do we get here?"

"The banquet for the female guests is behind Luofeng River. It's faster to take the shortcut this way." As Zhao Ma said this, she quickened her pace.

Although Xia Zheng had been in the Duke's Mansion for more than two months, her range of activities had always been limited. She was not fully aware of the route, let alone the shortcuts, so she followed Zhao Ma without any doubt.

But the further she walked, the more she felt something was wrong.

Luofeng River is not far in front of Shuseki Residence, so even if the banquet is held behind it, it will not be too far away. Moreover, the road to the banquet will definitely be clean and bright, and there will be music and dance at the banquet.

But she walked for a long time and the road became more and more off-track. There were many fallen leaves on the ground and no one had swept them. The listening pavilion in the distance was covered with dust, which had turned into mud and water after being mixed with rain and flowed down. There seemed to be no one around, and there was no sound of any string or wind instrument.

Meanwhile, Aunt Zhao in front of her walked faster and faster, and sometimes she would turn her head to look at her, as if she was afraid that she would run away.

Aunt Zhao is not like this on weekdays.

"Mammy, is this really the shortcut? It looks scary."

"How can it be called close just because people often walk on it? This road is only known to the old people in the mansion. Stop talking and hurry up." Zhao Ma Ma said without turning her head, but Xia Zheng clearly saw that Zhao Ma Ma's hand trembled unnaturally when she said it was scary.

"it is good."

Xia Zheng responded, but her steps remained unchanged.

When Zhao Ma was already three meters away from her and realized something was wrong and was about to turn back, Xia Zheng ran to the right.

Seeing her run away, Madam Zhao ran after her, but she was old after all, and seeing that she was afraid she would not be able to catch up soon, she shouted at the top of her voice: "Quick! Quick! She's run away! Come and catch her!"

Hearing the shout, Xia Zheng concluded that her guess was correct.

There is something wrong with Aunt Zhao.

The fact that she dared to shout proved that there was no one else here except her accomplices. She wanted to escape but couldn't run back. She could only determine the direction of the front yard according to the rough map in her mind and run eastward.

Although the drizzle was not heavy, it continued for two days. There was mostly green grass here, and the wet soil was slippery. Xia Zheng accidentally stepped on a piece of mud and slipped down.

Although he endured the pain and tried to get up quickly, before he could stand up, he was pushed down again by Zhao Ma who pounced on him from behind.

"You can't run! You can't run!" said Zhao Ma, grabbing her hand tightly.

Xia Zheng continued to resist, but due to the size difference and lack of strength, she could only speak softly, "Madam Zhao, what are you doing? I don't think I've ever offended you, so why are you trying to hurt me?"

"I'm sorry, I have no choice. I really have no choice. My son and grandson are in their hands. If you don't die, my son and grandson will die too. I have no choice."

dead!

He actually wanted her to die!

They also captured Madam Zhao's children and grandchildren and took great pains to trick her out of the courtyard, intending to take her somewhere. Could it be that they were going to torture and kill her, just like in the previous life?

Why!

She had finally broken the deadlock and crawled here desperately, why was she still being tortured and killed?

Why did those people kill her? What qualifications did they have?

She still has a lot of things waiting for her to do.

"I don't want to die!" Xia Zheng burst out with strength from nowhere, pushed Zhao Mama away, got up and ran forward.

Zhao Mama immediately grabbed her sleeve and used her other hand to grab her neck and squeezed hard. "No, you must die!"

A feeling of suffocation came over Xia Zheng, and all kinds of scenes from her past life emerged in her mind again.

Her death, her mother's death, Tuan'er's death...

Do not!

Do not!

She doesn't want to die!

Instinctively, she pulled out the silver hairpin hanging diagonally from her head and stabbed with all her strength.

‘Poof~’

The hairpin pierced into Zhao Ma's neck. She stared at Xia Zheng with her eyes wide open in disbelief, and the strength in her hands suddenly loosened.

Xia Zheng's head buzzed, she let go of her hand and quickly stepped back, watching as Zhao Ma fell limply to the ground, with bright red blood flowing out from between the hairpin and her flesh, quickly forming a pool.

She... killed someone!

"Then! Quick!"

Before she could react, she heard a noise.

Looking over, she saw four or five people running towards her in the distance.

Without caring about anything else, she turned around, lifted up her skirt and ran forward desperately.

She didn't know how long she had been running, but she had reached her limit. Her heart and abdomen were aching, but she didn't dare to stop. The footsteps were not far behind her.

Finally, she saw a figure.

"Help! Help me!"