Xinzheng, Nancheng, Zuosima Mansion
The night breeze gently blew Mrs. Hu's emerald green and light dress. She stroked the hair around her ears with her fingertips and looked up at the bright stars in the sky, her eyes filled with sadness.
At this time in the past, she should have been in the theater.
Her younger sister is Hu Meiren, the current concubine of the King of Han. She has a distinguished status, and her status in the harem is only lower than that of Lady Pearl, who is known as the "Uncrowned Queen".
But no matter how noble Hu Meiren's status is, she has never forgotten the feelings between the sisters and the common hobby between them - watching theater.
(PS: There is no drama in the Warring States Period, but...it is the world of the Qin Dynasty after all, and the plot of the anime is like this, so don't mess with it)
Every three days, Hu Meiren would send a carriage and escort to pick up Mrs. Hu to go to the theater to watch a play together, which was very considerate. And Liu Yi was often busy with official duties, so he simply didn't ask too many questions. After all, even Han Wangan didn't bother to ask much about Hu Meiren's affairs, so he just let the sisters get together to reminisce.
Liu Yi was unwilling to go home these two days. From the housekeeper's words, it was easy to tell that Liu Yi was a little dissatisfied with her indifference over the years and was spending time outside among the flowers.
She hated places like Zilanxuan, but she didn't show that she cared much.
Because in the final analysis, she and Liu Yi were just a formal union. She didn't love Liu Yi to begin with. Although she would fulfill her obligations as a wife, she couldn't show any sincere emotion towards Liu Yi.
But his family was broken up and he had nowhere to go, and he was separated from his sister at that time. Liu Yi took her in when she was alone. Out of gratitude, she did not reject Liu Yi's advances, so the sadness in her eyes could not be due to her husband's neglect.
"Could it be...that his ghost is really back?"
Mrs. Hu's hands were hidden in the emerald green sleeves, and she was holding a piece of crystal clear red jade tightly in her hands.
It was a pendant tied with golden silk thread. It was bright red in color but slightly transparent. You could clearly see the interlaced lines like blood lines in it.
Its color is like fire and its blood lines are like rain, so it is called Fire Rain Agate.
I miss people when I see things, but my old friends are long gone.
Many years ago, Fire Rain Agate was a specialty product in her father's fiefdom. All the Fire Rain Agate mines were in that villa. It was also because of this that her father suddenly became rich and became famous for a while. Yu Gong, and that villa is also called Huoyu Villa.
Huo Yugong was a good man, and he often took care of and helped the surrounding villagers. However, he was rich and famous, and he always caused trouble.
Three notorious bandits in Baiyue targeted Huoyu Villa, and the world called them Saburo Duanfa.
Saburo Duanfa suddenly sneaked into Huoyu Villa one night and burned the village to the ground with a fire. He also killed everyone he owned and took away all the wealth that Huoyu Gong had accumulated for a long time. He also agreed that the three of them would share the wealth equally afterwards. , but died tragically in the mountains at the same time shortly afterwards. The cause of death is unknown.
Since then, the famous Huoyu Villa has completely disappeared from people's sight along with the mountains of treasures. Mrs. Hu and her sister Hu Meiren have lost everything except each other.
Especially Mrs. Hu, who had just given birth to a daughter at that time, suddenly heard that her husband Li Kai "disobeyed military orders" and attacked without permission. She went deep behind enemy lines alone and was surrounded by the Baiyue rebels. The entire right army was annihilated and Li Kai died in the battle. battlefield.
Before she had time to accept the reality, she met the broken-haired Saburo who came to kill her again, and had to ask the husband of Huoyu Villa to send her infant daughter away on a small road. Sixteen years have passed, and there has been no news about her daughter. .
She often dreamed of a manor in flames at midnight, with everyone running for their lives. Cries, shouts, and fighting sounds came one after another... She was also among the fleeing crowd.
Suddenly, she heard two different sounds while running away. The former was clear and strong, it was the cry of a baby, her daughter's cry; the latter was shrill and hoarse, it was the scream of a man, it was her. Husband Li Kai’s wail!
She looked back, but found nothing. She only saw ruins and corpses on the ground.
Every time she woke up from the dream, she could only cry silently. She didn't even dare to wake up her current husband Liu Yi, so she could only hold on to the Fire Rain Agate to relieve her worries.
However, the fire agate that could have relieved her worries has now become a "poison" that makes her miss her ex-husband Li Kai who has been dead for many years even more. Because a few days ago, when she and her sister Hu Meiren were watching a play in the theater, they saw a person.
It was a stranger with a stooped back and ragged clothes. He had numerous scars on his face and was wrapped in bandages. His gray hair hung down by his ears. The look he looked at himself was weird and complicated.
She had only seen that look in the eyes of one man in her life.
There was a voice in her heart telling herself that it was him!
The scarred man with a stooped back and ragged clothes overlapped with the figure in her heart.
It was the man who had stayed in her dream for sixteen years and never left!
That man wearing strong armor and a bright red cloak, a heroic and high-spirited man
The man who gave birth to a daughter with her!
The man who should have been dead long ago!
That...her brother Li!
"Brother Li..."
Mrs. Hu held the Fire Rain Agate tightly in her hand, and tears continued to fall down her cheeks.
"Madam, she is obviously the wife of Zuo Sima Liu Yi, but she is pronouncing another man's name... Isn't this bad?"
A sound that sounded like a smile but not a smile came from above her head. Mrs. Hu was startled and fell to the ground, her green skirt stained with brown soil.
She looked at the man standing on the tree in horror. He was a young and handsome boy with a joking smile on his face.
"This...this is Zuo Sima's Mansion. Do you know who I am! If you leave now, I'll pretend I didn't see you!"
Although Mrs. Hu was frightened by this young man who broke into the mansion quietly, seeing that handsome face, she missed the once heroic Li Kai even more, and suddenly she couldn't bear to see this young man being raped by the guards of Zuo Sima Mansion. They took him away and wanted him to retreat on his own.
"Of course I know this is Zuo Sima Mansion, and I also know the identity of the madam." The young man in Madam Hu's eyes was none other than Zhang Ji. Tiptoeing, Zhang Ji slowly fell from the tree without making a sound, looking at the beauty in front of him playfully, "Why else would I come to this Zuo Sima Mansion?"
"You..." Mrs. Hu covered her chest and stepped back repeatedly, but she took one step back and then took two steps forward. She quickly shouted, "If you come here again, I will call someone!"
"This is Zuo Sima's Mansion. The guards here are all elites in the army. If they come, you will die without a burial place!"
However, Mrs. Hu's threat had no deterrent effect in Zhang Ji's ears. On the contrary, Mrs. Hu's face, which was slightly pale due to fear, made people feel an inexplicable desire for protection, which made me feel pity for him. a feeling of.
"oh?"
"Ma'am, are you really going to call someone?"
Zhang Ji chuckled, lightning flashed under his feet, and he jumped up to Mrs. Hu's side, resting his head on her shoulder, his lips pressed to the ear that was so red that it seemed like it could drip blood, and he breathed out hot breath. She whispered: "Madam, you don't want your ex-husband to know that your ex is alive, right?"
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