The pain in her body washed away her will like a tide. She really wanted to give up. She hated this world...

Night finally enveloped the General's Mansion.

Chu Xia was put down, and a few hands dragged her into the firewood shed and threw her on a pile of firewood.

Chu Xia was in a daze. After some time, the door of the woodshed was opened. Er Hua, with red eyes, ran to Chu Xia with two jars in hand.

"Chu Xia, wake up!"

Hearing Er Hua's call, Chu Xia opened her eyes and saw Er Hua's anxious face, and her chapped lips moved: "I'm fine..."

The originally soothing and clear voice became dry and hoarse, and Er Hua's tears fell uncontrollably: "Stop talking, drink some water quickly."

With Er Hua's hand, Chu Xia drank some of the water in the bottle. The ice water went into her throat and she felt uncomfortable, but it relieved her thirst and made Chu Xia feel a little better.

Chu Xia regained some strength and sat up.

Er Hua picked up another jar and gave it to Chu Xia. There was half a jar of rice in the jar, along with the leftovers. It didn't look good at all and looked like pig food. Chu Xia took the chopsticks and swallowed them in big gulps.

The feeling of extreme hunger will never be forgotten once you taste it. The pain in your stomach screams, and your strength is passing away little by little.

No matter what you eat, you have to eat it.

Eat it to live.

If Chu Xia had seen this half-pot of rice a few years ago, she would have walked away indifferently without giving it a second glance. But now Chu Xia had to swallow hard in order to survive.

I wonder... if there is anything left to eat for the next meal...

After Chu Xia finished eating, Er Hua took the jar and left. Er Hua really wanted to accompany Chu Xia in the woodshed, but she couldn't stay for too long. It was okay to deliver food, but if she stayed with her, she was discovered by Liang's mother.

I don't know what trouble is going to happen.

Chu Xia was alone, with scars all over her body and unknown past events, leaning on a pile of firewood and surviving the cold night alone.

In today's capital, no one has mentioned Chu Xia's name. Even though this name was so popular a few years ago, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the pride of the whole city.

No one knew that the talented girl who once had the admiration of everyone was now helplessly enduring the abuse and could not even resist.

The next day, Chu Xia was hanged in the courtyard again.

The sun gradually rose eastward and moved westward, but this time, before half a day passed, someone set Chu Xia down.

When Chu Xia was unconscious, she heard Er Hua's voice saying: "The third lady of Prime Minister Su's family is here. Chu Xia, I heard that she is here to find you..."

The Su family...the third lady...

Xiqu, you are finally out of seclusion.

"Why don't you let me see Chu Xia?"

In the front yard of the General's Mansion, there was a young girl with an elegant and elegant appearance. She looked to be no more than twenty-eight years old. She was dressed in beautiful and luxurious clothes and held a sword with one hand. She was talking to Chu Jing, the eldest young master of the General's Mansion.

"Sister Chu Xia is in poor health and is afraid of bumping into Miss Su."

Chu Jing replied with a smile. Looking at the flattering look on his face, he knew that Miss Su had a very high status.

Su Xiqu frowned upon hearing this: "Chu Xia is not in good health. I should go visit and take care of her."

After saying that, Su Xiqu bowed to Chu Jing very politely, then bypassed Chu Jing and went straight to the backyard.

Chu Xia was groggy and tortured, washed and changed clothes, helped her to bed and lay down, and lit thick incense in the room to cover up the smell of blood and medicine.

Su Xiqu knocked on the door and came in. Seeing Chu Xia lying weakly on the bed, she hurriedly walked over and sat on the bedside: "What's going on? I've only been in seclusion for five months, how could you have tortured yourself to look like this?"

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Chu Xia smiled weakly: "I've been in poor health, and it's not like you don't know."

"I told you long ago that if you lose your spiritual power, you will lose it. The most important thing is that you are alive. Your muscles and veins... I have been looking for famous doctors for you. I believe you will get better one day!" Su Xiqu

Her eyes were already red, and she felt very painful when she saw that her best friends, who had been together since childhood, had all their muscles broken, lost all their spiritual power, and turned into this state.

"Miss Su! Please save Chu Xia!"

At this time, a voice sounded from behind a screen in the room. Su Xiqu was startled, "Who!"

Er Hua ran out from behind the screen, threw herself at Su Xiqu's feet, and cried: "Miss Su, please save Chu Xia, she is going to be tortured to death by those beasts!"

Chu Xia struggled to get up: "Er Hua, why are you here? Get out quickly."

Su Xiqu gently held Chu Xia down, looked at Er Hua whose face was full of tears, and asked: "Tell me, what is going on?!"

Er Hua recounted all the abuse Chu Xia suffered in the General's Mansion. When she heard that Chu Xia was hung in the courtyard half an hour ago because she ruined Chu Wei's clothes, Su Xiqu couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Slapping the bed board: "It's too much to bully someone!"

"Xiqu, I..." Chu Xia considered her words. She was not good at words by nature and didn't know how to persuade Su Xiqu to leave her alone.

"Chu Xia, please don't try to persuade me. I thought that the Chu family had a conscience, and they would not treat you harshly if you lost your spiritual power. But I know people well and misjudged me. If I had known this, I would have gone into seclusion.

We should take you back to the Su family before the deadline!"

Chu Xia shook his head: "It's difficult for you too, and I don't want to drag you down. After my accident, the Tiandao Festival suddenly fell on you. You were forced to retreat, and I... I am already a useless person anyway..."

"How could you think like that? How could you be a drag?" Su Xiqu clenched Chu Xia's arm excitedly. Chu Xia groaned, and blood seeped out of the fabric of her sleeves.

Su Xiqu hurriedly opened Chu Xia's sleeves and saw a ferocious whip mark across the thin white lotus root arm, bleeding oozing from it. It was the mark from Liang's mother.

Su Xiqu angrily picked up the sword and rushed out of the door.

Chu Xia struggled to get up and yelled, "Wait a minute," but failed to stop the furious Su Xiqu.

"My little daughter Chu Xia made a big mistake and lost all her spiritual power. Our Chu family will deal with it on our own, so I don't need Miss Su to worry about it." Chu Nanchuan, the general protecting the country, looked at Su Xiqu with a smile, and Su Xiqu was angry.

The sword hand was trembling slightly.

"The Chu family is bullying others too much!"

"Don't Miss Su know that it's best not to interfere in other people's housework? I don't know how Prime Minister Su teaches Miss Su on weekdays. It's getting late, so Miss Su should go back."

Chu Nanchuan looked calm and composed, picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

Su Xiqu had no choice but to be taken out of the house.

However, as a newly appointed priest, he wants to intervene in this injustice? There are countless injustices in the world, and I don’t know if this young lady from the Su family can intervene.

I'm a great general who protects the country, but I can't deal with this little kid who's sixteen or seventeen years old?

If we want to talk about important military and national matters, we still have to leave them to the men. This little girl is all incompetent and has no ability at all. She is too busy meddling. It is better to find a husband and marry her as soon as possible to save worry.

As for that girl Chu Xia...

Chu Nanchuan's thoughts changed and he smiled slightly. The girl from the Su family couldn't even say no to me in this way.

In the next few days, Chu Xia's life became a little more comfortable.

The wounds were all covered with medicine, and there was no shortage of food and clothing. It was as if the Chu family suddenly had a conscience.

Chu Xia knew very well that even if the sun rose in the west and set in the east, the Chu family would not change at all. There must be a conspiracy inside.

Sure enough, after waiting for a few days, Mrs. Liang twisted her fat and bloated body and squeezed in through the door. She smiled in a high voice and said: "Chu Xia, your good news is here."

Chu Xia asked calmly: "What's the good news?"

Mother Liang's face was full of fat when she smiled, and the three kilograms of powder applied on her face could shake two and a half kilograms: "A matchmaker has arranged a good marriage for you, with the young prince of the Wang family in Dingnan."

I am a concubine that no other woman can ask for."

Chu Xia smiled lightly and said: "The eldest son of the Wang family in Dingnan? Isn't that the one who went to the brothel a few days ago and was caught by the people sent by his father and was thrown out without even putting on his pants?"

"Seeing that you usually stay close to the door and don't take a step forward, you look like you are peaceful, but you are so imprudent. You even inquire about this kind of information. You girl, you are really not ashamed." Mother Liang shamelessly crossed the city wall and was caught.

Chu Xia retorted, confusing right and wrong, and retorted even harder.

"You also know that I am an innocent girl from a good family, so you want me to marry someone who spends his days hanging around as a concubine? The Chu family has a good family tradition."

"There are differences between men and women. It is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, and go to the flower house to enjoy the flowers. But this woman needs to abide by the rules of womanhood, otherwise she will be stabbed in the spine when she walks on the street."

Mother Liang shook her handkerchief and said, "In short, this matter has been settled. You just need to make preparations in advance."

After that, Liang's mother twisted her fat body and walked out of the door.

Chu Xia leaned weakly on the bed and buried her face in her hands in pain.

Do you really...want to marry such a person...as a concubine?

Is her life really ruined like this?

No, she is unwilling...

She had endured all the abuse and humiliation before, but this time, she didn't want to endure it anymore!

At that time, people thought that my meridians were cut off and my spiritual power was lost, so this life would be useless?

Ah.

Chu Xia raised her head, and a bright and strange smile appeared on her face that had always been expressionless.

That night, the palace of the General Protector of the Nation was struck by a thunderbolt, and the house was set on fire, causing heavy losses.

Chu Xia pushed open the door of the room and looked at the gloomy night sky clearing out the clouds and seeing the general's mansion in a mess under the bright sunshine. She raised the corners of her lips and smiled.

I moved my wrist and found that the injuries on my body had healed almost overnight.

The muscles and veins were slowly reshaped, and there was a faint tendency to be better than before. A strong spiritual power circulated in the body, repairing the broken body.

This is a hurdle that Chu Xia must pass through in his cultivation career.

Chu Xia was born with a special physique, and her cultivation method was very different from ordinary people. She was a genius, far more than many times her age. She was designated as the priest of the Tiandao Festival at a young age.

But when she was fourteen years old, something unexpected happened. Chu Xia's cultivation suddenly stagnated. During the Tiandao Festival again, she even showed signs of rapid spiritual depletion. Although Chu Xia desperately tried to ensure the normal progress of the Tiandao Festival,

But his tendons and veins were severed, and the Tiandao Festival was destroyed.
Chapter completed!