Chapter Six: The Silent Figure
In her previous life, several cousins had long seen Xin Rou'er's true face, and had warned her many times not to get too close to Xin Rou'er.
But she didn't listen, and acted like a fool, treating Xin Rouer better than anyone else. Because of this, she also alienated several cousins of the Chen family.
Especially after getting married to Qin Yan, she would not even go to the Duke's Mansion every time unless Qin Yan asked her to do so.
After Qin Yan ascended the throne, she was thrown into the cold palace, tortured by them day and night, and did not see the light of day for a whole year.
She knew nothing about what was going on outside, and the last news she got was that the Duke's family was massacred for treason, and Chen Jinyan, who was married to her, was not favored in the first place, so the outcome would not be much better.
Thinking of this, Xin Nianyan's heart ached with pain, she clutched her chest, and tears kept falling from the corners of her eyes.
It was her, she was so obsessed that she killed my grandfather's family.
It was not a pity that she died, but my grandfather and uncle were devoted to their country and guarded this country for Nanxuan for generations, but they had to end up like that.
I just lament that God is unfair!
Fortunately, if we give her a lifetime, she won't let something like that happen again.
In this life, she will protect her from everything that is good to her!
If the emperor of the Qin family is fatuous, and if Qin Yan is still the one who ascends the throne, then she will overturn the Qin family!
Xin Nianyan's eyes became extremely cold, and Xiao Zhu next to her was so frightened that she cautiously said, "Miss, what's wrong with you?"
Xin Nianyan suddenly came back to his senses, put away his thoughts, and whispered: "It's okay."
The fall today seemed to be a bit severe. Even though he slept in the afternoon, Xin Nianyan fell asleep again not long after that at night.
She seemed to be dreaming about her past life again, dreaming about the year when she was thrown into the cold palace and was tortured by Qin Yan and Xin Rouer day and night.
First, they cut off her hand tendons and hamstrings, then slashed her face with a dagger, sprinkled salt on the wounds, exposed her to the scorching sun in the summer, and stripped her clothes off and threw them into the ice and snow in the winter.
Just the day before she died, they let dozens of rats bite her. She will never forget the heart-piercing pain and fear.
Xiaozhu, who was guarding the bed, noticed that Xin Nianyan was sweating all over his body, his face was full of fear, and he was shouting no, get out of here.
Xiaozhu was frightened and hurriedly tried to wake her up, but Xin Nianyan seemed to be possessed and couldn't wake her up, and even slapped her in the face.
In the darkness, a figure appeared silently on the roof. He opened the tiles and narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw the scene below.
A gust of cool wind blew by, and a figure appeared in the room, hitting Xiao Zhu on the back of the neck with a palm.
Xiaozhu fainted before she could react. The figure pulled her away and sat on the edge of the bed. One hand held Xin Nianyan's moving hand tightly, and the other hand patted her gently.
After a while, Xin Nianyan miraculously calmed down.
In the dream, what she saw was no longer everything in the palace, but the scene when she was a child in the countryside, where her master taught her martial arts and her senior brother always teased her.
The senior brother took her down the river to fish, but she was accidentally swept away by the river. After rescuing her, the senior brother held her hand tightly, patted her and coaxed her, saying, "Don't be afraid, it's okay."
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Early the next morning, when Xin Nianyan woke up, he found Xiaozhu lying on the ground.
"Xiao Zhu?" Xin Nianyan got out of bed and called her.
Xiao Zhu opened her eyes and took a moment to remember what happened.
"Well, miss, you're awake, are you okay?"
Xin Nianyan helped her up, a little confused: "I'm fine, why are you lying on the ground?"
"Miss, you seemed to have had a nightmare last night. You kept shouting no, get out of here. Xiaozhu couldn't wake you up no matter what, and then you fainted for some reason. Hiss, my neck hurts so much."
Xiaozhu covered her sore neck and gasped, and then asked Xin Nianyan worriedly: "Miss, are you really okay? You scared Xiaozhu last night. What were you dreaming about?"
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Xin Nianyan frowned and thought about it. She seemed to have dreamed last night, but what she dreamed about was the carefree life in the countryside when she was a child. She didn't have nightmares.
But it doesn't look like Xiaozhu is lying, maybe she has forgotten.
"It's okay, maybe I fell too hard during the day and had nightmares at night." Xin Nianyan said with a smile.
Xiaozhu felt very distressed: "It's okay. Miss, please rest for a while while Xiaozhu goes to fetch water and wash you up."
"Yeah." Xin Nianyan hummed softly and sat down on the bed again.
Two quarters of an hour later, Xiaozhu came back. After washing up under Xiaozhu's service, he had breakfast again.
"Miss, this is the medicine prescribed by the doctor last night. Do you want to take it?" Xiaozhu brought a bowl of medicine from outside.
Xin Nianyan looked at it and then shook his head: "No, just change the medicine for me and it will be fine."
The doctor was obviously hired by Xin Yuanwen, but secretly he was probably bribed by Zhang Yunhui.
Regardless of whether the medicine is poisonous or not, she will not drink it.
Xiaozhu obediently poured out the medicine, and then carefully changed the medicine for Xin Nianyan's wound.
Just after the bandage was finished, someone outside sent a message: "Miss, cousin, they are here to see you."
Xin Nianyan's heart moved.
Cousin and the others are here?
"please."
Soon, several people walked in.
They are her three cousins.
As soon as he saw them, Xin Nianyan felt sad and his eyes were red.
"Cousin, cousin..."
She bit her lip slightly and swallowed her words more slowly.
Several people were startled and hurriedly stepped forward.
"Cousin, please don't cry." My eldest cousin Chen Jinyan hurriedly sat by the bed, patting her and coaxing her: "I heard that you fell from the second floor of Baiyun Restaurant yesterday and frightened us. Are you okay?"
Xin Nianyan shook her head and smiled: "It's okay, thank you cousin for your concern."
"It's okay, it's okay. My mother and grandmother were also worried. They were going to see you, so we came first." Chen Jinyan said.
Second cousin Chen Jinge also sat over and asked with concern: "Cousin, how could you fall from such a high place?"
"Yes, the window of Baiyun Restaurant is not too low. It should not fall. Tell me, did Xin Rou'er hurt you?" Chen Jinyan thought of Xin Rou'er as she spoke, her little face full of anger.
Xin Nianyan hurriedly held her hand, shook her head and said: "I don't know very well. There were only three maids around me at the time. I slipped and fell down. But I suspect that it was those two maids who were responsible. I have taught them a lesson."
Pass them."
"Yes, Miss Cousin, I have already taught them a lesson, don't worry." Xiaozhu also advised from the side.
Thinking of what happened to Chun Xiang and Chun Cao yesterday, she couldn't help but shudder, and of course she felt secretly happy.
After hearing this, Chen Jinyan and Chen Jinge felt relieved.
Little cousin Chen Jinyu stood aside, looking left and right.
She is the daughter of Xin Nianyan's third uncle. She is only eight years old. She is not familiar with Xin Nianyan and she only came here for fun.
"By the way, my eldest brother and the others are here too, and..." Chen Jinyan stopped talking.
Chapter completed!