After rebirth, I made the princes cry

Neither Zhang Chongzhun nor An Yu noticed the small detail that the Third Prince treated a mere envoy guard "differently".

The male servant knelt on the ground in frustration. The female servant was lying in a very miserable state because her hands and feet were tied. The handkerchief in her mouth had been taken out and she was gasping for breath.

"Untie the rope first."

Yingshu gave orders.

Sikong Yuehu drew his sword quickly and easily, and the rope broke with a light flick of the sword tip. This time he did not return to his position. Although An Yu did not seem to have any attack power, and the fear in her eyes showed that she did not want to die, she had already committed the assassination after all. As the only guard of the delegation present at the trial, he should have supervised nearby and prevented the prisoner from attacking again or committing suicide out of fear of the crime.

"Tell me, who instructed you?" Yingshu asked.

"No one ordered me to do this." An Yu answered in Chinese this time. Her words were stiff and cold, with stubborn hatred in her eyes. Her dry eyelashes drooped down, and she did not dare to look up.

Zhang Chongzhun was extremely anxious.

"Left Deputy Envoy, I dare to ask you to forgive An Yu. I just asked her why she did such a foolish thing. An Yu was... detained in Wumei Warehouse for many years, so she believed the lies of the warehouse heads who deliberately slandered the royal family of Dayu. An Yu thought that even if she followed the Third Prince to escape from the Northern Han, she would be abused in the future. An Yu, tell the truth quickly. If there is no one behind you to instigate you and promise you benefits, you will never dare to assassinate the prince. If you confess the truth, the prince and the Left Deputy Envoy will forgive your crime."

"No one ordered me to do this! I just hate you high and mighty people!!!" An Yu was unmoved: "It was the Sikong royal family that made us enslaved by the Qiang tribe. You people thought that buying our indentures from the Qiang people was a great favor to us, but we, the eyebrowless slaves, were harmed by you! We are not willing to be slaves to you. You can kill me, but all the eyebrowless slaves will see through your hypocritical faces!"

Ying Shu chuckled: "Is this the self-protection strategy that the person who ordered you to do this told you?"

She didn't need to analyze An Yu's shallow mentality from her eyes. There are some people who have been living in dangerous situations. They have lost the ability to imagine beauty and peace. They have never known that there is light and warmth outside of darkness. There are so many strangers in the world who have never ignored and forgotten that they are struggling to survive in desperate situations. But they have desires, and when the sun finally shines into the abyss where they live, their desires are awakened, but they can't feel that it is the sun. In their eyes, it is still a damp rope. They hold on to the rope tightly and climb out of the abyss. They are just slaves. To them, they are still in the abyss.

There is no need to learn a cunning nature.

"You don't hate the Great Yu Kingdom, and you certainly don't hate me. You hate the Third Prince who rescued you from Wumei Cang. You just know too well that the Third Prince's favor to you is limited to this. You can't become a noble of Great Yu just because you escaped from Northern Han. Your greatest hope is to be a good citizen, but this can't satisfy your ambition. You have suffered for twenty years, and you also want to taste how satisfying it is to trample others under your feet."

"Nonsense! Of course, the Left Vice Envoy has the privilege of talking nonsense!"

"If all the Wumei slaves in Wumei Cang thought like you, your grandfather would not have given you the chance to escape." Ying Shu said, "Do you dare to look me in the eye? If you dare, you will believe that I dare to execute you."

The third prince looked into Yingshu's eyes with great surprise.

Well, he believed that Deputy Envoy Zuo was not intimidating or threatening...that's all.

An Yu didn't dare to look up.

Ying Shu laughed softly again: "You can endure the suffering in Wumei Warehouse for twenty years, you must be a person who cherishes life. You may not know what the meaning of living like this is, but what you fear more is death. Of course you know that you can't succeed in the assassination, and the Third Prince is unharmed. At this critical juncture of abolishing Wumei Warehouse and pardoning the Wumei slaves, if I execute you and the matter is publicized, the Wumei slaves will be instigated, and it is very likely that the plan of abolishing and pardoning will not go smoothly.

I will not execute you, and of course I cannot keep you in the embassy. At most I will hand you over to the Ke Cao Ling for punishment. What did the Ke Cao Ling promise you? He has many sons, so he will let one of his concubines marry you as his legal wife? You will be able to join the aristocracy of the Northern Han Dynasty, enjoy wealth and glory, and do whatever you want?

It's a nice thought, but you've been deceived. For me, a slave who can never speak will not hinder the plan of negotiating peace and establishing diplomatic relations. Ke Caoling's purpose is not to thwart the abolition of Wumei Cang, he has other intentions. "

"Impossible. If I die, Ke Cao Ling will definitely spread the matter, and the eyebrowless slaves will believe it. After returning to Dongyu, their fate will be a thousand times more miserable than it is now..." An Yu suddenly froze.

"You have come to your senses, right? Your survival is of no benefit to Ke Cao Ling. He just wants you to die for the crime of attempted assassination."

Ying Shu actually had nothing more to ask. She looked at the Third Prince and said, "An Yu is your Highness's servant. I shouldn't have taken over your authority and made a decision on my own... But, there is a little truth in what she said just now. Luoyang, Chang'an and other places were taken by the barbarians, causing thousands of survivors to suffer from slavery. The Sikong royal family is indeed responsible."

"I can pardon An Yu's death sentence." The third prince nodded.

Ying Shu then looked at An Yu who was obviously depressed and shook her head: "You are pitiful, but this is not enough to excuse your crimes. You have bad intentions, a sinister and vicious heart, and you are a heartless and ungrateful person. People like you should not dream of wealth and glory. Once you are in power, you will bully the weak and do whatever you want.

In the Jiaosu Mansion of His Majesty the Third Prince, ordinary servants cannot cause any trouble. If you just want to live in peace, of course no one will deliberately bully or trample on you, and you can live in peace and stability."

A person's character will never be controlled by others. Yingshu actually didn't want to judge whether An Yu was good or evil. She could see that the Third Prince had no intention of executing An Yu. To the Third Prince, An Yu was indeed like an ant.

The case is not over yet.

"I will stay here for the time being." Sikong Yuehu did not follow him downstairs. He was quite sure that Deputy Envoy Zuo, who had already seen through the truth of this inexplicable assassination case, was capable enough to grasp the overall situation. He stayed here just to guard against any unexpected complications.

He heard Zhang Chongzhun sigh deeply.

"An Yu, I didn't expect that you would completely ignore so many eyebrowless slaves. You knew that they were in the same miserable situation as us, but you actually wanted to prevent them from being rescued. You are really...too selfish and heartless!"

"What does their fate have to do with me?" An Yu took a deep breath, "I am not a noble, how can I worry about the safety of others? I heard that the left deputy envoy just now is the daughter of a noble family, and she is also the future concubine Gui Su. People like her can call servants and decide the life and death of others with just one word. Saving a person is a piece of cake for her, but don't such people also require people like us to be grateful? She wants people like us to work like cows and horses in return for her kindness with just one word. Zhang Chongzhun, ask yourself, don't you want to be like them?"

Zhang Chongzhun didn't want to bother with An Yu anymore.

An Yu looked at Sikong Yuehu.

Just now she was extremely afraid of Yingshu, afraid of this kind of person who could decide her life or death, but in her opinion, although the guards of the envoys wore long swords on their waists, they were nothing more than slaves with higher salaries, and were the same people as her.

"If I were a man and had the opportunity to learn horse riding and archery, I would not be willing to be inferior to others and work for others just to beg for food and clothing. If a person has no ambition, his life is no different from that of a pig or a dog. Unfortunately, I don't have such luck, but at least I have tried to resist. Men like you can accuse me of overestimating my own abilities. In my opinion, you are the real cowards. Men like you have never dared to resist the powerful. You can only point fingers at weak women like me and rely on trampling on me to seek favor and beg for food."

Sikong Yuehu was very confused.

Could it be that this woman thinks that she can sow discord and kill someone with just these few words?

"Is the food you beg for really so delicious? You are a tall and strong man with a sword in your hand, why do you dare to do this?"

Sikong Yuehu looked at An Yu and said, "I dare to fight in battle, and I also dare to kill good-for-nothings like you with my sword."

An Yu was simply indignant because of the accusations made by Zhang Chongzhun, whom she had always looked down upon. She also firmly believed that Ying Shu pleaded for her, but in fact she did not dare to execute her. She was of greater value to Dongyu as long as she was alive. That was why she wanted to show off her eloquence and save some face to comfort herself. She did not expect that the mere envoy guards, whom she regarded as puppets, would threaten her with death again!

"The soldiers of Dayu are not afraid of dying on the battlefield for the stability and prosperity of the country. They have never given up rescuing the people enslaved by the barbarians from suffering, returning them to a peaceful life and protecting them to recuperate. It is not shameful for people to have the hope of glory and wealth. What is shameful is to take it for granted that something is gained without work! Under my sword, I will not kill innocent people. In addition to enemies, I will also punish treacherous people. As long as I kill treacherous people, I will never distinguish between men and women."

An Yu didn't dare to say a word.

The Left Deputy Envoy did not kill the maidservant simply because he still had sympathy for her plight. There was indeed no need to kill such a small creature as an ant, but this foolish person actually thought that she was able to survive because of her great value and spared no effort to humiliate herself. He, Xin Yuehu, had never been a man of mercy.

I despise such people.

But Sikong Yuehu didn't know what happened today. He suddenly felt that he had extraordinary patience.

"Being a slave is not necessarily lowly, and being in a position of power is not necessarily noble. It is not your fault that you are limited by your situation and have little knowledge. After what happened today, you should finally understand that no matter whether you think you are wrong or not, no matter whether you give up your ambitions and desires, you will never be able to become a powerful person, and you will never have the opportunity to trample on and kill others. Only if you are honest and dutiful can you live a peaceful life. You are clearly a coward, so you should give up the evil idea of ​​humiliating others. You are lucky to be born a woman, otherwise, do you think the Third Prince will still have pity and sympathy for you?"

Even Zhang Chongli couldn't help but feel contempt for An Yu.

"We are both Wumei slaves. Because you are young and a woman, we shared the labor originally assigned to you. You only did what you could. When we got food, everyone took care of you first. But you were still angry because you thought you were not treated fairly... The Lord of the Palace of Divine Origin and the Left Deputy Envoy are also women. They are both women of noble birth. In order to promote peace and establish diplomatic relations and save thousands of people from the suffering of war, they are willing to go on missions and take risks. They have never suffered the pain of being a slave, but they can empathize with us. I respect the Lord of the Palace and the Left Deputy Envoy, not because of their status, but because of their behavior and mind.

If all women in the world are like you, ignoring the pity of others for your weakness as women, giving you assistance and protection, and thinking that everything is as it should be, using the excuse of being a woman to justify the ugly and disgusting nature of being ungrateful and greedy for glory and splendor as fresh and refined, such ignorance and vulgarity, if it is really like this, the Qiang people's way of treating women is really good, you deserve to be driven like cattle and sheep. "

"Zhang Chongzhun, don't think that you can humiliate me just because you gave me a few bowls of rotten soup and smelly rice." Although An Yu still dared to retort, her voice became even softer. She also glanced at the expression of the envoy guard beside her.

Sikong Yuehu's patience was gradually running out. As long as the maid didn't dare to make a loud noise, he was too lazy to use his sword to kill this foolish person who was afraid of death.

Seeing that the envoys did not say anything, An Yu became bolder: "Don't think I don't know your intentions. You male slaves have no hope of getting married in Wumei Cang. Your so-called care for me is nothing more than to occupy my body. It's just because of me that you have won the favor of the cangtou. You dare not be so blatant..."

Zhang Chongzhun's eyes almost popped out.

"An Yu, the Wumei slaves are regarded as evil and ominous creatures by the Qiang people. In their eyes, we are not human beings at all, even worse than pigs and dogs. How can you please them??? We have to go through a lot of hardships to survive. Every day we can only eat rotten soup and smelly rice. Sometimes we even have to drink our own urine to quench our thirst. We don’t know when we will starve to death, die of cold or die of disease. After working hard, we don’t even have the energy to say a word. Even if we have the desire, we simply don’t have the energy to…

You said this, and you treated us who have taken care of you so badly. You are so shameless! I don't care. I am still alive. I have escaped from the sea of ​​suffering. Do you still remember Changqing who gave you all his clothes to keep you warm and died of cold on that snowy day? How can you say such a thing? ! Your grandfather knelt in front of Changqing's corpse and kowtowed three times. Do you remember what he told you?

She said that your life is no longer your own life, and you must live on no matter how hard or tired you are. She said that although you and Changqing are not engaged, you must never forget Changqing's love for you. One day, if you can get rid of your status as a criminal slave and are lucky enough to have a son or daughter, don't forget to tell your children that they have a savior whom they have never met and will never be able to worship. Changqing's body is no longer there, but if you get the chance, don't forget to set up a tablet for him and burn some paper money every year.

The ‘you male slaves’ you just accused include Changqing, do you include him? Have you really given yourself to the cangtou? Do you really think that it is the cangtou of the Northern Han who protected you from being humiliated by us? How could you, how could you say such heart-breaking words!!!”

An Yu sneered: "My grandfather was also a man. If he had any children or grandchildren, he would never be willing to share the food and clothes of the males with me. He only has a granddaughter like me, so I can survive. Changqing? Did he die for me? Two rags are as good as nothing. I survived by myself, but you men actually want me to be grateful? I don't have the ability to win the love of Cangtou? Ha, do you really think that I survived only because of your help?"

How did she survive?

She knelt on the ground and pulled open her collar. The Qiang people laughed and didn't let her get close, but they were willing to throw food to her, sometimes even the roasted and fragrant lamb leg bones with some meat on them, and she would secretly lick the greasy soup bowl.

That's how she survived.

She always relies on herself, not men, let alone male slaves.