The Rebirth of an Orphan

After Zhao Xihua heard that there was no sound outside, she reached for the corner of the wall next to the bed, pulled out a ball of cotton wool from that unnoticed corner, and then took out an old jade pendant. This jade pendant was left to her by her biological parents.

She had been wearing it on her body, but later, fearing that the Queen Mother would find it and take it away, she stuffed the jade pendant into the crack in the corner of the wall.

Her biological father had also been imprisoned in this Rain Viewing Terrace. Now, looking at her own experience, a hint of bitterness appeared on her face. It seemed that the noble person who killed her father must be the Queen Mother.

Suddenly, there was a sound of an iron door opening outside. Zhao Xihua hurriedly stuffed the jade pendant back into the crack in the wall. It was so late, could it be that the Queen Mother was coming to interrogate her again?

But the people outside came too quickly. Before Zhao Xihua could think of anything, he heard the guard's voice saying, "Young General, please come in!"

It turned out to be Ling Zhi, the young general of the Ling family? Zhao Xihua was a little surprised. She didn't expect that an old acquaintance she met during these days of being imprisoned would be Ling Zhi.

Now that Gu Lun is dead and the Ninth Prince has not returned yet, the Queen Mother supports the Ling family. Now President Mo Yuan is terminally ill and the world is uncertain. The Ling family must not be offended.

Ling Zhi looked at Zhao Xihua, who was curled up on the bed. Her dress was stained with blood, and her wrists, which were hugging her knees, showed blue and red scars. It looked like she had been tortured.

He felt a slight pain in his heart for no reason, but then he remembered that this woman almost killed his mother, and he felt some hatred again.

He walked towards Zhao Xihua step by step with a gloomy face. Zhao Xihua looked up at the gloomy face of the man in front of her and smiled, "I didn't expect that General Ling would come to see me. Thank you so much."

Ling Zhi looked at the bright eyes of the woman in front of him. They were bright and sharp. Although they were uncomfortable to look at, they had a fatal attraction to him. It seemed that there really was love at first sight in this world, but the person in love was him, and the person in front of him was a vicious woman.

"Zhao Xihua!" Ling Zhi didn't know whether he hated Zhao Xihua or was angry with himself. He grabbed Zhao Xihua's wrist and asked, "Why did you kill my mother?"

Ling Zhi only felt that the slender wrist in his hand was already skinny and bony, and his heart ached, but he clenched it even tighter.

Zhao Xihua was already injured, and now she felt a sharp pain and her face turned pale, but she still maintained her composure. She just glanced at the man in front of her and said with a wry smile:

"Major General, if I could, I really want to kill your mother Jiang Wanyi, but she was the one who stabbed the plum blossom hairpin into her chest and set up such a big trap for me. Haha, your mother is extremely scheming. Even the Queen Mother is just a pawn in her hand."

"Zhao Xihua, you are still talking nonsense. My mother is a famous living Bodhisattva in Kyoto. She is a kind person. She has helped countless poor people. Why are you slandering her like this?"

"Good person?" Zhao Xihua sneered at the emotional Ling Zhi: "Is Jiang Wanyi a good person? Can a good person frame his savior? Go back and ask your father. Ask Ling Qian. Twenty years ago, he was deeply in love with a woman named Yun Gu, who was my master."

"You...what nonsense are you talking about?" Ling Zhi was a little stunned. Why did he bring up his father again?

Zhao Xihua looked at Ling Zhi coldly and said, "Go ask Ling Qian who he loved back then? Was it Yun Gu or Jiang Wanyi? Go tell your father that in order to get your father, Jiang Wanyi framed my master and poisoned him and sent him to Ning'an Court in Yuncheng. Even then, they didn't let her go. Jiang Wanyi even personally led people to Yuncheng and killed more than a dozen people..."

Zhao Xihua looked at Ling Zhi with eyes full of sadness and anger and said, "What a kind person! He actually ordered a dozen guards to humiliate a seriously ill woman and broke all the meridians in her body. In order to cover up his crimes, he buried hundreds of innocent lives in Ning'an Courtyard and burned so many people alive. Is Jiang Wanyi a kind person? She is a demon. She will have countless wronged souls looking for her to take her life."

Ling Zhi couldn't help but take a few steps back and was suddenly panicked. Zhao Xihua must be talking nonsense, but another voice in his heart was clamoring that these might be true.

No, the woman in front of him was very cunning and he couldn't be fooled by her, but he fell madly in love with this liar.

Ling Zhi rushed forward and grabbed Zhao Xihua, dragged her from the bed to the cold floor, pinched Zhao Xihua's pointed chin and said, "Zhao Xihua, no matter how much nonsense you talk, it won't save you. Today I'm here to tell you something."

Zhao Xihua looked at Ling Zhi calmly, without any panic or fear.

Ling Zhi's face was tense but he sneered, then he lifted Zhao Xihua up and held her tightly in his arms.

"Zhao Xihua, wait a few days and I will get you out of here."

The dangerous aura was coming, and Zhao Xihua felt a little panicked. She didn't know what this madman was going to do.

"By then, there will no longer be a person named Zhao Xihua in this world. I will send you abroad, and after a while, when I have established myself, I will bring you back. But sorry, I can't possibly marry you. I will just keep you by my side, but you will not be deprived of my favors."

Zhao Xihua was really frightened by Ling Zhi. She had no advantage in the current situation. She was just a lamb to be slaughtered. If she really fell into Ling Zhi's hands, she would never see Gu Lun again in her life. She had difficulty breathing.

Zhao Xihua stared at Ling Zhi's handsome and ruthless face and suddenly laughed. She pushed Ling Zhi away and said, "Ling Zhi, you are a major general after all. I didn't expect you to be so cheap. You actually like someone else's wife and are not afraid of losing face. What's more, you like a woman who doesn't even like you."

Zhao Xihua continued, "The only person I like is Gu Lun. No one else is in my eyes. It's a pity for General Ling. You are obsessed with a woman who wants to kill your mother and a woman who loves another man. Isn't this a big joke? Do you know that you are being a slut?"

Ling Zhi felt as if Zhao Xihua had slapped him hard in the face, and it hurt. He didn't want to tell her, but this woman was too much. He wanted this woman to recognize who she was and who was in charge of the world.

He looked at Zhao Xihua and spoke word by word, "Zhao Xihua, don't count on Gu Lun to save you. If Gu Lun was still here, how could you have suffered so much? The Ninth Prince won the battle and is on his way back, but Gu Lun is not in the team. Do you know why?"