strictlysupreme Chapter 69 Rebellious Officials of the Former Dynasty 1
Chapter 69 Rebellious Officials of the Former Dynasty 1
"Guard Ling, run! Don't worry about me!"
Swords clashed in the pitch-black night, and the delicate, mournful cries of a woman drifted from afar, causing the guards, who were engaged in a fierce battle among the enemy troops, to pause in their tracks.
The long sword sliced across her shoulder, and Ling Yi grunted. With a backhand slash, she finished off the person in front of her, then leaped away and disappeared in a flash.
The distant crying stopped abruptly. The woman stared in disbelief at her retreating figure, muttering to herself, "She's gone. How could she really be gone?"
"Chase her!" The armored general glanced at the woman who was crying her eyes out and ordered without hesitation, leaving only two people to protect the helpless woman.
Shadows darted through the mountains and forests. Relying on the original owner's superb lightness skills and the optimal route calculated by the core, Ling Yi successfully shook off her pursuers.
At this moment, the useless little system finally transmitted the world data into her mind.
In this world, Ling Yi is the daughter of a military family. Her grandfather was a general who protected the country, and her father was a trusted general of the former crown prince. She diligently studied martial arts from a young age and was promoted to be Princess Qingxi's personal bodyguard.
If the country is stable, with her family background and abilities, even if she cannot become a general or prime minister, she can still become the head of female officials.
Unfortunately, the General Who Protects the Nation was from the previous dynasty and died on the day the country fell; the Crown Prince was from the previous dynasty and died in resentment; and Princess Qingxi was from the previous dynasty as well, and she was also obsessed with love.
After the fall of the kingdom, former officials of the previous dynasty protected the then-young crown prince as he fled the capital, hiding his identity and preparing for war in order to restore the kingdom.
Unfortunately, due to the exhaustion of his journey and the shock of the fall of his kingdom, His Highness the Crown Prince's health deteriorated, and he passed away more than a decade later, leaving behind only one daughter.
Therefore, the restoration army had no choice but to raise the child again, raising Princess Qingxi, who was still in swaddling clothes, to adulthood.
It took more than thirty years for the two generations of young masters to grow up. The most loyal old ministers had died, and the new people who had never received the favor of the former country took the throne. Some could not bear the loneliness of the past few years and escaped, while others could not bear the hopeless and ridiculous ideals and went far away. Only a group of young people who were most loyal to the previous dynasty because of their fathers' and grandfathers' admonitions remained.
The original owner was one of them. Under her father's guidance, she was loyal to Princess Qingxi and had scars all over her body from protecting Princess Qingxi. She protected the little princess safely until she came of age.
At that time, even the most loyal restoration army lost their will to restore the country; they only wanted to protect the safe growth of the late king's closest bloodline.
So, on the day the little princess came of age, they knelt down and begged her to give up her ambition to restore the kingdom and live a peaceful life as a wealthy girl. They, who lived in the old era, would protect her until the moment she died.
But at that moment, the still innocent princess suddenly had tears in her eyes. She questioned these former officials: "Have you forgotten your father's instructions, forgotten the great cause of the court, and only want to hide away for the rest of your lives?"
Her words were resounding: "I am the last bloodline of the Great Chen Dynasty, and I should die for the restoration of the dynasty. If you are no longer willing to assist me, then leave."
"Even if I am all alone, even if I am like a moth drawn to a flame, I will die on the road to restoring my country."
With such ambition and arrogance, what can the Restoration Army say?
They naturally abandoned the idea of preserving the only bloodline of the late king and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to helping their young master restore the kingdom!
Even if one dies, dying beside such a lord would be a worthy death.
But these loyal old ministers never imagined that their lord's fiery spirit only existed on the day he uttered those words.
The day after Princess Qingxi came of age, she met her destined one, Xiao Xian, the third prince of the Great Qi Dynasty, while traveling down the mountain.
When an innocent young girl meets a composed scholar, their passion ignites like a thunderbolt, and the flames quickly spread.
The little princess, lost in love, had only her lover in her mind, and no longer cared about the ministers who would die for her.
When she learned that her lover was a prince of the new dynasty, she suddenly realized that her own identity had become the biggest obstacle between them.
To remove this obstacle, she directly betrayed her ministers, using their lives to give Xiao Xian a great achievement in purging the remnants of the previous dynasty, making Xiao Xian the most competitive heir among the princes after the death of the crown prince.
Ultimately, her lover ascended to the throne, and she also received the title of Imperial Concubine.
Meanwhile, the original owner of this body floated in mid-air, watching the two lovers embrace. The woman's eyes were filled with sorrow: "Your Majesty, Guard Ling is dead, they are all dead, and I only have you left."
The man embraced his beloved concubine with tenderness, saying, "Qingxi loves me deeply, and I will never let you down. Once the dynasty is stable, I will make you my empress."
The original owner, floating in mid-air: "!!!"
You two scoundrels, go to hell!
This is the overwhelming resentment left behind by the original owner after leaving this world.
Ling Yi pressed her throbbing brow and remained silent for a long while.
"Ah..." Her lips moved slightly, and she stammered, "This..."
"That……"
She was constantly discovering new and strange creatures, which she neither understood nor was greatly shocked by.
How can there be such heartless and cruel people in this world?
They protect you and your father for two generations, and they don't even use national righteousness to hold you hostage. They just want you to live a peaceful life.
But you did it differently. First, you used this thing to blackmail others, and then you threw away these loyal and devoted ministers like toilet paper.
How can you sleep soundly after becoming your husband's beloved concubine by stepping on the flesh and blood of these people?
and also……
Xiao Xian is almost thirty now, while Qingxi is only sixteen!
Considering the age at which noblemen seek women these days, Xiao Xiannu could have fathered a daughter this old even with all his efforts!
Are you so despicable that you insist on finding a man with a wife and concubines, and even kill the people around you for it?
How long can one's beauty serve a man? Xiao Xian was willing to depose his first wife for you, but who knows if he will meet another beauty in the decades to come and depose you as well?
Ling Yi tried to see things from Princess Qingxi's perspective eight hundred times, but she still couldn't understand it. She could only say that this woman's position was too tricky; neither normal humans nor artificial intelligence could stand in it.
The autumn wind rustled, and Lingyi lightly touched the branches with her toes, heading towards the deeper night.
Tonight's scene of the surprise attack on the princess is just a half-hearted effort by those people to find the last gathering place of the former dynasty's officials.
Thinking of the three thousand elderly, weak, women and children who were massacred, Ling Yi pursed her lips even tighter.
She couldn't let these people die at Qingxi's hands without knowing why, so after shaking off her pursuers, she dispersed them.
The only saving grace now is that, in order to provide Princess Qingxi with a better living environment, those loyal former officials did not leave her to live in the same remote mountain valley.
Otherwise, these people would probably have become part of that lovey-dovey couple's play long ago.
"Hey! This road is mine, these trees are mine, if you want to pass, leave your toll!"
Amidst the overly clichéd robbery rhetoric, Ling Yi, peering down from the treetop, spotted a pair of unfortunate scholars, master and servant, who had been robbed.