Night
It’s really quiet. Occasionally, sounds of beast howling and wind blowing through the grass can be heard. The moon is embedded in the dark blue sky. Under the full moon is a pool of water braved by shallow fog. In this dim white mist, a graceful figure is faintly discernible.
“Miss, I’ve found out.”
At the side of the pool, a person in dark knelt on one knee with her head bowed respectfully to express her respect for the beauty in the water.
“En……talk…….”
That young woman’s voice sounded sweet like the clear spring in the mountains. In this silent night, it’s particularly pleasant.
“Five years ago, miss and Murong Xin Lian went in the palace together to visit the then guiren1 Murong Xue Lian. Miss stole the glowing pearl that the emperor gifted to Murong Xue Lian. Murong Xin Lian found out and told prime minister Murong Tai. Murong Tai punished miss with the home punishment (being beaten with a wooden stick on the back). Then he send miss to Jing Xin An……”
Hearing this, the young woman chuckled.
So it turned out that this was the reason. No wonder that when she woke up she was in a broken house at the back of a nunnery without a single person around her.
Hearing the young woman’s laughter, the person in black paused. Before she wondered why miss has let her go investigate this, but after she investigated she understood. Originally she thought her life is miserable, she didn’t expect that miss’s life is more miserable. Being beaten half to death by her biological father and thrown in the nunnery to fend for herself. It seems that being born in a rich and powerful family is not necessarily a happy thing.