The Love of Passerby A

Chapter 190: The Little Transparent in the Princess and Prince Consort Story (Extra 1)

What happened after a bowl of noodles

I, Zhao Sanya, was born in a small mountain village. As your name suggests, I am the third daughter in the family. I have two older sisters. I have never had enough to eat since I was born.

My second sister said that when I was born, my father wanted to drown me, but she saved me and raised me with rice soup.

My second sister has always been the one who took care of me. It is no exaggeration to say that I grew up on her back. As soon as I was able to go out to work, I followed her to work.

When I was five years old, my mother finally gave birth to two younger brothers for me. Only then did I realize that my mother could hug her own children and my father could smile at us.

When I was ten years old, I had my only full meal.

The reason was that my parents wanted to send my two younger brothers to school, but the family had no money, so they sold my second sister to someone from the next village as a daughter-in-law.

I couldn't bear to leave my second sister, so I chased her all the way to the next village. My second sister touched my head and said to me, "San Ya, I'm fine. My in-laws treat me very well."

As he said this, he stuffed two steamed buns on the stove into my hands. I was happy for my second sister because she could have enough to eat here.

At least at that time at home, we were never qualified to eat dry food and could only drink porridge.

I didn’t dare to bring the steamed bread home, so I ate it happily outside the village before going home.

My mother knew that I was going to see my second sister, but she didn't say anything. She just told me that in the future I would be the one to do the work that my second sister usually did.

The next time I saw my second sister was on a winter night. She was knocking on the door outside loudly.

That night, my parents acted as if they didn't hear anything and never opened the door.

At that time, my eldest sister married and moved far away, and there were only me, my brothers, my parents, and me at home.

I wanted to open the door for my second sister, but my mother tied me up. She said to me calmly, "A daughter who is married off is like water spilled out. San Ya, remember that the person outside the door is not your sister."

I shook my head desperately, and begged my mother with tears in my eyes to open the door for my second sister. If my second sister stayed outside on such a cold winter night, she would freeze to death.

"How can there be such a stupid person who would stay at the door even though he knows he will freeze to death?" The eldest brother, who is already eight years old, curled his lips and said disdainfully.

I was tied up all night. In the morning, my mother released me. I hurried to open the door, but didn't see my second sister. I thought she had gone back to her husband's home.

The next time I heard news about my second sister was three days later. The villagers went to the river outside the village to fetch water. They saw my second sister soaking in the water with her body swollen. It seemed that she had been dead for several days.

After learning about this, I hurried to the river, but I only saw my parents and my second brother-in-law's family blaming each other.

After the eldest and second brothers returned home and learned about this incident, they only said two words - bad luck.

At this moment, I suddenly understood that even if some people are related to you by blood, they are not your family. They have eaten up my second sister's "flesh and blood", but they still curse the fishy smell of this "flesh and blood".

Half a year later, my chance came. A human trafficker came to the village. I persuaded my parents to sell me, and asked the village chief to help him speak well of me to the human trafficker. Finally, I got on a carriage and left the village.

I followed the human trafficker all the way into the city. She took me directly into a small courtyard in the city and left.

There lived a couple in that yard. They looked at me and smiled with satisfaction. They also asked me if I would like to be their daughter.

There is no such thing as a free lunch. How could I, who is not even liked by my family, possibly meet such a good person?

I knelt down in front of the couple and said, "Master, Madam, if there is anything you need Sanya to do, Sanya will do it. All Sanya needs is a full meal."

"She's a very smart child." The woman said, "I won't hide it from you. Our surname is also Zhao, and we are distant relatives of your family. I have a daughter, and her name appeared on the list of maids entering the palace for some reason a few days ago.

Now that things have come to this, the list cannot be changed, so I can only find someone to replace you. I have learned that you are the only girl in your family, are you willing to enter the palace in my daughter's place?"

The man continued, "We will give you some silver and teach you some ways to survive. We have also found out that after you turn nineteen, you will be able to leave the palace. We will then give you a house."

"Okay." I agreed.

From that day on, I changed my name to Zhao Hongmei.

I followed the master and his wife back to the capital. In the month before entering the palace, I learned a lot of things, the most useless of which was how to please men.

I am thirteen years old now. At most, I will only stay in the palace for seven years. The only man there is the emperor. What's the point of me learning these?

A month later, I followed those girls into the palace. From beginning to end, I never saw the person I replaced. She really has a pair of parents who love her very much!

I worked diligently in the palace for several years. Although I was just washing clothes in the laundry room, I could eat enough every day and I was paid.

In order to live a better life, I often gave some money to my aunt and the housekeeper, so life was not that difficult.

When I only had half a year to leave the palace, one night I finished work late and had to walk to my residence on an empty stomach. However, when I passed a garden, I saw noodles and cakes displayed in a pavilion.

I observed for a long time, but didn't see anyone else coming. I thought maybe some master had forgotten something here.

Thinking it was a waste, he went forward and started eating voraciously.