Chapter 31 Nie Shen'er
The original owner, Nie Shen'er, had a father who was a hunter and a mother who was an exiled daughter of an official family. The family lived in the mountains and forests, working from sunrise to sunset and resting from sunset to sunrise.
Until one day, a mother and daughter broke their peaceful life.
Du Yunxi's mother was the wet nurse of the fourth prince in the Han Palace. Empress Dowager Lu wanted to eliminate dissidents and poisoned the fourth prince Liu Heng. Du's mother thought that Empress Dowager Lu was doing it, so she turned around and told the fourth prince's biological mother, Bo Ji, about it.
Bo Ji reported Lu Hou to the King of Han and rewarded Du's mother. Although Du's mother was appreciated by Bo Ji, she also offended Lu Hou.
After Bo Ji released Du's mother from the palace, Du's mother was hunted down by Lu Hou's men.
For the sake of her daughter, Du's mother ran back to her brother's house for help, but was caught up by the killer on the way.
Fortunately, they met Nie Shen'er and his daughter who were returning home from the town. They kindly took Du's mother to their home to rest. However, Du's mother accidentally got hooked on a branch on the way, leaving a trace for the killer.
The killer tracked Nie Shen'er to his home and killed Du's mother and Nie Shen'er's parents.
Nie Shen'er and Du Yunxi escaped the disaster because they hid in a water tank.
After her parents died, Du Yunxi took Nie Shen'er to live with her uncle. Unexpectedly, her uncle and aunt were unwilling to adopt Nie Shen'er, who had no blood relationship with them, and abandoned Nie Shen'er on the street.
The young and ignorant Nie Shen'er was deceived by the madam of a brothel and ended up in a place of entertainment, becoming a prostitute who was slept with and tasted by thousands of men.
However, Du Yunxi never came to look for Nie Shen'er. Even though they were in the same town, she never looked for Nie Shen'er, whose family was destroyed because of her and her daughter, as if Nie Shen'er had never appeared.
Because of her uncle's favoritism, Du Yunxi can read books and learn to read at home, learn needlework, and live the life that a normal woman should live.
Nie Shen'er did not have a good life in the brothel. She finally met Liu Kang, who truly loved her. She promised to be loyal to him and get pregnant for him. However, after meeting Du Yunxi, Liu Kang completely forgot their vows of love.
Du Yunxi killed Nie Shen'er's parents and robbed Nie Shen'er of her redemption. Nie Shen'er was a very cruel girl. She turned around and had an abortion and killed Liu Kang.
Because of murder, Nie Shen'er was hunted down and met Du Yunxi again. Du Yunxi was chosen as a family member to enter the palace. She was dressed in silk and satin and looked extremely noble.
Nie Shen'er committed suicide by jumping into the river, killing her family, and followed Du Yunxi into the palace.
After entering the palace, Du Yunxi relied on her status as "sister" to teach her to be law-abiding, but she herself tried to please the queen and had a secret affair with the emperor.
Du Yunxi's little tricks did not escape the eyes of Empress Dowager Lu, and Nie Shen'er, the unlucky "sister", was taken out by Du Yunxi to be sacrificed to the gods.
As Du Yunxi's hostage in the Han Palace, Nie Shen'er was tortured by Empress Dowager Lu whenever Du Yunxi failed to bring back useful news. Du Yunxi seemed to have forgotten the existence of Nie Shen'er, the hostage, and after falling in love with King Dai Liu Heng, she resolutely betrayed Empress Dowager Lu.
After the Queen Mother discovered Du Yunxi's betrayal, she forced Nie Shen'er to be buried alive with Liu Ying, who had faked his death. She couldn't deal with Du Yunxi, so she could only vent her anger on Nie Shen'er.
When she betrayed Empress Dowager Lu, she probably had forgotten about Nie Shen'er. Fortunately, Nie Shen'er was smart and was rescued by Lu Lu. After the death of the little emperor, she instigated Lu Lu to rebel, but the plan was resolved by Empress Dowager Lu, and in the end it benefited the Dai Kingdom.
Du Yunxi returned home in glory, changed her name and became the queen of the Han Dynasty.
Nie Shen'er and Lu Lu became stray dogs and were separated from their daughter during the escape. Lu Lu was shot to death by Mo Xueyuan for her, and Du Yunxi once again killed the person who loved her.
In order to avenge Lu Lu, or for wealth and glory, or to take revenge on Du Yunxi, Nie Shen'er climbed into Liu Heng's bed, gave birth to Wu'er, and broke off with Du Yunxi.
When Mo Xueyuan and Zhou Yafu finally got married, Nie Shen'er framed Mo Xueyuan to lose her virginity, causing her to swallow gold and die. Du Yunxi threatened her with Wu'er, and Nie Shen'er could only drink poison and die in the end.
When Nie Shen'er was dying, she had already seen through Du Yunxi's sisterly love for her. If possible, she didn't want to save Du Yunxi and her daughter anymore, and didn't want to live such a displaced life.
She misses her father and mother and wants to go home!
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"Shen'er, does this hair flower look good?"
Father Nie held the hair ornament and gestured on Nie Shen'er's head.
Zhang Shan came back to her senses and picked up a wooden hairpin that was carved with a plum blossom pattern, which was very delicate.
"Father, let's buy this hairpin for Mother. She will definitely like it."
"I think you like it."
"Hehe, Dad has figured it all out."
"Of course, my father has a keen eye. Besides, your mother only likes the hairpins carved by your father."
Zhang Shan was a little introverted after being unexpectedly fed a mouthful of dog food.
"Father, let's go home. I want to put it on my mother myself."
"Okay, let's go home."
Father Nie put Nie Shen'er into a backpack, put him on his back, and walked towards the mountain.
It was Zhang Shan’s first time to experience being carried in a backpack, and it felt quite novel.
The scorching sun made Zhang Shan drowsy, but Father Nie walked very steadily. When passing by a grove, a pheasant flew over their heads. Zhang Shan poked her head out and seemed to be frightened.
"Don't be afraid, Shen'er. Daddy will catch this beast and cook its meat for you." As he said that, Father Nie was about to put Zhang Shan down.
Zhang Shan quickly stopped him and said, "Father, Shen'er wants to go home and doesn't want to eat meat anymore."
Father Nie had no choice but to carry the basket and go home.
After Father Nie left, a mother and daughter came together from another path.
"Yunxi, take a rest. After passing this mountain, you will reach the pavilion where your uncle is."
"Mom, I'm so hungry."
Du's mother opened the bag, took out a cold, hard pancake, broke it in half and handed it to Du Yunxi. Du Yunxi was very hungry and wolfed it down.
At this moment, they suddenly heard a man's voice, and through the leaves, they saw several familiar-looking people. Du's mother covered Du Yunxi's mouth and ran up the mountain along the path.
After the mother and daughter left, three men in black came to the place where they had rested before and found the cloth that had been hooked out of Du's mother's clothes on a branch.
"They're running this way, chase them!"
Three men in black followed closely behind.
Mother Du pulled Du Yunxi and ran desperately, but suddenly her feet slipped and they both rolled down the hillside. Fortunately, they were stopped by a tree and were not seriously injured.
Looking at the steep hillside, Du's mother realized that the man in black would soon catch up with her. She anxiously looked around for a hiding place and found a wooden house not far away.
"Hurry, hide inside!" Du's mother urged.
However, the wooden house had an owner. The mother and daughter knocked for a long time, but no one came to open the door.
But this did not pose a problem for Du's mother. She knocked on the wooden door of the woodshed and took Du Yunxi to hide in an unused water tank in the woodshed.
A moment later, the man in black chased up the hillside and searched everywhere for the Du mother and daughter.
"Strange, why is it gone?" one of the men in black said puzzledly.
"It must be nearby, keep looking!" another man in black ordered.
Du's mother hugged Du Yunxi tightly, praying that she would not be discovered. As time passed, the man in black finally gave up the search and left in another direction.
Du Yunxi and her mother breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the man in black had left.
Just as they popped their heads out, they saw three men in black standing in front of them.
"Yun Xi, run!"
Du's mother stood in front of Du Yunxi and dragged the three men in black, allowing Du Yunxi to pass through the gap and hide in the wooden house.
"mother……"
Du Yunxi watched her mother being stabbed by three long knives, covering her mouth and crying bitterly, but she did not dare to cry out loud for fear of being caught by the men in black.
The man in black was strong but had no morals. He kicked down the wooden door and went into the wooden house to look for Du Yunxi.
Du Yunxi came out from the corner again, lay beside her mother and cried for a long time until she heard footsteps, then she left the wooden house.
At this time, Nie Shen'er and his family of three were picking newly sprouted ferns halfway up the mountain. Nie's father was carrying a backpack with most of the ferns already in it.
Mother Nie: "Husband, that smoke seems to be in the direction of our home."
Father Nie: "No way. I remember putting out the fire on the stove when I left the house... But this direction is definitely our home. I have to go down and take a look to make sure the forest doesn't burn down."
If such a large forest were to burn down, their entire family would lose their heads.
"Okay, husband, go now!"
Mother Nie held Nie Shen'er's hand and looked towards home with great concern.
Nie Shen'er thought that as long as she didn't get close to them, she could get rid of Du Yunxi and her daughter. She didn't expect that they ran to her house. Although she didn't know whether they were dead or not, Du Yunxi and her daughter really deserved to die!
"mother……"
"Don't be afraid, Shen'er. Let's go and take a look."
Leaving behind the basket of ferns, the mother and daughter went down the mountain. When they arrived at the door of their home, they found that the house had been burned into ruins, and Nie's father was still putting out the fire.
"Why are you here? Stay away, don't get hurt."
The fire was quickly brought under control, and Father Nie was so tired that he squatted on the ground gasping for breath.
Nie Shen'er once again felt that Du Yunxi and her daughter deserved to die.
But the harm will last for thousands of years.
Du Yunxi won’t die so easily.
"Don't go near, there's a body inside."
"The fire was set by the murderer, who wanted to burn the body and destroy all evidence."
"Husband, should we report to the police?" Mother Nie squatted beside Father Nie with red eyes.
"We can't report it to the police. Only an official knife can leave such marks. Let's just pretend we didn't see it and live somewhere else."
Nie's father was a ranger. He had also come into contact with swords when he was a child, but because he offended a nobleman, his father was killed and he had to hide in the mountains to live.
Now that so many years have passed and all his enemies are dead, it is time for him to go out and live an upright life.
Father Nie took his wife and daughter, packed up some luggage, and left the place where they had lived for many years. They wandered all the way and finally settled down in a remote village.
Time flies, and Zhang Shan has grown into a graceful young lady with skin as white as jade, long dark eyebrows, bright eyes, red lips and white teeth. A cinnabar mole between her eyebrows makes her even more charming.
On this day, she went up the mountain to pick wild vegetables as usual, but unexpectedly met an injured and unconscious man. From Nie Shen'er's memory, she learned that this man was Empress Dowager Lu's nephew Lu Lu.
Normally, children and men on the street should not be picked up, but this person had a close relationship with the original owner, and the wound on his body was very deep. If he was not treated, he would probably die.
Zhang Shan hesitated for a moment, then took the person to a cave not far away, took out disinfectant, did a simple disinfection and anesthesia, then sutured the wound, sprinkled hemostatic powder, and bandaged the wound.
The man did not wake up during the whole process.
Worried that he might have a fever in the middle of the night, Zhang Shan gave him another anti-inflammatory pill.
Lu Lu was in a daze and felt someone walking around him, but he couldn't open his eyes and slowly fell into a deep sleep.
Zhang Shan had been taking care of Lü Lu in the cave, changing his medicine several times. Three days later, Lü Lu finally woke up.
"It was you who saved me?" Lu Lu looked at the strange woman in front of him, his heart full of gratitude.
"Yes." Zhang Shan nodded, "Your wound hasn't healed yet, don't move."
Lu Lu tried to move his body and found that apart from the pain from the wound, there was nothing serious.
"Thank you, may I ask your name, young lady?" Lu Lu asked.
"Nie Shen'er, you're welcome. It's just a small favor." Zhang Shan replied.
As if she had thought of something, Zhang Shan asked, "Your wound looks like a knife wound. Is there anyone chasing you?"
"Absolutely not." Lü Lu was helping Empress Dowager Lü. This injury was caused by a descendant of Liu family, and he had already paid it back at that time.
It was just that on the way back, the horse was frightened and was carried here by the horse.
In the next few days, Zhang Shan still came to change Lu Lu's dressing every day. Lu Lu's injuries gradually recovered, and the communication between him and Zhang Shan became more and more frequent.
"Shen'er, don't wait for me to go back to the Han Palace and ask my aunt for permission. I will definitely marry you."
"it is good."
Zhang Shan smiled and watched Lu Lu leave, then turned around and moved to another place with Nie's father and mother. When Empress Dowager Lu sent people to assassinate him, she could not find him at all.
Empress Dowager Lu had a very strong desire for control. She even killed the woman her son liked, let alone the woman her nephew liked?
Although Lu Lu was disappointed, he still did not give up looking for Zhang Shan.
On the other hand, Du Yunxi went through a lot of hardships to find her uncle Tian Daye, but unexpectedly it brought a catastrophe to the Tian family. Her uncle and his family were killed by a killer. Du Yunxi had nowhere to go and was taken away by the brothel madam.
Ten years later, Du Yunxi met the playboy Liu Kang, and the two secretly got married. Du Yunxi was redeemed by Liu Kang and taken home.
But a playboy is a playboy. After he had Du Yunxi, he only stayed quiet for two or three years. Until Du Yunxi became pregnant, Liu Kang returned to his cute self and continued to linger on women. Du Yunxi's sincere feelings were still let down.
Six years later, Zhang Shan met Lv Lu again. "Every time I saw Shen'er, I was very embarrassed and made Shen'er laugh."
Zhang Shan sighed, helped Lu Lu up, and applied medicine to him skillfully. Neither of them mentioned what happened in the past. Zhang Shan got married in these years, but her husband was conscripted and left without any news since then.
The Nie family moved to a new place and unexpectedly met Lu Lu again.
After Lü Zhi returned power to Liu's descendants, Liu Heng seized the throne and began to encircle and kill the Lü clan. It was as a result that Lü Lu was seriously injured and fled here.
"Are you leaving this time?"
"I won't leave, even if I die." Lu Lu shook his head, his eyes full of love.
Half a year later, Zhang Shan married Lu Lu, who had changed his name.
A year later, Zhang Shan gave birth to a daughter named Wang Zhaojun.
Eighteen years later, Wang Zhaojun was chosen as a family member and entered the palace to become the concubine of Crown Prince Liu Qi.
Two years later, Wang Zhi gave birth to a son named Liu Che, nicknamed Zhuer, who would become the future Emperor Wu of Han.