"Don't mind them. Let's go back."
"Go back? Where to?"
Hearing this, Tang Youyou looked at the empty and long road in the distance. All she could think about was the answer the old eccentric had given her.
"Since you're here, make the best of it. The time hasn't come yet. Rest in peace when the time is right."
"Leaving is just wishful thinking. Enjoying the present is the most important thing."
These two sentences kept echoing in her ears, making her even more entangled. Rest in peace. She had tried to kill herself many times, but every time she woke up, she still had to go through the same things as before.
Right now, this phrase "rest in peace" and "enjoying the present is the most important thing" left her with no choice but to wait for the time to come.
Hearing this, Yue Fusheng led Tang Youyou towards Chang'an City again.
But somehow, the deeper they walked into the forest, the more they got lost. Just then, a group of people landed from the trees using lightness kung fu.
They looked at each other in surprise, especially when they saw Tang Youyou.
The order they received said that the person to be killed was a ferocious one. But now, in front of them was a delicate scholar and a young man with a missing arm!
What the hell!
The man held the portrait in his hand and compared it again and again. He noticed that the cheekbones of Tang Youyou perfectly matched those in the portrait.
This was their special skill. If someone was good at disguise, they could change their appearance, but the only thing they couldn't change was their cheekbones.
Bones couldn't be altered, and that was their standard for finding people.
The man pointed at Tang Youyou in front of him and roared angrily, "This is the one. Kill her without mercy!"
With that, these people immediately swarmed forward.
Amidst the clashing of swords, Tang Youyou narrowly managed to stay alive.
Meanwhile, someone was secretly shooting arrows. Under the rain of arrows, Tang Youyou couldn't dodge in time. The last arrow grazed her shoulder.
The bright red blood kept flowing out, which made Yue Fusheng feel heartache. "My lord, you hide first. I can hold on for a while."
Hearing this, Tang Youyou grabbed the other's wrist and dragged him away. "Fight? If we can't win, we run. Running away is the best policy!"
With that, the two of them started running away at full speed.
He chased, and she fled. She had nowhere to escape.
When they finally found the way again, Tang Youyou realized that she had already lost sight of Yue Fusheng.
Tang Youyou anxiously looked around and kept shouting, "Yue Fusheng, where are you?"
But her weak voice was met with deathly silence.
The lack of response made Tang Youyou feel a little panicked. She tried her best to control her emotions, but in a blink of an eye, she felt a sharp pain on the back of her head.
Then, she lost consciousness.
When she woke up again, she found that she was no longer in the forest but on a stage.
Around the stage were all kinds of charming women, each of them heavily made up, and some even smelled strongly of perfume.
For someone with a sensitive sense of smell like Tang Youyou, this was a disaster.
"Madam, should this person go on stage now?" After a childish voice came out, an old voice followed.
"It's almost time. Let her go on stage later. The aunt has already changed her clothes. Let's see how much silver the people below are willing to pay for her."
With that, Tang Youyou was pushed onto the stage by these people. Looking at so many people below, Tang Youyou struggled constantly, but she felt as if she had no strength at all and couldn't move.
The people below looked at Tang Youyou with mocking eyes.
Some people pointed at Tang Youyou and laughed, "This little girl is really worthy of being the top courtesan in Yihong Courtyard. If she falls into my hands, I will definitely make her feel the ultimate pleasure."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was a burst of laughter below. Everyone's eyes were fixed on Tang Youyou on the stage like a little lamb.
Tang Youyou naturally felt that something was wrong with this place. This was an auction, but the item being auctioned was a woman like her.
She just took one look at the greasy men below and immediately felt nauseous.
Big bellies, greasy appearances, and evil expressions. Just one look at them made people want to vomit.
And most of the people here were like this.
Tang Youyou sneered in her heart. She didn't know who she had offended unintentionally, but they had forced her into this kind of place.
It seemed that this person didn't just want her life but also wanted to ruin her reputation!
A woman's heart could be really vicious. If she hadn't heard from the old woman who had planned all this, she really wouldn't have believed that it was all masterminded by Wen Ruxue, who was now in the palace.
Hiring assassins and colluding with human traffickers.
What a mastermind!
Thinking of this, Tang Youyou sneered. She watched as the men below kept raising the price, and in a corner on the other side, there seemed to be another person.
But this person had been silent all the time, so naturally, Tang Youyou didn't pay much attention to him.
A woman walked onto the stage. She glanced at Tang Youyou, who was half - reclined on the chair, and gave a knowing smile. Her slender hand landed on Tang Youyou's shoulder, and then she leaned down and whispered in her ear,
"Your Majesty the Queen, I'm just a person who takes money to do things. Don't blame me. Maybe among these people, you'll meet your true love. Then you'll even thank us."
The girl's voice was so soft that only the two of them could hear it.
When the woman stood up again, all the hostility from before had disappeared.
"Welcome all the gentlemen here to our Yihong Courtyard. We don't have much of anything here in Yihong Courtyard, but we have plenty of women. Now, I'd like to introduce the top courtesan of our Yihong Courtyard, Miss Liu Ruyan."
Miss Liu Ruyan? As Tang Youyou was pondering this name, the auction started below.
"One hundred taels of silver."
"Five hundred taels of silver."
"One thousand and five hundred taels of silver."
...
The final price stopped at two thousand taels of silver. This price was quite a surprise to Tang Youyou. It was rare for someone to pay such a high price for her in the civilian world.
However, this man was exactly the disgusting one she had seen before.
At this moment, Tang Youyou felt extremely annoyed. Such a thing would be like the sky falling on anyone.