Zhao Shuning was the spiritual pharmacist of the Eight Prime Ministers.
She was also an almost eighth-rank alchemist.
However, when she passed through this entrance, she felt a dull pain in her chest.
During this period, there was also a voice constantly warning her not to enter this secret realm.
Zhao Shuning's head ached as if it were splitting.
She thought that as long as she found those children and sent them back to Changle Town, she would definitely leave immediately. She didn't want to provoke that terrifying existence either.
Relying on her previous spiritual power exploration.
Zhao Shuning quickly found those children.
At this time, there was a constant buzzing in her ears. Forcing herself to endure the discomfort, Zhao Shuning released the infant spirits from her Qiankun bag and let them return to their original bodies.
Then, using her own abilities, she took them to the wilderness outside Changle Town.
One of the kids with sharp eyes noticed that blood beads were oozing from Zhao Shuning's arm.
"Sister, what's wrong with you?"
Zhao Shuning looked down and saw that her body had been soaked in blood. She didn't know when. The counterattack of that powerful spiritual power before was actually so fierce.
"You kids go quickly."
Zhao Shuning forced herself to hold on and opened the exit for them.
She used her own body to block in front of the children one by one and transported them out.
Finally, the last child also got out.
Zhao Shuning saw many torches lighting up in the distance.
Finally, she collapsed to the ground in relief.
God, now that Luo Qiu has returned to his proper position, there should be no great meaning for me to stay here. Can you let me go back, considering that I've saved so many children? I miss my master so much, and I miss my family.
Zhao Shuning closed her eyes.
Finally, she lost consciousness.
At this moment, her body appeared in the palace of the Cangwu Kingdom.
Since Zhao Shuning was soaked in blood all over, and her face was also covered with dried blood, as soon as she appeared in the imperial garden of the palace, she attracted many guards.
Among them, at the front of the guards was the commander of the imperial guards of the Cangwu Kingdom.
The man looked heroic. Seeing the blood - covered woman, there was not the slightest change in his expression.
He stepped forward, bent down, and felt the woman's breath. Seeing that there was still a faint breath.
He said, "Throw her into the Laundry Bureau."
It just so happened that Granny Lan had been complaining all day about the shortage of manpower. Whether this woman would live or die after being thrown there would depend on her own fortune.
In the Laundry Bureau, there were mostly palace maids who had committed offenses. They did things like washing clothes for the nobles, cleaning the latrines, or removing the dirt from the ponds.
Anyway, all the things that no one in the palace wanted to do were done by them.
When Zhao Shuning was thrown into the Laundry Bureau, she was still unconscious. She just felt that her body was very cold at first, and then very hot.
There were also scolding voices in her ears.
"There are already not many people in the Laundry Bureau. Those dozens of people are treated like beasts by the masters in the palace every day."
"Now it's good. All sorts of people are being thrown here."
"The Laundry Bureau is already short of funds. Now it has become a refugee camp."
The rustling voices in her ears continued.
Zhao Shuning felt that someone had helped her up, and then her mouth was filled with a bitter and hard - to - swallow viscous liquid.
"I'll treat the dying horse as if it were alive. Anyway, I've done what I should. If you die later, don't come to me."
Zhao Shuning felt something stuck in her throat.
She couldn't catch her breath all of a sudden and started to cough violently.
Before long, the pain from the wound was tearing.
This pain actually woke Zhao Shuning up.
She opened her eyes.
She saw an old woman standing in front of her.
"You've finally woken up, you stinky girl. You've wasted one silver coin's worth of medicine from me. Later, you have to do more hard work to earn it back."
Zhao Shuning looked around.
She roughly understood her current situation.
If she guessed correctly, she should be in the Cangwu Kingdom, but she hadn't figured out exactly where in the Cangwu Kingdom she was.
"I don't know which family's young lady you were before, but now that you're in the Laundry Bureau, you have to abide by the rules of the Laundry Bureau. Otherwise, I can find someone to cripple your hands."
The Laundry Bureau?
Zhao Shuning stood up.
But Granny Lan grabbed her back all of a sudden.
"What? Where do you think you're going?"
Zhao Shuning's wound hurt as it was pulled, and her whole body ached. She sat back on the hard bed.
"Granny, may I ask your surname?"
Seeing that the young woman wasn't angry and was talking nicely to her, Granny Lan's tone softened a bit.
"Just call me Granny Lan."
"Granny Lan, you can call me Ningning."
"Ningning? I don't care what your name is. In short, now that you're in my Laundry Bureau, you have to abide by the rules of my Laundry Bureau. You young girls who just come to my Laundry Bureau are all so arrogant. You all think you can get out of here. I tell you, I've been in charge of the Laundry Bureau for more than forty years. So far, no young lady has ever entered the Laundry Bureau and then gotten out. So don't even think about it, do you understand?"
In the Laundry Bureau, there were generally official ladies with a record of crimes or palace maids who had committed offenses.
"I know. I'll listen to you, Granny."
"I rarely see someone as obedient as you."
Zhao Shuning smiled.
"Granny, don't worry. From now on, when I'm here, no one from other places will dare to pick on you."
"Well, you just woke up not long ago, with all these injuries. I don't know who you offended to be beaten like this and thrown into my Laundry Bureau as a criminal. Do you still want to protect this old woman with your weak little body? I tell you, don't try to flatter me. You still have to do the work and scrub the buckets. Do you hear me?"
"Okay, I hear you."
Zhao Shuning had done this kind of rough work before. It was no big deal.
She never thought of herself as a delicate flower. When her master was training her before, he would throw her into the mysterious realm for several months. Those days were really hard to endure.
"Granny, is there anything for me to do now?"
As Zhao Shuning said this, she started to roll up her sleeves.
"Stop, stop, stop. Although I'm a bit fierce usually, I'm not so inhumane as to let you do work with all these injuries. That would just be a waste of the medicine I gave you. Look at your weak body. I don't even know how long you can live."
Zhao Shuning wasn't angry.
If it weren't for Granny Lan giving her a quilt and feeding her medicine, she might have been carried away by wild beasts long ago.
Granny Lan was just sharp - tongued. She had a kind heart. Zhao Shuning knew that.
"I'll listen to you, Granny."
Zhao Shuning smiled faintly.
This made Granny Lan feel pity for her.
Really, it had been a long time since she had seen such a tough little girl. Those who came to the Laundry Bureau at first would cry, make a scene, and even threaten to hang themselves. She had to use some means to make them stop.
This little girl was quite sensible and knew the rules.
She neither cried nor made a scene and was so obedient.