PNB Chapter 195 Atonement
Chapter 195 Atonement
The jailer was afraid that this bloody scene would scare Zhou Lingge, so he smiled and said, "Madam, do you want me to send someone to clean up?"
Zhou Lingge raised her hand to stop him, "No need, I'll go over and take a look. You can go do what you need to do, there's no need to stay here with me."
The jailer was a little hesitant. Was there a chance for him to meet the imperial concubine? He wanted to continue to flatter her.
He hesitated and left reluctantly.
Qiaoer gave him a cold look and said, "Didn't you hear the Queen's order? Back off."
The jailer was startled by Qiao'er's sharp eyes.
His face turned pale and he didn't dare to say anything more. He quickly retreated with his men.
This imperial concubine is the most beloved one by His Majesty, and she cannot be offended easily.
This maidservant beside the Imperial Concubine was too fierce. She was indeed a trusted maidservant beside the Imperial Concubine. Even a single look from her frightened a grown man like him.
Zhou Lingge moved lightly and quietly walked to the door of the cell.
There were no lights around the cell, only an oil lamp not far away.
The dim light made it impossible for anyone to notice that a figure was suddenly walking towards them from outside.
Zhou Lingge was in the pitch-black darkness, with a pair of cool eyes open, quietly looking at the pleasing scene in the cell.
The corners of her lips slowly curled up.
A joyful mood slowly spread in her heart.
Old Madam Liu was beaten until she was covered in blood. She lay on the ground, dying... She was resentful and unwilling at first, but ended up begging for mercy out of fear.
Liu Chengqiang's eyes were bloodshot, but he continued to kick her broken body hard.
Bright blood oozed from her mouth, nose, and ears.
Her broken body was also bleeding, and the dark red brocade dress embroidered with the word "Fu" was also stained bright red with blood.
Liu An'er would also kick a few times from time to time.
Liu Yuxia huddled in the corner, staring at the scene blankly.
Suddenly, some illusions appeared in front of Old Lady Liu's eyes.
She stretched out her hand, pointed towards Zhou Lingge, and whispered, "Ah... Yuting. Yuting girl... you're here? Are you finally here to see me?"
At this moment, the air was stagnant and Liu Chengqiang felt his scalp tingling. He looked up at the dark and empty place and couldn't help but kick Madam Liu again.
"You did this on purpose, didn't you? Why are you yelling? Isn't my eldest sister dead? How could you still see her?"
Old Madam Liu's eyes were filled with tears. She pointed at the void with a choked voice, "I really saw Yuting. She had two braids... She was wearing a bright red coat. She was so beautiful, as delicate as a piece of jade..."
She suddenly remembered that one New Year's Day, she bought a bright red jacket and skirt for Yuting for the first time.
Yuting wore a red jacket and skirt and had two braids. She looked so beautiful and cute.
Old Madam Liu's eyes were filled with regret. She covered her cheeks with her withered hands, "Wow... I regret it, I really regret it. I shouldn't have sold Yuting for those five taels of silver. She's my daughter, a piece of flesh that fell from my body. How could I abandon her just for five taels of silver?"
"It's my fault, I'm such a bastard... I deserve to die... Yuting's tragedy in this life is all caused by me. The Imperial Concubine is right to hate me..."
What a pretty little girl, with a delicate figure and a beautiful face.
Her life had not even begun when she ruined it and threw her into the fire pit.
How did Yuting survive all these years?
She almost didn't dare to think about it.
What was she thinking when Yuting was dying?
Did she also resent herself? That was why she had never dreamed of me all these years...
When a person is about to die, his words are also good.
The remorse in Old Madam Liu's heart almost drowned her like a tide.
"Girl Yuting, it's your mother who is sorry for you."
"In this life, the person I feel most sorry for is you. I should apologize to you... I... I miss you... Yuting girl, can you please call me mother again?"
Liu Chengqiang looked at Old Madam Liu, who kept talking nonsense. He was so scared that his face turned pale and he took several steps back.
His back was pressed against the cold wall, and cold sweat had already broken out on his back.
Liu An'er grabbed his sleeve fearfully, "Dad, why do I look in the direction that grandma pointed and it seems like someone is standing there?"
Liu Chengqiang's eyes were filled with fear: "Ah..."
He rubbed his eyes quickly.
He also saw a white color slowly floating in the darkness.
His legs trembled suddenly: "Could it really be the ghost of my eldest sister?"
Who would have thought that as soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yuxia, who had been hiding in the corner, suddenly stood up and rushed to the door of the cell, her eyes fixed on the hidden corner outside.
"Big sister...is that you?"
"You came?"
Zhou Lingge didn't make a sound or say anything, she just stood there in silence.
Liu Yuxia knelt on the ground with a thud and kowtowed quickly: "Sister, it is the Liu family who has wronged you... Sister, tell me, what should we do to repay our debt to you?"
Her eldest sister actually knew that she was sold by her mother.
The night before her eldest sister left, she hugged her tightly and said to her, "Xiaoxia, if I don't obey and go with the buyer, I will sell you, who are younger than you. But as your sister, how could I possibly let you fall into that hellish pit? It's unfortunate for us to be her daughter in this life. If there is an afterlife... we don't want to be her children again."
Therefore, the eldest sister was willing to be taken away in order to protect herself.
She was young at that time and didn't understand what it meant.
Later, as she grew up, she experienced firsthand all the pain and despair that her elder sister had gone through!
The empty and dark cell was filled with the sound of Liu Yuxia's kowtow.
And Old Madam Liu's life has come to an end.
She raised her arms stubbornly, her eyes fixed on Zhou Lingge: "Yuting girl..."
"Don't worry, wait for me... I'll come over and atone for my sins to you."
Zhou Lingge's eyes were deep, filled with dark ink... She just stared at Old Madam Liu quietly.
She watched the old man with her own eyes...his pupils gradually became dilated, his body gradually became stiff, and his breathing gradually stopped.
The raised arm fell heavily and hit the ground.
Those eyes filled with tears and bloodshot also closed little by little.
The air gradually became filled with death.
A cold wind blew up the hair on Zhou Lingge's forehead.
She smiled silently with her lips curled up.
There is no fear or timidity.
Qiao'er touched her hand, and the coldness of it made her worried.
"Mother, are you okay?"