If possible, she did not want to be a member of the royal family. If possible, she did not want to be exceedingly beautiful. If possible, she hoped she would have never met him. She only wanted to be an ordinary peasant woman who could live a plain life with her sun, her moon, and simple food. No... in fact, she would prefer that she had never been born. In this case, she did not have to witness a defeated country and countless ruined families. Her sun would not drop down, and her moon would not fade away.
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Princess of the Kindom of Shui... 9 years old... 16 as a living sacrifice... the Kingdom of Yun prosperous... Otherwise... the Kingdom of Yun would perish...
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Red... red... the color of overwhelming red was everywhere. On the smelly and stomach-churning ruins, there were broken limbs piled up like mountains. Voices of moaning, crying, knives, and swords were ringing everywhere. Many people were killed in this place. In the distance, a battle was still spreading like an all-consuming fire. It's predictable that more people would soon be dead. This was not a war of justice. However, there had been few wars of justice since ancient times. Vultures flew far above and watched, as if they were sneering at this ridiculous tragedy.
The color of red, the smell of blood, and the voice of screaming were torturing me. I could not help trembling. However, I must calm down. I was really frightened seeing the bloody fighting on the battlefield, but I felt more scared standing beside the king.
The king was so cruel. Soldiers of the Kingdom of Shui had almost all been killed by us. However, he still gave orders to carry out a massacre to the Kingdom of Shui which had no capacity to fight back and lost its ruler.
More people were slaughtered. This capital city was once prosperous, but now it was filled with the cry of women and children. A simple word "cruel" was not enough to describe everything.
I was only a 12-year-old adopted son, a poor orphan taken in by the king. It was not my first time to witness this kind of bloody situation. I had no ability to stop such a massacre, so I could only choose to be an indifferent onlooker.
Suddenly, the king touched my head, "Zhi, when you grow up, you will become a general who protects the Kingdom of Yun."
I said nothing but bowed my head. I knew that the king was superstitious. It had been prophesied that the Kingdom of Yun would definitely rule the whole world if this country had me. There was also another prophecy:
Princess of the Kindom of Shui... 9 years old... 16 as a living sacrifice... the Kingdom of Yun would be prosperous... Otherwise... the Kingdom of Yun would perish...
I did not know what this sentence meant. I only knew that the king found me, and he destroyed the Kingdom of Shui only for the little princess of the Kingdom of Shui.
At this time, a soldier brought in the little princess of the Kingdom of Shui, Shui Yinzhu. The princess was a little girl as clear as a crystal. She was like a cute jade doll. It seemed that she had no idea the Kingdom of Shui had been conquered. The little girl broke free from the soldier and ran toward me. Behind me, it was the tent door.
To be honest, I didn't want her to come over because from this place I could see the slaughter outside the tent clearly. I tried my best to cover her eyes, but it's too late. She still saw everything she shouldn't see. The face of this little kid turned pale. She could see her dead parents on a tower over the city gate.
She was staring at outside dully. Suddenly, she ran out in desperation. She screamed, "Father, mother, Yinzhu is back. I will be good! I will be good! Father... mother..." She was sobbing with a hoarse voice. She now totally lost her mind.
The king didn't let anyone stop the jade doll princess but gently ordered me to follow her for keeping her alive. Therefore, I witnessed a child who was only nine-year-old running to the battlefield covered by dead bodies like crazy. She now totally ignored the terrible and desperate surroundings. This girl was trembling when she ran, which revealed she was just a young kid. She could only see her parents at this moment. This little girl ran into the silent city. She walked on the dead bodies of soldiers of the Kingdom of Shui.
On the tower, her mother was holding the king of the Kingdom of Shui. Their bodies were kind of stiff now. The little girl leaped into the arms of the dead and cold bodies of her father and mother. Her small hands held them tightly. However, because of her strength, the two corpses which had been hugging together now both fell backwards. The little girl wanted to support them, but she did not have enough physical strength. She had dried up her tears. She kept mumbling with a hoarse voice, "Father, mother, I will be good... please... please... don't leave me..."
However, no matter how she yelled, her father and mother would never answer her. I was staring at her, having no idea what to do. This was too much for a child. Besides, I also heard from the king—this little princess of the Kingdom of Shui would be buried alive to sacrifice for her enemies in the future.
This little girl had cried for a long time before she passed out. I came forward to support her in time, but I could not ease any of her pain. Looking at the nine-year-old jade doll in my arms, I had the urge to protect someone for the first time.
Princess of the Kindom of Shui... 9 years old... 16 as a living sacrifice... the Kingdom of Yun would be prosperous... Otherwise... the Kingdom of Yun would perish...
The princess of the Kingdom of Shui was now 9 years old. If she was buried alive at the age of 16 as a living sacrifice, the Kingdom of Yun would be prosperous. Otherwise, the Kingdom of Yun would perish without the sacrificial offering.
The country was conquered and countless families were ruined. A royal girl became an orphan. No one could protect her. From now on, she could only be independent. No one would cherish a delicate flower which fell down from a gigantic tree.
