Siheyuan: tomb robbing? I am serious about hunting.

Chapter 850: Town and Countryside

"Qian'er, don't hate your sister, she is..." The sirens came from far away. Su Qian's pistol fell to the ground, and the madness in her eyes was gradually replaced by tears. Su Mian picked up the Pisces necklace on the ground, and two similar but completely different faces were reflected in the mirror fragments. She finally understood that the mirror couplet left by her mother, "One thought becomes a demon, one thought becomes a Buddha", was never about identity, but about the human heart. Three months later, Su Mian saw Su Qian in prison. The sister raised her hand through the glass, and the inside of her wrist revealed the same Pisces tattoo as Zhou Chen - that was the mark left by the murderer that year, and it was also a warning planted by the mother to protect them. "In fact, I have known for a long time that you are the real sister." Su Qian's voice was as light as a sigh, "but I was too scared, afraid of losing everything I had finally got." The sun shone through the iron window on the mirror. Su Mian looked at her reflection and finally took off the Pisces necklace that she had worn for twenty years. Some truths may be cruel, but only by facing it can we break the mirror image of fate. Walking out of the prison gate, Zhou Chen was waiting in the sun. He handed over a new antique mirror, with the Pisces pattern on the mirror glowing gently: "What your mother left you was never hatred, but the courage to choose." Su Mian looked at her own determined eyes in the mirror and finally smiled with relief. She knew that in the mirror of life, every choice would reflect a different fate, and she finally learned to find her own light in the fog of truth and lies.

Lin Wan suddenly sat up from the musty straw pile. The severe pain from the back of her head made her see stars. She was surrounded by mottled blue brick walls. A few dead leaves floated in from the leaky window lattices. In the distance, the playful sounds of palace maids and eunuchs could be heard faintly. She looked down at her worn coarse cloth skirt and the heavy shackles on her wrists. She was shocked to find that she was in a gloomy palace. "Miss, you are finally awake." A hoarse voice came from the corner. Lin Wan turned her head and saw a white-haired old woman tremblingly holding a bowl of wild vegetable porridge. "The cold palace has been out of food for three days. If you don't wake up, I will really report to the King of Hell." Memories came like a tide. The original owner, Lin Wan, was the daughter of the prime minister. She was selected to enter the palace as the queen three years ago, but because her family lost power, she was framed by the favorite concubine Liu Ruyan and was sent to the cold palace for the crime of "jealousy". In this dark place, she was tortured to death until the modern Lin Wan's soul came through. "Mammy, can these shackles be opened?" Lin Wan shook her wrist, and the shackles collided with a crisp sound. The old mammy sighed: "This is the order of His Majesty himself, unless..." She suddenly lowered her voice, "Unless you can regain His Majesty's favor." Lin Wan sneered. From the original owner's memory, she knew that the current emperor Xiao Jingyan hated the original owner to the extreme, and even said in the court that "this woman's heart is like a snake and scorpion." But since she was here, she decided to find a way to improve the situation in the cold palace. Taking advantage of the night, Lin Wan found a deserted vegetable garden in the corner of the cold palace. Although the land was barren, with her experience working on the farm in her previous life, she quickly cleared a piece of vacant land and used her only small change to exchange vegetable seeds from the vendors outside the palace. The old nanny looked at her sweating and shook her head: "Madam, why are you doing this?" Half a month later, green vegetables grew in the vegetable garden of the cold palace. Lin Wan cooked a pot of delicious porridge with wild vegetables and green vegetables, and was bumped into by Gu Chenzhou, the commander of the guards who came to inspect. Gu Chenzhou was Xiao Jingyan's personal guard. He was upright and honest. In the memory of the original owner, he had repeatedly rejected Liu Ruyan's solicitation. "Can such a fragrant porridge smell in the cold palace?" Gu Chenzhou raised his eyebrows, with a bit of curiosity in his eyes. Lin Wan generously served him a bowl: "If Commander Gu doesn't mind, try it?" Gu Chenzhou hesitated for a moment, took the porridge and tasted it, with a flash of surprise in his eyes. He looked at the queen in front of him who was completely different from the rumors, and couldn't help but feel a little admiration in his heart. Before leaving, he quietly left some silver and seeds. This matter soon reached Xiao Jingyan's ears. The emperor frowned, thinking of the once arrogant and willful queen, who was now growing vegetables and making porridge in the cold palace, and a strange emotion surged in his heart. He came to the cold palace by some strange coincidence, and saw Lin Wan squatting in the vegetable garden across the mottled palace wall. The sunlight on her hair reminded him of the scene when they first met. It was the selection ceremony three years ago. Lin Wan was dressed in white, like a fairy descending to the earth. At that time, Xiao Jingyan fell in love with her at first sight, and insisted on making her the queen despite the opposition of the queen mother. But later... Xiao Jingyan shook his head and threw these memories out of his mind. However, what really changed Lin Wan's fate was a sudden plague. Many eunuchs and palace maids in the palace were infected, and even Liu Ruyan fell ill. With the medical knowledge of his previous life, Lin Wan used the herbs in the vegetable garden to make soup. Not only did he cure everyone in the cold palace, he also volunteered to go to the epidemic area. "Do you know what this means?" Xiao Jingyan looked at Lin Wan kneeling on the ground with complicated eyes. Lin Wan raised her head with a firm look: "I am willing to use my own strength to exchange for peace in the palace." At that moment, Xiao Jingyan seemed to see the brave and fearless girl again. In the epidemic area, Lin Wan worked day and night, personally decocting and changing medicines for patients. Her medical skills and kindness touched many people, and even the queen mother, who had always been dissatisfied with her, sent people to deliver tonics. And Xiao Jingyan often secretly sent people to protect her safety. After the plague subsided, Lin Wan became famous. Xiao Jingyan issued an order to remove her shackles and renovate the cold palace. But Lin Wan did not get carried away by this. She still kept a low profile, continued to run the vegetable garden, and taught the palace maids and eunuchs to grow herbs. On this day, Lin Wan was teaching the little eunuch to identify herbs, and suddenly heard a childish cry. She followed the sound and found a little girl of five or six years old curled up in the corner, dirty all over, with fear in her eyes. "Don't be afraid, I'm the Queen." Lin Wan said softly, slowly approaching the little girl. After asking, she learned that the little girl's name was Ling'er, and she was the child of an abandoned palace maid. Lin Wan hugged Ling'er in her arms with heartache and decided to adopt her. When Xiao Jingyan heard about this, the emperor not only did not object, but also personally sent many toys and clothes to Ling'er. Seeing Ling'er playing happily beside Lin Wan, Xiao Jingyan felt a little warm in his heart.

As time went by, Lin Wan's status in the palace became higher and higher. She used her wisdom and kindness to resolve many crises and won the respect of everyone. Xiao Jingyan frequently went in and out of the cold palace and talked with Lin Wan, as if he had returned to the time when they first met.