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"I don't think that's the case. Maybe there's something we don't know." Mu Xiaoling thought about it for a moment and decided not to dwell on it. "Since we are living in someone else's place, then don't move. Let's find a few clean rooms to rest in."

"Die'er and I will go." Lin Ze rubbed Lin Xiangdie, who had gone pale with fright, and went to look for a room with her.

However, due to the Emperor's previous arrangements, except for the main hall, no one dared to enter the other rooms, which were all cleaned up. Lin Ze found a row of inverted rooms near the Peach Blossom Forest.

Each person had one room, occupying the entire row of rooms.

On the left was Xiao Yu, Meng Yifan's room, and on the right was Lin Xiangdie and Lin Ze's room.

After a long and tiring day, Mu Xiaoling returned to her room to meditate and rest until late at night.

The weather was very good tonight. In the night sky, the moon was bright and the stars were thin. However, there was a huge black cloud covering the sky above the Flowerflower Hall, completely blocking out the beautiful night.

A faint fragrance of flowers mixed with the fragrance of peaches slowly spread out.

Xiao Yu's brows moved slightly. He raised his hand and a gentle breeze blew the flower fragrance out of the room. Just as he was about to go to Mu Xiaoling's room, he suddenly stopped and muttered to himself, "Forget it, it's just a dream. Who knows?

Mu Xiaoling felt her body sink. In the next moment, the scenery around her changed. It was no longer the dark, cloudy night. Instead, it was a small stream.

The stream was crystal clear and flowed downstream with a cheerful tone.

A young girl stood barefoot in the water with her back towards her. She held a net in her hand and suddenly grabbed into the water, picking up a small fish the size of a palm.

The young girl happily turned around and excitedly went ashore. "Mother, I've caught a fish!"

When Mu Xiaoling saw the young girl running towards her, she realized how beautiful the girl was. She was like a fairy from the heavens, completely on par with Mu Xiaoling.

However, from the looks of the young girl, she was probably the daughter of an ordinary peasant family. It was not necessarily a good thing for her to not have a way to protect herself.

Just as she was about to give way to the young girl, the young girl unexpectedly couldn't see her. Just like that, she passed through her body and ran towards the front.

Mu Xiaoling was surprised for a moment before lowering her head. She discovered that her body was translucent, as if she wasn't real.

Right at this moment, Xiao Yu's voice sounded out beside her ears. "Ling'er, you're dreaming. Look carefully, I'll be guarding outside for you."

When Mu Xiaoling heard this, she couldn't help but worry. Xiao Yu's body wasn't fully recovered yet, so what should she do if there was danger. However, she couldn't get out of this dreamscape either.

Xiao Yu seemed to have guessed what she was thinking, and said, "Ling'er, believe me. If something happens, I'll naturally wake you up. Don't worry."

"In that case, let me take a look." Mu Xiaoling said, but she didn't know where to start. She didn't even know who this dream belonged to. How could she find anyone?

Forget it, let's just follow that woman and take a look.

Mu Xiaoling followed the direction in which the young girl had left. In front of the small stream was a small village. Not far from the village, there was a house with an open courtyard door. The young girl was talking to a woman.

The woman was also extremely dignified. Holding a small fish in her hand, she smiled at the young girl and said, "Our Cheng has really grown up. Now we know how to catch fish for mother to eat."

"Mom, I'm already 15." The young girl blushed slightly from the praise.

"Yeah, in the blink of an eye, Cheng should be old by now." The woman sighed with a worried look on her face. Her family's Cheng was growing well, and there were countless pairs of eyes watching them from the outside. They were waiting for Cheng to turn 30.

That young girl raised her chin. "Mother, I, Liu Cheng, am not someone that anyone can marry. If I were to marry, I would marry the most respected person in the world."

"Cheng, be careful!"

Mu Xiaoling was also shocked by the young girl's name.

She still remembered that Lin Ze had said that Lifei's name was Liu Cheng'er. Could it be that this young girl was Lifei?

"Mother!" However, Cheng'er didn't care at all. She was young and insolent, not out of the ordinary.

At this moment, a middle-aged man walked into the courtyard. "Liu Chen'er, quickly follow me. Otherwise, your father's life will be taken today."

"Cheng's father!" When the woman saw the man in the middle, she was immediately frightened. However, the man was half dead and had clearly fainted. She was unable to hear the woman's cries.

The leader was a rich young master. He proudly took out a contract from his bosom. On it was the name of Liu Chen'er, and there was a bright red handprint on the contract with the name of her father written on it.

Liu Chen'er had originally been anxious to save her father, but now, she felt like she was struck by lightning. She stared at the contract in disbelief, wondering why her father had sold her out.

The young master of the rich family nodded in satisfaction and put away the indenture contract, "Men, take him away."

"No, please let my daughter go!" The woman tightly protected Liu Chen'er and pushed away the servants. Perhaps it was because of her feelings towards her daughter, but she unexpectedly burst forth with indescribable strength and pushed Liu Cheng out of the courtyard. "Chen'er, run!"

Cheng'er was scared to death. After running a few steps, she turned around and saw a wooden stick mercilessly hitting her mother in the back of the head.

The woman's movements were stifled as she slowly fell to the ground, not daring to breathe.

Mu Xiaoling ruthlessly cursed as she wanted to make a move. However, her hand had only penetrated through the air and couldn't be touched. She couldn't help but curse again.

Liu Chen'er's eyes widened as she looked at this scene in disbelief. In her mind, she recalled her mother's last words: "Chen'er, run, run!"

She ran forward like a madman. Fortunately, she was familiar with the terrain of the village and had actually managed to get rid of the servants.

It rained heavily in the evening, and she hid in the ruined temple alone, her eyes filled with despair.

For the next few days, she hid in this run-down temple, went to the fields nearby to dig up sweet potatoes to satisfy her hunger, drank some rain water when she was thirsty, and only after five days did she dare to return home quietly. However, the house was empty, so she went to the village graveyard, but did not find her mother's new grave.

It wasn't until they reached the unmarked cemetery not far away that they discovered her parents' corpses, which had been swept up by a piece of grass and thrown to the ground.

It turned out that not only his mother, but even his father had died.

Cheng'er had never felt so hopeless before.

She was penniless and couldn't even afford a thin coffin. She could only dig a hole with a shovel and bury her parents in a mat before kowtowing three times.