Chapter 281 Lady Yu (2)

Perhaps it was because she had been bitten by something in the mud ditch, her face was swollen, and her body was covered in red spots.

Thankfully, this was also why she was able to survive safely.

However, besides the jade around her neck, all her bracelets and rings had long since disappeared.

She headed north, begging along the way and suffering immensely.

Later, she found a girl who was almost starved to death and from then on, they depended on each other for survival.

She washed her clothes, knowing they were valuable, so she pawned them.

She changed into coarse clothes and continued to follow the fleeing refugees out of the border with Niuniu.

From then on, they were ever further from the Imperial Capital, from her home.

Eventually, the red spots on her body slowly faded, but this was not until after liberation.

After moving from village to village, at last, they followed a logging crew to Border City.

Niuniu found work, and she gradually grew old…