Long May The Queen Reign

two days so far. The girl seemed completely lifeless. The only proof tha

, there was a young woman who she'd been calling "nanny" since she was little. As long as sh

its and forced to be their leader's wife. No matter how much hardship she had to endure, nanny always kept Murong

age and lived incognito there. Murong Zhining didn't know what her

ily. With this skill, nanny provided for Little Ling'er and even taught her to re

river and washed their clothes. That was t

h scales. When the gentle sunlight shone on the waves, a swaying halo would stop upon nanny, making her look to a goddess in

he next be up on the shore pouncing on butterflies. Nanny would often look at her with eyes full of l

r. Numerous fish and shrimps varied in sizes jumped back and forth in it. Little Ling'er hap

rom a bush. The tall one directly grabbed Little Ling'er and gripped her neck with his thick

ed by herself, but she didn't. She slowly moved back, still staring fix

se don't hurt my child. I still have som

" He put a little force in his arm, and Little Ling'er litt

anxiously pleaded, "The thing that you want, I've h

t the crap. I can just ki

am about the blueprint. Even if I hand it to you now, you wouldn't let us l

r go. Nanny blinked at Little Ling'er. The little girl instan

ing'er was a good child. She had no time to panic or cry. She ran a

stabs and was lying in her own blood. The villagers carried nanny to their house and invited a doctor to cure h

t the strength, she told everyone to leave as s

ood on it; Little Ling'er was so distressed that she sobbed. In a weakened voice, nanny told Little Ling'er tha

anny voice grew smaller and smaller until her head dropped to the side. N

ds at Horsefarm Village with the intention to take away Little Ling'er, but were stopped by the villagers. The short robber was wounded by a shovel. On his w

s house and slaughtered his family of five. The robber threw

on the way. The robber didn't dare to pass those passes in broad daylight, so h

d, he took his shoes off and fell asleep. Little Ling'er took this chance to observe his appearance. While his

nd a little stone shard. She grabbed it and rubbed it against the rope binding her h

, then threw the robber's shoes down the valley. She also removed a pat

scared, she ran into a cattle barn and slept throu

. When she was hungry, she stole from local shrines' offerings to gods. Without a destination, she only knew to

ess, she was surrounded by several people.

e and honest. Zealously, one person gave her a cup of warm water, another provided a fr

d stay at her house as a home-raised daughter-in-law. Little Ling'er didn't know what a home

r followed the wo

Her husband was a butcher who had a

ted, "Are you crazy? Our house doesn't have any spare food, yet you

begging, "Uncle, please take me in. I won't eat for free. I will do anythin

e time being and feed her for several days. After her body looks a

d and always took the initiative to do the heavy chores. While it was difficult a

liver them to restaurants in the city to provide for the family. Butchering was a hard business. Moreo

ould afford. Aside from special occasions like weddings and New Year festival, a commoner family couldn't bear to spend their money on

d violence, making Little Ling'er extremely scared of him. However, th

. After a long time, Little Ling'er no longer found him frightening anymore. Later, she discovered that h

and instead raised her as their own child. Little Ling'er quickly blended in with her new family. She,

e and ran to her house. He knelt, crying as he begged Mrs. Yin t

our family lately, where would I get the spare money to help you pay your debt? You've been taki

se to work. He was already in his thirties and yet never once had a proper job. H

beat him to death, so he sold his own wife to a brothel and sold his ten-year-old daughter to another household as a maid. Whenever this

ourtyard. His criminal eyes swirled around as he came up with an evil plan. No

he left, a young woman entered Mrs. Yin's house and told Little Ling'er in an urgent manner, "Your foster mother, Mrs

man without thinking. Just as she turned at a corner, someone put a sack

help nor did she resist, only quietly thinking of a plan to escape. At dusk, she was taken to th