Hibiscus as a Painting - Chapter 3
Lin De Gui Jun stood there motionless for a long time...
Autumn of the sixteenth year of Yanzai in the 532nd year of Yaochen
Empress Yanzai died, the cause of death is unknown.
The legendary Nalan Nan tribe, descendants of the gods, was wiped out.
In the late autumn of Yaochen 532, the Dugu clan, under the banner of avenging the Empress, occupied sixteen cities in the northeast of Yaochen. The Dugu clan supported Dugu Xihui, the eleven-year-old son of their clan leader, as emperor, establishing the nation of Yao, with the reign title Tianshou.
During this time, the Empress's body was stolen. The Emperor and Empress were devastated by this and fell seriously ill.
In the early winter of Yaochen 532, Zi Yingfeng, the newly appointed patriarch of the Zi clan who held great power—formerly the most favored Linde Noble Lady of the Empress—raised the banner of resisting the rebellion of the Dugu clan and occupied twenty-one cities in the Central Plains. During the rebellion, he killed his uncle, the patriarch of the Jun clan, and his daughter, but fully supported his uncle Jun's third son, Jun Ying, to become emperor. The country was established in [month], with the reign title Xuanlong.
In the spring of 533 AD, the emperor and empress, who had been steadfastly defending the Nalan Nan tribe's territory, were forced to abdicate by their own people and placed under house arrest. The Sikou tribe occupied the twenty-six cities that the emperor and empress had fought so hard to defend and established Sikou Xunxiang as emperor, establishing the state of Chen, with the reign title Zaichu.
After ascending the throne, Sikou Xunxiang never interfered in state affairs, causing the power of the Chen Kingdom to fall into the hands of his younger brother, King Anle.
The peaceful and prosperous era that the Nalan Nan tribe had enjoyed for over five hundred years under their rule had also come to an end.
The story begins after this chaotic era...
A goddess reincarnated, originally meant to save the common people, was reborn to fulfill a karmic destiny after countless lifetimes of seeking love. It was during their innocent childhood days that she and her lover were born. (Part 1)
It was during our innocent childhood (Part 1) Fengyin had lost count of how many years she had been wandering in this unfamiliar place.
She couldn't remember how she died, nor why she died. Her last memory was of rushing back to the company in the wind and rain to get some documents. She felt that her death was very inexplicable; she hadn't fallen or been struck by lightning, and she just ended up like this for no reason.
A distant sound kept echoing in my ears: the sound of the wind... the sound of the wind... the sound of the wind...
That voice, as clear as spring water, contained complex emotions—longing, grief, expectation, and a hint of despair.
The sound made Fengyin's heart ache as if it had been run over by a car, tearing it apart...
Fengyin was terrified, her soul lingering in one place, afraid to go far. After a long, long time, a strange gust of wind blew by, and Fengyin found herself in this strange and unfamiliar dynasty.
When she first arrived at this place, she was overjoyed, thinking to herself: Now that I am a soul in a body, I can come and go freely and easily. It would be a wonderful thing to witness history.
Within three days, Feng Yin became completely depressed: this dynasty had been rendered powerless.
Fengyin thought dejectedly: Other people who transmigrate are either princes or princesses, or at the very least, young ladies from noble families, or even maids who are loved by others. No one is like her, without even a body to live in.
She believed that relying on herself was better than relying on fate—so she sought resurrection through a corpse. She painstakingly found a newly deceased female corpse whose age, appearance, and wealth matched her desires, and floated straight into her body, but couldn't merge with it.
She lay on top of the corpse, thinking dejectedly: Being a soul transmigrator is not easy!
Later, Fengyin lost interest in such matters. Whenever she saw a newly dead body, she would quickly float up and lie down. She did this to everyone, from one-year-old infants to eighty-year-old old men, regardless of gender, but she never succeeded. She did this for an unknown amount of time.
In the end, Kazemura despaired and gave up on possessing another body, beginning her life as a wandering soul, which lasted for countless days and nights.
That day, the sound of the wind drifted into a large mansion, passing by a little girl. Suddenly, a warm current flowed into her heart. This warm current made her body, which had been in a state of ethereal disarray for so long, feel alive again.
So Kazane decided to stay and stay by the girl's side.
The girl was very ordinary, with a thin body, large but empty eyes, and a small face with harmonious features, yet she seemed utterly unremarkable.
When the girl doesn't eat, she curls up in a corner all day and rarely leaves the room unless necessary. No one has ever come to keep her company.
Kazane indulged his Conan fantasies by diligently investigating the girl's past, but unfortunately, he obtained very little information.
It was only from the conversations of the maid and the old woman who kept bringing food and drink to the girl that we learned that the girl's name was Zi Jin, the youngest daughter of Zi Yinfeng, the Supreme General of the Moon Kingdom.
Zi Yingfeng holds a third of the military power in the Moon Kingdom and enjoys immense favor, so why is he so indifferent to his youngest daughter? Although ghosts are absolutely suitable for detectives and spies, they seem to be an absolute taboo in the General's Mansion, and no one has ever mentioned her background or situation.
At Zi Yingfeng's birthday banquet, Feng Yin finally made a discovery.
Zi Yingfeng appeared to be around thirty years old, handsome yet refined, with sharply defined features and bright, piercing eyes, yet revealing a sense of detachment from others.
The general's wife is a woman of unparalleled beauty, gentle and virtuous.
The two are a perfect match.
Zi Jin's twin sister, at the age of fourteen, has already inherited all the good qualities of her parents. If she gets any older, she will surely have the potential to bring disaster to the country and the people.
The four of them standing together created a beautiful picture of family bliss.
Zi Jin's dark and thin body and regular facial features bear no resemblance to the general and his wife. Could she be the daughter of some unfavored concubine?
Feng Yin thought that if she had such a beautiful wife, she would never choose such an unattractive concubine. Judging from Zi Jin's appearance, the concubine must be as ugly as a woman without beauty. How could the general's outstanding appearance make Zi Jin look so plain? What else could she be but an ugly woman without beauty?
The twins, Zi Feng and Zi Yin, presented a birthday gift to the general at the banquet. One played the flute and the other the zither, performing a duet. Feng Yin couldn't recognize the piece, but she couldn't help but be captivated by it. Considering that they were only fourteen years old and already possessed so many talents and such outstanding looks, it was no wonder they were so beloved.
When Fengyin decided to go back and check on Zijin, she discovered that Zijin had been peeking from a not-so-tall tree outside the wall.
Kaze watched this lonely figure hidden among the branches, his empty eyes silently shedding tears as he stared blankly in the direction of the birthday banquet, sitting there all night.
What's most infuriating is that no one in the general's mansion noticed Zi Jin's disappearance that night.
As dawn approached, Zi Jin's frail body climbed down from the tree. Perhaps because she had been sitting for so long, her body was a little stiff, and she fell hard halfway down. She silently dusted herself off and went back to her room.
Fengyin followed the small figure back into the house, sighing at the injustice of fate.
After Zi Jin returned, she lay obediently on the bed with her eyes closed.
Fengyin lay down beside her, wanting to comfort her, but as a soul, she couldn't hear what Zijin said, so she could only lie there silently with her.
At noon, a maid came to deliver lunch. She saw that the breakfast on the table had not been touched, but did not ask a question. She then replaced the breakfast with lunch and left.