The Silent Concubine [Mute Slave]

Chapter 113 - Counting On You

    A loud bang came from the palace gates, Shen Yu could not help but look in that direction, probably the gates were broken, at this moment the sound of people and horses shouting and weapons exchanging was so loud that it seemed as if it was going to swallow the entire capital city.

The people of the palace panicked even more, they were still watching, expecting Emperor Ye to win a big victory to save them, now all hope is dashed. They heard that the King of Zhenbei kills without hesitation and never leaves a survivor on the battlefield, but they don't want to become ghosts by the sword.

"Attack!

    An hour later, the war quickly spread to the palace, the guards were sent to the battlefield by Emperor Ye, the palace was defenseless, and the northern army broke through the gates.

Before the imperial concubines and eunuchs could flee, they were surrounded by the Zhenbei Army, which broke into the palace so menacingly that they thought it was going to be a massacre, and one by one they fled in fear.

    The Empress, the Crown Prince and those of high status were moved out of the palace a day ago by Emperor Ye and the rest are left to their fate.

The King of Zhen Bie rode a black colt and appeared outside the Imperial Palace Hall, his body was bathed in human blood, his robes had become blood clothes, but all this blood was from the Jing army, even the black colt's body was stained with spots, making the Zhenbei King look like a Rakshasa executing in a monastery, with a solemn and murderous air.

(TN: Rakshasa a demon or evil spirit of Hindu mythology. The terms asura and rakshasa are sometimes used interchangeably.)

    Song Qing followed close behind, looking around, in search of a figure.

"Go to the pagoda and get him for me. Don't let anything happen to him!

(TN: Song Qing - Shen Yu's personal guard in the northern palace.)

Jun Xuan Xiao's order was naturally given to Song Qing, who immediately followed the order and spurred his horse to the pagoda.

"Song Qing! You dead man! Wait a minute... Dragging behind was a bright red figure on a weak, skinny horse, Honglian was jolted to the point where his face turned white in order to chase after Song Qing.

(TN: Honglian - is the king's newest bed partner before Shen Yu left the northern palace. He also helped Shen Yu escape when he was kidnapped and almost gang raped by the order of the princess.)

"I have the king's orders, I don't have time to wait for you!" Song Qing said indifferently, adding, "I told you not to follow me, how many days have you just learned to ride a horse?

Honglian tried to squeeze a fawning smile, unashamedly: "You know I'm not good at riding horses, I'm only good at riding men, can't you run slower?"

    Song Qing in a bad mood said: "I didn't ask you to come to the capital with the Northern Army."

"You're a heartless devil, but I've caused a great deal of trouble to save your concubine. Where can I go if the Qin Huai House is gone?" Honglian complained, "Fortunately, I escaped at the palace when they burned down the building."

(TN: concubine referring to Shen Yu)

    Song Qing looked back and saw Honglian wiping tears, secretly pretending again.

    "The King hasn't even favored you yet, and you have no shame to stay here.

Honglian stopped wiping his tears and smiled playfully: "I don't care. I saved him and you should be grateful. Now that this slave has no family, I'm counting on you!"

Song Qing was short of breath. He had fought with Honglian all the way from the northern palace to the capital, but he never won. The key is that Honglian's face is like steel, he don't know what shame is.

    As the pagoda was near, Song Qing didn't argue with him anymore.

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Many soldiers and horses ran amok in the palace when the Zhenbei Army broke down the palace gates, although they did not kill indiscriminately, but the scene was horrifying, the palace was in a mess, only the pagoda was not disturbed at all, neither the Zhenbei Army nor the palace guards broke in.

Shen Yu saw a girl in her late teens crying under the pagoda, and by the way she was warbling, she was probably separated from her family.

Shen Yu was afraid that she would be mistakenly injured by the soldiers and dragged her into the pagoda.

The girl was dressed in expensive clothes and was probably one of the noblest people in the imperial palace, but Shen Yu saw her sobbing nonstop and brought her a cup of tea to calm her fears.

The girl cowered and drank it, regaining some calm.

"I am Princess Yaojia, you saved me, I will tell my father to let him reward you.

The princess is proud, but still a child, and now that the palace has fallen, it's hard to tell where Emperor Ye is.

Shen Yu shook his head at her kindly, she probably couldn't understand the gesture herself.

Princess Yao Jia seems to think of something, looking at the person in front of her is a man, but he looks better than a woman, he's mute, and he lives in a pagoda, so who else but the legendary fairy?

Princess Yaojia's face turned pale with fear and disgust and pointed at Shen Yu's nose: "You, you're that fairy! Don't you come over here!'

Shen Yu was stunned, these days except for Emperor Ye, no one else dared to talk to him, the palace was treating him like a plague, didn't expect that even a little girl was like this, shunning him.

"You sure are! It's all because of you, the demon that killed my third imperial brother! Confusing Father!" Princess Yao Jia shouted with hatred on her face, "So many people have died in the palace and it's all because of you! Why don't you demon go die?! You go die!"

(TN: I apologize for a lot of TN's this chapter. A lot of old characters from the previous chapters which I didn't translate are coming back. Just so you guys wouldn't get confused and all.)