My enemies became my companions

Chapter 88 I can’t bear to leave you
The bronze inscription for "妾" is a "女" character under an upside-down knife, and its original meaning was a female slave waiting to be punished.

In the underground palace, after a brief moment of confusion, Lin Wanheng subconsciously shouted to Chen Yi.

Among these three people, the only one she knew was Chen Yi.

Before Chen Yi could respond, Queen An stopped.

"You call him uncle? That means..."

Queen An looked at Lin Wanlang carefully, then put on a smiling face.

The young lady from the Lin family nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice, and said in a panic:

"He is my uncle, and I am his sister-in-law, that's it..."

She explained repeatedly as if she was grasping at a life-saving straw.

She was born in a secluded family. Although her father was a failed scholar, he was a scholar thanks to the help of Lin Gelao. She was a typical boudoir girl. Although she could read, the book she read the most was "Legal Instructions for Women".

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the age for her marriage. She got into the bridal sedan before she had even seen the appearance of the young master of the Lin family. Fortunately, in a wealthy family, love is not a topic of conversation, but rather the three obediences and four virtues. A wife only needs to learn to raise the table to her eyebrows, which is what everyone praises as "raising the table to the same level as the eyebrows".

Looking at the flustered young lady from the Lin family, even if Chen Yi wanted to play around, the current situation would not allow it. He had to help Queen An recover her memory as soon as possible instead of creating any complications.

"Let's go, get out of here."

Chen Yi spoke slowly.

The situation was complicated, and he didn't know what tone to use to face this "cheap mother". What's more, there was a blood feud between them.

After hearing this, An Hou turned her head away, her smile gone:

"How can you talk like that? I'm your mother!"

Chen Yi was stunned for a moment, thinking that his tone was not good, so he changed the topic and corrected it:

"Yes... Madam."

"You're so old and still using reduplication? But it's all right, as long as she's my mother."

"Okay... let's go then."

Chen Yi forced himself to smile apologetically.

The nun looked at him, then at Queen An, and smiled, feeling like an unfilial son who didn't know how to deal with his loving mother.

Queen An turned around and glanced at Lin Wanheng with burning eyes. She felt that he was less important than her, but he was good at giving birth.

"Are you her uncle?"

An Hou turned around and asked.

"Correct."

As Chen Yi spoke, Lin Wanheng looked at him gratefully and then nodded quickly.

However, the words that Queen An said afterwards made Lin Wanhang feel as if he had fallen into an icy cave.
"But her husband wants to kill you."

"…Your Majesty, this must be…a misunderstanding."

Lin Wanheng trembled slightly and lied in panic:
"I am very close to my uncle..."

Dayu was not a northern barbarian. It was located in the ancient Chu and Yue land and had always emphasized the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues and protecting one's relatives.

"Okay, let's make it even closer."

Queen An smiled and raised her hand slightly. The huge suction force sucked Lin Wanheng over. The latter staggered and almost fell down.

Even Chen Yi was shocked when he heard what An Hou said?
A kiss?

"She is a sinner, so you should take her as your concubine."

After saying this, Queen An looked at Lin Wanheng and said with a smile:
"When a brother dies, the younger one succeeds. When a younger one dies, the older one succeeds. Since you call him uncle, then you will be Teng's concubine. I will spare your life this time. So, which clan are you from?"

Lin Wanheng's heart trembled suddenly, and his mind went blank in an instant. When the brother dies, the younger brother takes over, and when the younger brother dies, the older brother takes over. Isn't that a despicable and evil custom only among the barbarians?

She didn't know that there were no Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues in ancient times.

Queen An turned to look at Chen Yi and said enthusiastically:

"Yi Er, do you think this is a good idea?"

Chen Yi had a hard time adapting to the role. He felt a little dizzy and couldn't speak for a while.

Lin Wanheng, who was standing by, was almost crying. She shrank her neck. It was no small matter for a woman to lose her chastity.

"Your Majesty, he, he, he is my uncle!"

"Yes, that's just right, otherwise you would have died a long time ago."

"Your Majesty, please don't force me. I want to, I want to commit suicide!"

Lin Wanheng pulled out the hairpin tremblingly, put it against her neck, and said threateningly.

If a woman loses her chastity, it will bring disgrace to her family. The lighter punishment may be caning, or even exile 3,000 miles away. Countless women would rather live a lonely life than lose their chastity. Even if they are assaulted, they dare not speak out. If a woman from a well-off family falls into the hands of bandits, if she is not redeemed within a day, they will regard her as having lost her chastity. If she returns, she will either be imprisoned for life or beaten to death.

Unexpectedly, An Hou's expression suddenly turned cold, and she grinned fiercely:
"Listen, Yi'er, she refused to accept this great favor.

Good, after she dies, we'll dry her into a dried human body and hang her up. It's been a long time since I've eaten human flesh."

People, people do it?
Lin Wanheng was completely frightened. The girl's eyes turned white and she fainted.

Queen An tilted her head and shook Lin Wanlang, who was like a chick in her hands.

Her fainting actually saved the situation. Chen Yi finally recovered and took a deep breath and said:
"My lady, let's go."

Queen An was unmoved and looked at him with dissatisfaction. The nun winked at Chen Yi.

The meaning is roughly to imitate what Yu Shun did.

Chen Yi couldn't hold it in any longer, but he still forced himself into the role and said:
"Yi, Yi'er will take you somewhere else..."

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Carrying Lin Wanlang on his back and enduring the concerned gazes behind him, Chen Yi had never felt so passive before.

"How long will this situation last?"

Chen Yi asked, tilting his head.

"Hard to say."

The nun said softly, then smiled:

"Why, can't you bear it?"

Chen Yi didn't reply, but narrowed his eyes.

He always felt that Yin Weiying looked less and less like the original Princess Jing, and more like the fairy when he first met her.

"We need to find the other Tushan remains as soon as possible."

After a long time, Chen Yi said.

"I also have to find the goddess's inheritance. Now I am in this underground palace, gaining enlightenment step by step."

Her tone of voice was indescribably extraordinary.

"Master's calculations were correct. It really is a good omen."

After walking for a while and going through so many things, Chen Yi felt a little tired. He stayed in the underground palace without knowing how long it had been. Now it seemed like an unknown number of hours had passed. Not long after, they found an empty room to rest for a while.

Chen Yi sat down tiredly, took a breath, and his stomach visibly deflated.

Queen An suddenly stood up and walked out of the room without saying a word.

Chen Yi looked at the scene in astonishment.

Not long after, the beautiful woman in palace dress came back, holding a three-legged bronze tripod in one hand and a three-headed six-eyed chicken in the other. She sat down with a smile on her face, and with a knock of her hand, more water filled the bronze tripod and the three-headed six-eyed chicken lost its hair. She built a fire and started to cook the meat.

Chen Yi blinked.

It was really shocking to see her using the exotic beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas to stew soup in a bronze tripod.

Soon after, the chicken was cooked. She tore off a piece of chicken breast with a large piece of chicken skin and handed it to Chen Yi.
"Eat. Don't you like eating chicken skin?"

Chen Yi took a look at the strange beast from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and then at the rusty bronze tripod.
After a long while he said:
“I don’t eat…”

This is really unpalatable.

Queen An blinked her eyes, pursed her lips and smiled:

“Very delicious.”

“I really don’t want to eat…”

Hearing this, Queen An glared at him fiercely and forced the liquid into his mouth.

"You have to eat even if you don't want to. You're so big, and you still need someone to feed you!"

His mouth was full of the taste of copper rust, and for the first time, Chen Yi felt like he was about to collapse.

Faced with the current situation, he felt a little awkward, just like facing his parents.

The nun looked at this strange and tender scene, and couldn't help thinking of the palace, and then shook her head slightly.

After dinner, when it was time to go to bed, Chen Yi was ready to lie down anywhere, but Queen An took off her outer layer of wide-sleeved shirt and spread it on the ground. Then she let Chen Yi lie down and held him in her arms without saying a word, as if she was treating him like a child.

After going through so much, Chen Yi has adapted a little. Since he can't resist, he might as well accept it.

Being treated like this by Queen An, he somewhat missed the time when he could act tyrannically in front of Yin Tingxue.

"Yier, mother is alive again. No one will harm us anymore."

An Hou said in a soft voice.

Chen Yi could not help being stunned. In the past in Jingren Palace, although Queen An's voice sounded gentle, it was actually very distant. But now, her voice was so sincere that it was unimaginable.

It makes people want to fall into it involuntarily.

After a long while, Chen Yi took the initiative to say:

"My lady, we...are enemies."

"Well... who doesn't know that?"

An Hou said this, burying her forehead in his neck affectionately.
"But if mother doesn't hate you, there's nothing you can do."

Chen Yi was silent for a while, and after a while he couldn't help asking:
"My lady, if you don't hate me, then why do you insist on coming back to life?"

Queen An opened her eyes and closed them again, hugging Chen Yi tighter.

"Mom just can't bear to leave you. I don't want you to be left alone and bullied after I die."

Chen Yi was speechless for a moment.

(End of this chapter)