Children of Loulan

Chapter 463 Let Me Go

Bayer's words were actually half true and half false. Princess Cheng's plan was indeed like this, but the matter about Mammy Ba and Dal was a lie she made up. In fact, after learning about the princess's plan, Mammy Ba originally planned to inform the Crown Prince immediately. However, the Crown Prince was not in the East Palace at that time. She was extremely anxious and had to hastily send her men out through the secret passage to find Bayer, and asked her to try to get a body.

After some twists and turns, the man finally found Bayer in Huimin Hall and secretly told her what the nanny had said!

However, when they were talking secretly, they were overheard by a woman, who was the woman Hanguli had saved many years ago and brought her daughter to the capital to find her husband. That year, after she entered the city, she was targeted by a group of hooligans and almost died tragically. Her daughter was also almost sold to a brothel.

Hanguli not only saved the lives of the mother and daughter, but also placed them in Huimin Hall. From then on, her daughter followed the owner of Huimin Hall to learn medicine, while she stayed in Huimin Hall to do odd jobs, so that she could take care of her daughter and provide a place for the mother and daughter!

So, when the woman heard Bayer talking to others about the Crown Princess being in danger and needing a substitute to fake her own death to escape, she stood up without hesitation and stopped Bayer:

"Girl, I heard everything you said just now. Let me go, I will be the substitute for the Crown Princess!" the woman said firmly.

Bayer looked at her in surprise at first, obviously very surprised by her appearance. However, when she came to her senses, she immediately refused: "No, the queen needs a corpse, and you are a living person, how can you replace it?"

The woman's voice was firm and decisive, as if there was no room for negotiation: "Young lady, look at the sky. It will be dark in a few hours. If you go out of the city to look for the body in each grave, how long will it take you to find it? Moreover, how many graves will you have to dig before you find the right one? Even if you are lucky and really find it, will it be too late to return to the palace by then?"

The woman paused, then continued, "Besides, you can't go to the funeral home to look for it. There are detailed records of every body in the funeral home. If you have been there, you will definitely leave evidence!"

Bayer listened to the woman's words and understood that what she said made sense. But even so, she didn't want to sacrifice a living life to make the Crown Princess fake her death!

"No, no matter how difficult it is, I can't exchange your life for yours." Bayer's tone was equally firm, "If the Crown Princess knew about this in the future, she would feel guilty for your death for the rest of her life, and she would never forgive me!"

After saying this, Bayer turned around resolutely and prepared to leave. She knew that it was not easy to find a woman who was about the same age as the Crown Princess and had just died, but she really didn't want to delay any longer.

However, just after she took two steps, something unexpected happened - the woman stretched out her hand like lightning and grabbed Bayer's wrist tightly!

This sudden action surprised Bayer so much that she didn't even have time to react before her body was involuntarily pulled forward by the woman.

What was even more surprising was that the woman actually knelt on her knees and knelt directly in front of Bayer with an extremely earnest attitude!

The woman stared at Bayer with a deep pleading and helpless look in her eyes. She said in a trembling voice: "Girl, girl! I know you are kind-hearted and would never sacrifice my life. But you don't know that I was seriously ill and would not live long. When the Crown Princess rescued me, I was already very ill and almost dying. If the Queen hadn't asked the shopkeeper to use all his strength to pull me back from the gates of hell, I'm afraid I would have died long ago."

The woman paused for a moment, as if calming down her inner excitement. Then, she continued, "Over the years, thanks to the care of the queen, and relying on the medicine prescribed by the shopkeeper Ba to recuperate my body, I have been able to prolong my life. I have lived for more than ten years and can accompany my daughter to grow up. I am already satisfied. Moreover, my disease is no longer curable. The shopkeeper Ba once asserted that I can only live for another six months at most. If you don't believe it, you can go and ask the shopkeeper Ba!"

Bayer had never expected that the woman would suddenly kneel on the ground, which shocked her. Her mind went blank for a moment, and after a brief moment of shock, Bayer came to her senses and quickly stretched out her hands to help the woman up, saying anxiously, "Hurry up, let's talk about it slowly!"

The woman slowly stood up, but her eyes remained firmly fixed on Bayer, with no intention of retreating. She took a deep breath and said solemnly, "If I can use the remaining six months of my life to exchange for the queen's safety, it would be a great blessing for me!"

Bayer gazed at the woman's sincere and earnest face, and could not help but feel moved. However, when she thought of exchanging the woman's life, she was filled with resistance and opposition. She really couldn't bear to let the innocent person in front of her sacrifice his life, but at the same time she didn't know how to tactfully refuse her.

Just as Bayer was hesitating and thinking hard, the woman suddenly reached out without warning, pulled out the hairpin on Bayer's head, and then quickly put it against her neck.

Her eyes were as hard as steel. She looked directly at him fearlessly and said in a resolute and firm tone, "Since you are so unwilling to use a living person's life to replace the Crown Princess, I will commit suicide here. When I become a cold corpse, you can use me. But, you have to think clearly, is it easier for a living person to enter the palace, or for a lifeless corpse to enter the palace?"

Before she finished speaking, she raised the hairpin in her hand without hesitation and stabbed it into her neck at an astonishing speed. In an instant, blood flowed down her neck and dyed her clothes red.

This sudden scene frightened Bai immediately, and her face turned pale. She quickly reached out to stop the woman's action, and she said nervously: "Don't be impulsive! Put down the hairpin quickly!"

However, the woman's eyes were full of despair and determination. She seemed to be deaf to Bayer's cries and still held the hairpin tightly in her hand, as if she would immediately stab the hairpin deeper into his body if Bayer did not agree to her request.

"As long as the girl agrees, I will put it down!" The woman still did not put down the hairpin, and her face looked determined.

Bayer looked at the woman, feeling very conflicted. After a fierce ideological struggle, Bayer finally sighed helplessly. She looked up at the sky. It was already late. It was really difficult to go out of the city and look for the body at this moment!

"Okay, I promise you, I will take you into the palace to replace the Crown Princess!" Bayer gritted his teeth and finally made a decision.

After hearing what Bayer said, the woman smiled with relief. "Okay, the girl said, I'll go back and tell her about my affairs. She'll come here to pick me up in an hour. If I haven't seen her by then, I'll kill myself immediately!"