Chapter 4
The next day, Liu Rushuang went to a peaceful and beautiful place outside the nation of Nanli’s city, where the peach blossom trees bloomed all around like clusters of red clouds, shining life upon the vast land.
Liu Rushuang stood beneath the peach blossom tree in front of a small hill.
She stared at the words on the gravestone with a soft smile, as tears started to well up.
She didn’t understand her own mother or why she had lost her dignity forever over a man who she loved.
For him, she lived such a menial and tragic life. In her final moments, she passed away with tears in her eyes.
Madam Liu originally wanted Wu Xiyu thrown into a mass grave, but the young Liu Rushuang devised a plan to bury her mother here instead.
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This place was very far from Minister Liu’s manor, so Wu Xiyu could rest in peace.
Liu Rushuang stared at the gravestone with solemn eyes filled with endless emotions too difficult to put into words.
Liu Rushuang slowly reached her hand out to touch her but before she could, a gust of wind dissipated the mirage.
Liu Rushuang smiled bitterly. She just wanted affection from her family, but the heavens doomed her to not possess that in two lifetimes!
She lowered her head and stared at the withered, fallen petals on the floor.
After a long while, Liu Rushuang stood up and started dancing the Rainbow Feathered Gown Dance that her mother taught her in the peach blossom forest.
Then, she gradually started to use her martial arts.
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The peach blossom petals bounced non-stop from the ground like countless dancing pink butterflies.
Liu Rushuang’s white silk dress rose with the wind and moved to her heart’s content in the peach blossom forest. She merged with the plum blossoms with feminine grace.
Her hand slowly reached out, then elegantly withdrew it. She swayed, leaped and shifted, as her floating body didn’t stop dancing for a long time.
If any mortals caught sight of her, perhaps they would take her for a celestial!