Peace Order

The Qilin Army relied on the favorable situation and captured three cities in one go.

The people had nothing to take, as noble families either fled or surrendered.

A young lady from a prominent family concealed her face, then returned to the Capital City. With her family’s remnants of prestige, she still married into a suitable family, becoming their lady, but she often wept, talking about her plight, saying she was betrayed.

She said she was harmed by someone she had once saved.

Everyone sympathized with her and, upon asking about the events of that day, the noble lady cried and replied: "It was my maid, whom I treated like my own sister, who betrayed my family."

"Back then, I was still young. My family took in some family servants, whose land deeds were given to us; my father, feeling pity for them, kept them in the house. But that year, her father attempted to steal their land deed back."

"He said they’d rather starve cultivating the land than continue being slaves."

"In a noble family, that was a crime punishable by death. Her father, her mother, and her brother were beaten to death by my father in accordance with family law, and next she was to be beaten. At that time, I saw she was only five, pitifully unable to eat well, and she looked adorable, so I begged my father; he gave her to me as a birthday gift."

"In the years afterward, I treated her, my maid, extremely well."

"But when the Qilin Army came, she actually allied with them in the village, revealed the side gate path of the city, led the Qilin Army into the city at night, and claimed to be my family’s servant..."

"I saved her life, and she brought wolves into the house, harming my entire family."

"How can this not be considered repaying kindness with vengeance, the behavior of a little beast?"