People of the Dongyou tribe who were born after Heavenly Punishment could only be raised within the tribe and not elsewhere.
Meng Li felt that this series of restrictions ensured the continuation of the Dongyou clan, and it was considered a relatively vicious punishment. As long as they were of Dongyou clan blood, there was no way they could escape this fate.
Let them continue throughout their lives, endure pain from generation to generation, and not let the pain end easily.
Meng Li left the palace. There was a maid waiting outside. Seeing Meng Li coming out, the maid stepped forward respectfully and asked, "Where do you want to go, ancestor?"
"Go and see the children." Meng Li said.
"Yes." The maid responded.
Meng Li took the lead and took the step towards the Jade Courtyard. The Jade Courtyard was where these babies lived. Their mothers would send them back after they gave birth. Some mothers could come back with them, but some could not. Still out there serving others.
These palaces of the Dongyou people were built during the glorious period and have existed for thousands of years. They are very large and are just like a daughter's country. No men live here.
In the earliest period, before the Dongyou tribe was punished by heaven, because the women of the Dongyou tribe were of noble status, after the men proposed to marry the women of the Dongyou tribe, the women they gave birth to would be sent back to the Dongyou tribe. At that time, they wanted to have children. He inherited the noble status of the Dongyou clan, but now he is sent back because he doesn’t want it, and he can’t support him even if he wants to.
When he arrived at the entrance of the Jade Garden, Meng Li heard a burst of laughter and the sound of children playing and playing. The maid behind him shouted that the ancestor was here, and the heavy door opened.
"Welcome ancestor." The steward of Jade Court came forward and bowed. Meng Lixu gave him a hand and said, "Go in and talk."
"Welcome, ancestor." The children also stood aside in a polite manner, all with their heads lowered, not daring to express their anger. The atmosphere just now was gone.
Meng Li followed the steward and looked at the children as he passed them. They were all very cute. The good genes of the Dongyou people have never produced ugly people. Now it seems that they are beautiful. If a sin were not so beautiful, how could it be so trampled upon by hundreds of tribes
It is strange to say that no matter what race the Dongyou tribe and what race they give birth to the next generation, the children born will have the characteristics of the Dongyou tribe.
Walking to the innermost hall, the steward stepped aside. Meng Li sat down and waved her hand. The rest of the room, including the maid she brought over, also retreated, leaving her and the steward alone.
"Yu Luo." Meng Li shouted in a low voice.
Steward Dong Yuluo said coldly: "What are your instructions, ancestor?"
Meng Li looked at Yu Luo, probably getting used to it, so she started to turn the white jade ring on her hand again. She turned it for a while without saying anything, and Yu Luo didn't say anything either.
Yuluo and her client had a close relationship as sisters back then, and she is one of the few Dongyou people who can survive to this day.
Most of the people who were in the same group as the client during these thousands of years could not accept such a big change in their clan, could not bear such humiliation, and resisted in various ways. In the end, they almost died due to various reasons.
In the thousands of years of resistance, many people have sacrificed their lives. Now some people are trying to resist, and most of them have accepted a humiliating fate.
It's okay for people born later. After all, they face this fate as soon as they are born, but for people who have been brilliant, it is too difficult for them to accept it.
"Yu Luo and I are unfamiliar with each other." After a long silence, Meng Li spoke slowly.
Yuluo: "After all, the ancestor is the clan leader, and now I am just in charge, there is a difference between superiority and inferiority."
"Are you complaining about me?" Meng Li asked.
Since Yuluo wants to talk about superiority and inferiority, he can also pretend to be the patriarch, although calling himself himself sounds a bit ironic now.
Yuluo: "I don't dare."
"You are still so beautiful, but I am already ugly." Meng Li sighed.
Yu Luo lowered his head: "Yu Luo knows that our ancestors have dedicated themselves to the people, and they dare not forget them for thousands of years."
"Is it also my fault? Shouldn't I have had that relationship with the Emperor back then?" Meng Li asked.
Yuluo: "No wonder, it was the Emperor who humiliated our Dongyou clan for no reason and didn't take our Dongyou clan seriously."
Meng Li: "Then what have you done with me these years?"
"I just think that the ancestor should have his own character. Even if he dies, it is better not to face all this. If the ancestor dies, no matter how the women of the Dongyou tribe become slaves, it is not sent out by the ancestor. , the emperor and empress will not be so proud."
"It just so happens that now our ancestors are sending all the members of the clan to different places with his own hands, which makes people laugh."
"Do you think I deserve to die?" Meng Li raised his eyebrows slightly. In fact, the client knew that Yu Luo thought so, but he didn't expect that Yu Luo would dare to say it.
"If the ancestor is willing to die to apologize, Yu Luo will also follow the ancestor." Yu Luo knelt down and straightened his back.
Meng Li asked in a low voice: "What crime do I have?"
"Can you blame me for all this?"
There is no way to blame the client. Thousands of years ago, when the Dongyou tribe heard that Emperor Zun was going to marry the client as the emperor and empress, the entire race was extremely happy, but they failed to do so in the end.
After all, the client has always been an innocent victim. Of course, the people of the Dongyou tribe are also victims. Precisely because they know that the client is also a victim, no one has complained about her in these years. Of course, for He didn't dare to complain because he needed her protection.
I don’t know what Yu Luo thinks. The client didn’t have the courage to talk to Yu Luo in detail before, fearing that she wouldn’t be able to accept what Yu Luo said.
"Ancestor is not guilty. If we have to say he is guilty, we should have died with dignity as a whole clan, instead of continuing this humiliation to this day." After Yuluo finished speaking, tears fell on the floor.
Meng Li said softly: "But you have lived with me until now."
Yuluo said sadly: "That's because I don't want to leave you to face all this alone."
These words made Meng Li smile slightly: "You still haven't forgotten the friendship back then, go and call Master Dongmeng back."
Maybe the maid just now couldn't make the decision to call back Dongmeng Lord, but Yuluo could. Meng Li believed that Dongmeng Lord could leave the clan quietly without Yuluo's participation.
Yuluo raised his head: "Why can't the ancestor let go of the dream master?"
"Then will King Nanhai Li let our people go?" Meng Li asked.
"Blinally giving in is a joke." Yu Luo said angrily.
Meng Li: "You call the people back first, otherwise don't blame me for giving Lan You and Mingyu to King Li."
"Ha." Yuluo sneered and said, "Ancestor is really used to giving away things. He can give them away to anyone at will."
"But I have watched these children grow up. Every time you send away a batch, my heart will bleed. It doesn't have to be the dream master. We will give you what King Li wants."
Meng Li asked back: "King Li wants ten North Sea Pearls, what should I give to please the North Sea Dragon Clan?"