Chasing Shadows: Targeted by the President
Chapter 3222

Cultivated a Prince, or Rather, an Ancestor? (8)

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Su Weixue was originally supposed to marry into Steward Li's family in town and become their Young Madam, but she had been born at the wrong time. She had unexpectedly encountered a natural disaster, and Steward Li's family was robbed by a band of bandits, with nearly the entire household slaughtered.

Later, when the yamen came to the village to collect taxes, the villagers could not pay. The officials arrested and beat people, and even directly robbed and smashed their belongings.

After that, the village ran completely out of food. Even the edible roots and tree bark by the fields and at the foot of the mountain were stripped clean. They were only one step away from exchanging children for food.

On top of that, wolves from the mountains occasionally came down to bite people, so they could only leave their homeland with the groups of refugees fleeing famine.

Unfortunately, the cities they passed along the way refused to let refugees like them enter.

Hunger, thirst, illness, exhaustion, and emotional strain caused the elderly and children in the group to dwindle day by day. In the end, only some strong and sturdy young and middle-aged people remained.

The original body's father had been injured while hunting and failed to pull through.

Su Weixue's family members had either died or become separated while fleeing.

At first, only two people remained from their large family. They got along fairly well, but later, perhaps because her elder female cousin disliked Su Qiao for being stupid and eating too much, she gradually stopped paying attention to her.

After that, at some point, her elder female cousin became involved with Li Bingyi, the commander, and her standing within the group rose day by day.

Especially after she predicted several dangerous situations and led everyone to

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