Yet, what she never expected was that the deputy district chief, in his attempt to help her, not only failed to save Yi Zhonghai but ended up implicating himself as well. His promising career was shattered in an instant, and all his efforts and investments vanished into thin air.
Without hesitation, he laid all the blame squarely on the Deaf Old Lady. To exact his revenge, he spared no effort in exposing her true background. As it turned out, her real name was Long Xiaoni, and she was a descendant of the Manchu nobility—a royal relative in every sense of the word.
Following the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, her life underwent a dramatic upheaval. Amid the chaotic times, she was forced to become the concubine of a warlord. However, her good fortune was short-lived; before long, the warlord was defeated and killed. Fate seemed unkind, and just as she feared she would be left destitute, she caught the eye of a commander in the Bald-headed Party, who took her in as his concubine.
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