1 Blind Women

In the 173rd year of the Great Tang Dynasty,

It's a Spring season of March, the rain was heavy, and the city was covered by newly grown green grass which moistening every piece of land and everything is covered in a layer of fog.

In Wei's mansion which is located in the North of the capital Xi'an. The roof tiles were transparent and washed by rain, showing a uniform layer of brilliant blue color. The half-moon tiles are shipped from Yunzhou. It is said that when there is a moonlight falls on the roof will shine like a firefly. The process of making these tiles are very complicated, and the price is not cheap. It is normal for people to cover the roof with tiles. But in Wei's mansion, they simply spent some people's decades worth money for buying Roof tiles.

However, in the Xi'an city of the Tang Dynasty, the satin business is the primary occupation over the country, Master Wei is the current King's maternal uncle. Master Wei has four sons, but only one son is from his main wife. His eldest son, Wei Zhiheng the next to inherit his father's official post. He is a popular young bachelor in the capital of Xi'an because of his beautiful face and his gentleness and to have a very promising carrier at a young age. Wei Zhiheng also has a main wife. When he was eighteen, he married the eldest daughter of the Zhang family named Zhang Xiu Ying. Zhang RuFei, the eldest son of Zhang's family, is now appointed as Left General by His Majesty.

"Madam, what do you want me to do after this?" a delicate maid girl wearing a thin dress handed a cup of hot tea with some crisp and raw fruits.

"Nothing, I am going out for a walk." Zhang Xiu Ying replied after drinking the tea.

"But it's still raining outside..."

"No problem, I will hold an umbrella."

The maid who served the tea looked at the young woman in front of her. Wei's family was a scholar family. All the women in the Wei family dressed elegantly and beautifully. Zhang Xiu Ying is also dressed elegantly, especially that the green peacock feather satin outer coat that was worn on her. They always make her look like an Empress who rules the world. In fact, Wei Zhiheng's wife looks beautiful, her facial features are distinct and heroic, and her eyes are like cleaned lake water, pure and bold... but Unfortunately, she is blind.

Zhang Xiu Ying was not born blind, but after three months of marrying into Wei's family, she suffered from a sudden illness and high fever for two days. The Wei family asked the doctors all over again the capital including the royal physician, no one was able to cure her eyes. Later, Zhang Xiu Ying did not go out often. It is always inconvenient for a blind person to go out.

Zhang Xiu Ying went to the pond near her courtyard.

It's been one year, she married into Wei's family, she was a complete blind person for the first three months ans she couldn't find the reason for her blindness. For the remaining nine months, she learned to live without her eyes and adapted well. She only occasionally missed the days when she could see them. For example, now she can hear the sound of the rain falling on the pond and feel the red koi fish in the pond competing for food, but she can't see anything.

In the invisible spring light, just like the invisible person. Just like her...

It was probably she lost her eyesight just after getting married, she couldn't remember her husband Wei Zhiheng's current appearance. She can only remember his appearance when he was 14 years old, she saw Wei Zhiheng in her school hunting competition. A teenager who smiled warmly and extended his hand to help her. Now Wei Zhiheng will not reach out to help her. Although he treated her gently and politely, Zhang Xiu Ying can feel his disgust and coldness towards her.

But she cannot say anything about his behavior.

In the years of military life in her youth, she learned how to deal with men as men, but she did not know how to be a woman to her husband. No one taught her how to behave like a woman... So she can only watch Wei Zhiheng and his concubines acting all gentle and gentle, she felt sad, and later she became tired of the inner courtyard. In this thing, she felt blessed because she couldn't see anymore, and even all those sad pictures of her husband and his concubines which made her sad, she can't see them anymore.

She sat quietly near the pond in her courtyard, and suddenly remembered her days at the academy, years of her youth and the days that she spent in the army. Last year in the spring season, the rain is heavy, she sits among her army camp sergeants, smiled and drank a bowl of wine, feeling warm all over her heart. Those happy days.

Suddenly her happy memories vanished from her mind a cold aura emitted from her body. Zhang Xiu Ying held onto the railing, she opened her mouth and looked towards the direction of the sound.

While someone's footsteps slowly approached her.