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It was a forgotten past and an unknown relationship buried in the dust.

Xiao Min said to him: "I am not a palace maid."

"then who are you?"

She is the one who is lost in Daxing Palace. Together with the love that fell into the water, I lost my whole life and couldn't find the direction.

Longevity and Peace Written by: Innocence

At the turn of day and night, there will be ghosts all over the city. The palace maids who understand the lunar calendar always like to play tricks: "Little princess, this is the day when ghosts visit relatives, and this Daming Palace is their resting place when they are tired and sleepy." I was scared all over. Shivering and floating in mid-air, Changsheng couldn't get close to the living beings in the world, so he had to comfort me repeatedly, don't be afraid of peace, it was just a sneeze from God.

Peace and joy, long life without worries.

My name is Taiping, and his name is Changshou.

He said that the reason why a long life is worry-free is because it is peaceful, joyful and healthy, and there is no sorrow.

one,

When my mother, Emperor Wu, gave birth to me, she did not expect that I would bring about the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty for nearly fifty years. She took the word Taiping from me just to show my irreplaceable status in her mind. She rejected all the existence of warmth that might prevent me from learning to be cold, making me unfeeling and eventually losing my emotions.

My mother often said: "You must learn to use all royal powers to get everything you want, including love." And it was with this novel method that she occupied the post of Tang Dynasty for thirty years and nearly half of her life. imperial career.

Changsheng said: "Your mother is just afraid. She is afraid that the Wu family in her hands will return to the hands of the Li family. So she would rather the princess be the king than let her fourth son become the emperor."

I opened my eyes wide and expressed disbelief: "But my surname is Li, and there is no precedent for a woman to ascend the throne."

Changsheng gradually stopped talking, but looked up at me with a flash of sadness in his eyes. This was the most familiar look I had seen since we met him, somewhere between melancholy and sadness. When he first drifted into my bedroom in the cold palace in the form of light smoke, and unexpectedly bumped into my figure hugging and crying because of the thunder, he also had this look on his face.

Chang Ming turned away from me under the intense gaze, and after a long time he smiled: "Taiping, you think too much. There are many regrets in life, and you will be happy if you don't think about it."

I approached him and accepted a shadow cast by his ethereal ghost. Ask softly: "Will you always stay with me and accompany me through all the regrets in life?"

He wanted to smile, but he hesitated for a moment when his eyes touched my earnest expression: "Yes, Taiping, I will accompany you."

He said, I will repay everything your mother never gave you, protect you from all displacement, all suffering, and all sorrow, and bless you with peace and joy, and a long life without worries.

I will watch you grow up until you leave my sight willingly.

two,

It's a pity that all these vows came to an abrupt end because of my mother's insistence. Without my knowledge, I was promised to a young man named Wu Chengsi, a nephew of the Wu family.

Even the name is vague, a man who has nothing to do with me.

I asked Chang Ming: "What kind of person is Wu Chengsi?"

Changsheng obviously didn't want to comment too much on that person. He told me succinctly: "A person who is not worthy of your trust for life."

"Why?" I asked curiously.

He looked at me and continued: "Wu Chengsi is already married, and for a long time, he has welcomed your appearance with resentment."

Not to be outdone, I raised my head and stared at him and said clearly: "I will use all my royal power to win my love."

Changsheng stopped talking and stared at me blankly, as if he had traveled through the earthly world and seen the past life. As if he didn't want me to see the excessive emotion in his eyes, he turned his face sideways and whispered softly: "Taiping, don't fall in love with Wu Chengsi. Also," he lowered his gaze, "don't let him fall in love with you either. .”

But Changsheng didn't know that there is never a fixed reason for love in the world.

I met Wu Chengsi.

From now on, get rid of him and only him will remain.

The first time we met was on the racecourse. My mother and I were driving together on the side of Huanghui on the high platform. In fact, I don’t love this clan activity, because apart from the great honor it carries, it also carries my mother’s impeccable and ardent hopes for me. She is eager for me to marry a child of the Wu family, in this way to ensure that the Wu family The country stretches for thousands of years.

Wu Chengsi is undoubtedly the most promising man among the descendants of the Wu family.

Rolling dust rose from under the horses' hooves. I remember very clearly that Wu Chengsi came on horseback against the backdrop of a sickly sunset. That handsome man has an appearance worthy of God holding his breath for him.

And he, unlike other nobles' children, used brute force to show off his outstanding equestrian and ball skills in a rampage, hoping for a moment of his mother's attention and favor. From beginning to end, he didn't even have a chance to look up and notice me, or he didn't see me at all.

And I saw him.

The unconscious smile on the corner of her mouth lasted until the moment her mother turned her head to pay attention. She was a little surprised, but when I saw that person at the end of my gaze as expected, she smiled slightly and said casually: "Nephew Xue is a talented person in both martial arts and strategy. Taiping," she looked at me deeply and said with a smile, " Don’t miss him.”

three,

Everything is satisfactory. Wu Chengsi is not only a good son-in-law in my mother's eyes, but also a husband that I recognize in my heart. He has a handsome appearance and a cold description. He stands out among everyone. Without any words, he has already set off those queens of famous families. As stupid as a bull.

Except longevity.

I continued the smile I had from the racecourse and slowly described to him what I saw that day: "It was extremely cold that day, but Wu Chengsi only wore a double-breasted blue t-shirt. I had never seen anyone wearing blue. She is as good-looking as him. You all say that Brother Dan is beautiful because he is a prince. If you meet Wu Chengsi..." It was only later that I remembered the inappropriateness of this topic, especially when I noticed that he is tall. Life is different from usual, gentle and smiling eyes. I turned my head and spat softly, "Who told you to eavesdrop on me?"

Changshou smiled good-naturedly and looked at me with increasingly warm eyes: "It was obviously the princess who insisted on telling me."

I choked, puffed up my cheeks, turned around and looked in the other direction, pretending not to care and asked, "What do you think about me marrying him?"

He never expected that Changsheng would have such a resolute and irreversible attitude. He said solemnly: "Wu Chengsi values ​​friendship, but he is not suitable for you."

"Why?" I quickly turned my head and widened my eyes, "My mother and brothers all like him..."

"Taiping," Changsheng looked at me seriously, his anxiety and worry clearly visible, "He already has a wife and is not worthy of your trust for the rest of his life."

He told me very early on, but at that time he was just a stranger who had nothing to do with me, but now it is different, he is not someone else, he is Wu Chengsi.

What flows in my blood is the nobility of the Li family and my mother's strong pride. I can share the people I don't love with others, but I will never allow the things I love to be occupied by other women.

At an age before I appeared, he also had other women, played books, drank wine, and played the piano and harp. I slowly calmed down. The man named Wu Chengsi already had a wife.

Changsheng continued to speak, hiding so much despair and pain in his eyes. He penetrated my body and made a futile gesture of embracing me. It took a long time before I heard a voice above my head: "Taiping, I know you are sad, I will always be by your side..."

Taiping, I know you are sad, because I am too.

Four,

Once you understand all this, it won't be too difficult to make your next decision. I rushed to Chengde Hall to find my mother. Longevity was by my side for a moment, but in the end, it was a step too late.

The mother came out of the palace, taking with her a young man in plain clothes.

Wu Chengsi.

Under the thick clouds all over the sky, I walked slowly towards me along the corridor paved with bluestone slabs from the main entrance.

You have to wait until you are very, very close, until he suddenly raises his head to look at me before you can see clearly.

At this moment, his pupils were faintly red and his hands were slightly trembling with anger, barely suppressed.

I was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at my mother who was standing next to me. She seemed to be unaccustomed to my gaze, and was slightly unhappy: "I killed the Wu Cheng family. How can I serve the same husband as a princess of the same country?" ?”

I will never forget Wu Chengsi’s red and forbearing eyes for the rest of my life.

I don’t know how much courage and forbearance it took for him to be able to respectfully say the words of kneeling to my mother even though he was bearing such pain, and then slowly turned his head.

In this way, he walked out of the huge Ming Palace step by step and merged into the slightly damp twilight of Chang'an.

There seems to be no turning back.

What I never imagined was that my first official meeting with him would be in such a desperate situation.

Raise your eyes to look at the surrounding twilight, and let the water vapor overflowing from your eyes flow back into your heart. I covered my face, and big drops of water ran down my fingers. Changming didn't say a word, just hugged me as he always did, and spread the only warmth in my body. I put my forehead against his chest and whispered: "I didn't mean it... I just wanted to tell him that I didn't mean it..."

He was silent for a long time before speaking, his voice slightly hoarse: "Taiping, I know..."

And this marriage, under my mother's decisive and chilling approach, gradually came to an ending that I didn't expect to see.

Changsheng also became more and more silent. During the period of waiting for his descent, all he did was stare at me for a long time, gazing at me in various ways, or walking in the garden, or admiring the stars in the sky. Often after I woke up, he still maintained his presence. The posture when I fell asleep.

I asked him: "Whose soul are you?"

Changshou obviously didn't expect me. I was stunned for a moment, and then asked me back calmly: "When will I meet you?"

"Eight years old." I blurted out.

He looked at me with eyes that gradually became warmer: "If I really wanted to harm you, I wouldn't wait until now."

"You are very opposed to my marrying Wu Chengsi?" I was puzzled. "Perhaps you had a grudge against him during your lifetime, so you tried every means to obstruct it."

Changsheng couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing, with the look in his eyes and brows full of mine: "If I really had a grudge against him during my lifetime, I should support you in marrying him so that he can also suffer."

Of course I knew he was teasing me, and I was annoyed: "Is it possible that you like me and don't want me to get married?"

This is an assumption that I can't believe even to death.

I just said it casually, but Changsheng was stunned in mid-air. Although it was just a spirit and had no fixed shape, I could still clearly feel that the atmosphere here was different from the past. The ticking of the clock suddenly woke Changsheng up. , he turned away and said softly: "Yes, Taiping, I like you very much..." He turned away sadly, "I like you very much, I fell in love with you the first time I saw you..."

I turned my head in surprise.

Changsheng turned to the clouds in the sky outside the window and said sadly: "I watched you grow up, how could I not like you?"

five,

On the day of my wedding, my mother sent me outside the Zhengde Gate. There were already waiting salute officers who bowed down to greet me. The sight blocked by the curtain slowly closed, blocking the tragic red that I saw, and the cold-faced Wu Chengsi who was waiting for me.

Under my mother's careful planning, we finally met in the most decisive way.

He will not love me, he will only deepen his hatred for me as time goes by.

This was not a happy wedding, and the consequences were a hundred times more serious than I imagined.

I don’t know why the dress had so many skirts, so Wu Chengsi simply tore my wedding dress cleanly in the simplest way. The servants were expelled from the new house. All the resistance was carried out in silence. The longan and peanut shells under my body pierced my skin, but the burning pain was nothing compared to what my body had to bear. Even in the worst pain, I didn't say a word, just opened my eyes blankly. , not a single tear.

I wonder when we reached the most embarrassing point. It was obviously the first time I saw him. The man who looked like an orchid orchid tree stood leisurely in the middle of the racecourse, like a flower in full bloom.

it's all over.

The dragon and phoenix Chengxiang he lit before leaving had not been completely extinguished. I lay on the inside of the bed and whispered to myself that it was over.

Changsheng appeared high in the sky above the large and empty new house, or maybe he was always there but could do nothing. He stumbled and transformed and fell to the ground, staggering and half-kneeling on the bed beside me. Because he was lying on his back, I couldn't see the expression on his face. I could only feel a slightly trembling, thin palm covering the My bare, scarred left shoulder seemed to be trying to shield me from all the humiliation and harm I had suffered.

However, he is just a spirit, but in vain, penetrating my body again and again, as sad as his voice at the moment. Hoarse as if it didn't come from his throat, he spoke with difficulty: "Taiping."

Where did the water come from? I tried my best to turn my head, but what I saw from the corner of my eye was the shadow of longevity. He knelt down next to me, and the back of his hand holding my right hand looked a little ferocious due to excessive force. There were tears slowly flowing down his cheeks.

Ghost, ghost actually shed tears for an unrelated woman. But Wu Chengsi would never change his mind for a stranger.

I looked up and smiled slowly: "I owed him originally, I was sorry for him." I glanced sideways at Changsheng, this ghost who has been with me since I was eight years old. I don't know where he came from, and I don't know where he came from. I don’t know why he cared so much about me. It seemed like there was no need to explain anything, “Longevity, I have nothing left.”

Changshou hugged my body that was trembling slightly because of the emotion and cry, and suppressed the sorrow: "You still have me, Taiping, you still have me, I will always be with you, protect you to be peaceful, happy, and have a long life without worries."

six,

Wu Chengsi’s disgust for me is known to everyone without the need to hide it.

The day I entered the palace and returned home was the second time I met him. We stood very far away with a cold expression.

My mother's smile turned calm as she watched me slowly walk into the hall. Li Dan bowed and stood beside her, with a look of worry mixed on his young face. I know clearly that all my brothers love and care for me in their own unique ways, showing off their nature without revealing anything. Mother followed the etiquette and asked about the descent, showing dignity and dignity. She slowly asked the last question that the salute officer had not arranged: "How is he treating you?"

With her usual wisdom, my mother could easily see through the turbulent waves that were quietly hidden beneath the calm clouds and gentle breeze on the faces of Wu Chengsi and I.

I smiled quietly: "Yes, mother, he treats me very well."

Wu Chengsi paused and turned his head to look at me. The shock and confusion in his expression were suppressed by his will, and his aloofness was impeccable. I raised my head and glanced, and saw that I was suspended in the air in the hall, looking at my longevity with tenderness and compassion.

The sky was as cold as water at night, and I couldn't bear the power of wine, so I went outside to blow the wind. Within sight, there was a bleak figure standing on the railing, like a green bamboo oppressed by the moonlight. The moment he saw me, he smiled and waved me over: "Taiping."

I nodded with a smile: "Brother Dan."

Strolling casually along the long corridor, he casually asked me a few questions about my current situation, and as expected, the topic returned to Wu Chengsi. He looked sideways at me, his eyes showing concern: "How are you doing?"

Finally unable to smile as usual, I lowered my head and avoided his probing gaze.

only the guy drinking water knows it's cold or hot.

He held my shoulders and said softly: "Tell me." Li Dan sighed, "What is so good about Wu Chengsi? For you to protect him like this."

Where is better? I don’t know, I just can’t forget it. Whether it was because I was too young to meet him, or because the scenery that day was unusually enchanting, that man named Wu Chengsi rode into my world in an unexpected way.

I smiled bitterly: "I don't know either..." I turned my head, and what I saw was the Daming Palace's ten-mile green embankment. The eyes he looked at me were as warm as ever, but there was an unexpected sadness in them. I continued to reply to my brother’s question: “Because I met him.”

After Changsheng, there was a slender figure that was as light as an ink painting. It was from the back, so I couldn't see the expression on his face clearly.

There were palace servants rushing from the palace, saying hello to the shadow: "Consort, I have been looking for you for a long time."

The man seemed stunned, and slowly walked out of the shadows. It was Wu Chengsi.

No one spoke, and in the silent space looking at each other, it seemed as if autumn was rising and falling. Li Dan sighed: "Taiping, seize everything you want and don't let mother's mistakes affect you."

Longevity floated beside me, and he couldn't bear to see the despair in my eyes getting thicker. He explained to me softly: "Wu Chengsi's life is not good."

I forced a smile.

seven,

But no one could have imagined that the separation from Daming Palace would mean eternal life to Li Dan.

Li Dan is one of the outliers in the palace, as gentle as water. He has repeatedly been exposed to his mother's harsh and harsh methods, which eventually led to her dissatisfaction and resentment.

But I never thought that he would die in a strange and sudden death.

No one knew the cause of his death. His mother, who was always as dignified as an emperor, covered her face and shed tears. I stood numbly beside Li Dan's coffin. Not far away were my other three brothers, their faces were miserable, as if they were injured.

It was so cold that I was shivering all over.

When my mother saw that my face was pale, she covered her face and pulled me to sit next to her. I turned aside and shook my head slightly. My mother was startled and didn't stop me for a moment, letting me leave alone.

Looking up, I see the gloomy sky of Chang'an, which has been the case since I can remember. Li Dan once told me that the Tang Dynasty needed such an atmosphere to pave the way for a funeral that could come at any time. I slowly leaned against the cold wall of Prince Dan's Mansion, my heart boiling with anxiety, and I could no longer suppress it at this moment.

He vomited out everything he had eaten in the morning, and seemed to want to vomit out the bile as well. I was so anxious about my longevity that I didn’t know what to do. The Prince’s Palace was in a secluded place, and I was discovered by servants who had no contact with me. No matter how much I called for help, it was in vain. Before I fell into coma, the only thing I saw was Changshou hugging me tightly, and his eyes as red as tears of blood.

And Wu Chengsi appeared from nowhere. The only thing I can feel is the shadow that falls on my face when he approaches, and the warm body temperature when he picks me up from the cold ground. He is so close that I can easily hear the other person's heartbeat like a drum.

That was Wu Chengsi.

Changshou quietly avoided me, with a slightly sad look on his face, which became more obvious the moment Wu Chengsi hugged me and left.

Wu Chengsi hugged me, his hands tightly clasping the crooks of my legs, and his rapid breathing sounded on the top of my hair. I don't know whether it was because he was running too hastily or because he was not paying attention. He stumbled and fell on the moss after the rain. He subconsciously held me in his arms. Even the words Taiping shouted in panic were incredibly familiar.

My mind was in chaos. He picked me up from the ground again, his voice was slightly hoarse after not speaking for a long time, and he shouted: "Taiping."

I finally had a reason to curl up in his arms and cry loudly with peace of mind. My mother hated my crying. Even if I cried, my tears would fall where others could not see. Wu Chengsi paused for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but his mouth opened, and he still chose to remain silent. Finally, he took out his clean sleeves and wiped away the tears on my cheeks.

I was sent back to the princess mansion by Wu Chengsi. The people greeting me at the gate seemed to have never seen the princess and the consort return to the mansion at the same time. They were all looking at each other with joy.

Only Chang Ming's face was filled with the same sadness as before. After everyone dispersed, he half-knelt in front of me earnestly, clasped my hands and looked up at me with sad eyes: "Taiping, leave Wu Chengsi, don't let him love you Fuck you."

I will protect you for a long life without worries, I will protect you for peace and joy.

I lowered my eyes tiredly, because I didn't dare to look directly at the many emotions in his eyes, hope, worry and despair. I believe in this ghost who has taken good care of me since I was eight years old, but I can't let go. I turned away and replied softly: "I just can't bear it."

"You never allowed me to eat sweets when I was young because of my teeth. But I know that as long as I ask you, you are still willing to return the candied fruits to me." My voice gradually became softer, my eyelashes drooped, and there were tears. Roll off, "Changsheng, if I beg you now, are you still willing to return Wu Chengsi to me?"

It seemed that I had to wait a long time to come back to my senses. Changming stared at me with a layer of mist in his eyes, as if he was muttering to himself: "Peace."

eight,

The number of times Wu Chengsi came to visit me in the pavilion increased day by day. Although he couldn't say a few words, he just sat there speechless. Looking up is a ten-mile lake embankment with green scenery. Life is already very complete. If you don't get attached, you won't have those shortcomings.

Most of the time I was the one doing the talking, harping on about youthful things. The most mentioned memories are from when I was eight years old. At that time, my father was in power and my mother was the queen. Like ordinary people, they raised eyebrows. His face was calm, and he even smiled slightly when he heard something interesting, indicating that he was still listening.

I don’t know if I’m overly concerned.

For a long quarter of an hour, Chang Ming sat quietly within sight of me, his eyes gentle but unable to suppress his sadness.

I know that many things have quietly begun to change before I even realize it.

His mother met with Wu Chengsi several times outside the court time. This was not in line with the ancestral system of the Tang Dynasty, and the Prince Consort Commandery was nothing more than an empty title. However, his mother saw him frequently outside of common sense, implying that he was being used in an important role, which was not unimaginable.

My mother's reliance on the Wu family far exceeded her trust in the Li family.

Until the two brothers died of illness one after another, the mother went to pay her respects, crying until she was hoarse, but stubbornly did not shed a single tear. Wu Chengsi was standing a little further away, his white flags rustling. When I accidentally turned around and my eyes came into contact with him, I seemed slightly startled, and then I looked away calmly.

How much desperation and passing despair I just didn't let me see, including the flash of hatred.

The only one left in the world, my brother Li Xian, was surrounded by people and stood in the farthest corner, cowering and not daring to come near. He is the only son who is not considered a perfect child in my mother's eyes, but he undoubtedly knows how to survive in the palace.

Changshou seemed to be spying on my inner thoughts. He sneered and waved his head and said, "Not necessarily."

From that day on, Chang Ming's words to me gradually became less and less, and more often than not, he just looked at me in a daze. The only thing that remained unchanged was his determination to let me break up with Wu Chengsi. I just felt confused: "Changsheng, who are you?"

Unexpectedly, he would answer me with a serious expression: "I am longevity. Your name is Taiping. Long life without worries, peace and joy."

I laughed, shook my head and said, "You asked me to leave Wu Chengsi again and again, but you never told me the reason. How can you convince me?"

Changsheng gradually became silent, and the image floating in the air gradually blurred and reappeared, like a freehand ink painting of distant mountains and fresh water. Even the voice was clear and light. He suddenly lowered his head and stared into my eyes.

It took a long time to figure it out.

I lowered my head and paused for a long time before asking him blankly: "You said Brother Dan was killed by Wu Chengsi?"

"Yes." He did not dodge or dodge, and looked at me calmly, letting the pain in his eyes flood into the sea, and not allowing me any room to maneuver, "I said a long time ago that Emperor Wu was afraid that Jiangshan would return to China again. In the hands of the Li family. So I would rather the princess be the king than let the four sons become the emperor. And she," Chang Ming looked at me deeply, "the person she likes is Wu Chengsi."

"I'm afraid you'll get hurt."

I froze in place, just looking at the spirit of Changshou gradually approaching in bewilderment. He slowly embraced me and habitually pressed my forehead to his chest. I heard his voice and choked up a little: " Taiping, leave him before you get hurt."

The difficulty in breathing becomes increasingly tight, to the point where it is impossible to breathe comfortably.

I raised my head, slowly pushed Chang Ming away, and shook my head: "No, if mother knew, how could she let me marry him? How could she be willing to let Wu Chengsi go?"

There was a flash of sadness in his eyes, and Chang Ming paused for a long time before saying softly: "What if this was originally what Emperor Wu meant?"

Nine,

It took a long time to fully understand those words. I looked at him blankly, paused for a long time and asked, "Where is Wu Chengsi?"

I stood up slowly. For a moment, I had only one thought: I want to ask him clearly. I want to ask him clearly.

Pushing away the obstruction of longevity, letting the tears blur the direction from which it came. I ran quickly in the princess garden. The slaves looked sideways and knelt down in panic in the space that I passed by with my peripheral vision, startling countless jackdaws along the way.

There was no one in the study room, but a servant of Wu Chengsi followed me all the way. He was panting, but after touching my red eyes, which were as red as tears of blood, he thought deeply, thinking that I had noticed something. After a long time, he carefully considered his words and replied in a low voice: "The prince-in-law doesn't often go to Mrs. Cheng's place, but..."

I gradually became quieter.

No one dared to stop me anymore. The plain sword in my hand was exposed, just like the look on my face at this moment. In a short while, we arrived at Mrs. Na Cheng's residence, which is located in the east corner of Chang'an. It is located in two places with Daming Palace and does not interfere with each other.

I just didn't expect him to hide her so well.

Changshou didn't say a word, but stayed with me for a moment, just like he always did, silently tolerating all my willful and even reckless behaviors.

The sound of the zither is occasionally chaotic, as if irrelevant emotions stir up irrelevant strings. I walked in from outside the door coldly, and saw no one else except Wu Chengsi.

I slowly raised the hilt of the sword, facing the direction of his heart. Putting all my despair into cold words, I asked word by word: "Did you kill Brother Dan?"

"yes."

"The Emperor Wu ordered it?"

"Exactly."

"You also lied to my mother and hid the Cheng family here?"

He raised his eyebrows at me and sneered, as if he was laughing at my naivety: "If your mother really killed her, how could she safely let her young daughter marry her enemy?"

I slowly raised my head, stared into his eyes and asked the last question: "That's why you hate me so much. But, I want to know," I smiled, "Have you ever liked me? Even just a little bit. "

Wu Chengsi couldn't help laughing when he heard the most interesting words in the world. He raised his sleeves to wipe away the tears from his eyes: "Taiping, I tell you." He stopped laughing and said the last words clearly Cursing, "Taiping, I hate you and everything your family has imposed on me. All the things that can make you painful and humiliating experiences give me the pleasure of revenge." He paused for a moment and deliberately emphasized the following words. In one sentence, "I never liked you, not even one bit."

He smiled happily and slowly stood up in front of the instrument. Before anyone noticed, he held my sword-holding hands, and with just a little force, the tip of the sword pierced his chest.

Bright red blood bloomed like flowers on his chest. I was stunned at the moment when his right hand clasped the back of my hand. It was warm and rough, the kind of palm only a person who licks blood from the edge of a knife would have. Therefore, he stood out from the crowd on the day of the racecourse and easily attracted the young me at that time.

That sunless afternoon was only two years of days and nights from the day when he faced my knife.

What is used to fill it is life, death, and separation.

He slowly knelt down in front of me, raised his head with all his strength, and smiled at me: "Why are you crying? Didn't you just take the sword to kill me?"

I wiped away the moisture from my face with the back of my hand, but I didn't know when my face was filled with tears.

The passage of time is as quiet as eternity at that moment. At the end of my gaze, there is a ray of setting sun beyond the distant mountains that symbolizes the glory of the Tang Dynasty, and the symbol of my flourishing years has begun to end with Wu Chengsi's sword towards me.

I slowly squatted down, and my trembling hands gradually touched the familiar sword eyebrows and the hard nose, until finally, before he fell into death, he muttered to himself, saying: "Taiping, I hate you..." …”

I hugged him, raised my head, and let the sadness meander in my heart.

"I hate you, it makes me more greedy for the world..."

I froze.

"You sit on a high platform, you don't know...how many people are watching when you laugh..."

Tears gradually blurred my vision, and the only thing I could hear clearly was his muttering to himself, as light as the breeze: "How I wish... I could meet you sooner... at an age where we no longer have hatred for each other..."

I finally froze and raised my gaze slightly. That was Changshou’s favorite place to exist, so he could appear in front of me anytime and anywhere. As if sensing something, the moment I raised my eyes, Chang Ming slowly looked back at me, with a smile that was familiar to me when we first met. The moment Wu Chengsi slowly closed his eyes, the spirit around him gradually receded. The brilliance gradually becomes transparent, like water vapor, and will disappear before the sun rises.

The smile was warm, just like the last expression left in the world when Wu Chengsi left.

He said, My name is long life, you are peace, long life without worries, peace and joy.

Perhaps what he wanted to say most was peace. My name is Wu Chengsi, Taiping.

do you remember me?