Chapter 144, New Year’s Eve: Regret on the Marriage
In the early morning of the last day of the old year, the hazy sky was covered with clouds. The heavy snow that had fallen all night was still falling non-stop. The roof and ground of Prince Leiwei's Mansion were already covered with thick snow.
There was a creak of the door in the small courtyard where the prince lived and slept, and Qingshi slowly walked out of the training room. His gloomy face was gloomier than the sky, his bloodshot eyes were filled with tears of grief and anger, and his heart was torn apart. Lung pain.
Qingshi looked up at the sky. In the sky filled with flying snow, a goddess in white clothes seemed to be dancing lightly. Qingshi subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch her. She also stretched out her hand to Qingshi, her eyes filled with deep affection. and reluctant nostalgia.
However, just when their fingers were about to touch, she instantly turned into snowflakes flying all over the sky. The goddess disappeared. The snowflakes gently fell on Qingshi's hand, on Qingshi's head, and on Qingshi's head. Hot tears rolled down his face.
"Yunli! Yunli! Yunli!" Qingshi choked with sobs and whispered in a hoarse voice, "My poor Li'er! Where are you suffering at this moment?..."
Qingshi has naturally broken Yunli's seal. All the memories about Yunli are as vivid and clear as if they were carved into my heart with a knife. It hurts! It is also like a knife engraved in the heart.
Qingshi stood in the snow for a long time, and heavy snow soon piled up on his head and shoulders. Each of the light snowflakes seemed to weigh more than a thousand kilograms, weighing down Qingshi's waist and making him look haggard.
Qingshi finally moved and began to walk out. Zhang Hao and other royal family members naturally noticed that the prince had come out a long time ago, but they had never seen the prince in such a lost state. They were all silent and did not dare to step forward. Standing in silence with hands lowered.
Seeing Qingshi walking towards the outside of the palace, no one dared to stop him and only followed him from a distance. Qingshi walked out of the palace, and Zhang Hao finally caught up and shouted softly: "Your Majesty...brother!"
Qingshi still walked slowly, without looking back, and just said lightly: "I want to enter the palace, don't follow me."
Zhang Hao gestured to the people behind him to stop them, but he gently stepped forward and put a fur robe on Qingshi's shoulders. Qingshi did not refuse, but raised his hand to signal him not to follow him, and then tightened his grip Qiu Pao walked alone in the snow.
Qingshi's entry into the palace naturally went smoothly. Ou Changzhi was alone in his family and had originally intended for Qingshi to come to the palace in the evening to celebrate the New Year with him. When he heard that Qingshi had already entered the palace, he was immediately overjoyed and welcomed him out.
Ou Changzhi walked out of the palace and came to the large living room. He saw Qingshi kneeling on his knees and lying on the ground. Ou Changzhi was shocked and realized something was wrong. He quickly stepped forward to help Qingshi up. He saw Qingshi's face was filled with tears and his face was filled with grief. He immediately sat him down on the couch and asked in a loud voice: "What's wrong? What's wrong with you? Tell Master if you have anything to do! With Master here, you don't have to be afraid if the sky falls!"
"Master!" Qingshi cried out in pain and knelt down again, tears falling from his eyes uncontrollably, "My disciple is unworthy. I can't let you spend the New Year in peace, so I will apologize to you first."
"What's going on?" Ou Changzhi asked worriedly. He knew that Qingshi was by no means a weak-minded person, and something like this must be a huge embarrassment. He immediately waved his hand and blocked the entire living room with a mysterious formation.
Qingshi took a deep breath to calm down his emotions, and then said: "This disciple is unscrupulous. If you want to regret your engagement, please punish me severely!"
"Ah!" Ou Changzhi said in shock, "Why is this? Do you know the consequences?"
"Disciple knows!" Qingshi said firmly, "That's why I don't ask for Master's forgiveness, but only for Master's punishment!"
Ou Changzhi said: "I believe you must have difficulties. Can you tell Master?"
"Yes!" Qingshi replied, "I was about to report it to Master."
Next, Qingshi slowly talked about himself and Yunli, from the two souls meeting in the long river of reincarnation to the battle in the south of Yunmang Mountain that night. Yunli was taken away by Lan Shu and sealed before leaving. Regarding his own memory, Mo Sihai helped him recover his memory two days ago.
"Master!" Qingshi's tone has gradually calmed down, "Yunli and I have already merged our souls, and my disciple's heart can no longer hold a second woman. One day I will break the shackles of this world and find her. , the power and glory in this world are just fleeting words to me after all. I know what kind of trouble and consequences my regretful marriage will bring to myself and Master, but I have made up my mind and will die without regrets!"
Ou Changzhi was silent for a long time while stroking his long beard, and then he sighed and said: "I knew that your life experience was by no means ordinary, but I didn't expect that you came from the outside world. I didn't know Yunli, but all your talents came from her. , I can be saved by you, and the achievement of the Five Elements Perfection is also an indirect acceptance of her grace. God Gewu? I consider myself to be the best in the world, but I never expected that there are people outside the mountain. How did I know that there are still people in this world? There is a false god, and now I understand what Jiang Yulong said before he died. Nebula World! Cloud God Yunli! Dark Gold Demon Realm! Demon Lord Lan Shu! Demon King Lan Mo! Hey, the magic of creation in the outside world is really amazing It’s incredible! Thank you Qingshi, you opened my eyes and gained knowledge!”
Qingshi wanted to wait for Ou Changzhi to say that he regretted his marriage, but Ou Changzhi didn't mention it, so Qingshi remained silent and waited for the master's decision.
Ou Changzhi suddenly stood up and walked back and forth for a few steps, then stopped and looked at Qingshi and said: "In my early years, I was determined to cultivate and become an immortal. Unfortunately, there are only legends in the world and there are no real immortals. In the years after, I have no idea whether I can really cultivate to become an immortal." I am already full of doubts. Although I still practice diligently, my mind is no longer strong. After you saved my life and made me perfect the Five Elements, my enthusiasm for cultivating immortals has increased again. To overthrow the Jiang Dynasty is to further break down the cultivation of immortals. external obstacles. Now, after listening to you talk about these miraculous creations in the outer world, my heart to cultivate immortality has become as solid as a rock, and there are no more mental obstacles. Just like you said, I also want to put aside my worldly affairs and devote myself to cultivating a true immortal. , in the hope that one day I can break the shackles of this world, go to the vast universe, travel through three thousand big worlds and hundreds of millions of small worlds, explore the unknown, and seek my true self."
Qingshi just made a big talk. He originally wanted to explain to his master the reason why he regretted his marriage. Unexpectedly, Ou Changzhi turned his attention to the magical creation of the outside world. Listening to Ou Changzhi's words, it seemed that he wanted to give up the throne and concentrate on cultivating immortality.
Qingshi originally wanted to tell Ou Changzhi that Ge Xiaotian transformed one yuan of energy into nine kinds of true energy to block the path to immortality in the Tianlong world, but then he thought about it, Chun Niang also said that there is no perfect way for man, and the master has already mastered the five elements. With all his Qi, he had a chance to become a true immortal. To cultivate an immortal was to go against the will of heaven, and what Ge Xiaotian did was just to make it more difficult. Therefore, Qingshi gave up this idea and said to Ou Changzhi: "Master, you..."
Ou Changzhi waved his hand to interrupt Qingshi, and said with a smile: "You regard the imperial power and wealth as a passing thing, and your status as a teacher is not as good as yours? To tell you the truth, I originally wanted to make you the crown prince after the year, but you have been here for twenty or thirty years. When I grow up, I will pass on the throne to you, and then I will go away from the world to practice in order to become an immortal. Since you don't care about the throne, there is no need for me to protect you for decades more."
"But!" Qingshi said, "I want to regret my marriage. This matter needs to be properly handled by Master as the emperor. Otherwise, I will cause trouble to the two continents, and I will be guilty!"
"Hahahaha..." Ou Changzhi laughed and said, "This matter is caused by trouble from all over the world, so let him solve it by himself!"
Qingshi and Ou Changzhi looked at each other, already understanding Mo Sihai's intentions.
It is already known to everyone that Qingshi will become the first in line of succession to the throne. Mo Sihai was unwilling to accept this, but he had no intention of killing his master or his brother. It happened that the Tianying Empire proposed a marriage. Mo Sihai immediately realized that the opportunity had come, so he strongly agreed and advocated that the marriage partner be Sheng Yinghua. With Qingshi, the Sky Eagle Empire is naturally very satisfied. So the marriage was finalized.
When the whole world knew about this, Mo Sihai visited Qingshi at night. Obviously, Mo Sihai already knew that Qingshi had sealed Yunli's memory. He knew that once Qingshi and even a passionate person broke the seal and remembered Yunli, he would almost definitely regret their marriage, and this would undoubtedly be done by Tianying. The empire regards it as a great shame and humiliation. The possibility of a war between the two countries is extremely high. Qingshi cannot afford such consequences. By then, it will undoubtedly be impossible for Qingshi to inherit the throne.
Even if it does not trigger a war, it is just the matter of going back on one's word and repenting of the engagement. In order to appease the anger of the Tianying Empire, Ou Changzhi will never make Qingshi the crown prince again. This is Mo Sihai's plan.
After Qingshi broke the memory seal, he understood Mo Sihai's intention after a moment's thought, and Ou Changzhi naturally understood after listening to Qingshi's account.
Because the logic is very simple, when Mo Sihai advocated the marriage, he did not mention Yunli at all. But when the marriage contract became known to the world, he went to help Qingshi lift the memory seal. Ou Changzhi confirmed what he had done before and after, and it became clear immediately.
Qingshi said to Ou Changzhi: "In any case, I will not blame Senior Brother Mo. On the contrary, he helped me retrieve my memory about Yunli. I am very grateful to him."
Ou Changzhi smiled slightly and said: "I'm very happy that you can think so. In terms of what Sihai did, there was actually not much wrongdoing. However, his actions seemed to be blameless, but his heart cannot be questioned."
"Master, please don't punish Senior Brother Mo." Qingshi said sincerely.
"Punishment? Haha..." Ou Changzhi laughed and said, "Sihai's move has lifted the seal on your memory, so that you will not violate your nature and Taoism because of imperial power and beauty. You are grateful to him for this. This is very good. Okay! If you regret the engagement, you are giving up the throne. I won’t have to stay in this position for another twenty or thirty years. I can concentrate on cultivating immortality immediately. In this way, I have to be grateful to him. !”
Ou Changzhi and Qingshi had the same mind and couldn't help but smile at each other. Qingshi finally felt a little more relaxed.
After laughing, Ou Changzhi said: "Speaking of punishment, you need to be punished, otherwise it will not be enough to calm the anger of the Sky Eagle Kingdom. Do you understand?"
"Disciple understands!" Qingshi replied, but there was no hint of resentment.
Afterwards, the master and the apprentice discussed how to deal with the incident, and after the agreement, they stopped talking about it. The bell was about to ring to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. The master and the apprentice spent the New Year happily talking about anecdotes and anecdotes over fine wine and delicacies.
