When Bai Ya learned that Qiu Weiyu himself had been dead for a long time, instead of feeling relieved, Bai Ya felt even more confused - and angry. He didn't even know where this anger came from, or maybe there were too many things worth being angry about.
The first thing they told Bai Ya was about the Queen Mother's illness. Could it be that all this was planned by the singer Kinnara? After all, during her reign, she was already ill even before her consort left her. Liu Shenghan also had doubts about this. Although it was about ten years ago when the identities of "gods" were openly revealed in the Nine Heavens Kingdom, each of them appeared and existed for much longer than a mere ten years. Besides, the Queen Mother also admitted that she suddenly fell ill.
"That night, I finished approving the papers as usual." At that time, she said to the two girls, "I was too tired, so I leaned over the desk to rest for a while. For a long time, I couldn't settle down. They Even if they don't believe me, it's hard to get the people's support together, and the officials are unpredictable, and there's trouble up and down. There's famine in the east city, floods in the west city, and there's no time to spare for people's affairs, both internally and externally. When I woke up, the night was still deep, and there was a cold wind. Blowing in from the window, the moon and stars were sparse and the shadows of the trees were dancing. I put an extra blanket on my body and called the palace maid, saying it was sent by my husband. The movement was very gentle and did not wake me up. I looked out the window and heard a melodious sound. A distant song came. I suddenly felt sad - there are many people in the world who feel that I am not worthy of being the king of a country. That is their business, and I will prove it to them. But to be a good wife and a good mother, I I had options... but now I have to put them on hold.”
"singing?"
Liu Shenghan caught this information and asked further. She asked the Queen Mother when she noticed the sound. Did it appear suddenly, or has it been for some time? Can I continue to hear it after that? The Queen Mother said that she could not remember clearly, because in the dead of night, she could occasionally hear distant songs. But it was different that time. Although it was a soft chant without words, it had a strong penetrating power. Logically speaking, such a sound cannot come in like a loud singing voice. She also heard it after that, but she didn't pay much attention to it. After all, business was important and she couldn't pay close attention to the sounds outside every day. Sometimes it is the singing of people, which is sweet and sweet, like the mourning of birds; sometimes it is the music played by musical instruments, which is ethereal and graceful, making people sad and weeping.
When she was busy, she couldn't hear clearly. But from that day on, her health deteriorated. All the doctors said that she was too tired and needed to pay more attention to her sleeping and eating. But it's simple to say, if you leave your papers and go to bed, who will do the work? Who will do the big and small things inside and outside the court? She had to continue working under tremendous pressure, which exacerbated the condition. After the consort left the palace, her illness had progressed to an almost irreversible state. All the imperial doctors were unable to do anything, let alone cure the root cause, and even the symptoms could not be alleviated. Until the Imperial Master came, her situation would not be made worse.
Speaking of this, they were more willing to believe that the prince-in-law really had no way out, so he came up with such a way - to go to the dragon to ask for the clam. Although I don’t know what he went through, it is obvious that he failed. Bai Ya had not had time to tell her about this matter, but if there was a chance in the future, he was still determined to choose his words to let the Queen Mother know about it. Now that she has considered the worst outcome, telling the matter in a slightly packaged manner can provide some comfort.
Under criticism, facing his wife's serious illness, ridicule from the world, and uncertainty about the unknown, all these pressures fell on him. How can he be said to be an irresponsible deserter? But strangely enough, the national master appeared when he went to seek help from the gods. Naturally, it was easy for them to think that all this was planned.
"Do you still remember?" Bai Ya asked, "We also heard... music when we were at Shiyue Mountain."
"Indeed. I would have almost forgotten it if you didn't tell me." Jun Aoyan frowned, "These two things must be connected."
Liu Shenghan agreed with their speculation. Because the reason why Kinnara became the national master was because she suppressed the monsters in Shizuki Mountain. She naturally has a way to suppress or even control the Daitengu. When analyzing the two things together, it sounds reasonable. There is currently no direct evidence, but she may not be able to clear her suspicions.
"Then the princess is dead, what happened?"
"...Maybe you still remember the little prince."
"Remember, what happened? Didn't something happen to him before the consort left?"
"Indeed, but..."
According to a widely circulated story, the small wooden sculpture that Princess Weiyu was carrying fell into danger, and the prince went to pick it up for her, and then fell off the cliff. As for why they went to Shizuki Mountain, it is said that the Onmyoji team in the palace took advantage of the moonless night to subdue the Tengu. However, the two frustrated children did not know it and secretly got into the carriage leaving the palace. Sneaked into the team going up the mountain. That night, a thunderstorm suddenly fell, covering up the two children's cries for help.
The two children actually climbed to the top of the mountain. It was incredible!
But what was even more incredible was what Liu Shenghan told Bai Ya next.
Someone saw with their own eyes that it was not the cliff where the little prince accidentally fell.
——The princess pushed it down.
Bai Ya thought he heard wrongly. How can this be? The princess at that time was just a child, a child who had just learned to walk! Thinking about it this way, how did two children who were obviously not as strong as adults come up with the idea of going up the mountain? I'm afraid there is another reason. The Queen Mother didn't know about this at first, and almost everyone in the palace told her so. After that, the princess had a high fever because of the rain, and they had no time or energy to think about it.
The person who witnessed the scene of the young prince being pushed down the mountain was a young apprentice. He was the apprentice of a certain Onmyoji at that time and went to the mountains with his master to study. His master was afraid of getting into trouble and would not teach him to tell the truth. But that scene had such a huge impact on him that he had nightmares for several days, and the scene kept replaying in his mind. So he secretly entered the palace and told the queen and the consort everything. He didn't know where the courage came from, and he was already prepared to be beheaded. He didn't expect the two monarchs to be so considerate. Instead of making things difficult for him, they allowed him to tell everything he knew.
So the apprentice explained. He told everything about what he saw at that time and how he colluded with the onmyoji. After that, Queen Qiu Ruoyun sent someone to send him outside the city to avoid incurring the hatred of those people. As for whether what he said was true or false, the couple also took matters into their own hands.
"The princess is possessed by an evil spirit" is the most credible statement, and the young apprentice also said the same. In fact, those onmyojis can completely blame the "evil spirits" on the tengu's head - it may even be the tengu's doing. However, when the princess killed the prince, they were all afraid that the queen, who was in love with her mother, would be furious and kill them all when the news came out. What's more, doesn't this prove that these onmyojis have no abilities and are just a bunch of losers? Faced with the risk of ruining his reputation, he came up with this widely circulated statement that sounds flawless.
Not long after, the consort also left. Some people said that he could not bear the blow of losing his son and was extremely disappointed with the queen's incompetence, so he left the palace; others said that he left to find his son's body, or to find a way to cure his daughter. temple street
The love between parents and children is always talked about, but no one believes in the love in the palace.
Later, Kinnara appeared.
She suppressed the Tengu in Shiyue Mountain and was officially canonized as a national master. Not long after, the princess died of repeated high fevers. At that time, no one except the imperial physician and the imperial master knew about this incident, and the imperial physician soon lost his memory of the incident.
The queen was distraught.
She knew that her body could not last long, and the only daughter who could inherit the throne passed away like this. However, the Imperial Master told the Queen Mother that she had a way to bring the little princess back to life. Use the soul-reviving incense of the Gandharva to make the body move; then compose a song based on the queen's memory of her daughter, shape it into the shape of the soul, and inject it into the empty shell. In this way, the little girl can move - like a living person.
The queen knew in her heart that her daughter was dead after all.
How can moving mean the same thing as coming alive? But she has no one else, no more. The person she loved the most, the one who was around her, the one who could be seen and touched, all that was left was this cold corpse in front of her. So she acquiesced to the imperial master's method. When the national master used magic to let the lively little girl walk into the queen's room, huge joy poured into her fragile and heavy body, and she almost couldn't survive it.
Qiu Ruoyun realized something.
Since she looks like her daughter, talks like her daughter, and moves like her daughter.
Isn't that my daughter?
She deceives herself.
She had lied to herself.
However, such a body cannot grow any longer. She immediately passed the throne to the child who had "resurrected from the dead", while she and the national advisor assisted him. What she knows, what she can remember, what she has learned, everything is limited. But it doesn't matter, her biggest wish in the world is to see her child inherit the throne in peace and govern the small country of Gechen in order. Although it was somewhat different from her original vision, this scene was finally realized in her lifetime.
Although it is meaningless.
She could not lie for several years, but her daughter who did not grow up would one day arouse people's suspicion. Although the Imperial Master has a way to make people ignore this problem for the time being, he will eventually die. Not to mention dying of old age, she will always die of illness. In the final analysis, the treatment given by the Imperial Master was just to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, because the Imperial Master said she had a heart disease. When heart disease is terminal, there is no cure.
She had given up thinking about what to do after that. She has thought too much and experienced too much.
She really doesn't have the strength anymore.
That dignified and majestic appearance was slowly supported by soft foam, and the haggard look was beyond words. One day, those bubbles will disappear, and this majestic appearance will collapse.
"So what? I've lived a full life," she said.
After Bai Ya listened, he didn't make a sound for a long time. Finally, he just said lightly:
"I think she was deceived by the Imperial Master."
"We all know that she was deceived by the Imperial Master - probably including herself."
"But she can't wake up."
"She doesn't want to wake up. The world when she wakes up does not have her daughter."
His Majesty died a long time ago.
