On the top of the mountain shrouded in mist, the old abbot gently placed the little girl on the golden lotus, pushed the golden lotus towards the center of the pool, sighed softly, and said to Wang Sizhi beside him: "The injury is too serious, I'm afraid there is no way to save her." .”
"Please, try again." Wang Sizhi almost begged anxiously.
The old abbot was silent. Is this woman in front of him who understands the preciousness of life really the Sui Empress who killed innocent people five hundred years ago? In five hundred years, the country has changed, the sea has turned into a mulberry field, will even the people change?
"Please, save this child." Wang Sizhi begged again.
The old abbot sighed heavily, looked at the little girl who was slowly being wrapped up in the golden lotus, and said: "There is only one way at the moment, but if you want to do it, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky. Do you want to continue to listen, the Queen?" ?”
When she heard the words "Queen's Empress", Wang Sizhi frowned slightly because she remembered many bad experiences. For example, five hundred years ago, the emperor he loved so much took his concubines to visit Landuo Temple, which is now Fanke Mountain. There is no doubt that in the end, all the beloved concubines died tragically, and even the family was implicated and was not spared. The culprit of all this was Wang Sizhi, specifically herself five hundred years ago.
One of the ten mysteries in the world that has been widely talked about in the past hundred years is about the true age of the old abbot of Fanke Mountain. There are different opinions on this. Some people say that this old abbot has lived for a thousand years and is the real Bodhisattva in the physical body. , some people say that the old abbot lived a simple life for more than a hundred years, but the most common view is that the old abbot has reached the state of returning to nature and should be between two and three hundred years old.
But only Wang Sizhi knows the real answer. The reason is simple, because she had met the old abbot five hundred years ago when she was the empress of the Sui Dynasty, and at that time, he was only a three or four-year-old kid.
Therefore, the old abbot is one of the few people who knows Wang Sizhi's true identity.
Looking at the little girl who was like a bud in the lotus, Wang Sizhi was heartbroken and said: "If I can save her, I will try any method."
"Okay, then please ask the queen to go to the Lotus Cave! After I broke the curtain of the Lotus Cave in the past, Taoist ancestors planted golden lotus to make up for the loss of spiritual energy, otherwise the Lotus Cave would sink in an instant. If you can pick that golden lotus, naturally It can save lives. But the Queen should know that the Lord of the Cave Heaven has no reason to give up the Golden Lotus, otherwise hundreds of thousands of monks in the Cave Heaven will perish. Furthermore, even if the Golden Lotus is taken by force, it will inevitably cause a conflict between Taoism and the Dajing Dynasty. Because of the Queen, you should now be called the Crown Princess. And this is the only way."
Wang Sizhi remained silent after hearing everything. There was a man with white hair as white as snow standing behind her, but she didn't notice it at all. Guiliu also listened quietly to what the old abbot said without saying a word.
Wang Sizhi asked softly: "Is there really no other way?"
The old abbot shook his head.
"Don't be discouraged. I'll ask my mother and the Imperial Master again." Gui Liu gently hugged Wang Sizhi from behind and said softly.
At that moment, Wang Sizhi's tears fell down for some reason. Turning around and throwing herself into Guiliu's arms, her voice sounded heartbreaking, "I must save her, I must save her."
"Definitely, definitely." Guiliu's eyes were firm.
In the Frost Flower City Inn, the oiran woman woke up from the bed, subconsciously checked her whole body in panic, and soon she breathed a sigh of relief.
She didn't see the man with red phoenix eyes, but she saw a snow-white figure sitting at the tea table.
"Who are you?" The woman's voice was cold and full of warning.
The man was concentrating on playing a game of chess and without turning around, replied: "It doesn't matter who it is, anyway, you and I will only meet this once."
The woman said coldly: "Where is he?"
The man finally stopped what he was doing, but still didn't turn around. His voice was cold and scary, "I don't understand, what qualifications do you have to continue to live?"
"Can you please make it clear?" The woman quietly moved back, holding the hairpin behind her back.
"The little girl who gave you the silver ingot, why do you think she crawled to you from the door of Jiang's house?"
The man slammed the table violently, and the loud sound made the entire inn even more deadly silent. He finally turned around, completely exposing his face to the woman's sight.
"How is that possible? You... aren't you already dead?!" The woman's voice trembled, and she subconsciously moved back, unable to believe that the scene in front of her was real.
Bai Shirong said calmly: "The little girl who gave you the silver ingot is your daughter."
"If you don't save her, she will die."
"What did you say?"
The woman looked at him blankly and said to herself: "My daughter? My daughter?"
She suddenly stood up like a madman, grabbed Bai Shirong forcefully, stared into his eyes, and asked almost frantically over and over again, "Are you lying to me, right?! Are you lying to me, right?!"
Bai Shirong remained motionless and silent.
"Speak, speak, I beg you, I beg you, I beg you...speak...speak..."
She suddenly stopped talking, her mouth opened wide, and her pupils shrank sharply.
Bai Shirong suddenly punched her in the abdomen. The woman bowed like a shrimp and hit the bed sill hard, with blood flowing from the corner of her mouth.
The woman struggled to crawl to his feet and begged as if begging for life, "Don't save me, I don't want to live. Please, kill me, kill me!"
"Living is the greatest punishment for you."
Bai Shirong grabbed her neck with one hand, lifted her high, threw her against the wall, and said softly: "Then, leave everything to me."
Black evil energy surged out from the soles of Bai Shirong's feet, wrapping himself and the woman. He held the dark porcelain doll in his right hand, and a colorful mist suddenly entered the porcelain doll's body. At the same time, Bai Shirong's soul also lived in the woman's body.
"New body..."
Bai Shirong looked down at himself and clenched his fists. With this body, there is a natural advantage in getting close to His Highness the Crown Prince. As long as you plant the seeds of hidden dangers, then hide your capabilities and bide your time, everything will fall into place naturally.
"As for you, just stay here and repent."
Bai Shirong gently patted the porcelain doll's little head, used magical means to put away the original body, opened the window, and looked at the moon with his hands on his chin.
Under the bright moonlight, the woman has a beautiful face, but underneath the woman’s moving body is the soul of a man.
Suddenly the door was opened, and Gui Liu, who couldn't hide his tiredness, walked in. Seeing that she was already awake, he said, "You will stay here for the next few days, and then someone will take you back to Beijing."
Guiliu walked to the table, picked up the teapot, took a swig of water, lowered his head, and said softly: "I'm sorry, I couldn't save that child."
"Is that so?"
The woman muttered to herself, slumped against the wall, covered her face with her hands and sobbed softly.
"sorry."
Guiliu stood up, was speechless for a long time, and finally chose to leave. At the end of the dark corridor, the white-haired figure, who was obviously not old, was a little stooped.
The moon crescents over Kyushu.
In the capital, Qin Fang stood on the palace wall, overlooking the lights of thousands of houses, with two maids, Qingxue and Taozhi, standing behind her.
"This year's New Year's Eve banquet will be very lively." Qin Fang looked up at the moon and muttered to herself.
"There are still more than ten days until New Year's Eve." Taozhi said softly, with a dazed look in his eyes, recalling the lively scene on last year's New Year's Eve. His Royal Highness attended the banquet after getting drunk, wearing a four-clawed python robe and a golden crown, which truly made the world understand what it means to be the number one in the world. How can a beautiful man end his life by mistake once he meets a prince?
It's just that this New Year's Eve, some people are strangers in a foreign land, and some people's thoughts are far away.
Qin Fang turned around and looked at the cold snow and the charming peach branches. She suddenly felt interesting and said, "If the prince doesn't come back, you little maids will have to suffer from lovesickness."
Taozhi curled her lips, "Isn't it the same for the empress? Not only the empress, but also the majesty and the princess."
"Taozhi, you've grown up." Qin Fang held her chin and blew gently: "It's time for you to get married, otherwise, mother, find a good family to marry you to?"
Taozhi covered her face with her sleeves, sobbed softly, and begged in tears: "No, please calm down, Taozhi knows she was wrong."
Women's tears are a murder weapon for men, but they are useless for women. Qin Fang still thought to herself and said, "How about marrying you to Zhuang Zimo?"
Taozhi put down his arms and said sadly and resolutely: "Taozhi does not want to marry anyone, but only wants to serve His Highness for the rest of his life. If the empress insists on Taozhi marrying someone, Taozhi will definitely complain to His Highness."
Qin Fang laughed and scolded her with a blank look, but the smile on her face became happier. She looked up at the stars and took a deep breath, feeling much better.
Holding the peach branch with one hand and Qingxue with the other, Qin Fang's eyes were gentle and she said softly: "Mom is just an ordinary woman now. If the years are peaceful, she will also get old, sick and die. This is good, isn't it? ? From now on, Mom is no longer here, so you all have to live a good life. Don’t think that everything is hopeless because Gui Liu gave away the bracelet. Mom, you are the ones I’m most sorry for. Mom is very selfish, isn’t she? In order to protect the prince Safety, sacrificing your happiness. No one should be deprived of such rights, let alone you who are beautiful and beautiful at your age. When my mother was as old as you, she lived an innocent and carefree life instead of fighting and killing. , you are in danger every time. If one day you feel tired and want to leave, just tell your mother, and she will definitely find a good home for you."
Taozhi burst into tears, "If Taozhi doesn't leave, Taozhi will always stay with the queen."
"Your Majesty, I have nothing to be sorry for. If it weren't for Your Majesty, I would have frozen to death that winter." Qingxue said, holding Qin Fang's hand.
In the dead of night, Qin Fang returned to Jiaofang Hall alone. When she saw a secret report that had just been submitted on the desk, she felt a little confused.
Opening it, I saw black characters on a white background, and only a few words written by Liao Liao.
Both the father and son of the Jiang family died at the hands of the prince.
Mutiny may be inevitable.
After folding the secret report again, Qin Fang was stunned and suddenly smiled happily.
I really will find something for your mother to do.
That night, taking advantage of the complete silence, Yiqi quietly left the city and guarded the post road fifty miles away from Jiang Zi's camp.
The armored pagoda camp was brightly lit all night, and everyone was in armor.
The veteran general Wang Zhenyi, wounded and wearing old armor, stood in front of the huge military tent, drank heavily and laughed and said: "Come on, come on, let me see the big flag with the word Jiang!"
