The year Li Xiuyuan went through the tribulation in Shiwu was the eighteenth year of Kaiyuan.
Thirty-year-old Li Bai had visited Pei Changshi of this state many times in Anlu. Because he was slandered by others, he recently wrote a letter to confess, but he was finally rejected.
In early summer, he went to Chang'an to pay an audience with Prime Minister Zhang Shuo and get to know his son Zhang Bian.
Under Zhang Bian's introduction, the two came to stay at Princess Yuzhen's villa on the snow mountain. Unfortunately, Xiao Yuhuan couldn't enter her brother's stone house, or even the Zizhu Garden...
He was so sad that before the beginning of summer, he followed Wuliang down the snow-capped mountains and headed for Luoyang.
With such a gentle push from the God of Destiny, thirty-year-old Li Bai and twelve-year-old Yang Yuhuan missed each other on the snow-capped mountains.
Even Li Bai could not meet his former husband in Chang'an.
After he inquired about it at the Hongchen Inn, he found out that his husband had already begun to survive the tribulation on the snow-capped mountains...
Moreover, Xiaobao told the innkeeper that his husband’s retreat would take ten years or longer.
Even when Li Bai went to the snow-capped mountains, he didn't follow his husband into the Purple Bamboo Garden.
Not to mention him, it was Wu Liang who took Xiao Yuhuan to Princess Yuzhen's annex that day and wanted to go in and have a few words with his brother the next day.
Only then did he realize that even he couldn't get in.
The two stone houses, the vegetable garden in front of the house and the tea garden behind the house have become forbidden areas.
A golden light fell from the Nine Heavens, covering this place.
Xiaobao and Xiaoyue'er, who returned to Penglai, told Jin Yuming and Wang Yi about Mr. Snow Mountain's affairs, and persuaded Wang Yi, who was about to return to Chang'an and go to Snow Mountain.
Xiao Yue'er hugged Qin Xiangyu and cried, "Mom, godfather doesn't want Xiao Yue'er anymore."
Qin Xiangyu, who was already a great monk, and her master Hong Yuanhai finally told her some things before leaving, allowing her to understand the principles of two worlds and different practices.
Seeing that his daughter was sad, he could only hug her and comfort her softly: "Your master has left us. If you want to see your godfather again, you have to practice hard."
Xiao Yue'er nodded gently, hoping that one day she would be able to break through the void and ascend, leaving this world.
Only Li Yueyuan, who was new here, found it novel. She finally saw the sea that her husband talked about.
The woman who lost hope due to the untimely death of her fiancé regained the ambition of the young girl on Penglai Island.
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In the 19th year of Kaiyuan, Emperor Xuanzong re-appointed eunuchs, especially favoring Gao Lishi. At that time, all parties expressed their opinions, and Gao Lishi was the first to decide.
This year, Li Bai was thirty-one years old. He was poor and depressed in Chang'an. He gave up on himself and began to associate with the people in Chang'an.
In the 21st year of Kaiyuan, Li Bai was thirty-three years old. He returned to Taohuayan in Baizhao Mountain, Anlu, opened a mountain field, and began to make a living by farming and studying.
In the twenty-third year of Kaiyuan, Li Bai entered Chang'an and met Wei Wei Zhang Qing.
This year was a turning point in Li Bai's life. Li Bai, who came to Chang'an, came to the snow-capped mountains again, hoping to see his husband who had woken up from seclusion.
The mountains were extremely quiet. After several years, Li Bai still couldn't enter the Purple Bamboo Garden in front of him. Looking at the mountains, he couldn't help but sigh quietly.
At this moment, someone not far behind asked, "Who are you and why are you lingering here?"
Li Bai was startled when he heard this. He turned to look at the woman in Taoist robes behind him and replied, "Li Bai, I came here to look for my husband. Unexpectedly, he has been in seclusion for several years and still hasn't woken up."
Princess Yuzhen shook her head, unable to believe what Li Bai said. She looked at him and asked, "How can you prove that you are Mr.'s disciple?"
In Yuzhen's view, even Wuliang was in the desert. He really couldn't believe that the man in front of him who looked a little down and out could be his disciple.
"My husband took me to the Minjiang River back then... Later, the fat monk there spent his whole life building a giant Buddha there..."
"Later, my husband left my hometown and went to Qingcheng Mountain to practice cultivation... He opened a wine shop in my house, and later handed it over to Brother Xiaoguang to run it for several years..."
Li Bai made Li Xiuyuan less worthy of Yuzhen
The past events that the princess knew were told, and Princess Yuzhen sighed again and again.
He said quietly: "Sir, I don't know when we will be able to overcome this calamity. There is no way you can stay here. Come with me to the annex in front to chat..."
When Li Bai heard this, he looked at Princess Yuzhen in Taoist robes and was speechless.
After a while, he clasped his hands to the ground and said respectfully: "Li Bai, a commoner, I have met Princess Yuzhen. I went to the snowy mountains when my husband was in seclusion, and I don't want to miss it with my husband and the princess."
Princess Yuzhen looked at the stone house in front of her, shook her head, and said softly: "If you went up the mountain in late spring that year, you could still see your husband."
Li Bai sighed and said with a wry smile: "At that time, I was still on the way to Chang'an."
Princess Yuzhen nodded and walked towards the annex. As she walked, she murmured:
In autumn, I sit in Jin Zhang Pavilion, and it is cloudy and closed during the day.
The sky was filled with mist and rain, and Xiao Sa looked into it.
"Who wrote this poem in my villa?" Princess Yuzhen did not expect that she would meet Li Bai while walking in the mountains today.
Li Bai followed behind and replied in a low voice: "Because I got to know Zhang Qing, the captain of the guard, and came to the princess's annex. Looking at the beautiful scenery, I felt inspired."
Princess Yuzhen nodded and replied: "Yes, I like the poem you wrote very much."
Li Bai followed up and replied: "It is really a blessing for Li Bai to be appreciated by the princess."
Princess Yuzhen frowned slightly when she heard this, still refusing to believe that Li Bai, who was following behind, could write a poem that she appreciated so much.
When the two came to the annex, Princess Yuzhen thought for a while and asked, "How do you feel about the fact that you couldn't find your husband today?"
Li Bai sighed and said with a wry smile: "Not bad."
"Oh?" Princess Yuzhen smiled and said casually: "What do you think of my villa? Why don't you ask your husband to compose an impromptu poem?"
Li Bai, who was worried about finding no way to get an official position, felt something in his heart and immediately replied, "It's just like the princess wanted."
So Princess Yuzhen ordered people to bring in pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and then stepped forward to grind the ink for Li Bai herself, hoping that this guy would really give her a surprise.
Recalling that I came to the snow mountain twice to search for my husband to no avail, but I accidentally met Princess Yuzhen, whom I longed for.
With mixed feelings in his heart, he held a wolf hair, just like the bamboo sword that his husband had given him.
Swish, brush, brush, like a sword on Huxuan:
The Immortal of Yuzhen often went to Taihua Peak.
In the early morning, the sky drum is sounded, and the two dragons are soaring.
He keeps working on electricity, and there is no trace of his travels.
When I enter the young chamber, the Queen Mother should meet.
Princess Yuzhen saw Li Bai writing a poem in the blink of an eye, and she couldn't help but murmured it.
When she read the last two sentences, she couldn't help but applaud.
He was full of praise and said: "Sir is really talented. I like this poem very much. No wonder he accepted you as his disciple."
Li Bai was startled when he heard this, and then said: "Speaking of sir, he taught me swordsmanship back then, and I secretly drank a lot of the wine brewed at Beimenmen."
Princess Yuzhen did not expect that the guy in front of her actually learned swordsmanship from her husband.
At that moment, I couldn't help but complain: "It's a pity that my husband and I met too late. Before I could ask him for swordsmanship, he went into seclusion to survive the tribulation."
Princess Yuzhen understood what he meant, smiled slightly and said, "Sir, I don't know when I will wake up. If you have nothing to do, just stay here in the mountains."
Princess Yuzhen, who has a high heart, rarely meets a talented person, so she naturally wants Li Bai to stay in the mountains for a longer period of time.
But Li Bai saw that his husband's release from seclusion was far away, and he thought that his official career would end up with Princess Yuzhen in the future.
Naturally, I ended up staying here for a short while, and I was able to develop a friendship with Princess Yuzhen.
But Li Bai didn't expect that even after he met Princess Yuzhen in the snow mountain, the two stayed in the mountain for a long time and fell in love.
His official career was wasted for seven years.
It was not until the first year of Tianbao, with the recommendation of Princess Yuzhen and He Zhizhang, that Emperor Xuanzong had the opportunity to see Li Bai again
of poetry.
Xuanzong liked Li Bai's poems very much and summoned him to the palace.
On the day when Li Bai entered the palace for an audience, Xuanzong came down to greet him, presented him with food on a seven-treasure bed, and spooned the soup with his own hands.
Xuanzong was worried about state affairs, so he talked to Li Bai about some contemporary affairs. Li Bai, who had learned half his life and experienced hardships along the way, answered fluently for a while.
Xuanzong greatly appreciated it, and immediately enshrined Li Bai in the Imperial Academy. His duties were to write poems and entertain the emperor, and to accompany the emperor.
Of course, this all happened after he met Princess Yuzhen on the snowy mountain.
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But he said that Yelu Pearl, which is above the nine heavens, brought Xiaoju to see the old monk and the old Taoist priest on this day.
The old Taoist priest looked at the two girls in front of him and asked quietly: "If you don't practice at home, what's the point of coming to see me, an old man?"
Now that Yelu Mingzhu's curiosity about heading to the Tang Dynasty has been satisfied, in the eyes of the old Taoist priest, she is afraid that the next few decades will not be as she wished.
Unexpectedly, Yelu Mingzhu sighed, took Xiaoju's hand and said, "How dare I come to cause trouble to the master and seniors, but it's sister Xiaoju who is homesick."
The old monk raised his head in surprise, looked at Xiaoju and said, "When you came with Mingzhu, I told you that if you leave, you can't go back..."
Xiaoju looked at the old monk in front of her and nodded lightly, but did not say a word.
Yelu Mingzhu took the old monk's hand and shouted, "Oh Master, Sister Xiaoju is thinking about Brother Watson."
The old monk was slightly startled. Watson, who was almost forgotten in his memory, was mentioned by two girls inadvertently, which made him sigh for a moment.
It seems that I have returned to the southern Xinjiang of the past.
He sighed, looked at the old Taoist priest and asked, "Let me tell you, is that kid Watson still living in a small town in the Five Realms? Or has he returned to the place he was destined to go to?"
Xiaoju opened her beautiful eyes and stared at the old Taoist priest closely, fearing that the old man would tell her a result that would make her sad and desperate.
Unexpectedly, the old Taoist priest did not answer the old monk's question immediately.
Instead, he said slowly: "Monk, in your opinion, good thoughts and good results are good, but the people and things that carry the cause and effect have changed in one day..."
The old monk was stunned when he heard this, and then said with a wry smile: "Having said that, there is another saying, everyone in the world suffers because the human heart cannot withstand indifferent tests and tortures."
The old Taoist priest nodded in agreement, looked at him and replied calmly: "So, will the good deeds back then bear a bitter fruit that you don't want to see?"
The old monk looked at the two girls in front of him who were gradually frowning, and couldn't help but sigh.
He said softly: "If that's the case, it might be a relief for Watson. In my opinion, the child is burdened with a lot more."
Xiaoju finally couldn't help it anymore, looked at the old Taoist priest and asked, "Senior, what's wrong with Brother Watson?"
Seeing Xiaoju's nervous look, Yelu Mingzhu couldn't help but step forward and hold the old Taoist priest's hand, saying, "Senior, let Mingzhu take a look at Brother Watson."
The old Taoist priest glared at her, but found that the girl had never been afraid of him at all, and still shook his hand reluctantly, so he had to sigh helplessly.
He murmured to himself: "You and Watson, one is my apprentice's goddaughter, and the other is his godson, but your fates are so completely different."
"what is the difference?"
Yelu Mingzhu was startled, looked at the clouds passing in the sky, and asked, "Is it possible? Brother Watson went to the same heaven again?"
The old Taoist priest looked at the old monk in front of him, looked at Xiaoju, touched Yelu Mingzhu's hair, and sighed.
He reached out and pushed away the clouds in front of the two women's eyes, pointed at the vast starry sky and said, "Watson is there."
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In the Tang Dynasty, Yun Xiangchang, Hua Xiangrong, and the Anshi Rebellion followed.
But I want to use the end of this volume to tell the unfinished story of Watson here. Thank you for your tolerance.
