On the highest attic of the Prince's Palace.

Here you can overlook the entire Junzhou City, echoing with the Huanglong Temple in the east.

There must be wind when the building is high, and it will be cold if there is wind, and it will be cold in the high place.

Xiu Gu felt at this time that the cool breeze in the high places in summer also had the coldness of the heart, she looked at the Huanglongguan, and then shifted her gaze to the Dawu Emperor Palace on the central cloud platform in Junzhou, and couldn't tell for a while, whether this cold was from the cool breeze or from the bottom of her heart.

Ben Qian was standing not far away, because Xiu Gu told her that she needed to be alone and quiet.

Ben Qian looked at her figure, but dimly saw her own shadow from her. In the heavy rain, she rushed to the empty wine shop, listened to Xiao Ji's ramblings, and went crazy, but in the end she gave her Solomon's holy relic, Chongmenpei.

She originally wanted to find out the truth and prevent them from arresting Yifeng, but according to Xiao Ji's reasoning, how could she protect Yifeng if she wasn't strong?

So she was sent to Chongmenpei in order for her to protect Yifeng, but their purpose was to arrest Yifeng, in Xiao Ji's inconsistent decision, what kind of medicine was he selling in his gourd?

Perhaps, Xiao Ji didn't want to arrest Yifeng either, but because of the order of their Holy Lord, he had to do it, so he gave Chongmenpei to her?

It's very possible, but no matter what, she now has an important means to protect Yifeng, as long as this goal can be achieved, accept Shura's gift, even if it may pay the price later, what does it matter?

Xiu Gu also wants to protect Yifeng, they grew up together, childhood sweethearts, he is her only little brother, she is his only little sister, the two of them went down from Qingshan Temple, they have experienced so many hardships, the feelings should be very deep, right?

But she seems to feel that there has been an invisible rift between Xiugu and Yifeng recently, and she remembers that night, in the courtyard of Baoxiang Temple, Xiugu's helpless eyes when she looked at her, which was hurt by Yifeng's subconscious avoidance of her kindness, right?

Although this matter is very small, it should never have happened before, which is why Xiu Gu's eyes are so helpless.

And right now, Xiugu's mind seems to be completely absent from Yifeng, and the look in her eyes looking out from the tall building is a more helpless and sad feeling.

Just as Ben Qian was thinking wildly, she heard footsteps, and a figure came out of the door in the middle of the attic, it was Yuchuni.

Yuchuni motioned for Ben Qian to go downstairs first, and Ben Qian nodded and walked back to the attic. She was going to see Yifeng, after all, she was shot by the golden light of the Golden Buddha last night, and at this time, she was still a little worried.

Yuchuni walked gently to Xiu Gu's side, and looked at the direction of her gaze at this time, which was the Huanglongguan in the east.

"He's told you all, hasn't he?" asked Yuchuni softly.

Xiu Gu nodded.

Yuchuni sighed and said, "I told him not to go to you before, you are very good as an ordinary disciple of my sect." Even if you are an orphan, you will not feel lonely. Now that you know the truth, you will feel truly alone. ”

Xiugu's tears flowed down, and then they were dried by the cold wind of the high-rise building, leaving a tear stain on her pretty cheeks, she said slowly: "I don't know what I should think about now, I wanted to know before, I don't want to know now, but now I know, but I also feel okay, but the loneliness is more intense, I seem, as if I have become a helpless catkins again, I don't know where to float." ”

Yu Qiuni asked with some distress: "Do you have any plans? Will you become a relative of the emperor? Emperor Wu does not have a daughter, and once you become the only little princess of Emperor Wu, you will definitely be loved by thousands of people, blessed by thousands of gold, and enjoyed inexhaustibly." And the prince in front of you is your eldest brother, you still have two brothers guarding the border, and the remaining two brothers, although they are not successful, are also close to Buddhism. Are you happy that you finally have a family?"

Xiu Gu's eyes were blank, and she shook her head and said, "I just feel strange, a lonely strangeness, and my heart is sour." ”

Yuchuni said, "Then you haven't thought about it yet. Thinking about it slowly, the Dao Conference will be held soon, and you still have time before we leave Junzhou City. ”

Xiu Gu hesitated for a while, as if she was a little embarrassed to speak, and when Yuchuni saw this, she said, "Say whatever you have." ”

Aunt Xiu's face suddenly turned red, and she asked cautiously, "Uncle Yu, can I call you aunt?"

Yuchuni's body shook suddenly, her hand clutched the silver whisk, and after a moment, she nodded slightly: "It can only be called when the two of us are alone." ”

A smile quickly flashed across Xiu Gu's face, but then disappeared, and she said slowly, "Auntie, have you ever regretted leaving Junzhou City and leaving them?"

Liao Yu lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "It's actually good when you have a family, but this road of life can only be walked by yourself after all." ”

"Even if there is no one to accompany you?" asked Xiu Gu.

"Most of the time it's unaccompanied. You are feeling lonely like never before, but the meaning of loneliness is rich and profound, and it is not easy to understand it accurately. ”

Xiu Gu fell silent, and the Huanglongguan in the east and the Dawu Emperor Palace in the center of the city suddenly seemed to be even farther away from her.

Yu said: "Your name should be Wei Xiu, and as for the bracelet in your hand, it should be explained by her." ”

"What kind of person is she?"

Xiu Gu didn't know if Yu Chuni could hear this sentence, but she expected her to hear it, because she couldn't muster up the courage to ask a second time now.

Fortunately, she heard it, but the answer was unexpected: "I don't know, people always think that my temper is strange and unpredictable, and that's because they haven't seen my sister." Yan Qing, this name, you can also remember. In the future, this name will be imprinted in the annals of the Dawu Empire, and future generations will remember her. ”

The wind blew Xiu Gu's hair up, and Xiu Gu gently pulled away the hair covering her cheeks and said, "She, do you want to be the emperor so much?"

Liao Yu shook her head and said, "It's not that she wants to be, it's that she has to be." ”

Xiu Gu was puzzled, "Why?"

Liao Yu said: "In the emperor's family, there is never freedom. She was named the emperor, and she was the national teacher, that is, my eldest brother, and your uncle made a deal with Emperor Wu. ”

"Deal?" Xiu Gu stared at her.

"There can be no Confucianism in the Dawu Kingdom, and there will also be different sects and institutions that contribute talents to the rule of the Dawu Kingdom, or there can be no Buddhism, which is just a chess piece used by the Wei clan to balance the three religions. It's just that now this chess piece is becoming more and more important, and it will even threaten the rule of the Wei family, but with a determination, it can also be removed. However, Wei could not do without Taiqingmen. ”

Xiu Gu's eyes became more and more puzzled: "Why?"

Yu said: "The reason for this is very deep, since the first Dawu Emperor unified the Dawu Kingdom, the cause of this reason was planted, specifically, when you return to the Dawu Emperor Palace, you will know." ”

Xiu Gu said: "She used to be the imperial concubine, and she was also graced, so why ······"

Liao Yu said: "Human desires are boundless. However, this time it was not her excessive desire, but the arrangement of your uncle and the national teacher.

Liao Yu said in a deep voice: "You see, before and after the death of the Queen Mother yesterday, how much effort and important decisions Emperor Wu made, and how much magic circle dojo he laid out, it is enough to see the influence of the Queen Mother on the Dawu Imperial Family, especially the influence on Emperor Wu." Even the Buddha Tao itself has merits, even Emperor Wu expects the Buddha Tao to provide the method of ascension, but the mediation of the Queen Mother in it is also crucial.

She sneered and said, "National Teacher, I want to use the same method, after the death of Emperor Wu, the emperor and queen will become the queen mother, and elevate the status of Taoism to an unshakable status." ”

Xiu Gu said: "However, I think the three teachings of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are also very good, each has its own development, and people also have room for choice." ”

Liao Yu sighed and said: "Child, you are still too young, you never know how great the temptation of power is, and now the Three Sects are only forced to engage in balanced confrontation under the strong leadership of Emperor Dawu. If any of the three sects only wanted to maintain the status quo and did not want to become the number one sect in the Great Martial Empire, it would be impossible.

"What is quiet and inactive, Haoran justice, in the face of the temptation of power, there is no doubt about defeat. Power is always the most lethal temptation of the world. ”