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I looked at her quietly for a moment, then nodded.

Not unexpected.

Although it is very surprising that someone will kneel to his mother in such a situation, it is not surprising that this person is Pei Ji - a person who will ask for a death-free jade plate for his mother, his heart must be gentle, and only such a gentle heart can pity a girl whose country is ruined when it is already dark at that time.

I just don't know why the two of them came to the way they did.

So, I then asked, "What about then?" ”

My "no surprise" surprised the Protector Mage, and she looked at me with a smile: "Looking at His Highness's appearance, I don't seem to be surprised at all. You seem to have known for a long time, about the Emperor Taishang, about your mother, Her Royal Highness the Princess of Zhenguo-"

I said calmly, "I know something." ”

"Which one do you know?"

"I know, in order to protect his mother, he once asked Emperor Gao to cast a jade plaque of exoneration."

The Protector looked at me with a twinkle in his eyes, and I said quietly, "I also know that he once suffered a lot for the massacre of the imperial court in Jiangnan, and almost wanted to become a monk. ”

At this time, the Protector mage sighed lightly.

"Poor Born Royal."

I looked at her gentle eyes, full of sympathetic gaze, and I didn't know this sentence for a while, whether she was talking about the emperor, or my mother, or all the people who were born in the royal family, but were affectionate.

I sighed, and then asked, "What happened after the city was broken?" Venerable, I've heard people say that my mother used to shave her practice. ”

She was a little surprised: "Her Royal Highness Princess Zhenguo didn't tell you about these things?" ”

"No," I said, shaking my head, "growing up, she said very little to me, let alone about herself. I have grown up, and when I think of her in the past, I only remember that her hair was not long, and the hair of other women was as long as a brocade behind her, and her hair was only that long. ”

I compared my shoulders.

The Protector asked, "She didn't give you a lecture either?" ”

"Never."

“……”

The Protector looked at me for a while, then smiled faintly, "Probably, there is no fate." ”

I looked at her, not knowing what to say for a while, she sighed lightly, and then continued: "At that time, it was indeed thanks to Pei - Emperor Tai. Originally, when the city was broken, those people killed into the palace, just to cut down the people of the royal family, and the emperor committed suicide after killing all the princesses and concubines, which saved them from trouble, but on the contrary, the last one was left, which was a scourge after all. ”

"So—"

Therefore, Emperor Gao originally planned to find someone to kill her, and throw the corpses of Emperor Er, those concubines, and princesses together, and treat it as Emperor Er, but Emperor Taishang was unwilling to do this. He fought desperately, even at the cost of hurting himself - Emperor Gao had no choice but to leave the life of the princess of Zhenguo. ”

“……”

I see.

I asked, "Well, this is the same as my mother's ordination—"

The Protector smiled, "Leaving a person like her behind, but also leaving endless troubles. The first is placement, how to place her in the end has become the biggest headache for Emperor Gao back then. ”

I nodded.

After all, she is an orphan of the previous dynasty, and she is a girl, and if she is placed in the palace, she must be uneasy; If they are released from the palace, they themselves will be disturbed.

So—

I said, "So, shaving my mother as a monk?" ”

"Yes."

The Protector nodded his head, as if he remembered something, and smiled faintly: "Actually, back then, the Taoist sect was still in the capital, and it was originally intended to let her enter the Taoist temple to practice, but Emperor Gao insisted on letting her enter the Buddhist gate. ”

"Why?"

"Because of shaving," she laughed, "it seems to ordinary people that a woman has no hair, and her natural appearance will be damaged a lot." ”

I was silent for a moment: "Is it because of the emperor?" ”

"But Emperor Gao's idea was wrong. Princess Zhenguo is so beautiful in the city, even if she is young, even if she is shaved, she will not be damaged at all, and even, after shaving, she is even more beautiful. ”

I think of the fearless monks and Kumuhan, who are all rough people, but when it comes to their mother, they don't shy away from talking about her beauty, and when my mother saw them, they still had no hair, which still made them unforgettable for so many years, and it was enough to prove the words of the protector.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but touch my face.

The Protector couldn't help but smile when he saw my little action, and I couldn't help but smile with the embarrassment of being seen through.

Beauty and ugliness are innate, and I shouldn't care about them.

Everyone has a love for beauty, and I don't shy away from it.

The Protector smiled and said: "The monks don't talk nonsense, the beauty of the princess of Zhenguo is difficult to reach in the world, and His Royal Highness has such a heavenly face, so he shouldn't force it anymore." ”

I sneered and said, "Don't force it, don't force it." ”

Although this little episode made me a little embarrassed, I felt more and more that this protector was getting closer, and when it came to beauty among women, it was not so far away, I coughed lightly, forcibly forgot what had just happened, and then continued to ask: "Then, mother shaved and cultivated, who was extradited?" Where do you practice? ”

The Protector smiled and said, "Your Highness is asking knowingly. Poor Ni talked to His Royal Highness about the past of the princess of Zhenguo so much, and talked about the Emperor Taishang, who shaved the title of the princess of Zhenguo, it was naturally Poor Nun, and the place where she practiced was naturally Chongyun Pavilion in the western suburbs. ”

I was stunned for a moment, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "I remember that at the beginning of the founding of the country, Emperor Gao once wanted to carry out a Mingtang sacrifice, but it was unsuccessful, and later-"

The Protector looked at me with interest: "It seems that even if there is no poor nun, His Highness knows a lot about the events of the past. Yes, Emperor Gao's first sacrifice in the Mingtang was unsuccessful, so he personally went to Chongyun Pavilion to ask Her Royal Highness the Princess of Zhenguo for advice, and after that, he succeeded. ”

I let out a long breath.

I see.

When I first saw this on the living note, I always suspected that it was the protector in front of me who guided the Mingtang sacrifice at the beginning, and now I understand that she is just a nun after all, she may participate in the sacrifice hall of this kind of country, and she may know certain steps, but how can she know it in such detail, and even guide the entire sacrifice, it turns out that it is not her who Emperor Gao consulted, but my mother.

As a princess, she really knows a lot of things, but it's not too strange to think about what the protector said just now that her mother was raised by her grandfather all the time.

So, I then asked, "Then, what about my mother's cultivation in Chongyun Pavilion?" How long has she been practicing, Emperor Taishang - has she done anything? ”

The Protector Mage smiled and said, "Her Royal Highness Princess Zhenguo has been practicing in Chongyun Pavilion for twelve years, and in these twelve years, the Emperor Taishang, who had already been canonized as the crown prince at that time, has only done one thing. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Even at all times, send people to protect her."

“……”

My heart twitched slightly.

I can't tell if this moment was touching or shocking, but I just thought of Pei Ji, who was poisoned and sick at the beginning, and whispered "under the frost overnight" in my ear, thinking about his kneeling in a pool of blood, thinking that he would protect my mother even if he hurt himself, and thinking that he always considered her thoughtfulness......

I sighed.

However, as soon as my mind moved again, I frowned and raised my head to look at the Protector: "Twelve years, the Emperor Taishang ascended the throne isn't-"

She immediately laughed: "Your Highness's reaction is really fast. Yes, in the tenth year of the cultivation of the princess of Zhenguo, Emperor Gao died because of years of fighting and being dragged down by old injuries. ”

"At that time, the Emperor Taishang ascended the throne as the emperor, and he was very kind to his mother-"

"Just the day before Emperor Gao's death, Princess Zhenguo went into retreat and entered meditation."

My breath tightened: "She's settled?" ”

"Yes. Two years. ”

“……”

I didn't know what to say for a while, I just felt that my breathing and heartbeat were a little heavy and chaotic.

After two years of meditation, the iron-faced king told me that she later met her father in Xichuan, and she also entered the customs for two years of meditation, and after leaving the customs, she returned to the vulgar and married into the Yan family.

And this time, what about the result of her meditation?

Hearing my question, the expression on the face of the Protector became slightly solemn, and he said, "After she left the customs, she asked the emperor to leave Chongyun Pavilion and leave the capital. ”

“…… The emperor agreed? ”

"Promised."

“……”

I bit my lower lip, and though I probably shouldn't have asked the question, I couldn't hold it back: "He's not to her—why did you let her go?" ”

The Protector fell silent.

This silence, the smile on her face slowly converged, her wrinkles were not so obvious, but her eyes looked more old, those eyes had a blank and endless sense of emptiness, she was silent for a long time, and then said slowly: "The Emperor Taishang does have affection for her, and the princess of Zhenguo may not be completely ruthless." ”

“……”

"But they both gave up on the other."

"Why?"

She was silent for a moment, then looked at me and said, "It's not that you can do anything, there are many things in the world, which are higher and more important than love." The princess of Zhenguo once told the poor nun that there is a sentence in the ancient book, which is called - the people of the lofty ideals do not drink the water of the stolen spring. ”

"Warriors don't drink the water of the stolen spring?"

"For the princess of Zhenguo, the emperor is the one who ruined her country; For the emperor, the princess of Zhenguo is the one who witnessed them kill and endured all the sins and pains, in fact, with their status and status, of course, they can cover their ears and steal the bell, or they can cover the sky with one hand, regardless of being together, but, covering their ears and stealing the bell and covering the sky with one hand does not mean that they can cover up and cover the haze in their hearts. ”

“……”

"For them, the other party is the water called the thief spring, and after drinking it, it can quench their thirst, but in their hearts, they will always bear the name of theft."