"What's so nice about the stars, you can explain it to me. Chu asked with a smile.

The little princess turned her head, and the moonlight diluted all the eyes on her face, even the curved eyebrows were diluted by the moonlight, and she stretched out her hand to point to the night sky. "I'm looking at that. She said, pointing her finger at the crooked spoon-like constellation, "See?"

"The Seven Stars of the North Star. He said lightly, the source of the power of kings, the wheel of all destiny in the world.

"Do you think it looks like a big bear? She said, "In our Shuyue, there is a kind of half-black and white bear in the deep mountain bamboo forest, which likes to eat bamboo, and there are deep dark circles around the edges of the eyes, which looks silly and silly." ”

"It looks like a spoon, but I'd love to see the bear you talk about if I have the chance. ”

She kicked off the embroidered shoes under her feet, stood barefoot on the cold spine, the little princess's breath condensed into a white mist in the cold air, and a cold wind blew, blowing her nightgown against her body, she was still young, and her body had not yet grown up, and then Chu Xuanzhao realized that she was not wearing anything under her nightgown.

"It's cold here, it's time for us to go down. ”

The girl was still looking at the sky.

"You must love looking at the stars. ”

"Because when you die, you become stars, and I'm looking at my father. She folded her hands and said reverently.

"When you die, you don't become stars, you don't go to the moon, death is too absolute, you should know it if you're so smart. ”

"In our Shuyue, we believe that there are a few fairies in the sky, they are not gods, nor Buddhas, they hold a huge roulette wheel in their hands, and every dead person will turn into a star to come to their roulette, the fairy turns the handle of fate, and countless stars are sprinkled into this galaxy like a tide, if you can see it with your own eyes, it must be very beautiful. ”

"You believe in this legend?"

"Always believed. ”

"It's fake, deceiving children. ”

She said very seriously: "But children always have to believe something, the mother said that people who have no faith have no foothold in this world." ”

Chu Xianzhao laughed dumbly, feeling that his understanding of faith could not even be compared to a little princess, the world dynasty is big, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are the most important beliefs of the world dynasty, but there are still many people who do not believe in these mainstream ways, such as Qimen warlocks, they believe in the heavens and stars, warlocks believe that the stars have mysterious power, the size of the stars in the sky, the difference between brightness and the difference between strength and weakness and the birth, old age, sickness and death, rich and poor, good fortune and evil fortune in the world, so it forms a very complicated astrology, star taboo and other astrological theories. For example, the folk call the comet of various forms as the broom star, which means the disaster star of bad luck and evil thieves, and the broken army star is called the war star, which means the coming storm and war.

There are many monasteries in the territory of Yinguo, and the clergy of the Star Faith are customarily called Warlocks or Virgins, and they are the main servants of the Star Gods. They take different vows according to their duties and dedicate their services to the different forms of the stars.

The monastery is managed by a group composed of the highest status Qimen warlocks and virgins, and the Great Yin Qin Tianjian has the same source of power, but the monastery is established by the people, and the Qin Tianjian belongs to the imperial court management, the Yin Emperor has no direct control over the monastery, most of the warlocks have a short lifespan, few people can live past fifty years old, the great priest of the Yin State is elected every ten years, and now it is rare to be re-elected by Guo Yu for two terms.

The male warlocks of the monastery lived a pure life, the warlocks could live in the monastery and receive the food they needed every day, but they also had a strict management mechanism, once they became warlocks, they could not use the law of Qimen to harm the common people, and those who crossed the line were punished by dragging them to death, and the female warlocks of the monastery were called virgins, and the virgins were divided into two types, red virgins and white virgins, the former practiced the law, and the latter preached, and the virgins had a longer life than the warlocks, but most of the virgins never married, and served the gods of the stars wholeheartedly, and then died alone。

Chu Xianzhao couldn't help but look around. There was no one, just the two of them on the roof.

The little princess slowly squatted down, her white hair was blown up by the cold wind, fluttering on her face, and she kept comparing with Chu Xianzhao with the puppet in her hand: "You have to believe something, otherwise it will be too lonely to live alone." ”

"You're so young, do you know what it means to be lonely?" Chu Xianzhao smiled again and touched the little princess's hair vigorously, as if she was her own cat.

The little princess whispered: "The mother queen is very lonely, she always deals with a lot of things alone, don't look at her dressed beautifully, she often pulls her throat and quarrels with the ministers, I know that many people don't like her, people always say that she is indecisive, and would rather let herself suffer than be enemies, the mother queen is very sad when she knows, and often sheds tears alone after returning to the palace, sometimes I think it would be good if I were a boy, so that I can share the pressure for the mother." ”

Chu was silent.

"The mother emperor didn't worry that I would stay in Shuyue alone, so she brought me to the Yin country, I didn't want to come, but she said that it was for my good, and I was much happier than Shuyue in the Yin country, in fact, I don't think it matters where I go, as long as the mother queen is happy. ”

Chu Xianzhao's heart moved slightly, it turned out that adults were still selfish after all, and there was no such thing as being good for children at all, and all the premises that thought you were good were based on their own goals. Just like the princess of the Bottle Kingdom who has not yet met, the one who came to the Yin Kingdom for various reasons to repay the kindness of her father and emperor was not Ai Chu Xuanzhao. On the contrary, his so-called agreement to the marriage request of the Bottle Kingdom was also to repay his father's nurturing grace, not because he loved the princess at all.

Will there be a day when he will sell his children in the name of your good, in order to achieve some purpose, and become that kind of abominable adult, he doesn't dare to think.

He didn't dare to tell Su Nianyu all this, he was afraid to look at the sadness in her eyes and let his heart break.

"I'm sleepy, you send me back to sleep, I know that Xiaozhao has something to do if you can't sleep in the middle of the night, I won't bother you. She clinged to Chu Xuanzhao's back, soft and glutinous.

Chu instantaneously carried her on her back and jumped between the eaves, feeling like a chivalrous man in the story, the little princess's eyes widened, looking at the buildings under her from far and near to the front of her, the two of them were like a black spot over the palace, a gust of cold wind blew across his face, he liked to breathe that kind of cold and sweet air, when he was a child, the eldest brother liked to run on the eaves of the palace the most, even the palace guards were not in a rut, like an agile little leopard, it turned out that running on the roof of the palace was such a free and pleasant thing, the night view of Lin'an City was in full view, and he could cover the Tai'an Mountain in the distance with a thumb！

"It's here, it's here. The little girl pointed to the sleeping palace opposite, it turned out that the father arranged for their mother and daughter to live in the Qianqing Palace, so it was okay, the Empress of Shuyue was already noble, and there were as many people who admired her as there were people who wanted to hurt her, and the Qianqing Palace was heavily guarded, so it was safer for her.

This Qianqing Palace is the main hall of the inner court of Dayin, the emperors of all dynasties have taken the Qianqing Palace as their sleeping palace, they live here, and they also deal with daily government affairs in ordinary times. Qing Dynasty Shunzhi, Kangxi years, the Qianqing Palace and government affairs are quite close, Emperor Yin often here to review the folds, summon officials, in the Qianqing Palace front terrace on both sides of the two sides of the stone platform, each set up a gilded copper pavilion on the stone platform, called the Jiangshan Sheji Golden Palace, colloquial language also called it the Golden Pavilion. The golden hall is deep and wide, and four partition doors are installed on each side, and the eaves are heavy. On the upper eaves of the round point-shaped type, there is a casting of an elegant treasure top, symbolizing that the Yinguo Jiangshan Sheji is in the hands of the emperor.

Now that it is close to the third watch, there are very few active guards in the palace, Chu Xianzhao took her to the ground lightly, he suddenly saw that the imperial study was still dancing with candlelight, it seems that his father is still working, this emperor is not so easy to be, no wonder the eldest brother said that he would rather be wrapped in iron armor and dry bones than serve as a throne servant.

He raised a finger and signaled the little princess not to speak, in case he alarmed His Majesty the Emperor, and he saw the two of them sneaking in front of the imperial study in the middle of the night, but he couldn't argue.

The little princess grabbed her shoulders and pointed in the direction of the imperial study and said, "Mother Emperor...... Inside. ”

Chu Xianzhao was stunned: "How did you know that she was inside?"

"The mother emperor likes to use ambergris the most, every day before going to the court, she will have a few drops under her shoulders and neck, you smell it carefully, it won't be wrong, it must be her!"

Chu Xuanzhao was silent, he looked in the direction of the imperial study, countless guesses came to his mind, he took a stiff step, stood in front of the door of the imperial study with the little princess on his back, and looked at everything inside along the crack in the door.

The crack in the door was so thin that he couldn't see inside, but he heard voices, two voices.

"I don't like you like this, you are too merciful to them, if you put it in my big Yin, it can already be called a chaotic dynasty, and those chaotic ministers and thieves should be killed in court!"

"Forget it, forget about the loss, there shouldn't be any grievances between the emperor and the courtiers. The woman's languid voice came out.

Chu Xianzhao listened quietly, and suddenly felt uneasy, the little princess heard the voice of the mother queen, opened her mouth and wanted to call her name, Chu Xianzhao covered her mouth and signaled that she must not make a sound.

"Can't you see the hidden danger behind it? They obviously want to overthrow your regime, you shouldn't let those members of the split family participate in political affairs, if this continues, something will happen sooner or later, I suspect that the Blood Python Gang you met on the way to Dayin this time is the killer sent by the split family. ”

"It's not a matter of a day or two that they want to kill me, I'm just a powerless woman, in recent years, Chu has risen again, they are gathering allies and troops, trying to recover the land of Shuyue, restore the past glory of the Great Chu Dynasty, and the invasion of our frontier is becoming more and more frequent, I am alone...... You can't win this war. "It's rare for her to show her vulnerable side in front of others.

"Hou Chu is a very tricky enemy, and the courage of the overlord of Western Chu can still be seen in the soldiers of Hou Chu, and I often play chess with myself when I am relaxed. ”

"Playing chess?"

"Yes, don't underestimate this little chessboard, the chessboard is the best smoke-free battlefield, which can simulate any war in the world, whether it is a mountain, a forest, a plain or a river, provided that you have enough imagination, moving soldiers, roaring chariots, trebuchets, etc...... If you want to win a war, you don't have to fight on the battlefield to know it, you have to learn to simulate the war countless times before the war, and every soldier must be in your calculations, so that you can be invincible. ”

"Are we a bed-boudoir debate?" the woman's laughter was low.

"From the position of the Emperor of Yinguo, I can't talk to you too much about this, and I can't give you too much advice on your national affairs. Emperor Yin sighed.

"What if I want to hear your opinion? In a sense, I am also your woman, and my kingdom is your kingdom, and you should be careful. ”

"A Yin country has exhausted me, my opinion is insignificant to you, but I will give you support, I guarantee that what you get from me is no less than what you give, or even more!"

"I just want you. The woman buried herself in his shoulder, breathing hard every breath from him.

"There is no possibility between us, it was like this in the past, and it will be the same in the future, you and I have children, why bother with me?"

"You have lost your wife, I have become a widow, we are a match made in heaven, so it has been, and it will always be. ”

"I'm afraid that this relationship will hurt you, you have a daughter, what would she think if she knew that her mother was lying in another man's arms at this time. ”

"You think too much, Tantai Ningkang doesn't care about Jing'er, do you know how many things he has done to hurt my heart? He went behind my back and messed with the palace maid, and he also humiliated my dignity in the court, saying that I can't even satisfy my husband, how can I satisfy the people of Shuyue!" the woman became excited.

"When I asked you to leave Shuyue and come to Yinguo with me, maybe the current situation is completely different. ”

"My imperial brother died that year, and my father was dying, and I couldn't do what you said at the beginning...... I was put on the throne of Shuyue with a knife on my neck, and I don't want to sit on that dirty chair at all!"

"That's why I didn't dare to make a crown prince, we are already in the abyss of imperial power and can't extricate ourselves, I don't want my child to repeat the same fate so early, I'm really scared......" he hugged the woman.

The woman stroked his head: "We will grow old one day, and they will repeat our fate one day." As emperors, as parents, as long as they can live happily, even if they are ordinary people who work at sunrise and rest at sunset, the curse of blood and sword has long been imprinted on the throne, and no one can notice it, only us. ”

"It's sad. ”

"Don't always be sad, you have to think more about the people in front of you, this is how I survived, in the fifteenth year of my reign, I stood at the head of Luoyi City countless times, thinking about jumping down and dying, but whenever I take that step, I always think of my father's face, and then my daughter's face...... I can't die yet, the reason why I came to Yinguo is because I believe in you and believe that you will help us defeat Hou Chu. She kissed him softly on the forehead.

"Now, when the war is over, come back with me to Shuyue to have a look, do you remember those paths we walked back then? You specially dug a hole in the ground at Nanhemen in order to take me out of the palace, and I hated it at that time. ”

"But then you still got out, and you didn't look like everyone's ladies. "Emperor Yin is also happy.

"By the way, I want to ask you something, how old is your little son. ”

Emperor Yin was puzzled: "It's just over sixteen, what's wrong." ”

"After the war, I wanted to marry Jing'er to him, and I liked that kid a lot. Tantai Tranquility looked into Emperor Yin's eyes and said.

"But Xiaozhao already has a marriage contract, and how old is your daughter, eight or nine years old?"

"What's the matter? It's already engaged, and do you really plan to let him marry Liu Kang's daughter? I dare say that there must be fraud in this, he won't give his daughter to you for nothing and not give it to you, even if he is far away in Shuyue, even the six-year-old naughty boy is either afraid or despised when he hears the name of the wolf king Liu Kang. He will surely demand a thousandfold reward from you in return. ”

Emperor Yin stopped talking.

Seeing that he was silent, Tantai Tranquility said in a muffled voice: "I will marry my most precious daughter to your child, you bastard is not quick to say yes, the two of us missed it back then, you have a son, I have a daughter, just like you and me back then." ”

"Let's talk about it later, if you don't go back, your daughter will have to cry to death when she wakes up and won't see you. He laughed and scolded, Yutai Tranquility shook his head, kissed his lips, Emperor Yinhuang was stunned for a moment, slowly closed his eyes, untied the ribbon behind the woman, and a small and wet voice gradually sounded in the imperial study, and a trace of affection splashed out like a spark.

Chu Xianzhao gently covered the eyes and ears of Tantai Ningsu, but found that his palms were moist, and the little princess cried......

He sighed and wiped away tears for her, only to find that his tears were also dripping.