Chapter Seventy-Four: Returning to Beijing to Face the Saint
Tang Taizong could no longer find a reason to defend Li Ke, so he could only dismiss Li Ke from the official position and summon Liu Fan to commend him. He can't blame anyone, this kid is too much like him, even the mistakes he made are the same, the same rashness, the same stubbornness, he seems to have found the shadow of his youth from Li Ke's body.
Tang Taizong saw that Li Ke looked lonely, and as soon as he entered Chang'an, he entered the palace to face the saint, worried that his son would inevitably be tired from running around, he said with concern: "Is it okay on this way?"
Li Ke bowed to Tang Taizong and Concubine Yang, and said, "Father Xie cares, and his sons are fine!"
Tang Taizong's head, the ancients, the son does not teach, the father's fault, although he can't bear to be harsh, but he still needs to be carefully taught, he thought for a while and said: "It is human nature for the father to love the son, there is no need to thank you, but the so-called love is so important, the more I hurt you, the more I can't tolerate you, do you know the fault of this matter?"
Li Ke knelt down, nodded sincerely, and said, "Father, the son knows his mistakes!"
Tang Taizong said: "I can't bear to scold you too much, I hope you will follow the teachings in the future, you must be loyal and filial, and never forget the etiquette."
Li Ke kowtowed and said, "Obey the teachings of my father!"
Tang Taizong saw that Li Ke had the intention of repentance, so he no longer delved into it, because he knew that Li Ke was very intelligent, and he would definitely take this as a warning and no longer be arrogant and do things, he stepped forward to help him up, and said: "It's good to know your mistakes, I will stay with me and your mother tonight to have dinner with me, and spread it to Gaoyang, your brother and sister haven't seen each other for a year, and she has been nagging about the third brother recently!"
"Thank you, Father!" Li Ke smiled lonely, the last time he dined in Penglai Palace, he was with Melodious, but now Melodious is no longer there, and his heart for dining has also changed, even if he returns to his homeland, his mood still can't be calmed.
Concubine Yang looked at Li Ke's face and was obviously much haggard, and couldn't help but feel sad. "Ke'er, the mother concubine knows that the melodious death will hit you hard, but you also have to think about your father and mother, and you must take care of your own body!"
Li Ke took Concubine Yang's hand, wiped her tears, and comforted: "The son is not good, it makes the mother concubine worried!"
Concubine Yang sighed. "Ke'er is talking about this, the mother concubine is just a poor and melodious girl!"
Li Shimin regretted. "Yes, Melodious is a good boy, but his life is thin!"
Li Ke smiled bitterly, tears flowed in his heart, and the pain of longing spread in his heart.
The night was silent and cold, and there were few pedestrians left on the streets.
Li Ke walked on Chang'an Street, this street was the place where he and Melodious traveled for the first time, Melodious all the way to eat non-stop, he knew for the first time that a person's appetite could be so good, and then he went to the place where he saw the temple fair at that time, as if the babbling girl was in front of him, but it was so far away!
Li Ke didn't dare to go any further, he was afraid that he would miss her more and more, so he turned around and went back to the Chang'an Mansion, but this mansion was also full of melodious shadows. They are getting married here, fighting here for a little thing, quarreling here about going to Tanzhou, and even he almost killed her here!
Before he knew it, Li Ke was already in tears, and he couldn't control himself, although he closed his heart and stopped thinking about her, and stopped tracking her news.
He was afraid that the result would push him to the brink of ruin.
Melodious, are you still alive? If only you were alive......
In the temple, Melodious seemed to be able to feel Li Ke's helplessness and pain, and his heart was tightly pinched.
She couldn't sleep, she missed Li Ke very much, she finally knew that her love was so strong. She was desperate to hear from him, but it was so secluded that she had no idea what was going on outside. The only thing she can do now is pray for Li Ke's safety!
Melodiously got up and knelt in front of the Buddha, and kneeling was a night.
In another place in Chang'an, there is also someone who can't sleep, she is Xiao Ruolan, the daughter of Xiao Shilang.
She was jealous of Princess Wu and hated her for taking away her husband, so she hired someone to kidnap the woman. Who knows, before she had any murderous thoughts, the woman was burned to death by fire in a short life, but it also met her wishes.
Xiao Ruolan begged her father and said, "Dad, His Royal Highness King Wu has returned to Chang'an, that woman has a short life, she is dead, you go and pray to the emperor to let his daughter marry him!"
Xiao Shilang looked at his dead-eyed daughter helplessly, and said, "But this Princess Wu has just passed away, how can His Royal Highness King Wu marry again immediately!"
Xiao Ruolan has always been arrogant and willful, and she didn't think much of her father's words, she cried and shouted: "Dad, I don't care, as long as I let my daughter follow him!"
Xiao Shilang sighed. "Silly boy, there are so many good men in the world, why do you just stare at him?"
Xiao Ruolan suddenly took a pair of scissors out of nowhere and aimed them at her neck to force her to death. "Dad, my daughter just likes him, if I can't marry him, my daughter might as well die!"
"Okay, Dad, let's go write a memora, you can't do anything stupid!" Xiao Shilang was forced to be helpless, so he could only go back to the study to write a petition.
Xiao Ruolan had a smile on her lips, and said to herself: "Ke, you are waiting for me!" I'm going to marry you! ”
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Three months passed in a blink of an eye, and it was February of the twelfth year of Zhenguan, and the weather was warm and cold.
Melodious as usual, sitting on the railing of the temple basking in the sun, her hair was already able to cover her ears, and the scar on her face was much lighter.
A gust of cold wind blew, melodiously shrunk his neck, and sipped the wide monk's robe. sighed, if you are in Anzhou, the weather has completely warmed up at this time, and I remember that at that time, I was often outside in the sun like this.
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Why does her face have problems at this time?
Last year it was a crooked mouth and slanted eyes, and this year it is disfigured.
Could it be that she was too beautiful in her previous life! As the old saying goes, if a woman is too beautiful, she will be very tired, and it must be because she was too tired in her previous life that she became like this in this life.
But why does she hang out in the ghost gate frequently?
Could it be that there are too many imps who have offended in the previous life! As the saying goes, Hades is funny, but the imps are difficult, and it must be so unlucky to be entangled by the imps.
Melodiously clasped his hands together and prayed: "You must copy the scriptures a few more times for them, Amitabha, don't come to me again!" ”
"You're really alive!" Melodious meditation and nagging, interrupted by a sudden voice.
Raised his head melodiously, it turned out to be Yun Xuan, how would he know that she was here? Melodious asked, "How did you find out I was here?" ”
Melodious was surprised by Yun Xuan's appearance, she looked outside the temple, did Li Ke also come?
Yun Xuan didn't answer immediately, he sat on the railing like a melodious person, and then said, "If it's the person I'm looking for Murong Gongzi, except for the dead, there's nothing I can't find!" Don't look at it, Ke doesn't know you're still alive! ”
"He doesn't know I'm alive? Do you think I'm dead? Melodious and wry, yes, there has been no news of her for so long, and everyone will definitely make the worst guesses. But although she was prepared, she was still a little surprised when she heard Yun Xuan say that she was dead.
Yun Xuan replied: "I found out where you were that day, but when I arrived, the fire had already burned down the temple, and only a female charred corpse was found in the temple, and there was nothing else. After inspection, this person's height and age are consistent with yours, so Princess Wu is "dead" like this! ”
Melodious asked urgently: "What about later?" ”
"Later, the emperor issued an edict and buried you on the Prince Mountain, rest assured, your funeral was very beautiful!" Yun Xuan teased.