South Vietnam.

Nanyue City, Yuntai Mountain, Foguang Temple.

The huge Zen courtyard was silent, and eight female guards with scimitars on their waists stood quietly, only the sound of bells ringing from time to time in the distance knocked on people's hearts one by one.

A woman in a silk dress sits in front of the mirror, three thousand green silk is spread behind her head, and her slender jade hand holds a peach wood comb with a long hair like a waterfall, and a beautiful face is reflected in the bronze mirror. The skin is like condensed fat, the willow leaves are bent and the eyebrows are bent, and the beauty is overwhelming, but the face is not sad or joyful.

There was a sound of footsteps in the courtyard, and the woman in the silk dress no longer combed her hair, she put down the mahogany comb, grabbed a strand of hair and pulled it into a circle, inserted a bamboo hairpin, and tied the rest of the hair in a knot at the waist with a plain handkerchief.

The footsteps got closer and closer, and finally, the footsteps stayed outside the meditation room, and a shrill voice came: "Madam, the Queen Mother is here." Please move to meet the driver. ”

Madam?

The woman in the bronze mirror smiled sneeringly, and finally had a slight reaction.

Once, she was the princess of Nantang, and enjoyed the title of the first beauty and the first talented woman in Nantang. In the third year of Jing'an, the Double Ninth Festival and the Emperor Jing'an, who was close to the Dongao Emperor, was named a virtuous concubine. At the time of the incident, Baili red makeup, Emperor Jing'an personally welcomed him to the outside of the Taihe Palace......

At that time, it was the first time she saw Jing'an Dilong. The mighty god, the domineering color, the handsome appearance, and the beautiful face, he captured her heart for a while. A heart that is sad because of harmony is like a hundred flowers blooming in an instant.

She worked hard to bloom herself, and she must bloom to the extreme, the purpose was to capture his heart and make her his queen.

Oh, Queen, what a childish goal.

Except for the first night of the candle in the cave room, Emperor Jing'an stayed in her dormitory, and since then she has been alone in the empty room. Don't say that the position of the queen is the inheritance of the heirs, and Emperor Jing'an will not give her a chance at all.

At that time, she was really stupid and stupid when she first fell in love, even if Emperor Jing'an treated her indifferently, she still expected him to fall in love with her and she to become his queen. At that time, Emperor Jing'an not only treated her like this, all the women around him rarely got his rain and dew, and all the women around him didn't seem to have the opportunity to inherit the heirs.

Therefore, she felt that she had a chance, and it was because she endured, she waited.

But what did she endure? What are you waiting for?

It is Lin Jingjing, the Lin Jingjing that Emperor Jing'an can live for and die for.

Xu is a woman's intuition, when she first saw Lin Jingjing, she knew that this Lin Jingjing might be the biggest threat in her life. However, at that time, Lin Jingjing was still the princess of Carefree, because she didn't think there would be a follow-up.

But I never wanted to, Lin Jingjing was actually divorced by the prince of freedom, and then, Emperor Jing'an was completely crazy.

At the same time, Emperor Jing'an was not the only one who was crazy.

At that time, because Lin Jingjing became free, Emperor Jing'an was not the only one who chased after Lin Jingjing.

But because of Emperor Jing'an's endless favor and endless love for Lin Jingjing, Lin Jingjing finally chose Emperor Jing'an, entered the palace, and became Emperor Jing'an's woman.

It was only then that she knew that she was finished, and she would never have a chance to become the empress of Emperor Jing'an again. So, she instigated Emperor Jing'an's concubine Hua Concubine to assassinate Lin Jingjing, she just wanted to play a common trick of borrowing a knife to kill people in the court. I don't want that flower concubine not only failed, but was also beaten into the cold palace by Emperor Jing'an.

It was also when the assassination of Lin Jingjing failed that time that the imperial doctor found out that Lin Jingjing was pregnant with the heir of Emperor Jing'an.

She clearly remembered Emperor Jing'an's ecstatic face at that time, and the god who cried like a child.

Since then, he has favored Lin Jingjing even more. Emperor Jing'an's favor for Lin Jingjing's favor in the Three Kingdoms is known to everyone, and no one knows it. This pet transcends home, country, country, and the world.

Oh, God is so unfair.

She hated, hated Lin Jingjing, a woman, because she decided to go out in person and poison Lin Jingjing to achieve one corpse and two lives.

However, Emperor Jing'an, who was born and raised in the palace, was too familiar with these little tricks of women. In the early days of Lin Jingjing's pregnancy, he did it before it happened, and whoever shot would die.

She was stupid, she made a move, not only did she not poison Lin Jingjing's mother and son, but she was almost beheaded by Emperor Jing'an on the spot. If it weren't for Lin Jingjing's intercession, her body would have been separated in a foreign country long ago.

Since then, she has suffered from heartlessness, and she is crazy in the cold palace dreaming that she is his queen.

I didn't wake up until yesterday.

When she woke up, she found that she was no longer in the country of Dongao, but had returned to her homeland.

Oh no, this is not her homeland anymore, her native country is Nan Tang, and Nan Tang was replaced by Bazar and renamed Nan Yue. Her eldest brother became the Emperor of the Southern Waste, and became a monk in Yuntai Mountain. And she is also a monk in Yuntai Mountain.

She was poisoned in the autumn of Jing'an's fifth year and was beaten into the cold palace, if you count according to Dongao's time, this year is already the twenty-sixth year of Jing'an, that is to say, she has more than 20 years and has no idea how she survived, what kind of person she is, what has she experienced in the past 20 years?

Fortunately, there were eight loyal female guards by her side, and in one night, she understood the general idea.

Because she hadn't slept all night, her dark circles were extremely thick. In order not to lose face in front of the Queen Mother, she got up and pounced some powder to the corners of her eyes, covering the too heavy black.

It would be fine if she lived in dementia, but now that she is sober, she must not lose face in front of the Queen Mother Luojia. I think that at the beginning, the matter of Luojia and Bazar was fulfilled by her, and it was with her help that Luojia became Bazar's concubine, and now with the death of Bazar, Luojia's son succeeded to the throne, and Luojia also became the queen mother of South Vietnam. It can be said that Luojia's current qiē is all given by her. Therefore, she must no longer be obscene and trivial in front of Luojia like when she was confused and crazy, but she must show the model of her princess Nantang. even if

She is the fan of the princess of Nantang. Even if she is now wearing a dress without ornaments and lines, she is still the arrogant princess Li Wan'er of Nantang.

Out of the door, only to see the sky of snowflakes sprinkled, look around, the heavy Zen courtyard are hidden in the wind and snow, white expanse.

Li Wan'er stretched out her hand, looking at the sky with a brilliant smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Ma'am, please."

There is no taboo to call the 'madam', Li Wan'er just glanced at the eunuch who came to pass the word, although she has been crazy for more than 20 years, although the eunuch in front of her is much older, but the face of his youth has not changed much. When she was not in harmony with the country, he used to be an errand in her palace. At that time, she treated him well, and she still remembered his name clearly.

"Andehai!"

The eunuch was startled, then raised his eyes to look at Li Wan'er, his voice was excited, and said, "Yes, madam, the little one is Xiao Anzi." ”

Looking at his clothes, he should be the chief of Ouchi, but he still uses the old name of 'Xiao Anzi' in front of her. Li Wan'er said with relief, "Congratulations, Xiao Anzi." ’

Sure enough, sure enough, Li Wan'er, the princess of the former dynasty, the concubine of Dongao, and the favorite wife of the first emperor of Nanyue, sobered up. An Dehai's eyes were a little wet for a while, and he said, "How is Madam?" ”

"Good, lead the way."

Walking a short distance in the wind and snow, a bright figure can be vaguely seen in the white snow. A flaming red cloak made her figure even taller. Wearing a golden phoenix robe and a nine phoenix golden fork on her head, she shows her noble identity - Luojia, the empress dowager of Nanyue.

Seeing Li Wan'er coming, all the palace maids standing beside the Empress Dowager Luojia curtsied and saluted together: "Madam! ”

Raising her hand slightly, signaling them to be exempt, Li Wan'er bowed to the Queen Mother without being humble or arrogant: "Queen Mother." ”

Sure enough, she was sober. This is the real Li Wan'er, a noble, arrogant, and Li Wan'er who doesn't take a single thing in her eyes. Empress Dowager Luojia's eyes flashed with indifference, arrogance, and jealousy, and her heart was even more complicated.

"Mrs. Li, did the mourning family hear that your illness has been cured?"

There should be a lot of palace eyeliner in this Foguang Temple, she only woke up yesterday, and the Queen Mother visited today, which is also a coincidence. Li Wan'er slandered in her heart, and there was still no emotion on her face, but she just said: "Empress Dowager Lao is worried." ”

"What are your plans?"

"I only wish to continue to devote myself to cultivation in Foguang Temple."

"Do you want to meet Barton and Ba Yue?"

To be honest, she didn't have any image of Barton and Ba Yue at all, and only learned from the mouths of the eight female guards last night that their brother and sister were a pair of dragon and phoenix twins born to Bazar by her. His son Barton is now the captain of Nanyue, and his daughter Ba Yue is Bazar's favorite princess, and is named after the character 'Yue' of Nanyue.

Thinking of Bazar, Li Wan'er's heart ached, and at the beginning of her pro-Dongao, she didn't know that Bazar treated her. But she didn't like it, really didn't like Bazar. She thought he was too reckless, too tall, and too strong-looking. But she never wanted to, such a man who she couldn't look down on everywhere welcomed her back from the Dongao Cold Palace, gave her the treatment of a princess of the previous dynasty, gave her a favor of three thousand, and made her a veritable master of the harem.

His love for her is just like Emperor Jing'an's love for Lin Jingjing.

It's a pity that she can't feel it anymore, and Bazar, who loves her the most in the world, has been dead for two years. After Bazar's death, she was sent to the Foguang Temple. This is also the reason why she will be in Foguang Temple when she wakes up.

Once, Emperor Jing'an did not give her an heir, and she thought that she would never be able to be a mother again for the rest of her life. No, Bazar gave her two as soon as he gave it. Now, it would be a lie to say that you don't miss those two children. Even if Bazar took her homeland, overthrew her eldest brother's throne, and was a rebellious minister and thief who usurped her southern state, it is unclear whether she hates, loves, or is grateful to Bazar. But blood is thicker than water, and she just wants to see her two children.

It was only at this time that Li Wan'er lowered her noble head, fell to the ground, and said, "For so many years, Empress Dowager Xie has raised and taught Barton and Ba Yue's grace. Great kindness, toothless and unforgettable. ”

This is the normal reaction of a mother. Once upon a time, this princess of the former dynasty, who only knelt to the sky, the ground, and her parents, would kneel at her feet. Empress Dowager Luojia's heart finally calmed down, and years of resentment seemed to have disappeared a lot in Li Wan'er's kneeling.

That's it, that's it, people have been dead for two years, what kind of favor, what love, what status are they fighting for? The son is already the emperor, and the position of the queen mother is firmly grasped, what else is there to fight for?

Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager Luojia sighed herself, helped Li Wan'er with her own hands, and said: "The prince of Dongao Kingdom is getting married, and Barton is going to congratulate me as my envoy to South Vietnam." Ba Yue wanted to join in the fun, and he followed. Even if you want to see them, you won't be able to see them for a while. When they return, the mourners let them come and see you. ”

"Empress Dowager Xie."

"You really don't want to go back to the palace?"

"I only wish to accompany the ancient Buddha of the green lantern and pray for the rebirth and safety of the first emperor." has always called Bazar and called him by his name, but now in front of the Empress Dowager Luojia, Li Wan'er has somewhat restrained. Calling Bazar as the 'first emperor'.

Sighing again, the Empress Dowager of Nanyue said: "With your words, the first emperor should also be blind." You know, the only thing he couldn't worry about before he died was you. ”

Hearing this, Li Wan'er's heart hurt again, inexplicably, her eyes were a little wet.

When did the Empress Dowager Luojia leave, Li Wan'er didn't know. She just stood quietly under a big mulberry tree with its roots and branches, quietly watching the snow scene in front of her.

"Bazar."

Once upon a time, she thought she couldn't remember what had happened during the twenty years she had been insane. But as the eight faithful female guards spoke, some people appeared in her mind occasionally. The one who appeared the most was Bazar, the man who gave her endless love.

She clearly remembered that the following year when she and the pro-Dongao Kingdom were not favored, she was quite angry. Then she wrote to Bazar asking Bazar to come and vent her anger for her. Parties

Vent. At that time, in the winter of the fourth year of Jing'an, Bazar did not hesitate to lead 50,000 iron cavalry to Dongao to cheer for her.

However, it was also that year that Lin Jingjing conquered Bazar's heart with a beautiful and magnificent song "Loyal to the Country", which not only made Bazar take the initiative to withdraw from the army, but also Lin Jingjing and Bazar became friends who drank and enjoyed each other.

At that time, she was annoyed with him, hated him, resented him, beat him, scolded him, he scolded her, and looked at her with love and pity in his eyes.

It was also that year that when Bazar left Dongao, he was not at ease with her. Eight female guards who were able to take care of her were left behind. It was because of these eight female guards that she was able to survive the suffering of the cold palace later. survived until Bazar took her back from Dongao, and she was raised in the harem of Nanyue as a princess.

Whether she is suffering in Dongao, enjoying happiness in the palace of Nanyue, or now practicing at Foguang Temple. The eight female guards have always been unwavering from her, taking care of her very well, even after so many years of madness, she does not look old at all. It can be said that the eight of them were the best gifts Bazar had given her.

However, since she came to her senses, they seemed to be hiding something from her.

She could feel it.

Last night, their account was not comprehensive. There are many loopholes in the rhetoric.

She is quite awake now, and when she is sober, her head will be very bright, and she will feel who is lying and who is hiding something.

Because of this feeling, she was quite unhappy and decided to ask her eldest brother for clarification.

Sora Zen Temple.

Li Zitong, the last emperor of Nantang, has been a monk in Foguang Temple for nearly 20 years, and his Dharma name is empty.

Once, Li Zitong and Bazar were friends who had no wine or meat. However, in the later period, due to different personal aspirations, the two friends finally parted ways. South Vietnam, as a vassal state of Nantang, rose up to replace Nantang, and Bazar changed its name to South Vietnam. Nantang, which has a history of 800 years, has since disappeared in front of the eyes of the world. There is only a heavy stroke in the historical data: Dongao Almanac, Jing'an eight years, spring, the king of Bazar of South Vietnam raised troops to attack the Nan Tang country, won, and changed the name of the country to South Vietnam. Emperor Li Zitong of Nantang became a monk in Foguang Temple of Yuntai Mountain.

When Li Wan'er stepped into the empty meditation courtyard, the first thing she heard was the sound of knocking on the wooden fish. She looked for the sound and walked to see the back of a man wearing a monk's robe sitting in the Buddhist hall and knocking on wooden fish, with gray hair draped.

This Foguang Temple allows two people to lead the practice, one is her, and the other is her eldest brother. Yesterday when she woke up, her eldest brother went to see her. Therefore, she doesn't feel that her eldest brother has completely broken off the red dust.

"Big brother."

After knocking on the wooden fish's hand, Li Zitong turned his head, glanced at Li Wan'er, turned his head indifferently, and continued to knock on the wooden fish.

Li Wan'er hurriedly rushed in front of Li Zitong, squeezed his hand, and said, "Brother Huang." ”

"How can there be any royal brother in this world, the poor monk's name is empty."

With a cold snort, Li Wan'er said: "Even if he is now reduced to the company of the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha, but an emperor who once had the ambition to unify the Three Kingdoms really looks down on it?" According to the girl, the sky may not be empty. ”

"It is indeed a fact that under the rule of the first emperor, the people of South Vietnam were prosperous and prosperous, and the national strength became stronger and stronger. The first emperor had strange materials and strategies. Empty self-esteem is not as good. Now, I just want to always accompany the ancient Buddha of the green lantern to wash away the killings committed back then. ”

The 'first emperor' in Li Zitong's mouth naturally refers to Bazar. His remarks were simply an acknowledgment of South Vietnam's existence and a full affirmation of Bazar's political achievements.

Looking at her eldest brother's wooden fish-like god, and looking at his eldest brother's joyless and sad state, Li Wan'er was puzzled: Is this still her high-spirited and guiding big brother at the beginning?

"Brother Huang."

"The poor monk's scriptures have not yet been finished. If the donor has any problems, please avoid them for the time being. ”

Pressing her eldest brother's hand that wanted to knock on the wooden fish again, Li Wan'er looked at him stubbornly.

After a long confrontation, Li Zitong sighed lightly, "What are you looking for me?" ”

"Gesang, they have something to hide from me."

The 'Gesang' in Li Wan'er's mouth is one of the eight female guards, and it can also be said to be the chief of the guard.

Li Zitong didn't answer and asked: "What do you think they are hiding from you?" ”

"Patton's business."

"Why do you think that?"

"I don't know what's going on, when it comes to the two children I had with Bazar, Gesang and her sisters deliberately avoid Barton, and always only talk about Ba Yue. But when I wanted to know about Patton's childhood, they were concerned about everything else. If I was forced to ask me harshly, they would prevaricate with the words 'It's not the same as Princess Ba Yue'. Big brother, is my Barton boy not living as he should? ”

"Barton is the second son of the first emperor, and when the first emperor was alive, Barton was the second prince of the beautiful Nanyue Kingdom. The first emperor died, and Patton was a beautiful South Vietnamese lieutenant. Who would dare to give him dissatisfaction? ”

"Big brother. I always felt that something was wrong. If I remember correctly, Bazar's body has always been very strong, why did he suddenly die? Is there any rebellion against the usurpation of the throne in this, or is there any brother to seize the heir? ”

Li Wan'er was born and grew up in the palace, and she couldn't be clearer about some dirty things in the palace. If anything happens to her Barton child, he should be more likely to take the heir than the brother.

Even if she is not the queen of Bazar, but she is the woman Bazar loves the most, and people say that she loves Wu and Wu, then Bazar will definitely love Baton more than other princes. It is impossible to say if her Barton child has suffered something inhuman because he is too favored. Otherwise, why did Gesang always hesitate to mention Barton?

"Wan'er, you're really completely sober." This is his Li Zitong's sister-in-law, no longer the woman who is sometimes crazy and sometimes seems to be a little sober.

Hearing that her eldest brother no longer called her 'donor', Li Wan'er was taken aback first, then her eyes were wet, and she said, "Big brother." ”

Gently hold his sister's hand, Lee

Zi's hand, Li Zitong said softly: "Don't worry, ask slowly if there is something, the eldest brother knows everything, and he has nothing to say." ”

"Big brother, did Bazar ever intend to pass on the throne to my Barton child?" Li Wan'er asked directly.

Li Zitong shook his head.

"Why? Impossible. Gesang said that although I was sometimes confused and sometimes crazy, when Bazar was alive, I was the veritable master of the harem, and my status was even higher than that of Luojia. In this way, it is also possible that Bazar will pass the throne to my Barton child. Perhaps for this reason, Luojia's mother and son joined forces to get rid of Bazar and conspire to usurp the throne. ”

The 'Luojia mother and son' mentioned by Li Wan'er refers to Luojia and the current Nanyue New Emperor Bage.

Although the sister-in-law was reasonable, Li Zitong still did not answer and asked: "If their mother and son can kill their husbands and fathers, then why not kill their brothers?" ”

Hearing this, Li Wan'er was stunned. Yes, every time there is a rebellion in the palace, it is not only the first emperor who dies, but also the brothers of the new emperor who die countlessly. And after Bagh ascended the throne, it seems that he did not kill a brother, that is, Bagh ascended the throne normally?

Li Wan'er was in her thoughts, only to hear her eldest brother say again: "If I were Bage, I would simply frame him, saying that Barton plotted to rebel against his father, and then I killed Barton as King Qin's move, wouldn't this be justified?" ”

Her eldest brother can still do this. Her eldest brother had used this hand when he ascended to the throne. Fortunately, she and he are the same mother, and she was spoiled by him. Therefore, he will never be cold-blooded and ruthless in front of her. And she wants the wind and rain in front of him, she is his favorite sister-in-law, and she is also the most favored princess in the previous dynasty.

"What's more, your boy Patton is now a South Vietnamese lieutenant, and he has military power in his hands. Have you ever seen an emperor who put all his military power in the hands of his brother to defend himself? ”

Hearing this, Li Wan'er was silent. Biting his lip and keeping his head down. After a while, she said: "I don't accept it, I don't accept it." If Bazar loves me the most, there is no reason not to pass on the throne to my son. It's like Emperor Jing'an favored Lin Jingjing, didn't he give the crown prince's position to Long Shihuai? Not convinced, I am not convinced. I'm not as good as Lin Jingjing. ”

Whenever Lin Jingjing is mentioned, the girl will enter a state of madness. Even when she is crazy and confused, she will gnash her teeth. Now, it's the same situation again.

Li Zitong hurriedly abandoned the wooden fish in his hand, hugged the girl tightly, and said, "Wan'er, don't get excited, don't get excited." ”

Finally, under Li Zitong's appeasement, Li Wan'er calmed down, and asked again: "Big brother, I can't figure it out, I really can't figure it out, why, you sue me, why didn't Bazar pass the throne to my Barton child?" ”

"Because Patton is not the child of the First Emperor!"

This sentence was like a thunderclap in Li Wan'er's ears, shaking her heart like a pool of spring water, looking at her eldest brother blankly. Q: "What did you say?" ”

"Because, Barton is not a child of Bazar."