Chapter 2: Crying in the Night

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The rain seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, splashing on the green buds of the leaves, the delicate and feeble petals of the rhododendrons, and the young ferns of the unknown wildflowers by the roadside. Although the sky does not look particularly gray, it is also like the bluestone washed on the wall, in the oblique wind and broken rain, so that the late spring in Lingnan is like a smoke, and faintly cool.

But at this time, the endless group of pedestrians on the mountain road did not mean to stop. Seeing that Liu Jixing, the king of the guard sitting in front of him, there was no movement, Ma Pearl was a little sad in his eyes, raised his hand and gently opened the Shu brocade curtain on the side of the car wall window, and saw the smoke and rain outside from a distance.

Ma Pearl followed King Wei at the behest of his family and aunt when he was less than fourteen years old, because he was usually well-behaved and intelligent, and he was well versed in women's ways since he was a child. Therefore, I usually speculate and know about King Wei, including all of King Wei's hobbies and all kinds of strange ideas, and I also know that this prince, who is slightly younger than himself, usually has a moody personality, and all his actions have never been unpredictable.

Now seeing Liu Jixing sitting quietly in the carriage with his eyes closed since he got on the car, he didn't care about his existence at all, as if he didn't exist, from the time he came to Luofu Mountain to pick him up, he treated himself like a stranger, and now he doesn't squeak when he is alone. Ma Pearl felt a little unspeakably uneasy in her heart, because she felt that King Wei seemed to be a little different from before, but she couldn't say what that feeling was.

Ma Pearl naturally didn't know what Liu Jixing was thinking, and began to follow the greeting group into the mountain to arrive at Shi Zhenren's cave mansion, when Ma Pearl was excited to see Liu Jixing, Liu Jixing's part of the memory of King Wei told him that the relationship between this Ma Pearl and himself in Xingwang's mansion. But Liu Jixing still thinks with the thinking of his own times, and he is not interested in this horse pearl at all, not to mention that Ma Pearl is a little kid in Liu Jixing's heart, and he can't even count the Lori of later generations, and he can't bear to cause this kind of trouble at all, so he didn't even deliberately say hello to her and got into the car directly.

If it weren't for Shi Zhenren Chrysostom saying that Liu Jixing's illness was cured, Ma Zhuzhu, who was snubbed at that time, would have been heartbroken, and she would not dare or want to speculate on herself, what else happened to Liu Jixing, or what resentment he had against himself.

In Ma Pearl's impression, King Wei would never do this to himself in the past, since that day King Wei was suddenly injured for no reason, and then he was rescued by the imperial doctor and went crazy, even he didn't know himself, at that time Ma Pearl seemed to be falling down. In the small court of the Xingwang Mansion and the streets and alleys of Kyoto, there are various legends about the actions and results of King Wei.

Although the Ma family of the Xingwang Mansion of the Han Dynasty is only a side branch of the Ma Chu royal family, since the Ma family has been in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, it has also produced many talents, and even after this branch moved to Lingnan, it also has its own prestige in the Xingwang Mansion. The leading figures in the family were naturally the first to learn about this kind of bad rumors, and the elders of the clan were quite complaining about Ma Min's letting this niece follow King Wei.

Because of the early death of King Wei's mother, and the fact that there was no power and character in the foreign family to inherit the inheritance, there were all kinds of voices in the Ma family, to the effect that they regretted letting Ma Pearl follow King Wei. But although Ma Pearl is usually favored by King Wei, most of them are just because they cater to King Wei's playfulness, in fact, this Ma Pearl has also learned various skills since he was a child and is proficient in the conditions that various ladies must have. It's just that because King Wei doesn't like that, she has almost no chance to show her advantages in front of King Wei, because the elders in the family have cultivated these girls in the family since they were young as playthings for powerful people, and the purpose is naturally to obtain benefits and opportunities from the big people.

In fact, Ma Pearl had feelings for Wei Dynasty after getting along, and after the self-defense king was injured and sick, she was also ordered to go home by the emperor, although she was not blamed because of her aunt, but she also suffered from the schadenfreude of those people in the family, but she still continued to inquire about the news of Wei Wang from her aunt. Since she faintly knew that King Wei had been cured, she was even more happy and happy in her heart, thinking about King Wei's favor for her in the past, she was naturally the most excited. I don't know why he still treats himself like this now, maybe he is tired and hasn't cultivated his body!

Ma Pearl comforted herself in her heart, because she really didn't know what to do, King Wei came to Luofu Mountain Shizhen Cave Mansion to pick him up in person, and he hadn't spoken to him! As if she were a complete stranger, the two maids who followed Ma Pearl to serve her were dumbfounded.

I think this horse pearl is also from the Chu royal family, although the Ma Chu royal family is dead now, but in the future, it will be a big family in history! The ancestor of the Ma family moved to Lingnan at the end of the Tang Dynasty to avoid disasters and wars, and Ma Yin of the Ma Chu family roared proudly from the late Tang Dynasty to Sanxiang, and the Ma family in Xingwangfu helped Liu Yan, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, to create the world. Since ancient times, there have been many talents in the Ma family, and the same ancestor of Ma Yin who founded the Chu State, and the Ma family of Xingwangfu has become famous in Lingnan and the Central Plains, so even if the Great Han Kingdom and Ma Chu border disputes later, this branch has always been favored in the Han Dynasty.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Ma family produced Ma Yin, a man of the hour, and the family decided to move south collectively in order to avoid the tiger's eyes of several ancient gate valves. And the branch of Ma Pearl's family is actually Ma Yin's move from his brother Ma She to Lingnan. Under the efforts and leadership of Ma She, he quickly gained a firm foothold in the Xingwang Mansion, and later was courteous to the imperial court for Liu Yan, the emperor of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty. The most important thing is to promote the marriage of Gaozu Emperor Liu Yan and Ma Yin's daughter, and even the current Emperor Zhongzong Liu Sheng was born to the Empress Dowager Ma, so the Ma family has always regarded itself as the family of the national uncle in Xingwangfu. Since the current emperor ascended the throne, there have been many female dependents and royal in-laws in the Ma family, which has also allowed the Ma family to reach the most glorious time in the family.

Although the current emperor has been on the throne since he ascended the throne, in order to consolidate his country and position, he has used the excuse to entrust people to suppress the members of the royal family one after another, so that those officials in the court who are related to the royal family are all in danger. For a time, either some people did not dare to marry the royal family, or they canceled the marriage under the pretext. However, the Ma family, which was powerful at that time, did not move, even if the emperor suppressed the influence of the big families who moved south from the Central Plains of the Xingwang Mansion, and even if the Ma family and Chu State had perished after the horses fought for the trough, the Ma family had almost no foundation in the Southern Han Dynasty.

Later, although the current emperor did something that made the civil and military forces of the court and the people stunned, that is, in the two or three years after he ascended the throne, he not only used various excuses to take the opportunity to suppress and kill the male members of the royal family, but also moved into his inner palace regardless of the age and intimacy of the female dependents of the royal men. Of course, the worst thing is that the emperor except for his two brothers who died early, the remaining thirteen brothers have all been killed by the emperor in these years. Of course, because of the emperor's absurd move, many royal ladies who stayed in the palace also became strange. The officials who married members of the royal family in the past suddenly became married to the emperor, and what makes people laugh and cry is that there are many uncles and uncles in the Manchu Dynasty all of a sudden.

Ma Min's aunt Ma Min was originally the second concubine of the emperor's younger brother Liu Hongchang, the king of Yue, this Ma Min was born as white as jade, beautiful and knowledgeable, and has always had a good reputation in the royal family. When Gaozu was the left servant of the king, he wanted to support Liu Hongchang, the king of Yue, as the crown prince, but the current emperor Liu Sheng boldly helped his brother Hongdu to ascend the throne, and then made someone kill his brother Liu Hongdu (Liu Jue), and he ascended the throne.

The emperor naturally would not let go of this youngest brother, King Yue, who was the most promising emperor in the past, was once named the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses after Liu Sheng became the emperor. After King Yue was given to die, his concubine was also given to die, but this Ma Min was inexplicably exempted from death, and was openly admitted to his palace by the emperor. Ma Min was also well-behaved and catered to the favor of Emperor Liu Sheng, and was crowned as Mrs. Jade in the same month, so that the Ma family became infinitely beautiful again.

And this Ma Pearl is the daughter of Ma Min's brother, and she looks very similar to Ma Min. Since childhood, he has also been very loved by Ma Min, and has instructed all kinds of female artists such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and has never been married to another family. When he was too old and was recommended by Ma Min as the concubine of King Wei, the emperor was also complacent and loved this eldest son, and he usually did everything to King Wei, and accepted Ma Min's kindness. But because King Wei did not reach the age of marriage, and he was the emperor's candidate for the crown prince, Ma Pearl lived in the palace first under the acquiescence of Emperor Liu Sheng, and was named the concubine of King Wei.

This King Wei has watched too many scenes of brutality and murder with the emperor since he was a child, of course, Liu Yan, the founding emperor of the Han Kingdom, also has this hobby, so King Wei is very bold and perverted, and his personality is relatively perverse. Although the emperor sent a lot of literary celebrities who moved south and the great future who was good at martial arts to teach Wei Wang, but the more Wei Wang grew up, the more strange his thoughts became, although he was usually smart and dexterous, but his behavior was extremely perverted and eccentric, and the court and the people privately called it the perverted little white dragon.

There are also many officials and many literati in the court, and they are also faintly worried about King Wei as the crown prince, but the emperor himself is only in his thirties, and the other sons are too young, and the emperor's health has not been good for the past two years.

But it's also strange that since this horse pearl came into the palace, it has been extremely favored by King Wei. It has been praised by King Wei many times in public as a natural national color, virtuous and delicate, although what others think and think, King Wei will not care and will not care.

Usually, King Wei Tsushima Pearl does not leave every day, and he really holds it in the palm of his hand and hangs it on his lips. Coupled with the absolute status of Madame Yu in the palace and the degree of favor by the emperor, no matter the hundred officials in the court and the small people in the countryside, everyone thinks that the princess after King Wei is none other than Ma Pearl. But at this time, the sensitive and fragile Ma Pearl is not optimistic at all, and her heart is faintly uneasy, which makes her extremely anxious.

Consider what had happened since three months ago, when King Wei had the whim to ride a horse and play, which made the attendants fearful. Originally from the age of twelve, this Wei Wang's body lacks exercise, and usually likes food and sleep, this body naturally began to gain weight, and the weight reached more than 160 pounds, because it was too fat to usually move at all, so he didn't often ride a horse anymore.

But King Wei has always been moody, and after he had this idea, the attendants of that day did not dare to persuade him. Who knew that it might be the bad luck of the attendants, although many people looked at King Wei that day, but suddenly an accident happened.

At that time, King Wei was very happy, and in the inner palace, he suddenly leaned over and fell off his horse, and fell to the ground and fell unconscious. Where did everyone dare to hide it, after the emergency report was made, the emperor was naturally thunderous and angry when he heard it. King Wei has been deeply loved by the emperor since he was a child, and he is ready to be cultivated as a prince, but now he has an accident in the inner palace. Under the emperor's thunder and anger, the imperial doctors rushed to the rescue together, and then although King Wei was rescued by the imperial doctor and woke up, what was overwhelming was that King Wei didn't know how to go crazy. The emperor was almost mad at that time, killed all the attendants that day, and was even more angry with dozens of imperial doctors.

Several rescue attempts failed, and later the emperor saw that it was really the imperial doctor who could not cure King Wei's illness, and he was extremely heartbroken when he thundered. It happened that at this time, Gong Chengshu, the commander of the inner chamberlain who had just taken charge of the inner chamberlain, boldly said that the legendary Daomen Supreme Shi Zhenren was cultivating in Luofu Cave Mansion. This Shi Zhenren is a first-class figure in this era, and this emperor was able to ascend the throne back then, in fact, he was also favored by Shi Zhenren a lot, and he is also quite related to Shi Zhenren. Thinking of this relationship, the emperor sent people to find Shi Zhenren, and at the same time hurriedly ordered the waiter of the Ministry of Rites to escort the king of Wei to Luofu Mountain to ask Shi Zhenren to rescue.

Who knew that it was said that Shi Zhenren did not rescue King Wei when he saw him, and how could the accompanying officials dare to conceal it and hurriedly report it. The emperor muttered in his heart that King Wei was incurable, or King Wei was not worth mentioning in the eyes of immortals like Shi Zhenren, and there were also people around the emperor who risked death to let King Wei fend for himself. Although the emperor was very sad at that time, he also had the idea of ignoring the affairs of King Wei, after all, Liu Sheng had several sons, and let the accompanying officials deal with it themselves.

Not to mention that the officials of the Ministry of Rites were scared to death, and every day they had no choice but to take the dying King Wei around Luofu Mountain, even Ma Zhuzhu in Xingwang's Mansion was heartbroken. Let's just say that no one thought that the group could not get medical treatment in Luofu Mountain, and the Wei Wang and the accompanying officials of the Ministry of Rites who went to and from the post station had another accident on the river near Luofu Mountain. The strange thing about the weather was that there was a lightning strike, and King Wei was burned to charcoal. Ma Pearl almost fainted when she heard about this, but then what she heard was delightful. Ma Pearl heard that what was unexpected was that the immortal Shi Zhenren suddenly fell from the sky and picked up King Wei, who did not know his life and death.

Ma Pearl spent a period of time in panic and anxiety, and then listened to this immortal Shi Zhenren not only rescued King Wei, but also left King Wei in Luofu Mountain to recuperate. For a while, the people of Xingwangfu spread this incident as a strange news, but King Wei stayed in Luofu Mountain for more than three months.

Although Luofu Mountain is not far from Xingwangfu, there is also a distance, and the news is naturally different from the one received by the other. Although the emperor was very conflicted about King Wei's illness and future at that time, because after all, he had always loved King Wei very much, and he was naturally overjoyed when he suddenly heard this unexpected and shocking news, and immediately ordered those officials who were accompanying the Ministry of Rites to follow up from time to time, and his mood seemed to be very good, and he even forgave Ma Pearl and these people.

The people in the palace also learned the news immediately, and Ma Min immediately conveyed it to Ma Pearl, who was naturally surprised and delighted. The emperor regained confidence in the state of King Wei, and immediately ordered people to go back and forth between King Xing's Mansion and Luofu Mountain every day to report on King Wei's illness and progress. It was strictly ordered not to disturb the place where the immortal Shi Zhenren cultivated, and ordered the special officials of the Ministry of Rites to accept Shi Zhenren's guidance and any needs, and he also thought about coming to see Shi Zhenren in person, but he was persuaded by a cadre of courtiers to do it.

Ma Zhuzhu, who had always been worried, naturally knew all this, and then she was approved by the emperor who was in a good mood to return to the palace. In the palace of King Wei in King Xing's Mansion, she prayed and prayed to King Wei every day, and every day she was sad and happy, hoping to get all the news of King Wei. The most surprising thing for her to hear was that it was said that since King Wei woke up, he didn't let anyone pass on him, and he didn't even mention it, Ma Pearl thought that it might be that King Wei couldn't be disturbed when he was recovering, and he comforted himself in his heart and looked forward to seeing each other even more.

Under the care of Shi Zhenren, King Wei recovered quickly, and it is said that after he could act, he accompanied Shi Zhenren every day, walking and chatting among the green mountains and green waters of Luofu Mountain, and his condition was getting better day by day, and he accepted Shi Zhenren's teachings every day, and always accompanied Shi Zhenren to cultivate in the cave. According to the officials of the Ministry of Rites reported to the emperor, after two months of recovery in Luofu Mountain, King Wei's fat body actually lost more than 30 pounds, and a person can walk like a fly in the mountain, and the emperor is in a better mood, and it seems that he is also happy. Ma Pearl was naturally very happy, and ran to her aunt every day in the hope of hearing news from King Wei, and also hoping to see King Wei as soon as possible.

The emperor was happy to hear the news from the people stationed in the Luofu Mountain Rite Department, and Shi Zhenren took King Wei barefoot all over the mountain from time to time every day, and King Wei and Shi Zhenren were always on the bluestone or beside the ancient tree or on the side of the mountain stream to discuss the scriptures together. There are also officials of the Ministry of Rites who boldly accompanied Shi Zhenren and King Wei, and Shi Zhenren did not think about it or refuse, so they heard King Wei and Shi Zhenren talking together, and every time there were wonderful and amazing words, the officials truthfully conveyed them to the emperor.

And although Ma Pearl didn't know what the witty words of King Wei, who had never learned and had no skills, the emperor was obviously a dragon-faced Dayue, and specially sent someone to Luofu Mountain to thank Shi Zhenren, while decorating the needs of the cave for him, he personally inscribed the golden plaque inscription of "Daomen Supreme Immortal Venerable in the World", and gave countless treasures and silkworm kapok purple gold robes. However, this Shi Zhenren did not accept the plaque, and only accepted the silkworm kapok purple gold robe, and only said that he had a fate with King Wei, and there was nothing else, and there was no need to enjoy the false name in the world, etc. The emperor was even more respectful to arrange the tribute several times, but Shi Zhenren seemed to be a little annoyed, and then he simply did not see the messenger sent by the emperor, and the emperor also knew about it, not only did not disturb but also ordered the officials of the Ministry of Rites to follow Shi Zhenren's arrangement.

Ma Pearl is naturally worried about King Wei, but since the emperor knew that Shi Zhenren saved King Wei, he did not allow people from the royal family to visit King Wei and approach him, let alone disturb Shi Zhenren and King Wei, this Ma Pearl only went to his aunt Ma Min to secretly explore. After hearing that King Wei had recovered his sanity and body, every time he had more witty words and Shi Zhenren answers, his heart was naturally very happy.

In Xingwangfu, it is said that many people know that the emperor's health during this period was a little poor, and he did not go to court several times. Later, it was rumored that the emperor and the ministers had discussed, intending to take the king back to the palace. Ma Pearl immediately asked her aunt to beg the emperor, and she and the accompanying ministers came to pick up the king back to the palace, after all, Ma Min was deeply favored by the emperor, and the entrusted matter was naturally agreed by the emperor.

Ma Pearl was really startled when he saw King Wei, King Wei not only looked dark and thin, but also seemed to look like his appearance had changed a lot, he had matured a lot, and he was almost half a head taller than before. If it weren't for the fact that he had been with King Wei for almost two years, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites had been accompanying him to treat his illness in Luofu Mountain, this horse pearl would not have dared to recognize King Wei. Of course, these are not problems, what makes Ma Pearl most uneasy is that since he saw this Wei Wang, Wei Wang has treated himself like a stranger, but he doesn't seem to have looked at him at all. This is undoubtedly what worries Ma Pearl the most, she wondered in her heart, is it that King Wei has not recovered yet, but listening to the exchange between King Wei and the officials of the Ministry of Rites who came to greet him, he is not only very normal, but also seems to be much more sensible than before, this must be the enlightenment of Shi Zhenren.

Ma Pearl was happy and sad in her heart, what the women in the court were most afraid of was falling out of favor, not to mention the people who had not really made up their minds, although they had the instructions of their aunts and the acquiescence of the emperor, and this master might become the prince immediately. Ma Pearl felt a little cold in his heart, and saw that the rain outside the window seemed to be gently raised by the wind, the bamboo sea in the distance seemed to be blurred, and the winding stream was also hidden in the smoke and rain, and Ma Pearl's eyes slowly became wet.