In the late winter of that year, on the eve of the post-closure ceremony, Concubine Jiang Shu was at a family banquet in Ziwei Palace.

The emperor was so grief-stricken that he did not want to sleep and eat, and three days later he was ill in the vertical arch hall, and he posthumously crowned Concubine Jiang Shu as the queen on the sickbed, and the funeral was very long.

The Ministry of Industry 100,000 urgently arranged to build the emperor's mausoleum, and in the main tomb, Concubine Jiang Shufei wore a queen's dress and lay down calmly, as if she was asleep. Because it is a joint burial tomb, the entrance of the tomb is not sealed.

Five days later, the woman in the coffin suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest and coughed in pain, but the air around her was so suffocated that it was about to strangle her when she woke up again.

In desperation, the coffin was pushed open, and in a daze of consciousness, only a few ghostly figures were seen in the darkness, floating in the cold underground palace. Terrified, she closed her eyes again.

"Xiao Ling." A familiar voice rang in her ears, and she stretched out a pair of hands and grasped the man's broad palm tightly in the darkness.

That night, when the moon was dark and the wind was high, Shen Youjian, the king of Yunnan, took his cronies to break into the emperor's tomb at night, rescued Jiang Cailing, who was faked death, and drove all the way south overnight. In the car, he recounted the cause and effect of the incident to her in a soft voice.

He said: "Your master Yu Moyan can not only rejuvenate with his hands, but also have the ability to make people fake their deaths. He said to this king that you are living too hard, and the sky outside the palace should belong to you. The king felt that he was right, and he got involved. Don't blame this king. ”

She pulled a smile and leaned groggily on his broad shoulder, all the way south.

In late winter, the snow in Chang'an is still a few feet thick, but Yunnan is already sunny and spring.

The king of Dian placed her in the courtyard, on the side of Ye Yuze, and the flowers bloomed all over the garden under the bamboo building. Because of her outstanding personality and good care, after a month, she was no different from ordinary people, even younger than when she was in Weiyang Palace.

One day, the eighteen concubines of the King of Dian came to visit, led by Cong Zhi, who led everyone to kneel to her, and said sincerely: "Since the prince regards Niangniang as his own sister, we will treat Niangniang with sincerity from now on." ”

Cai Ling helped them up one by one and said with a smile: "Since the prince regards me as a younger sister, I can't accept such a big gift from your sisters-in-law. With that, everyone laughed.

Soon after, Cong Zhi led everyone to welcome him back to the Dian Palace. Her courtyard was closest to the King of Dian, and the two played chess and drank each other, and their love was deep, and no one ever hindered jealousy. Cai Ling smiled: "If I had known that this would be the case, I would have sharpened my head and would have pestered you." ”

After the king of Dian glanced at her, he beckoned, and in an instant, the purple-haired and blue-eyed man jumped in front of her, her nose was sour, but her face was smiling like a flower: "Xiaoyue." ”

He Yue told her that since Jiang Shufei, Dongxilou had been transferred to Yang Taotao according to her original will, and Jiang Moyuan was also sent back to his parents in the north. She nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Does Brother Yuan know that I'm not dead?" ”

"The subordinates dare not publicize this matter." He Yue is embarrassed.

Cai Ling nodded and comforted: "That's right." Knowing too much is not good for him. Above the temple, the wind and clouds are treacherous, and it won't be long before he can forget all the past. When the time comes, it will also be clean. ”

He never mentioned it again, and lived a comfortable and leisurely life from then on. The king of Dian took her to visit Dali City, boating on the calm lake of Ye Yuze, and watching the sunset crimson afterglow stain the high sky on the green mountains. The king of Dian took her to climb the Cangshan Mountain, and a snake lurked beside the mountain road, and she hid behind him tremblingly, but did not forget to sneak a peek at the little creature that frightened her. The king of Dian also took her out of Siam once dressed in men's clothes, taking her to see herds of elephants and the endless sea.

Until, on a sunny day long later, Heyue's eyes were slightly red, and he didn't say a word. She knew that the big thing was not good, so she hesitated for a moment, and only asked the maid Lianzhi: "Is the prince going back to Beijing?" ”

Lianzhi replied: "The prince is now discussing with the general in the study. ”

Cai Ling breathed a sigh of relief, and only looked at the silent He Yue closely, until his tears suddenly fell down like beads with broken threads. Cai Ling asked in a deep voice, "Who is gone?" ”

After a long time, He Yue couldn't cry: "Brother Yuan was beheaded in Dongshi. ”

Toichi beheaded! The words pierced her heart like a needle.

She froze in place, as if time had stood still, and she forgot to even blink her eyes, let alone ask him about the dignified Ministry of Works, the third rank of the imperial court, how to say that there is no no?

He Yue cried: "They say that he colluded with the northern kingdom and was a spy planted by the emperor of the northern kingdom in the southern kingdom. ”

Cai Ling didn't say a word, nor did she shed a single tear, she just turned around and left, and returned to the bamboo building for a few days.

One day it was pouring rain in the sky, and she sat in front of the window as if she was distracted, but she opened her mouth and said to the king of Dian who was sitting behind her: "Recently, I have felt more and more that life is good, and I am addicted to it and refuse to wake up. But now, there are some things that we can't help but face. ”

"How do you deal with it?" King Dian asked.

"To the Northland." The sound of the rain drowned out her voice.

"Why do you believe that Shen Tai's kid will be willing to help you?" The king of Dian asked.

"The eldest prince Shen Yinke." Cai Ling turned her head and looked at her.

A hint of surprise flashed on the calm face of the King of Dian, and after a while, he had regained his calm posture, "Since it is your heart's desire, this king will send you to the northern country." ”

After the King of Dian personally sent her to the capital of the northern kingdom, in order to ensure that his identity was not revealed, she quietly left the inn with He Yue.

When knocking on the two towering doors of the Northern Prime Minister's Mansion, the family members were only two nobles who came from nowhere, with polite faces, but they refused to be thousands of miles away. She didn't mind, and said gently: "I bother to pass the word to the third master, just say that the master of the young master Mo Yuan came all the way from the south. ”

After a while, the third brother and Yuan'er hurried to greet them, and after their eyes met, the elder brother, who had not seen him for many years, shed two lines of tears.

Yuan'er threw herself into her arms: "Auntie! Great, you're still there! Aunt! I miss you so much! ”

She nodded, with tears in her eyes, and looked at him deeply, and realized that the soft-breasted child was as tall as her, and his face was a little more open, which could be described as handsome. My heart was suddenly moved and bitter.

She hugged Yuan'er and said to the third brother, "I came back just to see Shen Tai." ”

Her third brother only likes to carve all day long, so naturally there is no way to introduce her to the palace. Fortunately, her father is not completely ruthless, and he has some sympathy for what she has experienced in the past few years, and comforted: "From now on, I will forget all the past and stay with my father, and I will have no worries about food and clothing in the future." ”

She smiled bitterly and looked apologetically at her mother who was standing aside: "I used to be too ignorant to tell the difference between good and bad." Now that times have changed, I want to make up for my mistakes. But letting me stay in the house and eat and wait for death is equivalent to killing me. It just so happens that now I have what His Majesty wants, and I may be able to live as freely as Cai Qian from now on. ”

Although her father was silent, he couldn't bear her mother's persuasion, and finally agreed to take her into the palace for an audience.

That night, the Prime Minister's Mansion was very lively, and they were all celebrating her safe return. It wasn't until the end of the banquet that she saw Cai Qian again. It was a woman of her age, dressed up in a fancy way, and her high-spirited appearance even looked like she was eighteen years old. She was a little envious and looked at Cai Qian with a smile.

Cai Qian raised her eyebrows and squinted at her: "What does the county lord think is a big thing?" It turned out that the poor worm in the south who was upside down and no one wanted it escaped back. I knew that I wouldn't be back tonight, and I pity the friends of the county lord. ”

She sneered and left with an angry look on her face, thinking, "Thank you Caiqian, which made my guilt about you drop a little." ”

The third brother caught up and persuaded: "Don't listen to Cai Qian's nonsense. ”

She said lightly: "Actually, she is right. I've come back like a lost dog, and I haven't had a good home all these years. ”

Her third brother wanted to speak again and again, but finally couldn't hold back: "If you had agreed to him two years ago, you wouldn't have come to this point." ”

"What do you mean by that?" She asked in a daze, "Promise whom?" ”

"Painting immortal Yu Moyan."

"The third brother misunderstood. Yu Moyan only has the friendship of master and apprentice to me. ”

"I'm afraid you're still in the dark. Two years ago, Yu Moyan went to the house to propose marriage, and the bride price was a long scroll of Huaiyuan New Year's picture on the river. A wealthy businessman bid 10,000 taels to buy, and his father finally dedicated it to the emperor and changed Cai Qian's identity as a county lord. ”

It turned out that at that time, the master had not returned to the palace for a long time, and he had gone to the capital of the northern country. It is said that the fate of her parents and the appointment of matchmakers, Yu Moyan wants to marry her because she wants to give her a safe and stable future. But at that time, she didn't understand, and missed the flowering period.

Later, she entered the palace to face the saint and looked at Shen Tai on the dragon chair, with a bit of imperial majesty. She saluted,

Only three paragraphs were spoken.

"Back then, you were trapped in Qianwu for a hundred days, losing troops and losing generals, and seeing that the army was defeated like a mountain, you suddenly got dozens of boxes of gold, recruited troops and horses for you, and won the hearts of the people. If you don't let me kneel to you, you are naturally grateful for my funding back then. But you are wrong, after returning from the Northland, I have never given you a single piece of silver. It's your brother. Even if he is insulted by you and witnesses your subordinate cutting off one of his cronies' arm, he is still reluctant to watch you die. ”

"The eldest prince Shen Yinke, was born in August of the third year of Kanghe. His mother is the head of the four concubines, the daughter of the general of Zhenguo, and is deeply valued by the Empress Dowager, but she can't wait to hide quietly in the most quiet corner. What is strange to me is that the concubine was sealed into the palace in December, and she gave birth to the eldest prince in less than ten months, which is said to be premature and congenitally insufficient, but the child is eight pounds. Do you know anyone else who was born with eight pounds? It's you. All this, do you think Shen Muchi doesn't know? The Keju he played with Ke'er was the old thing you left in Weiyang Palace. ”

"Yuan Jie is dead. Even if I go to the soup and go to the fire, and my hands are stained with blood, I will go back to Qingjun's side. What I want, you can give. If you ask for it, I will give it with both hands. ”

Three days later, the envoys of the northern kingdom set out to propose peace, and the Holy Lord overrode the public opinion and presented ten cities.

Cai Qian happily put on a wedding robe, but was stunned and thrown in the wilderness.

Jiang Xiang knelt in the main hall, and the emperor asked coldly: "Have you never had only one daughter?" ”

Since then, the lord of the Tao County has changed.

On the way back to Chang'an, from Huaiyuan, to Yongzhou, Youzhou, through Yanmen Pass to Taiyuan, she didn't say a word, only shed two lines of tears in the East Xilou of Chang'an City.

Just because, even though time flies and things have changed, the person's voice and smile are still there.