In a quiet room in Dajiaoguan, Concubine Yin De was wearing a plain Taoist robe made of black and white checkered, her hair was simply tied up with a wooden flute, holding a scripture book in her left hand, and her right hand caressing a dark hair.

Princess Gaoyang rested her head on her mother's lap and murmured, "Mother, Mu Bai is leaving......"

Concubine Yin De smiled slightly, stroked Princess Gaoyang's head, and said, "For my mother, you have said it many times.

"I can't bear to ...... him," Princess Gao Yang pursed her lips and whispered sadly.

Concubine Yin De just smiled, but did not speak.

"Mother, why don't you speak?"

"Actually, missing is not a kind of happiness." Concubine Yin De finally spoke, and said softly, "Weiniang also came from your age. When I was young, I liked to hold everything I liked firmly in the palm of my hand, and I didn't want to relax for a moment. After living for a long time, you will gradually understand that there are many things in this world, just like autumn wind leaves, sand between your fingers, you can't keep it if you want to, and you can grasp it firmly if you want to. It's better to miss each other. ”

"It's better to miss ...... than to see each other" Princess Gao Yang read in a low voice and said, "Mother, have you ever missed someone?" It is...... Close your eyes, the kind of him that is in your mind, nostalgic? ”

Concubine Yin's expression froze slightly, and she smiled lightly, noncommittal.

"Actually, I haven't been able to figure out a problem all these years...... But I don't dare to ask you. Princess Gao Yang said.

"So it looks like you want to ask today?" Concubine Yin De smiled kindly, "Ask, Ling'er." You've grown up and become sensible. The question you want to ask must be reasonable. ”

"Then I really asked, huh?" Princess Gao Yang sat up straight, looked at Concubine Yin De seriously, and whispered, "Mother, I want to ask...... How did you get along with your father over the years? He's ...... Kill my grandfather's family! ”

Concubine Yinde's eyes flickered with a touch of shock, and her eyelids jumped, but she immediately calmed down.

Capturing her mother's sudden look of fear, Princess Gao Yang hurriedly reached out to cover her mouth, and exclaimed, "Mother, am I asking stupidly? Then you didn't say it to me! ”

"You're not wrong." Concubine Yin De took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, closed her eyes, and said leisurely, "You...... Really want to know? ”

"Yes!"

"It's actually quite simple." Concubine Yin De's voice was very calm, as if she was telling something that had nothing to do with her, and said lightly, "The more I hate him, the harder I try to love him." ”

"What?!" Princess Gao Yang screamed in surprise.

"Yes." Concubine Yin De's voice was still faint, "Use love to dissolve the hatred in my heart and his hatred for our Yin family." Unreserved, as always, uncomplaining, deeply in love with him. ”

"Mother...... Princess Gaoyang's eyes widened in astonishment, and she couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and muttered, "How did you do it?" It's me...... No way! ”

The corners of Yin Defei's mouth with a graceful arc to the extreme gently raised a slight arc, smiled faintly, and said: "In this world, there is nothing that people can't do. When a person is cornered and has no choice but to do anything, too. ”

"But, but! ......" Princess Gaoyang argued a few times, paused hesitantly, gritted her teeth, and said, "If it were me, even if I couldn't take revenge, I would definitely die!" ”

"No, it won't." Concubine Yinde's voice suddenly became a little cold, and she said quietly, "One death is not enough at all." When you find out that if you seek death, you will kill your brother's whole family; When you find out that if you seek death, the innocent child in your womb will die with you......"

Speaking of this, Concubine Yin De's voice became a little trembling, and she said word by word: "You wouldn't have made such a choice!" ”

"I, I'm ......" Princess Gaoyang's face suddenly turned a little pale, her eyes widened and she looked at her mother, and said, "I don't know, what would happen to me if it were, but ...... At least I'll hate him forever! It is absolutely impossible to love him in reverse! ”

"When you live to be your mother, you will understand." Concubine Yin De slowly closed her eyes again, and said leisurely, "It's actually easy to die, but the difficult thing is that it's better to live than to die." Ling'er, when she was pregnant with your brother for her mother, she had sought death thirteen times. Because I don't want him to be born into this world, with shame, hatred, and blood. I don't want my son to be his father's enemy for life. But then I figured it out, the child is innocent, and I want to live for him. For His sake, I must love your Father. For his sake, I must resolve the feud between the two Li Yin families...... As a result, there is one more Concubine De of the Zhenguan Dynasty in the world, and there is one less woman from the Yin family. ”

"Mother, how have you survived all these years! ......" Princess Gao Yang's nose suddenly became sore, and tears fell down her eyes, "I used to be too ignorant, and I was always naughty to make you angry." It turns out that you have been living for us all along! ”

"It's a blessing to be able to live for others." Concubine Yin De smiled sadly and said calmly, "Forget all your desires, hatred, love and bigotry, I have lived for so many years, all for you and your brother, and your uncle's family." In addition, I want to love your father without reservation or regrets. Only by truly loving him can he forget that you also have a trace of Yin family blood in you, and forget that period of national hatred and family hatred......"

"Mother, you are too bitter, it's not easy...... Whining! Princess Gaoyang threw herself into Concubine Yinde's arms and cried unwillingly, "Over the years, have you not had your own preferences and pursuits?" Live for our sake! ”

"Preferences? Pursue? Concubine Yin De smiled faintly, stroked Princess Gaoyang's cloud-like hair, and said softly, "Whenever I have a trace of such a thought, I will decisively strangle it." Because, I don't deserve these things. ”

Princess Gaoyang's delicate body suddenly shook slightly: "Mother! Did you suddenly escape into the empty door to kill something? ”

"Nope!" Concubine Yin De denied it very decisively and resolutely, and said in a somewhat stern deep voice, "Why do you think so?" ”

"Mother, are you angry......" Princess Gao Yang raised her head and looked at Concubine Yin De in a daze, "Are you ...... today?" It's weird! ”

"Nothing. It's because you have to ask these questions that it disturbs the mother's mind. Concubine Yin De took a deep breath and closed her eyes again, "Okay, you go, you have to meditate and enlighten for your mother." ”

"Oh......" Princess Gao Yang nodded confusedly, and had to withdraw slowly.

Slowly opened her eyes, glanced at the green lanterns, ancient cases, scriptures in front of her, and Concubine Yin De chuckled slightly self-deprecating and a little sad: "Preferences? Pursue? …… Ling'er, these belong only to you. Only you deserve it...... Treasure it, my child! ”

Closing those touching eyes, Concubine Yin began to meditate.

Half an hour later, a string of melodious pipa sounds suddenly sounded in the courtyard outside the room, accompanied by a crisp slap: "It's great, Mu Bai!" Why are you playing this tune so beautifully today? It seems to be much better than before! ”

"Is there one?" Qin Mubai's voice came.

The five fingers of Concubine Yinde's jade hand trembled in shock, and she inadvertently dropped an ancient book in her hand beside her.

"There's obviously a lingering sadness in the song, don't you hear it, Ling'er?" Concubine Yin De muttered to herself, "It turns out that he can't bear to leave either...... Silly girl, you should taste his mind with a snack. Men are like a book. You have to read it carefully to understand it. Although your Mu Bai is young, it is like the scriptures on this ancient case, with far-reaching meanings, not the kind of simple little man who makes people see it at a glance......"

At this moment, she heard Qin Mubai outside the house say, "Gao Yang, is your mother concubine in the house?" ”

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Princess Gao Yang asked.

"It's fine. It's just that I'm leaving the capital temporarily, and I want to say goodbye to her. But I don't want to disturb her, why don't you go in and relay it for me? ”

"It's fine." Princess Gaoyang answered and pushed the door in, telling Qin Mubai the truth.

Concubine Yin De was indifferent after hearing this, still closed her eyes, and said lightly: "I know." Go and tell him, I love to hear his lute music. If you wish, please play a song for me. ”

"Oh, okay." Princess Gaoyang blinked her eyes a few times, stepped back lightly, and said to Qin Mubai: "Mubai, my mother asked you to play a song for her." ”

"Okay." Qin Mubai didn't say a word, he sat down in front of Concubine Yin De's door, stroked the strings, and played a song "Mountains and Flowing Water".

In the quiet room, Concubine Yin De closed her eyes and listened.

The fairy sound is curling, and the transfer is made around the beam.

Those notes seem to be able to penetrate people's skin, go straight to the internal organs, and penetrate people's hearts.

"I ...... It's his bosom friend! Concubine Yin De murmured, and her red lips with graceful curves seemed to tremble slightly.

The sound of the song stopped abruptly, and Qin Mubai said outside: "Yin Concubine Niangniang, Weichen is here to say goodbye." Weichen is going to take up a post in Yuanren Prefecture and County, and this place will take up a short period of one and a half years, and a long period of three and five years. If Weichen is not in the capital, he will have to bother his mother to take care of Gao Yang. ”

Concubine Yin didn't speak, her eyes were closed, and her slightly pale face was trembling.

Qin Mubai was also silent for a moment, and said leisurely: "Niangniang, you also have to take care of yourself." ”

Suddenly, Concubine Yin De burst into tears.

……

"Why didn't my mother speak? Shall I go in and have a look? Princess Gao Yang said softly.

"Don't. Let's not bother too much, let's go. Qin Mubai took Princess Gaoyang's little hand, turned around and walked towards the snow-covered courtyard.

Listening to the sound of a pair of footsteps stepping on the snow gradually drifting away, Concubine Yin De's tears fell like rain.

"Ling'er, Mubai, you ...... Be cherished! ”

……

At the entrance of the big horn, Qin Mubai turned around, wiped the tears from Princess Gaoyang's eyelids, and smiled.

"Go back, Ling'er." Qin Mubai said softly, "It's just a short separation, I'll come back." ”

"But I'm really reluctant to ......let you go," Princess Gaoyang waved her arms and hugged Qin Mubai tightly, sobbing lowly, "I'd rather not see you for a year, and I only want you to be in Chang'an." In this way, it will make me feel that you are very close to me, very close! ”

"Fool." Qin Mubai patted her back gently, "If the relationship between the two is long, how can it be in the morning and twilight, didn't I tell you a long time ago?" This period of separation, just think of it as missing! ”

"For the sake of missing? ......" Princess Gaoyang chewed on this sentence carefully and muttered, "Is it really better to miss seeing each other?" ”

"What?" Qin Mubai asked in surprise. This is not like the words that Princess Gaoyang can say.

"What my mother told me......" Princess Gao Yang said sadly in a low voice, "She said, it's better to miss ...... when you meet."

"It's better to miss ...... than to see each other" Qin Mubai savored this sentence in his heart, and for a while, he had mixed feelings.

"Although I know that you will not forget me and will come back one day, but I am just sad and ......sad," Princess Gao Yang said with tears in her eyes, "Why can you men leave so ruthlessly?" Is separation worthless in your eyes? ”

"That's not the case, Ling'er." Qin Mubai sighed lightly, "No one likes separation. Men, women, all the same. It's just a different way of expressing it. ”

"I don't understand! In short, I just don't want to be separated from you, even for a moment! Princess Gaoyang cried louder and hugged her tighter.

……

After all, Qin Mubai still left the Dajiaoguan and left the palace.

Leading the horse outside the walls of the imperial city with red walls and green tiles, Qin Mubai glanced sideways at the snow on the palace in the distance, and muttered: "Life, it's really lonely as snow......

……

In the next few days, Qin Mubai either walked with his father or acted alone, and said goodbye to Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo, Cheng Zhijie, the Duke of Lu, and the soldiers of the hundred cavalry.

The taste of parting is always not very pleasant, and the mother Liu and Sister Shuang'er are always crying in secret, and their eyes are always red.

The demon no longer practiced the piano, always playing the pipa over and over again, and became silent.

The night before leaving, Qin Mubai came to Wu Mei's mother's house.

"I'm here to quit." The two sat opposite each other, and Qin Mubai said to Wu Meiniang.

"I know." Wu Meiniang nodded calmly, "It's just that I don't understand, why did you come to see me today?" Put me at the end of the farewell? ”

"You should understand." Qin Mubai just smiled.

Wu Meiniang's eyes lowered and she was silent for a moment, and said softly: "Is it because you can't bear to be separated from me the most?" ”

Qin Mubai smiled and said nothing.

Wu Meiniang sighed lightly and said, "Let's go, let's go!" I have never been so contradictory as I am today. I am afraid of this moment, but I also look forward to your early farewell to me. I waited so hard that I didn't go out for four days. When you came, my heart ached. ”

Qin Mubai held her hand, held it in the palm of her hand, and took a breath of heat into the palm of her hand: "When I am not there, I will take care of myself." ”

"I know." Wu Meiniang nodded, "You don't have to worry about me anything." Feel free to do what you have to do. ”

"What I said before, does it still count?" Qin Mubai asked suddenly.

"Which one?" Wu Meiniang asked.

"That is, you said that if I found a good shop, I would send you a message, and you went to Xiangzhou to open a branch of Qinxian Pavilion." Qin Mubai said.

"......" Wu Meiniang twisted her brows lightly and said softly: "Let's talk about it...... At that time, it was just a sentence thrown out without thinking. Opening a new shop in a new place is not as easy as you think. Perhaps, it is even more difficult than when I opened the world's first wine in Chang'an. ”

"I see." Qin Mubai nodded, slightly disappointed.

"But......" Wu Meiniang smiled, "I can go to Xiangzhou to see you!" ”

Qin Mubai raised his eyebrows and smiled: "I'll wait for you!" ”

"But there's one thing I have to make clear to you now!" Wu Meiniang said very seriously.

"What's the matter?"

"That's it...... It's enough to have a princess of Gaoyang, don't mess with flowers and grass anymore! Wu Meiniang gritted her teeth hatefully and said, "If you can't hold back your lonely hookup when you arrive in Xiangzhou, I will not spare you!" ”

"Ugh! ......" Qin Mubai was stunned, "Then what if...... What should I do if someone else takes the initiative to come up to me and hook up? ”

"Then I'll blow her away, and then serve your family!" Wu Meiniang's starry eyes were murderous, "I can't beat Princess Gaoyang, can't I fight the little girl in Xiangzhou?" Hum! ”

"What if, what if, what if it's something you can't fight?" Qin Mu was a thief, and asked in a timid whisper.

"And said, begging for a beating!" Wu Meiniang was furious, jumped up and threw Qin Mubai to the ground, pressed on him, opened the bow left and right, and shouted with one ear each, "Are you determined to mess with flowers and grass in Xiangzhou?" ”

"No, no, it's a complete misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!" Qin Mubai laughed, but a pair of thief hands hugged Wu Meiniang tightly with a pair of dishonest hands.

"Thief man, it's so dishonest!" Wu Meiniang finished picking his ears, and then stroked his nose in shame, and scolded lightly, "I really want to think about whether to go to Xiangzhou with you and watch you firmly!" ”

"Yes, yes, welcome, welcome, warm welcome! On behalf of Xiangzhou, I would like to welcome Wu Meiniang to come! Qin Mubai laughed.

"Hmph, don't even think about it!" Wu Meiniang smiled coquettishly, grabbed his ears and shook them from side to side, and scolded in a vicious voice, "Dishonest men, you can't look at them; Honest man, then don't look at it at all. If you have me in your heart and are sincere to me, you will naturally do things with your conscience and will not be nonsense. If you don't have my preference for mischief in your heart, it's useless for me to force it! ”

"Touching your conscience?" Qin Mubai smiled evilly, and a thief hand swam from her back towards her shoulder, making a gesture to attack her chest, and the thief smiled with a thief's brain, "Or, I'll learn how to touch it first?" ”

"Begging for a beating! Begging! Dengzi, if you don't clean you up for a day, you will be so bad! Ahh ”

"Wow!"

A miserable scream suddenly sounded, and the people of the martial arts family heard that their hairs stood on end—"What are you doing, screaming so miserably?" ”

……

Not long after, Qin Mubai walked out of the gate of the martial arts, touching his ears as he walked, grinning and crying out in pain.

Wu Meiniang sent her to the door, covered her mouth and giggled: "I see that you are not honest in the future, hum, this girl has a trick to deal with you!" ”

"Mei Niang, you are a dog, you actually bit my ear?" Qin Mubai grinned and said depressedly, "It hurts, I'm afraid it's bleeding!" ”

"Don't pretend, no, I've seen it a hundred times carefully, and I don't even have tooth marks." Wu Meiniang smiled, "Okay, hurry up and go back to rest, I have to get up early tomorrow and hurry!" Remember...... When you arrive in Xiangzhou, take good care of yourself. Also, remember to miss me! ”

"What about you...... Will you come to Xiangzhou to see me? Qin Mubai asked.

Wu Meiniang raised the corner of her mouth and smiled mysteriously: "I won't tell you!" Come or don't. Even if I come, I won't know you in advance, so as not to give you time to erase some traces that you don't want me to see. ”

"You're going to make a surprise attack?" Qin Mubai grinned in astonishment, and said in his heart: Wu Meiniang is too "modern", right? Unexpectedly, he learned to secretly "check the post" without a teacher?

"You're nervous! Ha ha! Wu Meiniang laughed, "Then it's decided - I will definitely carry out 'surprise attacks' on you from time to time, so for the sake of your ears, you have to be obedient in Xiangzhou!" ”

Qin Mubai subconsciously touched his ears and smiled dryly: "Don't worry, don't worry." I nest in a barracks full of men every day, where do I go to mess with flowers? Besides, I have the world's first-class beautiful wife, who else will I look at? ”

"Hmph, it's better to be like this!"