The mother shook her head and pushed away the master's hand: "No need, I know very well, I am not saved, you continue to go out and guard the formation, in the end, I can feel that the blood spirit is being consumed." ”

Master's eyes were full of distress and pain, but at this moment, he could only follow his mother's words, gently put his mother on the ground, and then started the blood sacrifice outside the formation, and suddenly the sky was full of red light, and all the blood gathered around Lou Wange's body who was crying bitterly, wrapping her like a cocoon, and she felt the more violent restlessness of the blood spirit in her body, and the restlessness was about to break out of her body.

"Evening song," the mother probably thought that the blood sacrifice method was very useful, and looked at her and smiled softly: "The mother can save you with her own life, and the mother is very happy." You live well, can you promise your mother? ”

"Mother-dear?" She reached out and wanted to touch her mother's face through the blood barrier.

The mother raised her hand, but she no longer had the strength to hold her hand, so she could only stay in the air: "Honor your master well, live happily, and, and- do you remember the portrait that your mother gave you that you have seen?" In the future, when your illness is cured, can you go to see him for your mother? Can you stay by his side for his mother, help him and protect him? The mother smiled bitterly and desolately, bitter about her selfishness, at the end of her life, she still couldn't forget it, she couldn't let go - she wanted her own daughter to fulfill her wish for herself.

Xiao Wange nodded, although she didn't understand the meaning of these words at all.

"After your mother leaves, you must be brave and strong alone, and don't hide like your mother. In the future, except for your master, you can't tell anyone about your mother's name, identity and things, and don't talk about blood spirits. ”

"Mother, mother, I promise you, don't leave the evening song, okay?" She cried.

"Evening song, my good daughter-" The hand raised by the mother slowly fell, and the master couldn't care about it any more, so he hurriedly rushed over and picked up the mother's body: "Tang Huan, Tang Huan, wake up, I have a way to save you, wake up!" ”

"Tang Zhuangyu, I thank you for always taking in our mother and son and helping us, but Tang Huan has nothing to repay in this life. I want to ask you one last thing, I hope you can completely cure the blood spirit of Wange, protect her to grow up, and don't let it follow in my footsteps. The mother opened her eyes slightly and made the last prayer of her life.

"I promise you, Tang Huan, I promise you. It's useless for me, I can't keep your mother, and I can't keep you—" Master's tears were like springs.

"That's—that's fine." The mother had no strength anymore, and finally looked at Lou Wange, who was still struggling with the blood cocoon, and closed her eyes forever.

"Mother!"

"Tang Huan!"

"Mother, mother," she broke free of the barrier, her small body fell beside her mother, trembling with grief: "Mother, don't go, open your eyes and look at the evening song." ”

She screamed in despair, but the people on the ground could no longer respond to her, no longer hold her, no longer hold her hand to tell stories, and then give her something to eat—she lost her mother who loved her the most, and she was so grief-stricken that a mouthful of blood spurted out, and finally fainted.

For a while, all the black birds in Shenwu Mountain gathered in the sky above the formation, circling and screaming, as if they were making their final condolences and farewells for the people in the blood sacrifice array. The half-blood-colored sunset still fell, sinking dead on the other side of the mountain, and in an instant the whole red was replaced by black, and there was no bright color anymore.

The blood and sun, the black bird singing, is the most sad and reminiscent scene in her life.

Lou Wange was awakened by her dream, and opened her eyes suddenly, but saw that Midori was wiping her tears and sweat in her dream with a towel, looking around, it was the room of the Cold Snow Pavilion, and couldn't help but wonder why it was here: "Midori Dye?" How am I here? ”

"Sister, you went to the palace yesterday, but you didn't come back at night, Sister Qingqiu and I went into the palace to look for you, and found you fainting on the long street in the morning and dusk. Sister, what happened in the palace yesterday? After we brought you back last night, you've been having nightmares, talking in your dreams, calling your mother, and sweating profusely all night. This Hongsheng is gone, and we don't dare to call the doctor to show you, sister, do you miss your mother? Midorizen worried.

"Hongsheng, I'm fine, you're tired after a night of vigil, go back and rest." I'll be alone, and at noon you call them all, I have something to say. Lou Wange hadn't recovered from the dream just now, her eyes were red, and she turned her back to wipe her tears while persuading Green Dye.

"Sister?"

"Let's get out."

Green Dye wiped her tears in distress and went out, and in an instant only Lou Wange was left in the whole room, got up and opened the window, looking at the calm and beautiful snow lake of Lord Han Xue, looking at the lively market street not far away, and then in the distance, the faintly visible golden eaves roof - and remembering what the emperor said to her last night and the dream that she didn't dare to touch, the tears kept flowing like a.

She hadn't dreamed of her mother and master for a long time, in order to be strong and self-conscious in front of people, she buried all these painful pasts in her heart, never told anyone, buried and buried, even she felt numb, and even felt that these things only existed in occasional dreams, not things that really happened to her, after waking up from the dream, she tried to control herself not to remember, in order to pretend to forget everything, she also blocked the courtyards where Shen Wushan had lived with her mother and master before. Today, when she dreamed of those pains again, she couldn't help but think about it, how could she not think about it? Whether it's in the mind at the moment, or deep in the heart?

If you say that the root of all suffering, all life and death, all parting, all misunderstandings and complaints, you must blame this royal blood spirit who binds fate-

She thinks that she has done nothing wrong, since her mother's death left her last advice, since she met the man in her mother's painting twelve years ago, everything she has done since is for her mother's explanation. It is said that a companion is like a companion, she didn't think it before, but now she really feels it.

Mother died for her, her life did not belong to her at that moment, she was a person who loved freedom and was not restrained, but in order to carry her mother's last wishes, she was willing to go deep into the rivers and lakes, into the court, and was willing to fetter herself with every move. But now, the emperor said that she was no longer needed, so where should she go?

After her mother's death, the master once told her that the emperor was the most beloved and most indebted person in her mother's life, so she thought about it until she died, and she had to explain that she would take care of and assist the emperor in the future. For the sake of her mother, she has done everything she should have done and what she shouldn't do, and after so many years of getting along, she has already regarded the emperor as her biological father, and she has changed from passive to active in many things, and she is willing to help the emperor. Now she suddenly wondered: Is all this worth it?

The death of her mother and the anger of the emperor, these two images were interspersed in her mind, making her brain dizzy and her heart slowly becoming cold. Stopping her tears, looking at the golden light and majesty in the distance, she whispered into the air and asked, "Mother, should I still insist?" ”

At noon, Midori took Lou Qingqiu and Yunluo to knock on the door of her room-

Lou Wange no longer thought about the past that made her sad, sat down and slowly poured tea for the three of them, only to see that the expressions of the three of them were extremely gloomy and ugly: "Why are they all like this?" But who upset you? ”

Yunluo lowered his head, not seeing his usual laughing and lively appearance, and after hearing Lou Wange's question, he knelt on the ground: "Sister, I'm sorry for you, this morning the emperor came to me for some reason, and told me to remove all the secret guards in the palace, and let me no longer have to stay in the palace to guard and protect." Sister, I think, the emperor must have been angry at me for being negligent in defense recently, so he wants to punish me like this, sister, it's me who is wrong, you punish me! ”

Lou Wange chuckled, but in her eyes it was the bitter cold of deep winter, and the whole room became cold and piercing for a while: "He really wants to make everything clear with me!" ”

Yunluo didn't understand the meaning of these words, and didn't dare to look into her eyes, so she only continued to admit her mistake: "Sister, I was wrong, it's up to my sister to beat or punish her!" ”

"Yunluo, it's not your fault, it's just me, it's all me. If it weren't for the emperor's words, I would have come to you at this time to let you leave the palace. She helped Yunluo up and said.

"Sister?"

"You three listen well, you don't need to know the reason, but from now on, everything in the imperial capital has nothing to do with us, you put down everything you are investigating, pack up your things immediately, and we will leave for the Western Regions tomorrow morning." She said calmly, as if she were telling things usually.

Midori was naturally taken aback and their faces were incomprehensible, Midori frowned, remembering the abnormal Lou Wange from last night to the present, and asked tentatively: "Sister? What's going on? What's going on, why are we going back to the Western Regions? Did you go to see the emperor last night, and what did the emperor say to you? ”

She didn't answer their doubts, she just glanced at each of them indifferently and continued to arrange: "Qingqiu, pack up everything in the Cold Snow Pavilion, hand it over to Tang Juan, the owner of the Moxia Village, and give her this letter." Midori Dye, you take my token to the Prison to bring Yue Da out, just say that Yue Da has nothing to do with this matter, just my bait, and the person behind the scenes will be handed over to the Punishment Mansion to investigate, and I will no longer investigate this matter after that. Yunluo, you are responsible for gathering all the people in the imperial capital, all of them will withdraw from the imperial capital, and withdraw to Shenwu Mountain in batches. ”

The three of them stared at each other, not knowing what she was doing here, and their eyes were full of doubts and speculations. For a while, no one dared to respond.

"Since you don't speak, let's go and prepare." Her tone was resolute and serious, so that people had to obey and no longer dared to ask more.

"Yes." Although the doubts were tight, they all read an irresistible, even untouchable sadness from Lou Wange's words. I had to obey.