Chapter 1 Is the End? Or is it the beginning?
You stand taller than anyone else in this world, what do you see?
The sun, moon and stars are at your fingertips! The splendid mountains and rivers are all mine! All beings bow down to me!
The higher you stand, the more you will bear. The ice and snow hit you first, can you stand the cold? The vicissitudes of the world have changed, can you bear the loneliness of those years? You're not going to ...... Afraid?
β¦β¦ I... Cold, very cold! Also, I can't bear it. β¦β¦ Sometimes I'm scared, I'm sad, but ...... I still have you! You've got to stay with me! Even if the wind and rain blow and people's minds change, you have to accompany me! Birth, reigning in the world, sharing the glory of the world. Death, hand in hand in purgatory, never forsaken.
This world is the greatest purgatory! You and me...... It's the dirtiest soul!
In the heart of the land of Kyushu, in the middle of a pile of majestic palaces, a low and simple small white brick and red tile house is particularly conspicuous.
At this time, in this small house, a dignified woman sat at a desk and concentrated on copying a scripture with the thickness of her little finger. She was dressed in a dark gray thundercloud pattern brocade straight deep coat, with a long sleeve with a cross-collar on her right side, wide cuffs, a dark purple long and wide brocade belt tied around her waist, a square head black with a silk brocade woven gold thread stroke, a silver silk with two phoenix-headed jade hairpins in a bun at the back of her head, and a piece of blood jade around her waist was particularly conspicuous, in stark contrast to a white hair. Her face is full of vicissitudes, and she can't see what she was like when she was young, but the extraordinary bearing on her body that she doesn't know how to sharpen makes people feel awe born from the heart.
A simple and elegant maid next to her was helping to grind. The maid looked at the woman's tired face, felt sorry, hesitated for a long time and finally spoke: "Your Highness has been writing all morning, will you take a break?" Fang Le boiled the mung bean lotus seed soup that His Highness liked, and the maid brought it to relieve His Highness's fatigue? β
The woman paid no attention to it, and concentrated all her attention on the pen. The palace maid had no choice but to make any more noise, and hung her head in grief, her eyes teary.
Outside the door, an equally plain maid held a bowl of fragrant porridge, respectfully standing beside a handsome man dressed in a dark brocade robe, tattooed with a four-clawed golden dragon, and full of majesty. The maidservant quietly glanced up at the sunβthe sun was in the middle of the day, and the light was shining. She was worried in her heart, took a small step forward, and said, "Your Majesty, it's time for lunch, Your Highness......"
The man's frowning brows locked even more, his bloodshot eyes staring at the closed door, his voice hoarse from a dry mouth still majestic, and he said in a deep voice: "Go! β
"Yes!" The maidservant replied respectfully, carefully holding the bowl of porridge and pushing the door open, and with a slight "squeak", a bright white hair slid in front of the man's eyes, and he suddenly lowered his eyes as if he felt dazzling.
The maidservant slowly approached the distracted woman and said softly, "Your Highness, it's time for lunch, so let's eat something first!" β
The woman's mind was focused, and she was still undisturbed. The two maidservants glanced at each other, both with sad faces, bowing their heads and silently weeping.
"It's over!"
Half an hour later, the two women, who were immersed in silence, suddenly heard a hoarse voice in front of them, and the two of them raised their heads in unison, panicked. Two little faces with pear blossoms and rain fell into the eyes of the woman in front of her, she chuckled, her face was like a spring breeze, but the sound was like an old cow's nose, which made people worry.
The woman put down the scripture she had copied in her hand, took out the handkerchief in her bosom and gently wiped away the tears on their faces. One of them gave a warm hug, and when the panic in the eyes of the two faded, she chuckled: "On such a hot day, go and let An'er in!" β
The two of them panicked again in an instant, at a loss, and knew that they could not disobey this seemingly easy-going, but extremely stubborn woman in their bones, so they had no choice but to obey their fate and slowly withdrew.
Before going out, the two women took a deep look at the woman who was looking at them gently, and in an instant tears rained down.
No matter what kind of wind and rain she goes through, she always looks like she has been quiet and good.
After the two of them withdrew for a while, the man in apricot yellow entered the room, approached the woman and saluted respectfully, "Erchen, please Aunt Huang." β
The woman smiled and helped the person up, looking at the tall and sturdy nephew in front of her with relief, who had really inherited the fine bloodline of their Gu Liang family.
"Does your father have anything to give me?"
"You...... Know? A trace of panic crossed Gu Liang Shao'an's eyes.
The woman laughed, "Hehe, do you think your imperial aunt is so stupid?" β¦β¦ Hand in hand in purgatory, after all, the twins are connected! β
The man couldn't bear to look at the woman, carefully took out a white silk as thin as a cicada's wings from his arms, and held it lightly in front of him with both hands.
The woman took the white silk, only to see seven distorted blood-red characters on it - I will never be a brother and sister in the next life! ββ¦β¦ All right... Okay, hahaha, it's hard for him to miss me so much before leaving! As the woman's body trembled, the white silk fell to the ground, and the blood-red characters were particularly dazzling against the white silk.
Gu Liang Shao'an had never seen a solemn and peaceful woman so out of shape, grief-stricken but wanted to cry without tears, her eyes were suffocated red, and her hoarse laughter only made people feel endless sadness! Although it had been twenty-two years since he could remember, this was only the third time he had seen this man.
He wanted to come forward to comfort him, but his hatred for this person finally covered up the subtle sympathy that flooded in his heart.
The woman quickly quieted down, and Chonggu Liang Shao'an showed a smile that he thought was sly, but it was only desolate in his eyes. "An'er, my aunt also told you a secret, in fact, I can't get used to him for a long time. Did he think that everyone wanted to be his sister? β
"Aunt Huang......" No matter how much Gu Liang Shao'an hated her, his heart was full of bitterness at this time.
"Stand down, An'er, I received his words, send him away first... Let's go! No one is allowed to disturb me again! The woman turned around and motioned for the end of the conversation.
Gu Liang Shao'an slowly withdrew from the house, finally a little reluctant in his heart, and finally took a look at the lonely back. After closing the door, he turned around and exhaled a long breath, raised his hand to straighten his robe, and walked away without any worries.
He knew that the "Mandate of Heaven" that had gone through sixty-three years in the land of Kyushu this time would also come to a complete end with the closure of this door!
Hearing the footsteps outside the room fading away, the woman took out a white jade glass bottle in the dark compartment at the head of the bed, shook it gently, and felt the water in the bottle swaying. She was looking forward to them at last!
A quarter of an hour later, I listened to the deafening sound of bells and the cries of grief in the distance. With tears in her eyes, the woman untied the blood jade from her waist, rubbed it carefully, held it tightly in her hand, drank the bottle of Chinese medicine with a calm face, and lay on the bed waiting for the end of this ups and downs of life.
She slowly closed her eyes, a tear drowned in her snow-like hairline in her ears, and the past flashed through her mind like a tide......
In 294 B.C., in the distant northwest desert, a nine-year-old saint of the Dian tribe received an eight-character edict from the gods: to the city of Zhongxing, Kyushu unified! In the distant northwest desert, a nine-year-old saint of the Dian clan received an eight-character edict from the gods: To the city of Zhongxing, Kyushu is unified!
Five days later, Guiyun Kingdom attacked Guliang Kingdom to the city, and in one night, the city changed hands. Tens of thousands of people in the city were driven out of the city like pigs, and they ran for their lives.
In this long and endless procession of refugees, a delicate and handsome girl slowly moved with the crowd. On the way to escape, Zhicheng and Ji Yue's family were "separated". To be precise, it should be Mrs. Ji who deliberately lost her.
That's right, who wants to carry a burden when they can't protect themselves?
When he found that the familiar family was gone, Zhicheng's first thought was, forget it, just disperse! They are a family, so what's the matter if I always follow the family and mix in? Mr. Ji has helped me enough, if I can see him again, I must repay him when I have the ability!
But now, she would rather listen to the self-righteous ridicule of the two arrogant sisters of the Ji family every day, and see the cold face of Mrs. Ji, who likes to pretend to be pretended, rather than suffer this kind of psychological and physical torture. Since she was separated from Ji Yue's family, she hadn't drunk a sip of water or eaten anything for two days. And it's still in the hot sun.
Even if I was not happy when I lived in Mr. Ji's house, I had a support and peace of mind. Now, Zhicheng is really scared. Since the early hours of the morning three days ago, her stable life has come to an end. The fierce and vicious soldiers of Guiyun, the sharp knives soaked in blood, the bright red liquid that hit the nose and eyes, the scattered severed limbs, the soldiers who groaned bitterly and were still cut off by a knife, and the pain that still can't be stopped, as well as the loneliness and confusion of being helpless. The cruelty of war and the loss of life have been tormenting her mind.
She is now like a lone wanderer in the desert, with no direction and no purpose. Even if the gods took pity on her and now sent her a scoop of water and a sweet steamed bun, she would just eat and drink to her heart's content, and then continue to drift with the wind.
Liang Zhicheng, formerly known as Gu Liang Allure, is the little princess of King Gu Liang. The fire eleven years ago had taken a turn for the worse.
This matter should start from the accession of King Xiangu Liang.
In the past, the first Gu Liang Wang Gu Liang Zihe and the young daughter of the old general Gu Liang Mei, Mei Kexin, were childhood sweethearts, and the two made a white head covenant when they were young. When he reached marriageable age, Gu Liangzi wanted to marry Mei Kexin as his wife.
But at this time, Gu Liang Zihe's mother did not agree with Mei Kexin as his wife. She told her son that his goal was to be the throne, and that his concubine would be the future queen, and that the throne was reserved for the woman who would give him greater help in the future. and gave his son two choices: either let Mei Kexin obediently be a side concubine; Or, she will never be allowed to enter Gu Liang's house.
After a struggle, Gu Liangzihe finally did not resist his mother who forced him to die.
But Gu Liang Zihe did not live up to the old princess's high expectations. Two years after Gu Liangzi welcomed Mei Kexin, in the endless intrigues and endless battles, relying on the support and help of the Mei family and Prime Minister Gu Liangzuo, he became the final winner and successfully ascended the throne as the king of Gu Liang.
got rid of his mother's control, and the first thing Gu Liang Zihe did after ascending the throne was to make Mei Kexin queen.
How dare a son disobey her for a woman! This idea directly made the old princess who had just been promoted to the queen mother angry.
The king has just ascended the throne, and the queen has been crowned with the front foot, and the queen mother has returned to the west with the back foot. For a while, the entire Gu Liang fell into a strange atmosphere.
The queen mother's family, who had never been treated by Gu Liangzi, happened to take the opportunity to make trouble at this time, and ordered people to spread rumors everywhere, saying that Mei Kexin's eight characters were not in harmony with the queen, and as soon as she inherited the queen's position, she killed the queen mother. If he still occupies the back position, it will definitely cause a catastrophe to Gu Liang in the future.
The rumors are said too much, and they become true. In the end, Mei Kexin was rumored to be a disaster for the country.
Those who bring disaster to the country will be punished by the whole world. Many subjects wrote to the king to ask the king to execute Mei Kexin and save Gu Liang from disaster.
Soon after Gu Liang Zihe ascended the throne, his foundation was unstable. Now that Mei Kexin has fallen to the point where his subjects are resentful, his strength alone is not enough to completely protect Mei Kexin. At this time, someone gave him an idea, which could not only keep Mei Kexin, but also add chips to his throne. How could Gu Liangzihe, who was under great pressure, not be?
So, then Mei Kexin was taken off the phoenix crown for offending the holy wrath and demoted to Concubine Mei. Gu Liang and Shangyang married, and Gu Liangzi welcomed the eldest princess of Shangyang, Ram Jing, as the queen of Guliang.
At this point, the matter is over, and the rough lake finally returns to calm. Mei Kexin is still standing in the position of the side concubine, being treated by the main concubine. In addition to saluting another nobler woman, she is still the noble existence of Gu Liang Kingdom.
Gu Liang Zihe suppressed the people's grievances with the help of Ram Jing's identity, and then quickly cleaned up the queen mother's house with his hands free, and completely cleaned up the old ministers.
However, for Mei Kexin, in this farce, she is like a marionette. What the so-called concubine, queen, she never cared. People are as their name suggests, Mei Kexin people are as noble as plum blossoms, elegant and chic. It's just because of Gu Liangzihe's intentions that she doesn't resist these meaningless things.
It's just that others don't think so. Ram Jing only knew that her back seat was not wanted after others sat down, how could this noble princess Shangyang stand it? Secretly stumbling blocks are naturally unavoidable. However, Mei Kexin is not a submissive person, and she is also guarding against it openly and secretly, and fights back. Fortunately, Ram Jing didn't dare to go too far with Gu Liang Zihe, otherwise how could Mei Kexin, who has always been pure and kind, be the opponent of the eldest princess Shangyang who has been immersed in the palace for many years?
The real cruelty of the ram was two years later, when Mei Kexin was pregnant. In the end, she was born in the royal family, and Ram Jing is extremely ruthless and ruthless. Defecting to the enemy and betraying the country, stealing military secrets, and intending to rebel, a big hat of the Nine Clans was buckled on the head of the Mei family.
Faced with piles of conclusive evidence, Gu Liangzihe wanted to see Mei Kexin's face and deliberately let them go. Ram Jing's two-year operation in Guliang was stunned to ruin this century-old family. In the end, except for Mei Kexin, the Mei family died!
The man she loved the most killed all her relatives, and Mei Ke's heart was like ashes, and her only chance of life was the child in her womb. In order to avoid the queen from secretly harming her, she asked Gu Liangzihe to block the dormitory, and she had to carefully inspect the food and medicinal food before daring to enter, and she changed clothes and accessories with the maidservant. After a lot of hard work, it finally came to the last moment. Mei Kexin successfully gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, and in order to escape from the queen's poisonous hands, she asked people to find two dead baby corpses, hide people's eyes and ears, and secretly display the warehouse.
A sky-high fire burned out too many things, but left two hopes.