Section 10: Power and Desire

"Jin Liancheng has Jin Liancheng's way to go, Lin Yuebai, and Lin Yuebai's own fate, no one else can help. Lin Yuebai looked at Yao Jin, her gaze slowly became calm, "Mrs. Lin, and the lives of the Lin Mansion are now tied to Lin Yuebai, she can't escape, and she won't escape; You know better than me that the King of Xishan and the Northern Wei Dynasty colluded inside and outside the country, and would send troops south at any time, while the Hu people outside the Xiguan never stopped, and the King of the Jungle in the east has always been eyeing the tiger - but you see, there are so many innocent people living in this land, if we are caught in the flames of war because of our selfishness and because of ourselves, is it too selfish and cruel?"

"These words were all told to you by Li Zheng, right?"

"Yes. ”

"So, you decided to work with Li Zheng to help him bring down the King of Xishan, even if he asked you to marry him as a concubine, you were willing, right?!"

“...... Yes!"

"What about Jin Liancheng? You don't want to look for him? You used to love each other so much-"

"If it's love," Lin Yuebai raised the corners of her mouth slightly, her worldly face seemed to be contaminated with some worldly fireworks under the pale yellow candlelight, "Even if there are thousands of mountains and rivers, there will always be encounters." I believe in him, I believe in Chen Cheng, no matter when, where, or under any circumstances, he will definitely find me. ”

At this time, Yao Jin was no longer as excited as just now, she looked at Lin Yuebai in front of her in a daze, and suddenly didn't know her. Just like a pear tree that has never bloomed at the door of the house, but suddenly overnight, blooming full of pear blossoms, when I wake up in the morning, I only see the snow-white canopy outside the window, the petals are falling with the wind, and there is a trace of loneliness under the surprise.

That tree is still that tree, and that tree may not be that tree anymore.

Lin Yuebai is still Lin Yuebai, or perhaps, she is no longer just the same Lin Yuebai she used to be. Just as Jin Liancheng is no longer Chen Cheng, Li Zheng has never been Yinjin, and what about me? Who am I today? What should I do, where should I go?

Yao Jin asked himself painfully, unconsciously stood up, and walked to the outer room blankly. On the table, there was the small food box brought by Lin Yuebai, and when he opened it, there was a plate of osmanthus mung bean cake inside. Yao Jin mechanically took a piece and put it in her mouth, fragrant osmanthus fragrance, but she couldn't eat a trace of taste. Her hands caressed the bamboo coffee table, the windowsill, the chair cabinet, and herself, her long hair, her body that had not yet grown, her hands that were so short without coated nails— Yao Jin's gaze finally stayed on the gold-inlaid jade dragon bracelet on his wrist again, which symbolized his identity, this is a bracelet with a whole body of purple jade, glowing with faint purple light, it is rare to see the purple jade that has always seen the light and die, but this piece is extremely transparent, a golden dragon made of red gold on it is lifelike and wrapped around the jade bracelet, and the purple jade part that happens to be exposed also reveals a looming purple dragon, take a closer look, the dragon head and dragon whiskers are clearly visible. Double dragon entanglement, one gold and one jade, one hidden and one appearing, it is indeed ingenious and exquisite. This was sent to Chenghuan Xiaozhu by Zichen Hall the night before she left the palace, Li Nan smiled and said that he wanted to see with his own eyes that she could go back to restore her life by wearing it, and then solemnly announced an emperor's dictation:

Those who wear this bracelet inherit the destiny of heaven,

Share the world together, live and die together.

Is this my life? But I haven't enjoyed the world yet! What is this world? Where is this world! Yao Jin held her forehead, her head hurt more and more, and her vision began to blur again, but her head became more and more sober, as if she had finally found the right way after running hundreds of laps in the maze, the narrow path was getting wider and wider, the faster and faster she walked, and the light became brighter and brighter—nine cities and one river, the Min Kingdom, the Li Dynasty, and the Northern Wei Dynasty! This can also be her SKS, or it can be her career, why doesn't she go? Just like Jin Liancheng once said, if you are in the court and have power, why worry about not finding Jin Liancheng, what emperor and Li Zheng are afraid of!

Yao Jin suddenly laughed, she turned around and hugged Lin Yuebai who had just come over, and said proudly: "You are right, the sea is wide and the fish jumps, the sky is high and the birds fly, how can I Yao Jin live up to the great mountains and rivers?

Lin Yuebai was stunned, and said happily: "Have you figured it out?"

"Not only did I figure it out," Yao Jin raised the corners of his mouth in a perfect arc, "I also have to put it into action." ”

"What?" Lin Yuebai obviously didn't understand what Yao Jin meant, and looked at her suspiciously: "Are you going to elope with Wei Yan?"

Wei Yan...... Wei Yan...... Yao Jin's smile suddenly froze, and her gaze slowly moved out of the window, "Wei Yan, he's not here." ”

"Didn't he come from Neijiang with you?"

"At this moment, he should have been placed under house arrest by Murong Zihua, in Caiyun City. Murong Zihua asked me to do something for him, so he was willing to let Wei Yan go. ”

Lin Yuebai showed a puzzled and surprised look, as if she felt a little inexplicable, and when Yao Jin pulled her back to the inner room and told her the whole thing as it was, she was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a while. After a while, Lin Yuebai suddenly said, "If Murong Zihua takes the throne of King Wei, will you go?"

"Where are you going?"

"Go to the Northern Wei Dynasty, go to be Murong Zihua's wife, the queen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. ”

The word queen seemed too strange and distant to Yao Jin, she was stunned for a moment, and then fell into a short deep thought.

"If you don't go, then what are you going to do?" Lin Yuebai asked, she sensitively felt that Murong Zihua would not let Yao Jin get out easily, "Will he really let Wei Yan go?"

Yao Jin raised his eyebrows, his eyes sharp, "Whether I go to the Northern Wei Dynasty or not, if I am not the queen, he must let Wei Yan go." ”

"I can't tell you why, but I always have a bad premonition," Lin Yuebai held Yao Jin's hand worriedly, but found that his hand was much colder than Yao Jin.

"Don't worry, it's not a bad thing," Yao Jin rubbed her hands, Lin Yuebai's hands were still so cold during such a warm spring and summer communication, she hurriedly took a blanket and draped it on her shoulders, and said with confidence: "Have you ever thought that if he succeeds in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the threat of the King of Xishan will naturally not exist, and you don't have to marry Li Zheng at that time, and at that time I can also let Murong Zihua find Jin Liancheng's whereabouts in the Beiping Mountain area." ”

Lin Yuebai shook her head, "Ah Yao, I'm not worried about me, nor Liancheng, I just want to ask you about your plans." ”

"Me?" Yao Jin raised her wrist, the candlelight shone dimly on her bracelet, the mysterious and noble purple, Yao Jin stared at the dragon shadow in the bracelet that was both real and illusory, in her heart, some things she didn't seem to care about, desire, power, people's hearts, all turned into one sentence at this moment, a sentence that she seemed to say a long time ago: "I want to get, all they use me to get!"