At the beginning of May of the 17th year of Jeongguan, Goryeo and Baekje suddenly invaded Silla.

The envoy of Taizong told Goryeo to stop the matter, but he did not listen.

Naizhao, with the edict to send troops, to conquer Goryeo.

……

The fifth night of the fifth month of May.

Tai Chi Palace.

In the Temple of Manna.

Mei Niang was dressed in plain bedclothes, with long hair scattered, no bun and no ornaments, and she leaned straight on the soft couch by the corridor of the hallway, looking at the crescent moon in the sky.

On the side, it was Xu Hui who held a wine glass and drank gently.

"Mei Niang...... You can have a drink, too! ”

Xu Hui was already a little drunk, so he took Liu'er and sent the wine cup to Mei Niang.

Mei Niang didn't want to drink, and she didn't want to drink, she just stared blankly at the crescent moon in the sky.

Seeing her like this, Xu Hui couldn't bear it after all, and with a wave of her hand, Ruian, Liu'er, and Wen Niang retreated, leaving only the two sisters.

“…… If you want to cry, cry! ”

Xu Hui said softly.

Mei Niang looked at the new moon blankly, but did not speak. After a long time, he said:

"Why cry? I'm fine. ”

Xu Hui sighed lightly, got up, came to lie down beside her, stretched out his hand to hug her into his arms, and said:

"In front of me, why bother?"

Mei Niang only felt the tightness all over her body, as if she had loosened a lot all of a sudden, so she slowly snuggled into her arms, slowly loosened her body a lot, and then said:

"Hui'er, I thought I could handle it.

Seriously......

I thought that I would never be sad again.

But......

But for some reason, when I heard it......

As soon as he heard that he already had a wife......

I just feel that my heart hurts tightly. ”

Mei Niang didn't shed tears, just blinked her dry eyes, looked at Xu Hui's face, and said softly:

"Hui'er...... Say, "If it's me......

If only I could have entered the palace six years late......

You said......

Will everything be different? ”

When Xu Hui heard this, his eyes were hot, he hugged her gently, and said in a trembling voice:

"Mei Niang......

Mei Niang...... I can't do anything for you......

I can only cry for you......

I can only cry for you......"

Mei Niang looked at Xu Hui in a daze, with tears on her face, and her bright eyes were gloomy.

It's night.

In the Temple of Manna.

Li Zhi lay down under the corridor of the hall, looking at the crescent moon.

Dean stood on the side and asked in a low voice:

"Your Highness, a word came from the East Palace just now, saying that Liu Zhaoxun is unwell and wants to ask you to take a look......"

"Just pass the Imperial Doctor to go."

Li Zhi said lightly.

Seeing this, De'an had to shut up and turn around to order the people below.

A moment later, a petite voice, slightly wheezing, sounded:

"Brother, why are you still here?"

Li Zhi looked back when he heard the sound, but it turned out to be Anning.

Immediately frowned:

"How did you get out? If you are not in good health, just rest well! If you relapse into a previous illness. ”

"It's okay. Sun Daochang said that An Ning's body, like the queen mother, is also a qi disease. An Ning smiled slightly, then sat down beside Li Zhi and said:

"What's wrong? Can't sleep? ”

Li Zhi was silent, and only after a long time did he reluctantly smile:

"No, I just think it's beautiful at night."

Looking up, he looked at the crescent moon and thought about one night in the past......

A wonderful memory of a night he once had-

A young man in white, a girl in a red dress, flowing clouds and flying sleeves, and an apricot branch as a sword......

A smile slowly appeared on his lips.

An Ning looked at his brother like this, and couldn't bear it:

"Brother...... There are some things I know you can't let go.

But if you continue to drag, you will only hurt others and yourself. ”

Li Zhi turned his head to look at her, but said:

"That's it, so what?"

An Ning was stunned.

Li Zhi said slowly:

"An Ning, you're still young...... I don't understand......

Although this time, it is bound to hurt others and hurt oneself. Although it remains in the heart, it will be painful sooner or later......

But......

You know what?

Six years...... It's been six years.

It's been six years since I first met her......

These feelings ...... It's not something that can be easily erased in a day or two. ”

Li Zhi smiled bitterly:

"Actually, more than anyone else, I hope that I can forget...... At least then I will be content with a few shadows, and I will not have to be sad or painful. ”

An Ning looked at his brother, speechless for a long time, and finally sighed, shook his head and left.

Li Zhi was the only one left, silently looking at the crescent moon in the sky, continuing to recall the beauty of that night.

It's night.

Splendid Palace.

According to Taizong's instructions, although the Splendid Hall was imprisoned, everything was the same, and the clothes and food were as usual - only the palace people, only Qingxuan was left.

Therefore, when Taizong took Wang De and the two slowly paced into Concubine Yang Shu's bedroom, neither of the master and servant noticed it.

When she saw Taizong, in just ten days, Concubine Yang Shu, who had become a lot haggard, her eyes lit up suddenly, like a withered flower, rejuvenated.

She took a step forward, but after all, she stopped where she was - the arrogance of the Great Sui Emperor has been deeply seared in her bones and has never left.

Taizong slowly sat down on the throne in the main hall, stepped back with Wang De, and glanced at Qingxuan, who was standing in front of Yang Shufei with a guarded face.

"Let's go down."

Yang Shufei and Sedao.

"Niangniang......" Qing Xuan wanted to argue, but after all, he couldn't resist Yang Shufei's gaze, so he had to leave slowly.

Taizong sat and looked at the woman calmly.

This woman I have known since I was three or four years old.

After a long time, a long time, he slowly spoke:

"How many years? The first time I saw you, until now? ”

"It's been forty years. Not much a day, not much a day. ”

Concubine Yang Shu smiled and replied: "Isn't it forty years ago, Your Majesty, who was four years old, entered Daxing Palace and went to my father's Duanyang banquet. The first cup of wine that His Majesty drank in his life, but the concubine personally brought it to His Majesty! ”

Taizong smiled slightly, patted his knees lightly with both hands, and said:

"Time is really like an arrow...... It seems that it was still yesterday, and I just saw you wearing a plain veil...... I can't imagine that decades have passed like this. ”

Yang Shufei smiled gently, stepped forward gently, slowly knelt in front of Taizong, and bowed her beautiful face on Taizong's knees:

"Yes...... It's been forty years...... It has been forty years since the concubine and His Majesty met......

I never thought that the concubine and His Majesty would end like this. ”

Taizong frowned, and reached out to push her away, but after all, his hand stopped on Yang Shufei's head for a moment, and finally put it aside, just letting her bend on his knees like this.

After a long time, Taizong said softly:

"Worry-free death, does it have anything to do with you?"

Yang Shufei smiled calmly:

"The concubine also had murderous thoughts...... More than once, or rather, since the day the concubine knew that her sister married His Majesty, she didn't want to kill her all the time. ”

"But you didn't do it, and you didn't instigate others to do it...... Isn't it? Taizong said softly.

Yang Shufei smiled softly:

"Your Majesty, do you believe it? Do you really believe that the concubine never did it? Didn't you tell others that my sister has a gas disease and can't smell pollen? Well? ”

Taizong was silent for a long time before he said:

"If it were you, you would not be a slave —

Because you can't face the face that makes you feel guilty and uneasy day and night. ”

In the corners of Yang Shufei's eyes, there were faint tears:

"Your Majesty is wise."

Taizong was silent, still silent. After a long time, he said:

"I ...... I've been tempted by you. Once. ”

Yang Shufei smiled, smiling with tears in her eyes, full of charm:

"The concubine knows—it was at the Hundred Sons Banquet when she was six years old, yes or no? The concubine has a green waist, and His Majesty is stunned! ”

Taizong knew that she couldn't see it, but he still nodded, and then said:

But then ...... When I met Wuwu, I realized that I was a little tempted, but it was really just tempting. That's not love, and it's not love. It's just tempting. ”

Yang Shufei's tears fell drop by drop, wetting Taizong's clothes:

"The concubine knows...... The concubines all know it...... Your Majesty......

Never loved a concubine. ”

Taizong was speechless.

After a long time, Taizong said:

"The auxiliary machine and the room phase will not let you go."

Yang Shufei said softly:

"The concubine knows."

Taizong nodded, and with a right hand, a wax pill that was warmly held, appeared in the palm of his hand and placed it in front of Concubine Shu's eyes:

"It won't be painful, it's going to be fast."

"Didn't Your Majesty say to Wang De that if you want to make your concubine miserable for the rest of your life, life is better than death?" Yang Shufei reached out and took the pill with body temperature, and asked with tears in her eyes.

Taizong said lightly:

"If you continue to live, my sons will not survive. Even if it's Ke'er, Su'er, and Ming'er. - You have never forgotten that because of me, your father's country was ruined, and he himself ended up in a bad end.

That's why everyone thinks that you treat me like this because of infatuation...... In fact, you are really infatuated with me, but you can't face this infatuation, so you simply regard yourself as part of this hatred-

As long as you live, you will avenge your father by hurting everyone, especially yourself.

You've lived so many years like this, and that's enough. ”

Yang Shufei's tears were like rain, anxious and fierce, but there was a smile on the corner of her mouth:

"Your Majesty knows me. Your Majesty...... Benevolent. ”

Taizong closed his eyes, finally sighed, and slowly got up and walked to the palace gate.

Yang Shufei didn't stop her, and she also got up.

The two did not look at each other. It wasn't until Taizong was a few steps away from the entrance of the hall that he stopped, and he didn't look back:

"Whether it's Su'er, Ke'er, or Ming'er. They're all going to live well.

and Gao Yang, I will also let her marry into the house in a beautiful way-

Even if she ......"

Taizong's words came to his mouth, but he never spoke them after all. only said lightly:

"The matter of Gaoyang, I will be like worry-free, and I will bring it into Jiuquan, and no one else will know."

Concubine Yang Shufei tearfully turned her back to Taizong and nodded.

Taizong silently left the Splendid Palace.

……

On the fifth day of the fifth month of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan.

In the Taiji Palace, a fire broke out in the dormitory of the Splendid Palace.

Taizong's concubine Yang, because she felt that she was guilty, actually led the stone grease into the palace and burned herself with fire.

There is a servant Qingxuan, loyal and martyred.

Taizong was shocked when he heard this, and he was anxious to put out the fire. However, it is easy to burn, but it cannot be extinguished. In a matter of moments, the house was destroyed and people died.

Concubine Shu has a son, King Wu, and when she heard this, she was grief-stricken and fainted.

……

A moment later.

Wu Wang Muran stood in front of the scorched black, with tears in his eyes, and asked softly:

"When the mother concubine is dying, can she have a last word?"

The little eunuch next to him looked left and right, and then whispered a few words to Li Ke.

When Li Ke heard this, his face turned white in an instant, and he shook his body two or three times before he gritted his teeth and roared like a wounded beast:

"The eldest grandson is Mowgli......!!!

You old thief!!

If you don't dig out your heart and liver and worship your mother......

Li Ke swore not to be a !! ”