By this time it was already dark. Ah Jiao ordered the people to carefully inquire whether there were any unrelated people in the Wa Emperor's palace besides the bhikshunis who served the Wa Emperor.

The slave maid replied that there was only one official female dependent in addition to the bhikshunis, and said that the sister of the hussar general happened to come to worship Emperor Wa today, and it was also because it was too late to rush back to Yecheng, so she stayed here.

Ah Jiao thought that since she was a daughter of an official family, she must not be an idle person. can also say the official position of father and brother, it should not be for no reason. Moreover, the Wa Emperor Palace is dedicated to the Wa Emperor, and it is also a quiet place where the female dependents often come to worship the incense, which should be true. I also want the princess to stay away from the capital at this time, Zhonghuang Mountain is a remote place after all, and it is best not to be too loud to avoid trouble. If the hussar general's sister knew that the princess was also here, she would have rushed to pay her respects. If this is the case, not to mention the trouble, it will also disturb the rest of the princess. Ah Jiao thought that it was better to let the princess eat and sleep first. It's just that I don't know when the prince will order someone to take the princess back.

Ah Jiao is busy arranging the concubine's meals and sleeping here. Princess Feng Yi and Yuan Zhonghua looked around with ease and interest.

There is a large hall directly north of the courtyard. Looking at the grandeur of the regulations, it is a very important temple at a glance. This temple is built on the mountain, and the base is built along the mountain, and the temple is built on the base against the cliff. There is a fence around the pedestal, and here you can overlook the mountains and rivers in front of you.

Yuan Zhonghua took advantage of the detailed instructions of Ah Jiao and several slaves and maids, and walked towards the extremely high hall in the distance alone. Then follow a stone staircase on the side of the pedestal. Fortunately, although the stone steps were slightly steep, she walked extremely carefully. It's just that when I get on the pedestal, I feel really tired.

Although it was cool at night in the mountains, it took a lot of effort for her to climb the stairs, and she was still sweating slightly. Yuan Zhonghua gasped slightly and looked at the foreground with fresh curiosity. The base of this temple was built on the hillside, which must have taken great effort, so apart from the main hall built on the pedestal, there was not much open space left. Standing here and looking at the railing, Yuan Zhonghua was a little disappointed. Because it was already very dark at this time, and it was impossible to see anything clearly in the darkness.

However, although he couldn't see anything, Yuan Zhonghua felt that it was like being in a hundred-foot dangerous building, which made people suspect that this was the path to the heavenly fairyland and the fairy palace. Here she caressed the fence and closed her eyes, and when she could see nothing in her eyes, she heard the chirping of insects and birds in the night in the mountains. What suddenly appeared in front of him was the shadow of her husband Gao Cheng. Only then was her heart quiet.

She grew up with him, and from the time she married him until they became a husband and wife, she knew that she was much better than the average clan woman. Needless to say, the low status of the concubine clan women is not to mention, even the descendants of the clan may not be able to get any good endings in this troubled era.

Yuan Zhonghua suddenly remembered the dancing girl named Yuan Yuyi. I heard that she was originally General Sun Teng's prostitute, and she was the daughter of the Yuan family. After the Luoyang Change, Yuan Yuyi disappeared without a trace. Yuan Zhonghua is not exactly as ignorant and ignorant as she seems on the surface, and her identity is inevitably sensitive and thoughtful. In fact, she could also feel that her husband Gao Cheng remembered Yuan Yuyi in her heart. It's just that her husband is not a dedicated person, and of course he won't do anything excessive for a dancing girl. He didn't even order anyone to visit and look for Yuan Yuyi. No matter how much I liked it at the time, I put it away.

But Yuan Zhonghua remembered that it was for this Yuan Yuyi that her husband even revealed the intention of remarrying his wife. Although the two of them were angry with each other at that time, it was the inadvertent words that made her frightened.

Since the Luoyang Change, her husband was deposed as the son, and in anger, her eldest father-in-law and prime minister Gao Huan ordered her son to study behind closed doors in Manyun Pavilion in Tenglong Mountain, Jinyang. She moved into the Manyun Pavilion with her husband. It was only during those days that she was the happiest, because her husband belonged to her alone. At that time, another heavy burden was that her husband was arbitrary and willful because of her, so he was deposed as the prince. Of course, she knew that he would not be a person who was willing to be plain and lonely.

Her elder brother, Yuan Shanjian, the original prince of Qinghe, was selected by Prime Minister Gao Huan to be the new Emperor of Great Wei. This is certainly not a good thing, the declining imperial family has long caused the Son of Heaven to lose the prestige he should have. She believed that her brother was also living in the palace, and at the same time, she was always worried about the relationship between her husband and her brother.

Her husband was reinstated as the son, and he rose all the way up the ranks, until he had begun to gradually replace his father, Gao Huan, the prime minister, in power, which was originally expected. Now the person who calls for wind and rain in the Yecheng court is her husband.

Now it seems that the husband and brother are also happy. Yuan Zhonghua subconsciously stroked her abdomen, she hoped that this was their eldest son. She opened her eyes, turned around, and walked into the main hall.

Entering the main hall, Yuan Zhonghua was shocked all of a sudden.

The inside of the hall is actually not as big as expected. The night is like entering an ancient cave where the legend has been made since the beginning of humanity. The roof of the cave is pitch black and unclear, like a mysterious canopy. The constellation of the stars is a strange shape that bends and bends, like two hills connected. Just under this constellation, with the light outside the main hall, the purpose is a goddess who stands up to the sky. The goddess is primitive and ignorant, clothed in animal skins, branches and leaves, and her hair grows to the ground. She held the long whip high in her hand, and her expression revealed indescribable innate majesty and domineering, but the smile on her lips clearly revealed the love of a mother. Everything seemed to be contradictory, but it was so harmoniously united in her.

Yuan Zhonghua looked up at the statue, his heart surging and fluctuating. This is the Mother of Humanity, and this is where she created humanity with a whip of earth. Yuan Zhonghua couldn't help but be convinced, knelt down and prayed silently. She also hopes that she will be able to become a mother smoothly, as long as she has a son. As long as this is the eldest son of her and her husband Gao Cheng, it is enough. She didn't ask for much, she just wanted to get it.

The hall was originally extremely quiet, but Yuan Zhonghua, who was bowing down to the ground and worshipping again, suddenly heard the sound of people talking from the depths of the cave. The voices in the ancient caverns echoed, very soft, but intermittent and unstoppable, as if they were from another world. Yuan Zhonghua was startled at first, and was a little scared in his heart. But when I thought that Ah Jiao and the others would not have any idle people in the outer fabric, I was curious again. She got up and searched for it.

Yuan Zhonghua was surprised to find that there was a very small cave on the side of the statue of Emperor Wa, which was leaning against the cliff of the high mountain. She went through the cave and into the tunnel. The voice was gone, and the tunnel was silent. Fortunately, the tunnel is not long, and there is a very small cave at the end. Out of the second cave, Yuan Zhonghua saw two girls kneeling on the ground in front of her. She couldn't see what they were worshipping, judging by the direction, it should be on the back of the statue of Emperor Wa. At this time, Yuan Zhonghua was not afraid at all, but the two girls didn't notice Yuan Zhonghua at all, and began to talk to themselves again.

"Little lady, since you have already worshiped Emperor Wa and Emperor Xi, it is already late at night, and it is time to go back to sleep. I have to go down the mountain and return to Yecheng early tomorrow morning. Otherwise, if I go back late, the general will be suspicious, and the slave and maid will be punished for a small matter, but I am afraid that it will not be easy for the little lady to come up with it again. ”

It was a voice that clearly revealed anxiety. Listen to the tone of a. The servant of the General's Mansion, I don't know what the General's Mansion is.

"Just you talk a lot." Next, this voice immediately attracted Yuan Zhonghua's curiosity.

The voice is very good, clear and crisp, but it still has a coquettish atmosphere that can't be hidden, and Yuan Zhonghua feels itchy in his heart when he listens to it. It's just that the tone is not very good, this little girl must be a person with a very bad temper and is much pampered.

Yuan Zhonghua saw that the two girls were still kneeling on the ground and didn't get up, so they both looked up.

"Bitter leaves, you go and light the lamp, so you can't see clearly." It was the voice that tickled the heart again.

This is in line with Yuan Zhonghua's meaning. She also wanted to see what someone with such a nice voice would look like.

A girl immediately got up, and when she lit a celadon lamp and brought it to the offering table in front of her, it was meant to illuminate what she wanted to see for her little lady. But in Yuan Zhonghua's opinion, the lamp on the offering table was facing the girl she wanted to see on the kneeling ground, and she could see it clearly at once.

The light hit her cheek directly. Yuan Zhonghua almost stopped breathing, because it was so amazing. Such a beautiful girl is really rare to see, not to mention that even if she only kneels there, she can't tell how she is charming.

Such a beautiful girl, even if she doesn't need to dress up, is already beautiful. And this girl is still dressed up in a high updo. When he went to the Buddhist temple, he dressed himself so carefully, which shows that he must also be a thoughtful and shrewd person. It's just that Yuan Zhonghua still doesn't understand this.

Yuan Zhonghua saw her kneeling motionless and looking up, her hands clasped together, and she didn't know what she was silently praying for in her heart. If you look closely, the green moth is slightly blushing, even in the dark, it is particularly moving. His brows were piled up with sorrow, and tears were already falling from his eyes. Yuan Zhonghua wondered why she was so sad, and the slave who lit the lamp had already turned around and knelt down again. She was also shocked to see the girl crying.

"Why is the little lady crying?" Listening to the voice, it seems to be suspicious. The strange thing is that the slaves and maids who serve close can even go to the Wa Emperor's palace to offer incense and pray for private matters, but they don't know why the lady she serves is sad. Either this girl is too shrewd, or her mouth is extremely tight.

"Does the little lady feel wronged? The general is too strict? The slave and maid guessed, trying to find a good reason to persuade her.

The woman didn't speak, she still cried.

"The little lady may be going to enter the palace to be the queen, don't be sad anymore." The slave couldn't find a reason, so she looked for another path, and wanted to say something happy that she thought was a good thing to persuade her.

She didn't know this slave called Kuye, and her words shocked Princess Feng Yi Yuan Zhonghua on the side. She looked at this girl carefully, she really didn't know her, she hadn't heard her brother talk about it, and she hadn't even heard Lin Xingren, the middle attendant, talk about it. A few days ago, Lin Xingren, the regular attendant, also talked about her husband's sister Gao Yuanjun, why did this slave say that her little lady wanted to be the queen?

"Little lady, since it was said that it was said by Lin Xingren, the permanent servant in the palace, it must not be wrong, the meaning of the permanent attendant is the mind of the Son of Heaven. The general is also for the little lady, and now he has more restraints, so that good things will come true. The slave and maid saw that the maid still did not speak and persuaded again.

Yuan Zhonghua frowned unconsciously, the more she listened, the more she didn't understand.

"Shut up!" The girl shouted in a low voice, obviously impatient to hear the slave say such things again. Although she didn't speak harshly, her expression changed to make people feel eager to do anything for her. He said angrily, "Who wants to marry the puppet emperor who was played with by the prime minister and the general." What if you are pampered? Maybe when he will lose his life like the previous Zuo Zhaoyi Yuan Mingyue. ”

Now the one who was furious became Princess Feng Yi and Yuan Zhonghua. When she heard this girl use such evil words to say that her brother-in-law, Emperor Yuan Shanjian, she was almost unbearable to show up. But she also said that the Son of Heaven was played with by the general, but it happened to poke at the pain point and the faint uneasiness in her heart. She felt a little out of breath and unconsciously stroked her chest.

The girl turned her face slightly sideways to look at the slave who was called Kuye, who was both angry and beautiful. "The rumors are all unfounded, and they are not allowed to be said again." It seems that she is really a very smart person. She turned to face the offering table and knelt down and looked up, "I worship the portraits of Emperor Xi and Emperor Wa today, and I only want to marry Gao Zhongmi, and I have no other intentions." ”

Hearing her extremely firm tone, Yuan Zhonghua felt less angry with her again.

Yuan Zhonghua's anger decreased slightly, and he felt a little uncomfortable, but he still couldn't breathe, so he wanted to go back. Who knew that the words heard later kept her again.

"Little lady, does this matter have anything to do with General Shizi?" Kuba suddenly whispered to Nu Xian, "Lieutenant Goshi, General Gao's previous wife is the sister of Choi Siam, the most trusted official by the side of General Shizi. Lieutenant Yushi divorced his wife for the sake of the little lady, offended Cui Xianam, and jointly offended the general of the prince. So the general of the prince did not allow Lieutenant Yushi to marry the little lady as a bride? "Kuye is the slave maid of the official family, and the relationship between the official position and the relationship between the head is the Tao, which also shows from the side that the girl she serves is by no means a mortal. If there is a master, there must be a servant, so the bitter leaf can have such an argument.

"Don't talk about it again!" The girl said coquettishly. "The Son of Heaven can be offended, but the General of the Son of Heaven must not be offended." She paused suddenly.

Yuan Zhonghua heard her talk about her brother and husband, and she really didn't know what it was like. Thinking secretly, it can be seen that everyone already understands that his husband is in power, and he is the real master of Great Wei. Originally, I was happy, but I was a little relieved to hear this, and I couldn't be happy anymore.

"General Shizi didn't dare to do anything to General Gao. Speaking of which, General Gao is his uncle. Even his father, the prime minister, also relied on Lieutenant Yushi and the third brother, General Naokei. "She refers to Gao Shen's third brother, Gao Gao, the word Ao Cao." The general of the prince dared to play with the Son of Heaven, but he did not necessarily dare to snub his uncle. Her tone changed suddenly, and she said hatefully, "The prince of the world is really inexplicable, so nosy. I ......" she paused as she lowered her head. The latter words seem to be reluctant to say.