Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Gaozu Yuwen Yong had chosen a concubine for Yuwen before his death, which was Yang Lihua, the eldest daughter of Yang Jian, the Duke of Sui. However, the world is impermanent, and Happy was framed by the poisonous king Yin Chi, and had a skin-to-skin relationship with Yang Lihua by mistake, which put Happy in danger and let Yuwen's marriage be stopped.

Since then, Yuwen Yong took advantage of the situation to depose the Buddha and Taoism, and developed the national strength of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to a higher level, and his energy was also more focused on the preparations for the Eastern Expedition, until the defeat of the Battle of Vaqi and the death of Yuwen Yong, the crown princess of the crown prince Yuwen was still unresolved.

As soon as the father entered the ground, Yuwen's bad nature was exposed, and he couldn't wait to bring Yuwen Yong's harem beauties into the account. The country cannot be without a king for a day, and the harem cannot be without an owner for a day, so the matter of choosing a concubine is naturally put on the agenda.

Yuwen then ordered the selection of women with innocent family backgrounds and beautiful faces in the world to enrich the harem, and at the same time selected candidates for the queen among all the women who had not left the cabinet in all the official palaces in the country. Considering all aspects, Yuwen finally decided to choose a woman from the Xiao family of King Liang as the queen.

Although Xiao Yue claimed to be the emperor, he was actually only a vassal king, and he did not have absolute administrative power. Now, being able to marry with the Yuwen family, how could Xiao Yue let go of this excellent opportunity, but among the daughters around him, the result of divination of the right age is not suitable for marrying far away.

At this time, Xiao Yue finally remembered his daughter Xiao Shiyun, who had been fostered, and asked the star official to divination, and the result was good luck, which made Xiao Yue overjoyed, so he ordered someone to find Xiao Shiyun into the palace and prepare to marry Chang'an.

When Xiao Shiyun followed Poppies and Tianxian Zi to leave her uncle Zhang Ke's house, in order not to worry them, in addition to leaving them some money, she also told them that she had joined the Hundred Flowers Palace.

Zhang Ke and his wife were born in a farmer's household, so naturally they had no way of knowing what the Baihua Palace was, but as the controller of Houliang, Xiao Yue was of course no stranger to the Baihua Palace, so he ordered someone to come to take Xiao Shiyun back to the palace to prepare for marriage.

Knowing the whole story, Xiao Shiyun's expression calmed down a lot, but her beautiful eyes revealed an increasingly sad look. Because she was born in February, her father Xiao Yue gave her to her uncle Xiao Qi like a piece of cake, and finally went to her uncle Zhang Ke's house, and I don't know how much suffering I have suffered for more than ten years. Now, for his own interests, Xiao Yue wants to take her back to the palace, marry away from home, and marry the infamous emperor.

Thinking that she was just like a commodity in her father's eyes, she could choose at will, Xiao Shiyun was sad and indignant, her heart ached, and she shuddered when she thought that she was going to marry Yuwen and her life would be gloomy from now on. It's just that fate is like this, how can she resist?

Looking at Xiao Shiyun's dejected appearance, Poppy felt a pang of regret in her heart, and couldn't help but ask a little eagerly: "Palace master, do you really want to marry your junior sister to Emperor Zhou?" ”

Xiao Shiyun's life experience, as a protector of the Dharma, the poppy is naturally clear, compared with her orphan background, Xiao Shiyun, who was abandoned by her parents, is even more pitiful and miserable, because she understands Xiao Shiyun's state of mind very well at this time.

Ling Suhua didn't answer, but looked at Xiao Shiyun lovingly, and said seriously: "Yun'er, as long as you don't want to, the teacher will naturally mediate for you, and this matter should take another turn." ”

Xiao Shiyun trembled and looked at Ling Suhua in disbelief.

The development strength of the Hundred Flowers Palace for hundreds of years is quite huge, even the Liang King Xiao Yue does not dare to make too many times, but compared with the Northern Zhou Empire, the Hundred Flowers Palace is much worse. The marriage between Yuwen and Xiao is already a certainty, if the Hundred Flowers Palace wants to make a hindrance from it, I am afraid that under the anger of Yuwen, the Hundred Flowers Palace will suffer incalculable losses, and it is not impossible for it to collapse from now on.

Because of this, hearing Ling Suhua say this, Xiao Shiyun was surprised and very moved in her heart. It was the Hundred Flowers Palace that allowed her to get out of the sea of suffering, learn a subtle martial arts, and have the power of self-preservation, and now, Ling Suhua did not hesitate to disobey the emperor's orders for her, which made her not grateful.

"Master" Xiao Shiyun threw herself into Ling Suhua's arms, her teary eyes blurred, and she choked softly. Her beautiful face was full of helplessness and sadness, like a wronged child crying in front of his mother.

"Alas"

Ling Suhua sighed lowly, grabbed Xiao Shiyun's slender waist with one hand, gently rubbed the top of her head with the other, and comforted softly: "Yun'er, don't cry, as long as the master is here, I won't let you be wronged." ”

Ling Suhua's face was full of love and kindness, and her movements were gentle and delicate, soothing Xiao Shiyun's cold and broken heart like a mother.

It is true that Poppy and Heavenly Fairy brought Xiao Shiyun to join the Hundred Flowers Palace for another purpose, but Xiao Shiyun's amazing talent surprised everyone, and Ling Suhua even accepted him as a personal disciple and taught the secret book of the Hundred Flowers Palace, "The Peony Sutra".

The Hundred Flowers Palace is named after a hundred flowers, not only because most of the disciples in the palace are women and are named after flowers, but also because the cultivation ** is also named after flowers. Peony is the king of a hundred flowers, which can make the world bow down, and the "Peony Sutra" is also the most precious secret book of the Hundred Flowers Palace, which is only circulated among each palace master. The reason why this is so is not only to ensure the authority of the palace master of the Hundred Flowers Palace, but also because the wall of the "Peony Sutra" is strong, but the conditions for cultivators are extremely harsh, which can be said to be one in ten thousand.

Although Ling Suhua also practiced the "Peony Sutra", because of his limited qualifications, he could not reach the highest level of the "Peony Sutra" in his life, but Xiao Shiyun completely echoed the cultivation conditions of the "Peony Sutra", and it can be said that he is the most promising person who can cultivate the "Peony Sutra" to the highest level in a hundred years.

Because of this, Xiao Shiyun was favored by Ling Suhua, not only accepting him as a personal disciple, but also regarding him as the heir of the next generation of Baihua Palace. And other protectors such as poppies and heavenly fairies are also very kind and friendly to Xiao Shiyun because of this.

Seeing Xiao Shiyun snuggled tightly in Ling Suhua's arms, the sadness on her face slowly dissipated, and she looked happy, and Poppy was relieved and faintly jealous at the same time.

Although Ling Suhua is also very concerned about her, like a daughter, she is a little more distant than Xiao Shiyun. Although the poppy is a terrifying witch in the rivers and lakes, how can she not have softness in her heart?

"Palace master, King Liang Shizi Xiao begs to see!" Just as Ling Suhua was about to speak, a guard's voice suddenly came from outside the main hall.

Hearing this, Xiao Shiyun trembled, and suddenly straightened up from Ling Suhua's arms, and the pear blossom with rain showed a complicated look on her little face, as if she was excited, as if she was missing, or she was afraid.

Ling Suhua seemed to feel something, smiled at Xiao Shiyun with relief, gently wiped away the tears on Xiao Shiyun's face, and said gently: "Everything is a promising teacher who makes decisions for you." Saying that, Ling Suhua instructed the poppy: "Poppy, you go and invite Xiao Gongzi to come to the palace for a while." ”

"Yes, Palace Master." Poppy respectfully agreed, then smiled at Xiao Shiyun and turned to walk outside the main hall.

In the process of waiting, Xiao Shiyun's slender little hands held the hem of her clothes tightly, her brows were furrowed, and her expression was very flustered, both the urgency of seeing her relatives and the worry of her future fate.

Finally, in Xiao Shiyun's thoughts and anxious waiting, a tall and handsome young man came to the main hall under the guidance of poppies.

"Junior Xiao, meet the Ling Palace Master!" Xiao had a smile on his face, and entered the hall calmly, first slightly looked at Ling Suhua, who was sitting upright, a touch of amazement flashed in his eyes, but his eyes were very clear, and he tidied up his shirt slightly, and then he saluted without humility or arrogance.

Although the Xiao family is now in decline, after all, they once ruled a country and are the emperor, it is because Xiao is graceful and elegant in both appearance and bearing, calm and calm, chic and gentle, so that Ling Suhua, who has always been secretly arrogant and arrogant, nodded secretly.

"Little prince, please get up! Come on, take a seat! With a gentle smile on her face, Ling Suhua raised her hand lightly, motioned for Xiao to get up, and at the same time instructed the maid to give her a seat. Although Xiao Yue is called the emperor, he is actually a vassal king, and in terms of strength, the Baihua Palace is enough to be on an equal footing with him.

Xiao Baixie sat down and said again: "Ling Palace Master, the younger generation has always admired the beautiful scenery of the Hundred Flowers Palace in his heart, and he has long wanted to visit, but he is afraid of inconvenience. Now I come uninvited, and I still look at the palace master Haihan to disturb him. ”

"The little prince has won the award, you can come to our palace, the Hundred Flowers Palace is full of splendor, what is the disturbance?" Ling Suhua smiled faintly and said, "As long as the little prince doesn't dislike the simplicity of the palace, he might as well stay for a few more days." ”

"Thank you for the palace master's kindness, the juniors are grateful!" Xiao looked happy, then stood up, and changed his words: "Ling Palace Master, the juniors are actually here to ask for something, please forgive me for being presumptuous." ”

"Oh?" Ling Suhua naturally knew what Xiao was doing in his heart, but he didn't show anything on his face, but said suspiciously: "I don't know what the little prince is doing, if it can, this palace will definitely help." ”

"Thank you, Palace Master!" Xiao bowed, and then spoke: "Presumably the palace master has also heard that the Son of Heaven will welcome his sister Shiyun, and the younger generation is here for this." ”

Ling Suhua didn't answer, but asked with a smile: "Little Lord, I don't know if you agree to marry Sister Ling to the current saint?" ”

Xiao was stunned, obviously he didn't expect Ling Suhua to ask such a question, but he was young and old, and his heart was calm, so he regained his composure in a moment, and replied lightly: "Palace master, it is a matter of the Son of Heaven, and the younger generation neither dares nor can talk about it." ”

The corners of Ling Suhua's mouth twitched slightly, revealing an inexplicable smile, Xiao's answer was very cunning, and he did not express his thoughts positively.

Glancing at the nervous Xiao Shiyun from a distance, Ling Suhua's expression turned pale, and she frowned: "Little prince, when today's son is too fraternal, Yun'er is afraid that it will be difficult to be happy when she marries into the palace!" ”

Xiao was slightly shocked in his heart, his eyes were firmly fixed on Ling Suhua, his mind racing, analyzing the former's intentions. What kind of goods is Yuwen, there have long been rumors in the world that Xiao and Xiao Shiyun have always had a friendly relationship, so naturally they don't want her to marry Yuwen, it's just the order of her parents, the words of the matchmaker, not to mention that this is the emperor's order, who dares, who can disobey it?

"I don't know what the palace master means by this?"