The joy of victory in Gao Huan's eyes when he went out was clearly seen by He Batsheng, he decided to make the final struggle, and he couldn't let Ying'e fall into a predicament like this, he said eagerly, "Niangniang, have you decided to go out of the temple with the King of Bohai?" In fact, the minister also has a yard, not far from here, elegant and clean, if the mother does not dislike, the mother can move to the minister's house. As for Niangniang's relatives, the ministers can also be settled, you can rest assured. ”

Ying'e bowed her head and was silent, Fuzhi understood, and stepped forward and said, "General Heba, Niangniang is already very tired after a day of traveling, it's time to rest." ”

He Batsheng's handsome face was full of disappointment and helplessness, and he said gloomily, "In this case, the minister will not disturb the mother to rest, the minister will retire, the mother will take care of the phoenix body, and cherish it in the future." He Batsheng saw Ying'e resolutely turn around and enter the house, and finally Qianying was engraved in the bottom of his heart, and he finally realized painfully that she would not choose herself in this life, no matter how hard he tried to protect her and care for her. She has always been ethereal, and what she left him with is always to turn around in a frightening way, leaving her alone in her own life.

Fuzhi couldn't bear it, and caught up with He Batsheng who went out, "The general must not be sad, Niangniang is not ruthless, but can not be affectionate, Niangniang hopes that the general will find a beautiful woman as soon as possible, and don't miss his life again." ”

He Batsheng looked at the courtyard wall of Jingwu Courtyard in a daze, disheartened, "The girl takes good care of Niangniang, her life is too difficult, but unfortunately I have never been able to do anything, so I will leave." ”

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, He Batsheng's lonely shadow was stretched slender, and it turned out that he was haggard and not a single palace grudge, not necessarily a general without resentment. Even though he has a decisive battle on the battlefield, smiling at the domineering spirit of the heroes, at this time he is just a heartless person, he is full of loneliness and nowhere to find the grass, towards the helplessness of the empty return to the drunken moon, and walks towards the mountain gate with heavy steps. His sorrow, even the sparse leaves could not bear to see the end of this lovesickness, and wanted to let the wind pull him to fill the vacancy next to the shadow, but the sunlight between the gaps embellished this sorrow even more dazzlingly.

Ying'e sighed from behind the door, which was touched by his silent efforts for so many years, and a tear slipped down his lips and fell to the ground, smashing all these years of perseverance. She sat on the ground with her back to the door, exhausted, hiding her face and weeping.

Fuzhi squatted beside her, gently supported her shoulders, and sighed, "There is no beginning, but there is an end." General Hebal's infatuation with you can be described as rock-solid, Niangniang, since you are moved, why can't you accept him? ”

Ying'e shook her head vigorously, "No, he still has a choice, but I can't choose." Gao Huan came today, although every word said that A-Niang missed me and arranged for us to meet, in fact, it was just a reminder to me, that is, the life and wealth of my family are all up to him. He can easily pick up my aunt and them from Jinyang, which means that Erzhu Zhao is already like a dead wood, and Erzhu's family is finished. I can't escape in this life, but I don't have the courage to die calmly after Empress Dowager Hu, because she has no worries, and I still have my aunt and my younger siblings. A-Niang is old, her younger siblings are young, the building has collapsed, what is the end of the egg? ”

"Niangniang, your life is too bitter."

"Bitter? The suffering of the world is all disturbed by the heart, and if it is empty, it is not bitter. It's a pity that I can't be empty in this life, and I can't be empty, even if it's suffering, I can't say it. After losing my father, my son and my child, I regret that those days were vacant, and I lost the most important person in my life, and this suffering became my own fault. Ying'e said sadly, "I can't delay General Heba any longer, he should be determined in all directions, and he can't lose his will for me as a woman, he and Gao Huan are not people all the way." ”

"I hope General Heba can understand that your intentions are all idiots. Mother, the slave will help you back to the house to rest for a while. Fuzhi helped Ying'e up and saw Yunzhi coming in with a box of dim sum, "Who sent this?" ”

Yun Zhi replied, "The dim sum was sent in by the Bohai King's servant, and it was said that the Bohai Princess prepared it for the mother." There is also a tassel here, saying that the princess of Bohai saw that the tassel of Niangniang's Jiugao flute was old, so she braided the root like it and asked me to bring it in. ”

Ying'e was tired and didn't want to speak, so she glanced at Fuzhi, and Fuzhi understood. She asked Yun Zhi to send the dim sum to the other old concubines, leaving the tassels alone, and she didn't change them, but just put them in the brocade box with the Jiugao flute.

Just when Ying'e thought that Gao Huan had already deployed everything, she didn't expect that all the rhetoric was just Gao Huan's deliberate calculation, in order to achieve the goal of marrying Ying'e, he ordered Sima Ziru to go to Jinyang overnight to lobby Princess Beixiang, and bring Princess Beixiang and Ying'e's two younger brothers, Er Zhu Wenchang and Er Zhu Wen, back to Luoyang. At the same time, he ordered Gao Qian and Wei Jing to rectify their armaments, and asked Yuan Xiu to issue a crusade against Zhu Zhao and send troops to recruit Er Zhu Zhao. This move was nothing more than a bluff by Gao Huan, who secretly ordered the team to turn back to Beijing after Princess Beixiang arrived.

On the second day, Gao Huan came to welcome Ying'e into the house, and arranged to live in Fengqi Pavilion, Ying'e saw that the furnishings in the house were all the same as the Pujia Palace except for the screen made of embroidery, and the bed and makeup table were used by herself back then. Lou Zhaojun has a lot of respect for Ying'e, which caused Er Zhushu to have mixed feelings in her heart, but she didn't dare to say much, because she knew that Gao Huan had sent an army to fight against her father, proving that she was just a plaything in Gao Huan's heart. She didn't dare to be coquettish and willful anymore, she locked herself in Lang Huanxuan all day long, and she didn't want to ask Ying'e for mercy on herself, even after listening to Wang Niang's cold words, she didn't dare to say a word, she finally understood that all this was her own doing.

When Princess Beixiang appeared in front of Ying'e with her two younger brothers, Ying'e did not have half the joy of reunion after a long absence, she seemed to see a net covering herself, making her feel suffocated, she shed tears in pain, hugged her mother tightly and cried.

Princess Beixiang looked at her daughter who had gone through so many hardships, hugged her arms tightly in distress, and motioned for her two sons to go out first, she gently patted Ying'e's shoulder, and said in a choked voice, "E'er, cry if you want to cry, you have been too bitter all these years." ”

"A-Niang, E'er really wants to meditate on the Buddha in Yaoguang Temple and atone for the sins of this life, but in the end she can't get what she wants. A-Niang, E'er has not paid off the debt in her previous life, and you still want me to be tortured in this world? Ying'e asked Princess Beixiang painfully, she seemed to remember the scene when she pulled Er Zhurong and cried and didn't want to enter the palace, she was suddenly so scared, I don't know if A-Niang will make the same choice as A-Dad back then.

Princess Beixiang looked at Ying'e guiltily, rubbed her hair, and said sadly, "E'er, karma and harmony are destined, and the suffering of this life is the debt of the previous life." A-Niang also feels sorry for you, and wants to bear all this for you, but A-Niang is helpless. You are a smart child, the helplessness in your eyes when you see A-Niang today, A-Niang can see it. A-Niang knows that you are tired, and wants to quietly guard the past and spend the rest of your life under the green lantern ancient Buddha. But A-Niang has to beg you, please look at these people who are alive, your father is dead, the Erzhu family is also falling apart, and the remaining Erzhu Zhao is just a grasshopper after the autumn, Gao Huan wants him to live for a few days, this is not a big army is about to arrive in Jinyang. A-Niang knows your heart, when Sima Ziru came, A-Niang didn't want to come to Luoyang. But his words knocked on the side, which made Ah Niang feel chilled when she heard this, Ah Niang has experienced all kinds of wealth and wealth at her age, but your two younger brothers are only in their teens, how can they follow us to bear these tribulations? ”

Ying'e raised her head and looked at A-Niang's face, she got the answer, A-Niang and A-Dad made the same choice, A-Niang was to protect his love, but A-Niang was to keep her brother's wealth, and in the end only she sacrificed herself. She pursed her lips, with tears on her face, slowly shook her head and smiled bitterly, "So, Auntie's decision is the same as Daddy's back then?" Use your daughter's body in exchange for everything you need, and your daughter wants to ask A-Niang, is it true that her daughter can't be her own master in this life? ”

Ying'e's questioning made Princess Beixiang ashamed, and the palms and backs of her hands were full of meat, but she chose to sacrifice Ying'e for her two sons in exchange for the title of meritorious knighthood. Tears slid down her cheeks, and she knelt down for Ying'e with a "poof", "E'er, it's A-Niang who is selfish, you forgive A-Niang, A-Niang really has no choice, I can't watch your two younger brothers die." ”

Ying'e saw Princess Beixiang kneeling, and hurriedly pulled her up, "A-Niang, how can you kneel your daughter, you are letting your daughter suffer God's curse." ”

"A-Niang really doesn't know how to beg you for forgiveness, your teacher is also here, he doesn't worry about you, so he chooses to be Gao Huan's staff. By the way, this box was brought to you by your teacher asked A-Niang, saying that one of your deceased entrusted him to hand it over before he went to Jingzhou. ”

"My daughter knows, Auntie, go back and rest first, let your daughter think about it." Ying'e took the rectangular wooden box in the hands of Princess Beixiang, she didn't want to say more to her mother at this time, and ordered Fuzhi to send them out. When she opened the wooden box, she was stunned, and the box contained the wooden comb that He Batsheng had carved for her, but the wooden comb was broken at the waist, and she was a little relieved by the choice He Batsheng made. "Fuzhi, he can finally let me go."

"Niangniang, your heart can be at peace for a while."

Ying'e nodded, "Yes, he is the last person I want to hurt in my life, and the ending now is the most suitable." Fuzhi, you accompany me to the corner tower outside the mansion to stand at the station, I want to see the scenery outside the mansion, I am afraid that the mood of watching it will be different in the future. ”

The remnant sun moves west and dusk, the wind beats the sycamore, the geese fly south, the loneliness does not go first, the independent dangerous building, the mountains and rivers are stained with blood, and the beauty is in tears. Ying'e stared weakly into the distance, the worry in her heart could finally be put down, she took out the Jiugao flute in her arms sadly, and played the song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" again. The figures of Yuan Ziyou and He Batsheng appeared in front of her eyes, as if listening to her playing, and as if complaining that she chose to make a come, she closed her eyes and wept, this song of lamentation diminished the dream, lonely and deep, the resentment in the prosperity turned into endless lovesickness at this time, but it is a pity that the scattered acquaintances, even this sad sound can no longer be heard.

Lou Zhaojun, who was out of the house after hearing the song, looked at Ying'e's thin back in the distance, and said regretfully, "She has always been a poor person, she thought she could escape her fate, but she was involuntarily arranged." Su Mian, Fengqi Pavilion will take care of her more in the future, and treat her like me, remember. ”

Su Mian promised, "The slave understands." ”

In 533 AD, after Gao Ying married Ying'e, he set out from Yecheng to crusade against Erzhu Zhao, who was defeated in Chihongling, and all his subordinates surrendered or fled. Seeing that the general trend had gone, Erzhu Zhao, who had been at the end of his rope, killed the war horse that had followed him for many years, and hanged himself from a tree. He Batsheng, who was hurt by love, chose to be loyal to Emperor Xiaowu Yuan Xiu, and turned against Gao Huan, but was defeated by Hou Jing and forced to defect to Daliang. On October 17 of the third year of Yongxi (534), Yuan Xiu was dissatisfied with Gao Huan's dictatorship and defected to Yuwentai in Chang'an. In February 535, Yuwentai killed Yuan Xiu on the grounds that Yuan Xiu was promiscuous and his sister was harmed, and Yuan Bao Torch was renamed as emperor. He Batsheng was in the south of the Yangtze River for three years, repeatedly borrowed troops from Xiao Yan to ask for Gao Huan in the north, and was rejected again and again, and finally waited until Yuwentai established the Western Wei Dynasty, and Gao Huan's Eastern Wei was divided and ruled, and in 536 A.D. He Batsheng defected to the Western Wei Dynasty, was appointed as the Taishi, and officially started a war with Gao Huan.

However, all these disputes seem to have nothing to do with Ying'e, she began to gradually like the current peace, although Gao Huan married several concubines after her, but Gao Huan still loves her in every way, and respects her more than Lou Zhaojun. She gave birth to five sons Gao Xun and thirteen sons Gao Ning for Gao Huan, Gao Huan was overjoyed, and once wanted to set up Ying'e as the main room and Gao Xun as the son, but she gave up because of Sima Ziru's advice. Unexpectedly, this episode became a reminder of Ying'e's final tragic ending, on the first day of the first month of the fifth year of Wuding in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Gao Huanxue died at home in Jinyang, and the eldest son Gao Cheng succeeded him as the prime minister, and was assassinated by the slaves when he was preparing to abolish the emperor and stand on his own. The second son, Gao Yang, deposed Yuan Shanjian and established the State of Qi, known as the Northern Qi Dynasty in history. Gao Xun was established as the king of Pengcheng, and Er Zhu Ying'e was the concubine of Pengcheng and moved to live.

Ying'e, who has experienced half a lifetime, returned to Yaoguang Temple, kneeling under the Buddha's seat reverently, she put down her body and mind, and wanted to use her remnants to worship in front of the Buddha, get rid of those pains, and no longer want to be gorgeous in the world. Gao Yang didn't want to let go of this peerless little lady, when he appeared in Jingwu Courtyard with a drunken body, Ying'e was so shocked that she retreated, she asked, "Why did the emperor come to this pure place of Buddhism and trespass on my bed?" ”

Gao Yang smiled cruelly, his eyes were full of dirt, "When my father was alive, I always wanted you to replace my mother, but I was curious, there are many beautiful women in the world, what is different about you." Today, let me appreciate it. After saying that, he hugged Ying'e and wanted to do rude things.

Ying'e couldn't stand Gao Yang's hands wandering on her body, the smell on his body made Ying'e feel nauseous and wanted to vomit, but she couldn't struggle, she bit Gao Yang's ear when Gao Yang lowered her head and kissed her neck. Gao Yang let go of the pain, Ying'e let go and struggled against the wall, she pointed to the door and scolded, "You get out of here." ”

Fu Zhi and Yun Zhi heard the movement and wanted to enter the house to visit, but they were stopped by Gao Yang's guards outside the door, only to see Gao Yang, who had blood on his face, rushed out angrily, snatched the long knife from the hand of one of the guards and turned around and re-entered the house. At that moment, Ying'e's last voice in her life came from inside the room, "Ah. ”

A generation of beauties slowly fell, and at the moment when her beautiful head was separated from her body, Ying'e seemed to see a silk handkerchief handed by the young man, and he smiled and said, "E'er, I can finally fulfill my promise to you, accompany you to herd horses and sheep, and live a leisurely life." ”

The ups and downs of this life, the sadness and helplessness of this life, she has been obedient and enduring, this only time of resistance, let her be satisfied, "Ziyou, I finally became my own master in this life, it's good." ”