The Shuangling Temple in the northern suburbs of Luoyang is not famous among the many temples in the Northern Wei Dynasty, it is scattered among the people like a small jasper, and its origin is unknown. The temple is built like a chair back to the mountain, the surrounding forest is lush with trees, the stream is murmuring, quiet and deep, Hu Run'er buried the Empress Dowager Hu here because it is remote, afraid that people will disturb the peace of the Empress Dowager Hu.

On the same day, Xu Su fled to Nanliang to join Xiao Yan before the Heyin Change, Hu Run'er was about to give birth, and it was inconvenient to go with her, so she urged Xu Su to flee first, and she stayed to bury Empress Dowager Hu and Yuan Yi, and soon gave birth to a son, but died due to a blood collapse, and the child was sent to Nanliang by someone. It's just that she never thought that Zhu Rong would hold a thousand monks for the Empress Dowager Hu, attracting thousands of people around Luoyang, and the world knows that the Empress Dowager Hu is buried here. When Pan Wai was pitying and rebelling, he wantonly spread rumors to slander the Empress Dowager Hu, and many people who did not know the truth attributed the decline of the country's fortunes and frequent disasters to the Empress Dowager's immorality and fornication, and everyone thought that it was the Empress Dowager Hu who persecuted the Qinghe King Yuanyi, so they were deeply disgusted by Hu Run'er burying the two together, thinking that such a woman could not defile their virtuous king after death. Because no one knew that it was just a well-dressed mound, someone actually destroyed the spirit position of the Empress Dowager Hu at night and removed the Yuan Yi spirit card, so that the pair of hard-working mandarin ducks could not stay together after their deaths. The host of Shuangling Temple reported the matter to Er Zhurong, in order to prevent the rebellion during the Thousand Monks Fast, Gao Huan invited himself to come to the town for seven days to ensure the smooth progress of the Thousand Monks Fast.

On the day of the Thousand Monks' Fast, just after three o'clock, Concubine Zheng's guard of honor went out of the gate, accompanied by the wife of the clan, Ying'e with Qingjiao was also among them, although Er Zhurong was reluctant to go, but arranged for Murong Shaozong to accompany him. Shuangling Temple was heavily guarded, and Gao Huan took the Black Tiger Battalion Hussars to defend it intensively to prevent Ge Rong's generation from taking advantage of the chaos to assassinate.

At the right moment, the bell rings in the temple, the drum beats, the front two long flags guide the way, the four waiters lead the way, welcome the abbot to the front hall, more than 1,000 monks come out, chant the Buddha in the mouth, solemn and solemn. To the main hall, the presiding chime sounds, the bell and drum stop, the Buddha ascends to the throne, the public praises and sings the Buddha, pious prayers, and no one dares to offend the majesty. After the ritual is completed, everyone eats vegetarian food in the temple.

Ying'e took the green sprout to the Empress Dowager Hu's pagoda, the Empress Dowager Hu's tombstone has been rebuilt and repaired, but the name is undecided, Hu Run'er engraved the Empress Dowager Hu's real name on the tombstone, Hu Xianzhen's position. Ying'e couldn't help but feel sad when she looked at it, and couldn't help crying, Qingjiao comforted, "The beauty has passed away, and my sister is still so sad, I think the queen mother treated her sister very well back then." ”

Ying'e sighed, "Her beauty is heartwarming, her wisdom is impressive, she once said to me that if a woman is in her mother's house, she can pamper her wayward daughter, and when she enters the palace, she will no longer live for herself." Falling in love with the Son of Heaven is like borrowing light from the moon, which not only shines on you, but also on your family; Once he wants to take away this light, not only will you live in darkness, but even your family will not be able to see the light, and then it will be a catastrophe. If you follow a person who has the same heart as you, then even if it is a bright candle, he will hold it for you with his own hands, and the temperature is warm. ”

Qingmao lowered her head and repeated Ying'e's words, "I didn't understand it before, I thought that my sister entered the palace and became a concubine, so she seemed to have supreme glory, it turned out that my sister was not happy, and even Empress Dowager Hu had so many last resorts." It's just why women have to become victims of this society, spend their lives for their husbands, but never be able to live a good life for themselves. If you live once according to your own wishes, you will only be worthy of immersion in the pig cage. Sister, Qingjiao doesn't want this kind of life, as long as he is ordinary, he can accompany me for a lifetime, I don't have to worry about him dividing his love, I don't have to worry about whether his love is true or false, as long as he is willing to hold my hand, even if there is a cliff in front of me, I am willing to jump down with him. ”

"Yuan Kuan is the single-minded person you're looking for, right?"

"Now I don't hide it from my sister, I already have a relationship with him, and I will recognize it in this life." Qingjiao smiled sweetly.

"My sister is happy for you, how difficult it is to find someone who is really good to you in this world, and it is even more difficult to stay together. Empress Dowager Hu is actually a poor woman, who has never been able to stay with the person she loves all her life, and her thousands of glory are not as good as that song of piano and song. ”

"It seems that Empress Dowager Hu didn't misunderstand you back then, and it was you who understood her." Yuan Ziyu's deep voice came from behind.

Ying'e turned around happily when she heard this, and sure enough, she saw Yuan Ziyou in cloth standing behind her, followed by Zhang Haosong and Yuan Kuan, she knew that Yuan Ziyou's identity was a little inconvenient, so she pretended to leave the palace, and did not participate in the Thousand Monks Zhai, but she was able to come to worship on the seventh day of Empress Dowager Hu, which shows that he also has a heart for Empress Dowager Hu. She restrained her joy and was about to salute him, but unexpectedly he came and hugged her deeply. Ying'e was surprised and delighted, only to see the others leave with interest, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is not appropriate." ”

Yuan Ziyou ignored Ying'e's slight struggle in his arms, hugged her tighter and tighter, and whispered in her ear, "Shhh, don't move, do you know how long I've been waiting for this moment?" ”

Ying'e stopped struggling, buried her head in his chest, and whispered: "The third watch lies down and listens to the rain gradually thinning, and the tears and candles shine on the wall and the night is late. In his previous life, he was destined to be a Yaotai guest, so why do you need to send a book to ask if you know? ”

Yuan Ziyou heard the meaning of her poem and whispered, "When was it written?" ”

"Since you ceased to be the emperor's attendant, I just got the news that night and wanted to go to the palace gate to see you, but I went to the wrong palace gate with you by mistake. When I came back, it was raining at night, and I wanted to write a letter to ask you, but I didn't know where to start. The scene of that night seemed to resurface, and Ying'e felt tears in her eyes.

Yuan Ziyou felt the slight tremor of her body, raised her face lightly, and saw Jiaohua falling rain, "E'er, I have a last resort, but now I can tell you the truth." At that time, Empress Dowager Hu summoned me to Jiafu Hall and analyzed the affairs of the court and government with me one by one. Liu Tengyuan's rebellion is settled, everything is waiting to be revived, and Empress Dowager Hu treats me well, how can I ask her to stay with you at that time? Besides, you are still Yuan Xu's concubine, what reason do I have to take you away, I can only ask for release, one is to sharpen more, and the other is afraid that I can't help but see you, doesn't that ruin your reputation. After my mother died, I stayed outside for three years, but I have been thinking about you all these years. ”

Ying'e stopped crying, these were not what she thought, even if Empress Dowager Hu promised her to leave the palace in the future, she was also Yuan Xu's concubine, how could she be free, and Empress Dowager Hu also fulfilled her promise at the last moment, abolished her concubine, and returned her identity as the eldest lady of the Erzhu family. Now Ying'e feels that no one can be blamed, her apricot eyes are misty, she gently sent her lips, and let go of her long-hanging heart between her lips and teeth.

This scene was seen by Gao Huan, who was patrolling not far away, he couldn't help but stop, looked at it in a daze, but quickly retracted his thoughts, turned to another road and continued to move forward, as if he didn't see anything, but He Batsheng, who was hiding behind the rockery, closed his eyes in disappointment.

However, all this is not something that people who are immersed in happiness can perceive, and it took a long time for Ying'e to think of her sister Qingjiao, so she wanted to look for it, but she was pulled by Yuan Ziyou and whispered in her ear. Ying'e was surprised and said, "Are your Yuan family going to take in all the daughters of the Erzhu family?" ”

Yuan Ziyou said with a smile, "Ban Gu said: 'The purpose of "Li" is only for marriage. Fu music and the harmony of the four times, the change of yin and yang, the unity of all things, can not be careful! 'Isn't it a good thing to marry a wife and seek a virtuous lady, and to be able to be happy with each other?' That day, Kuan'er lost his soul when he went back, and begged me for a long time today. E'er, let's leave them alone, I think about it, I want to marry you, this country and I are lighter than you, 'The green lotus covers the green water, and the hibiscus is covered with red and fresh. There is a root lotus root below, and a lotus root on the top. When I send you a lotus, you should know my thoughts. In this life, I would only like to hold hands with you Zhu Ying'e, are you willing? ”

Ying'e can't tell her emotions at the moment, is she confused? Was it a surprise? In short, everything came too fast, but she couldn't believe it, did he really want to be with him, or did he have the heart to do it? Ying'e was suddenly frightened by her own thoughts, and she asked eagerly, "What you said today is true?" What if I ask you to give up this throne for me? ”

Yuan Ziyou's nose dilated slightly, he took a deep breath, looked at Ying'e with firm eyes, and the hand holding her tightened, "Don't you want to believe me?" Now let's go back and tell your father, I abdicate, I only want you. ”

Ying'e completely fell into Yuan Ziyou's arms, she felt that she was the happiest at the moment, a man was willing to give up the throne for himself, which many women could not want. "No, Ziyou, I was just joking. Don't give up the throne, I, Zhu Ying'e, want to be your queen Yuanziyou, and we will defend this country for Empress Dowager Hu together. Ying'e eagerly dissected her heart, she was afraid that Yuan Ziyou had misunderstood, she thought instead, "I know that you have not yet ascended the throne, I am afraid that you also think that you are a puppet, but there is no way, you believe me, everything will be fine." ”

"E'er, now that I know your heart, it's better than anything else. Mother also knew about you back then, but she couldn't see you because of her identity, and now her old man knows your thoughts, and she must be happy for us under Jiuquan. Yuan Ziyou said sadly.

Ying'e saw that his expression was gloomy, and hugged him tightly, "My father has no heart of disobedience, but the generals around me who were born and died with my father are also dissatisfied, and they want my father to change his original intention." Now let your father willingly assist you, and everyone is convinced, only the effective Fa Taizu Taizong gold caster. My father believes in Zheng Xian's gods and witches the most, and if he proposes to use you to make gold people to divinate good fortune and evil, my father will definitely listen. ”

Yuan Ziyou said worriedly, "Back then, Taizu Taizong was good at Huang Lao and advocated Buddhism, so he would implement the gold caster to occupy the good fortune, and at that time it was only used for the future, and the only one who cast the gold man was Queen Murong of Taizu. Even the god of war Ran Min failed because of the bad golden statue, and the former Yan Emperor Murong Jun was full of confidence to destroy Ran Wei. E'er, it was because the golden statue was difficult to cast that it was abolished during the time of Emperor Taiwu, and now you let me cast the gold man with your father, what if it is self-defeating? ”

Ying'e smiled and lightly tapped Yuan Ziyou's jaw with her finger, "Let you do it, naturally I have my reason, I think so many people can't cast it, and my father will definitely not be able to cast it, which just lightens his heart." This gold caster must have a firm heart, not to be disturbed by the outside world, and to everyone work together, it is impossible for any link to go wrong. The father is anxious, and he must not be able to calm his mind. ”

Yuan Ziyou opened her lightly, faced the spiritual seat of the Empress Dowager Hu and said, "The Empress Dowager said back then, you are a woman with a country in her heart, different from ordinary women, her temperament is a little like her, but she is more brave than her. The Queen Mother asked me to take you away when she left the palace before the fall of Luoyang, because I was not brave enough to be afraid that I would not be able to give you happiness. I'm not as good as you, from today onwards, I will be a good emperor, live up to you, and you will be my queen. ”

They held hands and worshiped in front of the Empress Dowager Hu's spiritual throne and secretly swore that they would guard this Yuan clan and not let it fall apart and change color.