Xiao Jiangyuan rarely refuted the facts, so he smiled silently and stretched out his hand to invite Princess Taiping to get on the ox cart.

"Where?" Princess Taiping asked.

“…… Go home. Xiao Jiangyuan thought for a while and replied.

Princess Taiping was slightly stunned, and her thoughts seemed to sigh sadly: "My home...... In the Daming Palace. ”

But that was a long time ago, at that time, she was the brightest and most wanton existence in the entire Daming Palace, loved by her brother and doted on by her parents. After nearly 20 years, she was the only little princess in the entire Tang Dynasty, who was blessed with earth-shattering weddings and incomparable dignity.

In Xiao Jiangyuan's ears, he could only think of one thing - at that time, the Empress Ze was still there.

She still didn't refute or correct, her smile was still the same, and she was still reaching out.

"You have sit, I will not sit." Even if she has the advantage of her tongue, she is powerless to reverse the future, Princess Taiping knows it in her heart, but she still has to cling to the only remaining pride. She turned her head to look at Li Ye, "My aunt wants you to have a good horse, and my nephew won't be reluctant, right?" ”

"What did my aunt say?" Li Ye said and hurriedly brought his horse, "My nephew helped my aunt get on the horse." ”

As soon as Princess Taiping took a step, she saw Xue Chongjian beside her also take a step forward, and stretched out her hand and withdrew it tremblingly. She raised her eyes, her eyes rippling, and gave her only surviving son after this tribulation, and finally looked deeply, and then resolutely walked past him. When she passed by him, she said in a low voice: "Don't forget, what I said to you before returning to Chang'an." ”

This was the last sentence she left for her son, and after Xue Chongjian heard it, he finally controlled his body.

Seeing that when Princess Taiping got on the horse, she didn't even help her only son, but her nephew did his best and took care of her, and the people watching couldn't help but sigh.

"It is rumored that their mother and son are at odds, and today it has come to such a ......"

"What do you know, how can this king of the kests live if it were not so? The three sons of Princess Zhenguo were beheaded directly when they were caught three days ago......"

After Princess Taiping sat down, she pointed at Xiao Jiangyuan: "You come to lead the horse for me." ”

This is to let Xiao Jiangyuan return to the Zhenguo Princess Mansion with her on foot. Li Ye was worried about Xiao Jiangyuan's body, and just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by Xiao Jiangyuan: "I'm fine." King Xue still hurriedly brought King Lijie into the palace, and the saint had been waiting for a long time. ”

Xue Chongjian couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so when he heard this, he dragged Li Ye out of here. When Princess Taiping saw Xue Chongjian go away, she started leisurely and slowly galloped in the middle of Suzaku Street.

Suzaku Street is very wide, with trees on both sides of the road, and wide and deep ditches to drain the city. At this time, the morning drum has been over for a long time, and the streets are full of pedestrians, endlessly, a busy and full of life.

As soon as he saw Princess Taiping, he thought he was wrong, so he hurriedly rolled off the donkey, and with the help of the little girl, he hurriedly bowed to Princess Taiping.

There are the daughters of the family who go out on an outing together, deliberately stop the ox cart, get off the car and worship, between the power and the haze, you can still vaguely see that they are either beautiful in appearance, or ordinary in qualifications, but there is no lack of nobility in their gestures, and their character is as noble as the hollow valley orchid.

There are vendors who are hurrying to the West Market, because they have seen the face of Princess Taiping who lives in the West Market several times, so they are busy informing their companions, turning sideways in the direction of Princess Taiping, and saluting together, until Princess Taiping passes by, they regain their anxious steps.

There was an oncoming luxury frame, and when she saw that the person who came was Princess Taiping, she not only hurriedly got out of the car to salute, but also let the carriages and horses avoid it one after another, so that Princess Taiping went first.

Gradually, more and more people poured into Suzaku Street, but they did not dare to step forward, only bowed on both sides of the street, and watched Princess Taiping leave.

It's as if nothing has changed, but in fact everything has changed.

What he saw along the way, Xiao Jiangyuan didn't expect. But if the place is changed, and the Empress Zetian is right away, and she is in the middle of this group of people, then she will be the same, so it is not difficult to understand. She turned her head slightly and glanced at Princess Taiping, only to see that there were tears in her eyes, but she was still looking ahead, as if she hadn't seen anything, but her neck and back were much straighter than when she set off.

Xiao Jiangyuan couldn't help but sigh lightly, and said secretly in his heart: Whether it is the emperor or the queen, the prince and princess, the stubbornness in this bone is really flowing in the blood of the Li Tang royal family.

Princess Taiping originally had a lot of unwillingness and resentment, and she came back this time to fight for a breath, and she must be restless. Now that she has gone this way, her heart has gained peace that she has never felt before. No matter what happens, among the people of Datang, she will always be the princess of Datang.

But, it can only be a princess.

It was born with her, and she will die with it today. In her life, she has only this name, and she has never failed her from beginning to end. She was suddenly glad that she hadn't abandoned it out of ambition.

Although the pace is slow, Chenguang is fast. When Princess Taiping re-imprinted Chang'an in her heart, the dusk drum had risen, the door was about to close, and she and Xiao Jiangyuan had also arrived at the Princess Zhenguo Mansion.

Today's Zhenguo Princess's Mansion is empty, all the assets have been copied, and there are no furniture and straw mats left in the house, but this mansion still has pavilions and pavilions that cannot be moved, and the wonders of mountains and rivers are just to go to all the carvings and decorations, showing people without makeup.

Princess Taiping stepped in from the door of the mansion, and every few steps, she discarded a gorgeous and valuable ornament on her body. First, the golden hairpin on the head shook the jade and scratched the head, then the earrings, necklaces, bracelets, armbands, and finally the gorgeous clothes on the body. By the time she reached the main room, her long hair was draped like a waterfall, and she was dressed in a snow-white full-breasted skirt.

She is more than 40 years old, but she has been properly maintained for many years, and at this time, she looks like a little daughter.

In the main room, there is only a low case, and above the low case, there is a white silk hanging in the wind.

Princess Taiping walked over and used the white silk as a shawl, draped one side over her shoulders and the other between her arms. She stroked the silky texture carefully, and suddenly smiled: "Bai Aya is expensive, and San Lang is willing to do it?" ”

There was no more mockery in that smile, just like a hibiscus, blooming in the rippling clear water.

Xiao Jiangyuan smiled, but also a little more human and serious: "Poisonous wine stains people's color, daggers see blood is unclean, saints think about it, only this can make the princess face." ”

Princess Taiping bowed her head and bowed to the north: "Taiping, thank you." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan said: "The saint never expected to be forgiven or even thanked by the princess, so he did not dare to come in person, but only let the slave and maid say thank you to the princess on behalf of the saint, and also said: 'I'm sorry'." ”

Princess Taiping shook her head: "I'm just a death here, he is the Son of Heaven, so there is no need to come here in person." It's just that it's not nice to say this, but you will speak and do things for him, and you have a bit of Wan'er's demeanor back then. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan said solemnly: "Whether the princess believes it or not, the conversation between the saint and the princess in front of the Tang Dynasty that day was indeed eavesdropping on the slave's own initiative, and everything the saint said at that time was sincere." ”

The matter has come to this point, there is no need for Xiao Jiangyuan to deceive, Princess Taiping naturally knows this. She didn't seem to mind much on the surface, but when she heard this explanation, she was still a little more relaxed and relieved.

Princess Taiping stared at Xiao Jiangyuan and held the scroll all the way, and said: "In this way, the Tang Dynasty has a male master, and the coming day can be expected, although I will die in vain-what are you waiting for, don't read out the book, let me die earlier?" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan was slightly stunned for a moment, looked down at the scroll in his hand, didn't say anything, and only took a few steps forward. Seeing Xiao Jiangyuan walking towards her, Princess Taiping lowered her eyes, stared at the flowing corners of Xiao Jiangyuan's robe as she approached step by step, and gently tightened Bai Aya's hands.

Xiao Jiangyuan handed the scroll to Princess Taiping and said, "This is not a book for death, but a parting gift from my nephew to my aunt." ”

Princess Taiping raised her eyebrows and asked, "The sage is not afraid that if there is no book, I will die if I refuse?" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan said: "The sage once said that if the princess returns, she will regard death as home, even if he doesn't mention it, it is nothing more than this ending." ”

What she didn't say was that she didn't make a book, that is, she didn't make a conclusion about Princess Taiping's identity as a sinner, so that she could die as a princess of the Tang Dynasty, and this white silk actually represents the meaning of a saint, Princess Taiping is so smart that she won't not understand.

Princess Taiping reached out and took the scroll, opened it, was stunned for a moment, and then looked stunned: "This is ...... Wan'er's poetry collection? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan said: "Exactly." The sage admired Huiwen Zhaorong's talent, so a long time ago, he sent someone to record all her poems and make them into a book for the world to see, and recently obtained this first final draft. ”

"Or is it a preface made by Zhang Daoji? He is worthy of being a leader in the literary world and a contemporary masterpiece. "Dao Ji is the word Zhang said. Princess Taiping looked at it carefully, and suddenly said, "Do you know that I just wanted to take advantage of your unpreparedness to use this white silk to kill you first, and then kill myself, and then take you to see Wan'er with me?" ”

Seeing Xiao Jiangyuan's rare look of surprise, Princess Taiping chuckled lightly and sighed faintly: "Have you ever wondered why Wan'er has been entangled, you and her should be the same kind of people?" Seeing that Xiao Jiangyuan was silent, she continued, "Because you are too similar to her." If you end up being like her, she will feel better and think that this is the only outcome, and that she is not at fault. ”

In fact, Xiao Jiangyuan knows all this.

"Do you really think that Wan'er wants you to be like her?" Princess Taiping stroked the words on the scroll, "Wan'er is a stunning poet, why don't you want to have the style of a literati?" However, the times can't help it, you look at this officialdom, there is no clean place, friends are fighting, the party is the same, there are people who defect everywhere, follow you today, follow him tomorrow, how many people can really be loyal? Wan'er is not loyal to people, not loyal to the country, she is only loyal to power. In my opinion, she is not wrong. After all, she raised you, and you are here because of her, so why despise her while using what she gave? ”

"I've never despised her." Xiao Jiangyuan immediately said, reflecting that he was too polite, and said, "The slave just thinks that those who have never known the times are willing, and the so-called current situation is just to find a helpless excuse for themselves, and to show that they are different from the mud in the future, as if so, they can still be clean and clean." But everything in the world is mostly man-made, what kind of person to be, what kind of things to do, only look at the person himself, look at his own heart, you can't let yourself go with the flow because of the way of the world, or even add fuel to the fire, and feel that you have to be very innocent. This is the biggest difference between the slave and her.

"In all things in the world, there is a way and a skill, and a slave and maid can use the most despicable skill, but they will not betray the way. Some people have changed, but the way has changed, and the heart has changed, and there is no other excuse or explanation. If it is true that she has always been loyal to power as the princess said, then in this life, in fact, her will and loyalty have been fulfilled, she should have no regrets, but the princess still explained so much for her, it seems that the princess and her hearts are like mirrors, and there is no need for slaves to talk clumsyly. ”

"Even so, she taught you that." Princess Taiping sighed, "I believe it now, you are indeed different from her, but I still don't like you. For Wan'er's sake, let me ask more, do you plan to continue like this in the future and not restore your status as a woman? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan looked taken for granted: "The slave is a eunuch, and there is no such thing as a woman." ”

"It's fine." Princess Taiping thought for a while, and said, "This world still belongs to men, we had the opportunity to change one or two, but after I die, I am afraid there will be no chance." Maybe in the future, the world will give women an equal chance with men, but I don't think you can wait. If you want to live well, not only do you have to be like this, but you also have A-Niang's killing and determination, you have to be more unscrupulous than men, you have to give up love, you have to be ruthless, and - this is the last advice that I can give to the future life - "

"Be careful of Li Saburo."

In the second year of the first year, the seventh day of the seventh month, the begging festival.

Princess Taiping of Zhenguo hanged herself in the mansion.

The red makeup era, which lasted for decades and almost brought the difficulty of destroying the country to the Tang Dynasty, has come to an end, and the future has never been opened.