Chapter 4: The World in My Heart (2)
The firelight of the glazed platform is very shallow, with a light blue. Gu Nianci gently straightened the wick, put a cyan rice paper thread cover on the lampshade, and covered Hua Luocheng's clothes with a layer of light cyan light.
"Girl, I'm guilty."
People live for a lifetime, each has its own attachments, and each has its own thoughts. The difference is that some people will forget in life and be relieved after death, so they only ask for a bowl of soup on the way to reincarnation; And some people didn't dare to face it in life, but they finally had courage after death. If he is unwilling to drink the bowl of soup for the sake of his own obsession, if he can have the courage to face his bigotry and sin, Meng Po will lead him to Liuli Pavilion.
Tell your story to the begonia, if you can move the begonia to tears, the tears can be used as one of the bases for Meng Po soup, and Gu Nianci will help you make up for the regrets of the past that you can't let go. If the storyteller lies just for the sake of sensationalism, his life lamp will be extinguished and his soul will be scattered. This is a transaction between Gu Nianci and Meng Po, Meng Po lent her flower spirit, and she helped Meng Po collect all kinds of raw materials for making Meng Po soup.
Back then, Gu Nianci met a flower demon at the entrance of Huangquan. That flower demon was different from ordinary flower demons, it was a thousand-year-old begonia cultivated into a demon. Xie Bi'an told her that if she wanted to trade with Yan Jun, she would have to borrow half of the flower spirit from the flower demon. Unexpectedly, the flower demon agreed very happily, so happy that Gu Nianci pinched his thigh hard at that time to make sure that he was not dreaming. The condition is that Gu Nianci must live in Ping'an Town and help her collect the raw materials for Meng Po soup. At that time, Gu Nianci knew that the person in front of him was what people called "Meng Po"
Later, Gu Nianci took the half of the flower spirit and made a deal with Yan Jun, and Yan Jun ticked off her and Gu Nian'an's names in the book of life and death, at the cost that her sister and brother could never really leave Ping'an Town, although they were not old or dead, they could not be reincarnated again. This is her price, even if Nian'an will hate her and resent her in the future, she has no complaints.
The number of Dayan is fifty, and there are nine out of forty. Someone once said that this is the last bit of mercy left by Heaven to the infatuated.
Hualuo City was originally not called Hualuo City, she had a title called Changping, and she was the eldest princess of Dongling Kingdom.
In the sixty-second year of Yuanhe, the emperor died, and Concubine Zhen, who was the most favored during his lifetime, was voluntarily martyred, which became a good story for a while.
The new emperor ascended the throne, but he was too young. The Queen Mother had no choice but to listen to the government. As a female streamer, she has always believed in the concept of "Qi family ruling the country and leveling the world". Fortunately, the first prince's heirs were thin, with only one son and one daughter. It is the new emperor and the princess of Changping, and he has already set up a prince in his early years. Therefore, the rulers of Tanglin only need to focus on "outside the world". Donglin is located in the Central Plains, the land is vast and rich, but the border disputes have always been there, among which the night underworld is the most eyed. The two countries have been at war for more than eight years. Originally, the national strength of the two countries was comparable, but now that the new emperor has succeeded to the throne, it is difficult to guarantee that Ye Ming will not feel that this is an opportunity.
The Queen Mother and the ministers of the court and the central government have been thinking for a long time, and out of the original intention of being responsible for the country and the people, it is really not appropriate to start a war at this time. If we want to maintain the harmony between the two countries without bloodshed, the only way is to be friendly. They must choose a person in Tanglin, and this person must have the beauty of the city, after all, love at first sight depends on color; It takes a great deal of responsibility and courage to the country to ensure that she does not rebel and waver; The person also needs to be talented enough, because the plan can't keep up with the changes.... In short, this important candidate who shoulders the peace between the two countries, looking at Tanglin, there is only one suitable candidate - the eldest princess of Changping.
Today's queen mother is Changping's biological mother, and she is unwilling to let Changping go to get married. Correct.... How can the major events of the family and the country be prevented by the Queen Mother's "unwillingness"....
The king of the night underworld already has a wife, who is from a famous family and gentle and virtuous, and the two are loving husband and wife. It is impossible for the night to be abolished, but if the princess of Changping marries the night as a concubine, it is tantamount to Tanglin admitting that the night is lowered, which is not good for the face of the new monarch, after all, the face of the new monarch is the face of Dongling.
Just when the ministers scratched their ears and cheeks and couldn't think of a way, Changping suddenly walked up to the main hall, "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Changping is willing to give up the identity of a princess of a country and marry Ye Ying and his relatives!" β
Just one sentence caused the whispers of the ministers.
"Presumptuous!" The Queen Mother was a little annoyed, and stood up anxiously, "Someone! Are you all blind?! Don't take the princess down yet! β
"Queen Mother!" Changping broke away from the palace people who came to pull her, and knelt heavily on the ground, "Queen Mother, this matter is very important, if the child doesn't go, then..." The Queen Mother picked up a teacup from her side and threw it on Changping's head. Warm blood flowed down Changping's forehead, and she reached out to stroke her forehead in a little daze, looking at the red blood on her hands in a daze.
"This time, the princess is broken, and the matter of letting the princess go to the night and kiss is not to be mentioned again. Come! Bring the princess back! β
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Speaking of this, Hua Luocheng stroked his left forehead with one hand and smiled shallowly, there was a shallow crescent-shaped scar there. Her beautiful eyes were full of warmth and guilt, "In the end, I went to the night of the underworld, Queen Mother.... I guess it's lonely..."
The Queen Mother was reluctant to Changping and broke her forehead with a teacup. The Queen Mother thought... Or rather, she hopes it will stop her daughter from leaving the country. But... Some things are destined to be unstoppable.
On that day, the palace knelt on the ground, and the old ministers admonished one after another, and the queen mother put the overall situation of the country first. As a member of the royal family, he is responsible for the country and the people, and the Queen Mother was forced to be helpless, and finally nodded with tears.
As a princess who has been favored since childhood, Changping did not have princess disease, that night, she was wrapped in bandages on her head, kneeling in front of the Queen Mother, dressed in gorgeous clothes, like a budding peony. She kowtowed three heads to the Queen Mother and said: "My father was very fond of his sons and ministers during his lifetime, and gave his son the name of 'Changping' in the hope that his son would be safe for a long time, but now, the border wars are continuous, and the country is still difficult to peace, so how can Changping come to Changping?" Right now, the night is watching, and the emperor's brother is still young... Please queen mother.... Let the retainers go... Protect the country forever! The Queen Mother trembled and stretched out her hand to help Changping up, bursting into tears, "The Queen Mother... It's just you and Teng'er... Teng'er is young... And now you're againβ" "Mother! The Queen Mother hugged her, "My hard-working son... If you weren't born into the emperor's family... If you weren't born in the emperor's family...""Queen Mother, sons are not bitter! Changping raised his head from the arms of the Queen Mother, "Changping, as a princess of a country, thought that he would be a rice worm in his life, but now Changping has the opportunity to protect Dongling, protect the imperial brother, and protect the queen mother. The sons are willing, and the sons have no regrets! β
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In the spring of the sixty-third year of Yuanhe, the princess Changping suddenly fell ill and was weak to return to the sky.
In the autumn of the sixty-third year of Yuanhe, as one of the gifts for the birthday of the monarch of the night underworld in Tangling, the singer Hua Luocheng went to the night with the mission.
Cheng, she is a singer Hua Luocheng, and she will not make people feel that Tanglin used the only princess to please the monarch of the night underworld and lost the national character of Tanglin.
Defeated, a singer Hua Luocheng, with a low status, it is not a pity to die.
This is a big gamble, a war to fight for peace with foreign countries. Correct... Regardless of the success or failure of this war, the woman called "Hua Luocheng" is destined to be more than lucky.
The envoy Guo who went to the night to give gifts was the confidant of the Queen Mother, and was specially transferred to complete this special task.
In order not to delay the trip, Hualuo City ordered the mission to be divided into two teams, and the team went to the Night Netherworld as usual, and the team left behind After resting for five days, in the name of the caravan, quietly lived in the only inn at the junction of Tanglin and the Night Netherworld.
Hua Luocheng waited for three days in this inn, there is a large ginkgo forest next to the inn, it is late autumn, Hua Luocheng goes to walk in the ginkgo forest every evening, the coral-colored sunset gilds her with a layer of charming gold. From time to time, passers-by looked at her back and were stunned, but no one had ever had evil thoughts, as if even her back was written with the words "sacred and inviolable".
Ginkgo biloba is the "national tree" of the night underworld, Hua Luocheng had a special understanding and research on it before coming to the night underworld, when flipping through those books, she sometimes looks up at the sky and thinks what the world is like outside? When I was a child, I listened to my mother tell interesting stories about my father's youth, and I would often say that he bribed the guards to sneak out of the palace just to listen to Mr. Huaile Louzhuang's commentary; At that time, I happened to hear some palace secrets, and it was rumored that Princess Chang'an, the aunt of Hualuocheng, did not die, but because she was greedy for xiaolongbao outside the palace and drunk from people, she went into hiding with her master...... Luo Chenghua's temperament is more like her mother, calm and quiet, but she is still curious, what is so good about the world outside the palace, otherwise why would these people run out happily?
Standing in the ginkgo grove at dusk, there are no gentlemen who tell storytelling, no xiaolongbao and drunken wine, no small traders and vendors selling on the street, only the sound of ginkgo biloba leaves falling in the mountains. She didn't have a chance to experience the world that her father and the aunt whose fate was unknown, this was the first time she had left the Tanglin Palace, where she had grown for sixteen years, and now the only thing she had time to experience in front of her eyes was this golden ginkgo forest.
She looked at the fallen leaves falling in mid-air and couldn't help but think. In the ginkgo forest, there is a hut, if you are lucky, you can find someone who can stay with her for a lifetime, and be the most ordinary couple in the world. For her, this is her world, she thought, and couldn't help but smile in the most natural way. It's beautiful.
But she knew in her heart that this seemingly simplest wish was a dream that she would never be able to pursue in her life...