A few days later.

"The Divine Decree has arrived! The eldest princess of Chongxi received the order. ”

Yu Zijin stood by the lake, sprinkling fish food into the water godlessly, she straightened her back, "The people of Zhongning Wangfu have already been killed and only I am left, Yu Han finally can't let go, and is going to kill my sister?" ”

The eunuch smiled cautiously: "The eldest princess is too worried, my emperor Longen has already announced that the eldest princess and the king of Zhongning have broken off the marriage contract, and there is nothing to do with it, how can the crime of the king of Zhongning implicate the eldest princess?" No, the emperor is always thinking about the eldest princess, and the slave wants to congratulate the eldest princess on a good thing. ”

Hearing this, Yu Zijin Huo Ran turned around, took the edict in the hand of the eunuch who passed the decree, and unfolded it to take a look, her eyes burned with raging flames, and the eunuch hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty.

Raising her hand to throw the edict into Lianhu, she said angrily: "Go back and tell Yu Han that Yu Zijin was born as a native of the Yuan clan and died as a ghost of the Yuan clan, and would rather die in this life!" ”

Looking at the edict soaked in water in the lake on the left, and looking forward to the people who left straight away, the eunuch had no choice but to take the people and horses back to the palace by the same way.

Kinmen Temple, the hall is brilliant, the Buddha is solemn, it is now the East Qianguo Temple.

The demeanor of the old abbot who had cultivated to a high level was lost, and he said to the stunning woman kneeling in front of the Buddha statue with a razor in his hand with a frightened face: "The eldest princess can't help it, you are a princess of a country, how can you run to this temple to become a monk?" Don't bother the old man, the emperor blames it, the old man can't afford it! ”

Yu Zijin's three thousand green silks were scattered, and the batches were drenched from the fragrant shoulders, and she clenched the razor in her hand and twisted the delicate eyebrows, and said, "Who said it can't?" There are so many royal women who have entered the temple and practiced in the past dynasties, why can't I? Don't say more, hurry up and shave me! ”

She admitted that apart from Mu'er, she had other worries in this world, otherwise she would have gone with Yifeng before Yuhan made the decree. But even if she doesn't die in the wind, she can't let him, who is already dead, be humiliated behind him, this Buddha Gate Pure Land is undoubtedly her only choice now!

"Having said that, but those royal ladies go to the nunnery of nuns, how can anyone come to the Buddhist temple where all monks come?" The old abbot looked embarrassed.

Yuzijin said that Dongyuan moved the capital to Dongqian to establish a country, and there are no royal women to practice at home, so there is no royal nunnery dedicated to the practice of royal women, and now the time is pressing, where does she consider getting this? I had to threaten: "I don't care! Do you shave me or not, if you don't help me, I'll shave myself! As he spoke, he raised the razor and cut it at his hair, which frightened the old abbot and a few of the little novices into exclaim.

"Stop!"

The hand that only cut a strand of hair was suddenly interrupted by a voice from outside the hall, and it was Yu Han who came back with his hand.

The old abbot solemnly greeted him with a few little novices, and was about to tell the story when Yu Han waved his hand to stop him, "I already know that there is Abbot Lao today, and I will solve the matter here." ”

The old abbot glanced at Yu Zijin regretfully, "In that case, Lao Na retired." ”

"Abbot walk slowly."

stepped forward to grab the razor, and Yu Han fell to the ground, "Have you made enough trouble?" ”

Yu Zijin got up from the futon and said angrily: "You don't want me to marry my cousin according to your wishes, I will never do anything to be sorry for him, my cousin values love and righteousness, and I can't hurt him like this!" ”

"You also know that your cousin values love and righteousness? If you had listened to me and married him obediently, would you still have so many things now? ”

"Yes, if the person I marry is my cousin, your path of seeking to usurp the throne will be smoother, won't it?"

"Don't sneer at me, you have to marry this time, I have already issued an edict to dissolve the marriage contract between you and Yuan Yifeng, do you still want to keep the festival for him in this Golden Gate Temple? Or do you think that I have not killed enough people from the original clan? ”

"You dare?" Yu Zijin looked at Yu Han with a shudder, "The people of those clans are no longer important, they are no threat to you at all, and indiscriminately killing innocents will only make the world criticize you for being tyrannical and unreasonable!" ”

"I don't care!" Yu Han was furious, and then approached Yu Zijin and whispered: "You can insist on not marrying, I can kill you now, come here"

"Wait!" Yu Zijin interrupted, she bit her lower lip tightly, tears of despair and sorrow rolled down, soaked in water and bright eyes looked at the cold and ruthless man in front of her, and said in a deep voice: "I'll marry!" ”

After getting a satisfactory answer, Yu Han waved his sleeves and turned away, leaving no trace of warmth from beginning to end. Yu Zijin sat on the futon and wept silently. It was obviously summer, but she felt that the sky was so cold, so cold, two handsome faces overlapped and intertwined in her mind, one lonely and deep, the other warm as the wind, her soul stumbled in the abyss of fate, I don't know which side is what she thinks.

The moon rises out of the clouds, the cicadas sing in the early night, the whole imperial city is decorated with lights, and the ceremonial music is played to celebrate the marriage of the eldest princess of Chongxi to the grand general Lan Sa. It's not that everyone has no whispers about this marriage, it's just that the Son of Heaven is angry and ambushes millions of corpses, and no matter how many whispers there are, they can only be swallowed obediently.

The imperial city is very lively, and the Huaisheng General's Mansion is much more deserted, with colorful lights and red silk hanging at the palace gate, but there are no guests, no auditorium, and even no new houses.

Yu Zijin sat in an elegantly furnished room in a wedding dress, watching the colorful fireworks flying in the sky with cold eyes.

Ming Qing, the uncle of her and Lan Sa, who was also the officiant of the wedding hand-picked by Yuhan, entered the door with a sigh with a somewhat gray beard.

Dongqian was established, the Ming clan as the descendant of the dynasty, most of the descendants of the clan have won the generous reward, Ming Qingyan was more Yuhan personally decreed as the king of Chongxi County, and his sister Yuzijin with the ancestral land of Daidong Chongxi sealed, the favor of the saint is extraordinary, becoming the first king with a different surname after the establishment of the Dongqian country.

Ming Qing Yan has a deep chest and abdomen in the city all his life, and he can be outstanding in order to make the hundred-year-old clan Ming clan have been firmly in the position of the first clan in Daidong for decades, and in his later years, he was crowned the king and knight by virtue of his strong assistance to the Ningxiang palace for many years.

He glanced at the so-called "new house", "eldest princess" He shook his head and changed his words: "Jin girl, rest early." ”

Yu Zijin smiled expressionlessly, "Uncle, why are you here?" ”

Seeing the appearance of the most lively nephew and daughter at the beginning, Ming Qing was a little stunned, and said slowly: "Uncle is just a little worried about you, so come and see, your cousin, this stinky boy doesn't know where to go today, you just rest early, the past is over, and you and Sa'er will live a good life in the future, even if it is for your mother." ”

Seeing that Yuzi nodded solemnly, the whole person was like a clay sculpture, Ming Qingyan frowned deeply, his face was helpless, and he turned around and walked out of the room.

Sending Ming Qing away, Ma Wanzhen took two maids into the room, as Lan Sa's sister-in-law, she should be in charge of the house, but she didn't understand why Lan Sa didn't let her decorate the new house, she didn't understand, seeing that Lan Sa didn't mean to come here, she could only come and take a look.

Once she lost her husband and children, and was forced by her younger brother to marry a man she didn't love, Ma Wanzhen knew that if the same thing happened to her, she would be worse off than dead. is also a wife and mother, she understands very well what Yu Zijin has gone through, and what kind of desolate state of mind is at the moment.

Served a cup of hot porridge and sat next to Yu Zijin, who was like a puppet, "Tossing this day, I think you must not have eaten anything, this bowl of porridge is made by me, barely eat some!" ”

Life is long, and it doesn't stop because of suffering. Ma Wanzhen really pities Yu Zijin, although she and she have only met three times, they are three different periods of Yu Zijin. The first time she was young and innocent, the second time she was elegant and dignified in the deep palace, in Ma Wanzhen's memory, Yu Zijin will always be so beautiful and vibrant, I don't want to see her again for the third time, but she has become like this, beautiful is beautiful, but it is so cold that she has lost her former appearance.

Looking at the steaming and fragrant hot porridge in front of her, Yu Zijin took it with emotion from the corner of her eyes, and a warm current flowed through her cold heart, she still remembered this cousin-in-law who only had three sides, "What did my sister-in-law give birth to?" ”

Ma Wanzhen was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Yu Zijin had given the name to the child in her womb in the past, and said with a smile: "I almost regretted the name given by the eldest princess, the courtier's child gave birth to a boy, and fortunately gave birth to a daughter the year before last, so I used the 'Lan Qing' given by the eldest princess for her." ”

Yu Zijin nodded and drank a spoonful of hot porridge, "God has eyes, and finally lived up to the wishes of my sister-in-law and cousin, I grew up in the Lan family, and my niece must be a poet and a scholar who grows up to be a good Lan heart." ”

"The eldest princess praised it falsely, but the child is really well-behaved, and the courtesy and his wife have nothing else to ask for in this life." Speaking of her daughter, Ma Wanzhen's eyes had a pearl luster, taking into account the pain of Yu Zijin's loss, she didn't say more at the right time, seeing that it was getting late, she told Yu Zijin to rest early, and left with the two maids to close the door.

Xian'er stood aside and looked at the deep night, knowing that Yu Zijin was waiting for someone, and she quietly retreated when she stepped into the room with a steady pace.

Lan Sa didn't wear a formal dress, but came in a snow-blue home dress. Seeing the bright and unparalleled woman in the house, he smiled bitterly in his heart, he had dreamed countless times that she would put on this wedding dress for him, but this situation was no longer what he wanted.

"Thank you." Yu Zijin was the first to speak, if she owes anything in this life, no one owes her cousin more, since she was a child, he has always tolerated and even indulged her nonsense. Now that he has come to this point, he still helps her protect her without regrets, she is only afraid that she will not be able to return this deep affection, and in the end, there is only this gentle sentence to talk about her heart.

"Really thank me, just listen to me this time, okay?" Lan Sa's eyes were slightly red, and he looked at the woman he had loved all his life with pity. Since he was a child, he just wanted to hold the best in front of her, and even worked hard to become the best version of himself for her. But feelings are not hard work can be rewarded, she doesn't love him, and he doesn't want to increase the burden on her heart because of his own efforts to get something in return, he just wants to stick to his original intention and see her happy.

Seeing Yu Zijin miserable to this day, Lan Sa himself has also suffered a lot, and in the countless days and nights in the field, he has heard the news of Xianyang's shocking changes, and he has been restraining the urge to rush back to Xianyang every day. He saw better than she did, and although he knew that she would not be in danger, he deeply hated that he could not bear it for her when he thought of the inner torment she might suffer every day.

Yu Zijin was slightly stunned, not understanding what Lan Sa meant.

"I'm going to send you away!"

"No!" Yu Zijin took a step back, his ten fingers clenched into his fist against his chest, "Cousin, I can't go back, I can't go back for a long time" Xiyuan, that is a place she has dreamed of for many years, but how can she go back now? Not to mention Ah Zheng, she can't face Lin'er alone, every day in front of the wooden statue he carved for her, she thinks about what Lin'er will do after knowing her life experience, but will she hate her as a mother? She didn't have the face to see him, and she didn't have the courage to go back and face the things and people in Nishihara, as well as the man who had been lonely for her for more than ten years.

Lan Sa closed her eyes and sighed, she couldn't bear to look at Yu Zijin's expression, her thin lips opened slightly, and after repeated pauses, she opened her lips: "Jing Mu is dead"

A bang exploded in Yu Zijin's brain, she looked at Lan Sa with a pale face, her heart was like ten thousand ants gnawing at the nail board, the pain and numbness made her breathless, she forgot to breathe, she forgot to cry, and only looked at Lan Sa with straight eyes.

Yuan Jingmu was robbed that day, Yu Han had already issued a gag order in order not to startle the snake and facilitate the secret pursuit, everyone thought that the child had already died in the ground, and Lan Sa's words today were not groundless.

After many days of worrying and sleepless nights, she always held on to a glimmer of hope that her Mu'er was still alive, and one day that smart and intelligent child would return to her and call her mother, how could it be now

Shaking his body and walking to Lan Sa's side, Yu Zijin grabbed his arms tightly, and the tears in his eyes endured to prevent it from falling, "Mu'er won't die, how do you know?" ”

Lan Sa took out a green jade carved dragon pendant from his sleeve with a heavy face, which was the same as the green hosta between the jade hairpins, which was from the hand of Yuan Yifeng.

On the day that Yu Han issued an edict to kill the Zhongning Palace, Lan Sa happened to return to Xianyang, heard that there was a change in the Zhongning Palace, and when he rushed there, he saw a group of black-clothed people breaking into the mansion. Afraid that Yuzi would be in trouble, he took the opportunity to pretend to be one of them and broke into the mansion, and took Yuan Jingmu away with a middle-aged man named **. They evaded the pursuers and took Yuan Jingmu to a family on the farm outside the city, but it was a pity that although ** and others invited the doctor of the rivers and lakes, the child had already lost too much blood and was weak.

Lan Sa will never forget that day, the weak appearance of the child leaning on his arms, his clear eyes endured the pain, and handed the jade pendant to him, "Uncle, Mu'er's limit has come, I am afraid that I will not be able to fulfill my filial piety in front of my mother in this life, please bring this jade pendant to my mother, and Mu'er will be by her side in the future." What the second uncle wants is just the death of the original family, so for the stability of the rest of the clan, Mu'er must die! When the chasing soldiers are chasing, you will leave Mu'er's body to them, only in this way will he die, and his mother will be stable for the rest of her life! As he spoke, the child closed his eyes tightly in his arms, describing it as so quiet and so unbearable to stare at.

Lan Sa has been on the battlefield for more than ten years, killing countless people, and has long been accustomed to seeing life and death, and he is not afraid of life and death. It's just that he never thought that a child who was no more than ten years old would be so calm when facing life and death, but unfortunately, he couldn't do anything except feel his body temperature gradually disappear in his arms, and that sense of powerlessness made Lan Sa extremely frustrated.

Tears poured down, and Yu Zijin stepped back step by step, looking at the jade pendant in Lan Sa's hand in disbelief, "No, my Mu'er won't die, he won't die, he's still so young, how can he die?" No, I don't believe it, I don't believe it" squatting on the ground with her temples covered, her head ached like broken bones, and the unexpected pain of losing her son completely crushed her, like a dead leaf falling to the ground.

Lan Sa sat beside Yu Zijin with his clothes lifted, his face covered with a shadow on Yuehua's back, and he sat with her like that without saying a word. Until the morning rises and the sun sets, until the night rain drops, he sat with the woman who seemed to have no soul for a whole day and a night.

Outside the door, the raindrops of the green tile hit the dress, and Ma Wanzhen worriedly looked at the two silent people in the room through the window, until a small servant came to report the visit of the distinguished guest and left with the next person.