The sound of intermittent prayers came into the bedroom, and a sense of foreboding hit him, and the prince propped himself up from the bed: "Queen Mother, I want to go out and accompany Mary." That's when I had to be with her. The maids hurried over to help.

Queen: "Prince, your serious injuries have not healed, be careful!" Before he could finish speaking, the prince fell to the ground, and his wound was ruptured.

"Prince, my son...... O my son! The queen cried out in tears.

Seven days later, Zhang Si sat majestically on the top of the main hall. Qiu Yunlong sat in the chair on his upper left. A group of civil and military ministers are on both sides of the main hall.

Zhang Si: "Rank Aiqing, this time Nanzhao can relieve the national disaster, you are all meritorious ministers, this king will be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and the martyrs who unfortunately died on the battlefield should pay a lot of money to comfort their families." Xiao Zhongneng, in the near future, you will work with the officials of the Ministry of War to draw up a detailed list of soldiers who died in battle, and list all the details of orphans and widows, and then issue a bereavement pension, which must not be omitted. ”

Xiao Zhong can be listed: "Weichen will do it on the same day." ”

Zhang Si: "Wei Piye." ”

Wei Piye listed: "The minister is here." ”

Zhang Si: "You will sort out a book of merits on the same day, list the merits of each person in this battle in detail, and the king will check and commend them." ”

Wei Piye: "Your Majesty." In this national disaster, all the generals bravely took the lead and sacrificed their lives for the country. Although our civil servants have the heart to serve the country, they really have no way to do their best, and they will become a burden to the country at the critical moment. Therefore, all the generals should be vigorously commended, and it is inconvenient for the ministers to be listed in the merit book, so as not to be unclear in the reward, and I hope that Your Majesty will be sympathetic. ”

Minister Yang Wen cited the list: "Your Majesty, this time Nanzhao can make peace without a fight, the crown prince and the crown princess really have supreme merit, and their merits are like the comparison of chicken elbows and elephant feet, which is insignificant." Therefore, the crown prince and the crown princess should be vigorously commended. ”

Zhang Si: "Yang Aiqing is reasonable. Although it is the duty of the two to defend the territory, it is necessary to commend it. ”

Qiu Yunlong stood up: "Your Majesty, this truce should be a great victory, and the credit cannot be unique to the crown prince. I hope that Your Majesty will arrange to set up an altar as soon as possible to repay your vows, and thank the gods and spirits of all roads. ”

Zhang Si: "What the national teacher said is very true. This battle can avoid the catastrophe, the national teacher is indispensable, this king will soon build a large number of buildings, expand the Brahmin temple, and will praise all Brahmin masters. ”

Qiu Yunlong was proud and sat down.

Zhang Si: "The prince insists on protecting the soul and goes to the Western Liao Kingdom, I don't know what your Aiqing thinks?" ”

Wei Piye: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be decided, the people of Mojituo are fierce and barbaric, and the prince will definitely be more auspicious and less auspicious." Therefore, His Majesty must find ways to prevent the crown prince from moving forward. ”

Yang Wenju: "Weichen thinks that with the ability of the prince, this trip can be described as killing two birds with one stone. One protects the soul, without losing the grace of my crown prince's promise; The two are also reconciled for the two countries forever, and with the ability of the prince, they will be able to live up to expectations. I hope Your Majesty will think twice. ”

The ministers are twitting, I am you who are not talking about it.

Zhang Si shook his head slightly and sighed.

Night is falling.

The prince and Mary finished eating, and the palace ladies were cleaning up.

Prince: "Ai Concubine, I have something to ask for." ”

Mary: "What's the matter?" ”

Prince: "We will leave soon, and I want you to accompany me to the mausoleum tonight to say goodbye to the queen mother." ”

Mary: "Yes, Prince, I almost forgot about this, so it is better to ask someone to inform the mausoleum to make preparations in advance." ”

A bright moon hung high in the sky. The queen's huge mausoleum is solemn and heavily guarded.

On the altar, the prince and Mary stood in front of the queen's monument with incense and prayed sincerely.

The five personal warriors of the crown prince followed him left and right.

After the prince finished praying, he respectfully finished the incense, turned back silently, and walked to the edge of the cloister.

In the distance, mountains are stacked on top of each other, and a few peaks rise proudly in the middle of the night.

The mountain wind blows, the empty mausoleum, and the leaves are flying.

The prince stood in the wind, looking at the sky and thoughtfully. A meteor streaked across the sky.

Mary took a cloak from Zhang Xiaowei's hand, walked over to the prince, and gently draped it over the prince.

The two looked at each other for a long time and hugged each other.

The crown prince looked at Mary infinitely sadly and said: "Ai Concubine, my father and queen mother have loved each other for more than ten years, and my mother died tragically within three dynasties of my birth, leaving my father with endless sorrow. I was raised by my aunt since I was a child, and my aunt is like a biological mother in my memory, but the mother's fertility grace cannot be repaid in this life. ”

Mary comforted: "Prince, it's rare that you have such filial piety, and the queen mother knows it, so she should smile at Jiuquan." ”

Prince: "Sometimes, I always think that from birth, people have to suffer endless pain, physical ailments, injuries; Spiritually, they will suffer from parting, and the loss of their loved ones will be even more painful. Everyone is worried and afraid of aging, death. There are more things we can't feel in the palace. What about the folk? How many people are worried about tomorrow's life and rushing for the next meal! They and their families are divided into hierarchies, and what happens to those who are lower, what happens to them, what is their enslavement can you or I can imagine? Hey, how nice it would be if people didn't have pain, didn't age, didn't die! ”

Mary: "So, Prince, you want to be a virtuous prince like your father. You will, you can even surpass your father. ”

The two had been attached to each other for a long time, and their hands were clasped tightly.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the silent square, from far and near.

The five warriors of the crown prince drew their swords in unison.

The snow-white horse, wearing a red cloak, galloped forward, and when it reached the foot of the spiritual platform, before it could stand on its heels, the person on the horse immediately turned over and dismounted. She hurried up to the altar.

Only: "Prince, are you going to leave tomorrow?" ”

The prince nodded.

Single: "I'm going too." You have to take me with you. ”

The prince said coldly: "I won't take you there, and the national teacher won't agree." You are a saint, you are going to thousands of mountains and rivers, do you know how dangerous it is? ”

Simply: "I don't care." Anyway, I have been with you since I was a child, and I have never left you for a day, and I haven't seen you for a day today, and I am in a hurry to die. You're leaving, going for so long, what am I going to do? She shook the prince's shoulder and begged: "Prince, good prince, you can take me, you promise me." ”

Seeing that the prince ignored it, he turned to Mary again and pleaded: "Crown princess, good sister, you can help, help me." ”

Mary and the five warriors looked at each other and laughed.

He was more and more anxious: "I am true, and you laugh at me." He sat down on the steps of the cloister.

Prince: "Alone, you can't be too willful, you're not too young, you should have thought about your own business a long time ago, how can you live like this every day?" You're coming out tonight, does the national teacher know? ”

Just ignore it.

Prince: "Zhang Zhiguang and Zhang Zhidong both like you very much, and your father also values them." ”

Single: "Less in front of me, disgusting." ”

The prince firmly: "Only, obedient." This is no joke. Get up, it's cold on the ground. ”

Leng Ding jumped up from the ground and yelled at the prince: "I don't care, anyway, if you don't take me, I'll go by myself tomorrow." After saying that, he ran down the altar angrily.

Mary gently pulled the corner of the prince's clothes and said with a smile: "Prince, you are in trouble." ”

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