I went to the temple after traveling through time, and he turned out to be a monk!

Meng Ying rested on Bai Zhi's legs, telling her the past in detail.

No one knows these things except his father, queen, mother, and some people who cannot avoid it.

This was also the first time Meng Ying talked about it with others, which made him a little uneasy and a little relieved.

Bai Zhi felt sorry for him and said a few words for him, "Your father is so cruel. He has put such a heavy burden on you since you were a child. You are just a child!"

Meng Ying smiled softly, "I thought he was a bit cruel before, but now that I think about it, he has done everything he can do for me. For Jin'er, that is also the best choice."

"After all, I was born a prince, with fine clothes and fine food, wealth and honor. My unhappy mood can kill people. I am very grateful to my father for teaching me early what it means to be an emperor."

Meng Ying put her face in the palm of Angelica dahurica and rubbed it, like a lazy cat, "I was very naughty when I was a child. I loved riding horses and playing wildly. Every time I went back from my madness, the clothes would either have stains or be torn. No matter what. Even if it’s a small patch, those clothes will be thrown away.”

"At first I didn't think there was anything wrong, as if everything was as it should be. Until I came to Lianshan Temple again and saw Jin'er learning to sew her own clothes. Jin'er is slower than others in learning. A lot, not to mention the delicate work of a female worker. I looked at the bloody holes in her hands being pricked by needles, and I thought I could have thousands of clothes on her, but the abbot refused."

"He said that a temporary reward cannot help Jin'er in her lifetime. Jin'er cannot compare to me. She must learn to survive like a common people. I asked him how common people survive, and he took me to pick mulberry leaves and raise silkworms. But that It is a long process. Before the silkworms spin silk, I have to return to the palace. When I come back the next year, the abbot teaches me how to cook cocoons, reel silk, and weave..."

"In Jin'er's company, I got a piece of silk as big as my palm, which I used for five years. This silk has not been dyed and has no patterns. I really can't imagine that it will be made into something as big as what I wear. A set of clothes requires a lot of manpower and material resources. And people like Jin'er have worked hard to weave cloth for a year, and the money they can get from it is not even worth a piece of my silk."

"Thanks to Jin'er, a sister who lives among the people, I gradually began to understand the nature of the country and the responsibilities of the emperor. The principles of governing the country in the book also began to appear in my mind, how to prevent the land from being occupied, and how to prevent the land from being occupied. They can grow mulberry and hemp crops, and how to curb the annexation by powerful powers so that the people can have the land they need to survive..."

Meng Ying's confession moved Bai Zhi. She had seen the methods of those people. They always kidnapped children, broke up families, and fought to the death. It seems that no one cares about the life and death of the people. To them, the people are farming machines and symbols without temperature.

But Meng Ying remembers it!

Bai Zhi was filled with emotion. Gorgeous words were no longer enough to describe the brilliance of Meng Ying in her eyes. Thousands of words finally turned into a simple compliment, "You are so kind."

Hearing this, Meng Ying clenched Bai Zhi's skirt tightly. Severe pain filled his heart and made his breathing become heavy. He knew that he could not afford this compliment. He could only say slowly, "No, Sa Lan is not good."

Bai Zhi looked at him in confusion.

"What I said was ideal, but the truth is, I can't do anything. Even Jin'er died for me!"

Bai Zhi frowned and asked cautiously, "How did Jin'er die?"

Meng Ying recalled something, and a bone-chilling chill swept through his body. He unconsciously shrank into Bai Zhi's arms, and then confided to Bai Zhi the past events that he did not want to reveal.

When he was thirteen years old, an article he wrote about land and crops put a long distance between him and all the princes, and even high-ranking officials.

This made all the noble families vigilant, and all the ministers were urging Emperor Jingde to establish a queen. Emperor Jingde was very insistent. He only wanted to make Mei Yingxue his queen and Meng Ying his prince.

This persistence completely offended everyone. The Zhuo family repeatedly framed Mei Yingxue in the palace, and Mei Yingxue was thrown into the cold palace again and again. Mei Yingxue originally had a flamboyant temperament, but in the end she had to restrain herself and became cautious. Those days were miserable, and all the love between Mei Yingxue and Emperor Jingde was wiped out.

Meng Ying was also learning to restrain herself, but before Meng Ying really learned to survive in the cracks, someone came up with very absurd arguments, accusing Mei Yingxue of having an affair with the then Prime Minister You, and of conspiring to rebel against the Northern Army.

The palace was turned upside down for a moment, and all the ministers knelt outside the hall, forcing Emperor Jingde to execute Mei Yingxue.

Emperor Jingde looked at the densely packed palace guards outside, unable to move. Under such circumstances, he still endured for several days without issuing an execution order.

The Queen Mother didn't want to rebel. If she rebelled now, she would lose a pawn with orthodox bloodline like Emperor Jingde. So she planned to have the then second prince, now the crown prince, serve a bowl of hot porridge to Emperor Jingde.

At that time, the relationship between Emperor Jingde and Zhuo Yunjing, mother and son, was not very bad. The two had a tacit understanding and did not interfere with each other, so he never set up defenses against his children. So he drank this bowl of porridge, which made him sleep for half a month.

When he woke up again, Mei Yingxue had been executed and Meng Ying was missing.

Before Mei Yingxue died, she spent all her wealth and bribed the palace officials. She originally wanted to hide in the swill bucket and escape with Meng Ying. Before leaving, she remembered that You Zhenzhen was still in the palace. She asked someone to protect Meng Ying, and she returned alone.

You Zhenzhen entered the palace at a very young age, and the two depended on each other in the palace. To Mei Yingxue, she was like a biological sister, and she could not leave You Zhenzhen behind.

You Zhenzhen was hiding, but Mei Yingxue found it after searching for a long time. She was hiding in a rockery cave. The rockery cave was so small that it was too narrow to stretch her legs. The two men's subtle noise disturbed the patrollers, and Mei Yingxue was discovered.

You Zhenzhen suddenly became panicked. She stared at Mei Yingxue with wide eyes, not knowing what to do. She shouted silently, "Sister Mei..."

Mei Yingxue was also a little panicked, but after seeing You Zhenzhen's confused eyes, she instantly became much calmer. She rubbed You Zhenzhen's disheveled head, took out the dry food she had prepared from her waist, and handed it to You Zhenzhen, " Zhenzhen, if you want to live until you leave the palace, you will be free after you leave the palace..."

After saying that, he walked out resolutely.

You Zhenzhen will never forget the sight of Sister Mei's back, her straight spine, and her head held high.

She once said that she was an eagle between heaven and earth, and she had to decide the direction of spreading her wings by herself.

She used to be free to love Emperor Jingde, but now she is free to not love him anymore. Fighting side by side with Emperor Jingde was freedom, and choosing to use one's body as bait for You Zhenzhen was still freedom.

All roads were chosen by her, and she never regretted them.

You Zhenzhen relied on a cake given by Mei Yingxue to support herself in the cave for eighteen days, until Emperor Jingde woke up.

Emperor Jingde was heartbroken when he learned that Mei Yingxue had been executed. But he had no other choice but to follow the trend and make Zhuo Yunjing the queen and Meng Yu the prince.

At this point, this massive campaign to force the emperor to marry has come to an end.