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

In the following days, Meng Ying was still busy. He then arranged several encounters for Qi Peilan, which led to what seemed like a destined fate between her and Meng Xiao.

Bai Zhi and Meng Ying both kept silent about Qi Peilan. Until they left Jizhou, the matter was not mentioned again.

On the day we left, there was heavy snowfall in the sky, and not long after, a thin layer of snow accumulated on the ground.

Bai Zhi poked her head out of the carriage, let the cold snow hit her face, and couldn't help but let out a cry.

In her previous life, she was a southerner and had never really played in the snow, so she had always been looking forward to it.

Meng Ying saw the steps above her head jingling with excitement, and felt a touch of joy in her heart, "It's time for Chen Jing to snow too."

Bai Zhi retracted her head, "Will it accumulate very thickly?"

"meeting."

"Then we can have a snowball fight and build a snowman, right?"

"can."

"Then you play with me when we get back!" Bai Zhi's eyes were filled with anticipation, and her legs began to dangle unconsciously.

"it is good."

……

Exhausted all the way, we finally rushed back to Chenjing before the heavy snow closed the mountains.

Chenjing is still bustling with activity even though it's freezing and snowy. People come and go in the street market, children wrapped in coats are laughing and playing, there are many winter-only gadgets on the roadside vendors, and white smoke is rising from the food stalls. warmth.

"Just looking at Chenjing, I thought the whole world was like this, lively and prosperous." Bai Zhi saw it in the carriage and couldn't help but sigh.

Meng Ying sat upright with her eyes lowered, not daring to answer.

The carriage drove back to the palace, and someone immediately came to report, "Both You Qing and Tang Dashu were taken away by the government. It is said that the restaurant is hiding the assassins who attacked the envoy, and they are suspected to be a group!"

Bai Zhi's heart skipped a beat. This kind of thing was not surprising. Ever since the restaurant opened, people have been making trouble from time to time.

She looked towards Meng Ying, who thought for a long time, "Can this matter be left to Salan?"

Bai Zhi felt that she should be the one who understood Meng Ying best now. For example, right now, his slightly raised eyebrows showed that he was thinking of some evil ideas again, and he wanted to use this matter to make a fuss!

Bai Zhi was a little unhappy and said directly, "No! What if they die? They will definitely be tortured in prison. It's not like you don't know!"

Meng Ying didn't expect Bai Zhi to reject him outright, and suddenly felt aggrieved. He raised his eyes and met Bai Zhi's eyes, and his aura instantly weakened.

Bai Zhi grabbed the servant and asked some details, and also comforted Lihua. She had long discovered that the relationship between You Qing and this little girl was not innocent.

During this period, Meng Ying stayed with Bai Zhi, as well-behaved as a little mushroom when she wanted to eat meat.

Bai Zhi finally couldn't help but said, "My lord, do you have nothing to do? You keep following me and it annoys me!"

Meng Ying's eyebrows drooped, and he swallowed, speaking incoherently, "Princess... Actually, this matter... can be saved, but Salan can make them bite back..."

"Yes, yes! I know, you can get the people from Dali Temple to step down and then put your own people in, right? In short, you just want to make things worse, right? Then you can take back your power and the world bit by bit, right? ?" Bai Zhizhi interrupted Meng Ying, leaving Meng Ying stunned for a moment.

"I don't care what the prince wants to do. You have enough reasons to do it. Who calls me incompetent? I am powerless. But when you do this, can you not just regard them as black and white pieces on the chessboard? They are also There are people who are concerned, they are also the people of Chen Kingdom and your Majesty’s subjects!”

After Bai Zhi finished her accusation, she turned around and left without looking back.

Meng Ying stood alone for a long time, Bai Zhi's words echoing in his ears, ringing the alarm over and over again in his mind, reminding him of his original intention to fight.

He laughed inexplicably, laughing that he was not as good as his princess.

Harm is harm, and use is use. There is no such thing as doing something for the people instead of harming them.

Although this speculation did not change the direction of the matter, Meng Ying still remembered Bai Zhi's reminder and arranged manpower in the prison to ensure that their lives were safe and they would suffer less physical pain.

Bai Zhi looked at the heavy snow all over the courtyard and let out a long sigh.

Lihua brought a cup of warm soup to Bai Zhi. Seeing that Bai Zhi was in low spirits, she comforted her, "Mother, it's okay. They will be fine."

Bai Zhi barely concealed the sadness in her heart and smiled at Lihua, "Well, the prince will save them."

She drank the warm soup, her face became a little hot, and she stretched out her hand to catch the falling snowflakes.

She originally wanted to have a snowball fight with the prince and build a snowman.

Not anymore.

Heavy worries are piled up in my heart, like a warehouse that has not seen light for a long time. Once you enter, there will be countless piles of goods rushing towards you in a dark way, trying to drown you in this dust-filled darkness. .

Bai Zhi suddenly remembered what Meng Ying said to her in the cave in the back mountain.

*

"There are some people in this world who are called evil people. Do you know what is the difference between them and ordinary people?"

"They have no bottom line and use whatever means necessary."

"The lives of ordinary people are regarded as treasures in your heart and in your era. But here, in the eyes of those evil people, they are worse than ants! Anyone can become your Achilles' heel."

"If you can really do it and ignore their lives. You can indeed fight evil with evil, but then you will no longer be you. You will become a chess piece constrained by all parties, and finally become the leader of this world. puppet."

"The life you want to live now, your pursuits, and your beautiful dreams, by then, you will no longer dare to think about it, and you will even sneer at your persistence in the past. You will laugh at the empty talk that everyone is equal, and you will feel that human life I'm supposed to be as humble as an ant, so why not be used by you?"

"If the princess is really willing, then Sa Lan is not willing either."

"Zhi'er, you are making things difficult for Sa Lan."

*

Bai Zhi thought about it and felt a chill spread throughout every corner of her heart.

I may not have understood the meaning of these words at the time.

But now, at this moment, she understands it thoroughly.

Whether it was Shichiro Ji and the others who sacrificed their lives to save her, or whether it was people like Qi Peilan Youqing and others who sacrificed their lives for justice.

Human life should be as cheap as an ant, so why not use it for me?

She was increasingly unable to do anything against the prince. Although she struggled a little in her heart, she chose to stand with him every time.

This world is devouring itself in various postures, unknowingly, in the name of love and the name of the overall situation.

She squatted in the snow and asked Lihua, "Lihua, if you were beaten, would you feel pain?"

Lihua had a look of disbelief on her face, "Is your brain broken? Of course you will. Not to mention being beaten, even a bump will hurt!"

"When you're cold, you need to put on more clothes. When you're hungry, you need to eat. When you're sick, you need to see a doctor." Bai Zhi continued.

Lihua covered her mouth and smiled, "Of course! Madam, what you said is all nonsense."

Bai Zhi suddenly turned her head, her expression unchanged and serious, "We are like this, princes, generals, princes and nobles are like this, right?"

Lihua was so frightened by these words that she dared not speak and turned pale.

Bai Zhi was amused by Lihua, and quietly picked up a snow dumpling, "Then should I think they are right?"

Lihua looked confused, "Huh?"

Bai Zhi raised the corner of her lips and suddenly threw the snow dumpling in her hand towards Lihua, "Hahahaha, they are not right, I am right!"

Lihua reacted in pain, and after a moment of hesitation, she also started to hold up a ball of snow dumplings, "Mother, it hurts! You, you, you... you..."

"It's okay if it hurts. Why are you scolding me?" Bai Zhi threw another snowball.

Lihua couldn't dodge and received another blow. This time she couldn't bear it any longer, "Mother, you sneak attack on me is too much!"

Bai Zhi dodged nimbly, but fell into the snowdrift. She let go of her voice and laughed loudly, "Hahahaha, I am the one who is right! I am the one who is right!"

She smiled and gritted her teeth, squeezing out a sentence from between her teeth, "Haha, restraint? Puppet? Go to hell!"