proud wife and concubine

The emperor did not go to court for several days in a row. Although important military and political affairs were dealt with, the ministers had repeatedly requested to meet the saint, and several princes even received imperial edicts not to leave the palace...

The capital, which had been quiet for a few days after the incident with the Liang family, was panicked again.

Li Yuerong naturally knew that something important must have happened, but she had no intention of participating.Now she just wants to recover her strength quickly, find a way to escape Li Ji's surveillance, and go to Xiliao to look for Xiao Xueqiong.The last time we parted, Xiao Xueqiong was still seriously injured. She had just woken up for a few days and was still unable to speak or walk.Thinking of this, Li Yuerong became very anxious: Xueqiong is so weak, can she stand the long journey?Yuyao is young, married far away alone, unable to take care of herself, how can she take care of her?

However, the more impatient Li Yuerong became, the more unsatisfactory things became. Recently, more and more people were sent by the palace to watch over her.Li Ji even directly ordered her not to leave the mansion.Zhao Xu's military order is in his body, so he can't go back home. As for Ah Ke, he hasn't been here for a long time... Thinking of Li Ke, Li Yuerong couldn't help feeling guilty, she is really useless as a sister.

Regarding Zhang Mengqi's words, Li Ji would definitely not believe them all, but this did not mean that he did not doubt Li Yuerong.

He has found out that Zhang Mengqi was indeed sent to the palace by Li Yuerong, but Li Yuerong probably only knows one thing about Zhang Mengqi's life experience and does not know the other.Secondly, Zhang Mengqi was in the deep palace, but he was able to obtain a strange poison that made the imperial physician helpless, so there must be an accomplice.The biggest suspect is the folk female doctor who has repeatedly entered the palace to take her pulse, and this female doctor is Li Yuerong's junior sister, Li Ji even saw her when he was in the cloud.When Li Jing went to search the medical hall, the building was already empty, and the female doctor was also missing.

Coupled with Zhang Mengqi's wording, Li Ji has every reason to doubt Li Yuerong, but his intuition tells Li Ji that things are not that simple.According to his reports, before and after Zhang Mengqi poisoned, Li Yuerong's behavior was completely the same.It has been several days since Zhang Mengqi was poisoned and died, but Li Yuerong didn't even know about it.

In addition, Zhang Mengqi was superfluous, and the words before his death were too deliberate. Li Ji had never seen such a woman. Zhang Mengqi said that he betrayed Li Yuerong because he loved him, but Li Ji absolutely did not believe it.Even Concubine Liang and Concubine Wei would love him more than Zhang Mengqi.Besides, if it is true what Zhang Mengqi said, why did she expose Li Yuerong after taking the poison, and why didn't she leave her life to testify?Now it seems that it's more like a death without testimony.

If Yuerong is suspicious, Ake must also be involved.Could it be the revenge of Li Yan and Concubine Wei who were imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple?possible.Or was it planned by the brothers Ah Zhen and Li Zhi?Also a possibility.A sense of desolation rose in Li Ji's heart. He was truly alone now, so much so that he was about to die, and he still doubted his own flesh and blood.

He really wanted to find out the ins and outs of the matter, but his body told him that there was no more time.The toxin spread quickly, his eyes were already black and black, and it was difficult for him to move.For his country, for his people, he must make a decision early.

It should have been settled long ago, going round and round.Li Ji sighed, feeling a little regretful, maybe if he had settled on the crown prince earlier, he would not have come to where he is today.He lowered his eyes, the imperial decree for the establishment of the reserve has been drawn up, he wrote it himself, but it has not yet been printed.

He still needs one last confirmation.

The night shrouded the palace, and the high walls and stone steps became more solemn due to the infiltration of autumn dew.

Li Jiqiang cheered up, now is not the time to go to bed.

Finally, hurried footsteps came from outside the hall, and Li Ji immediately recognized that it was Li Shun, the eunuch beside him.

"Your Majesty." After Li Shun entered the palace, he saluted breathlessly.

Seeing Li Ji waving his hand, he understood, and directly reported: "The slave, according to the emperor's order, deliberately leaked in front of Changxi that the noble concubine accused Princess Zhaoyang of treason. Changxi really sneaked out of the palace last night to report to the King of Qin."

"Where is King Qin?" What Li Ji cared about was how Li Ke would react.

"Qin Prince's Mansion is no different. Not only that, since last night, no other people have entered or left Qin's Palace." Li Shun lowered his head and said.

Li Ji's face, which had been clouded for many days, finally revealed a hint of relief.After letting Li Shun back down, he raised his hand and stamped the imperial seal on the jade seal with great solemnity.

After Changxi left, Li Ke waved back to the left and right, and was alone in the quiet room.He felt that he was in an extremely dangerous situation, and if he was not careful, he would fall into the abyss.

What happened to Zhang Mengqi was definitely not ordered by Li Yuerong, he can be sure of this.Li Yuerong knew that Xiao Xueqiong was still alive, so she went to Xiliao to meet her wholeheartedly, how could she plot to assassinate the holy driver at this time, in the name of avenging Xiao Xueqiong?

Then who is in charge of this matter? Li Ke's indifferent face with crooked eyebrows and eyes of his fifth younger brother appeared in front of Li Ke's eyes...

He was very reluctant to doubt Li Zhen, but people's hearts would change.As smart as Li Zhen, he can definitely feel that Concubine Wei has fallen out of favor. After Li Zhi stabbed the basket one after another, Li Ji has already begun to favor himself.If he wants to make a comeback, he must make a ruthless move before the matter becomes a foregone conclusion...

So, what did the royal father think?This is the real headache for Li Ke.If you can't figure out what Li Ji is thinking, if you act rashly, not only may all previous efforts be wasted, but you may even lose everything.

Li Ke didn't have much confidence in his father.The reason why he stood still was because he was not completely sure... He had even started to think, if Li Ji was out of his mind and accused him and Li Yuerong, what were the chances of winning by mutiny?There are many stars in the Duke's Mansion, and they will definitely stand behind him, especially his elder brother, Xu Cibing's elder brother, who is the leader in charge of the palace guards.But with a golden opportunity, Li Ji sent Zhao Xu to lead troops outside the city to prevent the shock of the capital caused by the incident between Jiangzhou and the Liang family...

Of course, forcing the palace is the worst policy of all, and Li Ke doesn't want to be forced into this situation.

The bright moon was hazy due to the diffuse mist, Li Ke pushed open the window and looked.He said in his heart: "I can only feel sorry for Sister. If I told her about this at this time, she would definitely take the risk and immediately drop everything to find Xiao Xueqiong. Father would definitely think that she was fleeing in fear of crime. Sister and I are one body." Besides, according to what Changxi said, Li Shun hinted that he was leaking it on purpose, so the emperor must be testing me..."

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When Li Ke received the Emperor's Seal, which symbolizes supreme power, granted to him by Li Ji on the high platform, he still had a strong sense of unreality.Three days ago, when he was still thinking about how to get out of the predicament and how many circumstances would it take to force a mutiny into the palace, a decree declared that he would become the first prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty.Three days later, Li Ji even directly sat down with him.

Everything went so well that he was afraid, and he couldn't help wondering if this was another conspiracy... He tensed up every nerve, and he and his supporters were always on guard.

Baiguanshan shouted long live, which woke him up.

He was a little bewildered.

At this time, he looked down, and someone looked eagerly. It was the pride of victory, and the desire to show off his talents when he was about to be promoted to a noble.Some people force their spirits, and the situation is so compelling that they have to bow their heads to him...

There was only one person, with tears streaming down line after line, looking at him with a pursed smile.

That is the sister of his one-mother compatriot.

The corners of Li Ke's eyes were also moist.

The only accident happened after granting the seal, and the cumbersome etiquette quickly overdrawn Li Ji's declining body.He swayed, and Li Ke wanted to help him, but found that he was holding the jade seal in both hands, and there was nowhere to put it.

Li Ji leaned on the Xuanming eunuch, and stretched out his hand to signal Li Ke not to move.

"Go... sit down..." he said.

Li Ke followed the direction he pointed and saw the throne surrounded by golden dragons.

At this time, Li Ji coughed violently. He covered his mouth and nose with silk, but blood still spattered out.Li Ke watched a bit of blackened blood dripping on his black dragon robe, stayed there for a moment, and then seeped into the brocade without a trace.He couldn't help suspecting that the color of the dragon robe was not black, but the color of blood, poisonous blood.

After the Zen ceremony, Li Ji fell into a coma.

The old emperor had to prepare for his funeral, and the new emperor was about to ascend the throne. Everyone was busy, eunuchs and court ladies were busy, civil and military officials were busy, and Li Ke was also busy.

At this time, an official from the Lijing Gate came forward to report that Princess Zhaoyang, who was still charged with a crime, had seriously injured the guards on the way back to the mansion and was missing.

"Princess Zhaoyang has already returned home." Li Ke said.

The eunuch thought he had heard it wrong, so he raised his head in doubt, and met Li Ke's gaze, which was truly majestic, and immediately lowered his head in fright, and suddenly realized: "This humble minister takes orders!"

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Li Yuerong disguised herself as an ordinary woman, mixed among business travelers, and waited for an opportunity to leave the city.

The line was very long, when a small group of officials came over with the sound of a gong, Li Yuerong frowned, these patrolling officials would be difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, the pair of officials stopped in the middle of the line.One of them knocked the gong in his hand, cleared his throat, and said in a loud voice: "The Supreme Emperor passed away yesterday. There is an order from the Holy Spirit that the whole country is in mourning. Banquets and marriages are not allowed within a hundred days!"

With a "snap", the package in Li Yuerong's hand fell to the ground, she stared at it blankly, but did not pick it up.

At this time, the peasant woman behind her kindly picked it up and stuffed it into Li Yuerong's hands: "What's wrong, little lady?"

Li Yuerong didn't answer, the team continued to move forward, and she was pushed forward.He left the city in a daze without even being questioned.

The people arranged by Xiaodie have already led the horses and waited under the ancient locust tree, and Li Yuerong's saber is also there.

She walked over and made a signal with the man, and the man handed over the reins to her, and then left with fists folded.

Li Yuerong still couldn't recover from the news that Li Ji had passed away.Zhang Mengqi poisoned Li Ji and blamed her.She didn't know about this until the day Li Ke ascended the throne.She was naturally very surprised, Zhang Mengqi had no deep hatred for her, why did he risk his life to frame her?Until she saw the symptoms of Li Ji's poisoning—there was no doubt that this poison came from Shen Qingmo's hands, and it had already penetrated into the lungs, and there was no cure for it.

Li Yuerong wiped her eyes, faced north, and kowtowed 23 times in the direction of the palace.Then he got on his horse and galloped west.

At the ten-mile pavilion outside the city gate, someone was waiting for her.

It was Shen Qingmo.

"Senior Sister." Shen Qingmo rode his horse across the road, blocking Li Yuerong's way.

Li Yuerong didn't expect it to be her, but it was a good time, she drew out her long sword directly.

"Senior sister, what do you mean?" Shen Qingmo asked with a frown.She recognized Li Yuerong in disguise by this saber, and naturally noticed the other party's actions.

Li Yuerong sneered and said: "Ask the question knowingly. The revenge of killing my father is irreconcilable. Today, I will use your head to pay homage to my father."

"What did you say?" Shen Qingmo looked in disbelief, "A revenge for killing your father?"

"Do you still want to quibble? Do you dare to say that Zhang Mengqi's "Strong Girl" was not given by you?" Li Yuerong asked.

Hearing "Zhang Mengqi" and "Strong Girl", Shen Qingmo's face suddenly changed, and she was momentarily at a loss for words: "I...I gave her...but..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Yuerong flew up and struck with a sword.Shen Qingmo hurriedly leaned over to avoid it.Li Yuerong attacked again, Shen Qingmo rolled off the horse, and the two of them fought together.

"Oh, blame me for being so nostalgic. I didn't expect you to hate me so much." Li Yuerong's moves were fierce, and Shen Qingmo gradually couldn't stand it.

"Senior sister, listen to me," Shen Qingmo said anxiously, "I really don't know what happened. I only heard about the emperor's death today..."

"You have deliberately planned to conceal your relationship with Zhang Mengqi, let her poison my father, and then blame me, you really have a good plan!"

"No, no. I admit that I have known her for a long time, and I also intend to lure you to send her into the palace. But I don't know anything about it! A few days ago, Zhang Mengqi sent someone from the palace to report that she was killed with Bai Rixiang. The imperial doctor found out that she pushed everything on me in order to survive, and told me to get out and hide immediately, and the government is hunting me..."

Li Yuerong was even angrier after hearing this: "Bai Rixiang? You have been using this kind of thing on my father? No wonder my father's health has deteriorated day by day since this bitch entered the palace!"

"Yes!" In desperation, Shen Qingmo couldn't hide it, "But Bai Rixiang's poison is very weak, and it won't kill anyone in ten or eight years!"

Shen Qingmo was tired of parrying, and knew in her heart that she was not Li Yuerong's opponent, so she simply threw down her sword and did not fight back. She didn't believe that Li Yuerong would be willing to kill her.

Sure enough, Li Yuerong also stopped attacking, and just put his sword against her throat, Shen Qingmo was secretly happy.

"Then, tell me. If it wasn't for your instigation or persecution, the noble concubine Zhang Mengqi did a good job, why would she risk her life to harm my father and blame me?" Although Shen Qingmo didn't seem to be lying, But Li Yuerong couldn't dispel her doubts.

Shen Qingmo was taken aback for a moment: "Will you take your life?"

"Yes, "Strong Girl" is your favorite work, do you want me to tell you how to use this medicine? Zhang Mengqi died of poison within a day after taking the poison."

"..." Shen Qingmo's complexion changed again and again, she never expected that this would be the case.Zhang Mengqi actually subdued the strong woman...

"Stop talking? Are you guilty?" Li Yuerong's sword moved forward again, Shen Qingmo's skin was pierced, and some blood oozes out.

"Impossible, impossible..." Shen Qingmo said as if he didn't feel the threat from Li Yuerong.

Li Yuerong frowned, she looked at the sky, and then at Shen Qingmo.Gritting his teeth, he swung his sword and cut off a lot of Shen Qingmo's hair.

"Since you are complaining, I will spare your life first. When I find..., when I finish my work, I will definitely investigate and find out. If I find out that you are lying, I will never forgive you."

Li Yuerong put down her words coldly, turned around and was about to leave.

Shen Qingmo, who was sitting on the ground, seemed to wake up from a start, grabbed the corner of Li Yuerong's clothes, and said in a mournful voice, "Where is Senior Sister going?"

"It's none of your business, I have my own place."

"Senior sister, Xiao Xueqiong is dead, and Li Ke has become the emperor. Now you have sneaked out again, and you will be charged with the crime. Why don't you travel around with me? We don't have to fight each other, and we don't have to be bound by palace rules. We can go to the cloud, Do you still remember the days when we were in the clouds, when you were with me every day, we ate and slept together..." Shen Qingmo knelt on the country road covered with fallen leaves, the autumn wind rolled up the withered yellow leaves, Together with the dust, it lingered desolately around her.

She raised her head, her eyes were misty.Li Yuerong had forgotten how many years he hadn't seen Shen Qingmo like this.When she grew up, Shen Qingmo was strong, confident, charming, and cynical.And the person in front of her was more like the young Shen Qingmo in her distant memory.

But so what, she still only thought about Xiao Xueqiong.

"Qingmo, that's a thing of the past." Li Yuerong softened her tone, "Everyone has their own destination, and mine is Xueqiong, and you have to find your own destination."

"No!" Shen Qingmo screamed, she pushed her hand angrily, raising fallen leaves: "Xiao Xueqiong is dead! How could she be your home? Sister, you are mine, you are my home, and I am also yours of!"

Li Yuerong shook her head helplessly, she pulled away the robe that Shen Qingmo had grasped again, but she didn't expect Shen Qingmo to hug her thigh again.

"Qingmo," Li Yuerong couldn't help but said truthfully: "Xueqiong is not dead. I want to find her, no matter the ends of the earth, the mountains of swords and seas of fire, I will find her. If I can't find her, I will keep looking for her."

"Hahaha," Shen Qingmo laughed, and she said while laughing: "Senior sister, you are confused, Xiao Xueqiong is already dead. She is dead! She was killed by Wang Qian! The body is full of holes and rotten!"

Li Yuerong frowned. Although Shen Qingmo didn't know, she was still very angry when she heard what the other party said.She didn't want to hear any bad words added to Xiao Xueqiong, especially such bloody words, which were as harsh as curses.

"Xue Qiong is not dead, she is waiting for me." Li Yuerong said seriously, taking advantage of Shen Qingmo's unpreparedness, she quickly touched a few of her big acupuncture points.

Shen Qingmo couldn't move, anxious and angry, shouted: "Senior sister, don't go! Xiao Xueqiong is really dead, Lu Weishuang did it himself! You know how good that woman is. I saw her transport the corpse out of your house with my own eyes. Give it to Wang Qian!"

"You!" Li Yuerong had already turned around, and when she heard this, she was so angry that she turned around and slapped Shen Qingmo heavily.Shen Qingmo was thrown to the ground, and her body was still in a stiff posture. The slap was so heavy that blood flowed from the corners of her nose and mouth.

"Xueqiong is my bottom line. If I know that you have done, or will do anything to hurt her in the future, you can decide the consequences yourself."

Li Yuerong turned around and stabbed Shen Qingmo's horse's back with his sword. The horse immediately neighed in pain, and ran like crazy into the woods not far away.

Then Li Yuerong stepped on her horse, swung the whip and left.

Shen Qingmo, who fell on the ground, was blurred with blood and tears, and laughed heart-piercingly.

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After Shen Qingmo broke through the acupoints, the sun was already sinking in the west.

She knew that Li Yuerong was heading west, but she couldn't catch up.

For the first time in her life, she grew tired of chasing Li Yuerong.

She is so tired.The image of Zhang Mengqi bleeding from his seven orifices lingered in her mind, and she was going crazy.

Returning to the city like a wandering soul, she didn't know where she was going or what she was going to do next.All plans were disrupted, all good fantasies came to naught.

In the evening of late autumn, the wind was very strong, she felt a little cold, and she... missed Zhang Mengqi a little.

"I don't like her, I know that."

"But she is really kind to me. She doesn't need me to chase, to calculate, to be jealous, to humiliate myself..." She touched her half swollen face, dizzy Dazed to think.

"She likes me, I've always known it." Thinking of this, Shen Qingmo felt a little warmth again.

"But she died, so stupidly, so..." The warmth disappeared in an instant, replaced by coldness, confusion, and unbearable regret.

"Ai ai, girl." A few women with children walked towards them.

Shen Qingmo didn't pay attention at all, she just moved her steps by instinct.She didn't know where she was, who was around her, what happened.

"Girl!" A woman bravely stepped forward and shook Shen Qingmo's arm.

Shen Qingmo didn't speak, and looked at the other party blankly.

"Oh, girl, it's getting dark. You are alone, don't go any further, go home and take a detour!" the woman carefully reminded.

Shen Qingmo continued to walk forward as if he didn't hear it.

The woman was anxious, and hurriedly said: "The front is the capital's yamen! There is a female corpse hanging on the gate, it's scary, this night..."

"Female corpse..." Shen Qingmo repeated dully.

"That's right! I heard it was a treason who plotted to assassinate the late emperor! Oh, it's so infiltrating, the corpse is rotten."

"Yeah, she was the empress in the palace before, but now she's hanging there. Hey, what's the matter..." Another woman holding a child responded. road.

"Oh? Where's the girl just now?"

Shen Qingmo felt all the blood in her body rushing to her head, her headache was about to explode, but her limbs were trembling with cold, and she could hardly walk.

"It's not her, it's not her..." She repeated over and over again, almost daring not to step forward.

The front of the high-hanging female corpse was so rotten that the facial features could not be discerned.The hair is disheveled, the whole body is naked, and there are patches of blue spots, which is horrible.

When she finally got close enough, she saw the cinnabar mole on the two fingers under the man's nipple.

Shen Qingmo fell to the ground, and after a while, let out a long and shrill cry.

Her eyes were bloodshot, and she didn't care about the official messenger who heard the sound.With a flick of the knife in his sleeve, he tore the hemp rope around Zhang Mengqi's neck.She flew over and hugged the cold corpse.

Suddenly, torches were lit all around.

"Sure enough, it's just like the King of Qin, oh no, as the Holy Majesty expected, this woman has accomplices." The leader did not wear an official uniform, but was dressed as a Taoist priest.

"Oh, this female corpse makes the poor monk lose his appetite for meat, so I can take it down." Another bald monk said while biting the roast chicken in his hand.

Shen Qingmo looked around, she was already in a tight siege, and then looked at the person in her arms... Her heart was so painful that she couldn't breathe, she regretted it so much, regretted it so much...

"Wait for me, I still have something to say to you. I will definitely not be as confused as I am in this life..." She reached out to straighten Zhang Mengqi's bloody, knotted hair.

The scene is very infiltrating.

Shen Qingmo picked up the corpse and tried his best to break out of the encirclement.

She had never run so fast in her life, and now that her life was hanging by a thread, she felt very relaxed—she was freed from her obsession.

Arrows shot at her all over the sky, and the pain followed.

"Stop!" The Taoist waved his hand, "Your Majesty will live, and if you let him go, you will become a hedgehog."

"Then let's chase after him!" Before Monk Hua finished speaking, the two of them rushed out like ghosts, closely following Shen Qingmo.

"Little girl really has two brushes!" Monk Hua said excitedly, and sped up a bit.

Shen Qingmo looked back, and within a moment, the two were only a few feet away from him.She knew the identities of these two people, and if she only dealt with one of them, she would not have no chance of winning, but now holding Zhang Mengqi, coupled with two fists, it is difficult to defeat four hands, and it is slim to escape.

Besides, what can you do after you get out?What's the point?

That being the case, Shen Qingmo gritted his teeth...

"Brother, this little girl can really run..." Monk Hua's brow was sweating, and he couldn't help admiring Shen Qing's strangeness.

The Taoist priest did not speak, but followed closely while observing his surroundings.

Maybe it was due to the exhaustion of physical strength, the pain where the arrow was hit before became more and more intense.

But it's okay, I'm going to be free soon... Shen Qingmo encouraged himself.

"Huh? Brother, something is wrong..." The more Monk Hua chased after him, the more he felt something was wrong.

"Firearms factory!" They suddenly said in unison.

However, it seemed that it was too late, Shen Qingmo suddenly turned around and threw two poison darts with one hand.The two Taoist monks dodged lightly, and Shen Qingmo fired another poisonous mist thunder. The two immediately covered their mouths and noses with experience, and pursued them in a roundabout way from both sides of the smoke.

By the time they locked Shen Qingmo's location again, Shen Qingmo had already pulled out the lead mine from his sleeve pocket, and broke into the house from the roof of the warehouse.

The two looked at each other, feeling uncomfortable.

Sure enough, a moment later, there was a bang, and the sky was shaken.

The two hurriedly retreated to avoid it.

When the huge earthquake stopped, there was already a sea of ​​flames raging, and there were screams and shouts all around.

"What a crime." The Taoist sighed.

"Amitabha."

After the fire was extinguished, the two found two intertwined bones from under the collapsed house.Fortunately, although several people were seriously injured, no one else was innocently killed.

After reporting to Li Ke, Li Ke ordered people to crush the bones on the spot and throw up ashes.

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A few years later, Princess Zhaoyang passed away due to illness in what year and month, and was recorded by the official historian and recorded in the annals of history.

And Li Yuerong has already traveled all over the country, holding Xiao Xueqiong's hand.

They stop and go, and stay where they like,

If you are tired of staying and want to go to a new place, then start again.

In the past few years, Li Yuerong has heard a lot of news,

For example, Li Ke has a son and a daughter,

For example, Li Zhen and Li Zhi were placed under house arrest,

For example, Zhao Xu also had a son and helped his aunt to be upright.

For example, Li Yuyao, who married far away, has settled down in the Central Palace of Xiliao and gave birth to a prince, so she wrote a letter to let her not worry about it.

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"According to the distance, we will arrive in Jiangzhou in a few days." Li Yuerong sat in the cabin and looked out. This season is calm and the vegetation is blooming, so it is most suitable to take a boat.They had just bid farewell to Lu Weishuang, who lived in seclusion, and set off for the south.

Xiao Xueqiong approached slowly. After years of diagnosis and treatment, her feet are almost normal, and she can walk normally, but with a slight limp. "This year we will stay until the viburnum flowering period is over before leaving." She laughed.

Li Yuerong also looked at her with a smile, and felt that she was cute everywhere, even the long scar on her face. "Well, definitely."

"What about after that?" Xiao Xueqiong naturally sat on Li Yuerong's lap.

Li Yuerong stretched out his arms to hug her, resting his chin on the other's shoulder and neck, breathing in the silky fragrance of her body.

"Afterwards, I will go back to the capital. Ah Xu is about to get married. I still have to take a look at the bride..."

Many, many years passed.

In the Imperial Palace of Xiliao.

As she was dying, Li Yuyao held Turan's hand in vain, and pressed it against her face: "I want to go home, to the cloud. The happiest time of my life is there, and I want to go back..."

"What you want, I will definitely do it, and I will be with you forever." Turan replied, as always, only more gentle.

Li Yuyao showed a weak smile: "Let the emperor cremate me as you Gaoche people did. I will live forever in the fire, so that I can also be with you forever."

Tears flowed from the corners of Turan's eyes: "I love you, princess."

It was the first time she said these three words, but she had repeated them countless times in her heart over the years.

"Me too, I love you too... Turan..." Li Yuyao didn't use Chinese, she said in Turan's native language, and finally lowered her hand slowly, closed her eyes with a smile, as if she was in a deep sleep generally.

Everything went smoothly, Turan hugged the box containing Li Yuyao's skeleton tightly to his chest, and boarded the carriage.

"Mother..." The emperor, who had been on the throne for many years, called out tentatively.He knew that the person in front of him, the queen mother's maid, was his real mother, his biological mother.

His queen mother told him so, but Turan never forbade him to call it so.

Turan smiled, and she agreed to the title for the first time: "I'm leaving, child. Take care of yourself and the country."

"Will you come back?"

Turan shook her head, she looked into the distance...

The gorgeous Turan traveled through mountains and rivers, and finally came to the Zhou Dynasty from Xiliao.

As she continued inland, she encountered a man.

At that time, she carried the box with her and rested her feet at the roadside tea stand.

A hunchbacked old woman was enjoying the coolness under the shade of a tree beside her,

Their eyes met and looked at each other for a while, if they felt something, but they were not sure.

It was the woman's grandson who came to greet him, and he enthusiastically asked Turan what he needed.

For the convenience of serving tea, the young man wore a short jacket with a camel bone pendant tied with a red thread on his chest.

Turan recognized it immediately, because the pendant belonged to her mother, and there was only one of them in the world.When she was young, she gave Liu Ya'er a token of love, and when the two broke up, she wanted to get the pendant back, but Liu Ya'er threw it away during a dispute and never found it again.

And now...

Turan looked back at the old woman again, and found that the other party looked at her again.

"Tu...... Lan?" His tone was unbelievable.

Even though his voice was so dry and old, Turan could still vaguely discern the appearance of the other party when he was young through the vertical and horizontal ravines. "Hi, Liu Ya'er. Long time no see." She said calmly with a smile.

It turned out that Liu Ya'er had a child not long after she followed Li Zhi, so she was favored, she got out of slavery, and became Li Zhi's concubine.However, Li Zhi had too many women, and soon got tired of her.Later, when Li Ke ascended the throne, Li Zhi was confiscated and exiled because of his repeated disobedience to the holy will.Liu Ya'er sneaked out of the palace when the matter had begun to emerge.

She hid in Tibet, an insignificant concubine in the palace, and was soon forgotten.Here she put down roots and made a living.

"Later, I married another man, an honest butcher, who treated me very well. I have lived a good life these years, and I also understand that wealth is nothing but smoke, and what I tried to pursue back then was nothing. I'm sorry, Turan." She explain.

Turan shook his head: "Needless to say I'm sorry, I don't blame you for a long time. I have lived a good life these years."

Turan took the warm gift from Liu Ya'er's family and continued on the road.

After many days, she finally arrived in the territory of Yunzhong. It was the first time she set foot on this land, but she felt that it was not unfamiliar at all—this is the place where Li Yuyao grew up, her favorite place.

Turan concealed his identity and settled down in a small mountain village not far from the old house of the Li family.

She will be buried here together with Li Yuyao.

The author has something to say: I have finally finished writing, and I have mixed feelings in my heart.

This is the first time I actually write a text,

It took several years (hahahaha, I still have the face to say)

I wanted to give up several times in the middle,

There are many reasons, subjective, objective,

Even when I look back now,

There are still too many places that are hard to see directly,

But let it have an end.

I learned a lot during the writing process

The importance of focus, the meaning of persistence

halfway regret

The Anatomy of Self-Doubt...

The deepest sentiment is: done is better than perfect.

I hope that in the future, whether it is work, study, or writing, I can keep this in mind.

Finally, I would like to apologize and thank you little angels who read this article.

Without you guys, I probably wouldn't even want to open this page 23333