Empress Reborn

Shangshanfang is the closest room in Luoyang City to the imperial city. There are many nobles and dignitaries living in the workshop. The most eye-catching one is the mansion on the east side. The rest of the mansions in the square are like no other, and they are even a bit plain, but because it is the place where Princess Taiping, the beloved daughter of the pilgrimage god emperor, lives, passers-by can't help but pay attention to it.

"Ah, filial piety ball!" The maid of Prince Liang's Mansion who went out to store things saw a white paper ball hanging on the gate of the Princess Mansion, exclaimed in a low voice in surprise, and realized that it was next to the Princess Mansion, but she hurriedly shut her mouth. He hurried over with his head down.Turning the corner and stepping into her own mansion, she breathed a sigh of relief and chatted with the sisters beside her, saying: "I haven't seen each other a few days ago, why did you hang the filial ball today? Can you hang the filial ball on the princess mansion?" Yes, it's either the princess or the son-in-law? I really don't know which of the two of them has an accident."

"Yes. According to this scale, it should be a son-in-law. The princess is favored by saints. If she is, she will be full of storms." The maid next to her also echoed, and several people talked in a hurry, but they couldn't tell the truth. , or the servant who had served the King of Liang came over and told the truth, "You didn't leave the mansion a few days ago. I don't know. The filial ball has been hanging for two days. I just heard from the prince that the son-in-law died at night. Yes, the princess was giving birth in the palace at that time. Tsk tsk, she has never seen the child before she died!"

"Ah! What a poor man." The maids lamented after hearing this, and someone asked, "Why did the son-in-law die?"

The servant shook his head, and said disapprovingly, "Who can settle the matters of the Tian family? But it is a good thing for our lord that the princess lost her son-in-law."

The maidservants in the mansion all remembered that a few years ago Wu Sansi was frustrated with drinking in the mansion without being favored by the princess. At this time, when they heard the young servant's words, they nodded without thinking deeply.

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After three days of recuperating on the couch, Li Lingyue was able to walk on the ground, but her body was weak and she needed help from others.The sun was rising outside, she lay moldy on the bed, so she called Linglong to help her, walked slowly outside the house, sat on the wicker chair and the spring breeze blew.

The scent of flowers was blown into the nostrils by the wind, it was originally fragrant and fragrant, but Li Lingyue sighed, like the words of Liang Wang's servants lamenting the son-in-law.

I didn't expect him to be so brave in this matter.Li Lingyue picked up a piece of peach petals falling from the stone table, looked down, and sighed softly: "It's really a flower, what a spring!" Rubbing the petals with her fingertips, she slowly closed her eyes. But when I heard a woman behind me say softly: "The flowers are in full bloom, how can spring be sad?"

The voice was gentle, it was Shangguan Wan'er.The corners of Li Lingyue's lips curled up. If it wasn't for her body's disapproval, she really wanted to hug that woman into her arms, but as soon as this thought came into being, she thought of the cold corpse in her mansion, and was startled in her heart. The smile on her face suddenly faded, "Wan'er."

Shangguan Wan'er sensed Li Lingyue's strangeness, but she didn't point it out, she just asked, "Is your body feeling better?"

Li Lingyue grabbed her hand, and replied: "With someone to support her, I can go out for a walk. Finally, I don't have to stay in bed all day long."

Shangguan Wan'er looked at Linglong, Li Lingyue waved to Linglong knowingly, Linglong bowed and retreated.Li Lingyue looked back, and when she was considering how to ask to go back to the mansion, she heard Shangguan Wan'er softly say: "Since you can go, then go back to the mansion and have a look."

Li Lingyue was slightly startled, and Shangguan Wan'er pursed her lips helplessly when she saw her obviously stunned look, she stroked Li Lingyue's untucked hair, and teased, "Do you think I will be jealous of that person? She laughed, and her voice became softer, "Speaking of which, he is just a victim between us and her."

"Wan'er!" Li Lingyue tightened her grip on Shangguan Wan'er, "Don't say that again."

Shangguan Wan'er looked at Li Lingyue with a faint smile, and lowered her hand stroking her hair, "Don't worry, I know how to measure, and I won't think too much."

Who "she" refers to, the two of them tacitly didn't mention it, but they knew each other well.Seeing Shangguan Wan'er's unfazed appearance, Li Lingyue suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. After all, she still failed to protect Wan'er, and let this ignorant and kind woman like a lotus flower be infected by the world.

"Wan'er." Li Lingyue murmured softly.Shangguan Wan'er knew what was on her mind, but she just bent her lips, "Okay, the man in the house is dead, and it's not good for the princess to stay out. Let's go, I'll support you."

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Li Lingyue returned to the mansion as a survivor after beheading her body. When Chang Shi saw her, he hurriedly greeted her and asked if the ceremony of summoning the soul could be carried out.Li Lingyue agreed, and with the support of Shangguan Wan'er, she went to the expert, and after walking a few steps, she saw a quack warlock waiting outside the palace where the son-in-law had lived for a long time, presumably this was the conjurer waiting to summon the soul of the son-in-law.Li Lingyue nodded lightly, "Let's begin."

The rehabilitated man took the order, put the consort's gown on his left shoulder, walked east, and climbed up to the roof with hands and feet.Li Lingyue and Shangguan Wan'er sat on the couch set up by the maid, they both looked up at the same time, with a transparent look on their faces.Summoning souls is just a kind of etiquette since ancient times. If you summon the person repeatedly, you will be able to return to your soul, and there will be no such thing as death in this world.When people go, they go.

The recoverer shouted three times, followed by mourning, and put down the gown of the son-in-law towards the north, and the servants of the princess mansion hurriedly put it in a rattan box, and entered the hall from the east steps to cover the already cold son-in-law.

Li Lingyue stood up, Shangguan Wan'er helped her, and the two entered the mourning hall.The mourning hall was quiet and quiet, and there was no wind to cool it down. Li Lingyue waved her hand, and the servants on both sides of Hou Li retreated in response.

"I heard that he hanged himself on the night that child was born?" Shangguan Wan'er said softly.

"Yeah. The people in the palace just reported the good news, and after a while, they brought back the sad news that he hanged himself." Li Lingyue chose three incense sticks from the incense stand and put them on the stove, sighing shyly, "He has been cowardly all his life. I didn't expect to be so brave in the matter of death."

Shangguan Wan'er lowered her eyes and meditated, then stepped forward and placed a stick of incense beside Li Lingyue.Li Lingyue tilted her head and smiled elegantly.Shangguan Wan'er embraced her body, looking for each other's figure in each other's eyes, after a moment of silence, Shangguan Wan'er suddenly said: "When Xuan'er grows up, let her come here to burn incense."

"Xuan'er?" Li Lingyue came over knowingly, it was originally Shangguan Wan'er's nickname for the two daughters, "Heavenly Destiny Xuanniao, descended to give birth to Shang, and lived in a rich land. 1 Wan'er, you really value this child. "

Shangguan Wan'er smiled lightly: "Of course, she is your child after all." She glanced at the coffin, her voice suddenly lowered, "Besides, he can't sacrifice in vain." You can't sacrifice in vain either. .

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The peach blossoms bloomed and withered, the time was frightening, and March passed away in a blink of an eye.It has been a hundred days since Li Lingyue and Shangguan Wan'er's Xuan'er came into the world, and this day is her centenary feast.Because Wu You's funeral was not yet over, the banquet of the beloved little emperor's grandson was very simple, just inviting Wu Lun's family who lived in the East Palace to have a meal.

"Ah Yue, this child is really like you. Look at the eyebrows, it looks like a beauty!" Princess Liu of Wulun praised the child in the nurse's arms. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw her son holding her hand Li Longji, who was walking slowly, smiled and asked: "Crow slave, how is my little sister watching?"

Li Longji just turned one year two months ago, and now he is just a babbler, when he heard the mistress' question, he didn't know if he understood, so he nodded and said in a childlike voice, "Yes. good."

Everyone teased and teased, Li Lingyue looked at the little person who had just reached her knees, only to find that this kid was also looking up at her in a daze, as expected, the kid was still the cutest at this age.Li Lingyue smiled softly at him, and the scene before her death flashed before her eyes in an instant, and her heart turned cold. She still couldn't forgive the child, but she just told her to kill the little baby in front of her, but her honor Not allowed, but fortunately, the time is still long, not to mention if he went without knowing what to do, it would be too cheap for the white-eyed wolf, wouldn't it?

"Ah Yue, although Xuan'er sounds nice, but the child is already a hundred years old, so he should have a name." Princess Liu's words brought Li Lingyue back from her memories. Holy God Emperor, "You also know that I don't like writing and ink, but I'm referring to my mother to help me think about Xuan'er's name."

Concubine Liu was taken aback. She said this just as a casual question, but she didn't expect Li Lingyue to introduce it to the emperor. Since ancient times, the grandchildren named by the emperor are all high-profile lords. Women are always named directly by their parents. But Xuan'er's life is hard, he lost his father just after he was born, the princess asked like this, she just wanted to give this child a favor.Concubine Liu calmed down, she pushed the silent prince Wulun out of pity.

Wu Lun's heart trembled slightly, since he stepped down from the throne, he would feel hesitant when he gets along with his mother again, for fear that if he was not careful, his head would be in a different place.Frowning, he was thinking about what to say, but saw his mother beckoning to his younger sister, "Ah Yue, come, bridesmaid, go outside for a walk." The stone that was blocking his heart fell, and Wu Lun couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

Seeing his embarrassment, Li Lingyue sighed secretly, handed Xuan'er over to Shangguan Wan'er, and followed him out step by step.

It was cool outside, and Li Lingyue lamented that her mother was getting old, she approached her and wanted to help her, but Wu Yan waved her away, "I'm not too old to leave by myself."

"Yes." Li Lingyue nodded, and retreated respectfully, "My daughter also just wants to get closer to her mother."

The Emperor of the Holy Gods stopped, and under the moonlight, she smiled. She turned her head, stared at her daughter who seemed a little worried, and stroked her lovingly, "If your elder brothers have half your thoughts, I'm afraid Now it will not be me on this throne."

Li Lingyue looked at her mother, and wanted to defend herself, but was stopped by her mother, "Ayue, you are my only daughter and my favorite child. You should understand what I meant before."

Li Lingyue nodded, her mother had delayed giving Xuan'er a name for so long, she naturally knew the reason, her mother hoped that she would have a young man.She also understands that in this patriarchal society, the little man is more beneficial to her than the little lady, but she will not do anything to betray Wan'er again.That thing was too bitter, Wan'er was heartbroken, and she was in pain physically and mentally.Taking a deep breath, she said in a deep voice, "Now that the son-in-law is dead, my daughter will have no other heirs."

Wu Yan snorted, "I think you don't want to have any more children at all. Youji hanged himself when Xuan'er was born. You must have made some kind of agreement between the two of you. I never imagined that a cowardly person like Youji would dare to You do."

Li Lingyue didn't argue, just nodded and sighed: "It is true that I betrayed him. But mother also said that there are trade-offs in everything, and my daughter just chooses what she thinks is right."

Wu Yan thought for a moment, then he replied, "Probably he chose what he thought was right. Forget it, I won't mention it now that it's over. Ah Yue, have you really decided not to have any children?" "

Facing her mother's questioning gaze, Li Lingyue solemnly nodded, "Yes. My daughter will work with Wan'er to train Xuan'er to be far superior to your husband."

Wu Yan nodded after hearing this, looked at her daughter with a pair of bottomless eyes, and said, "In that case, mother will give your only daughter a name. Her baby name is Xuan'er—" After deliberating for a while, she continued. Said: "Just name it and call it Wu Yihuang."

Li Lingyue was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "I don't know which two words Yihuang took?"

Wu Yan glanced at her, and replied softly: "The sun and the moon change, and the hundred phoenixes turn to the phoenix."

The sun and the moon change, and the hundred phoenixes turn to the phoenix, which also refers to the alternation of yin and yang, and the phoenix dominates the universe, which is a very good omen.Li Lingyue was very useful, and respectfully bowed to her mother, "Thank you for giving me the name!"

The Holy God Emperor looked at Anxi's daughter, the corners of his lips moved slightly, he didn't know if it was a sneer or a smile.