Why are you so anxious?

There is always that one person who appears in front of us when we are naive and innocent, carrying all our fantasies and expectations for heterosexual partners in our youth, and attracting all our eyes and efforts.Then, he couldn't help approaching like a moth to a flame, regardless of the consequences.In the end, the mirror image was broken, leaving only a mess.The broken residue of the truth is so sharp that it makes people feel cruel.

While breaking the dream, what is also broken is our supposedly happy life.

The moon and stars are sparse, and the shadows are whirling.On the densely forested Zhongnan Mountain, a Taoist temple with blue tiles and white walls is hidden in it.A middle-aged woman in Taoist robes with an aging complexion stood under the moonlight, sighing alone.

For Princess Pingyang, who was successful in the first half of her life and lonely in the second half, the smiling man standing among the flowers at the Qionglin Banquet was all her girlhood dreams.

Ask what is love in the world, and teach life and death?

A couple for a lifetime, arguing for two ecstasies?

I'd rather have one heart than leave the white head.

Following the crazy singing of the poems written by the new champion in the streets and alleys of the scholars in Kyoto, Princess Pingyang clearly felt that her soft heart was sinking bit by bit, and was finally held tightly by the tenderness she imagined. Tangled, unable to break free, and never thought of struggling.

It's a pity that Princess Pingyang doesn't know that Mr. Nalan, who wrote a pair of people for a lifetime, didn't really do this sentence, and under what circumstances the talented woman Zhuo Wenjun who has been sung throughout the ages wrote a beautiful sentence that wins people's hearts.

After comparing these well-known quotes with the reality, people can easily find that the reality is as cruel as the dream is beautiful.

The parties involved are all so helpless, let alone Jun Shaoyou who stole a famous sentence from the ancients?

However, Pingyang didn't know it, so she fell in love wishfully, and fell in love with the champion Lang in her fantasy.

The impermanence of the world is always inexplicable.

The ancients said that it is as gentle as jade and as gentle as water. Princess Pingyang has a noble status. She has come into contact with countless children, princes and grandchildren in her life.And Princess Pingyang, as Emperor Yongqian's most beloved eldest princess, naturally cannot do without the hospitality of these self-proclaimed outstanding children of the family.Pingyang has always dealt with these young men, and with Gujing Wubo's mentality, he has made good friends with these men who may inherit the title of his parents' elders, and has never made a mistake.

But when he saw Jun Shaoyou for the first time, his heart skipped a beat for no reason.When Jun Shaoyou stood gracefully among the flowers, when Jun Shaoyou gently told her to be careful that the roses had thorns that hurt the catkins, when Jun Shaoyou gently wrapped her wound with a silk scarf, and carelessly wrapped the peony in her hand. After delivering it to her, and casually composing an astonishingly brilliant poem for it, Princess Pingyang stared blankly at the handsome and resolute back of Zhuangyuan Lang, thinking that she had found a perfect interpretation of these two sentences. talking man.

So Pingyang tried every means to get close to Jun Shaoyou.In addition to her elder brother's overt and secret urging, there was also the inexplicable urging from the bottom of her heart.So she abandoned the reserve and arrogance of being a princess, and appeared in every poetry meeting and every tea party that Jun Shaoyou might be invited to.Standing beside Jun Shaoyou like a moth to a flame.

However, Princess Pingyang, who was confused by her mind, forgot that the so-called gentleness is like jade, and jade is hard and would rather be broken than broken, so there is no way to warm it up, but the so-called heart is like iron.And the so-called gentleness like water, water has no normal state, and water has no constant shape, which means that it is unpredictable, and it also means that even a little carelessness can drown a person.

At that time, Jun Shaoyou had won the first place in the gold list high school in one fell swoop, and he had already become the target of Huaichun, a girl from all over the world.Beside him is the charming maidservant who has taken care of him since he was a child, the famous brothel oiran with outstanding sex skills, and the prostitute daughter of a family with strong family background who is innocent and naive...all kinds of things, and so on.

However, the final winner was Princess Pingyang—at least, she thought so for a long time.Because she successfully persuaded the queen to convince His Majesty to marry her to Jun Shaoyou.

A golden boy and a jade girl, a match made in heaven.

Jun Shaoyou volunteered to discuss and co-organize the wedding with the Ministry of Etiquette that day. She still remembers the rain of petals flying all over the sky, the Kongming lanterns that gathered blessings from thousands of people, the fragrance of flowers that filled the city, and the one who was at the same height as her The beautiful glass statues are crystal clear under the sunlight, refracting colorful rays of light.The whole world is transformed into a dream.

There are also those widely circulated makeup reminder poems, and the gentle smile on Jun Shaoyou's lips.

If a woman has a husband like this, what can a wife ask for?

However, Princess Pingyang soon understood that Jun Shaoyou's tenderness and surprises were not only for her, but also for almost all women in the world.One year after the marriage, because she never had any news about her stomach, she reluctantly took the initiative to accept Qiufu, the beautiful concubine for Jun Shaoyou, and then her second elder brother Zhuang Zhou also gave him the famous oiran. Chen Yuexi.

In the beginning, Jun Shaoyou did not agree with her and her brother's actions.Instead, he smiled and persuaded her that the two got married not long ago, and she was still young, so it was understandable for her to have no children for a while.Let Pingyang rest assured and wait two or three years before talking.

Regardless of his sincerity, when Pingyang first heard this, he was quite relieved.So she ignored Jun Shaoyou's words, but quietly arranged for Qiufu to sleep with him while Jun Shaoyou was taking a bath.

Everything that happened after that was expected.Pingyang felt sad, but he was not too worried.In addition to believing in Mr. Lang's intentions for her, but also because the two women came from humble backgrounds, as long as she holds the deed of sale in her hands, she is not afraid that these two women will turn the world upside down.

But I didn't expect Jun Shaoyou to be shrewd and capable on weekdays, but Ruo Si was confused about the matter of the back house—he even disagreed with Pingyang's request for a contract of sale, and stated that as early as the beginning of taking concubines, the two of them had their lowly status as their own. With a good record, he even persuaded her to be commensurate with those two lowly maidservants and sisters, and to get along well.

Doting on concubines and destroying wives is simply a big joke.

She Pingyang is the majestic Princess Chu, and she has been reduced to the point where she is commensurate with two lowly maidservants?

Overnight, all the sisters and sisters who envied her for marrying a good husband all laughed at her behind her back and ridiculed her.She once thought about having a big fight with Jun Shaoyou to clear her mind.Unfortunately, the eldest prince Zhuang Lin returned to Beijing at this time.

The news of the return of the first prince, who has made great achievements and is quite favored by His Majesty, has brought great pressure to his second brother.Under the urging of the second brother and his mother, Pingyang swallowed this breath reluctantly, but smiled gently at Jun Shaoyou, hoping that he would help the second brother through this difficult time.

Jun Shaoyou, who never refuted her requests, readily agreed.Afterwards, the rumors and gossips all over the city and the memorials of the ministers to invite him to be crowned prince really made Emperor Yongqian indifferent to the elder brother, and for balance, he gradually paid attention to the second elder brother.

However, the second elder brother has always been ambitious and talented, mediocre and impermanent.It's okay to be a prince of Xiaoyao reluctantly, but now Emperor Yongqian has imposed a heavy burden on him, dealing with various government affairs in the court, and he will inevitably be at a loss for a while.Under such circumstances, the mother and second elder brother could not help but rely more on their husband.

Correspondingly, the requirements for Pingyang's virtuous virtues are even heavier.Naturally, they also heard that Pingyang had become estranged from the son-in-law because of the sale of the contract of two lowly maidservants, which was not in their interests.Therefore, the two of them did not decide to stand up for Pingyang, but instead called her into the palace and kept persuading her to calm down and be patient for a while.As long as Zhuang Zhou is lucky enough to ascend to the throne of God, all Jun Shaoyou's confidante can be solved with just one imperial decree.

As long as you hold the power in your hands, do you still worry about no one bowing to you?

Under the persuasion of his mother and elder brother, Pingyang reluctantly stepped down the steps again.He took the initiative to seek Jun Shaoyou to show his favor, but his deliberately suppressed mood was like a volcano that would erupt from time to time. The seemingly calm surface concealed a huge murderous intent.The once happy marriage had cracks, and the unequal communication and purposeful concessions also made the couple drift away.

But under Pingyang's deliberate dealings, what is displayed in front of Jun Shaoyou is always the illusion of a beautiful wife, virtuous concubine, and happiness.

To Pingyang's relief, Jun Shaoyou's attitude towards the three women has always been the same.He didn't seem to know how to be biased, and he always tried his best to keep the bowl of water level.As long as one person has something, the other two must have it.It's not what Pingyang was worried about before, only the newcomers laugh, and the old ones don't cry.He even took the initiative to explain to them the glass formula Jun Shaoyou relied on for survival and so on.And at her request, in order to make Zhuang Zhou win the respect of Emperor Yongqian, he specially thought hard and tossed out □.

Jun Shaoyou still has her in his heart.Knowing her various unspoken dissatisfaction, he guilty of tinkering with so many material things to compensate her.Seeing this, Pingyang began to relax slowly.

The days began to flow like water.In the blink of an eye, three or five years passed, and the three people in Pingyang still had no news about their stomachs, which made Jun Shaoyou lose his calm and breezy demeanor for the first time.Not only was he secretly seeking medical treatment and medicine, but he also thought about taking concubines again.So under the acquiescence of Jun Shaoyou who no longer insisted, one after another, the ladies of the family, the confidante, and even Princess Fanbang were sent into the backyard of the Duke Huguo's mansion like water.While Ping Yang was furious, he felt powerless.Powerless to pursue, powerless to resist, can only turn all dissatisfaction into demands, squeeze Jun Shaoyou's talents and learning, use Jun Shaoyou's tricks to suppress the eldest prince, and win the second emperor brother.

The throbbing when I was young is also invisible in the day-to-day calculations.Pingyang watched with cold eyes Jun Shaoyou being deceived by the beauties in the backyard, and watched the women who shouldered the expectations of the big families use their bodies as sharp weapons to ask Jun Shaoyou for various benefits.Pingyang suddenly discovered that her husband, whom she once regarded as a god, was just a stupid mortal.

Perhaps no matter how shrewd a man is, he will lose most of his intelligence in front of a beautiful woman.Jun Shaoyou is like this, and the second brother Zhuang Zhou is no exception.

Pingyang's patience until the old emperor completely disliked the elder brother, until the old emperor passed away, the second brother succeeded and secured the throne, and then regarded the son-in-law who had done so much to help him win the throne as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh.

She finally had a chance for revenge.So the joint forces put the hat of treason on Jun Shaoyou's head.Pingyang wanted to break the boat and threatened his life for the last time in an attempt to force Jun Shaoyou to give up the flowers and plants in the back house and only focus on her.

However, Jun Shaoyou is worthy of being known as a gentleman who is known as gentle as jade. As expected, he would rather break the jade than make it whole. He would rather die than give Pingyang a chance.

Jun Shaoyou died so calmly, and the impressive "Qionglin Party" disappeared and collapsed.Pingyang packed his luggage and returned to the palace, temporarily staying in the Feng'an Palace where the mother who had just been promoted as the empress dowager moved into.And Chen Yuexi was secretly taken into the palace by the second brother as a beauty, and Qiufu was also secretly hidden, becoming the aunt of the new Duke of the Protectorate.The rest of the concubines also dispersed.

The situation seemed to have calmed down.

The new emperor Zhuang Zhou was overjoyed, and in a good mood chose another son-in-law for his younger sister Pingyang.Pingyang also revived, ready to welcome a new life.However, what Pingyang didn't expect was that all the children from the aristocratic families who were attracted to her at the beginning all avoided the emperor's finger marriage.Either she hastily booked another family, or she stated that she is not talented enough to match the princess.All kinds of words are high-sounding and seem sincere, but they are actually because of the grudges and chills of many aristocratic families about Pingyang's position in the case of the son-in-law's treason.Although many aristocratic families have gained benefits in this case, they all secretly admire Pingyang, a female stream, with a deep city and a ruthless mind.But it's okay to treat such a person as a temporary benefit partner, if he is really introduced as a lifelong companion... All the aristocratic families expressed their respect and gratitude.

And those who fell into such an embarrassing situation, besides Princess Pingyang, were the other concubines in the original Duke Huguo's mansion.After all, although Jun Shaoyou was criticized for being weak and confused in terms of beauty, there was no doubt about Jun Shaoyou's generosity to these women.Even Jun Shaoyou's generous preferential treatment can't win over these women, and the family will be ruined and their souls will be wiped out.The other three wives and four concubines are used to it, and their appearance and handwriting are not as good as Jun Shaoyou's aristocratic family officials, so naturally they need to weigh one or two.

Except for Chen Yuexi, this lucky woman.I don't know what kind of seductive magic tricks used to confuse Zhuang Zhou, so he lived a prosperous life in the harem.This made Pingyang, who was embarrassed to accompany the queen mother to live in Feng'an Temple, feel even more aggrieved.

And this kind of resentment reached its peak after Chen Yuexi was pregnant with Zhuang Zhou's child.The almost crazy Pingyang went to Zhuang Zhou desperately to persuade him. Apart from the jealousy in his heart, the most important thing was that Chen Yuexi's identity was secretive and he was really not suitable to conceive a royal heir.However, Zhuang Zhou, who had already fallen into the gentle grave, didn't understand her good intentions, and even satirized her as a beauty who made things difficult for him because of her unsatisfactory life.After a stern reprimand, Zhuang Zhou walked away with Chen Yuexi who had come to pay his respects to the Tai Chi Hall.Only Yu Pingyang stood alone in the empty hall.

It was only then that she discovered that the so-called rabbit dead dog cooking was not limited to the dead Jun Shaoyou.And she, the eldest princess, is becoming less and less useful because of Jun Shaoyou's absence and her reputation as a virtuous person.

The failure of the marriage and the increasing contempt of the emperor seemed to be the beginning of a vicious circle.The aristocratic families who once bowed their heads to the imperial power also began to show their minions gradually. As his central edicts were rejected by the foreign court several times, the new emperor Zhuang Zhou gradually discovered that his originally unimpeded government orders began to be hindered.The situation in the entire court also became entangled like a quagmire. After a year, the emperor's imperial edict could not even leave the capital.

There are decrees above, and the following will do their own things.In the second year after Jun Shaoyou's death, Zhuang Zhou finally tasted the bitter fruit of a dead rabbit.

But all this is just the beginning.

It turned out that the Qionglin Party, which was once glorious and prosperous for a while, did not really disappear.Long before Jun Shaoyou died, he had faintly sensed the betrayal of the crowd and the suspicion of the emperor.In addition to those meritorious family members who really betrayed him for the sake of profit, Jun Shaoyou let some of his diehard loyalists get out of this troubled water for the time being in the name of betrayal.That's why it finally created the illusion that Jun Shaoyou betrayed relatives.

As for the so-called diehard loyalists, it is absolutely impossible for them to collapse and cease to exist because of the death of their master.These people have been secretly planning, waiting, and waiting for an opportunity.When the emperor and the aristocratic family started to turn against each other because of power, all these people also surfaced.

As a result, the rumors that the new emperor Zhuang Zhou persecuted important officials for his beauty became rampant, and the fact that a certain concubine in the palace was a remnant of the previous dynasty, and the fact that important officials served concubines was also revealed.At the same time, Wang Zhuanglin of Yong'an, who has been accumulating strength, is no longer peaceful.Although Zhuang Lin missed the throne because he was rejected by the old emperor, Zhuang Lin, who held the military power, did not really give up the dragon chair. Forcing Kyoto.

Zhuang Zhou's emperor's dream was only dreamed for five years before he was shattered by the army flooding into the capital like a flood.

In the Tai Chi Hall, Zhuang Zhou, who was pale and slumped on the dragon chair, and the concubines below, who were as pale as frightened birds, as well as the empress dowager's mother and the eldest princess Ping Yang, and all the civil and military men who trembled like quails. The ministers looked at Zhuang Lin's army in panic, wearing armor and leading the soldiers on foot in the sunset.

The confrontation of the situation is ridiculous.

Under Zhuang Lin's signal, the soldiers in armor and holding ice blades unceremoniously pushed away a group of quail-like concubines, walked to the dragon chair and dragged Zhuang Zhou down.Ignoring the shouts of "rebels and traitors" among the crowd, Zhuang Lin strode forward, sat on the dragon chair boldly, looked at everyone with interest for a long time, and then said: "Who is Chen Yuexi, the remnant of the previous dynasty?" ?”

Hearing this, Zhuang Zhou looked at Zhuang Lin with a panicked expression.At this time, the ministers of civil and military affairs and the rest of the harem women in the palace were also shocked.Chen Yuexi, who was already pregnant, walked in front of people tremblingly. Although her face was panicked, she was still charming, and she looked even more pitiful. She knelt down on the ground coquettishly and timidly, and said in her unique soft voice: "My concubine Yuexi, I have met His Royal Highness King Yong'an."

Seeing this trait, Ping Yang's eyes showed a trace of sarcasm, a trace of shamelessness.She subconsciously glanced at the pale Zhuang Zhou, but what flashed across her mind was the face of the former son-in-law Jun Shaoyou.

What an irony.

Zhuang Lin's knife-like eyes fell on Chen Yuexi coldly.Silent for a long time, until Chen Yuexi's originally charming expression gradually became pale and frightened, then she sneered and said disapprovingly: "So you are the lowly servant girl who did not hesitate to plant and frame his confidant and loyal ministers …It’s nothing more than that if you measure it carefully.”

Hearing this, Chen Yuexi's originally pretty face turned pale, and a mist flashed in her big watery eyes, and she looked at the lofty Zhuang Lin with hesitation, looking more and more charming.

However, Zhuang Lin didn't have the slightest desire to pity others.He glanced at Chen Yuexi who was kneeling on the ground with disgust, and her big belly, and said coldly: "The remnants of the previous dynasty have ulterior motives. For his own selfishness, he sowed discord between the emperor and the courtiers, and seduced the emperor." Regardless of the country, the country and the country, the court is stable, and does whatever it wants. If people cause disasters, their hearts should be punished. If someone comes, push them out and behead them."

When the soldiers on both sides heard the words, they responded with a bang.Regardless of Chen Yuexi's hoarse struggle and begging for mercy, she dragged the beauty out of the Tai Chi Hall.After that, a group of emperor ministers headed by Zhuang Zhou broke out, and they stopped for the time being in a waning mood.

Afterwards, the new emperor came to the throne, and he rewarded the world for his meritorious deeds.Because Zhuang Lin's behavior is a crime against the superior, it is an act of conspiracy.Zhuang Lin's reputation among scholars was not good at first.Scholars and scholars can be seen everywhere, and ministers of Qingliu verbally criticize Zhuang Lin.Every sentence directly points out that Zhuang Lin has no talent and no virtue, and it is difficult to be a great position.Zhuang Lin was noncommittal about this.

Just in an orderly manner, as if there was a plan, they began to kill the ministers in the court and suppress the power of the family in the court.

However, what is surprising is that Zhuang Lin's behavior of killing courtiers and suppressing dissidents did not cause chaos in the government and the public.Hiding for a long time, the Qionglin Party, who have already controlled the real power in various places, helped Zhuang Lin stabilize the court.On the other hand, Zhuang Lin did what he liked and rehabilitated Jun Shaoyou immediately.And in the next period of time, one after another dealt with those meritorious family members who had gained huge benefits in Jun Shaoyou's conspiracy.

It can be said that it is June's debt, so it must be paid quickly!

However, this new era has nothing to do with Pingyang.At that time, Princess Pingyang had been placed under house arrest in a Taoist temple repaired by Zhuang Linte underground order twenty miles away from Kyoto.She was exiled to this Taoist temple together with the abandoned Empress Dowager Yan, and Jun Shaoyou's former concubines and maidservants.Many women are like peasant women in the fields, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, cooking and washing vegetables.But in just a few months, she lost her proud beauty and fair and smooth skin.

The life that was once sought after by thousands of people with a smile all over the city seems to have happened in the previous life.

A few years later, Pingyang got another news from the pilgrims who went up the mountain to pay their vows. Because the proud Lord Protector's Mansion offended the emperor, the whole family was demoted to common people and exiled for three thousand miles.

Not long after, another woman was silently sent to the Taoist temple.With a haggard face, a stature like wood, and wearing a coarse linen shirt, if Princess Pingyang hadn't been so impressed with her, she would never have recognized her as Jun Shaoyou's childhood sweetheart Qiufu.

When the girls met, they were speechless.

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For men, the happiest thing in the world is to wake up and take power in the world, and lie drunk on the lap of a beauty.In Zhuang Lin's view, his life of ups and downs definitely deserves this sentence.

However, is this seemingly joyful and hearty life really happiness?

One day, Zhuang Lin, who had been the emperor for many years, and all his enemies were dead, or who bowed his head and professed his allegiance, sat in the empty and magnificent Tai Chi Hall, recalling his life boredly.

He was born in a noble family, joined the army when he was young, made great achievements, was proud of his youth, and was crowned king with military exploits. He was abandoned by the emperor when he was a man, and then he watched helplessly as his own throne was seized by his weaker brother, and he was exiled to a remote frontier.In the end, he waited for the opportunity, led the army back to the capital, killed his younger brother who became the emperor, killed those ministers who opposed him, suppressed the meritorious deeds of those families who were spying on the imperial power, vigorously supported the imperial examinations, and supported the poor officials.

During the more than [-] years of his reign, Da Chu's territory has more than doubled, and the national treasury has been enriched by more than ten times.

No one cares how he got the throne anymore, everyone praises him and obeys everything, even his children, his first wife, and his concubines gradually dare not disobey him, even in front of him. Dare not tell the truth.Civil and military officials, clan and royal family, meritorious ministers, concubines and concubines, all of them have the same face and expression in front of him.Zhuang Lin was so trembling that he couldn't summon up the slightest energy to deal with it.

Only that person back then never put him in the eye, ignored his overtures to win him over, tried his best to frame him, stumbling him, wishful thinking that his cold second brother was a brother, and for him He tried his best to win the Sacred Heart, but was finally framed and died in the name of treason.

Zhuang Lin could never forget the sight of that person dying in his arms, the desperation that the body that was originally hot was gradually becoming cold and stiff made him almost crazy.If not, Zhuang Lin thinks that he would not take the risk of the country's instability to seek rebellion and usurp the throne. After that, the strong support given to him by the Qionglin party members also allowed him to go through the most difficult period safely. , and easily gathered the power that had fallen by the wayside in his hands.

It is indeed the favor of that person!Even if that person didn't mean it.only……

While half asleep and half awake, Zhuang Lin heard a voice in a trance.

"Regret? Regret? Do you want to do it all over again?"

"How do I start over?"

"In exchange for your Da Chu's 300-year dragon vein energy operation, how..."

Da Chu's 300-year dragon vein luck...

Zhuang Lin, who has been an emperor for more than 30 years, tilted his head and thought for a while, then smiled casually: "Then change it!"

Jiangshan Jinxiu, no match for you smile!