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"I can understand her. Leaving aside my words, what is more important in your eyes?"

This child always shy away from her own opinions and ideas, and instead asked me. She wanted to understand me, but at the same time she didn't want me to see through her.Taki Wakaba smiled at Jing.Hmm... not necessarily, maybe her avoidance is not out of resistance to me, but a habit, maybe on the contrary, she is at a loss as to how to express her thoughts, so she dodges.

"That's for the next story. It's up to you."

"Then I said it."

"Do you believe that there are monsters in this world?" Jing looked at the quietly burning candle and said, her cold tone seemed to be serious.

"Believe."

"why?"

"Because I have seen unbelievable sights, which are not something humans can explain."

"is it?"

"Then the story I want to tell is about a little monster that steals the ambition in people's hearts. Whenever a person makes up his mind to do something, the little monster will steal his ambition so that that person can no longer With that ambition, go all out." Jing looked at Taki Ruoye, "My story is over."

"What does that monster look like?"

"I don't know, but I think there must be such monsters in this world. If not, why would the ambition in my heart disappear the next day?" Jing bent her knees and buried her head in her knees between.

"Is ambition important to Jing?"

"The important thing is that I can become what everyone wants me to be. If I can maintain my ambition, I can work hard. Because I can have enough supplies to survive without doing anything, so I was lucky enough to think However, even if I don’t work hard, living by eating, drinking and having fun is still a way of living. But after I spent that period of time, I was very sad, and I couldn’t find anyone who agreed with me, and I couldn’t learn from anyone. Gaining a sense of identity, my existence has also become eclipsed. For this sake, I have done my best to attend classes on time.”

"I understand, you don't want to study hard anymore."

Jing was blocked for a moment, "Although you said it too bluntly, it's just like this. In the eyes of ordinary people, what I have done is already qualified, but I know that I can actually do better, but I can't do it." go down."

"Maybe hard work is also a kind of talent. Even if you don't want to learn those things, just leave it to me."

Jing smiled wryly, "Are you planning to give up on me? I know you want to learn those things for me, but in fact..."

"Leave all the things you want to learn to me, and I will learn everything you need to learn for you. Even if you come to Ise Shrine in the future, I will always help you as I do now, and put away the harsh feeling of self-criticism. You can just throw it away."

"Is this the second story you tell me?"

"Life is sometimes more absurd than stories." Taki Wakaha brushed her temple hair, "Let's call it a day."

"Wait, if I leave everything to you, then what am I? A puppet sitting in the seat of the fasting palace?"

"I'm just your escape route, you don't seem to be happy here at all?"

"...If I, who is pampered and pampered, say that I am not happy at all, I don't know how many people will be scolded to death... Even... I am just an inner prince who is abandoned and doesn't matter."

"But I want to cheer you up."

"-----Huh?" Jing didn't know where to start for a while, "Oh, I'm learning this now to be the cursed fasting palace, no one will be happy when they know their own death Right? Although I can say that I am sacrificing myself to protect the public, I can’t even laugh when I think about it!”

"If you die, I won't live alone. So if you firmly believe that you will die, then my death is also pronounced."

"You...are not good, I don't understand people like you at all..."

"Besides, I feel very lucky that I want to serve Jun Ji, who ascended the throne of Zhai Palace, to be such a lovely person."

ha?Can...cute?Jing fiercely stared at Taki Ruoye's face, it was not good or not, looking at her expression and eyes, no matter how I looked at it, I felt that she was telling the truth and not lying!You are the cutest, right?Could it be... Is it true that men are so fascinated by beautiful women? !

The next morning, Jing got up at the same time as usual, the difference is that she did it voluntarily this time.

Shuang Ying only thought that Taki Ruoye's method worked, and she was even more rare about Taki Ruoye. As long as Taki Ruoye asked for advice, she would give it all.

When Shuangying was teaching Jing, Taki Ruoye was also listening. She found that Jing's aptitude can be said to be above average. Willing to dig deeper.

After such a peaceful time, one month passed, and one day, a maid outside brought a fan to Taki Ruoye, saying that the man outside asked him to entrust it.

Taki Ruoye couldn't think of who would give her such a gift. She looked at the fan and saw that it was a waka, and the words were probably somewhat ambiguous. People in the court liked this tune.With a thought in her mind, Taki Ruoye guessed someone she wanted to meet very much, so she went out.

"I didn't expect Master Ju Yushan to still remember me."

"Of course, I'm racing horses near here. I heard from Akama Gozen that you are here too, so I stopped by to visit."

"Is this juniper fan also 'by the way'?"

"That's right, it doesn't look like 'by the way' either. I wrote this juniper fan when I first met you, but I never had the chance to send it out. Now you have granted my wish."

Taki Ruoye chuckled lightly, "Is it actually my fulfillment of your lord's wish?"

"...In your capacity, you don't need to call me an adult anymore."

"Why don't you see the person who raced with you?"

"He lost, so he couldn't hold back and went back first. Do you want to go out with me to see the scenery?"

"Of course I'm very happy." Long Ruoye put on a Tang dress, and walked along the path with Juyu Mountain.

"Can you show me your sword?" Taki Ruoye asked.

"They are very heavy, so be careful." Ju Yushan untied the sword and showed it to Taki Ruoye.

"The artisans who made them are so ingenious. I really don't know how majestic they are when they wield them."

"Would you like to watch it first?" Ju Yushan smiled, "I thought you would want to watch me dance more."

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty seems to have said that the dance of Juyu Mountain is one of the best in the court.

"I am very lucky to see you dancing sword."

"You can be more greedy."

Ju Yushan drew out a sword, and began to practice each move.

He was originally a rare handsome man, and his swordsmanship was also penetrating. Taki Ruoye looked at it very seriously. Tachibana Yushan occasionally distracted himself to see Taki Ruoye's reaction, and found that she was more serious than usual when confronting enemies face to face. Not even a trace of water.

"It's so exciting, I can't help being fascinated." After dancing in Juyu Mountain, Taki Ruoye hurriedly leaned up, fingers together, "It makes people's heart pounding, and you must be very happy on weekdays." Practice hard so that you can have such flowing movements. How did you do it? How can you bend your knees while maintaining the swiftness of your sword? How did you make that sound of piercing through the air?"

"You... I thought you wouldn't show such a happy expression. No matter what kind of situation you encountered before, you always looked calm and calm."

"Because being with you makes me feel very relaxed. I have been trembling since I came to Heianjing, and I have never made a true friend."

"Friend?" Tachibana Yushan thought of the waka he wrote to Taki Wakaba, and felt that Taki Wakaba shouldn't be unable to see the meaning in it.

"I have already decided that I will follow Prince Jingnei and serve the gods."

"Prince Jingnei..." Ju Yushan was thoughtful, but didn't say another word.

His eyes avoid me and look aside, indicating that he is processing information.It is very likely that Juyushan knows the deeper information about the curse of the Ise Shrine's Saigu position, but obviously, my current relationship with him is not enough for him to speak.Taki Wakaba smiled and changed the subject, "Your swordsmanship must have been trained so hard to be so superb."

"Before practicing swordsmanship, we have to practice the basic skills for a long time before being allowed to learn swordsmanship by the master. After the basic skills are practiced, the sword will also be practiced stably. The sound of breaking the air is that your hand strength must be transmitted from your hand to the sword. The tip has the feeling of cutting through the air."

"Then what is the basic skill you practice?" Taki Ruoye seemed very curious.

"They are all boring and basic movements, which test people's endurance." Ju Yushan made a few movements, "Like these."

Taki Ruoye nodded thoughtfully, "Will you come again next time? If there is a next time, I will bring my flute and play it for you in my spare time."

It was still such a magnificent and beautiful palace, but it didn't feel so amazing after seeing it once. Taki Wakaba raised her head and walked past the maid who lowered her head and opened the curtain for them.This is her third visit to the palace.

Mingjian Gozen and Taki Wakaba rested in the side hall first, Taki Ruoye knelt beside Mingjian Gozen, and saw a boy who was about the same age as her, who was reading a chess book intently.

It's Go. If I have the chance, I want to learn it myself.But rhythm and dance music are what I should learn as soon as possible, not Go.

"Do you like Go too?" The boy noticed Taki Ruoye's gaze, but found that her gaze was not looking at him, but at the chess record in his hand, so he approached excitedly.

"You are a child of the Fujiwara family, you should study hard." Akama Ozen covered his mouth and smiled lightly.

"I don't care, I just like playing chess." The boy asked Xiang Taki Ruoye again, "Would you like to play Go with me? No, it doesn't matter, I can teach you!"

He has long dark purple hair and dark blue eyes, very good-looking, and there is no doubt that he will grow into an outstanding handsome man in the future.

"If Zuowei wants to play chess, he can go to the chess court in the palace. Don't play with girls everywhere when he is young." Sato Fujiwara left.

Mingjian Yuqian took a sip of tea, and saw a shadow falling from above, and landed on the low table in front of her.

"what!"

The maid hurriedly raised her head and leaned over, "What's the matter? Mingjian Yuqian?"

"Ah—this—it's okay." There was only poured tea on the short table of Mingjian Yuqian, and the maid looked at Mingjian Yuqian who was still in shock and retreated suspiciously.

Seeing the maid return to her position and kneel down, Akama Gozen looked at Taki Wakaba with subtle eyes, and said softly, "Is that a snake? Is it a snake?"

"Yes." Taki Ruoye calmly retracted the seven-inch hand holding the snake into her wide sleeve.

"Dead snake?"

"No, it's alive."