Ling Ruo nodded and said: "When the late emperor was still here, the Ai family once visited Qingliang Temple. At that time, there was an old monk who stayed under the bodhi tree and picked up the leaves that fell from the tree every day, just like now."
Xianyue asked in confusion: "Why do you want to pick up Bodhi leaves?"
Ling Ruo seemed to have returned to that day more than ten years ago, listening to the old monk telling his past, "One flower, one world, one leaf, reincarnation." He stayed under the bodhi tree and picked up every bodhi leaf.
, a full sixty years, just to wait for his reincarnation in the dark."
"Then has he waited?" Faced with Xianyue's question, Ling Ruo nodded and said: "He has waited. Sixty years of waiting allowed him to finally meet reincarnation. The Ai family hopes that they can also have this luck and be able to meet
The reincarnation that the mourning family longs for.”
Xianyue knew that the reincarnation she meant was referring to Yinzhen, and immediately said: "I believe that the emperor's mother will definitely get what she wants."
Ling Ruo didn't say anything else, but he would come here every day to pick up Bodhi leaves, and he would never leave them in other people's hands. Even if he got cold once and his hands and feet were weak, he still insisted on picking them up with his own hands.
Xianyue silently watched the same scene every day, but her heart became more and more confused day by day. Ling Ruo's persistence was because of her life-and-death love for the late emperor, so even if the late emperor left, she would still miss him and look forward to seeing him again.
In reincarnation, he can renew his relationship with the late emperor a hundred years later.
What about her? Why does she live day after day? Before the smallpox incident, she thought that even if she had no relatives, at least she still had Hongli. Even if she was far inferior to Mingyu in Hongli's heart, she could at least occupy a place.
.
But it turns out that's not the case. She has no status at all in Hongli's heart. All the tender words and sweet words are like a shadow and cannot stand the test.
Hongli said that she was vicious and unscrupulous, but Hongli never thought that if she didn't have this kind of heart and means, she wouldn't be alive today. Everything she did was not to harm anyone, but to protect herself.
It's not too much to just get rid of people who have harmful intentions to her.
As for Hongli saying that she was sorry for Mingyu, yes, Mingyu had been kind to her, but he had also doubted her. In the final analysis, Mingyu just sympathized with the weak, and then defended him in a condescending manner, which was not sincere at all.
Otherwise, he would not have been instigated by Mr. Gao with the intention of harming her.
Mingyu was the one who made the biggest mistake regarding the smallpox incident, but Hongli blamed her blindly. Every time he thought of that day, he felt chilled.
Looking back in despair, except for A Luo and the others, there was no one in the world who treated her sincerely, and her sincerity was nothing in Hongli's eyes, and Hongli never cared about her.
However, no matter how clearly she saw it, she still couldn't control her longing for Hongli. After coming to Wutai Mountain, she often thought of each other's beautiful days. Even if it was just an illusory beauty, she couldn't help but immerse herself in it.
.
Xianyue was so lost in thought that she didn't even know there was someone around her. It wasn't until she had an extra cloak on her body that she came back to her senses, raised her head and said, "When did you come here?"
"After a while, I saw that the master was thinking about something, so I didn't bother him. Now the weather is getting colder, and it's a mountain here, so the cold is even worse, so I need to wear more clothes."
Xianyue smiled and said: "I'm fine, by the way, go get a pen and paper."
Hearing this, A Luo sighed, "Master, are you thinking about the emperor again?"
Xianyue's smile faltered and she said slowly: "So what if you want to, so what if you don't want to?"
A Luo squatted in front of her and said: "I'm sorry to say this bluntly, my master, but the emperor is not worthy of your thoughts at all. You have paid so much for the emperor. What has the emperor paid for you? Nothing. The emperor will only hurt you."
Xianyue caressed A Luo's cheek and said: "If there is anything else you want to say, I will say it all at this moment. You and I are sisters, so you don't need to worry about whether you should say it or not."
A Luo bit his silver teeth lightly and said: "If I let this slave choose, I would rather stay with my master in this Qingliang Temple. Although there are no royal clothes and fine food, no palaces and palaces here, there is also no intrigue, and there is no need to fight for anything."
The emperor's cool favor is nothing
The most important thing is that you don’t need to worry about being hurt by the emperor again. From the dormitory to the Forbidden City, for ten years, I watched my master suffer so much suffering and misunderstanding. To be honest, I am really afraid of you. Continue
Stay with the Emperor and continue to...get hurt."
Xianyue was silent for a long time and said: "I understand, but Qingliang Temple can only give me a moment of peace at best, and... I really can't forget the emperor. In ten years, he has been engraved in my bones.
I don’t even know how to forget him.”
"Why not? You can put your feelings on the emperor, and of course you can take them back." A Luo's words of course made Xia Yue chuckle, "Silly girl, when one day you really like someone,
You will understand that once love is given, it cannot be taken back." After a pause, she added: "Maybe... I can wait until I, like the imperial concubine, can close my eyes."
Upon hearing this, A Luo hurriedly spat: "Master, please tell me what to do with Concubine Huixian. You want to live a long life. How can a short-lived person like her compare with you? When I think of her strange body, I
I feel so cold all over my body when I'm sick, please don't mention it again in the future."
"You girl, I just said it casually, but it made you talk so much, and I'm not allowed to mention it. Are you the master or am I the master?" Xianyue said half-jokingly, not saying anything.
Business intention.
"Anyway, I don't like to mention her." A Luo wrinkled his nose as he said, "Also, it's a good thing that you were not in the palace when Concubine Huixian was ill, otherwise the emperor might doubt you again."
Ah Luo's current impression of Hongli can be said to be extremely bad. In private, he has never had a good word to say. In fact, it's not just her, Yang Hai and Zhichun are the same.
Xianyue said half-jokingly: "You, your ideas are getting bigger and bigger. If this continues, I might really let you take over the position of master."
A Luo lightly stuck out the tip of his tongue and said: "Master, it's really strange to say that the emperor has always disliked the imperial concubine. Why did he make her the imperial concubine when she fell ill, followed by the imperial concubine? Although she was granted the title posthumously,
After all, she is the first imperial concubine, so she sealed her right away, which seems...a bit rash." She said the last two words very softly, and she obviously didn't feel it was suitable to say them out of her mouth.
Xianyue lightly frowned and said: "It's indeed a bit strange. It is said that after the smallpox incident was exposed, the emperor should know very well what the imperial concubine did in it. Even if he wanted to take into account the royal face and protect the empress, he would
After suppressing this matter, he should be somewhat displeased in his heart, and coupled with the previous miscarriage, he should not be so kind to the imperial concubine."
: There are two more chapters to come, and they are currently being drafted.