Chapter three hundred and ninety fourth generation queen
In the past forty years, our country has spanned three thousand miles of mountains and rivers. Phoenix pavilions and dragon towers reach the sky, and jade trees and branches are like tobacco. How many times have we ever seen war?
Once he became a captive, his waist was sunken and his temples were languid. On the day of his hasty farewell to the temple, the temple still played farewell songs and wept to the palace maid.
——"Broken Array·Family and Country in Forty Years" Li Yu
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Bai Fu and Li Xuexuan approached the tiankeng and stood on the edge of the tiankeng, overlooking the valley bottom.
The tiankeng is as big as two polo fields, surrounded by cliffs shrouded in clouds and mist. The cliffs are steep and majestic.
The ground at the bottom of the pit is flat, with green grass, luxuriant shrubs, lush trees, and deep and beautiful scenery. A winding path leads to a courtyard with green bricks and tiles, which looks like a temple. God's miraculous craftsmanship, but human beings are insignificant. So.
Several houses in the temple were damaged by the Tiankeng defenders just now, and the walls were in ruins. The fire in the temple has been extinguished, and there is still a little smoke. Outside the courtyard, dozens of ant-sized figures are busy treating the injured and repairing the houses. .
Bai Fu and Li Xuexuan lowered the gondola in the winch, rode on the gondola, and descended slowly.
Entering a huge cave head-on, the cave is hundreds of feet long, majestic from ancient times, deep and spacious, like a giant temple of the gods.
Inside the cave, there are rugged boulders and mottled cliffs. Light and shadow leak in, flickering on and off. A pearl waterfall falls straight down from the top of the cave, like a real dragon rising up to the sky.
There is a cave in the cave, as deep as a maze. The hanging basket rises and falls several times until it reaches the bottom of the cave.
Bai Fu and the two jumped off the hanging basket and fell straight down the waterfall. When they walked out of the cave and looked back, the cave was like a giant stone bridge spanning between the tiankeng.
Looking up from under the bridge, the arches are high and wide, and the white skylight is like a carp flying over the dragon gate. The bridge body is green and vines are entangled. The cliffs are steep and steep, and they are clearly a mountain, just like a bridge.
Walk out of the cave and step into the bottom of the tiankeng. Standing at the bottom of the pit and looking up, the tiankeng is like a huge patio. The sky is in the shape of a cross, with a bright moon hanging in the middle. Surrounded by cliffs, there are thousands of walls. The blue-white rock walls are as if they were cut with a knife or an axe. , scattered shrubs, difficult for apes to climb. It is like a natural prison.
I saw a courtyard in the distance, which should be the temple seen on the top of the mountain.
Bai Li and the two walked along the path. Wild vines, flowers and grass were growing wildly beside the road, and the trees and bamboos were thick and green. The green grass was covered with green grass, the bamboos were swaying, and the gurgling creek was meandering and flowing quietly. The jagged and convex rocks pass quietly through the hair-like green bushes. The lush green trees and cool breeze make you feel like you are in a paradise.
When approaching the courtyard, there were dozens of elderly palace maids and eunuchs running around outside the courtyard. The leader was a tall man, dressed as a Buddhist monk. This person had white eyebrows and drooping shoulders, a kind face, high temples, Mount Tai lying across the way, and a calm aura. At first glance, he looks like one of the few masters in the world.
When the eminent monk saw Bai and Fu, he bowed his head and saluted. Although Bai and Fu felt different, they hurriedly returned the salute.
With a "squeak", the door of the courtyard opened, and an old woman in yellow clothes led several palace ladies out of the courtyard.
"Your Majesty!" Upon seeing this old woman, the female eunuchs outside the courtyard were piled up one after another, kneeling on the ground.
The old woman was in her sixties, her hair was set high, and her face was slightly painted with pink and white. Although she was dressed in plain clothes and had no hairpins, she had the aura of a king in the world.
Although Bai Fu and Li Xuexuan didn't know who this old woman was, they were attracted by her aura and felt admiration, lowering their hands and bowing.
When the old woman saw Bai Fu and Li Xuexuan, she smiled, walked over, nodded and said, "You are here!"
Bai Fu and Li Xuexuan were stunned, wondering why the old woman said this.
"Come into the house and talk to me." The old woman's voice was soft but irresistible. Bai and Fu looked at each other and followed the old woman into the courtyard.
The interior of the house was simple and elegant, with sandalwood incense lingering. The three of them sat down, and the maids poured out three cups of Bitan Snow, and the fragrance of tea overflowed.
The old woman looked at the two Bai Li calmly and said: "Within a hundred steps of the snake and scorpion nest, there must be Zhilan. In troubled times, when the Eight Cauldrons appear in the world, there must be successors. After the sword demon Dugusu, I am finally waiting for you."
Bai Fu didn't know how to reply, so he raised his hands and said, "May I ask, senior, what do you mean by this?"
The old woman smiled and said: "Don't worry, let me ask you, do you two have the true energy of Kanding and Xunding?"
Bai Fu was stunned and said: "It is indeed as senior said, but how did you know?"
The old woman smiled and said: "Because I also have Jiuding's true energy in my body, I can sense yours. I wonder how you two got your true energy?"
Seeing the kind face of the old woman, Bai Fu felt close to her and recounted their encounters.
After hearing this, the old woman remained silent for a while, looked up to the sky and sighed: "It's hard to fathom God's heart, so he has given a great responsibility to this person."
The old woman's dialogue continued: "I have read through ancient and modern history, and you are the first person in all ages who can channel the power of Pangu, the Eight Cauldrons, without the need for the Ninth Cauldron."
"Me?" Bai Fu blurted out.
"Yes, I am Wu Zhao!"
As soon as the old woman said this, her eyes shone with light and she looked at the world. Bai Fu and Li Xuexuan were shocked and quickly fell to the ground.
"Get up, get up, that's all a thing of the past." Seeing this, the old woman quickly helped the two of them up, and her expression returned to its original state.
"Your Majesty, aren't you?..." Bai Fu was confused.
"Haha, how much of the history that people know is true?" The old woman smiled helplessly: "On the 22nd of the first lunar month of the first year of Shenlong, Zhang Jianzhi, Cui Xuanwei and other five ministers took advantage of me to survive the catastrophe, and my martial arts temporarily
When everything was lost, he encouraged my son Li Xian to launch the Shenlong coup to overthrow the Wu Zhou regime.
They imprisoned me in Lihentian Prison and encouraged Xian'er to kill me, but Xian'er was my biological child after all, and because of his weak nature, they couldn't bear to kill me.
Later, Dugu Su rescued me from Lihentian, and Wu Sansi rose up to confront Zhang Jianzhi, Cui Xuanwei and other five ministers.
At this time, my health was not yet healed, so the Li and Wu families made an oath to each other to allow me to return to my hometown of Lizhou and enjoy my life in peace. I then handed over the imperial power and returned to the Li Tang ancestral temple. Externally, they unanimously announced that I had passed away.
Return to heaven.
Throughout my life, I have been happy with my grudges and killed decisively, but I have killed too much and have not accumulated any blessings. In my later years, I often review and reflect on what I have done in my life. What are my merits and demerits? How should future generations evaluate me, the only female emperor?
This is very good, mother and son don't have to turn against each other.
Xian'er, Dan'er, Taiping is fighting to the death for the throne. I am far away in Lizhou, out of sight and out of mind.
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Not long after, Li Chongjun, the crown prince of Xian'er, launched a coup and killed Wu Sansi, but was defeated and executed. A few years later, Xian'er died suddenly, the cause of death was strange, and Queen Wei's party seized power in the court; not long after, Li
Longji launched the Tang Long coup, killed Empress Wei's party, and supported Li Dan'er to ascend the throne; later, Li Longji ascended the throne, Taiping and Li Longji's aunt and nephew fought, and Taiping hanged himself...
After Li Longji consolidated his power, he was worried about me interfering in politics, so he exiled me here. Only because he was afraid that my power had slowly recovered, and Dugu Su was watching me like a thorn in the back of Huashan, he did not dare to act rashly.
Li Longji underestimates me too much. If I want to seize his throne, I only need to return to Luoyang, raise my arms and throw him off the throne.
When people get older, their hearts are not so big. Just like when they were young, they liked to eat meat and fish, but when they get old, they love vegetable and white porridge the most.
That night after Taiping left, I didn't sleep all night. I can only say that this is the sorrow of being born in the emperor's family, and it is also the fate of the Li family. The evil caused by the Xuanwu clan's struggle for the throne of Emperor Taizong, I can't blame others.
In my later years, I practiced Buddhism diligently and was tired of worldly life. I worshiped the Buddha with green lanterns and felt peaceful and happy.
The supremely profound and subtle Dharma has been encountered in hundreds of thousands of eons. Now that I have seen and heard it, I am willing to understand the true meaning of the Tathagata."
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Bai Fu asked: "Since His Majesty is far away from the temple, why did the Yong Wanghui lead troops to besiege the Tiankeng?"
Wu Zhao sighed: "How can you say that you can just leave the temple?! Li Longji is really smart. He predicted that I will suffer another natural disaster in the next few days, so he wants to take something from me."
Bai Fu curiously asked: "What is a natural disaster? Is it the loss of martial arts?"
Wu Zhao was also curious and asked: "Why are you asking about the Heavenly Tribulation? Li Longji is so mobilized, don't you care what treasure he wants?"
Bai Fu sternly raised his hands and said, "How dare we, the untouchables, covet His Majesty's things?"
Wu Zhao smiled, as charming as a girl: "That's why I say God's will. Some people rack their brains to get it, but some people get it without any effort. This thing's destiny does not belong to Li Longji, it belongs to you!"