Volume Four, The Year of the Curtain, Chapter 207: There is something big between life and death
Every death in the world is a reunion after a long separation.
This sentence is a bit obscure and very literary. It is not like the spring breeze at this time, but more like the spring breeze that will be covered with sand and loess for a few days in the late spring.
Ning Que thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out what this sentence meant, and he didn't even have a clue, so he became more and more worried.
Not being able to leave Chang'an is the most worrying thing he is now. This city is his sad city. He sits in a sad city, so he sits on the high city wall every day and stares blankly.
The Queen came here, walked up to him, rubbed his head gently, and said pity: "I haven't figured out what that sentence means yet?"
Judging from the seniority of the academy, the queen should call her uncle Ning Que, but she is older than Ning Que after all. From His Majesty, she is considered an elder, especially since last autumn, she and Ning Que returned from the south of the wasteland.
Chang'an, we share the joys and sorrows, and we have already trusted and close enough to each other, so she naturally made this move.
Ning Que shook his head gently.
He didn't understand the sentence. The Empress, who knew this sentence, and the seniors from the back mountain of the academy, no one understood the profound meaning of the sentence conveyed by the drunkard.
After a long analysis, everyone found that if we only infer from the literal meaning, there was a similar explanation in the Xiling Buddhist scripture: the death of all life on earth is not an end, but a return to the glory of the Haotian Divine Kingdom. The problem is that we are qualified to say this.
The only person who says it can be Haotian himself.
The queen looked at him and asked, "Do you still think it's not her?"
Ning Que said, "Sangsang is dead."
The queen said, "Why are you always so sure?"
Ning Que looked at the streets and alleys below, looking for the location of Lao Bizhai, and said, "She is my destiny. If she is still alive, I would not have known it."
The queen walked to the city wall and said slowly: "Many people are dead, but the problem is still not solved."
Although Ning Que did not care about the undercurrents between the government and the country, he knew what her words meant.
"Although no one dares to publicly say now that I, the saint of the Demon Sect, still have many people who are unable to accept it, at least they are very psychologically resistant, which is not a good thing."
"The peace agreement signed with Xiling Temple is still a thorn in the hearts of the Tang people. Li Peiyan's death can only be relieved, but it cannot be completely resolved, because all the Tang people know that I am the one who keeps my word in the palace.
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"The Li family ruled the Tang Dynasty for thousands of years and was supported by the people for thousands of years. As a child of the royal family, he should have died of his ancestors. I am the wife of the Li family and I am willing to do something. What you said in the palace that day was right, Li Hui.
After Li Yu died, only one younger brother was left. I believe she would understand what to do."
The queen looked at the city where she had lived for many years and said with a smile.
Every time she said something, Ning Que's heart would sink a little. Before she could finish her words, she said, "My lady, please be more awake and don't think about those unreasonable things."
The queen gradually curled her smile, looked through the clouds outside the city wall, looked at the palace looming in the distance, and said calmly: "I didn't plan to reason with you, Mr. Thirteen."
Ning Que stared at her hands holding on the city wall and said, "Why?"
"Because I'm very tired, I'm really tired now."
The Queen's eyebrows were slightly frowned, and she was indescribably weak and charming. In fact, her face was not so beautiful, but her expression changed slightly, and she felt a little beautiful. Only at this moment would people think about it.
Get up, she is the legendary saint of the Demon Sect who is the most capable of manipulating people's hearts.
"Many years ago, I was just an ordinary girl by the banks of Daming Lake. I don't know why the elders in the sect like me, so I chose me as the saint and ordered me to go south to seduce the prince of Tang to wait for the troubled times to come."
She said: "I thought he was a foolish and lustful person at the time, so I was naturally unwilling to accept it. And I didn't think I was good at seducing men, so I decided to kill him with a trick."
Ning Que asked, "Your Majesty was the hidden injury that he suffered at that time?"
The queen said, "It's right, but I didn't kill him directly at that time, so I thought I had failed, but I didn't expect that he didn't blame me and also concealed a lot of truth for me."
Ning Que remained silent. Although he knew that Your Majesty was a person who valued love and righteousness, he still couldn't understand why he made such a choice back then.
"At this time, I realized that he really fell in love with me, so I began to refuse and still welcome him, and used all the abilities I learned in Mingzong, or the abilities I was born with, to him.
He even decided to welcome me into the palace until he could no longer leave me."
The queen smiled and said, "At that time, I thought I had won, but I didn't expect that in the end I lost. Because I put too much thought on him, I unknowingly turned out that I fell in love with him, just like
He can't leave me, and I can't leave him."
"Your Majesty is one of the two men who love me the most in this world."
"I helped him deal with state affairs for a while. The rumors were that he didn't let me continue to deal with it because he caused some discussion. Only I knew that it was because he was worried about overworking."
"I have the ability to handle state affairs, but I really don't like it. I like to talk and laugh with him, play and make fun of him, make some tantrums, make some food, and that's all."
"He left because of the wounds I planted on him many years ago, so I had to hold on and remain calm, returning to Chang'an from the wasteland until his funeral was handled."
"I think I handled it well. When I saw His Majesty, I believe he would be satisfied. So what else can I make sense to stay here? I don't want him to wait for me for too long."
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The city wall is quiet.
Ning Que's eyes were still on the hands of the queen who was holding the city wall. He was in a complicated mood at this time, shocked and confused, and could not find a suitable word to describe it.
He said in a slight voice: "Don't you think this is selfish?"
The queen smiled and said, "I am the demon witch in the eyes of the world, and selfishness is a matter of course."
Ning Que said: "The prince is young and needs you as a mother to raise him."
"My son has a great teacher as his teacher, so why do you still need to worry? I have made arrangements. Xu Chi and Zeng Jing have written letters. The situation is difficult but it is stable. There is a rule in the court. There is no difference between me or not.
It is not going to be good for the Tang Dynasty, at least those charlatans of Haotiandao can no longer use my origin to tell the story."
The smile on her face seemed to be radiating luster and she was extremely proud.
Ning Que said: "I won't allow this to happen."
The queen smiled and said, "I remember someone once said that there are only two things in this world that are not controlled by anyone. Even Haotian cannot do so, that is life and death."
Ning Que wants to say something else.
The queen looked at him and said calmly: "I said before that there are two men who love me the most in the world. In addition to His Majesty, there is another person who is my brother Xiahou, and he happens to die in your hands."
Ning Que remained silent.
"What did you feel when Sangsang die? What did you feel when His Majesty closes his eyes? At that time, I jumped from Helan City. Although it was due to the situation, now, or I had already had aroused my heart at that time.
He was dying, but Helan City was still a little shorter."
The queen looked at the clouds and mist under the city wall and smiled and said, "I think Chang'an City should be tall enough."
She was smiling, but her expression between her eyebrows and eyes was as indifferent as clouds, as if she was no longer in the world.
Then she left the city wall and fell into the clouds.
Ning Que had countless ways to catch her or pull her back, but he did nothing because his body was stiff because he saw her face as she left.
The skirt was rippling like a flower. She closed her eyes and the expression on her face was so quiet, as if she was about to enter the best world, which made people feel extremely comforted and at ease.
Not many people have the heart to break that kind of peace.
Ning Que stood on the city wall, watched the flowing clouds and mist remained silent for a long time, and then left.
Many people come and go in their lives, and they never come back after leaving, and they leave so suddenly or resolutely, which makes him confused and sad.
This is true for the family and friends of the general's mansion, the Master and Sangsang, His Majesty and the Queen.
There is great fear between life and death. Ning Que was a human being for two lifetimes and was used to life and death on the wilderness of Minshan Mountain. However, this kind of fear that is difficult for great monks and masters to truly see through, and he has never understood it.
The night when Hua Shanyue wanted to save Li Yu from Chang'an, he once told Xiaoshu that such an idiotic behavior was really hard to understand, because he had never understood the love.
When asked what love is in the world, it is to teach people to live and die together. Ning Que always remembers this sentence. He always feels that this sentence is too literary and sour and dislikes it very much.
Just like that: Every death in the world is a reunion after a long separation.
It was not until this moment that he understood a little.
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After Ning Que walked down the city wall, he went directly to the princess's mansion.
He lifted the heavy curtains on the terrace and looked at Li Yu and said directly: "The Empress is gone."
Li Yu was telling a story to Xiaoman, but Ning Que read it carefully and found that it was the stories he had told before.
After hearing this, she felt a little unresponsive. After a long time, she slowly looked up, her pale face full of confusion: "Why?"
"If I said I was committing love, I wonder if you would believe it."
Ning Que looked at her and said, "Be prepared to enter the palace, Xiaoman, I will send it to the academy to study."
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In a blink of an eye, the spring in Chang'an City has become deep, but it is still raining.
The people had not yet completely escaped from the grief of the Queen's departure, and the soldiers waiting to issue reward orders on the Suzaku Avenue were still wrapped in white cloth on their arms.
The Yulin Army lined up in front of the palace, and the solemn and elegant music resounded throughout the palace. The civil and military officials of the court were dressed in court robes and entered in one after another under the guidance of the eunuch, and the bells gradually rang.
On this day, the new king of the Tang Dynasty officially ascended the throne, with the year name Zhengshi.
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