(III) The lonely man [Emperor of Wei]

In the early years when the Great Wei unified the Jiuzhou, there were wailing everywhere and suffering. The prince ordered tax cuts and taxes to be reduced, and rested with the people. At the same time, he purified the customs in the court, developed a talent selection system, pulled trees and searched for corruption among officials in various places.

The prince's decisive behavior made the whole country clear and gradually get on track.

In the 12th year of Han'an, the prince held two self-criticized edicts and exposed the facts of the two bloody cases in front of the people of the world that Emperor Wei was guilty of his own personal destruction and secretly promoted the two bloody cases. He followed the order of Emperor Wei to use the self-critice edict as evidence to retrieve the case of Chang Mengjun and the case of Cheng's rebellion. The Taiwei Jiang Shan, Taifu Li Chengyi, Sikong Fu Mingyue, and the Dongfu Chief Secretary Si Jiang Chengyi were the chief judges. The Tingwei Mansion and the Censorate General participated in the trial, reviewed the evidence and investigated the evidence to restore the justice of the heroic bones and loyal souls, and informed the world of the grievances.

In the autumn of the same year, Emperor Wei claimed that he had lost his morality and was seriously ill and could not manage the government. He recommended his wise and capable people, gave up his position in the crown prince of the East Palace and retreated to the Minqiu Palace in the North Palace to recuperate, and he achieved this life.

Ning Nanquan had a deep root of illness since he was a teenager. After abdicating, although Su Yun served him and his situation improved slightly, it was still irreversible.

During the days when he took three days of medicine and acupuncture for five days, he almost lost all his interest and lived like a dead body.

He lived in secluded place behind Minqiu Palace, and Ning Wuheng never visited him again.

The willow trees in the courtyard are green and withered, and they are repeatedly repeated, mechanically performing their duties.

In the third year of the new emperor ascended the throne, his illness gradually worsened to an irreversible level. When he was dying and about to leave the world, he vaguely saw Ning Wuheng and Chenggeqian standing on his bedside, staring at him silently.

He didn't know whether it was his illusion or the real scene. At the time of his death, he sighed and said something in a daze. The content was probably confession, but he himself didn't remember what he said.

He was caught in a battle for imperial power all his life, and he was unable to escape until his death. In the end, he was betrayed by his relatives and his wife and children, and his sons. He actually regretted it, really regretted it.

When he was angry and suspicious, and Ning Zheng deliberately provoked, he had a moment of hesitation when he ordered the killing of the Cheng clan, but soon this hesitation was swallowed up by his fear of the Cheng clan, prompting him to make this decision that he would regret for the rest of his life.

He thought that the ending might be that he betrayed his respected teachers, deceived his superiors and subordinates to create a bloody crime, and that he would be lost in the position of supreme, begging for himself, and deceive himself.

Before he died, he figured out everything, let go of his obsession for many years, and left with sorrow in endless regret.

Ning Nanquan slowly fell asleep. This time he did not wake up again. When his consciousness drifted away from his body, he seemed to see himself returning to his days at the Lu School twenty years ago.

The old friends were all there, smiling at him and calling him respectfully, "Your Highness the Crown Prince".

He turned slowly and saw the light blue gauze skirt in the corner, silently staring at his city pavilion.

The girl smiled and was indecisive...

In the early spring of the fourth year of Jianhe, the Supreme Emperor passed away. A bell rang from the inner palace. In the grand sound, he sent away the emperor who was desolate in his evening and sighing.

(4) The years are quiet

In the sixth year of Ninh Binh, a simple-looking carriage set off the bustle and prosperity of the Gyeonggi area and drove into a manor on the outskirts of Luoyang.

A man and a woman supported each other and jumped out of the carriage. Under the leadership of a white-haired and hunched old yellow gate, they went from the hidden place of the village to the front yard.

A few singing sounds of swallows and orioles in the green courtyard. From a distance, the grass in the courtyard connects to the blue sky, with spring and scenery bright and lush. In the quiet and quiet depth, a woman in a light green gauze dress was standing, looking up at the group of white doves flying by the sky.

"My brother Ning Nanyou and his wife Jiang, visiting the Empress Dowager Cheng."

A low male voice sounded at the end of the corridor. The woman slowly turned around and saw the couple who were worshiping her under the corridor. So she hurried over and helped them up and said, "Please get up quickly, why should you give this big gift?"

After saying that, Ning Nanyou helped Jiang Chengjia beside him to get up carefully, and said to Chenggeqian in front of him: "The weather is getting colder, Imperial Sister, can we enter the hall to speak?"

The man carefully held his wife's shoulders, and a look of worry appeared on his face.

Chengge glanced briefly and landed on Jiang Chengjia's slightly raised belly. He said with a deep smile: "Is your brother and sister pregnant?"

Ning Nanyou looked stunned, his firm and handsome face covered a faint layer of joy, and nodded slightly to Chengshi and said, "The emperor's wife is right."

Chengge nodded with a smile: "It's really not easy for you two... Now that we have to stay together, we must be together well and don't have any conflicts."

Jiang Chengjia's cheeks turned slightly red, and she leaned against her husband's arms and smiled.

Chengge stared for a moment, turned around and walked forward and asked, "Let's go, let's go into the hall to talk."

After saying that, she walked into the main hall opposite the veranda with light steps.

After the three of them entered the house and sat in the seats, Jiang Chengjiacai said, "Sister-in-law, we are here today... we want to return something."

Chengge paused his eyes and frowned involuntarily and asked, "Is it...Is it my token to Lu Sheng? Does he refuse to accept it?"

Jiang Chengjia hurriedly shook his head and said, "It's not so. On the contrary, Lu Sheng is now accompanied by his close friends, but all the traces have been carved in his heart before. If he wants to completely erase it, it is not that easy.

But... he also planned to let go, so he asked me to send the token you handed him over. In this way, you and him each took away the certificates of that year, and from then on, they were in harmony and had no more involvement."

Cheng Geqian was a little surprised. She silently watched the girl opposite get up from the cushion, come to her side, take out a string of pearls that are still as color as new as they are from her arms, and hand them to her.

Chenggeqian held the pearls in his hand and remembered the greenery and beauty of his youth.

When she was a teenager, her heart and eyes were full of the lofty, cold and alienated prince Ning Nanquan, who had no attention at all, followed her, caring for her, and treated her gentlely.

She didn't like the orders of her parents and the words of the matchmaker, so she had to do something to fool her elders by hand. But Lu Sheng sincerely knitted a knot for her.

She ignored the husband who had once seen her, who blindly and willfully pursued the passionate love, and finally ended up in a miserable defeat. She could not resent anything because it was a decision she made herself.

She sighed softly: "I didn't expect that this string of beads was preserved so well by him. After all, I was still betrayed him in this life. It's okay, it happened to be clean. I don't have to worry about this anymore, I feel guilty."

She made a decision in her heart, quietly hid the pearl in her sleeve, turned to Jiang Chengjia and smiled: "Mengluo, thank you for ending my thoughts."

Jiang Chengjia shook her head and smiled softly. Looking at Cheng's side face, she asked in a low voice: "Sister-in-law... will she really live here in the future? Do you really plan to not go back to the inner palace?"

Chengge was lost for a moment, lowered his eyebrows and eyes, and did not answer immediately.

Until now, she still has love for Ning Nanquan in her heart. No matter how much she hates her, she cannot change her love in her bones. Three years ago, she quietly returned to the inner palace and witnessed the scene of Ning Nanquan's death with her own eyes. Since then, she has no concern for the imperial city.

In this life, she would rather live alone and live a lifelong life than return to the place where he had been everywhere.

Chengge Qianning looked at the shaking willow trees outside the house and said with a smile: "I won't go back. That deep palace has ruined my life. Now Heng'er can stand alone, and the court is full of prosperity and prosperity... It doesn't matter whether I have one or not. I am much more comfortable staying here than living in the towering imperial city."

In this life, she has long been destined to be alone.

(4) Traveling around (City Mian)

After visiting the Qiange of Chengge, Jiang Chengjia and Ning Nanyou left the capital and set off for Hongfeng Village. When they arrived outside Hongnong, they were blocked by a father and son and a young guard.

The couple emerged from the carriage window and looked outside.

I saw a slender man standing on the path ahead. He was wearing a black suit and was pushing a wooden wheel in his hand. On the wooden wheel, a man was dressed in a cold dress, and a snow-satin robe made him arrogant and noble. Next to the wooden wheel, there was a young man who was comparable to the black suit, with a handsome face and a majestic temperament.

Jiang Chengjia looked at the three people carefully and was instantly ecstatic. He hurriedly ordered people to bring the car stool, ran off the carriage in three or two steps, ran straight towards the three people, and called out hurriedly: "Amian!!!"

The husband sitting on the wooden wheel raised a gentle smile and responded softly, "Yes."

Ning Nanyou chased after him, held Jiang Chengjia, who was panting and whispered, "You run so fast? You are not afraid of falling."

The girl's cheeks were flushed, she turned her head to look at Ning Nanyou, her eyes were crystal clear, and she said happily: "How could A Mian suddenly appear here? Did you arrange it?"

The man beside him smiled softly and said, "I knew you wanted to see him, so I asked someone to send a letter to Cheng Mian in advance and invited him to Hongnong to meet him."

Jiang Chengjia cried with joy, covered her lips, trembling and swallowing, "Everyone said that the young man from the Cheng family was captured by the enemy in the last battle between the Great Wei and the Central Koreans. His life and death were unknown, and there was still no news yet. I didn't expect..."

Cheng Mian whispered: "I was indeed captured by the enemy, but... Zhaoyuan came to rescue him in time, which saved my life."

He paused, looked up and asked the girl, "A Luo, have you been doing well over the years?"

Jiang Chengjia nodded: "I'm fine, you don't have to worry."

Cheng Mian smiled and reached out to fumble for a while. The young man standing next to the wooden wheel took the initiative to step forward and grabbed his hand. The husband showed a gentle and caring expression on his face and whispered to the young man: "Ling Mowuer, come here to pay homage to your aunt and uncle."

Listening to Cheng Mian's words, the young man turned around obediently, bowed to Jiang Chengjia and Ning Nanyou and bowed to him and said, "My nephew has met his aunt and his uncle."

Jiang Chengjia nodded with tears in her eyes, and helped the boy up with relief: "Okay, very good... I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, this child is already so old."

She looked at the boy carefully and nodded constantly, very satisfied.

Cheng Mian listened to the girl's movements and felt peaceful and peaceful.

After a few people greeted each other for a while, the husband sitting on the wooden wheel said, "It's getting late. I'm here today... just to see you again. You have to hurry on your way, so I and Tang Qu will no longer disturb you. A Luo... From now on, you must take care of yourself."

Jiang Chengjia was stunned and asked reluctantly: "Where are you going?"

Cheng Mian sighed to the sky, raised a smile on his face and said, "The world is so big, the clouds, mountains, rivers, and seas, you can go anywhere."

After hearing what he said, Jiang Chengjia knew in his heart that the capital was already unable to control the city. The mountains and seas were high and the seas were wide, and he could fly at will. I am afraid that they would never see each other again after they left.

Jiang Chengjia lowered his eyes, forcibly concealed the loss in his eyes, nodded slightly and said, "Okay."

Instead of stopping her, she took a step away and chose to let him leave.

After Cheng Mian said goodbye softly, Tang Qu pushed the wooden wheel and led the boy beside him to the other road to dust. The figures of the three of them dragged out several black shadows against the setting sun, shaking and immersing in the crimson glow, and gradually being swallowed up.

Jiang Chengjia watched them leave, looking at the winding path under the twilight, and couldn't help but feel sad.

Ning Nanyou hugged her shoulder and said, "Cheng Mian can finally do what he wants to do."

The girl in her arms nodded slightly and slowly lowered her thick eyelashes. Ning Nanyou looked at her slightly lost expression and pondered softly: "Aluo, I have another thing to tell you. After the death of Chengqingtan, your brother went to the underworld in person, fought with the Netherworld, and put her soul into the pure bottle given by Guanyin Master, and placed it in the Qiongsang Fengtai to nourish her. It must be within three hundred years... that her immortal body can be developed, so that her soul can return to the Immortal Clan."

Jiang Chengjia said in surprise: "Is it true!!"

Her vivid eyes instantly shine.

Ning Nanyou nodded and said, "Really."

Jiang Chengjia finally jumped up, threw herself into the arms of the husband, hugged his neck with a smile, and kissed him on the cheek.
Chapter completed!