Now that I have admitted my identity, I have no delay. That night, according to the innate gossip, he drew a picture and handed it to Sima Yue, asking him to rebuild the backyard according to it. And I took Tao'er and left the overturning pavilion, and lived in the side courtyard where the family members of the palace lived.
Rumors began to circulate in the palace that I might become the fourth wife of the King of the East China Sea, and even Taoer asked me so.
\";Do you believe the prince will accept me as his wife?" I asked her back.
"I don't know, I just asked the girl."
"I don't know either. If you want to know, you can ask the prince." I didn't answer seriously.
"It's not that I want to know, but the third lady's maid Xiaobi asked me. She said that the third lady is sad because of this."
"Sad? Is she afraid of losing the prince's favor?"
"The lord doesn't dote on her. Since she started three years ago, the number of times the lord has favored her can be counted with ten fingers, which is not as good as my wife's."
Woolen cloth. The prince's favorite is the second wife, who always stays in the Lijin Pavilion. "
Donghai Wang Junmei is slightly feminine, and his face is unmatched by ordinary women. I don't think he is a person who is greedy for sex and women. There must be another reason for him to stay in Lijin Pavilion. The third wife came from the family of the king of Runan. In the second year of Yongkang, Sima Liang, the king of Runan, was killed by Queen Jia and others. Although the title of King of Runan was still inherited by Sima Liang's nephew, the power of the Runan clan was far less than when Sima Liang was alive, and their military strength also suffered heavy losses in the battle between Yang and Jia. From the perspective of political marriage, it is inevitable that the third wife will not be favored. As for the eldest lady, she is from the royal family of Chengdu. At present, the king of Chengdu is in full swing, so the situation of the eldest lady will definitely be better than that of the third lady.
However, Tao'er would not think so much. She will simply judge which wife is favored based on the number of times the prince has stayed overnight. I envy her simplicity, which seems to me a blessing.
At Shen Shi, I was teaching Tao'er some melody, when someone knocked on the door, "Tao'er, I'm Yu Ning. The prince asked me to invite Miss Qingcheng to have dinner at the Lijin Pavilion."
"Oh, I see, Sister Yu Ning. You go back to the prince first and say that my girl will arrive later."
When I came to Lijin Pavilion as Qingcheng, all the people had arrived. Sima Yue, Jing Xian, Mrs. Jin, Kuituo and two other wives whom I have never met—Ruyu and Ji Yao. They are all slender and weak women, and it can be seen that they love the King of the East China Sea wholeheartedly. For my arrival, their eyes were full of jealousy and disdain. When they looked at Mrs. Jin, there was a trace of fear in their eyes.
Kuituo stood behind the King of the East China Sea to the right, and Li Jin sat on the right side of the King of the East China Sea. The positions of the three of them formed a strange astrological pattern. It seems that there is a little similarity between the eyebrows and temperament, a fuzzy line quickly floated up in my mind, but it can't be connected together.
After dinner, the King of the East China Sea brought Kuituo and Jingxian with me to the courtyard where I lived temporarily. After they sat down, I took out the portraits I had drawn during the day and said, "This is the portrait of Du Liruo and Duanmucai, the other two of the Three Sage Masters. Since you want me to help you win the world, you must know where they are."
"You mean to avoid the truth, avoid them first or the battle between the crane and the clam, and we will reap the benefits." Jing Xian frowned slightly and looked at me.
"That's right. Li Ruo, the Curse Master, is also the one with the highest concentration among the three of us. He has almost eliminated all emotions and desires. He is a priest. Although he is not outstanding in all aspects, he has no obvious weaknesses." I picked up the teacup and sipped it lightly. He took a breath and continued: "Also, the troubled times have just begun, and the real disputes have not yet begun. So first conceal that I am a winner, and to the outside world, I am still an allure. This can reduce unnecessary troubles and preserve strength."
"That's good. In this way, we can hoard our troops first, and then attack after the strength of other princes weakens. This is a good plan." The King of the East China Sea nodded.
"Miss Qingcheng, since there are three holy masters, why can they only divide the world into two at most?" Kuituo asked me curiously.
"That's because there must be two females and one male or two males and one female among the holy masters of the past, and the two holy masters of the same sex must be destined to restrain each other. In this generation, Li Ruo and I are the enemies of fate. I am Li Ming, she It's fate. So, it doesn't matter if you can't find Kai, you must know where Li Ruo is. Because only one of me and her can succeed."
"I see." Kuituo nodded and asked again: "Then will they also hide their identities like girls?"
"It's possible." I stroked the gossip map with my fingers, "But the three of us have the same spiritual power, and I can form an formation to find them if necessary. But then they will also find out where I am."
The spiritual power is interlinked, and I, Li Ruo, and Kai, who have grown up together and supported each other, are about to enter into a fateful struggle.
Troubled times are about to begin, who will succeed in the end
Kuituo left the East China Sea with 5,000 officers and soldiers from the guard battalion and scattered around to find the whereabouts of Li Ruo and Kui. The construction of the Holy Fire Pavilion was still going on, and the days were spent waiting.
In my spare time, I will also teach Taoer Luoshu River Map and Sixty-Four Hexagrams, which are all fortune-telling techniques based on the past and present. She is very smart and very hardworking in her studies. In fact, I have selfish intentions, and I am always overwhelmed by emotions. I'm afraid that the day when the calamity of fate comes, I can't bear to share her blessings, and I can't bear to let her bear my heart-burning pain. Then let her decide for herself.
Of course, the most important thing is to analyze the situation and study strategies in the study with Sima Yue and Jing Xian every day. Jing Xian hand-painted the map of the Eight Kings on the brocade, and marked and commented on it one by one. "The eight kings still have the most extensive territory in Runan. It reaches Zhaodi in the north, Chudi in the west, Changsha in the south, and surrounds Luoyang. It is too far away from the capital city. The fiefdoms of Hejian, Changsha, Zhao, Qi, and Chu are comparable to those of Donghai. In terms of military strength and hoarding capital, Donghai ranks fourth behind King Zhao, King Chengdu, and King Hejian. , and Chu and Runan have already lost 70% of their forces due to the struggle between Yang and Jia, and they have no power to compete."
After listening to Jing Xian's narration, Sima Yue tilted his head and pondered for a while, then gently drew the territories of the kings on the map with his fingers. Then his fingers rested on the territory of the East China Sea, and he sighed softly: "The East China Sea was in decline two years ago. Thank you, Xian. Without your careful planning, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to win the world."
"My lord, without your sacrifice back then, where would Jing Xian be today? Even if Jing Xian died, it would be hard for Jing Xian to repay the kindness and wrong you have suffered to me!" Even though the corners of Jing Xian's mouth were still so shallow at this time, Laugh, but there is a touch of desolation in the smile. "I learned all this so that I could help you one day, and now I'm just doing what I have to do. Give you back everything I can have, because you gave it to me, and I owe it to you long ago Yes. Don't thank me, never thank me. I..." His originally calm and indifferent voice became hoarse.
"I'm originally dark, and that's nothing to me. But you are different. You are intelligent and knowledgeable and don't deserve that kind of humiliation. And I don't care. You don't owe me anything."
At this moment, the Sima in front of me was more fragile, his handsome face was full of exhaustion and humiliation eager to hide. It's not that he doesn't care, but that he doesn't want to care and can't care, so that he can continue to live. I remembered that when I first met him, his sinister, suspicious, or cold face might be fake. Perhaps his previous life had trained him to be an actor, but now he is the most real.
"Ding Dong..." I plucked the strings, and the inexplicable impulse made me want to play a piece of Yue Nu Fu. From the idyllic life of small bridges and flowing water to the desolation of the country's ruin and family death, life and death, and then to the humiliation and commitment, and finally retreating to the peace of the mountains and forests, the sound of the piano is sometimes as quiet and serene as flowing clouds and flowing water, and sometimes as wild and unrestrained as a rushing horseshoe , and finally turned cold and then faded away.
I raised my head and looked at the two of them, and there was an unknown emotion in the air. Then slowly, smiles appeared on our faces at the same time. At this moment, our hearts were touched, relieved, connected with each other, and helped each other in the same boat. I no longer complain about God. Since I am destined to be like this, I will stop evading and stand up to bear the arrangement of fate. No matter how it ends, I don't care anymore. Protecting the Pearl is only a matter of heart. The catastrophe of fate, Haotian Kong Zhao.
"Okay!" Sima Yue clapped his hands and stood up. There was no longer the exhausted look on his face, but instead he was full of spirits. "The so-called eight kings are actually only six left. The new King Runan and King Chu are not to be feared. Xian, according to what you see, which prince will be the first to be unable to hold back and rebel?"
"I guess it should be Zhao Wanglun. According to reports from our spies, the other four kings are still in the stage of preparing food and grass. Only Sima Lun's army is ready for battle, and he has started sewing dragon robes. I guess he is waiting With an opportunity, within a year he will definitely raise troops." Jing Xian returned to his usual indifferent smile and calm voice.
"One year?" I poked my head with my hand and thought for a while. "One year is too long, and the sooner the troubled times end, the better. When the Holy Fire Pavilion is completed and Kuituo brings back the whereabouts of Li Ruo and Kui, I will start to form the formation to perform the post of Saint Master. Isn't he waiting for an opportunity? Then We'll give him a chance."
"Yes, the sooner the troubled times end, the better." Sima Yue sighed leisurely, "How many years will it take for us to see a peaceful and prosperous world?"
War is always cruel, maybe there is no right or wrong, and it doesn't have to be driven by hatred. It may be a little benefit, and the war came inexplicably like this. Then mourning was everywhere, the people were displaced, their homes were not home, the country was not country, and there was devastation everywhere. It took a long time for people to forget the pain caused by the war and live a peaceful life. But it didn't take long for troubled times to come again. Who can see eternal peace
"Maybe we will fight for ten years." There was a trace of melancholy in Jing Xian's words.
"Ten years?" I murmured and looked outside the door. The flowers are red, the willows are green, the grass is green, and the autumn sun is a bit dazzling. Everything is so clear. Tao'er was sitting on the steps outside the door, hugging her knees, her little face was slightly tilted up, and she was looking at the sky eagerly. I knew she was waiting for the pigeon to bring back news of Kuituo. She is so simple and happy. In an instant, my heart was filled with emotion. For this beautiful world, for many simple and happy people like Taoer, I will do everything in my power to shorten the war, even if the final catastrophe will be difficult due to exhaustion of spiritual power. Thinking of this, I laughed and said briskly:
"Five years, let's fight for five years to win the world. Because I have wasted the first five years."
After 40 days, the Shenghuo Pavilion was nearly completed. I sent craftsmen to bury spells in some formations, and I ordered people to pick bamboo in Kanwei according to the Big Dipper formation. This can slightly weaken her spiritual power when confronting Li Ruo, but I know she will do the same.
"Girl!" Tao'er ran towards me from a distance, her shy little face was full of smiles. "My lord, please go to the hall, Kuituo is back!" (End of this chapter)