When she returned to the bedroom again, Mingzhu had already gotten up. He was dressed quite neatly, just like when he was about to go to the temple, and his face was covered with a veil.
"Are you going to the palace?" Qin Mubai stepped forward and asked.
"Although I am a bad king, I still have to show up at the palace meeting every day..." Mingzhu said softly, twisting her head and lowering her chin.
"There's no need to go today." Qin Mubai stepped forward, put his hands on her shoulders, asked her to sit down, and said, "Have a good rest..."
The implication was that she had not slept all night last night and had just lost her virginity, so she must be feeling unwell.
"I'm fine..." Mingzhu blushed and did not dare to look directly into Qin Mubai's eyes.
Qin Mubai couldn't persuade him, so he could only say, "Then I'll take the first step and leave the palace."
When I walked to the window and took a look, I saw a hint of fish belly white on the horizon, just at dawn.
"Wait, don't leave yet." Mingzhu said, as if remembering something, "I want to take you to meet someone."
"Who?"
"A person who is closely related to you, Wu Meiniang, and me." Mingzhu said, "If it weren't for him, you might not be standing in front of me today, and Wu Meiniang would not be the leader of Kang State. Assistant Minister."
"Who could that be?" Qin Mubai was curious.
"His name is... Yuan Tiangang!"
"!!" Qin Mubai was startled, "Him? Why is he here, and how did you get to know him?"
"It's a long story." Mingzhu stood up, but her eyebrows twisted and her face showed pain. Qin Mubai hurriedly stepped forward to help her.
"I'm fine..." Mingzhu politely refused Qin Mubai's support and said, "Are you willing to go and see him?"
"Must see!"
"It's not yet dawn, I'll ask Su Lianqing to arrange for you and me to leave the palace!"
A few hours later, a group of carriages and horses passed through the stone scenery of the Hunting Garden in the harem and arrived outside the palace. After walking through the streets and alleys of the market for about half an hour, I finally stopped.
During this period, Qin Mubai and Mingzhu were riding in the same car but did not have any conversation. The two of them completed this journey with their own thoughts.
"We're here," Mingzhu said.
Qin Mubai nodded and got out of the car. At first sight, I saw a Chinese-style house with blue bricks and wooden doors. It was simple but neat.
"I won't go in with you. After noon, I will ask General Su to pick you up." Mingzhu did not get off the carriage. She said something and asked Su Lianqing to turn the carriage and go back.
Qin Mubai stood at the door and muttered to himself for a while, and was about to knock on the door, but the door opened from the inside.
A woman appeared in front of her dressed as a Taoist nun. She wore a Yuxia Taoist robe with fine green gauze. On her head was a Taoist hairpin with two silk scarves that were as light as blue smoke. She held a snow-white whisk in her hand. Her eyes were bright and her teeth were white, her skin was like snow, and her facial features were Exquisitely beautiful. Under the gentle breeze of the morning, her Taoist robe and silk scarf fluttered together with the fly whisk. Coupled with her fairy-like appearance, she seemed to be a fairy who did not eat the fireworks of the world!
The two of them met each other inadvertently and were surprised at the same time!
"Snow Goose?!"
"Mu... Bai?! - Why is it you!"
The Taoist nun in front of me turned out to be Princess Wencheng Li Xueyan who ran away from home and escaped into the Taoist sect!
"Is this a dream?" Qin Mubai suddenly realized.
"Master asked me to sweep the courtyard at 3:30 today and open the door to welcome guests. Unexpectedly... it's you!" Li Xueyan was also stunned as he murmured to himself, forgetting to ask Qin Mubai to come in.
"Hahaha!" At this time, a hearty and transparent Hongzhong laughter came from the courtyard. A snow-headed old Taoist strode out and said from a distance, "Young Marshal Qin is here. It's a sin for a poor Taoist to fail to welcome him from afar!"
"Master Yuan!"
"Master!"
Qin Mubai was stunned for a moment, "Master?... So it turns out that when you escaped into Taoism, you became a disciple of Yuan Tiangang?"
Li Xueyan saluted Yuan Tiangang, looked back at Qin Mubai and quickly turned his face away, his face already flushed, and he nodded gently.
"Jingwei, come in and serve tea." Yuan Tiangang's face was red, he said with a smile while stroking his white beard.
"Yes, Master." Li Xueyan bowed his head respectfully and walked away gracefully.
"The name is Jingwei..." Qin Mubai watched Li Xueyan go away, still feeling a little like a dream.
"Young Marshal, we have indeed met again, haha!" Yuan Tiangang looked at Qin Mubai thoughtfully and said with a smile.
Qin Mubai's heart brightened, thinking that when he and Yuan Tiangang parted ways in Dafeichuan, Yuan Tiangang once said that he had a derivation about someone's numerology. If this derivation came true, he would do it again. Meet Qin Mubai and congratulate him in person.
And this person is "one" of Qin Mubai's wives.
"Can Master Yuan Tianshi give me some advice today?" Qin Mubai asked.
"Haha! The young marshal is one of the rare people in this world who can defy God's will and control his destiny. How can I give you any advice?" Yuan Tiangang said with a smile, "It's okay to meet again in our old place and sit down to drink tea and chat!"
"Okay, then it's better to obey orders than to be respectful! Yuan Tianshi, please!" Qin Mubai became very interested.
The two entered the room chatting and laughing happily. Li Xueyan had already prepared several tea sets and was making tea quietly.
Qin Mubai stared at her many times and knew that the corner of her eyes had been falling on him, but she did not look back or speak.
"Haha!" Yuan Tiangang looked at the man and woman in front of him, just stroking his beard and smiling.
"Master Yuan Tian, why are you laughing?" Qin Mubai also asked with a smile.
"I laugh at the way people in this world are so obsessed with living in this mortal world, but in the end they can't get away from fate or fate." Yuan Tiangang said with a smile, "Although Jingwei insists on becoming a monk and not falling in love with the mortal world, by chance, She also worshiped Pindao as her teacher, but she was destined not to spend her life in Buddhism; she had a deep connection with the world, and although she was in Buddhism, her heart was in the world of mortals."
"Master..." Li Xueyan was stunned and looked at Yuan Tiangang blankly.
"Jingwei, everything that happened before is a thing of the past. Why do you always keep it in your heart and worry about it?" Yuan Tiangang said, "You have followed my master for so long to practice Taoism. You should also understand everything that you should understand. You should understand that people who practice Taoism should be in harmony with nature, and should be at peace with the situation. If you are born in the world, you will be in the world, and if you are in the world, you will be released from the world. Then there is no place in the world that is not home; if you feel uneasy, even if you are in famous mountains, ancient temples, or big rivers, you will still feel that you have no place to stand."
"Disciple understands..." Li Xueyan responded softly and turned away, still not looking directly at Qin Mubai.
"When the tea is ready, go ahead and prepare a simple meal to entertain Young Marshal Qin."
"It's...Master."
Qin Mubai looked at Li Xueyan now. Although she was as gentle, graceful and beautiful as before, she did lack a lot of the youthfulness and ignorance she had when she was a princess in the past, and she was not as noble as before. People behave honorably. Instead, there is an elegant aura that is truly unworldly, elegant and free with ice muscles and jade bones, just like a fairy from the Moon Palace descending to earth.
Later, Li Xueyan finished making tea, closed the door and left. He called two other children under ten years old from the side room and went out together.
"Young Marshal is a man who has seen strong winds and waves. Why are you so restless today?" Yuan Tiangang said with a smile.
Qin Mubai smiled awkwardly, "To be honest with Yuan Tianshi, some things that happened in the past two days really surprised Qin."
"Are you referring to Queen Kang and Wei Jing?" Yuan Tiangang asked.
Qin Mubai nodded.
"As the saying goes, animals of the same kind gather together and people live in groups. Any kind of person will have the kind of friends and companions around him." Yuan Tiangang said, "For an extraordinary person like you, Marshal Qin, there are no women who can hang around you." Ordinary people. In fact, compared to the young marshal's other wife, Queen Kang and Jingwei are nothing."
Qin Mubai raised his eyebrows, "You mean Wu Meiniang?"
Yuan Tiangang chuckled and nodded.
"The prophecy left by the Heavenly Master was about Wu Meiniang?"
"That's right." Yuan Tiangang simply admitted and said with a smile, "Actually, I think you also know about that matter. When Wu Meiniang was still very young, Pindao once showed her a fortune-telling. Pindao is very sure. , Although Wu Meiniang is a daughter, she must be the emperor's order one day and she will replace Li Tang and become the emperor. "
"I know. Mei Niang told me about it."
"But then, you appeared and changed her fate." Yuan Tiangang shook his head, "Pindao has met countless people in his life and never made any mistakes. But starting from your appearance, I made mistakes again and again. Including my calculations. The lifespan of your father and the "*" that I and Junior Brother Li Chunfeng deduced are all wrong!"
Qin Mubai smiled and said, "These...really have something to do with me?"
"Young Marshal Qin may not admit it, but you must know it in your heart." Yuan Tiangang laughed and said, "After Wu Meiniang failed to marry into the palace and found out that there were fallacies in "*", I privately gave Wu Meiniang and your father Qin Shubao The adults have met and approved. I found... your father's life span has been extended by more than five years, and he will no longer be ill and die in depression. Instead, he will make a great name for his whole life and start a new history for becoming the Tang Dynasty. A major inducement; and Wu Meiniang, although it is impossible for her to replace Li Tang, her fate is really hard!"
"How do you say that?" Qin Mubai said slightly surprised.
Yuan Tiangang also frowned and said seriously: "Either she wants to kill all her relatives, including you; or... her destiny as emperor cannot be changed after all! - What should be hers is hers! A true dragon is a true dragon. Dragon! She will eventually become the emperor!"
Qin Mubai couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, "You mean...she can no longer be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains, but she will still become the king in a different place?"
"That's right!" Yuan Tiangang laughed, "So I say, not everyone can completely reverse their destiny like you. Although you indirectly changed Wu Meiniang's fate, you still cannot suppress her imperial power. Life! - I think this is better than letting her kill all her relatives!"
"I understand..." Qin Mubai nodded with understanding, "The implication of Yuan Tianshi's words is that he wants me to help Wu Meiniang ascend the throne of Kang State?"
"It's not just Kang State, but a huge and unified Yuezhi State composed of the nine surnames of Zhaowu and Hu." Yuan Tiangang said, "The world's power will be divided after a long period of time. The young commander must understand. After experiencing this With the turmoil in the Western Region and the invasion of China, it is inevitable that the nine surnames of Zhaowu and Hu will be reunited. Although Pindao lives in the countryside, he has already sensed this opportunity. "
Qin Mubai nodded, "I have heard about it. But if it is really implemented, it will be difficult. Apart from anything else, it is not that easy just to elect an emperor who can convince the public to unify the nine surnames of Zhaowu."
"Haha!" Yuan Tiangang said with a smile, "These things are difficult for Hu, the ninth surname of Zhaowu, but they are easy for you, Marshal Qin!"
Qin Mubai couldn't help but smile and said: "Yuan Tianshi, you think too highly of me. Although the Tang Dynasty is powerful, it is not easy to forcibly interfere in other countries' internal affairs."
"What if they are a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty and ask the Tang Dynasty to grant them a king?" Yuan Tiangang laughed.
Qin Mubai also smiled, "It seems that Yuan Tianshi is not an outsider. He even understands court politics and surrounding diplomacy so thoroughly."
"For a Taoist, there is only one thought between being born and entering the world." Yuan Tiangang said, "What a poor Taoist must know is only a little bit superficial. A high-ranking person like the Young Marshal who seeks the country and the army. , I must have thought about it for a long time, but I am just a fool."
Qin Mubai chuckled and said: "Since Yuan Tianshi is a sensible person, I will not hide it from you. In fact, my purpose of coming to Kang State is to build a unified country in this area that is consistent with the Tang Dynasty. The forces that made good friends helped the Tang Dynasty guard the border of the Western Region and became a friendly neighbor of the Tang Dynasty. It seems feasible for the nine Hus of Zhaowu to reunite and form the Da Yuezhi Kingdom... But I am very curious... "
Qin Mubai suddenly stopped talking and looked at Yuan Tiangang with bright eyes.
Yuan Tiangang asked: "What are you curious about, young commander?"
"Why do you have to let Wu Meiniang be the king instead of letting me support the existing king of the nine-surname Zhaowu clan, Murong Mingzhu, to be the king?" Qin Mubai said.
"Haha!" Yuan Tiangang smiled and said nothing.
"This is also a secret, shouldn't it be leaked?" Qin Mubai looked at Yuan Tiangang.
"You can't say it to anyone else." Yuan Tiangang suddenly changed the topic, "Only to Marshal Qin, you can say it."
"Please enlighten me."
Yuan Tiangang frowned slightly and straightened his face, and said: "Because I want Marshal Qin to change a person's destiny again! And you can definitely do it! In addition, if he ascends to the throne and becomes king, the Qin family and the Tang Dynasty will both be affected by this. And benefit from it. For both public and private purposes, why wouldn’t you do it, Marshal Qin?”
"The person you said changed your destiny is Murong Mingzhu, Queen of Kang State?"
"That's right." Yuan Tiangang said, "I think Marshal Qin definitely doesn't want to see the second Yao'er again!"
Qin Mubai's heart suddenly hurt, "What do you mean by this?"
"The Murong family has received great kindness from the Qin family, so they should repay it. The two sisters are destined to die to prevent disasters for the descendants of the Qin family. The Murong family is destined to have no descendants. This is their fate! Murong Mingzhu, she Her life is actually more miserable than Yao'er's! She is doomed to never see her relatives, remain unknown for the rest of her life, and then die in a foreign land because of the struggle for power. Her body will not be returned to her hometown," Yuan Tiangang said seriously, "Unless there is only one possibility - The girl from the Murong family will directly marry you and use your demon star's light to change her destiny!"
"It turns out that you asked Su Lianqing to give me the medicine, and secretly instigated Mingzhu!" Qin Mubai shouted and shouted, "What is your intention?!"
"Yes, it's me..." Yuan Tiangang narrowed his eyes and showed a hint of shame, but he was not afraid because of it. He said leisurely, "If you don't do it for yourself, heaven and earth will destroy you. Even though Pindao is a monk, he is still not immune to secularism. In fact, Pindao I have been paying attention to Marshal Qin for a long time. How could it be like this if there was no reason? "
"What's the reason?" Qin Mubai's face turned gloomy.
"It originated from that time when you entered the best wine shop in the world and took Yao'er as your disciple." Yuan Tiangang suddenly turned his head and looked at Qin Mubai with his eyes wide open, "I thought that from that time on you were completely You changed Yao'er's fate! But I didn't expect that she would die for you! - Pindao didn't want her sister to suffer the same fate again, so..."
"You are not related to them, why do you do this?" Qin Mubai asked.
"Hey!...How could it be that they are not relatives and not friends?" Yuan Tiangang sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Before becoming a monk, I was young and frivolous, and left behind a little-known daughter among the people... She is Yao'er and Yao'er. Pearl’s mother!”