Shen Miao had a long dream.
That dream seemed to be very, very long, and lasted a lifetime. As a bystander, she watched herself change from a babbling baby to a bouncing little girl, from a bouncing little girl to a slender young girl, to a young woman, and then to a high-rise in the palace. The lord of the six palaces that climbed, and finally the deposed queen in the cold palace, turned into a smear of ashes in the raging fire.
Seeing that she fell in love with Fu Xiu Yi, she begged Shen Xin to marry Fu Xiu Yi, she sat on the side and tried desperately to stop her stupid behavior, but it was in vain. No one could hear her, so she could only watch it happen again.
From a bystander's point of view, how stupid the things he did back then were. Shen Miao understood now. The most terrifying thing is to experience the heart-piercing pain once again. Her girlhood came to an end after she married Fu Xiu Yi, those carefree days, even if they were called stupid, were all free and happy. And when she was called Princess Ding, she was forced to get involved in these intrigue.
Not even her two children escaped.
The people around him left one by one, and the big room of the Shen family was gradually declining. The once prosperous is like a flower that blooms to the extreme in spring. When spring is over, summer is coming, and when the autumn wind rises, they will wither and wither, and they will become more and more cold and shabby.
In that dark life where she could hardly see any light, there were some things that she ignored. Those things are like stars in the dark night, hidden by other things, become unreal, accidentally discovered, as bright as ever. It's like the embers of fireworks that inadvertently broke into my own yard, with a little bright color, making that dull, cold night also fragrant.
She saw Xie Jing Xing.
It wasn't the naughty boy, or the hero who died in battle. He was as arrogant and arrogant as he was in later generations. He rode a high horse and carried a longbow, while talking and laughing, he subverted a dynasty. He drank the practice wine from her in the clear and bright moonlight, and on the day when the dark clouds broke the city, he gave her a wish that he wished he could not fulfill in his entire life.
They have seen a firework in the daytime, even if they haven't lost the promise of that New Year's Eve in the past. It was clearly a chance encounter, but it became the most indispensable person in her life.
Because of him, my wish was fulfilled, and because of him I was reborn.
It's just that the fate of that life was too short, and the beautiful fate that taught people to look forward to it was forced to stop because of fate's tricks. It's a pity, that's why I have the opportunity of this life, and that short-lived fate can continue.
It seems that all unexported questions do not have to be exported, and many things disappear at that moment, including questions, including answers.
The dharma conditions of the past create the results of the future.
Shen Miao slowly opened her eyes.
As far as the eyes can see, it is a tent that is raining and the sky is sunny, and a delicate sachet is hung in the corner of the tent, which is probably to dilute the bitter taste of medicine. The aroma and medicinal smell are mixed together, and it becomes more and more intriguing.
Shen Miao raised her eyes and looked to her side.
The young man fell on the head of the bed, holding hers tightly with one hand. He closed his eyes and had green stubble on his chin, which was not very obvious, but it was different from the pampered look in the past.
His hand was well-jointed, slender and warm, and it just happened to completely cover her hand. Shen Miao only moved slightly and Xie Jing Xing woke up.
Seeing her eyes open, Xie Jing Xing was stunned for a moment, as if he had not yet reacted. After a pause, he suddenly said, "You're awake!"
Shen Miao nodded.
“Do you feel anything wrong?” Xie Jing Xing asked, “Let Gao Yang come in and show you?”
He usually looks lazy and indifferent, and doesn't care about anything, but at this moment it is rare to show anxiety. Shen Miao said, "No need. I am fine." Then she asked, "How is Mr. Pei?"
Xie Jing Xing's face turned black immediately.
Seeing the change in his face, Shen Miao was stunned for a while and then came to understand. I don't know how to explain it, is Pei Lang hateful? Naturally, it was hateful. In a previous life, she took the blood from her fingertips to Madam Mei. Although she did not know whether Madam Mei's "change of fate" was true, there was always some intention of helping Zhou and abusing him, and that sentence said to Fu Xiu Yi. The "cutting the grass and eradicating the roots" indirectly led to Fu Ming's end.
Shen Miao's feelings for Pei Lang were very complicated and she could ignore it herself, but it was about Fu Ming, which always made her unable to forgive Pei Lang. But in the end, Pei Lang traded his life for her a chance to come back.
It's not clear what it feels like, people can't be pure gratitude or pure hatred for a person, then all they can do is to draw a clear line. Shen Miao did not want to be involved with Pei Lang any more about the relationship of "owing" and "being owed", the previous life had already happened, but in this life she never wanted to owe Pei Lang anything again, it was not like being owed by Pei Lang. She remembered very clearly that when the boy-like assassin rushed over, it was Pei Lang who blocked the heaviest blow for her. If Pei Lang died because of her, then the relationship between these two lives would really be impossible to get rid of.
But seeing Xie Jing Xing's expression, Shen Miao also knew that he had misunderstood. When Xie Jing Xing got angry because of these things, Shen Miao inexplicably felt very similar to the little wolf dog that Luo Sui kept in the Luo family army.
She hurriedly stroked the little wolf dog along the fur, and said, "He saved my life, but he is always a savior, without any relatives and no reason, to be saved by others like this, this kind of kindness cannot be inherited. ."
Xie Jing Xing's expression softened a little and said, "Gao Yang has seen it, he woke up last night, but his life is bad." He glanced at Shen Miao again, "It's because you don't wake up, if you don't wake up, I will kill you. The priest's head."
"Taoist?" Shen Miao was stunned, "You are talking about Daoist Chi Yan?"
“What Daoist is not a Daoist.” Xie Jing Xing despised: “It’s just a liar who makes money.” The so-called “Chiyan Daoist” left Prince Rui’s residence early this morning, and before leaving, he took the hall in the hall. That fine antique vase should be regarded as a thank you gift. I don't even know what kind of expert a Taoist priest is who spends all day trying to calculate gold and silver.
After Shen Miao heard that Xie Jing Xing said that the Taoist priest moved a vase and left, she was somewhat puzzled. That long dream solved her many doubts, but it was not necessarily true, but for some reason, Shen Miao felt that what happened in that dream was the complete story of her previous life.
That Taoist priest was indeed the one she had met on the way back to Ming Qi from Qin State. She thought she was a refugee who escaped from the famine. She dressed up as a Taoist priest to beg for food. After all, she was also the daughter of Shen Xinjiao. The one who is generous, gave the other person a bowl of water to drink, but did not expect that so many things would be involved.
If she really listened to the Taoist priest's words in her previous life and hadn't set foot on the road back to Dingjing, she probably wouldn't have had the tragic events that followed. But if she did it all over again, knowing that it was a Huangquan road with no return, she would still have no other choice, because her children were all in the deep palace.
But that Taoist priest had a fate in the end.
Shen Miao remembered it very clearly.
In the dream, her body was burned to ashes by the fire that Fu Xiuyi ordered, leaving nothing behind. However, the resentment was extremely heavy, and it refused to dissipate. Mrs. Mei ordered someone to do it. She was not a serious ghost, and she could not be reincarnated. Her soul was imprisoned in the palace wall, wandering around all day, and getting weaker day by day.
All the relics she left behind were burnt down, if it wasn't for the red rope in Xie Jing Xing's hand, I am afraid that she would have disappeared into the heaven and earth long ago.
The red rope could save her from some troubles, in those days when she could not live, Shen Miao's ghost resided in the red rope around Xie Jing Xing's wrist and lived in a murky way.
Until the day the city was broken.
She saw Fu Sheng die at the hands of her own people, she saw Mei Furen and Fu Xiu Yi being tied up to the tower, she saw them being pierced by arrows to death, she saw the palace towers that she hated her whole life through from the inside Countless firelights erupted, razed to the ground and turned to ashes, the unfulfilled wish in the heart, the soul that was unwilling to disperse finally got complete peace at that moment.
The red rope is broken, she can put it down. So time turned back, and Pei Lang was reborn at the cost of her life.
When Xie Jing Xing saw that Shen Miao did not speak, he frowned and asked, "What happened to you?"
Shen Miao came back to her senses and looked at him without speaking.
She was a little excited, she said that there was no intersection between Xie Jing Xing and Xie Jing Xing in the previous life, how could they be tied together by accident in this life, they could not be separated. It turned out to be involved in a previous life. Back then, Xie Jing Xing owed her a wish, but it was just a joke, he did not expect that he kept his promise, but personally got to know Fu Xiu Yi and avenged her.
She asked softly, "Xie Jing Xing, do you have any wishes?"
Xie Jing Xing glanced at her: "What? You want to do it for me?"
"I can give you a wish." She said seriously: "As long as I can complete it, I will do my best."
Her expression was so serious that it caused Xie Jing Xing to look sideways slightly, but after a while, he raised his lips and said with a half-smile, "Okay." He leaned closer to Shen Miao's ear and whispered, "My wish... can do."
Shen Miao asked, "What is it?"
"Give me a baby." He said calmly.
Shen Miao stared at him for a while, Xie Jing Xing touched his nose and was about to speak when he heard Shen Miao reply, "Okay."
Xie Jing Xing was startled.
Shen Miao stared at him with a slight smile on the corners of her lips, which was different from the previous one, it was not the kind of smile that should be held and somewhat reserved, but a heartfelt smile that seemed to really feel happy. Even a little gentle.
Xie Jing Xing subconsciously stretched out his hand to probe her forehead and said, "As expected, you are still not cured."
Shen Miao pushed his hand away and said, "Xie Jing Xing, on the day of my birthday, you must have been frightened."
Xie Jing Xing let go of his hand, seeing that her expression was calm and there was nothing unusual about it, he was a little relieved and followed her words and asked, "What do you think? I thought..." He did not continue. Even now recalling that scene, Xie Jing Xing could not help but feel scared. Shen Miao was lying in a pool of blood with an unconscious appearance, as if she was about to wake up again, his heart was also seized, it seemed that it was the first time he brought Xie Family Army to the Northern Frontier battlefield, even if someone plotted against him, When his own life and death are unknown, there is no immediate fear.
He also has things to fear, people to lose, and weaknesses. And these three things happen to be the same, which is the person in front of him.
“Let me make amends.” Shen Miao said, “Has it been a long time since your birthday, how about making it up for you today?”
Xie Jing Xing looked at her inexplicably and said, "I've got the heart. Your health is not well, don't bother."
“It was just a flesh wound.” Shen Miao took the initiative to say, “Let’s go out.”
When she woke up today, it was really abnormal, firstly, Shen Miao was not a fun-loving person, and secondly she seemed to be much more cordial than before, her temperament in the past was a bit poised, although she did not know why it was always habitual She was putting on airs, but Shen Miao was a person with strong self-esteem, otherwise she would not have had a cold war with Xie Jing Xing for so long. Being so proactive was almost to please Xie Jing Xing by surprise.
He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Did you do something wrong to me behind your back?"
“En.” Shen Miao nodded seriously.
“It has something to do with Pei Lang?” Xie Jing Xing turned cold.
Shen Miao took a deep breath, she felt that Xie Jing Xing's virtue was really unaccustomed, where did her thoughts go! Then he returned to Su Ri's expression and asked, "Are you going or not?"
She was in a state of mixed emotions, before Xie Jing Xing opened his mouth, he heard a voice behind him saying, "Go."
Gao Yang walked in, looked at Shen Miao and said, "I heard that you are awake, come over and have a look. Originally the injury was a flesh wound, it didn't reach the inside at all, it was nothing." Then he said to Xie Jing Xing, "You also go out for activities. Move your muscles and bones, stay in the house these days, never go out to bask in the sun. The weather is good, don't come back too late. "
He picked up the medical kit in the room and left.
Xie Jing Xing and Shen Miao were silent face to face, for a while, Xie Jing Xing smiled, "What do you want to play?"
“Long Ye has not gone out for a walk since I called.” Shen Miao said, “I am not familiar with Long Ye, you and I can just walk around freely and tell me about the matter here.” Shen Miao suddenly remembered something and said : "By the way, I was in the pavilion outside Bixiao Tower that day, and I asked Bajiao to buy a lot of fireworks, probably all of them are still there, so I will take those too."
“What fireworks are you watching in broad daylight?” Xie Jing Xing stared at her, “Your brain is also hurt?”
Shen Miao asked back, "Have you seen the fireworks in the daytime?"
Xie Jing Xing said, "Whoever is stupid has seen it before."
“I have seen it.” Shen Miao replied.
Xie Jing Xing stared at her suspiciously.
“The fireworks at night are beautiful, but the ones in the daytime are not necessarily inferior. If you haven’t seen them, I will show you.” Shen Miao smiled slightly and was about to get out of bed. But she has been lying on the bed for the past few days, her legs and feet are very sore, and when it comes, she gasps in pain.
When Xie Jing Xing saw this, he stood up with a smile and looked at her as if he was watching a good show, "Do you want me to help you?"
"Do you know?" Shen Miao knew that she was not at ease when she saw his expression.
Xie Jing Xing said, "If you beg me, I will help you." He leaned over as if to listen carefully to Shen Miao's soft words to him.
Shen Miao felt that Xie Jing Xing's temperament was really unpredictable, he was clearly strong and somewhat domineering, and in his youth he had scheming and calculations that adults could not match. But at the moment, he is like a young man who likes to play pranks, and he never tires of making fun of others.
She stared at Xie Jing Xing's handsome and handsome profile, and suddenly her heart moved, but she simply kissed Xie Jing Xing on the cheek with a "smack".
Xie Jing Xing was stunned, Shen Miao looked away and looked at the sachet hanging on the bedside.
“Shen Miao,” Xie Jing Xing frowned and looked at her, “You are not very ill, you have to let Gao Yang come to see him again.” As he was about to leave, Shen Miao was in a hurry and stopped him, “Xie Jing Xing!”
He paused in his footsteps and turned his head again, but changed to a narrow look, Shen Miao knew that she had been fooled and regretted in her heart, but seeing Xie Jing Xing burst into laughter, suddenly stepped forward and picked her up, Shen Miao picked her up. Subconsciously hooked his neck.
Xie Jing Xing carried her out just like that, causing the servants of Prince Rui's residence to look at them both. Shen Miao had never been so presumptuously close to a man in her previous life. Whether it was in the Ding Palace or in the harem, they had to hold the air of a queen, but even Madam Mei, it seemed that Fu Xiu Yi had never picked her up in front of so many people. If that's the case, then the two names, Duanjun and Hongyan, will definitely not be able to escape.
Could it be that she was a dignified and dignified queen in her previous life, and will she bear the name of a bad face in this life? Xie Jing Xing was quite like a faint. Shen Miao was thinking wildly and glanced at the servants who covered their mouths and snickered, she was annoyed and twisted Xie Jing Xing and said, "What are you doing, let me down!"
“Tsk, are you embarrassed?” Xie Jing Xing raised his eyebrows, his tone was so bad that he wanted to slap him, he said, “I just didn’t know who was promiscuous in the daytime and wanted to insult my innocence…”
Even the word insulting innocence is used. Shen Miao really had to work hard to calm herself down.
But he saw Luo Tan approaching. Luo Tan probably didn't expect to encounter such a scene. Rao is because she is always a big heart, but she is still a girl's family, but now she felt a little uncomfortable. Shen Miao asked Xie Jing Xing to let her down, Luo Tan did not know where to put her eyes, Shen Miao asked her, "You have worked hard these days."
“It’s not hard, it’s not hard.” Luo Tan waved her hands again and again, looking at Xie Jing Xing aside, she was a little scared. At that time, she was thinking of venting her anger for Shen Miao, and angered Xie Jing Xing, but she regretted it later. For Prince Rui of Great Liang, who had high authority over Fang, if she took anger on Shen Miao because of this, then she would have sinned greatly. But looking at Shen Miao and Xie Jing Xing being so intimate, it seemed that there was no quarrel, one could not help feeling a little relieved.
“Oh, that’s right.” Luo Tan suddenly remembered something, took something out of his sleeve, put it in Shen Miao’s hand, and said, “This was given to me by Daoist Chi Yan before he left, let me pass it to me You, said it was a parting back room for you."
It was a small wooden box with a chicken and a snake carved on it. Luo Tan said, "I don't know why you want to draw a chicken and a snake."
Shen Miao: “…” She said, “This is a dragon and a phoenix.”
Daoist Chi Yan’s carving skills are really not flattering, if Shen Miao didn’t understand it, he would really not be able to see that it was a dragon and a phoenix. Luo Tan choked, Shen Miao opened the wooden box and took out two red ropes from inside.
"This..." Luo Tan said, "These are the two red ropes, what's so special about them, but they said it was weird, and thought it was something valuable. It's better to send a herbal herb, this Taoist priest is really stingy. , there is clearly a valley of medicinal materials, but I want to send this..."
But Shen Miao stared at the rope, her eyes swaying slightly.
In her previous life, she had obtained a rope from a Taoist priest, that rope accompanied her for several years, and later it was returned to Xie Jing Xing's hands. Her fragrant soul once perched in the red rope, and it was also the medium that connected her past life and Xie Jing Xing's fate.
Suddenly, I felt that the red rope was a little more cordial.
She stretched out her hand and tied the red rope to her hand. Luo Tan watched her movements and said in surprise, "You... little cousin, shouldn't you wear this?"
Shen Miao looked at the red rope in her hand with satisfaction, then picked up another one and said to Xie Jing Xing, "Stretch out your hand."
Xie Jingxing said, "I don't wear it."
“Stretch out your hand.” Shen Miao repeated.
Xie Jing Xing looked at her in disbelief: "I am a man."
“This one can keep you safe.” Shen Miao casually said nonsense, “You wear this with me, if you are in danger, I can know, and you can also feel when I am in danger.”
Luo Tan stood on the side and asked weakly, "Really... Is there such a god?"
Shen Miao didn't care whether she was a god or not, she felt that Daoist Chi Yan was very capable and the things he gave should be very precious, even as Luo Tan said, these are just two ordinary ropes, this thing has a profound meaning with her. meaning. More memorable places than those gold and silver.
After Xie Jing Xing heard the words, he did not refuse any more. Although he was still full of disgust, he still allowed Shen Miao to put the red rope on his hands, and finally tied the knot firmly with him.
Luo Tan stared at him, Xie Jing Xing was a dignified man, an elegant and noble Prince Rui, but he was wearing such a thing on his hand, it really couldn't be considered how beautiful the picture was. It's all about being feminine, and the most important thing is that the red rope doesn't look very precious, and it's really dwarfed by the two of them in brocade and gorgeous clothes.
Shen Miao said, "Alright."
Xie Jing Xing quickly withdrew his hand and moved his sleeves inwardly, trying to block the conspicuous red color.
Luo Tan said, "Okay, the things have already been delivered. Seeing that you all seem to have something to do, I will not disturb you and go ahead." She blinked at Shen Miao and said in a long voice, "Little cousin is like this. Alright—I'm relieved!" Yi Yan'er ran away.
Shen Miao: “…”
Xie Jingxing said, "Let's go and watch the fireworks!"
The servants of Prince Rui's mansion: "..."
Cong Yang asked Tie Yi in a low voice, "It's clearly the lady who is sick, why does the master seem to have a problem with his brain. It's bright and sunny, what fireworks are you watching?"
Tie Yi expressionlessly handed him the broom: "Sweep the floor!"
…
In the Weiyang Palace, Empress Xian De was leaning on the couch and reading a book. She looked at it leisurely, listening to the maids under her command, and that's all, put down the scroll in her hand, and said with some relief on her face, "It's fine. There are always troubles these days, and this palace is going to burn incense and pray for blessings. ."
The assassination of Shen Miao was kept from outsiders but not from Emperor Yong Le and Empress Xian De. Not even Gao Yang could do anything, and the imperial physician in the palace was even more helpless. Speaking of these days, it is really strange, Prince Rui’s mansion happened one after another, first Xie Jing Xing, Xie Jing Xing had just escaped the disaster, and then it happened to Shen Miao. Fortunately now Shen Miao is also awake, a stone always falls to the ground in one's heart.
Empress Xian De put down the book, no longer in the mood to read it, stood up, walked to the window and stood still. It rained last night, and today is good weather again. There is no trace of last night's strong wind, except for the plum tree by the window, whose branches and leaves were knocked down by the wind and rain.
She said to herself: "Long Ye is also not peaceful."
The mountains and the rain were about to come and the building was full of wind. The iron and steel walls of Prince Rui’s mansion had already happened twice since Xie Jing Xing returned to Great Liang. This was a signal. Maybe a warning, maybe a counterattack
Because Emperor Yongle had already started to attack the Lu family.
Aunt Tao is the female official by Empress Xian De's side. Ever since Empress Xian De was established as Empress, she has been by her side. For so many years, she has been Empress Xian De's most loyal confidant.
Aunt Tao said: "Today, Concubine Jing went to the imperial study to find His Majesty. When she went there, her eyes were full of tears, and when she came out, it seemed to be very bad. The maids of Jinghua Palace said that after returning, Concubine Jing punished her. Several servants have also dropped a lot of things, and they seem to be in a very bad mood."
Empress Xian De smiled slightly: "The Lu family has suffered a loss, and they want to test your Majesty's attitude, so they will naturally start with Concubine Jing. Didn't Mrs. Lu go to the palace to see Concubine Jing a few days ago?"
"The emperor seems to be no longer patient with Concubine Jing." Aunt Tao said: "Concubine Jing has also restrained a lot towards you these days. If the emperor really starts to attack the Lu family, Concubine Jing, look..."
"Let the emperor make up his own mind." Empress Xian De said lightly: "Whether it's sincere or fake, I can't see this clearly in the eyes of this palace. Since I entered the palace, I still understand these principles." She Looking at Aunt Tao, who looked worried, she smiled instead: "You don't think that this palace still cares about this, right?"
Aunt Tao stopped talking.
Empress Xian De looked outside, however, and said, "Since I became this empress, I no longer regard myself as a woman. The emperor's wife is not a wife, but a person who wants to share the world with him. Wealth and misfortune depend on each other, life and death are shared. I'm never afraid, I'm just a little regretful..." She looked at her abdomen: "Bengong... failed to give birth to her own child."
"If it wasn't for Concubine Jing..." Aunt Tao gritted her teeth, her voice was filled with resentment and unresolved grief.
"Forget it," Empress Xian De waved her hand wearily, and she smiled, but that smile was somewhat numb and desolate: "It's the same with or without Concubine Jing, this child will never be born in this palace." She whispered: "Look at the harem, who gave birth to his child?"
"No. It's impossible. So although this palace regrets, all the women in this harem regret it together, and this palace's regret is not a regret. At least, this palace still has this unshakable position," she said.