Chapter 4 Chapter Three

Yaoyao, who was reborn with wings, never mentioned leaving Gaotang Temple again.She spread the green shirt he left on the couch, and waited for his arrival every night. His visits were infrequent, only a few times a month.Like the night fog, it sneaks into the tower under the darkness of night, and must disperse quietly before the first ray of morning light.Whenever he stood by the door and opened his cloak, revealing his eyebrows glistening with cold dew, she would throw herself into his arms without saying a word.You Huan was short, they didn't even have much time to talk, they could only stick together as much as possible.

There is no past and no future.When he walked into her black tower, she no longer had any distracting thoughts, and completely abandoned herself in the bottomless abyss of love and joy, just like a fish that was about to die of thirst found water and jumped into the whirlpool desperately.She didn't even pay attention to the other party's reaction, she just immersed herself in her love. And more nights, she would sit on the top of the tower, immersed in long thoughts alone. "Although Mrs. Xiang's forbidden curse has been lifted, do you know that you have fallen into another cage?" Xue Li would ask her this way.

Yaoyao looked back at her and said indifferently, I know. Perhaps, now she thinks that freedom is just an empty thing, or it might not be as real as waiting.Xue Li looked at her sadly.That year, Yaoyao's twenty-year-old youth was changed by this accident.So she forgot everything, no longer herself.Years afterward she recalled those sweet nights with a sigh.Life is always a long night of silence. Only those blind loves and absurd desires can slightly embellish the cold and dark background, but they are extinguished like fireworks. Time seems to pass very slowly.In the three hundred and ninety-fourth year of the Kui calendar, the palace envoys suddenly came to the Gaotang Temple to convey the imperial edict.As far as the dilapidated Gaotang Temple is concerned, this has never happened before. Yaoyao changed into a dress and knelt in front of the palace envoy, but what she heard was the news: the new king succeeded and the Gaotang Temple was going to be rebuilt.

"But," she asked hesitantly, "where should I live while the temple is being repaired?" The palace envoy said: "Princess can enter the palace temporarily." When Yaoyao heard the word "entering the palace", her heart suddenly shrank fiercely, and some kind of dull pain from the past quietly rose. The palace envoy asked the old princess of the Ice Tribe kindly, as the caretaker of the Gaotang Temple, what opinions or requirements did she have on the repair of the temple. Yaoyao thought for a while and said, I just want to keep the black tower. "This pagoda is a sacred object left by Mrs. Xiang, and the Lord Uehara does not intend to touch it." The palace envoy said.

Yaoyao nodded.If the black tower is to be moved, the secret buried at the bottom of the tower will be discovered.After so many years, that secret seems to have been forgotten by herself.When I remembered it suddenly, both the shame and the pleasure seemed to fade away gradually, but some kind of inexplicable melancholy filled my heart. After the envoy left, she began to yearn anxiously for her lover, hoping to leave with him before the Gaotang Temple renovation project began.She remembered his promise to take her away.Yet she counted the days, and he never appeared again. Soon, a servant-like person came to Gaotang Temple, saying that he wanted to retrieve the coat left by the master here.

Yaoyao remained silent, took the green robe by herself, and handed it to the visitor. The man refused to pick it up, and said apologetically, "The master said that he not only wants the clothes, but also brings back the person in the clothes." It turned out that he finally heard her call.She lowered her head so that the servant would not see her dazed appearance.Xue Li came over and helped her wrap the green robe around her body.Outside the dark threshold of Gaotang Temple, there is a light car parked.She stepped into the car, couldn't help looking back at the black tower, and in the joy of returning home, let out a long sigh quietly.

After five years, Yaoyao saw the scenery of Yingdu City for the second time.Five years ago, it was just a quick glimpse in the early morning, but this time, it was in broad daylight, carefully observing the bustling scenery of the imperial capital of the largest country in the Central Plains.She couldn't help but remember the dead country, and couldn't help but feel sad.The once glorious Bingshemia has long been reduced to ruins. Suddenly, several cracks of whips split the noise on the street.Yaoyao noticed that they hurriedly drove the carriage to a gate on the side of the road.She poked her head out and saw that the road was in chaos, small vendors were busy packing up odds and ends, adults were running around with screaming children, and people could faintly hear shouts: "The great witch is here, the great witch is here... ..."

After a while, I saw a dark team pressing down at the end of the road.The cloud-like banners covered the sunlight, and the sky was dark for a while.Yaoyao noticed that there was a very tall carriage in the middle of the banner, and on the carriage sat a white-faced old man, wearing a pure black robe, on which a Kui was embroidered with blue silk thread.That is the number one wizard in the Qingkui Kingdom - the great witch Wuxian. Wu Xian is highly respected in Qingkui, and has served as the high priest of the temple for fifty years, and is respected as a great witch by the people of the country.But when Mrs. Xiang was in power, the big witch was hated by Mrs. Xiang and was dismissed and returned to her hometown in Mianzhou.The position of high priest is held by Fusu, a wizard of the You clan.The You people are regarded as barbarians by the Qingkui people, and the Qingkui people are very dissatisfied with Fusu, and most of them miss the great witch.Qing Wang Wuxiang was assassinated and died, the faction of Mrs. Xiang collapsed, and the high priest Fusu also disappeared.With the support of the Qing family in Mianzhou, Qing Ren, the son, got the help of the great witch, so he naturally won the support of the courtiers and sat on the throne.

The Dawu and the Qing family of Mianzhou have always had close ties, and it can be said that both are hurt and both are prosperous. Yaoyao was recalling when she suddenly found that the team in front of her had stopped.Something must have happened, I saw Wu Li, the disciple in front of the big witch's carriage seat, climbed out of the carriage and walked straight towards this side.Yaoyao screamed inwardly that something was wrong, and saw Wu Li's haughty face, sticking straight to the front of her carriage. "Where is the demon girl? How dare you break into the god capital of our country?"

Yaoyao's heart was shocked.The reason why Dawu could feel her presence on the car in the distance should be because her mana disturbed him.However, they should know that the mana she exudes is not monster energy but immortal energy.Wu Li called her a demon girl as soon as she opened her mouth, and it seemed that she was not ready to let it go. "It turned out to be a monster from the Ice Race." Wu Li shouted sharply, and the sleeves of his robe fluttered with his words. Yaoyao felt his imposing manner was extremely strong.She didn't quite understand why he hated herself so much as a witch.Wu Li pulled out a large brush with a wooden handle and pointed at Yaoyao's eyebrows.Yaoyao immediately figured out that after lifting the curse, her mana has just recovered, if she fights with him in the street, her chances of winning may not be great, can she escape?

The big brush in Wu Li's hand brushed towards her.Yaoyao's body suddenly floated up from the carriage, floated forward, and rushed towards Wu Li.Wu Li didn't guard against her move, the big pen in his hand slipped and hit the carriage behind Yaoyao heavily. The carriage was instantly reduced to crumbs. Yaoyao narrowly escaped the catastrophe, but the brush still brushed her cheek, which was hot and painful.She stroked the wound, a little startled.Wu Li's large pen swiped over again.This time, the root canthus of the hairs on the tip of the brush were opened, like a fluffy hair ball, and the tip of each hair shone with a crimson brilliance, which made people's heart skip a beat. This is the Burning Heart Needle, Yaoyao thought.Dare to make such a fierce move, it seems that the wizards of Qingkui Kingdom are quite domineering, which is not comparable to the wizards of their Ice Clan who are indifferent to the world. The tips of the needles spread out like dandelions, blowing towards them with the wind.Yaoyao immediately protected her whole body after chanting the formula, and took advantage of the wind to soar into the sky.Because of her dodging again, the crowd of onlookers suffered, screaming and fleeing in all directions, causing chaos on the street.Yaoyao's white clothes with one collar floated in mid-air, arousing people's murmurs of amazement. Wu Li missed twice, and he couldn't hold back on his face.Looking up, Yaoyao looked around with a calm look. "Don't let this demon girl run away!" Wu Li gave an order, and the accompanying guards immediately spread out and surrounded the surroundings. He guessed wrong.Yaoyao didn't want to escape, she was looking for the puppet Xue Li.The woman in the green skirt was hiding behind the big witch chariot and smiled at her. Yaoyao nodded slightly.Su Li got the order, and suddenly raised her hand, a pink peach blossom flew out of the sleeve, dancing with the wind. Everyone was amazed.It is the end of summer and the beginning of autumn at this time, and the season of peach blossoms has long passed.However, the peach blossoms in the sleeves of the woman in the green skirt are as fresh and beautiful as if they first bloomed last night.In an instant, the halo of fragrance filled the originally murderous Tianjie. Wu Li was very puzzled, and released a heart-burning needle again, stabbing at the dancing peach blossoms.The Burning Heart Needle has the ability to identify evil spirits, and saw that the fine needles of cow hair stick to the petals of peach blossoms impartially.When the flower meets a needle, drops of blood are sprinkled in the air, which is really weird.Suddenly, a bloody mist floated in the air. Seeing this, Yaoyao silently recited a mantra.There was a flash of red light, and the dancing peach blossoms suddenly transformed into a group of red swallows. Wu Li was shocked.As an evil spirit, Yanzi's ability is much higher than Peach Blossom Essence.Moreover, if he was not mistaken, this is the legendary Peach Blossom Swallow, an evil spirit known for its tiny size but powerful, which only appears in the eastern mountains.Controlling this kind of evil spirit consumes no less energy than controlling a white tiger. As he stepped back, he observed the girl floating motionless on a high place.If one move failed, he used such a powerful technique to succeed with one blow, he seemed like a very proud person.But no matter how clever it is, it is still inferior to the great witch, right?He silently thought, might as well give it a try, anyway, with the master behind him. Just as Wu Li was about to use a new trick, he suddenly heard a clear voice: "Stop!" Yaoyao turned her head back, only to see a rider in Tsing Yi flashing from the corner of the street, parting from the crowd and slowly approaching, it was the lover she was going to flee to.Yaoyao was overjoyed and wanted to run towards him. However, the strange thing is that as soon as this person appeared, the surroundings suddenly became quiet.After a while, someone seemed to have suddenly realized, fell to his knees with a plop, and kowtowed to that person.People along the whole street knelt down one after another.Seeing this, Wu Li hurriedly retreated and hid aside to kneel down. Yaoyao was stunned, so she had to collect the Peach Blossom Swallow, fell to the ground, shook her clothes, looked at Wu Li and others, and looked at the visitor suspiciously. He came to her side, stopped, and whispered to her: "I should have come out to meet you earlier, I'm really sorry." Yaoyao smiled slightly, and inexplicable fear quietly rose from her chest. The servant who was in charge of sending Yaoyao into the palace had already stepped aside, and at this moment came over tremblingly and kowtowed.Qing Ren said coldly: "I just ordered you to escort the princess of the Ice Tribe, but you actually caused me such a big mess. ——Are you really not paying attention to me?" "I don't dare, my lord, please forgive me..." The servant kowtowed like garlic. He seemed to try his best to hold back his anger, "hummed", turned his face away, ignored Wu Li and the others, and didn't intend to go forward to salute the big witch, but just turned the reins leisurely. "Yao Yao." Yaoyao raised her head in response, only to see him leaning down and stretching out a hand to her, "You follow me back to the palace." back to the palace.Yaoyao didn't move.Did he say "return to the palace"? "Yaoyao." He quietly strengthened his tone, although his face was expressionless, he still stretched out his expectant hand. She held that hand dumbly.So he pulled her on the back of his horse, ignored others, and just meandered along the long Tianjie. After their figures disappeared, the crowd gradually stood up.This strange scene aroused people's discussion.Wu Li clenched his fists, and hurried back to Dawu's car, "Master, this is..." The curtain moved, and Wu Li couldn't help swallowing the rest of his sentence. After a long time, a tired voice came from inside, "The Lord is angry. Right now...forget it, alas..." The blue shirt was dancing, and his back was warm and firm.She leaned behind him and said softly, "Tell me who you are." "My name is Qing Ren, the newly succeeded King Qing." She had already guessed the answer, but his answer still made her cold.Something sank in her heart, sinking slowly and inexorably. She suddenly hoped that this journey would never end.It's just that she snuggled up behind his horse, followed him, and never went into that palace. When she was thinking like this, she looked over Qing Ren's shoulder and saw the corner of Qing Palace.This magnificent palace that has gone through vicissitudes of life is not only always beautiful, but also always shrouded in heavy shadows. Qing Ren placed Yaoyao in Cangwu Garden. When King Qing said this order, everyone was shocked.Cangwu Garden is the residence of Mrs. Xiang, the most secret place in the entire Qingkui harem. Qing Wang Qingren and Mrs. Xiang have an unusual relationship.Qing Wang Qing Ren's biological mother is Qing Wang Wu Xiang's favorite concubine Mrs. Xi.Mrs. Xi has a very strange temper. She was originally the concubine of King Xi.So Qing Ren couldn't speak until he was four years old, and his temperament was very withdrawn.Later, it was Mrs. Wang Xiang who took Qing Ren into her Cangwu Garden for education, and Qing Ren gradually changed.It is said that Mrs. Xiang is closer to Qing Wang Qingren than her biological mother.But later the facts were not like this. When Qing Ren was fifteen years old, in order to establish martial arts, he defected to Bai Dinghou, the general guarding the southern sea area.Young Master Qing Ren had honed himself in Haijiang and became an outstanding general. When he came back five years later, he no longer stepped into Cangwu Garden. Mrs. Xiang had an immeasurable influence on the government of Qingkui State.She herself had a young son named Lian Ning.Young Master Qingren has never been able to get past her and get the rights he wants.During the few years when Yaoyao was imprisoned in the black tower, the conflicts within Qing Kui's court had reached a point where they were on the verge of breaking out.The forces in the DPRK and China are divided into two factions, one faction supports Mrs. Xiang, and the other supports the son Qingren.In the 394th year of the Kui calendar, Qing Wang Wuxiang lost his soul due to hunting Yunmeng. In March, Mrs. Xiang concealed the truth and asked the high priest to help Su to summon Wuxiang's soul.After the failure of summoning the soul, Young Master Qingren led an army to force the palace.The final result was that Wu Xiang was assassinated to death, Qing Ren succeeded to the throne, and Mrs. Xiang committed suicide by throwing herself in Cangwu Garden. After the death of Mrs. Xiang, Qing Ren respected her as the queen mother, and put an end to the rumors in the middle school that "Mrs. Xiang was the murderer who assassinated Qing Wang Wuxiang".Cangwu Garden has been closed since then, and no one will be allowed to step in. All this happened after Yaoyao was confined, so she didn't know the key to it.To her, Cangwu Court was just the place where she was interrogated by Mrs. Xiang five years ago.However, when she stepped into Cangwu Garden, she was already sensitive to the strange eyes of the palace people watching her. The grass in the depths of Cangwu Garden grows up to waist height.An unknown fragrance came faintly, as if in this desolate courtyard, there were still spirits of exotic flowers and plants from the southern country.Qing Ren stood there quietly, as if listening to the wind on the grass.And Yaoyao was sitting under the eaves of the corridor, silently observing her familiar yet unfamiliar lover.After a while, a palace maid came over and asked Yaoyao carefully if she wanted to change clothes. Yaoyao raised her eyebrows.While fighting in the city, she was wounded in her left arm by Wu Li's burning heart needle.Although he was protected in time to prevent serious injuries, he also lost a lot of blood, and one sleeve was completely stained red.She didn't want people to see, so she kept covering it with a cloak, but unexpectedly, a sharp-eyed and ignorant little maid said it out. "Why didn't you say it earlier?" Qing Ren turned around and pulled up her sleeves, his eyes full of resentment.Is she so proud? Yaoyao smiled, "It's not a big deal." Qing Ren seemed to think of something, "In the Cangwu Garden, there is a kind of Angelica dahurica, which can deal with evil poison." After saying that, he really looked for it. Yaoyao is dumb.Watch him weave through the matted grass like a deer looking for food.After a while, he really smiled and came out holding a sprig of Angelica dahurica. The little palace maid brought scissors and white cloth long ago, and cut off Yaoyao's sleeves.Qing Ren chewed up the grass and applied it on her wound.She felt itchy.That arm was caught by his slender and strong fingers, and he didn't dare to move it.Seeing him with his head buried, there was a grass stalk in the middle of his black hair, so she freed her other hand to catch it for him. Qing Ren noticed it, raised his face and stared at her for a while. "Back off." Qing Ren said in a low voice.The little palace maid panicked and ran away with the plate. Yaoyao's heart sank. He didn't say anything more, he lowered his head and continued to wrap her wound meticulously. With the afterglow of the setting sun, the wild grass in the courtyard was painted with a layer of unreal and magnificent colors.The sky, where even the birds do not leave their wings, is eerily silent.She looked at him quietly, his silhouette was outlined lightly in the dim light, as beautiful as a god. He is just the young King Qing, why do you think he is a god?She was thinking blankly, and even forgot to pick up his floating voice.Unexpectedly, his eyes turned around, looked at each other, flustered.Before turning her eyes away in a panic, she caught a trace of unpredictable flame in his eyes.At some point, he was already standing in front of her, the hot breath from his lips floating on her cheek. "Have you seen her?" he asked her in a sleepy voice. "Ok?" "Have you seen Mrs. Xiang?" He murmured, "Have you seen her?" ——Madam Xiang, Yaoyao was suddenly shocked.Five years ago, that horrible night suddenly came back before my eyes! The pain accumulated over the years woke her up in an instant.In a daze, she suddenly pushed away the arms around her waist. Qing Ren was taken aback.Yaoyao herself was startled too. She was silent, looked at his frustrated face, and said, "No." She knew it was the only answer she could give.When he immediately told her his real identity in Tianjie, she knew that she had no other choice. She couldn't bear to look at him, let alone face herself. A bright light flashed across his face, it was the last afterglow of the setting sun, red hot.After the light was extinguished, it quickly darkened, and the twilight was as dark blue as water. Time seems to have passed for a long time.He got up and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something. "No." She repeated.This time it was a solemn no, it was a determination after thinking about it, and every word and sentence was hard and dull.However, the lingering warmth on the piece of skin he touched just now refused to dissipate. She was silent, waiting for him to ask her for an explanation.But he didn't say anything, just smiled apologetically, and drifted away.He didn't understand the true meaning of her refusal.So she couldn't open her mouth to explain to him.After watching him leave, she has been sitting on the corridor, watching the darkness of the night, engulfing all the scenery in front of her like flying. Qing Wang Qingren brought the Ice Tribe princess Yaoji back to the palace, which soon caused an uproar in Qing Kui Kingdom's government and opposition.From the beginning of Qing Ren's ascension to the throne, the discussion about Li Hou has never stopped.In the three hundred and ninety-fourth year of the Kui calendar, Qing Wang Qing was twenty-four years old.At this age, ordinary people already have children around their knees.It's just that when it comes to matters between men and women, Qing Ren has always been indifferent.As a son, he could avoid marriage with peace of mind.But since he became a king, it became an obligation to marry a wife.Qing Ren himself didn't say anything, and the officials in the court also worried for him. In the Qingkui harem system, the king's main wife is the queen, and there are four other concubines in spring, summer, autumn and winter.These five are all canonized wives.And there are countless concubines and concubines in the harem, who are not among the famous wives and concubines.After Qing Ren succeeded to the throne, not only was a single wife not conferred, but no one in the court ladies was lucky enough, so there were even rumors in the palace that Qing Ren was good at Longyang. But no matter what, it is the most shocking thing that King Qing brought back a beautiful princess of a subjugated country in the street.Within three days, Qing Ren received all kinds of advice.No one mentioned the princess of the Ice Tribe, but they all without exception urged Qing Wang to stand up as soon as possible.There are many reasons, all of which use Guozuo Sheji as an argument, and King Qing has to obey. And King Qing's mind is really mysterious. The night Yaoyao entered Cangwu Garden, nothing special happened, and nothing happened in the future.Qing Ren only visited her two or three times.Every time it was evening, they would sit under the eaves of the porch, drink tea absent-mindedly, say some insignificant words, and never make any special moves.Yaoyao also didn't know what he was thinking, and she never heard him mention the matter of choosing a concubine. However, Yaoyao is not ignorant.Although she lives in a secluded corner of Cangwu Garden and doesn't care about worldly affairs, rumors continue to fly into her ears.That little maid Luoyan not only has sharp eyes, but also talks a lot.As soon as she entered the palace, she was assigned to Yaoyao, so she had to appear loyal and hardworking.He relayed all kinds of news that he heard from nowhere to Yaoyao one by one. When Qing Ren was the eldest son, he joined the army under the command of Bai Dinghou in the southern sea area and participated in the war against the Blue Clan and the Yuren.Therefore, the relationship between the Bai clan and Qing Ren is good, and several young sons of the Bai family are Qing Ren's arms.Bai Dinghou has a little princess with graceful characters, not to mention outstanding talent and appearance, and she is also a famous general and tiger girl.It is rumored that Qing Ren and Bai Yongrong once fell into the water village of the Blue Clan in Haijiang, and then broke out side by side.Needless to say, such iron-blooded friendship.Leaving personal affairs aside, the Qing Ren had just inherited the great power and was fledgling, so he had to let the frontier officials who supported him expand their power.It is undoubtedly a good decision to make them foreign relatives. So speaking of it, Bai Yongrong is the most likely person to become the queen. "However, I heard that Princess Bai has proposed marriage, but she is not willing to marry her. Will the Lord want this kind of person?" Luo Yan shook his head and said, "There is something wrong with Princess Bai." "how?" Luo Yan blushed consciously, stuck out her tongue and refused to speak.Although it is not taboo to talk about men and women in the palace, Luoyan is just a little girl who learns tongue after all, so she can't tell what's wrong with Princess Bai. There are also other ministers who are recommending other women.There is Nan Jiahe, the granddaughter of the Marquis of Nanshan, Zheliu, the daughter of the late Princess Weiyang, and Qing Fulan, the daughter of Qing Yannian, the chief assistant. of. So, after all, it depends on how Ren makes the balance. Everything depends on his heart.Although his mother, Mrs. Xi, is still alive, she has absolutely no ability to influence his decision.The elders who could influence him are all dead. "However," Luo Yan suddenly said as if he couldn't help it, "But that Bai County mainly became the queen, and the prince has to be born for her. So I said she has little hope." Yaoyao suddenly became bored with this talkative little girl.She is wholeheartedly for her master, but whether Bai Yongrong can become a queen, what does it have to do with her Yaoji?She made up her mind early. "But, the Lord obviously likes you, Princess." The little girl said to herself, "He has never cared so much about others before." Yaoyao is angry.Can this girl, relying on her innocence, speak freely and stir up other people's emotions at will? "Besides, you are the only princess worthy of being the lord. You are very similar to Mrs. Xiang, so you should be the queen." Yaoyao sighed. White grass and autumn frost in the garden.Yaoyao once told the craftsmen not to take care of the weeds in Cangwu Garden.Either she felt more at ease with the green grass all over the ground, or it was because she was not prepared to live here for a long time.The craftsmen had asked King Qing for instructions, and they complied with Yaoyao's wishes. In the depths of the wild grass, there is a white grass one person tall, which is blooming the last flower.In the whisper of the evening wind, the falling petals trembled feebly. This was originally the residence of Mrs. Xiang, and she was a prisoner of Mrs. Xiang.Her master was killed by her father, her country perished, and the whereabouts of her people were unknown. If she hadn't been imprisoned for many years, she would have been wiped out long ago.However, she has survived to this day and has become a witch in the mouth of the great witch, and a foreign woman who confuses the king in the eyes of everyone.Did Qing Ren bring her into this courtyard, as the rumors speculated, did it really have some kind of deep meaning?Is he really willing to resist so many obstructions and marry her?She clearly made up her mind, so don't worry about it.But she didn't say anything, delaying the time.Just day after day, thinking about this problem like being poisoned. "Xiao Li, do you know the answer?" The woman in the green skirt stood in the middle of the courtyard, indistinguishable from the green grass in the courtyard.A smile floated on the white porcelain face, under the moonlight, like a rotten leaf floating on the water, "Princess, are you looking forward to that answer?" Yaoyao was stunned. "Hasn't the princess already decided? Now that she has decided, what King Qing's wishes are will be meaningless." "..." "Why doesn't the princess want to leave this place?" Xue Li said sadly, "The curse has long been lifted, and no one can restrain the princess. Why doesn't the princess want to leave? If the princess wants to know King Qing's wishes, just ask him." .” "I don't want to ask." Yaoyao said. "Want to wait for him to speak out?" "Yes. If I leave without saying goodbye, he won't feel much pain." Yaoyao raised her head, and the clouds slowly moved across the sky, just like the moonlit night in the Gaotang Temple many years ago, "I want to hear his answer with my own mouth, and then Leave again." He was at a loss.Soon, he spoke to her. "Yaoyao, in fact—" Qing Ren said to a cup of tea, "It will be inconvenient for you to stay in Qingkui Kingdom." Yaoyao was astonished.She guessed and guessed, there were countless possibilities, but she couldn't guess that Qing Ren would tell her this.After a long silence, unable to say anything, he simply asked, "You mean, you are willing to let me go back to Tianque Mountain?" He glanced at her, as if he had seen through the awkwardness in her heart, so he smiled ambiguously from the corner of his eyes, "Well, can I take you back?" There was something queer in his tone that terrified her.He really wants to send her back?Of course she wanted to go back, but how could he send her back?how so.A white mist of melancholy covered her, she felt dull, and said coldly: "Then thank you, Lord, it is Yaoyao's always wish to go home." "En." Qing Ren replied noncommittally.She didn't notice that his face suddenly darkened, like a dark cloud suddenly flew in the sky. "Is your injury healed?" Qing Ren asked suddenly. "It's okay," Yaoyao pretended to be careless, "It's just a scar, it's ugly." Qing Ren pulled up her injured arm and took a closer look.His gaze also seemed to be hot, Yaoyao couldn't help feeling flustered.Qing Ren seemed to be thinking about her scars, and said: "Using good jade can eliminate skin blemishes, so I'll wear this for you." "Huh?" Yaoyao didn't hear what he said clearly.He took out a blue bracelet, and put it on for her before she agreed. At the moment when the bracelet was clasped on her wrist, Yaoyao seemed to be shocked, "You—" She stood up abruptly, trying desperately to pull the bracelet off her wrist, but it was impossible to move even half an inch. At this moment, Qing Ren had let go of her.He took two steps back, staring at it with a contented smile. She recognized it. This bracelet was not just an ordinary ornament, but densely packed incantations were engraved on the inside. She stared at Qing Ren in disbelief. Qing Ren turned his head away, and said in a calm voice, "Don't do this. This bracelet is a national treasure handed down from generation to generation in our country. There are four pieces in total, and it is a mark bestowed on the princess." Yaoyao sneered, turned around and rushed back into the room, grabbed a dagger, and slashed at the arm wearing the bracelet. The dagger was knocked down in time. From behind, Qing Ren hooked her two arms, and then held her tightly.She struggled desperately, venting her extreme disappointment and disgust. "Don't do that." Qing Ren whispered in her ear. Yaoyao turned her face away. "Are you crazy?" Qing Ren said. Yaoyao said coldly: "I will not be your princess." Qing Ren was a little impatient, and said: "Who will take the queen's position is beyond my control. But I let you be the first princess, I only like you, isn't that enough? I thought you wouldn't—" " "Forget it! Do you think I don't know it? What is engraved on this bracelet?" "It's a spell." He said calmly, "You are a witch of the Ice Race. After you leave the Black Tower, no one can restrain you. So I ordered someone to engrave a spell on the armband, asking you to be with me forever. In front of you." Yaoyao laughed, "So you married me because you wanted to control me?" Qing Ren frowned, and said: "I'm not trying to control you, I just want to keep you. You also said that you want to go home. I'm afraid that you decided to do this after you left." "Then why did you release me from the black tower? Wouldn't it be better for you to keep me locked there?" Yaoyao said sharply, "You brought me out of that tower yourself, it was you !" Qing Ren's eyes trembled for a moment, and then he said calmly: "Yaoyao, I really like you, so I brought you out of the tower. How can it be related to the princess in the tower? This bracelet is also to protect you." Yaoyao said angrily: "Who wants your protection!" "You are my princess, so you are naturally protected by me." "Qing Ren!" Yaoyao suddenly called out his name sharply, "Once again, I solemnly tell you: I will not be your princess!" Qing Ren was stunned for a while. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yaoyao struggled violently, freed his arm, ran a few steps away, leaned against the wall to pant, and yelled as hard as she could: "It's useless for you to imprison me. I will never marry you, never No!" Qing Ren didn't move.After arguing for a long time, he finally realized this problem. She was rejecting him.In order to be able to marry her as his concubine, he had put in so much effort and determination, but she refused, completely ignoring his feelings. "Just because I imprisoned you, you are so angry? To say such a thing." He frowned. "No, it has nothing to do with this bracelet." She sneered, "It's not the princess I'm rejecting, but you." Yaoyao raised her head, and saw that a layer of distorted lines gradually appeared on that originally handsome face.He was finally irritated.A burst of ecstasy suddenly ignited in her heart, and he was actually irritated by her.There, staring at her, not moving. "You're crazy, I'll tell you again when your anger subsides." He finally said something dry, turned around after speaking, and strode outside. She watched him leave, the jade ring on her arm was so cold that her bones ached. She suddenly said loudly: "You know, Mrs. Xiang sealed me—" His figure stopped at the door. "—but do you know why she sealed me?" Qing Ren didn't know.It never occurred to him to ask her why. "Because I begged to die back then, but she insisted on me living." She said loudly and without pause, "She also wanted to protect me. Do you know why I begged to die back then? Because I was captured in Qingkui Kingdom , and unfortunately fell into the hands of Wu Xiang. Haha, didn’t you find out? I’m not a virgin. Wu Xiang is your father, he insulted me! Now you want to marry me as your concubine, you are not afraid of incest Is it?" Said in one breath, really said in one breath.If she wasn't in such a hurry, she didn't know how to express such a painful past. Qing Ren stood with his back on her threshold, motionless.The setting sun reflected on his delicate and clean white robe, dazzling like blood.He heard Yaoyao breathing heavily, like she was choking from crying, but also like she couldn't breathe from laughing. Time seemed to stand still for a long time. "I know." Qing Ren said lightly, his voice sounding illusory, "My father is lustful. I have long thought that you were probably one of his women. But it doesn't matter." He walked towards her slowly, one step at a time, approaching her eyes.His face was distorted due to the pain, the corners of his eyes and brows were lingering, all exuding the stench of pig iron. "Father, he is dead. Now you only belong to me..." He gently lifted her pointed chin, his fingertips were hot and trembling, "If you want to talk about incest, hasn't it already happened?" Yaoyao thought, is he really crazy? "Anyway, I only like you, and I don't need to care about those things." Under the gentle smile he tried to keep, a torrent surged, extremely ferocious, "Really, I don't care!" Yaoyao sighed and closed her eyes, "You don't care. But, I care." He put down his hands in a slump, turned around and rushed out of Cangwu Garden.No one saw the uncontrollable tears streaming from the face of the young King Qing, revealing his almost collapsed emotions. In the autumn of the 394th year of the Kui calendar, Qing Wangqing made a decree that Qing Fulan, the daughter of the first assistant Qing Yannian, was conferred the Queen of Kui, Bai Yongrong, the daughter of Bai Dinghou, was the concubine of Spring, and the school secretary of Lantai was the official Caimengxi. The daughter Cailan is the concubine Xia, the daughter of Shi Huiming, a scholar of Longyuan Pavilion, is the concubine Qiu, and Lian Beiye, the daughter of Lianyuan, a wealthy businessman in the imperial capital, is the concubine Dong.The big witch personally watched the stars and divination, chose an auspicious day, and planned to get married at the end of the year. Another thing is that Yaoji, the former Bingshemia princess, was conferred the title of Princess Zhunan, and the residence was the same as that of the eldest princess, and the Gaotang Temple was given as a place for the princess to recuperate and clean up. She prostrated herself on the ground, thanking Qing Wang Long En, and respectfully received the princess's book, with a bleak smile on her face. The decision to clear the post caused people to talk about it. Miss Bai Hou, who had a good reputation before, Bai Yongrong, was only granted the title of Concubine Chun, the eldest of the four concubines.And Qing Fulan, a woman from the Qing family who was conferred the title of Kui, could not compare with Bai Yongrong in terms of appearance, talent, and character.However, the insider said that King Qing's decision was reasonable. 清任得以诛杀湘夫人一党，承袭王位，靠的是大巫的支持。然而公子清任的母亲息夫人本来是异族王后，虽然受青王武襄宠爱，但实际身份却只是俘虏女奴，非常低微。这样出身的公子，大巫从来是看不上眼的。为什么独独肯帮公子清任的忙呢？只因为大巫和绵州巨族庆氏有着密切的关系。而绵州庆氏虽不如白定侯一家显赫，却是最早把宝押在公子清任身上的那一批门阀贵族的首领。是以如今清任初登玉座，形势扑朔迷离。要摆平政局，依然离不了大巫的支持，也就依然不能得罪绵州庆氏。所以立庆拂兰为后也就是情理之中。 另一方面，白雍容的家族虽然远在海疆，却声威远扬，掌握着青夔最强大的一支军队。虽然他们是青王清任多年的心腹知交，彼此祸福相倚，但眼下青王却不能任由他们的势力独大。何况即位之初便过于扶持武将，将招致朝中贵族不满。清任估摸过分寸。白定侯毕竟是他自己人，他或许对这个结果有所不满，但也绝对不至于翻脸。另外还有一说，白雍容在海疆，多年随军征战，留下一身伤病，如今终年蔫在家里养病，病都养家了。要她母仪天下，恐怕也是力不从心。白家对此心知肚明，所以对于这个后位，亦不如庆家那么期待。 另外三个妃子虽不足道，却也是精心安排的。纳大学士千金，安抚了文官和学者们，纳富商家的碧玉，垂顾了势力日趋强大的商旅。也不能个个都那么有来头，个个都势均力敌，于是纳了夏妃。据说这个下级官员的女儿能得主上垂青，全因其脾气温和隐忍，态度贤惠朴拙，在帝都的闺门中都是大大出名的。 所以，后妃的选择虽然微妙，却是青王清任仔细剖析利弊之后，得出的最妥当的决定。所以朝野上下各派势力权衡之后，总算皆大欢喜，并无异议。 然而，另一桩事情，公然册封异族女子，却令人觉得过分。虽然看起来，只是个收买冰族遗民的怀柔手段，也足以使得大巫那一派的人生气了。大巫不可能忘记在天街上，那个女子公然的睥睨和挑衅。 何况早有传言，这个亡国公主，清任本来是想纳为后妃的。如果真的收入后宫，也算说得过去，毕竟清任的父亲武襄，就在四妃之外纳过无数被征服异族女子。 可是清任又不曾那么做。 外头议论纷纷。只有瑶瑶自己知道这是为什么。清任得不到她，也不放她自由。而她自己，只能选择沉默。 高唐庙的修缮工程已经完毕。领旨的那一日，天黑后，她趁夜启程。依旧坐了青布小车，离开短暂留居的苍梧苑，离开宫廷，顺着长长的天街，回到城北那个偏僻的角落里。 庙宇重修之后，显得气宇轩昂。院中树影婆娑，藤萝袅袅，奇花异草，香气扑鼻。惟一不曾改变的是那座黑塔，黑黢黢地站开一步之遥，独自兀立在铅沉的天空下，犹如一个经年喑哑的囚徒。她走回塔中，抬头仰望，塔顶窄小的那一方窗上，依旧有冷白的月，零落的星，还有辽远的风在缓缓泻下。 “公主，我们回来了。”青裙的傀儡从黑塔的阴影里走了出来，坐在她身边，握着她冰凉的手，低声诉说。 “是的，又只有我们两个了，薜荔。”瑶瑶喃喃道。 “公主，”傀儡的声音柔如流云，“我会一直在这里等待你，陪伴着你的等待。” 瑶瑶茫然地回头，看见了塔底通向地下室的那扇暗门，上面打着陈年的封印。她的心像被什么狠狠击中了，猛地抽了一下。然而另一个苍白的微笑却缓缓爬上她干涸的嘴角，勾出一个奇异的弧线。 而与此同时，夔宫中明烛高烧，人声鼎沸。青王的大婚典礼正在明霞殿中举行。 新后庆氏拂兰小姐，是个十八岁的少女。重重织锦的华服压着她瘦弱的肩膀，因为激动而苍白的脸上，浮着娇怯的陶醉的微笑。 清任拨开新娘的额发，细细打量她的容貌和神情，看过之后，又把她的头发原样放下，吩咐宫人扶了王后回宫去。 王后身后，跟随了四位花团锦簇的美人儿。她们一字儿排开，用少女轻盈的脚步，婷婷袅袅，一步步走入伫立在她们面前的那座宏大如海的宫廷中去。 恭贺的云钟一直飘荡在郢都的上方。清任坐在王座上，一动未动，一言不发。没有人知道他在想什么，甚至没有人看得出他思绪的点点端倪。他在掩藏自己的什么。新王后的父亲，首辅庆延年，把这一切看到了眼里，志得意满的心中，升起了一缕不安的烟雾。 后来的几十年中，有人会渐渐回忆起来——正是从大婚的那一日起，昔日光明磊落意气勃发的公子清任，变成了一个神秘莫测的阴郁男人，再无人能领会他的心意。 那时他眼里只有一片空虚，对着郢都上空的一如既往的冷月，发出悠长的叹息；“终于结束了。一切都结束了……”