As the saying goes, "Fist is afraid of being young." It is normal for a master in the martial arts world to be unable to beat his disciples, but now this situation... it is obviously a bit like teasing people with martial arts...

Ning Yuhe stood with her eyes narrowed for a moment, but didn't see anything from Xu Buling's expression, so she nodded and smiled:

"Ling'er, your body seems to have recovered well... I have nothing to teach you as a teacher..."

He said that, he turned around and left.

Xu Buling knew that he might have angered Master Bai, so he stepped forward to block his way:

"What teaches Taoism is the 'Tao'. I have a good understanding since I was a child, so I can't beat me for granted. Master doesn't have to take it to heart."

“…”

Ning Yuhe pursed her lips. Although she said that, when she was a master, she felt embarrassed when she was beaten by her apprentice...

After thinking for a while, Ning Yuhe slowly calmed down and suppressed the tide in his heart, but his legs still felt a slight pain. He could not raise his mind to teach the teachings for the time being, but he just said softly:

"You have read it once, practice it yourself first, and I will take the exam for you in a few days."

"OK."

Xu Buling nodded seriously, raised his hand and threw it lightly, inserted the bamboo branches into the bamboo forest, and walked towards the eaves of the house:

"Master, you come to the capital to find Xiao Ning...Sister, what else is there to do?"

After Ning Yuhe came to the capital, she had not had a serious chat with Xu Buling. After thinking about it, she walked to the stool under the eaves to sit down, rubbed her thighs that were painful with her hands, and said softly:

"It's nothing... I was going to find an old friend to thank him, but unfortunately I disappeared a few days ago... I wanted to go to Queen Cui's tomb to visit the grave during Qingming Festival. You were injured again at that time, and you didn't go... I could only wait for Dragon Boat Festival..."

Xu Buling was a little surprised and sat in a wheelchair and made tea slowly:

"Master and Queen Cui know each other?"

Ning Yuhe rubbed her tight thighs, and a trace of gloom flashed through her eyes:

"The Cui family is also in Youzhou, and they are not far away from each other, so they naturally know each other..."

Xu Buling was a little curious: "By the way, why did the master escape marriage back then? He heard rumors that his master was a hero of the world and was used to traveling around the world, so he didn't want to enter the palace?"

Ning Yuhe turned his head and looked at the majestic Chang'an outside the mountain. After a moment of silence, he shook his head and chuckled softly:

"The phoenix crown has been sent to the gate. I have to marry even if I don't want to marry. I can't make the decision. Although I like the freedom of the world, I'm not stupid. I've escaped from the imperial family's marriage, but I won't end up being a queen. And I don't treat me badly..."

“…”

Xu Buling was stunned, raised his head and frowned slightly: "Why did Master escape from marriage?"

Ning Yuhe hesitated for a while, and a little sadness appeared on her face. She picked up the teacup and took a sip:

"There are old things, and if you tell them, you will cause death... But you are the prince of Prince Su, and it will not have any effect when you hear them. Just don't spread it..."

When Xu Buling heard this, he realized that something was wrong and nodded:

"Someone forced the master to escape from marriage?"

Ning Yuhe recalled for a while: "I am the lady of the second wife of the Tang family. My mother was originally a wanderer in the world. Later, she married the second uncle of the Tang family as a concubine and gave birth to me..."

Xu Buling frowned and thought: "Didn't the Tang family say that the master is the legitimate daughter of the head of the Tang family? The concubine's daughter is not qualified to be the queen. With the status of the Tang family, if it were not for the reputation of Xuan and Bakui, it would be a bit forced to become the queen..."

Ning Yuhe sighed with a sigh of relief: "If the legitimate wife is born, as long as the Tang family doesn't say it, who can figure it out... After the late emperor re-established the strings, the great families of 'Xiao Lu, Cui, Li' and other aristocratic families actually had their intentions. The Tang family naturally wanted to fly up to the branch and turn into a phoenix, and ascend to relatives with the Song family...

...When Empress Xiao entered Xuan and Bakui, the other families were not easy to fight, so the Cui family made a noise and led Xu Danqing to the peach blossom forest of Cui's family in Youzhou... Otherwise, Xu Danqing would be a gangster in the rivers and lakes, and even a hundred lives would not be able to break into the Cui family's gate..."

Xu Buling nodded. In fact, he had long speculated about this. This was just like Xu Danqing was drunk and ran into Prince Su's mansion. Unless the guests who were kept were blind, it would be impossible to spread the story of accidentally entering the Peach Blossom Forest after drinking.

"... Later, after Cui Xiaowan became famous, the Tang family was also moved to the point of seeing the Cui family's behavior. Unfortunately, Tang Jiao's daughters were not very good, so they chose among the descendants of the other departments and found me...

...I was only fourteen at that time, and no one cared about it. I was wandering around like a boy. I was found by the Tang family and taught me for a long time. Then I went to great lengths to let Xu Danqing and I "meet" once, and then I had the saying, "It's hard for women in the world to be painted anymore."

Xu Buling picked up the teacup and took a sip: "Then he fought for the position of the queen. The Cui and Tang families had never competed for the Xiao family in Huainan. Unfortunately, Xiao Xianger had just entered the palace and the late emperor passed away. When the son ascended the throne today, he would choose the queen again?"

Ning Yuhe nodded and sighed softly:

"At that time, the youngest daughter of the Xiao family had already entered the palace, so the second lady naturally could not enter the palace to be the new emperor and queen, and then her seniority would be in chaos. The legitimate daughters of the other families were not suitable for ages and had no fame. The only ones who were qualified to be queens were Cui Xiaowan and me..."

Xu Buling thought for a while: "The Cui family has been passed down for hundreds of years, and it is much higher than the Tang family, a half-martial and half-general family. In the end, I chose the Tang family because of his master's reputation as the "No. 1 Beauty"?"

Ning Yuhe shook her head and smiled: "I don't know either. It may be related to my reputation... At that time, I was ready to go to Beijing and had everything packed up, just waiting for the wedding envoy to come to the door... Unexpectedly, when the wedding envoy was about to arrive, Cui Xiaowan's guard ran over and told me that the Cui family members wanted to kill me and asked me to run away quickly..."

"Um?"

Xu Buling was stunned and sat upright slightly, making a little puzzled: "The people from the Cui family are here to inform you and ask you to escape from marriage? Master, do you believe it?"

Ning Yuhe sighed with a sigh: "At that time, Cui Xiaowan's death warrior came secretly and said, 'Miss asked you to leave quickly, the Cui family sent someone to take your life'. I hesitated for a while, and the killer really came. It was the death warrior who protected me and ran out...

... Later, I was chased for a few days. When I heard the news, the wedding team had already changed directions to the Cui family. The people from the Tang family missed the opportunity to become successful and were naturally angry. They thought I was escaping from marriage and sent someone to chase me. I was going home to explain... But in order to protect me, my mother ran to the Tang family to plead for mercy, but was actually killed by the Tang family..."

Speaking of this, Ning Yuhe's eyes turned red and showed a little hatred: "Later, he naturally didn't go back and even killed the Tang family... It was not until the emperor of that day that he asked for a safe place in Changqing Temple. Of course, he didn't dare to say this, otherwise the Cui family would have killed all the people..."

Xu Buling nodded and thought for a while: "Cui Xiaowan is kind-hearted, but a pity... She died of illness after entering the palace a few years ago. These aristocratic families did not do human affairs in order to fight for power and profit..."

Ning Yuhe sighed with a sigh of relief: "Yes... Cui Xiaowan is also in Youzhou. After becoming famous, I actually secretly met several times... She had a dead soldier who was very loyal to her. She was very introverted and hid when she saw outsiders. She never came out of the Taohua Forest in Dalian since childhood. She was like the canary in the cage. She was not used to changing places, so naturally... Alas~ The dead soldier who escorted me at that time heard that Cui Xiaowan had entered the palace on the way and wanted to force me to take me back and exchange Cui Xiaowan back... It's a pity that the matter has been foregone conclusion, so where can I get it back. If it weren't for saving me, Miss Cui could actually let the dead soldier take her away... Who knows..."

Xu Buling frowned slightly: "Was that dead soldier later entered the palace?"

Ning Yuhe nodded: "The survivors who were raised were isolated and trained since childhood. They should have no feelings and only obey orders and will not make decisions on their own... But the survivor obviously had his own thoughts. After learning that Cui Xiaowan entered the palace, the survivor could not exchange Cui Xiaowan back, so he followed him into the palace and never showed up since then...

...This time I went to Beijing to look for Qingye, and I also wanted to meet and thank you, and to worship Xiaowan's tomb... It's a pity that I didn't find anyone, I heard that I was missing..."

Xu Buling took a breath and raised his hand to rub his forehead: "After entering the palace, the dead soldier was taken over by Eunuch Jia for his adopted son, and changed his name to Jia Yi?"

Ning Yuhe put down the teacup and nodded: "I heard that yes... When I saw the dead soldier, he was only in his early twenties and was quite handsome. He cared about Cui Xiaowan very much. When he learned about Cui Xiaowan's entry into the palace, he even scolded the head of the Cui family and... By the way!"

Ning Yuhe seemed to remember something and said in confusion: "He also scolded King Yan Song Yu, saying, "He said 'No faith, a bullshit gentleman...'. At that time, I was young and didn't know who Song Yu was. I only realized later..."

Xu Buling recalled the teacher in the Imperial College and was a little confused: "What are you scolding King Yan? What does the relationship between King Yan and this matter?"

Ning Yuhe shook her head: "I don't know, but Song Yu gave up the throne and should have been a vassal in Youzhou, but he didn't go there later. It is logical that he had never seen Xiaowan..."

“…”

Xu Buling leaned on the wheelchair, frowned and thought for a moment, nodded...—

Last winter month.

The cold wind is blowing, and there is no vitality in the bare peach blossom forest.

The scroll hangs on the peach branch, the cardamom girl wearing a deserted dress was trotting in the forest where peach blossoms were blooming, and turned around and showed half of her face, with a little panic.

"Who are you... don't draw me...I'm angry..."

The lingering sound echoed in my ears, as if I had returned to the peach blossom forest in Youzhou.

Jia Yi, wearing a white scholar's robe, had a bit of old age on his face. He gently stroked his fingers across the scroll, and had been in a state of excitement for a long time. A faint sigh rang out loud:

"Miss, you shouldn't have entered the palace..."

Step on

Steps sounded outside the courtyard. Song Yu, who had turned back from Wenquyuan, closed the courtyard gate and sat down in the teahouse again.

White mist appeared in the teapot on the small stove, and there was only a slight sound of "puff" in the courtyard.

Jia Yi stared at the scroll for a long time before turning around and walking into the teahouse, picked up the slightly cool teacup and took a sip:

"The Cui family wanted to send the lady to the palace to be the queen, but the lady didn't want to. The prince once sent a letter to the lady, saying that he would not choose a lady... He had broken his promise once, why did I believe you?"

Song Yu looked at the teapot in front of him, shook his head and sighed softly:

"Xiaowan said she didn't want to be the queen, and I didn't even want the throne. Isn't that enough?"

Jia Yi shook his head and his voice was plain: "Breaking your promise is breaking your promise. You promised that you would not choose the lady of the Cui family as the queen. The lady also treated you as a friend and always thanked you very much. He said that he would wait for you to be a vassal of Youzhou and take you to see the peach blossoms... Do you think that if you plant a peach blossom forest here and accompany your portraits all day long, the lady will be moved by you? The lady was dying of illness in the palace and didn't want to see you..."

Song Yu raised his hand and stopped Jia Yi's words. His eyes were a little sad, but his voice became a little harder:

"I, Song Yu, never broke my promise. I gave up the throne and wanted to be a idle prince in Youzhou. I just made a promise... But I didn't expect that some things would be much easier to deal with when I sat on that dragon throne. If I gave up, I could only obey others. It was not that I didn't want to fulfill the contract, but that I couldn't...

... At that time, I went through a lot of hardships to convince the royal family to choose Miss Tang, but Miss Tang escaped the marriage. The Cui family took advantage of the situation and sent Xiaowan to the palace. The wedding envoy had already arrived in Youzhou. The emperor took the opportunity to take it. What can I do?"

Jia Yi's eyes were indifferent: "Then what do you want to do with my life now? Get your throne back?"

Song Yu poured a cup of tea and looked at the tea leaves rotating in the cup: "I never take the throne seriously... Xiaowan's death is the crime of the emperor's brother and the Cui family. If you want to avenge Xiaowan, I want to, but I can't avenge you alone, and I need a knife."

Jia Yi snorted softly: "After the matter is done, can you go down and apologize to the lady?"

Song Yu turned his fingers into the teacup and said calmly: "After the matter is done, I will pass the throne on to the emperor's son. I didn't want that chair back then, and I won't want it now."

"Why don't you choose Xu?"

"The Xu family is stationed in Qianyang Pass, and from Qianyang Pass to Chang'an, only 300 miles. Since the Western Liang Iron Cavalry can reach the city for three days, it is a big problem for my Song family. The emperor's brother used the Dragon Locking Gu to poison Xu Buling to eliminate future troubles, but unfortunately the failure became a deadlock. Xu Buling still has the power of fighting. As long as he takes action, I can take rebellion and slash the military power of the Xu family, which can be regarded as asking me Song family for comfort."

Jia Yi picked up the teacup and took a sip: "It is hard for ordinary people to predict the assassination of Xu Buling, and he will fail?"

Song Yu raised his head and said in a deep voice: "That's true, but the evidence has been destroyed by the emperor's brother. You need to spend your life to make Xu Buling believe that the Dragon Locking Gu that the Wolf Guard took from the palace back then."

"Even if things are done, the ones who inherited the throne should be several young princes. If you don't sit on the dragon throne, how can you destroy the Cui family?"

"The emperor's brother values ​​literature and suppresses military affairs. He has been suppressing military officers since he ascended the throne. Liu Pingyang, Han Zhongyu and other generals have long been dissatisfied, but because the Xiao and Lu families are in a difficult position to speak... After the matter is completed, they will support me to take the throne."

Jia Yi was silent for a moment, nodded, and put down the teacup in his hand:

"In ancient times, most of those who call true gentlemen were villains... I only have the fate of the emperor and the Cui family. As for whether you are emperor or not, how long will you be emperor, my lady and I will not care about it."

After saying that, Jia Yi stood up and turned his head to look at the picture hanging on the peach blossom tree. The cold wind blew by and the figure had disappeared in the yard...
Chapter completed!