It seemed that it was snowing again outside the house.

Snowflakes fell on the roof, as if someone was murmuring in his ears. These sounds were so clear in my ears, but they seemed very far away, and there was an indescribable strange feeling.

I don’t know how long it took, but I looked up at Yan Wuyu. I felt that under the candlelight, under the snow-white hair, my young face looked extremely charming, as if it was a monster transformed from ice and snow, saying completely unreliable words to me.

Looking at my eyes, he smiled calmly and said, "You don't believe it."

I closed my mouth and didn't say anything.

I can't say I don't believe it. Since I started looking for the truth about my mother, too many people and things have pointed to this imperial city. From the time I found this jade plaque at the Tie Family Money House, I have already vaguely realized that as the mistress of the Yan family in Xichuan, she has a lot of connections with the royal family.

However, when this character was confirmed, I became a little dazed.

Supreme Emperor, Pei Ji?

The former Supreme Master of Nine Five who has been unconscious and wasted his time in the deep palace.

I suddenly realized that I really knew too little about this person. Although I and his sons were involved in many twists and turns, and had been poisoned and unconscious in coma, and stayed by his side to serve him in the most difficult time, I really had no idea of ​​getting to know him. This emperor, who was always pale and thin, practiced Taoism and alchemy in the deep palace for many years.

He and my mother...

Looking at my pale face, Yan Wuyu smiled calmly again and said, "You can't believe it, right?"

I was silent for a long time before I finally found a little of my rationality. I looked up at him, and I was still a little confused: "Why?"

"Why?"

Yan Wuyu seemed a little stunned when it came to this question, pondered for a while, and then looked at me with a smile: "If you want to tell me why, I have never really asked for questions. However, from a worldly perspective, a man wants to protect a woman and protect her from his father's hands, probably the second answer is difficult to come by."

“…”

I fell silent.

It turned out that what I had guessed before was that the jade plaque issued by Emperor Gao protected my mother, but it was actually wrong. Pei Ji, the one who really wanted to protect her, and the reason why he wanted to protect her was because Emperor Gao wanted it, or it might hurt my mother.

This - was completely beyond my expectations.

I was silent for a while, and said with a little disbelief, "The Supreme Emperor - to my mother..."

How could these two people who are thousands of miles apart and even completely in a hostile camp?

The snow seemed to be more anxious.

It may also be that Xue Luo was anxious, but that my heartbeat and breathing were all disordered at this moment, which made me feel a little at a loss. I wonder how long I had been silent, so I looked up at the flashing flame on the candlestick in front of me. Looking at the other side of the flame, Yan Wuyu's smiling and bottomless eyes, and said solemnly: "So, who is Taoist priest?"

He raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at me.

"The Taoist priest doesn't know who my mother is, what about the Taoist priest himself?"

“…”

"You have been in contact with the Supreme Emperor. You can propose to the High Emperor to cast a jade plaque for exemption from crime. You have been by the Supreme Emperor over the years. Who are you, Taoist priest?"

Yan Wuyu looked at my focused eyes and said with a smile: "It seems that if I don't give Miss Yan an explanation today, I'm afraid this matter will be difficult."

I also smiled: "It was also the Taoist priest who came to me for tea."

He smiled and nodded, picked up the teacup and took a sip, and then said, "If you want to talk about it, you are just a Taoist priest."

My brows frowned.

"But," he said: "It happened that the Supreme Emperor wanted to enter the Tao, but happened to be chosen as the Taoist."

"The Supreme Emperor intends to enter the Tao? He wants to become a monk?"

“That’s right.”

"Why?"

Yan Wuyu thought about it, but did not answer me directly, and said slowly: "If anyone in this world wants to escape the great pain in his heart, there are three ways: one is to wipe the neck with one knife, and one is to eliminate it, to escape, and to rely on hope in the next life, or even to be reborn."

Hearing this sentence, I sneered.

If you can't even grasp the present life well, how can you rely on your hopes for the next life or even rebirth?

A person's character and means determine the fate of this life. If you can live well, why wait until the next life to go well? Change your life is just a change of your own ignorance and continue your unfinished pain in this life.

Yan Wuyu looked at me: "It seems that Miss Yan does not agree with this approach."

I nodded lightly.

He smiled: "The second type is to endure the pain in his heart and change his present life."

This time, I didn't say anything.

After just being silent for a moment, I said, "The third type is to become a monk?"

"good."

"So, was the Supreme Emperor trying to enter the Tao because he felt great pain in his heart?"

Yan Wuyu nodded: "In my opinion, this is indeed the case."

"What makes him so painful?"

"The slaughter of the imperial court, and the blood of Yangzhou flowed into a river."

I was stunned for a moment.

It was actually for the massacre of the imperial court in Yangzhou that the Supreme Emperor was so in pain that he wanted to become a monk and enter the Tao?

Isn’t he the son of Emperor Gao? He followed Emperor Gao from the grassland to fight south and north, entered the Central Plains, and was eventually crowned as the crown prince and ascended the throne. Such a person actually wanted to become a monk because of the massacre of the city in Yangzhou, and even abandoned the royal wealth and glory?

Looking at me with some confusion and even disbelief, Yan Wuyu smiled faintly and said, "It seems that Miss Yan's practice is just like this. In this world, saints and beasts are just different from their skins. What's more, that great scholar has not always been educated. People have four aspects of hearts and everyone has compassion. Why can't the Supreme Emperor have compassion for the corpses everywhere in Yangzhou City?"

I was slightly stunned, and I was a little ashamed when I met his eyes.

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Yan Wulu smiled faintly.

Speaking of which, although Pei Ji was not diligent when he was emperor, his methods were indeed very gentle. He had few political achievements. Compared with Emperor Gao's battles and his son Pei Yuanhao's drastic reform policies, he seemed so gentle and gentle, and even felt almost ignored.

This is related to his constant practice in the deep palace.

Yan Wuyu continued, "But at that time, when Emperor Gao ascended the throne, he was immediately enthroned as the crown prince. How could Emperor Gao allow his son, the crown prince of the dynasty, to become a monk and enter the Tao?"

I sighed softly.

Once upon a time, I also blamed others. Even as the eldest daughter of the Yan family, I could not control my own life. But it seemed that compared to the Supreme Emperor, my inability to dominate my own life is too unimportant. As the crown prince and the crown prince of the country, he could not control his own life.

Yan Wugui said: "Although he was unable to become a monk, he has been devoted to practicing Taoism, and I have always followed the Supreme Emperor."

I looked at his calm pupils and felt a little moved for a moment.

He refused to say where his master came from, nor did he reveal what his identity he was back then. This made me always feel resentful, but from his practice and the ability to practice the method of sacrificing stars and resusciting life, it can be seen that he must have been a Taoist priest with virtue and Taoism back then, otherwise he would not have been attracted by Pei Ji, who was the prince, and he would have followed him to become a monk and enter the Tao.

Moreover, now that I think about it, I understand a little why Pei Ji didn’t seem very diligent when he was emperor.

He was a Taoist practitioner, believed in Huang Lao and emphasized inaction. When Emperor Gao entered the Central Plains to fight south and north, almost put the entire Central Plains in dire straits. After the war, all industries withered, people's livelihoods withered, and even a miserable scene of no one inhabited thousands of miles. The people changed their children and ate them. In that case, the implementation of inaction and governance could indeed allow the people to recuperate and live.

But - pitiful Jiangnan.

I was silent for a while, and then said, "The Taoist priest proposed to cast this jade plaque for my mother. What's going on with that gold plaque for exemption?"

Yan Wuyu glanced at me.

At that glance, I was a little confused because his eyes were a little confused. I couldn't help but feel a little moved: "What's wrong?"

Is there anything wrong with me asking?

Yan Wulu smiled: "Miss Yan, I only said that this jade plaque was cast by me, but that gold medal has nothing to do with me."

"What?"

He smiled faintly and said, "The jade plaque for exemption was indeed issued by Emperor Gao, but in his entire life, Emperor Gao only gave this jade plaque for exemption. The gold plaque for exemption was cast by the Supreme Emperor many years later."

"Ah?" I was shocked and it turned out that the two exact same exemption cards were not made by the same person.

One was promulgated by the Emperor Gao, and the other was promulgated by the Emperor Supreme.

Yan Wuyu said, "That gold medal, you have seen it in the Juma River Valley. When Empress Zhao Lie entered the palace, she was named the queen. The Supreme Emperor ordered the casting of this gold medal for her, but the gold medal could be exempted from the murder, but it could not avoid the disaster she had killed."

My heart was heavy and I said, "Then, then, was the gold medal given to Queen Yin?"

He nodded.

Later - of course I also knew that the gold medal was given to her by Pei Yuanxiu, and because of that, I escaped in the Juma River Valley.

If we talk about it, although this gold medal has been sold for several people, it is natural and there is nothing worth exploring.

Only a little.

If the Supreme Emperor asked to cast this jade plaque for exemption from crime to protect my mother from being harmed by Emperor Gao, then what about the gold plaque for exemption?
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