Hello Chang’an

Chapter 55 Statue of the Goddess

Xi'er nodded and whispered: "Ms. Qiao's eyes were injured five years ago."

five years ago?

That should be eleven years old.

Chang Sui Ning frowned slightly and asked, "How did you get hurt?"

"I fell off a horse, injured my head, and almost lost my life. I was in a coma for several days before I woke up... Because the injury was in the brain, the doctor gave me strong medicine to save my life, and I couldn't see when I woke up. ”

Xi'er said sadly: "The girl and the Qiao family grew up together. In the past two years, I cried so many times day and night because of this matter..."

She couldn't help but feel moved when she said this: "One time, the girl wanted to hold Mrs. Qiao and cry together. She said that even if her eyes were broken from crying together, it would be better to stay invisible with Mrs. Qiao."

I still remember that Mrs. Qiao held back her tears and said - I understand my sister's feelings, but the doctor said that I couldn't cry anymore because I really couldn't accompany my sister. My sister is free to cry without restraint.

The girl sobbed. It was boring to cry alone, and there was no way to be restrained, so she slowly stopped.

Chang Suining couldn't help but ask: "Is it really impossible to recover?"

Xi'er sighed: "The medical officer in the palace looked at it, and also looked at many doctors, but they were all helpless."

And speaking of recovery—

Xi'er couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Girl, have you felt that you have gotten better recently?"

Chang Suining: "Not at all."

Xi'er wrung her fingers: "But today is already half a month old..."

Chang Suining reacted for a moment, then thought of what he said the day he 'first met' Xi'er -

"Oh, that half-month period, I was talking nonsense."

She said that Xi'er was secretly counting on her fingers all day long.

Xi'er widened her eyes and said "Ah": "Girl, why is this?"

Chang Suining took a sip of tea and said, "I was afraid that you were related to the thing that harmed me that week, so I didn't dare to believe it, so I just said it casually to scare you, lest you tell lies to deceive me."

Xi'er: "..."

The girl is really honest!

Then I thought about it, since the girl chose to speak to her clearly at this time, doesn't it mean that after the girl lost her memory, she actually regained the girl's trust for the second time?

Well done, Xi'er, as expected of you!

And if you ask what the secret is, there are only three words - use your heart.

Xi'er clenched her fists, affirmed herself, and summarized her thoughts. She couldn't help but ask: "That girl's brain..."

Chang Suining said decisively: "It won't get better."

Listening to his girl's tone of "there is absolutely no room for salvation" and "completely giving up treatment", Xi'er hesitated for a moment and finally accepted this cruel reality.

…

In the Tiannv Pagoda, there is a white marble pool. In the center of the pool, there is a white jade statue, which is crystal clear, jade-like and moist, and seems real and illusory.

That statue is the statue of the "Goddess" enshrined in this tower.

"The Buddha said that the mystery of reincarnation is really difficult for me to understand. Even if I can't explain it clearly, can the gods and Buddhas in the sky give me some guidance...what should I do..."

The white-haired Holy Emperor raised his head slightly, looked at the colorful statues of gods and Buddhas painted on the walls of the square tower, and murmured to himself: "When will my son return..."

There was silence in the pagoda, except for the soft sound of the water flowing in the pool. No one, not even gods or Buddhas, responded to the emperor's prayers.

The eyes of the Holy Emperor slowly lowered and fell on the statue of the goddess again.

The originally flawless white jade statue now had a striking crack on its neck.

Cui Jing looked at the crack and heard Master Wujue reciting "Amitabha" beside him.

Mingluo's eyes were always fixed on the face of the goddess sculpture. It was clearly a jade carving in front of him, but it was also lifelike. The carving was meticulous down to every strand of hair. After being worshiped with incense for many years, it seemed to have a soul, which was evocative. When you see this image, you feel like you are really seeing a gorgeous, noble and stubborn young woman standing tall, neither humble nor arrogant, looking down at all living beings like them without sadness or joy.

But so what if it's good?

In the end, there was only a cold jade statue left.

Mingluo lowered his eyes calmly and looked at his reflection in the pool.

As she had done countless times when she looked in the mirror, she slightly raised her cold eyebrows and flattened the corners of her lips silently, making her expression even more calm and indifferent.

The water ripples moved slightly, shaking the reflection, and she just raised her eyes again.

After half an hour, the Holy Book Emperor walked out of the Heavenly Girl Tower.

Officials waiting outside greeted him and saluted.

The only trace of touch disappeared from the face of the Holy Emperor who came out of the tower. Only the solemn and solemn attitude of the emperor remained, and he led his ministers to the back hall to discuss matters.

Mingluo was told to go to the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette to arrange and check the matters of tomorrow's blessing ceremony, so he stayed here and paid homage to the holy driver before he left.

When she straightened up, she subconsciously looked to her side and saw that Cui Jing had disappeared.

"Nv Shi, do you think... is the magic circle in the Heavenly Maid Tower here really useful?" Min Luo's confidant female envoy who had been following him for many years asked quietly. Mingluo frowned slightly: "Don't discuss this matter arbitrarily."

The female envoy hurriedly calmed down and said, "My servant knows that I was wrong."

Min Luo raised his feet and walked forward, hearing the ringing of the copper bell hanging high on the tower behind him, and a trace of sarcasm flashed in his eyes.

A person has been dead for many years and his body has long been turned into bones. How can he talk about resurrection?

As a wise aunt, how could she not know that this so-called magic circle is just a delusion... In the final analysis, it is just to make up for the debt in her heart.

This tower was not built for the "Goddess", but for the aunt's heart that could not break through the confusion of reconciliation.

So what about the ninety-five-year-old? After all, my aunt is still old, and she is also lonely in the highest position, so she is so trapped in the past, and the trace of family ties in the past that she gave up and cut off with her own hands.

This is a good thing—

Mingluo looked forward.

At least for her, it was the best thing.

…

After riding all the way to the temple, after half a day of busy arrangements, by the afternoon, most of the officials and their families were tired, so they stayed in the Zen room to rest and prepare for tomorrow's prayer ceremony.

As a result, apart from the monks and the officials and palace people who were preparing for the ceremony, there were very few people wandering around the temple.

In the bamboo forest behind a monastery, a woman's cold and sarcastic words could be heard.

"Master Lang has not been home for a long time. If he didn't come here with me, it would be difficult to see Master Lang... If he didn't know, he would have thought that Master Lang had another family and children outside the house."

The man's tone was restrained: "Yesterday's death of the Qin family has been recorded in our hearts, so why should Madam still act like she was deeply harmed by my Yao family."

"What does Qin's death have to do with me? She has hired so many doctors in the past few years, and she died of a long illness without any medicine or stone... Even if she is to blame, it is only because of her unlucky destiny!"

Mrs. Pei's cheeks trembled slightly due to excitement: "Master Lang is settling this account for her and me, but my dignified eldest daughter of Mr. Pei has lived like this, and all the concubines in the clan are a hundred times more honorable than me! Who should I go to collect this debt from?"

Their eyes met, Yao Yi's jaw tightened, and after a moment, he said word by word: "From the beginning to the end, the only thing that is disgraceful is your heart. Mrs. Pei, I didn't force you to 'marry' into the Yao family. ”

Hearing what he said, Mrs. Pei's eyes turned red with anger: "Yao Yi, you are supported by me, Mrs. Pei. If I ruin my life for you, it will be difficult for me to have any heirs... Why do you blame me!"

Yao Yi looked at her intently: "Not long after you gave birth to Ran'er, because you were too suspicious, you repeatedly suspected that I was having an affair with the maid in the mansion. Regardless of the fact that you had just given birth, you led someone to break into my study while I was not in the mansion. You lynched the female envoy to establish your authority in front of all the female envoys in the palace... You got the root of the disease because of your suspicion, anger, and postpartum illness. You can't blame others!"

"You use this as a reason to put all the responsibility on me, and you repeatedly mention it in front of Ran'er. You keep saying that it was because of giving birth to her that you ended up in this situation. You wish you could make her feel guilty and uneasy all the time-"

"Over the years, you have maintained your identity as the daughter of the Pei family and done everything you can to maintain your prestige in the house. Everyone has bowed to you and tolerated you in every possible way, but you are still not satisfied... You must know that the Yao family has never owed you anything!"

After Yao Yi finished speaking, he took a deep breath and calmed down: "After many years of marriage, I think I have never wronged you. I will say this today. If you are still stubborn and treat my Yao family as your enemy, then Why don't we just say goodbye and you can return to your Pei family and be your eldest daughter?"

Mrs. Pei was shocked and looked at him in disbelief: "What did you say?"

Does he want to reconcile with her? !

Is he going to kick her away? !

She almost gritted her teeth: "Yao Yi, you are an ungrateful person who burns bridges by crossing rivers! Why do you... I am the Pei family's daughter, and my father is the head of the Pei family. Why do you dare!"

Yao Yi closed his eyes, said no more, turned around and left unbearably.

Seeing his figure disappearing outside the bamboo forest, the servant woman stepped forward to support the trembling Pei: "Madam, Mrs. Qin just died, you should not have another conflict with Master Lang..."

"Didn't you hear?" Mrs. Pei's eyes were cold: "He actually wanted to reconcile with me... Sure enough, he planned to take the illegitimate daughter back! He was afraid that I would treat him and his sweetheart It’s not good for my daughter!”

"Don't even think about it...don't even think about him getting what he wants!"

"Okay, he feels that he is great now... Then I want to take a closer look to see if he has some skills and whether he can protect that little bitch!"

…

Yao Yi walked out of the bamboo forest path and calmed down. As soon as he stepped onto the corridor paved with green bricks, he saw a man wearing a military officer's official robe walking not far ahead.

He recognized the person, his expression straightened, and he stepped forward to greet him: "General Chang."

"Yao Tingwei." Chang Kuo was a little surprised to meet this person here. He raised his hand and returned the salute with a calm expression on his face, but he was cursing in his heart -

If you can't even control your own mother-in-law, how can you be a minister of Dali Temple and investigate a stupid case? Just pack it up and go home to pick out the excrement!

Then he took another look at the opponent's typical literary figure - he couldn't win even if he was picking shit!

"I guess this is the husband of your house, right?" Yao Tingwei looked at Chang Sui'an beside Chang Kuo.

Chang Kuo nodded: "It's Quan Zi."

Yao Yi considered it for a moment, then asked as if chatting: "Is your young master the only one to accompany you to this blessing ceremony?"

"That's not true. Chang also has a daughter, and she is here this time." Chang Kuo said, looking at the fork in the road ahead, he immediately smiled: "What a coincidence, it just came as expected -"

Chang Sui'an hurriedly waved: "Sister, it's over here!"

Yao Yi looked over immediately.

A chapter of three thousand words, please praise me for my diligence!

(I saw everyone’s messages in the last chapter, but I was too anxious to write them down so I didn’t reply to them one by one. Don’t worry, everyone, I’m not sunny at the moment. The reason why I’ve been drowsy and asleep all day is most likely because I’m addicted to pigs!)

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