Infinity Throne

"Senior brother, don't believe it." When Xia Xiaoman heard this reason, she breathed a sigh of relief. Her chest rose and fell. She pointed at Yi Lin's nose seriously: "That magic stick is deceiving you!"

Xia Xiaoman learned a lot of new vocabulary from Yi Lin.

The word "fool" is used here in an appropriate context.

But Yi Lin was a little puzzled, not to mention that this "magic stick" was actually unfounded.

To take a step back, he was really deceived by a magician. What does it have to do with you?

Since Xia Xiaoman has repeatedly confirmed that there is no person named "Xia Ruxue" in the Daqian Palace, Yi Lin can only put this doubt back in her heart for the time being and go to the Xia family's ancestral temple to check when she has time.

…

After the three of them settled down in Yingxue Pavilion, the news that Princess Daqian had "resurrected from the dead" and returned to Qingdu spread throughout the city overnight.

Many of the late emperor's concubines and relatives in the palace politely sent boxes of gift boxes.

Yi Lin opened it for Xia Xiaoman and saw that there were many types of congratulatory gifts in the gift boxes, including silk and satin, rare medicinal materials, exquisite swords, rouge and gouache, and precious jewelry.

Xia Xiaoman didn't have the habit of putting on makeup or dressing up, and was used to being poor. Moreover, at this time, the Daqian Dynasty was experiencing internal and external troubles, wars were raging outside, and the vassal king was revolting. No matter how many gifts she received, she could not be happy. She sat cross-legged in the middle of the brocade boxes piled up to one person's height, her eyebrows furrowed, and she looked depressed.

…

"Why did you shave your head and escape from Qingdu?"

Looking at the depressed junior sister who was sitting among the pile of gifts, Yi Lin casually sniffed and pinched the pile of precious medicinal materials, looking for medicinal materials that could be made into seasoning powder, and asked.

A master of soul cooking, Yilin is destined to pursue the pursuit of delicious food throughout her life.

Xia Xiaoman glared at his senior brother: "Senior brother, can you stop mentioning shaving your head?"

"Okay, I promise I will never mention you shaving your head again." Yi Lin nodded and agreed, "So, why did you shave your head in the first place?"

"..." Xia Xiaoman gritted his teeth, his golden elixir cultivation fluctuated, and he accidentally crushed a brocade box containing the Nanzhan Buzhou Night Pearl, shattering the box and the beads.

She then decided not to argue too much with this hateful senior brother, and explained the reason why she fled Qingdu in the first place.

"Three years ago, Xiaoman shaved his head...ah, bah, bah, bah, Xiaoman left Qingdu because..."

…

Speaking of which,

It was a dark and windy night for a month.

Xia Xiaoman was fast asleep in the deep palace.

A palace maid quietly slipped into Xia Xiaoman's Yingxue Pavilion, saying that she was a back-up left by the late emperor and wanted to take her away from Qingdu. Xia Xiaoman was unwilling at that time, but the palace maid was no ordinary person. She subdued Xia Xiaoman in an instant, climbed over the eaves and walls, and carried Xia Xiaoman to Ping'an Temple.

Xia Xiaoman didn't know the exact process. When she woke up again, the mysterious palace maid changed her clothes into a novice monk's clothes, shaved her head, and left Qingdu overnight with a group of monks.

On the way, Zen Master Ku Ye solemnly handed over the national treasure of the Daqian Dynasty, the Seal of the Human Emperor, to Xia Xiaoman's hands, and told Xia Xiaoman to take good care of it and never fall into the hands of others.

At this point, Yi Lin finally understood how Xia Xiaoman escaped from Qingdu with his head shaved four years ago. After pondering for a moment, Yi Lin wondered: "Wait a minute, how come the Seal of the Human Emperor is in the hands of Zen Master Ku Ye? ?”

"The Human Emperor's Seal?" Xia Xiaoman didn't seem to know the real name of the legendary item, and said strangely: "That's the Jade Seal of the Kingdom..."

"Okay, how could the Jade Seal of Zhenguo be in the hands of Zen Master Ku Ye?"

Xia Xiaoman shook her head, expressing her ignorance. In fact, when she received the Zhenguo Jade Seal from Zen Master Kuye after being shaved four years ago, she was also confused. Xia Xiaoman said: "Everyone, including me, believes that the Zhenguo Jade Seal was passed on to my younger brother Ji'er after the death of my father."

Hearing this, Yi Lin thought thoughtfully: "In other words, Zen Master Kuye will know something about the origin of the Zhenguo Jade Seal. It seems that it is necessary to go to Heian Temple."

By the way, you can also look up Wang Xiaohu, who has been away for four years, to see how he is doing now.

…

But I haven’t had time to go to Heian Temple yet.

Another strange thing happened in the palace.

The news that Princess Daqian had returned from the dead and returned to Qingdu should have spread throughout the palace and beyond.

But her brother, Xia Jisheng, never came to Yingxue Pavilion to visit her sister, leaving Xia Xiaoman alone in the palace.

This drying lasts for three days.

Whenever Xia Xiaoman asked to see Xia Jisheng, the right prime minister in charge of internal affairs would come to Yingxue Pavilion immediately and inform Xia Xiaoman that the war in Daqian was tense and Emperor Jisheng was inspecting the military camp and had no time to meet. The guest said so.

Later, Prime Minister You made several excuses, either he was reviewing memorials late at night and it was inappropriate to meet with the princess, or he was in poor health due to the cold and it was inappropriate to receive guests. It wasn't until later that Xia Xiaoman became anxious, but Prime Minister You said that Emperor Ji Sheng and the Queen Mother were not in Qingdu now and had secret and important matters to go out.

When Prime Minister Right, who had blocked Xia Xiaoman again, stepped out of the door, Jian Nanchun and Yi Lin looked at each other and said at the same time, "There's something fishy!"

Xia Xiaoman was not stupid, so she naturally realized that there must be something weird about Prime Minister Right's repeated obstructions. However, after she returned to the Qingdu Palace, she repositioned herself as the "eldest princess" in her words and deeds, and wanted to see her. When he was his younger brother, he always followed the procedures and reported in advance... so much so that Xia Xiaoman still hasn't been able to see his own brother.

The status of this "eldest princess" is in name only.

At the beginning, Yi Lin also thought that it would be better to follow the procedures according to the rules. The current Emperor Daqian still had to give some points to his face.

But after three days of drying, Yi Lin felt that she couldn't give him any more face.

"Do you still remember that when we were in the Black Wind Sand Sea, Li Qianqian said that the concubine Shu and the emperor who were in the Daqian Palace three years ago were fake?" Yi Lin thought of this matter.

Jian Nanchun, who was standing aside, frowned and interjected: "Isn't this human nature?"

"It's human nature. It's normal to find a substitute to stand in front of you to prevent fire, theft, and assassination. If I were the emperor, I might find more substitutes than him." Yi Lin said with a smile: "But now look Come on, this thing doesn’t seem that simple. Did you notice that the right prime minister’s reaction was a little strange the day Junior Sister came back?”

Xia Xiaoman was slightly startled: "Weird?"

Jian Nanchun lowered his head, his brows widening: "That's it! You are indeed Junior Brother Lin!"

Xia Xiaoman: "I said it's already this time, can you please stop playing riddles? I'm almost worried to death!"

Yi Lin explained: "Didn't you notice that on the day you came back, the Shenwu Army felt as if they had seen a ghost when they saw you along the way? After all, you were confirmed to be clinically dead three years ago. Maybe they will join forces. We’re all full.”

"So?" Xia Xiaoman still didn't understand the meaning of his senior brother's words.

Jiannanchun Yun smiled lightly: "But your right prime minister, he was too calm when he saw you."

…

There are a lot of problems at the moment.

Even Xia Xiaoman himself didn't know why he went down the mountain this time.

In the words of Jian Nanchun, the destruction of the Great Qian Dynasty and the change of dynasties are the general trend, and the stars have foreshadowed it. And can Xia Xiaoman, a mere golden elixir monk, stop this historical tide?

Jian Nanchun doesn't think so.

However, in addition to being a golden elixir monk from Tianjian Sect, Xia Xiaoman also has another identity, that is, the eldest princess of Daqian and the sister of the current emperor. From this level of status, it would be unjustifiable if she didn't do something.

After several discussions, Brother Lin Yi, who was still the most resourceful and insidious, gave the idea.

"Let's see, there's a war going on outside. That's the military's business and we have nothing to do with it. But as the saying goes, know your destiny, do your best, and do what you can. If you don't work hard, there will always be regrets. I have been back to Qingdu for three days. At present, There are three doubts before us. We can act separately and solve the problems before us first."

"First, I went to Ping'an Temple to find Zen Master Kuye and reminisce about the past with Xiaohu. By the way, I asked why Emperor Xia Yuan hid the Jade Seal of Zhenguo in advance and handed it to the junior sister four years ago;"

"Two, Brother Jian, go and find out what's wrong with Prime Minister Right;"

"Third, Junior Sister Xiaoman, it's easy here. Just go and find your brother. No matter if he is a substitute or not, we'll talk about him first."

Yi Lin temporarily figured out an idea, and Xia Xiaoman nodded repeatedly. Feeling that his messy head suddenly opened up, he suddenly became enlightened.

"But..." Xia Xiaoman asked a question: "I'm not good at investigating!"

Yi Lin looked at her junior sister in confusion, with four words written in her eyes: "Are you stupid?"

"When did I ask you to investigate honestly?"

"That……?"

"You are a golden elixir monk now! Don't always think of yourself as an ordinary person! Ask directly! Do you understand if you throw a stone to ask for directions? Do you understand if you draw a sword? The truth is within range, do you understand?"

"Ah?" Xia Xiaoman was dumbfounded when he heard it, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to make sense and there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

A simple and rough plan was drawn up in this way, without any twists and turns.

On that day,

At dusk, when Qingdu was covered with a layer of golden glow, Yi Lin came to Heian Temple alone.

There are many tall pine trees planted in the courtyard of Heian Temple. After the cold winter and early spring, many of the pine trees in the courtyard are now bald. From time to time, dry leaves fall down, and at the same time, new buds are growing stubbornly on the treetops. They are showing a coexistence of withering and rebirth.

Three monks, dressed in simple linen clothes, were cleaning the courtyard.

A monk with a handsome face came to Yi Lin. After first saying Amitabha, he asked Yi Lin why he came.

Yi Lin clasped her hands together and replied with a smile on her face: "Young master, please let us know that a friend has come from afar to see Zen Master Ku Ye."

"Zen Master Kuye..." What Yilin didn't expect was that when he mentioned the Buddhist title of Zen Master Kuye, the young monk lowered his eyebrows and sighed softly: "The donor came late. As early as three years ago, Kuye Zen Master Ye has passed away and has ascended to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss in the Western Heaven."