Chapter 653 The Birth of the Emperor’s Eldest Daughter
Gu Xu listened silently to Xiao Wanjun’s narration and felt that this situation was quite strange.
All signs indicate that Xiao Wanjun is indeed blessed with great luck.
Because of this, she has shown extraordinary talents in learning and understanding Taoism, and she is able to control the imperial seal of the Da Qi Dynasty as a mortal.
Emperor Tian Xing left state affairs to her, perhaps not just because she was extremely intelligent and good at governing.
There was probably also luck considerations in placing her at the center of power.
After all, to a certain extent, she can be regarded as a human-shaped national seal.
Logically speaking, after the demise of the Daqi Dynasty, the national destiny she blessed should gradually dissipate.
But probably because she signed a road contract with Gu Xu, this luck continued in her, and she even formed a bond with Xin Dynasty that cannot be ignored.
“But a ‘son of luck’—no, a ‘daughter of luck’—has no talent for cultivation,” Gu Xu secretly sighed, “This is something that has never been seen in ancient books. ! ”
Just as Gu Xu was deep in thought, Jiang Zhaoyue's spiritual voice suddenly sounded in his mind again: "Emperor, do you still need the power of 'secret' authority? If your affairs have been finished, you can continue to tell me "The story of the White Snake and the Green Snake?"
Gu Xu looked up towards the lake and saw the silver dragon's purple eyes staring at him.
"I just talked about-" he started.
“——You mentioned that Fahai deceived Xu Xian into being put under house arrest in Jinshan Temple. In order to save her husband, Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing went to fight with Fahai and flooded Jinshan Temple with floods, hurting many innocent people. Creatures." Jiang Zhaoyue said impatiently.
"Okay, then I will continue," Gu Xu said, "Bai Suzhen's move violated the laws of heaven. After she gave birth to the child, she was taken into the alms bowl by Fahai and suppressed under the Leifeng Pagoda..."< br>
Gu Xu stood under the shade of the trees by the lake and told the story.
The silver dragon floated on the water, its tail swaying gently, listening attentively, its heartstrings tightly pulled by the fate of the characters in the story.
On the other hand, Xiao Wanjun felt like an outsider.
She felt that she should leave immediately, return to the study, and continue to improve the skills according to His Majesty's instructions.
However, even though she had not heard the first half of the story, she was still deeply attracted by the wonderful content told by Gu Xu.
On the one hand, she marveled that there were folklore stories in the world that she had never heard of; on the other hand, she was also very curious about whether there would be a happy ending between White Snake and Xu Xian.
"If you want to listen, just stay here and listen." Gu Xu noticed her hesitation and smiled slightly at her.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" she said gratefully.
After Gu Xu finished telling the story, Jiang Zhaoyue was still immersed in the ups and downs of emotions for a long time, unable to extricate herself.
She was in a daze for a while and asked Gu Xu: "Is the speech finished?"
"That's it." Gu Xu replied.
"But you only talked about the ending of White Snake, saying that her son won the first prize and later worshiped his mother in front of the pagoda, and finally rescued her mother and reunited the family of three. But you did not tell the ending of Xiaoqing." Jiang Zhaoyue's purple eyes Hitomi stared straight at him, seemingly dissatisfied with this.
Gu Xu thought for a while and said: "I heard this story from hearsay. I have heard several different versions of Xiaoqing's ending.
"In one version , Xiaoqing followed the Bodhisattva to practice, became the Bodhisattva's fairy boy, and never married.
“In another version, in order to save her sister, she practiced hard and finally became a real dragon. She drank all the water of the West Lake for her sister, so that her sister could leave Lei Feng Tower.
"There is also a version that Xiao Qing also married Xu Xian, became Xu Xian's concubine, and had a son with Xu Xian, named Xu Rulin, whose courtesy name was Menglong. Xu Rulin was two years younger than White Snake's son Xu Shilin, and the two They are Jinshi in the same discipline."
Before Gu Xu finished speaking, Jiang Zhaoyue interjected emotionally: "A pair of snake demon sisters with such profound spiritual skills are willing to work together with one husband? A mortal without cultivation? This sounds incredible!”
When Jiang Zhaoyue listens to stories, he always likes to put his emotions into the protagonist.
When she heard about a pair of snake monsters with long lifespans, profound cultivation, few rivals in the world, and stunning looks, she couldn't help but put herself and her sister into them.
When others listen to this story, they may only pay attention to the bumpy love between White Snake and Xu Xian.
But Jiang Zhaoyue was different.
Perhaps because she has some similar personality traits to Xiao Qing, she paid special attention to the innocent, lively, naughty and fun Xiao Qing, so she asked Gu Xu specifically about Xiao Qing's ending.
It’s just that the Dragon Clan in the Lingxiao Realm is a very proud race.
For Jiang Zhaoyue and her sister, most of the time, they disdain those human or demon monks whose cultivation is similar to theirs. As for mortals, in their eyes, they are like ants.
In fact, when she heard that Bai Suzhen fell in love with Xu Xian, or earlier that Zhinv fell in love with Cowherd, she wanted to interrupt Gu Xu and ask him: "Do you think this is reasonable? ”
But she was worried that if she offended Gu Xu, he would not continue telling her stories, so she could only rub her paws, suppress her emotions, and continue to listen patiently.
Until this moment.
When she heard that Bai Niangzi and Xiao Qing were marrying Xu Xian together, she couldn't sit still at all.
Seeing Jiang Zhaoyue's excited look, Gu Xu smiled and said: "These stories were originally made up by scholars. What they can't get in reality will be imagined in the stories. . The two beautiful fairies fell in love with them without reservation, which undoubtedly satisfied their vanity.
"Anyway, this story has multiple different endings.
"If you don't like this ending, just choose another one.
"I guess you will prefer the ending where Xiao Qing becomes a true dragon. "
But Jiang Zhaoyue still seems to be worried about the plot of Xiaoqing and Bai Niangzi marrying Xu Xian together.
She said, "Stupid humans just like to daydream." , and then plunged into the depths of the lake.
Gu Xu looked at the rolling waves on the lake and sighed helplessly.
Then, he turned to Xiao Wanjun, who was not far away, and said: "Let's go back to the study to do business!"
Xiao Wanjun came back to his senses and quickly responded: "Yes, Your Majesty."< br>
The two walked side by side in the woods, silent, only listening to the rustling of the leaves in the wind.
The long night is not over yet, the woods are dark with no trace of sunlight.
You can only vaguely see the warm yellow candlelight from the building not far away through the dense branches and leaves.
After a while, Gu Xu casually asked: "Wanjun, what do you think of the story just now?"
"The story of the white snake and the green snake?" Xiao Wanjun responded softly.
"That's right." Gu Xu nodded. Xiao Wanjun thought for a while, glanced at the expression on Gu Xu's face, and then replied: "In my opinion, this is a complicated story. It should express more than just praising the loyalty between men and women. Love.
"Perhaps when most people listen to the story, they will stand in the shoes of the two snakes, mentally support the gentle and kind-hearted White Snake, and block it. Xu Xian's relationship with the snake fairy White Snake made Fa Hai, who suppressed White Snake under the Leifeng Pagoda, a villain.
"But perhaps few people pay attention to the fact that when the White Snake flooded the Jinshan Temple, it caused an unreasonable natural disaster and harmed the innocent people around her. Because she committed a heinous crime, Fahai suppressed her..."
Gu Xu listened to her story quietly, and couldn't help but think to himself: Facing the same story, different people, standing in different positions, will view it from very different angles.
The extremely arrogant dragon clan in Lingxiao Realm really doesn’t care about the common people who are like ants.
Especially an adolescent dragon like Jiang Zhaoyue will only focus on the protagonist's love.
However, Xiao Wanjun, who was once in charge of the secular government of the country and was always worried about the people's livelihood in the wilderness, seemed to maintain an extraordinarily rational God's perspective when listening to this touching love story.
She not only paid attention to the people who unfortunately became cannon fodder, but also gave a more objective evaluation of the so-called "decent" and "villains" in the story.
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Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it is the summer of the second year of the Yuan Dynasty.
In previous summers in Luojing, the sun was blazing and the heat was unbearable.
The bluestone road is often scorched by the sun, and stepping on it is like walking on a stove.
The noble ladies would put on light gauze clothes, hold jade fans, and frown from time to time, lamenting the long and unbearable summer.
However, this summer, due to the arrival of the "long night", the weather is extremely cool.
In this unusual summer, Gu Xu heard two pieces of good news one after another.
First of all, Shangguan Jin successfully passed through "Meng Po Pavilion" and was successfully promoted to the fifth level monk.
At that time, after the retreat ended, her soul immediately left her body and went straight to the imperial study room where Gu Xu was, eager to share the joy of breaking through with him.
From her mouth, Gu Xu learned that as early as last year, she was only one step away from the fifth realm.
She originally planned to use the method of "cutting off the seven emotions" to take this crucial step by cutting off the "love" among the "seven emotions".
However, because Zhan continued to miss Gu Xu, she finally gave up this plan.
"So, how did you advance to the fifth realm?" That night, Gu Xu asked, lying on his back on the couch with his head lazily leaning on the pillow.
Shangguan Jin sat astride him and looked down at him.
At this moment, she was only wearing a pair of snow-white socks.
Under the dim candlelight, her slender and beautiful body was like a white jade sculpture, exuding a soft and warm luster.
From Gu Xu's perspective, she could clearly see her flushed cheeks, delicate and beautiful collarbones, and slender and attractive waist.
And the snow-colored hills that were full but not exaggerated, just enough for him to hold with one hand.
"The key to entering the realm of 'Meng Poting' is to cut off the emotional fetters of the mundane, and then sublimate one's soul and become a saint," Shangguan Jin swayed gently, with a slight smile hanging on the corner of his mouth, focusing on Looking at him, "Brother, last summer, I thought you had been taken away by Emperor Ziwei."
"At that time, I felt as if there was a huge void in my heart, and I fell into a state of despair. There were only two thoughts swirling in my mind: how to find the truth, and how to help you get revenge.
“I have this feeling deeply imprinted in my heart.
"Recently, I have been thinking about and reviewing this feeling.
"And then accidentally, I broke through. ”
Although her words were spoken lightly, Gu Xu could deeply feel the pain and bitterness contained in them.
The path of spiritual practice is inherently difficult.
To advance to the fifth realm in the wilderness, you must first experience "loss" before you can gain something.
In the past, Gu Xu was also forgotten by the whole world. He even witnessed the snow girl's soul burning in front of him, melting and disappearing. The pain is still engraved in his heart.
Compare your heart to your heart.
He could clearly imagine the feeling described by Shangguan Jin.
He didn't speak, but stretched out his hand to gently touch her slender waist, and his eyes met hers, as if he wanted to imprint her appearance at this moment deeply in his mind.
I heard Shangguan Jin pause, then say with a smile: "Brother, you usually work hard at night, just enjoy it today and leave everything to me!"
"Are you okay?" Gu Xu looked at her with questioning eyes, "Before, you would stay in bed until noon the next day if you lay motionless. If I leave everything to you tonight, I'm afraid you won't be able to do anything tomorrow I couldn’t get out of bed all day.”
“Let’s try it first!” Shangguan Jin ignored his persuasion, “If you don’t try it, how will you know if it will work?”
< br>As she spoke, she pressed a kiss gently to the corner of his mouth.
A breeze came in through the window lattice.
The candle flames swayed gently, the bead curtains clashed, and the incense filled the bedroom.
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As for the second good news, in midsummer this year, Zhao Yan successfully gave birth to a daughter.
At that time, when the servants reported the news to Gu Xu and told him that "mother and daughter are safe," he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and a strange feeling surged in his heart.
He felt like he was like a hydrogen balloon floating in the sky.
Suddenly, a thread tied him tightly to the wilderness.
He immediately used his skills and went straight to the delivery room where Zhao Yan was.
Outside the door of the delivery room, several palace attendants tried to stop him, claiming that according to the custom of the wilderness, the delivery room was regarded as an "unclean place", and a man could not see the mother until seven days, otherwise he would be You will encounter a "bloody disaster".
However, Gu Xu now has a profound cultivation level and controls the five major powers. How can he care about these stereotypes and bad habits?
Even if there is an evil spirit, it should be the evil spirit that makes way for him.
Ignoring the obstruction of these palace people, he stepped across the threshold, eager to see his wife and newly born daughter.
(End of this chapter)