Spirit of the Phoenix: 131. Tomorrow

The prince's mood changed drastically, and his sword fell to the ground.

When General Li saw this, he was afraid that Pei Ansu would be harmful to the prince, so he took two steps ahead and detained Pei, and Mr. Ying clamped her arms on the left and on the right.

The two of them used their strength, Pei Ansu's arm hurt, and the "Saint Ancestor's Instruction" also fell to the ground, lightly landing at the prince's feet.

"General Li," the prince's voice was faint, unable to detect any emotion, "what happened before Miss Afeng left? Time, what happened?"

How could General Li and Mr. Ying dare to answer truthfully, they still held Pei Ansu in their hands, but they looked at each other, bent their knees, and knelt down on the ground: "Your Highness, the world's society is the most important thing, and a hundred thousand Yan troops are still waiting What about you!"

Pei Ansu felt that it was not enough, so he raised his head at the right time and added: "General Li's words are really appropriate. An Su also wants to ask you, Your Highness, Jiangshan or Qingyi, which one do you want to choose?"

Kill her.

First kill Pei Ansu in the palace, then raise troops to besiege the city, and wipe out Qingliu's party and Pei family.

If he is willing, he can kill the nine clans to eliminate the hatred in his heart. The history books are always written by the superiors, as long as he has outstanding achievements, who will remember the Pei family who is planning so hard today after a hundred years? It is just a few words in "Yan History", which records the ending of Pei's cannon fodder.

The winner and the loser are all in one fell swoop. As long as he treats her as Huang Liang's dream, a fantasy that ended without a problem when he was young, as long as he regards her as never showing up.

The eyes of the three kneeling on the ground were burning, and they were all waiting for the prince's final decision.

He slowly squatted down and picked up the "Saint Ancestors" that fell on the ground.

An ordinary book that cannot be more ordinary: "Hold the heart of the world as your heart, share the interests of the world as your profit, be cautious all day and night, and if you are not careful, you will cause a hundred years of trouble..."

Familiar with it, all the men in the Lu family have read it. After the mid-autumn night, he was confined in the Qingliang Palace, and even copied a thin book thousands of times.

If you don't think carefully, it will cause a hundred years of trouble. Lu's Yan, life and death seemed to be only in his mind.

However, there is no Tai'an in this book.

The prince rubbed the cover of the book, raised his head after a while, looked at Pei Ansu's eyes, and asked softly, "What do you want? Where is she?"

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Like a long, long dream.

But after she opened her eyes, she could no longer remember everything in the dream, as if she had forgotten a very important thing or a very important person.

The carved beams and painted pillars of Weiyang Palace are still the same as before, but her eyes hurt from the resplendent carvings.

"Father..." she murmured, "Mommy, quickly close the curtain for me. Tomorrow, I will tell my father not to live in the Qingliang Palace. How can it be suitable for rest and recuperation? Go to the Taiye Pool."

She didn't even open her eyes, and chatted for a long time, but she didn't hear a single reply.

Suspicious in her heart, she gradually opened her tear-filled eyes and recognized the person standing in front of her.

"Yanxiu?" she said.

"Taian..." he replied, his thin, white fingers climbed up the back of her hand in front of him little by little along the side of the bed.

Tai'an followed his line of sight, but suddenly realized that his white and delicate hands were as thin as cicada's wings at some point.

She withdrew her hand tremblingly, spread it out in front of her, flipped it back and forth carefully, and finally realized that her arm had become a thin piece of paper with only front and back sides.

"I became...a piece of paper?"

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It took the fifteen-year-old princess Tai'an several days to accept the fact that she had turned into a ghost.

Not just a ghost, but a paper ghost that is attached to a book, as thin as a page.

Standing up, she gently stroked the blue back cover of "The Precepts of the Holy Ancestors" in front of her, feeling a sense of familiarity recurring from the past, as if as long as she stroked the book, infinite sadness would surge up.

Li Yanxiu stood next to her step by step, carefully looked at her confused expression, and asked softly: "Did you remember anything?"

Tai'an pursed his lips and shook his head in a daze.

No. The past is like thousands of fragments, scattered in her mind.

The always healthy elder brother suddenly fell off the horse and broke his neck. When her father couldn't afford it, and the courtiers were in turmoil, she gritted her teeth and stood up, and the Ministry of Etiquette organized her brother's grand funeral together.

On the day of the burial, with tears in her eyes, she personally stuffed the Kowloon Gold Cup, her elder brother's beloved object, into the coffin of the Yuan Mausoleum. Weibei Saga Mountain.

"My brother died...but how did I die?" Tai'an asked Li Yanxiu who was sitting in front of him wearily, stroking his brows.

But he avoided her eyes, only stretched out his slightly trembling hand, and gently stroked her hair.

"I've told you many times." Li Yanxiu's voice was as gentle as usual, "...the servant of Huangmen conspired against the emperor when his father was critically ill. Your corpse."

He clenched his fists involuntarily, as if deeply immersed in the memories of that night. The blood flowing in all directions under the golden pillar is like delicate flowers competing for beauty. On the other hand, she wears Zhu Li and white jade adornment all over her body. Even though her head and face are **** and bloody, there are traces of familiarity everywhere.

Li Yanxiu was distraught, and took her body out from under the Luanzhu with his own hands, buried her head deeply in her cold arms and cried bitterly, but in her tightly wrapped arms, Found a thin copy of "Saint Ancestors".

"I'm sorry." Li Yanxiu's voice was full of indescribable pain, "On the day of the palace change, it was my mistake that led the troops to guard the Xuanzheng Palace and try to protect the throne. But I never thought that the rebels would be so despicable. Let's attack you, a powerless princess."

He took a deep breath, suppressed the tears in the corners of his eyes, and said: "Father promised me that when I guard the Xuanzheng Hall, I will send soldiers to Qingliang Hall to rescue you first. But I didn't expect the plan to go wrong ...When we rushed there, Qingliang Hall had already been burned into a sea of ​​flames, but you fell under the golden pillar in front of the hall."

"Aman, the guard of the Eastern Palace, was carrying many arrows to protect you. He fell in front of the stone steps of Qingliang Hall, and kept kneeling with you on his back until he died. I know you have always been close to him, so I restrained him personally. Stand him in a plastic form, and protect him next to your catalpa coffin. Do you... still remember Ah Man?" He stretched out his hand, pointing to a small black wooden tablet next to the tablet enshrining her in the room, The word "Aman" is written in Xiaozhuan.

Tai'an's eyes were shining, he shook his head with sobs, and said softly: "I don't remember."

Li Yanxiu, who had been observing her expression, seemed relieved, and murmured: "Forget all the pain, that's good."

He said that when he was so sad, he couldn't help stretching out his hand to hug her, imagining holding her in his arms like before.

Tai'an avoided his arms subconsciously, and looked at his different face without moving.

Ten years. It has been nearly ten years since she passed away.

The Li Yanxiu in front of her is no longer the youthful appearance she had when she was a childhood sweetheart. She has lost her youthful childishness and appears mature and confident.

When she met him for the first time, he was just the unfavored second son who hid behind Li Chongyou, Duke of Zhen, carefully watching the faces of his father and elder brother.

But now, not only does he live and die, he is the most respected man, he even has military power at the festival of holding a stick and ax, and his limelight has long surpassed his elder brother, approaching his father Li Chongyou.

Tai'an lowered his head, his voice was as gentle as Huang Ying's, and he leaned on his arm as charmingly as ten years ago, and asked: "I heard the maid in your room calling you Second Highness...but Zhen Guo Has the public been honored as a great treasure?"

Li Yanxiu hesitated for a moment, but was defeated when she looked into her innocent big eyes, and replied embarrassingly: "Yes... After Emperor Father eliminated the traitors, because Zhongzong had no children, He was unanimously elected by the remaining officials to proclaim himself emperor. He wanted to refuse, but he was dressed in a yellow robe while drunk, and after waking up, he was already sitting on the Kowloon chair, and thus ascended the throne."

Tai'an still had a smile on his face, as innocent and carefree as ever.

Li Yanxiu heaved a sigh of relief, and rubbed her callused fingers on her pale face with the same tenderness, as if holding a lost and found treasure.

Tai'an snuggled up to him softly, his lowered eyes hidden in the shadows under his arms.

Is it true that for so many years, her carefree and carefree appearance in the palace has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, making everyone think that she is really a fool who is easy to deceive?

Her fists hidden under her sleeves were clenched tightly, her nails were deeply embedded in her palms, her molars were clenched tightly, and she could hardly restrain the raging anger in her heart.

She has forgotten many things in the past.

Forgot how I died, how Father died, how Ah Man died, how the Yan Dynasty changed hands overnight, and how the country was lost.

But she is not stupid.

Li Yanxiu's seamless rhetoric was clearly full of loopholes in her ears.

She knows him too well.

Childhood sweetheart and childhood sweetheart grew up together, knowing that he lived a hard life under the shadow of his father and brother, so he felt very sorry for him.

I also know what a forbearing person he has always been. He never does things that are not sure, and he does not get too early, and he never does things that are not rewarded.

The foreign thieves conspired against him, but he led the troops to guard the Xuanzheng Palace... Do you think she is stupid? Tai'an's heart was full of sadness, and the grief was beyond words.

Aren't the emperors and princesses in the palace the most worthy of protection? The only thing worth guarding in Xuanzheng Palace is a cold jade seal!

If the monarch is here, why does Li Yanxiu go to guard Yuxi? If the monarch is here, why doesn't he save the first merit of driving, but chooses to protect the jade seal in the Xuanzheng Palace?

If what he said is true, at that moment, at that moment, Li Yanxiu chose to lead his troops to the Xuanzheng Hall for only one reason - to **** the jade seal in the Xuanzheng Hall.

Zhongzong had already passed away, and the rebels took advantage of the chaos to attack the inner city. Li Yanxiu, the second son of Lord Zhen Guo, chose to lead the army to attack the Xuanzheng Palace to **** the jade seal in order to grab the first prize.

After he snatched the jade seal, he wanted to turn around and go to the Qingliang Hall to rescue his childhood sweetheart fiancee, but found that under the raging fire of war, Princess Tai'an of the Zhen Kingdom had already died under the golden pillar in front of the Qingliang Hall.

What's more... There was a sneering smile on Tai'an's lips.

Perhaps she is really a silly and sweet person who doesn't know anything about politics in his heart, but he forgot that she is a princess who grew up with the prince's brother. When he was young, he was hugged by Zhongzong on his lap and went to court together. If there is a courtier with a long beard and a fierce appearance, he was given a long vacation because he made her cry in fear.

Even if she could not see clearly the situation in the court, even if she had reported the extravagant hope that he would join hands with her in Nanshan to avoid the chaos in the court, she would not forget at this moment that his father Li Chongyou, the Duke of Zhen, also It is Li Dutong of the Bingma Division of the Five Cities, who is stationed in the inner city and is in charge of the military talisman.

Li Yanxiu said that the servant of the Huangmen led the army to plot rebellion, thinking that she would not understand that the official position of "Servant of the Huangmen" sounded like a vacancy. But Tai'an knew very well that the fourth-rank servant of the Huangmen was nothing more than a servant of the province, serving the emperor's pen and ink.

It's just a servant.

How to raise troops and seek rebellion? How can it compare to the one who is in charge of the army and horses of the five cities... their Li family is closer to the water?

Tai'an sighed softly.

She believed that Li Yanxiu really had feelings for her, otherwise she would not have guarded the "Saint Ancestors" for ten years after her death, just to wait for her to wake up.

She also believed that Li Yanxiu didn't really want her to die without a burial place, otherwise why would she set up a spiritual seat in the inner room to accompany her every day, why would she treat her like a paper ghost who should have died long ago? Heart.

But she is more convinced than anyone else that Princess Tai'an has never been the only consort Li Yanxiu. Between Jiangshan and Qingyi, if Li Yanxiu had to choose one or the other, the one who was given up was always her fiancée.

In the setting sun, Tai'an was carried in Li Yanxiu's arms and brought back to Qingliang Hall.

She got out from his neckline, followed his thin and slender arms, and slid onto his wrist little by little.

And he looked at her dotingly, his eyes sparkled like crystals, and there was still a trace of youthful enthusiasm and anxiety.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Drink slowly. Those who know, treat you as a droming, but those who don't know, treat you as a starving ghost who wants to reincarnate."

Under the sleeves he lifted up, the blue blood vessels on his white wrists were clearly visible, and the bright red drips slowly overflowed from the wounds on his arms, while she hungrily sipped the blood oozed from his wrists. There was blood, a little bright red stained his cheeks, and there was a vaguely touching feeling.

"You are still a piece of paper, probably because your blood energy is too weak. The blood energy builds up the sun, and you are nourished by my blood energy, so you can grow up quickly." He smiled, and his affection was as deep as the sea, "I have been waiting for you For a whole ten years, I really can’t wait for one more minute.”

Tai'an paused for a moment, raised his head and smiled at him coquettishly, tilted his head and said, "So what if I regain my human form? I'm also a paper ghost who can't do anything! Is it possible that you still If you want to marry me and come in, will you make me the queen?"

She asked calmly, as if she didn't mind the past at all.

But he shyly avoided his gaze and said, "A concubine is nothing more than a title. Why is the relationship between you and me so shallow? When you recover your human form and I become a great treasure, you will accompany me every day in Yu Zhao Wouldn't it be better to stay together in Yang Palace for the rest of your life?"

Tai'an nodded, with a bright smile on his face, and innocent eyes clearer than spring water. The evening wind swirls in the Taiye Pool, and she is accompanied by a slanting red, like a mirror at night; her little frown and smile are all enchanting, making his heart palpitate as if he was suffocated.

The love when I was young, after losing it, it turned into a complaint that I couldn't ask for.

Ten years ago, on the night of the palace change, Li Yanxiu chose the Xuanzheng Palace instead of the Qingliang Palace under a single thought. After Yuxi got it, he went to his father to ask for credit, only to realize that his father Li Chongyou actually killed Tai'an. His beloved fiancée died under the golden pillar of Qingliang Hall.

"That's the princess of the former dynasty. It's a big taboo to keep alive." Li Chongyou stroked his long beard, his eyes were sharp, "My son is always alert, you should know that father's move is for your own good. The Li family has no rightful name. , if Zhen Guo Princess Tai'an conspires against her, then it will be logical for you and me to raise troops to serve the king."

"There are thousands of women in the world. Remember you as a father, and I will choose a woman from a good family as your wife in the future." Li Chongyou narrowed his eyes, "My son understands father's painstaking efforts?"

Li Yanxiu bowed his head deeply, his forehead was bruised and purple, but he couldn't bear the pain in his heart.

He endured the pain of losing his wife, but the gap between father and son was irreparably buried.

In the next ten years, the foundation of the Li Dynasty was not stable. The Turks in the North invaded many times. He made great achievements in protecting the country and enthroning his father, but because of his elder brother's instigation and his father's vigilance, he became farther and farther away from the throne.

The three brothers are in the court together, he has nothing but military power, and he has worked hard for ten years, but the rivalry between the brothers has become increasingly fierce, until the elder brother proposed to release him from the military power, and all the officials agreed.

The Turkic turmoil has not yet subsided, and the father and emperor hesitated between fighting against the outside world and securing the interior, and did not come to a conclusion for several days. Just at this time, Taichang Shaoqing Pei Xianzhi, who had always been in charge of Xingshan Temple, suddenly became very close to his elder brother.

On the day of the palace change, Li Yanxiu found Tai'an's body under the golden pillar, and his heart ached uncontrollably.

After waking up, he wanted to bury Tai'an in a magnificent manner, so he deliberately approached Pei Xianzhi, who was only Taichang's minister at the time, to inquire about the funeral ceremony, but Pei Xianzhi showed a look of embarrassment, and stammered: "Second Highness, don't embarrass me. .I know that you and the princess have a deep and sincere childhood sweetheart, thinking about the old relationship, and wanting to let her go to the ground for peace..."

"But the emperor has already ordered the historian to convict the princess of murdering her father and committing treason, so that she will be crushed. Even if I respect the friendship between the Second Highness and the princess, how can I defy the king openly? How can the princess be allowed to enter the imperial mausoleum in Saga Mountain in the north of Weibei?" Pei Xianzhi could not bear it, kneeling on the ground and swearing at each word.

As if struck by lightning, Li Yanxiu caressed the "Saint Ancestor's Instructions" that she took out from her chest in a trance. The cover of a thin book was covered with blood, like a flower quenched with hatred.

A change in the palace, a mistake in one thought, he couldn't even keep his lover's body, and he couldn't even ask for the fate to meet again in the next life.

His face was pale, and he stepped back a little bit.

Pei Xianzhi, Taichang's servant, seemed to be unable to bear it, and at the very moment of his death, he stopped Li Yanxiu who was about to leave.

"Second Highness..." He said desperately, "The minister and the princess met once many years ago." His cheeks flushed unnaturally, he lowered his head, and continued, "Zhongzong Yu Taiyechi set up a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, and the minister accompanied him at the last table, and saw the princess dressed as a man dressed in riding clothes, and walked into the table behind Prince Hede."

Her carefree and innocent appearance was still clearly remembered by Pei Xianzhi after many years.

"Zhongzong and I have the kindness to know each other." Pei Xianzhi lowered his head and said slowly, "Zhongzong favored the princess the most when he was alive... Now that the princess is gone, there is no body left to enter the imperial tomb, but the minister does not want to let her die." May her soul be left alone."

He stretched out his hand as if he was in a desperate situation, and wanted to take the "Saint Ancestor's Instructions" from Li Yanxiu's hand, saying: "There are Buddha bones in Daxingshan Temple, and they come from God. I heard that this book is stained with the blood of the princess, why not?" Hand it over to the minister, and put it in front of the incense in Xingshan Temple. Maybe after thousands of years, you can also achieve a positive result for the princess?"

Li Yanxiu raised his head and looked at Pei Xianzhi intently, not wanting to miss a trace of his expression.

Pei Xianzhi looked at him calmly, knelt down on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "I will never forget Zhongzong's kindness. Even if the Second Highness handed over my minister to the saint, I will have no regrets."

After a long time, Li Yanxiu did not say a word, but only gently put the blood-stained "Saint Ancestor" into Pei Xianzhi's hand

"He can speak so bluntly to me, so I respect him as a man." Li Yanxiu put the paper-like Tai'an in his heart, and told her the story of the past with a smile, "I was at that time There is no other way, so I thought I could try a method, and it was a method. I didn't think that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty begged Mrs. Li, so I could really meet you."

"I just miss the love from heaven, and ask for an afterlife with you." He said softly, his breath falling on her body, "Who knows that Xingshan Temple is full of incense, and it just happens that your obsession has not disappeared, and the spirit possessed Reunited with me on the book. God really treats me well."

She leaned tenderly on his chest. When she first met, the small person who was the size of a palm has gradually become as long as an arm. Although the reunion is short, but because of his blood and energy, he can already curl his small body into a paper arrow. , Gradually learn to fly with the wind.

The warmth of his palm fell on her back, but it aroused endless anger in Taian's heart.

It is true that God treats people kindly, but it definitely does not treat you kindly.

But treat me well.

Tai'an clenched his teeth, exhausted all his acting skills and strength, and tried his best to shrink by his side to be his gentle and considerate woman.

My father, brother and I handed over the Great Yanjiang Mountains, and made the Turks go south to invade the people, causing all living beings to suffer, probably because they misbelieved the lies of Li's rebels and were confused by the thieves.

Now, God has given me the opportunity to reappear in the world due to the pity and love of the heavens.

Boundless hatred rippled in Tai'an's heart, turning the beauty and love between the two into illusions.

Li Yanxiu didn't know anything about it, but she was still dreaming of a lifelong dream.

Above the court, the situation is getting tense.

The military power in Li Yanxiu's hands has become a thorn in the side of his elder brother and third younger brother. He has been leading soldiers to fight outside all the year round, but his elder brother has been immersed in the official department for many years, and he is in charge of all the officials and personnel. In the court hall, Wen Chen only respects his elder brother, and has tried to attack his military power several times.

Although the emperor is still pending, Li Yanxiu has a faint premonition that the mountain rain is about to come and the wind will fill the building.

"...If the military power is released, I will have no chance of winning the battle." He was restless.

Tai'an lightly stroked the back of his hand, and persuaded: "Your Highness has made great achievements in fighting the chaos outside, and made great achievements in the **** battle. Who knows that there are other people who stay in the pampered place in Beijing and enjoy the rewards. It's really aggrieved!"

It looks gentle but sharp, and every word is provocative, helping Li Yanxiu's already explosive anger to burn even more.

The situation is tense and ready to go.

The emperor seems to need only the last opportunity to kill his son; and Li Yanxiu seems to only need the last spark to ignite the motive of killing his father.

Pei Xianzhi's unusual closeness to his elder brother became the last straw that crushed Li Yanxiu at this moment.

"Ruthless, too ruthless! You don't even care about the slightest bit of family affection!" Li Yanxiu paced back and forth in the room like a cornered animal, "I just thought he wanted to release my military power, but he didn't know Take my life!"

A few years ago, under the instruction of Li Yanxiu, Pei County was promoted from Taichang Minister to Taichang Shaoqing. But after Li Yanxiu went to war for many years, he had no right to speak in the appointment of personnel in the court. If Pei County had two intentions and told his elder brother about the "Saint Ancestor's Instruction" and Tai'an, what should he do?

Li Yanxiu's complexion was ashen, and he said in a deep voice: "This matter is no small matter. If the father knows what I did that day, he must think that I still have dissatisfaction with him. If the elder brother takes this as an opportunity, he will detain me from the witch gu The crime, I am afraid that I will not escape death!"

Tai'an tilted his head, pure and naive, blinking his round eyes: "Since your Highness knows, what are you waiting for? Your father wants to kill you, why do you have to bear it? The Pei family wants to betray you, why do you bother?" Let them go? Preemptive strikes are better than breaking the boat after the military power is released, isn't it?"

Li Yanxiu raised his head, looked at the moon in the sky, and said softly: "I also have the same intention...just waiting for the last opportunity."

The final opportunity came much sooner than Li Yanxiu expected.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and the emperor held a banquet by the Taiye Pool as usual.

On the night of August 14th, Li Yanxiu was busy with the banquet and talked with the emperor until late at night before returning home, so he stayed in the palace.

Tai'an, who was as long as an arm, stood by the window, staring at the full moon in the sky.

It's tonight...it's tonight.

She rotated gently under the moonlight, like a silhouette dancing under the moon.

The faster she turned, the faster she turned, and in an instant, she rolled herself into a sharp arrow that flew into the sky like a scroll.

The night wind blows gently, she rides the wind and rushes towards the destination in her heart.

In the mid-autumn night, to welcome the autumn cold, beat the earthen drum, sacrifice to the Kan, and worship the night light at the Xiyue Altar.

Each Mid-Autumn Festival, emperors should offer sacrifices at the Moon Altar.

Taichang Shaoqing, who is in charge of the sacrificial ceremonies, must wait at the Xiyue Altar to handle the sacrificial matters before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Tai'an hovered in the sky like a flying fairy under the moon, and landed lightly under the Lingxing Gate of Xiyue Altar. When Taichang Shaoqing Pei Xianzhi passed by the Lingxing Gate, he fluttered like a butterfly. Under his skirt.

"Thanks to Mr. Pei's great kindness, I am here today." She stood in front of the stunned Pei Xianzhi, her face was ruddy as if alive, "I heard that Mr. Pei met me once, do you remember my love?" What does it look like?"

Pei Xianzhi, who was trapped in the study, got up and wanted to escape, but the door was blocked by Tai'an, who was jumping up. .Come here today, just to save the lives of adults."

Pei Xianzhi still couldn't speak a word.

Tai'an did not stop for a moment, and continued: "...Your Excellency should know that the three dragons will seize the throne, and the Second Highness holds the military power, and he is ready to move. Tomorrow's Mid-Autumn Festival, Your Highness wants to attend the banquet with His Highness the First Highness and the Third Highness Lay in ambush outside the palace gate, first kill the elder brother and the younger brother, and then send troops into the palace to force Li Chongyou Chan to take his place."

Where did Pei County experience such a situation, his face was pale, and his heart was beating like a drum.

Tai'an smiled slightly and said: "In addition, before noon tomorrow, His Highness will also send troops to Mr. Pei's residence. There are more than a hundred people in Pei's family, and I am afraid that after tomorrow, none of them will stay. "

"Understood, Mr. Pei? Tomorrow, His Highness the Second Highness finished killing his elder brother and younger brother, and the next one to kill him will be you." Tai'an said slowly.

She turned around gently, her clothes fluttering like an exile.

"Because of me."