There’s a Dragon Girl in the Desolate Sea: 881|Seventy-eighth dragon scales (seven)

The seventy-eighth dragon scale (seven)

Obviously no one thought of the legendary Mrs. Zhu, who never appeared in front of people and only lived in his mouth. This time, not only did she attend the palace banquet, but she was also very high-profile, so high-profile that you can't even ignore her.

And in fact, no one dares to look at her more, without him, such a face and aura, others will only be shocked when they see her. Who would think about the rumors about her in the capital in the past? What's more, with Mr. Zhu here, who would dare to question it?

It's just that the female family members are going to the apse after all, and Linglong is no exception.

"I can do it alone."

Although Linglong said this, Zhu Xingyuan's brows were still slightly frowned, maybe he didn't even notice it himself, "If something happens, come to me immediately, I'll be in the front hall, do you know how to get to the front hall? If we can't find the way we came here just now, just ask a palace servant to ask."

Linglong nodded: "I know."

There were female relatives who noticed this scene, and they were very envious, because Zhu Xingyuan was the only one who sent his wife to the inner hall. It made many people secretly startled, thinking that those rumors were true, Mr. Zhu really loves his wife, but think about it, with such a wife, other women in the world have become vulgar fans. It's no wonder that Mr. Zhu is always eloquent about the beauties who throw their arms around him.

Zhu Xingyuan turned around and walked away, looking at Linglong quite amused, he waved at him, and then he took his seat. Zhu Xingyuan not only sent her to the apse, but also found a seat for her personally, and she left after setting her up. Linglong is surrounded by relatives of other high-ranking officials, so many people are looking at her, she is the focus of the crowd, but she is not disturbed at all, as if in her own home, those who want to see her jokes , on the contrary, it's boring.

Princess Xincheng saw Zhu Xingyuan leave with her own eyes. As soon as she entered the hall, the female relatives saluted her in succession, so the only person who was sitting still was particularly eye-catching.

"This one must be Mrs. Zhu."

Princess Xincheng led a group of palace servants behind her to walk slowly to Linglong, holding the demeanor of a royal princess, noble and arrogant, "It's really better to see once, just wish Madam stay home, how can there be rules I don't understand, but when you see this palace, you are not polite?"

The meaning of making things difficult is too strong, and all the daughters looked at each other in dismay. Princess Xincheng is also eighteen this year and still unmarried. Everyone knows that she is infatuated with Mr. Zhu, but the goddess is ruthless with King Mengxiang, Mr. Zhu is truly pure People with few desires don't care about fame, fortune, and wealth, and they don't care about beauty or anything else. So what if the status of a princess is noble? Mr. Zhu is someone who dares to fight against the emperor!

Unfortunately, this person is also a world-shattering talent. Every time the emperor Longyan is furious, he says that he will cut off his head. Next time, he will honestly ask Mr. Zhu's opinion and ask Mr. Zhu for advice.

Linglong tilted her head and looked at the Xincheng Princess. Her eyes and expressions were all casual, but her back was tense and did not dare to relax. Even Xincheng Princess felt a little pressure.

After a while, the red lips parted slightly: "If you don't have the courtesy, you don't have the courtesy, what do you want?"

What kind of attitude is this!

The princess of Xincheng was angry, and the female relatives were shocked. How could anyone dare to talk to the princess like this? Did she lose her fame or her life? !

Not waiting for the princess to get angry, she repeated it again: "What do you want?"

Yeah, what about the Xincheng Princess?

The importance of Zhu Xingyuan to the emperor is self-evident. He doesn't love fame and fortune, nothing can keep him, and he doesn't need the rewards given by the emperor. It is impossible for the court to leave him, but he has no sense of belonging to the court. , If one day Mr. Zhu will return to the divine position, everyone will believe it.

In front of so many people, does Princess Xincheng dare to punish Linglong? Dare to beat Linglong?

She didn't dare.

Because this is Zhu Xingyuan's confidence to Linglong, the reason why he is an official without fame and fortune is that Linglong does not have to bow his head to others at any time and anywhere. Although Princess Xincheng is the emperor's favorite daughter, her daughter and Compared with Jiangshan, the weight of the former is too light and too light.

But even if it is a fact that everyone knows in their hearts, no one is as arrogant and straightforward as Linglong.

She doesn't like to bow down to humans, especially those who are hostile to her like Princess Xincheng.

At this time, the palace servant said: "The Queen is here—"

This sound also happened to relieve the Xincheng princess everywhere, and all the female relatives turned to the upper seat again and saluted the queen who had just appeared. Linglong still sat in the same place, only nodded to the queen.

The queen was not angry either. Emperor Geyin took the initiative to tell her before that Mrs. Zhu was innocent and not proficient in worldly affairs, so she might not be polite enough to take care of her. The Empress is different from others. She is no longer in her youthful age. Naturally, she has already given up her desire to compete with others. Every year, some young and beautiful people are brought into the harem. This wishes the lady to be like a fairy, which makes people feel at ease. She loves it, but doesn't want to enter the palace, what does she have to reject?

As for the Xincheng Princess, that is not a daughter born from her belly, and the Queen doesn't care.

Linglong did not salute the Xincheng Princess nor the Empress. The former deliberately made things difficult, but the latter was casual and calm. Could it be that the Queen is not as noble as the Princess? Xincheng Princess naturally realized this, and felt a deep hatred in her heart.

Her biological mother, Concubine Zhao and the Empress were mortal enemies, but she was unsatisfactory. She only gave birth to one daughter, Princess Xincheng, but the Empress gave birth to three sons. , As long as the prince does not do anything wicked, the identity of the next emperor is a certainty. How can the princess of Xincheng dare to oppose the empress? In the future, she and Concubine Zhao will have to rely on the Queen's breath to survive!

She wanted to isolate Linglong, but the Queen Mother took the initiative to invite Linglong to talk to her side. If she treated Linglong differently at first because of the emperor's orders, then after a little chat, the Queen's mother would have lost all her love for Linglong. It's from the sincerity, and even praised Mr. Zhu and his wife as a couple of gods and gods, and they are a rare match in the world.

Can you not hear this in the ears of Xincheng Princess?

It's like putting the face of Princess Xincheng in public. No one dared to laugh at her, and Princess Xincheng felt that her face was burning with panic. She didn't dare to hold grudges against the Queen, so she had to hold grudges against Linglong, but it was a pity that this grudge was too trivial to even get Linglong's attention.

The palace banquet will last until the evening. In order to liven up the atmosphere, the Empress will also give out some treasures as a reward, and organize the female relatives to play some small games. It must be lively and lively, but Linglong did not participate, she was lazy Sitting there, speaking of her posture and manners, she was different from the ladies of today. She just sat casually, but she didn't look vulgar.

The gameplay on the field is not what she likes, and the empress will not deliberately embarrass her, so Linglong watched the food while tasting the food on the table, but Princess Xincheng refused to let her go, "Mrs. Zhu and Mr. Zhu have been loving for many years. , I must also be proficient in everything about piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and poetry? I wonder if this palace will have the opportunity to ask for advice?"

Linglong smiled slightly: "Of course, as long as the princess can afford to lose."

Xincheng Princess's face darkened.

Even though Princess Xincheng has confidence in her own strength, she is still skeptical about her life. She used to hear people say that every time the New Deal was introduced, there were always old-fashioned ministers in the DPRK who opposed it. Mr. Zhu often fought against Confucian scholars , those people said that their faces were flushed with guilt, and Princess Xincheng heard that, only to think that Mr. Zhu is really powerful, and those people don't look down on their own virtues, are they worthy of being compared with Mr. Zhu? It's just a group of people who are jealous of virtuous and talented people. They can't compare to Mr. Zhu, so they say some sour things behind their backs and add jokes.

Now, she can suddenly understand the group of ministers who were crushed by Zhu Xingyuan with no skin left.

The empress also held back her laughter. Unlike other concubines, she was the emperor's wife, and she had the honor to witness Zhu Xingyuan fighting with the emperor in the imperial study. Not to mention those ministers, even the emperor was often tricked. She couldn't get down to the stage, but now she can be seen. The two are worthy of being a couple. Not only are they excellent in ability, but the means of running people are even more first-class!

I don't give a single glance, but I still crush.

The face of Xincheng Princess is very ugly!

Even Zhao Fei, who was sitting next to the Empress, didn't look good, but Concubine Zhao's face was ugly, and the Empress felt comfortable. Body, otherwise if you have a little princess, you have to raise it like this!

Shortly after the dishes of the palace banquet were almost finished, Zhu Xingyuan resigned from the emperor and came to the apse to pick up Linglong. The apse were all female dependents, so he waited outside the hall, and the empress jokingly said: "This Mr. Zhu really can't leave his wife for a while, and it's only been so long, so I can't help but come to look for someone!"

The Queen took the lead, and everyone else started to talk nicely. Linglong got up and left, and saw Zhu Xingyuan standing on the path, looking at her with a smile.

Like the moon in the sky, cold and noble, and gentle.

She rushed over and was embraced by him. The two held hands tightly, but neither of them let go.

This palace banquet, the most showy person is naturally Linglong. This is her first appearance in the capital, and it is also the last time, because Zhu Xingyuan has resigned!

Even if the emperor firmly refuses, he will resign! Taking advantage of the emperor's failure to respond, he put the official seal and official robe at home, and eloped with Linglong in a carriage. The world is so big, how can you really live in a small world? He also wanted to go to see the mountains, rivers and seas with her, which looked like brooding flowers.

However, along the way, he has done a lot of things. Perhaps because of his open-mindedness, Zhu Xingyuan's calligraphy and paintings are even more sought after, and those who can get his calligraphy are ecstatic. Even the emperor received him and sent it back. The letter to report safety was also annoyed at first, and then carefully collected the letter again.

After visiting this dynasty, the two boarded the voyage ship.

The sea is endless, blue as a wash, sometimes calm and sometimes turbulent, but only the two of them, no one else.

Zhu Xingyuan is very old.

When night fell, he lay quietly in Linglong's arms, the two of them sat on the deck, looking up was a bright starry sky, the moonlight sprinkled on the sparkling sea, like thousands of stars falling into the water, And Linglong is still the same girly appearance. In the previous world, the two will grow old together and leave together, but this time, she is the only one to leave.

In fact, if he had left her earlier, he would have been able to continue to live - just like when he first met, world by world, a long and endless life.

As long as his heart is so empty.

But after being immersed in love and tenderness, Zhu Xingyuan doesn't want to embrace emptiness anymore, he would rather dissipate at this moment satisfactorily than continue to be alone.

"I want to...be part of Linglong," he murmured softly, "before I die."

Stars live for tens of billions of years, and eventually they will fall. His emptiness is filled, and he no longer hesitates. Before each star falls, he must have met the person they love.

Linglong lowered her head, hugged him in her arms, and gently pressed his face: "... um."

This is the only remaining soul, which is almost impossible to grasp, and will soon disappear with the sea breeze, with his remaining memories and residual warmth, bit by bit being swallowed into the dragon's body.

From now on, the stars will no longer be empty, and will no longer be confused and hesitant in time and space. He stopped wandering, and completely eliminated resentment and sadness.

Be one with her, become a part of her.

Linglong was the only one left on the boat, and she had known for a long time that his soul was slowly dying—and she was omnipotent, except that she couldn't create new souls, and she couldn't keep his soul.

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That was a long, long time ago.

Linglong was lying on the huge coral bed in Guixu Dragon Palace dreaming.

She saw villages between the mountains, and the people of these villages climbed to the top of the highest mountain in the mountains every year to worship a temple built there.

I heard that God will bless them with good weather and good health.

But there is no **** in this world, and what the temple enshrines is just a clay body.

But the villagers are very religious, rain or shine. They believed in the gods in the temple day after day, year after year, until one day, their beliefs gave birth to gods.

The **** is a handsome and gentle man who always stands on the temple, quietly and mercifully looking at his followers.

He is willing to meet any of their requirements, good weather, happiness and well-being, and he uses his divine power to protect them, never asking for anything in return. As long as he sees smiles on people's faces, and sees them happy and moved because of their happiness, God will unconsciously feel warm. Such emotions, therefore, he also wanted to give them the same emotions.

What can be done to better protect human beings? He can resist natural disasters for them, expel evil and sickness for them, and bring light and hope to them.

So cute.

Humans are lovely, they are so kind and pure, everyone shines, the god's favorite thing to do is stand on the temple and look down on his followers - they are living happily, like that With a smile, the gods want to protect him regardless of everything.

The gods were deeply in love with humans.

He loved this group of intelligent creatures, and even began to yearn to be one of them, so one day, the villagers who came to worship the temple found that on the altar under the statue, lay a beautiful little baby.

They picked up the little baby. This child has grown up with food from hundreds of families and clothes of hundreds of families. He is born with the ability to listen to the voice of all things, like an elf in the mountains, always with a smile on his face , always doing his best to help others.

Everyone lived happily together until... The forest was engulfed in a howling and dancing fire, the fire burned through the forest, the crops failed, and countless happy people lost their happiness, followed by the pouring rain, which continued for several months. Stop, after the heavy rain stopped, another terrible plague.

Countless people lost their parents, wives, children, missing an arm, blinded an eye, crippled bodies, suffering from hunger and cold, and suffering from illness.

Only the child who eats Baijia rice and wears Baijia clothes does not.

His eyes are still gentle and bright, full of love for everyone. In the bare mountains, as long as he enters the mountains, he can find food, clean water and life-saving herbs for everyone - just As if, as if this child was not a mortal, but an incarnation of a god!

The temple on the top of the mountains is rotten, the clay statues are mottled and faded, and people think that the gods have punished them for being unthankful.

Because they were too complacent to believe in this **** anymore, Lord God chose to take back everything that was given to them - people think so.

Under the divination of a highly respected prophet in the village, the people learned that the gods needed the purest offerings before they could take pity on them again.

The bustling mountains, wild fruits, and dewdrops are not pure enough.

Only that child, pure and beautiful from start to finish.

People who were driven mad by suffering forgot how they once welcomed this child. They only knew that it was after this child appeared that it caused so many disasters. Before that, the gods people believed in had never been abandoned. I have passed them, and now, no matter how I worship, Lord God will not respond. Isn't this the child's fault? He appeared on the altar of the temple, and he defiled the temple! Insulting the gods!

When the child with a dirty face and many scars ran out of the mountains, he was holding a lot of wild fruits in his arms and some herbs in a basket behind him. Seeing his original villager, the child ran over overjoyed, but his mouth was covered, his eyes were blindfolded, his limbs were tied, and he was placed on a long pole. Sent to the altar of the temple.

It is necessary to open the abdomen, take out the filthy internal organs, dig out the eyes and tongue, put an end to his resentment, and remove the filth of the body, in order to dedicate the purest and cleanest body and soul to the gods.

It hurts.

The belly was cut open, the eyes were gouged out, the tongue was cut off, the blood was drained, nothing was left in the abdominal cavity, like a sheep to be slaughtered, only to feel the passing of life in despair, the cold It hurts the bones.

The child died very quietly with empty eyes.

The Prophet sang an ancient song and told the gods that they had offered him the purest and cleanest sacrifices. I hope that the gods can forgive them for their indecision and continue to bless them and drive away diseases and disasters as they once did , bring them happiness.

But no matter how much they sang or begged, the gods never took pity on them.

The **** who was born because of the piety of his followers wanted to be one of them because he loved human beings, but was sacrificed to himself by his followers as a sacrifice. Even in the past, when he stood on the temple and listened to people's new gods, he never needed any sacrifices. A wild flower in the mountains, a drop of dew in the morning, a smile from a child, for him, that is the best sacrifice.

People gathered, lit bonfires, sang and danced, and he watched and listened from the high temple, which was the best sacrifice.

Now, everything will be phantom.

The mountains wailed, everything was withered, and the lightning flashed and thundered. God punished these human beings who had killed the gods in this way.

God loves them and wants to be them, but is destroyed by the human beings he loves the most, and the souls born from the faith are also broken and have no memory. With only resentment, it started a long and long journey 's wandering. His resentment, emptiness, and emptiness will continue, and he will fall into reincarnation forever, again and again, until he is willing to let go and become that gentle God.

God forgets who he is, he only remembers his own emptiness, so empty that he can't fill his empty body, even his soul is broken and incomplete. His followers are born, old, sick and dying one by one. A **** who loses his love for mankind not only loses his divine personality, but also loses his longing to become a human being.

He doesn't know why he exists and why he is meaningful, and he doesn't know what kind of result he will get in the end when he wanders from one world to another.

until he encounters a dragon.

The dragon filled his emptiness, allowing his broken soul, which has been wandering for thousands of years, to taste the warmth again, to give love once again, and to regain the ability to love.

But a **** who has lost his followers will cease to exist once he puts down his resentment and emptiness, because no believer in this world remembers him, and no believer still believes in him. The **** who wanders in endless time is willing to want Stay by the side of the one you love, don't seek the future, don't seek long-term, but fight for the day and night, even if you die without regrets.

The human soul can be re-nurtured by some means, but not God.

The **** formed by faith, at the moment of losing the ability to love, is no longer a god, but a monster wandering in endless time.

Linglong opened her eyes abruptly, then slowly lay back.

Eh...I just had a dream.

As soon as I wake up, I forget.