The Three-Life Stone

Hua Xiaoyao drank wine and played music with her hands unconsciously. Her black hair had already turned white.

Hua Xiaoyao recalled the past scenes, her eyes gradually becoming weak and blurred. She seemed to see Lin Mo coming over and hugging her from behind. She seemed to be able to feel Lin Mo's warmth from behind and smell Lin Mo's scent at the tip of her nose.

The piano music stopped for a long time. Seeing no movement, the servants slowly walked forward and found that the old lady had passed away.

There was no extra ceremony for Hua Xiaoyao's funeral. After a simple condolence in Taohuajian, she was quietly buried in the former tomb of the imperial mausoleum together with Lin Mo.

Lin Xuan brought a group of people to burn incense for the late emperor and the late empress. Everyone was puzzled but still did as they were told, thinking that Lin Xuan missed the late emperor and the late empress.

Five years later, Lin Xuan prepared to take Zhu An out for a spring outing. The underage prince had been pulled out of prison. In Lin Xuan's words, he had been in prison for several years and it was time to liberate himself. As his son, the young and promising prince had been given high hopes by him since he was a child. Now it was time to spend a few days gaining experience and discuss everything with the Taifu and others.

Lin Xuan brought Zhu An to an empty mountain and covered his eyes with his hands. Zhu An raised the corners of his lips, looking forward to the sight of opening his eyes.

It was a fiery red phoenix flying in the sky, held tightly by a rope. It turned out to be a kite. At this time, a kite with a dragon head next to it slowly flew up and approached the phoenix. The phoenix was full of life, its wings flapping and feathers fluttering, and each tail dancing in the wind. The dragon was also vivid and ready to fly out, ignoring the rope as if it was about to fly into the sky at any time.

Zhu An looked at these with great excitement, and wanted to try some. Lin Xuan took her to a corner of the mountain. Zhu An looked at the kite without a string and asked, "What is this for?"

Lin Xuan picked up the kite and asked Zhu An to hold the wooden board with him. He said, "This is a hang glider, a kite that can carry people into the air. An An, come and help with the run."

Zhu An did not ask whether it was dangerous. She was sure that her husband had prepared everything. Just like the two kites, it took a long time to find someone to make them, including the skeletons and feathers, the coating, drawing and coloring, and some small parts. The hang glider was about the same size, and it felt very solid in the hand. You could tell that it took a lot of effort.

The lives of the Emperor and Empress are of great importance. Lin Xuan will only bring her here after the trial improvements in the production of the hang glider are foolproof.

Zhu An smiled as she looked at the man in front of her. They ran together and suddenly their feet were empty and they really flew up. The thrill was so intense that it was hard to express in words. Lin Xuan was amazed at the flying world. Zhu An looked at her husband from this world. This was the world she had firmly chosen. The man who had followed her from afar did not let her down.

From a young lady who seldom went out, she came to this imperial city and became the Crown Princess, the Queen, and the Concubine Mother. She and Lin Xuan still have a long way to go despite all the busy schedules.

Over there, Lin Yue and Liu Cheng also dropped their children off, put aside their identities, and took a few days off to travel around the area. They were princesses and their prince consorts and had much more time than Lin Xuan. After Lin Xuan naturally gave her instructions when his sister went out to play, he knew that their stay would not be just a few days.

During the parade, Liu Cheng deeply felt the importance of traveling ten thousand miles rather than reading ten thousand books. It's not that reading ten thousand books is not good, but that the scenery brought by traveling ten thousand miles cannot all be explained in books.

Lin Yue was tinkering with shadow puppetry, Liu Cheng was firing ceramics, Lin Yue was making Liucheng's clay figurines, and Liu Cheng made a plum blossom hairpin and gave it to Lin Yue. The two also went to experience the customs and culture of other countries, such as burning dragons, splashing water for blessings, and exotic dances. Books hold golden houses and mountains and rivers are under your feet. Everyone has his own merits. Life is short, so enjoy it while you can.

The line in the play about Hua Xiaoyao is pretty good and a classic. The line from black hair to white hair perfectly interprets the life of a woman from ordinary class in contemporary times. The husband goes out to work and the family is rarely together. The wife knows that the man has another woman in his arms and can only watch silently. The man makes money but finally chooses to return home and travel around the world with his wife. No one would have thought of Hua Xiaoyao and Lin Mo. They just hope that their husbands will take care of them in the end when watching the play.

An Nan knew that nothing happened after Hua Xiaoyao left. She had known that this day was very close. When the news reached her ears, it was like a notification that an uncertain information had become an established fact. She felt less worried and relaxed.

Hua Xiaoyao's time was up. She continued to live alone. She couldn't see her and would only worry about whether Hua Xiaoyao was taking good care of herself and whether she was just daydreaming alone again. So An Nan felt relieved after Hua Xiaoyao left.

Now that she is a burden to her children and the person she really needs to worry about is dead, An Nan knows that she has to live the rest of her life well, cause less trouble to her children, and have time to amuse the emperor's grandchildren to make herself look younger.

A year later, An Nan passed away with a smile on his face.

As the Grand Empress Dowager, Duanmu Zhi treated her feelings with three parts of sincerity and seven parts of doubt. When she learned that Hua Xiaoyao had left, she told herself that she had won. Even if the emperor favored her, so what? She could openly use her mother's name to host the wedding for her child, and she could openly accept the greetings from the emperor's grandchildren to the emperor's grandmother. As for Hua Xiaoyao...

Duanmu Zhi smiled, and tears came out of her eyes as she smiled. When she was young and ignorant, she had truly loved that man. In the past, Jiang was spoiled and domineering, and she resented Jiang for being a good-for-nothing, Lin Mo for being picky, and the world for being unfair and wasting her life.

After Duanmu Zhi realized that Lin Mo was taking advantage of Jiang, she felt much calmer. She could calmly watch Jiang show off his power, and even feel a trace of pity for him afterwards.

Duanmu Zhi firmly believed that if she waited a little longer, the emperor would definitely like such a smart, sensible woman who would not cause trouble.

Unexpectedly, Hua Xiaoyao showed up.

After Hua Xiaoyao entered the palace, the emperor specially changed Xuan to the name of a courtyard and took her into the palace at a special time. Duanmu Zhi realized that everything Lin Mo did was to pave the way for the person in front of him, and the emperor did not hesitate to use her character. Duanmu Zhi slowly observed this person and found that there was not much outstanding about her. Her appearance was okay, but she didn't feel that she was special after seeing beautiful women. Her talents were okay. Every lady from a noble family knew a few skills. Duanmu Zhi didn't understand why Lin Mo took special care of this woman, but she could see Lin Mo's intentions and understood that this person could only be made friends, not enemies.

Hua Xiaoyao was in her palace. If the emperor came, she could still see that man's figure from afar. Duanmu Zhi often wondered how long the emperor's love could last, even if it was a regret in her heart. If he came more often, she would have a chance. No matter what, Hua Xiaoyao would never climb over her head, and maybe she would even leave her child after giving birth to it.

Hua Duanmuzhi laughed again. Xiaoyao's status as a mother who is honored by her son was just a cover. It was obvious that the child was his only if it came out of her belly. Otherwise, even if it was born, it would be an unfavored abandoned child. That's why he had been trying to avoid having children all these years. It was a pity that he realized it too late. Hua Xiaoyao suddenly became the queen who ruled the country.

Hua Xiaoyao could sense the concubines who had tampered with the concubines. As a senior concubine, she had also found out about it. She just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity, the only chance to come out. There was more than just Su Zhaoyi involved. After the ruthless and favored Jiang left, a new favored queen came. Who could tolerate this? As the queen, she didn't know how to persuade the emperor to treat everyone equally. How could those concubines who had been suppressed for a long time sit still?

Duanmu Zhi completely gave up when Lin Mo found her: "Xiao Yao has not offended any of you. Since you have noticed something, you must protect her. She will not get in your way."

Duanmu Zhi then realized that Lin Mo knew everything. How could Lin Mo, who was so smart in the court, not fail to see through the tricks in the harem? He just looked down on them. Duanmu Zhi then realized that she had lost, completely, but she refused to admit defeat.

Duanmu Zhi didn't know why Hua Xiaoyao fell ill and died of illness. What else would she not understand in the future? Since that was the path she chose, Hua Xiaoyao did not stand in her way. Up to now, what else did she not get except the emperor's favor?

Not having direct bloodline is not a bad thing. There is not so much family affection in the royal family. She relied on Hua Xiaoyao's son to sit on the position of Empress Dowager. She could see An Nan's alienation, but so what? Everyone left, and she was the only one left. She exhaled a breath, and she looked much more vicissitudes of life. She won, right? In the end, she was the one who climbed the highest and lived the longest.

In the past few hundred years, the oldest Empress Dowager passed away. While mourning, people all felt that it was the wisdom of the Xia Dynasty emperors who created a peaceful and prosperous era, which allowed them to raise such an old Empress Dowager.