In the winter of the first year of Yankang, the ministers persuaded him to advance, and Han Emperor Zen was located in Wei Wang.

Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, established Luoyang as his capital, and made Liu Xie the Duke of Shanyang. The new era is rolling along with the waves of history.

In the first year of Huangchu, it was cool and rainless.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty gave the late emperor the posthumous title 'Wu'." The kneeling female Shi said respectfully.

Bian Sheng smiled slightly, looked at the gray sky in the distance unconsciously, and inadvertently repeated, "Wei Wu."

After a short pause, she couldn't help muttering softly: "Actually, I already knew."

Just like she is also destined to be called Empress Wu, the words written in the history books will not be changed at all.

"Empress Dowager, the Marquis of Linzi begged to see you outside the palace and said he wanted to say goodbye to you." Seeing her in a daze, Nu Shi couldn't help reminding her in a low voice, "Your Majesty pardoned him out of brotherhood, demoted him to be Marquis of Anxiang, and sent him down forever." The edict not to enter the capital, I am afraid that it will be difficult to see each other in the future."

Bian Sheng came back to his senses in an instant, and called out urgently: "Show him in."

Luyi uncovered the red cloth on the bronze mirror for her, and saw that she was dressed in a luxurious dress, with gold silk coiled clouds, pearls and phoenix crowns, and the twelve maids behind her prostrated themselves on the ground in fear, shouting: "Xuan The Marquis of Linzi pays homage to—"

As soon as he signaled the maids to back down, Cao Zhi walked in quickly on his back foot, and then knelt down heavily with a "plop".

He was wearing the most simple and unpretentious moon white robe, so plain without any decorations, he just knelt in front of her without saying a word.

He used to love gorgeous and elegant things so much, but now he has nothing left.

Neither of the two said a word, and for a long time, Bian Sheng could only hear the sobs suppressed into his throat.

He is crying.

Bian Sheng couldn't bear it anymore, hugged his son half a foot away into his arms, and stretched out his arms to hug his thin shoulders.

He was a head taller than her, so she struggled a bit, but she insisted on standing on tiptoe, with tears soaking half of his shoulder.

She never saw him again.

It's like a weak lone swallow, persecuted by the howling north wind relentlessly, wandering alone to the distant sky, never to return.

But the most pitiful thing is that she herself is still a queen mother, but she can't do anything. She can only witness all this with her eyes. In the end, there is only a pale farewell, which is useless.

As a victim, Cao Zhi never blamed his elder brother from beginning to end, and even bowed his head heavily in the direction of Cao Pi's Gengshi Hall when he left at the end.

Between power and his younger brother, Cao Pi undoubtedly made the most suitable choice for him.

He really could do anything, and later he gave his wife Zhen Shi to death. It was clear that she had done nothing wrong, her virtues and talents were impeccable, and no one could say anything bad about her.

Probably simply because he didn't love her anymore.

Although he didn't believe it himself, how come the woman he liked so much now is disgusted even if he looks at each other.

He also couldn't tell whether he hated her more or she hated himself more. Since the two were bored, she might also want to get away more.

In the second year after giving her to death, he decreed to make Guo Guipin the queen, but he didn't give the latter a special favor. He had more beautiful concubines, more noble wives, But there is also a sense of propriety, and he will not leave the minister with the excuse to accuse himself of indulging in beauty.

After all, he still wanted to be a good emperor.

Although being a good emperor is much more difficult than being a good person, he still tried his best to do what his father had expected him to be.

In the fourth year of Huangchu, Taiwei Jiaxu died.

The moment Tang Ling learned of the obituary, she drove to the mansion, and saw a man in plain clothes standing at the door to welcome the condolence visitor. She guessed it was Jia Xu's eldest son, Jia Mu.

Jia Mu obviously saw her at a glance. Although he didn't know who she was, he still humbly invited her in.

She started crying before stepping on the threshold, and cried even more when she got to the coffin. Seeing this, Jia Mu hurriedly sent someone to look after her, for fear that the white-haired old woman would faint.

"The empress dowager is coming to the funeral—" the servant at the door reported loudly, and everyone in the room bowed their heads and knelt down, respectfully wishing Bian Sheng: "The empress dowager will live forever."

"The Taiwei has done his duty for my great Wei. He has devoted half his life to his loyalty and wisdom. Now he is dying with his full life. The Ai family will come to express their condolences."

Bian Sheng spoke a set of impeccable official language, and saw Tang Ling as soon as he entered the mansion, and was about to call her, but saw a young woman coming out of the inner hall, with a sad expression, and bowed to himself, "My daughter has seen the queen mother." .”

"Tumi?"

After so many years, she still remembered the name of the girl in those days and the young woman in plain clothes now, and she called it out all at once.

An apology flashed across Tu Mi's face: "This is the maiden name of a minister's daughter when she was young, and the Queen Mother laughed."

"I think this name is unique and interesting."

"Tang Ling, this is Taiwei Jia's youngest daughter, Tumi."

Bian Sheng introduced that there was no response from behind, she couldn't help but turned around in surprise, only to find that Tang Ling was stunned in place, staring at the woman in front of her without blinking.

"what happened?"

After a long time, Tang Ling's lips moved, and he said tremblingly: "Tumi."

"Wenhe..." Suddenly she squatted down, and the old man who was nearly 40 years old was crying like the girl who would do nothing for love [-] years ago, murmuring the name that had been hidden in her heart for decades, tears surging She came out, causing everyone present to look at her in shock.

"He loved me, he liked me..." She cried out of breath, "He still remembers... that lamp."

After leaving the house, her voice was already hoarse.

Bian Sheng could hear very vaguely, but still managed to distinguish, and heard her say among the noisy people coming and going: "I loved him all my life, but in the end, I found that I just fell in love with a bubble in a dream. All his life, he was only seeking his own life. He messed up the world and was reprimanded. At that time, I didn't care about anything. I thought that as long as I loved him and accompanied him, everything would be enough. But in the end, I couldn't realize this wish until I died. , so who am I living for in this life?"

Bian Sheng didn't know how to respond, so he could only be silent.

Tang Ling finally understood, but Bian Sheng couldn't be happy for her anyway, even now, she would rather the latter not be sober.

"I'm leaving." After a long silence, Tang Ling said suddenly.

Bian Sheng couldn't help holding her back, and said in a flustered tone, "Where are you going?"

"I'm very old, and I don't have many years to stand. I want to die alone and quietly, clean and clean with the cage I've lived in for most of my life, and have nothing to do with this world , I am just myself, I am Tang Ling, not the concubine Tang you mentioned."

Bian Sheng thought about it, but let go of her hand.

Finally, when she was about to leave, Bian Sheng took a deep breath and said to her: "I haven't told you yet, in the future, if you have someone you like, you can bravely chase after him. It all depends on whether you like it or not, there will be no more misses and waiting."

"Chasing?" She frowned slightly with some sparse eyebrows, and her cloudy eyes showed confusion.

"Yes." Bian Sheng nodded affirmatively, "But it should be a long, long time later, but it may be your next life."

"The next life." Tang Ling repeated, parting her dry lips and laughing, "It's okay, I will wait for it eventually."

**

In the seventh year of Huangchu, a few years after the death of his younger brother Cao Zhang, Cao Pi also became seriously ill. Many famous doctors were invited to treat him, but he was not cured.

Queen Guo stayed by her Majesty's side all the time, instead of calling a maid, she took care of him in her clothes.In the end, it should be that the situation is really bad, so I went to Changle Palace and invited the Queen Mother over.

Bian Sheng saw Cao Pi lying on the couch tossing and turning, panting in pain, almost out of shape, his face was as pale as paper, and his whole body was as fragile as ice that was about to thaw in early spring, and could be scattered into pieces if he was not careful.

Although he has done many wrong things, he is still his own son after all.

"Empress Dowager, are you alright?" Lu Yi quietly presented her with a handkerchief, only then did she realize that tears had already covered her face.

How could she be fine, this is her Zihuan, Cao Zihuan who wrote "Life is like a boat, time is like a gallop", unexpectedly a prophecy has come true, and now it has really come true.

What a handsome young man he was, he loved playing chess, eating sweet purple grapes that were slightly sour in summer, he would compete swords with others with sugar cane, and would even proudly show off to others when he won.

He is still so young, maybe less than 40 years old, and he is about to die.

He was bragging about his martial arts with Xun Yu at that time, and she couldn't help scolding him for losing respect, but now, neither Xun Yu nor him, who is still young, can't catch him anymore.

She couldn't help holding his hand tightly, even the veins on it could be clearly seen, it was so cold that there was no warmth at all.

"Mother." He opened his mouth slightly, trying to squeeze out a guilty smile, "Not only am I not a good son, I can't even be a good emperor... I'm sorry, my son is really going to disappoint father and you .”

"How could your father be willing to blame you? You have done a very good job, not to mention that in my mother's heart, my son has always been a good emperor of Wei."

He wanted to wipe her tears, but in the end he didn't have the strength, so he could only smile with his dry lips: "Mother always likes to comfort people, this time the son will believe it."

It's all like this, and he is still the same.

"If it wasn't for the destiny, my son would still like to let my mother see the prosperous future of Dawei Changlong. I have spent so much energy trying to realize this ideal, but I didn't expect that man's calculation would still be no match for heaven's calculation. My son is really incompetent."

She stretched out her hand to smooth his eyebrows, but couldn't say anything, just kept calling his name.

——Zi Huan, Zi Huan.

Empress Guo was crying uncontrollably, she really loved him, she couldn't help thinking.

Ding Si, the emperor died in Jiafu Palace at the age of forty.

In the end, when he died, he kept muttering a name, his voice was very low, and Bian Sheng could only hear it clearly when he moved close to his mouth.

——He was calling Zijian.

After the death of the first emperor, the eldest son Cao Rui, the king of Pingyuan, succeeded to the throne. He changed his reign name to Taihe.

**

Before he knew it, another two years had passed, and Bian Sheng felt that he was about to die.

She was taking a walk in the imperial garden, and as she walked, a burst of dizziness covered her mind, and she even had no strength to breathe.

She knew that she couldn't survive, but at least she wanted to die decently, so she walked back to the palace as fast as she could, lay down on the bed, and closed her eyes.

Breathing stopped suddenly, and at the moment when he finally lost consciousness, the machine voice that he had heard several times suddenly sounded in his ears, and it sounded like a smile at this moment.

"Congratulations, you have successfully completed the task and lived to the predetermined target life span."

Bian Sheng only felt that he was completely cheated, and immediately widened his eyes angrily: "What's the use of that?"

"You will receive a reward from me."

"What reward can you give?" Bian Sheng scorned disdainfully.

But it seemed very happy, and deliberately said slowly: "A if line you want most, don't you always feel regretful? This will make you complete."

Now Bian Sheng's eyes widened again.

The voice did not continue, only heard a "whoosh", it seemed that some machinery was constantly rolling, and the sound of the wind was rubbing against the pinna crazily, making her whole body cold.

When everything was still, when she opened her eyes, she encountered a burst of warmth and a night that was almost blind.

There was only her and one other person in the narrow space, and the two of them were tightly pressed together, passing each other's body temperature, and he could still hear his subtle breathing.

In the darkness, only faint moonlight came in, converging into a faint light and shadow, just enough to illuminate the man's face.

There was a smell of blood and soil in the nose, and there was the sound of dripping blood, falling to the ground little by little. They seemed to be in the most dangerous place and moment.

The young man in front of him looked excited and young, his eyes filled with anticipation, like the brightest light in the dark night.

He was looking at himself with a smile, and his voice trembled uncontrollably: "Will you come with me, we will go back to our hometown to get married soon, and you will be my wife from now on."

"Huh?" She subconsciously asked.

"I said, Abian, will you marry me?"

The young man's expression was obviously very nervous, even his hands were trembling, but he still pretended to be calm and asked her very calmly, staring at her face every inch of his eyes.

"I am willing!" She understood completely now, and then hurriedly nodded while she was still conscious, "I have been waiting for your words."

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