The palace is quiet, and the empress of the cold palace is acting as a demon

Chapter 513

It is rare for Shuying to remember her own birthday, so she deliberately put on the osmanthus earrings that Ning Xizhao gave her last year, and specially wore a jacket and skirt with the style of the Western Regions in Longzhou, and braided her long hair. Playful and lively.

Ning Xizhao asked Shuying: "Today is your birthday, I will take you somewhere."

"Where are you going?" Shuying asked curiously.

Ning Xizhao didn't say anything clearly, but pulled her onto the horse, and walked westward through a desolate next door to a mountain.Before getting close, Shuying heard the clang, clang, and chisel of hammers and nails.

After Ning Xizhao stopped the horse under the upright cliff, Shuying stared at the scene in front of her with wide eyes in surprise.A few dusty monks are meticulously digging grottoes to build Buddha statues.

There is a saying in Buddhism that the merits of building Buddha caves are immeasurable.

Ning Xizhao knew what Shuying liked. He originally wanted to build a Buddhist temple or a Taoist temple for her in Fangyuan City, but suddenly he heard that someone was building a Buddhist cave beside the Gobi Mountains, so he had a whim and brought Shuying here to see it. look.

Qin Wan was pleasantly surprised to find that a monk was painting a mural. She leaned over to look at it, her eyes were as bright as morning stars.

""The Maitreya Sutra"..." Shuying saw the monk's painting, and immediately said what he painted.

The monk was very surprised, and turned to look at Qin Wan curiously: "The benefactor can actually see what the little monk drew!"

Shuying nodded: "I have learned some Buddhism, and I can understand the stories you draw."

"That's great. I'm still worried that I can't draw the content of the Buddhist scriptures due to my limited drawing skills." The monk said humbly.

Ning Xizhao also stepped forward curiously, looked at the mural carefully and found it interesting: "Wanwan, what is this painting, can you tell me about it?"

Shuying pointed to the part that the monk was painting and said: "The painting here is a place called Maitreya Pure Land, where women marry at the age of [-]. It is called in the scriptures, 'When a woman is [-] years old, she will be married.'"

"Five hundred years old is a bit exaggerated." Ning Xizhao said.

Shuying immediately shook her head and said, "Maitreya's pure land is a Buddhist realm, and the life span cannot be compared with that of ordinary people. In my hometown, [-] years old can only be a girl, and [-] years old can be married."

When the monk heard what Shuying said, he looked at her in surprise, with disbelief written all over his face.

Ning Xizhao smiled and asked, "How old are you today?"

Shuying frowned when she heard this: "Ning Xizhao, I don't want to tell you which pot you don't open and which pot you carry." She then moved to look at other grottoes.

As he walked and watched, Qin Wan pouted, pointed to a figure on a mural and said to Ning Xizhao, "Look, this is the Jialingpina clan, and there is a bitch named Concubine Miaoyin from their clan. Killing her with my own hands is my biggest regret. But she is dead, so let her die."

Ning Xizhao took Shuying's hand and listened to her introduce the stories in each grotto to him emotionally.

"Xizhao, let's give these monks some money and encourage them to dig here." Shuying said with a smile, "These grottoes and paintings can last for a long, long time, and after a long, long time, there will be many lovers like us. Husband and wife come here to visit these grottoes. Maybe a girl who understands Dharma will tell her lover here the story of her marriage at the age of [-]."

Ning Xizhao nodded: "Well, today is your birthday, so whatever you say counts."

Seeing that Ning Xizhao agreed, Shuying immediately took out a money bag and donated to every monk who devoted himself to building Buddhist caves.

The monks were very surprised at Shuying's generosity, and thanked her one after another.

After saluting humbly to all the monks, Shuying turned around and ran back to Ning Xizhao: "The Buddha said that the reason for giving is because it is the foundation of establishing harmony and happiness in the world and the holy law of transcending the world. Humans are usually greedy and greedy. The heart is dissatisfied, and even resorts to unscrupulous means to create all kinds of evil karma. And giving is the right antidote to stinginess, which can break the heart of stinginess in all beings. Therefore, the Buddha said that there is nothing better than giving for self-interest and others, so in the six perfections, it is top of the list."

Ning Xizhao frowned: "Shuying, I suddenly understand why these monks want to paint Buddhist scriptures as murals."

"Huh? Xizhao, have you been enlightened by Buddhism?" Shuying asked with a smile.

Ning Xizhao shook his head: "No, no, I think the Buddhist scriptures themselves are too difficult for all sentient beings to understand, so they have to be drawn into pictures so that everyone can understand the meaning of the scriptures."

Shuying smiled wryly: "Xizhao, I think you have no connection with Buddhism... But I really thank you today, you are so uninterested in this Dharma, you even brought me here on horseback, I am very happy."

Ning Xizhao touched Shuying's forehead: "I may not understand what you like, but I will definitely respect your preferences."

"Xizhao, you are so kind." Shuying took Ning Xizhao's arm affectionately, thought for a while and then said, "Then since I am in charge today, then Xizhao, take me to see the sunset on the Gobi and the stars at night .”

"Okay, let's go to a nearby town to eat first, and then I'll take you to the ancient city wall to enjoy the sunset and the stars." Ning Xizhao said, "What do you want to eat?"

Shuying thought for a while: "Beef Ramen!"

Ning Xizhao took Qin Wan to eat noodles in a restaurant in the small town. It was getting late, and the two climbed up the ancient city wall of Xidi together.

Ning Xizhao and Shuying found a flat place to sit on the ancient Gobi desert city wall.Ning Xizhao wrapped Shuying in his cloak, and held her in his arms.Even so, Shuying's nose was still red from the cold, and she looked very cute in the setting sun.

"Xizhao, the sunset is so beautiful..." Shuying looked at the red sun that was about to fall under the distant mountain, and praised, "I really have no regrets in this life to be able to see such a beautiful scenery with you."

"What nonsense, we haven't grown old together yet, how can we call this life without regrets." Ning Xizhao corrected Shuying.

"Yeah, we still haven't done a lot of things together," Shuying pursed her lips and smiled, "For example, I want to go to the southwest plateau and learn the Buddhist scriptures taught by the lamas there. I also want to learn archery from you. With you As a teacher, I will be able to walk through Yang with a hundred steps soon."

Ning Xizhao: "Well, I will help you realize all your wishes. Think again, do you have any other wishes?"

Shuying thought about it, and said cautiously: "Xizhao, can we adopt an orphan?"

Ning Xizhao was slightly taken aback, he knew that even though Shuying didn't say anything, she was still brooding over the loss of her child.

"Okay, I promise you." Ning Xizhao nodded and hugged her tighter.

Shuying leaned on Ning Xizhao's shoulder, watching that the Changgeng star had already lit up.Then one after another the stars suddenly brightened above the lavender sky.

"Thank you." Suddenly she felt so tired that she couldn't open her eyes, "Xi Zhao, I'm so sleepy..."

"Since we're sleepy, let's go home." Ning Xizhao said softly.

"No...I...too sleepy..." Shuying's voice became weaker and weaker.

Ning Xizhao thought that Shuying was just sleepy, and didn't care at first.

But gradually, he felt that the weight of Shuying leaning on him became lighter and lighter.

When he looked back at Shuying again, he was shocked instantly.

Shuying's body gradually became transparent.

"Wanwan?! Wanwan!! What's wrong with you?" Ning Xizhao held Shuying in his arms, trying to shake her awake.

But Shuying lost consciousness, no matter how much Ning Xizhao called, she couldn't wake up.

"Wanwan! Don't scare me! Wanwan!"

Ning Xizhao went crazy, he was horrified to find that Shuying's body was slowly disappearing, but he was helpless.

"Wanwan, what's wrong with you?!"

Shuying didn't respond.

"Late night?!"

Shuying's body began to dissipate into pieces of burnt ashes blown by the wind.

"Wanwan? Don't scare me! What's wrong with you?" Ning Xizhao completely collapsed, he desperately wanted to hold Shuying tightly, but she disappeared into his arms without warning like a shadow , leaving only a long red dress.

And the pair of golden osmanthus earrings fell on the dry loess bricks of the ancient city wall, reflecting the last ray of sunset light and then dimmed...

"Late night!!!!!!"

……

Peijun, Yingcheng.

Qin Wan looked at the re-wicked Chongli Lantern and sighed silently.

Lie Xie asked: "Your Majesty, if you light the wick with an ordinary torch, will the shadows formed by the lights disappear?"

Qin Wan nodded: "Well, the new light is born, and the old shadows are scattered. It is estimated that Shuying suddenly disappeared at this moment, and Ning Xizhao must be in chaos. Lie Xian, you should spread the news of my stay in Hancheng to Fangyuan City. In that case, Ning Xizhao will definitely come to me for Shuying. The day he returns to Hancheng will be his death day."

(End of this chapter)