Noble First Daughter-in-law

Prince...

Upon hearing these two words, Yuwen Ye's breathing suddenly sank. Without thinking, he jumped off the horse and immediately ran forward. After a while, he arrived at the place where the prince had been shot and fell to the ground.

There had just been a bloody battle here, with corpses everywhere and blood flowing like a river, but it did not affect the prince, and no one dared to set foot here, so there was not even a bloody footprint around. But there was a pool of blood here, which was particularly bright red and glaring, and on the pool of blood, Yuwen Qian's white figure was lying there. Although half of his body was stained red, the other half was still there, and his face was as white as before, like a light feather floating in a sea of ​​blood.

And the person kneeling beside him was still Yu Mingyue, and even her movements had not changed.

As he got closer to him, Yuwen Ye's footsteps slowed down and became lighter.

Because he heard a low chanting of Buddha: "When Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva practiced the profound Prajna Paramita, he saw that the five aggregates were empty and transcended all suffering..."

The closer we got, the clearer we could hear. It was the Heart Sutra, chanting slowly and clearly. Even though the air was still filled with the tension from the fierce battle, the smell of blood in the wind was so strong that it was nauseating. In the distance, we could even hear the wailing of fear and panic from the defeated and surrendering people. In such a noisy and chaotic night, the sound of the Buddha's name chanting made the place suddenly quiet.

Finally, Yuwen Ye walked to his side.

No one touched him, so Yuwen Qian still looked exactly the same as before when he was shot by an arrow and fell off the horse. The arrow was even stuck in his throat. As he chanted, the arrow feathers trembled slightly, and the wound on his throat began to bleed bit by bit.

It seemed as if his blood was almost drained out.

And his voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible.

Yuwen Ye stood beside him, quietly looking at that extremely familiar, handsome face. At this moment, it was just like when he was looking at him on the shore that year.

Yuwen Ye said softly: "Brother."

“…Therefore the Prajnaparamita mantra is spoken. The mantra is as follows: Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha.”

After reciting the last sentence, Yuwen Qian breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had let go of something.

Then, he slowly opened his eyes.

Those translucent, clean and clear eyes are just as they were when I first saw them.

Shang Ruyi, who was following closely behind Yuwen Ye, could not help but gasp. She did not expect that after being hit by such an arrow, he was still alive. She did not expect that while he was still alive, he could even finish reciting the Heart Sutra.

Is this person a Buddha or a devil?

Yuwen Ye also looked down at him, his eyes were similar to his when he was on the shore, with a bit of coldness, but when he spoke, his voice was somewhat uncontrollably hoarse: "You are chanting Buddha's name now, do you want to become a Buddha?"

"..."

"But, have you forgotten the verse that Xin Zheng said - if you recite it for too long, you will become a demon."

"..."

"How can you become a Buddha if you have inner demons?"

Hearing the word "inner demon", Yuwen Qian's eyes trembled slightly. He looked at his second brother. A light of almost despair flashed in his eyes, which were originally calm and empty without any temperature. It seemed that he also echoed Yuwen Ye's words - how can you become a Buddha if you have an inner demon?

"Ugh……"

He actually sighed softly.

Yuwen Ye slowly squatted down, looked at him lying in a pool of blood, and said softly: "Brother, what is your inner demon? Why can't you get rid of it after so many years of traveling away from home, practicing Buddhism, and entering the world to ascend the throne and stir up trouble?"

"..."

"What exactly is your inner demon?"

Yuwen Qian didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly. After a long while, his gaze shifted to Shang Ruyi behind him.

After the fight, Shang Ruyi's hair bun had become loose, her hairpins and rings had fallen to the ground, and a few strands of black hair at her temples were tangled in the wind. If it weren't for the hairpin that was barely holding her hair bun in place, her hair would have been disheveled by now.

Looking at her bun, Yuwen Qian's gaze seemed somewhat lingering.

However, his gaze did not stay on her for too long. After just a moment, he coldly withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes.

He seemed to have taken his last breath.

Yuwen Ye stared at him intently, his eyes gradually turning red.

Just as he was about to get up and leave, he suddenly heard Yuwen Qian's low voice coming from the ground. It was as soft as a mosquito's hum, but at this moment, it fell heavily into his heart: "The day she married into the Yuwen family, the weather was very good. The setting sun shone on her golden hairpin... She was glowing."

"...?"

Upon hearing this, Yuwen Ye immediately frowned and turned to look at Shang Ruyi.

Shang Ruyi, who was standing behind him, also frowned instinctively, but the next moment, her heart suddenly skipped a beat. The day she married into the Yuwen family, the weather was indeed very good, and the sunset was also very bright.

She didn't know if she glowed in the sun, but -

She didn't bring her golden hairpin.

She only had one golden hairpin, which was the one she was wearing now, but it was given to her by Guan Yunmu shortly after she married into the Yuwen family. Jinyun once told her that it was the one Guan Yunmu wore when she married Yuwen Yuan.

"...!"

Shang Ruyi took a sudden breath.

At this time, Yuwen Qian slowly opened his eyes again. His pupils were completely transparent, as if all his emotions and feelings had been drained away with the blood. The remaining body had lost its five senses and no warmth. The only thing left in those eyes was the past events he had seen...

On the day she married into the Yuwen family, the setting sun was as flaming as fire. The fiery red sunlight shone on her body. Her golden hairpin swayed with her lotus steps. The light penetrated deeply into the eyes of the child who was hiding in the corner and peeking at her.

He always remembered her green dress, her graceful and fluttering figure.

Aunt Hui's voice, cold and filled with infinite resentment, echoed in his ears non-stop - this woman, she has been waiting for your mother to die, and when your mother dies, she will marry into the Yuwen family, maybe your mother was cursed to death by her! You can't really treat her as your mother, she won't get close to you, not only that, she will harm you!

When she gives birth to a son one day, everything will be over for you...

This voice is like a ghost, following you closely.

So, he began to be alert, like a hedgehog with spikes all over his body; and as expected, she treated him coldly and he did not get close to her - in fact, he did not get close to anyone easily, and after feeling her indifference, he became more cautious, because Aunt Hui said that she would definitely harm him for her son.

Then one day, she really gave birth to a son.

However, she was not close to this son.

Her gaze did not linger too much on her biological son, but was always on her husband, who was also his father. In her eyes, there was only that one figure from beginning to end.

The boy gradually felt relieved, and when his half-brother felt lonely, he would even take the initiative to get close to him and take care of him - since both you and I are lonely.

But suddenly one day, when she was about to take her younger brother to go boating, she saw him curled up in her arms and fell asleep. He slept so soundly, with a happy and satisfied look on his face, as if he had obtained the whole world.

At this moment, the boy felt betrayed.

It wasn't the brother who betrayed their shared loneliness, but the woman...she betrayed herself!

At that moment, hatred engulfed the little boy like a tide. He hated the boy so much that he didn't even have time to hide his resentful look. His brother who suddenly woke up saw him, but he thought he had seen it wrong, so he let him think that it was just his illusion.

But, it was not an illusion after all. When the two were boating and the younger brother accidentally fell into the lake, he did not immediately reach out to save him, because at that moment, he suddenly wanted to know, if the child who made her betray herself died, could she go back to the way she was in the past - she and he, not close to each other, and both lonely.

But in the end he couldn't bear to do it.

The second brother who was rescued fell seriously ill. His father asked him one question, just one question, and then did not ask any more questions. However, he felt that his heart was being tortured, because she stayed by her second brother's side from beginning to end, never scolded him, never blamed him, and even did not even look at him.

Afterwards, the whole family went to the Buddhist temple to pray, and he saw the Buddha with his eyes lowered, as if he could see through the hearts of all people in the world, and suddenly decided to become a monk.

He thought that this would help him wash away his sins and suppress the inner demons that even he despised.

So over the years, he traveled all over the place and devoted himself to practicing Buddhism, but no matter how many cushions he knelt on or how many times he recited the meditation mantra, he could not dispel the hatred he felt for her from his heart. On the contrary, because of the long distances he traveled and the loneliness of his practice, his hatred for her grew deeper and deeper.

He knew that he hated her.

He knew that his hatred for her, as well as his hatred for her son, was his inner demon. When he met Yu Mingyue, when this woman with an extraordinary background told him about his possible ending, that hatred reached its peak.

He wanted to destroy her son, even if it meant using the most despicable means, even if it meant pretending to be affectionate and friendly, to get close to the woman who had broken off the engagement and made him lose face.

Over the years, he has been going around in circles, over and over again, struggling and rolling in such hatred, and allowing this inner demon to erode his conscience and beliefs. He is trying to save himself while falling into depravity, trying to be sober while becoming addicted.

Today, he has finally reached the end of his life.

It seemed that his inner demons were about to disappear from this world with the end of his life.

So many years have passed, and he has always thought so - until this moment, a thought suddenly came to his mind, just like the bright moon rising from the snow-capped peaks and silver fish leaping into the river.

His mind was clear.

From the beginning to the end, this was his youthful concern, not his inner demon.

It is his love that cannot be shared. (End of this chapter)