The Great River Kingdom and the Tang Empire were far from each other, but they had been on good terms for generations. The people living here admired the Tang Empire's culture. Over the years, countless envoys and students had been sent to Chang 'an. Chang' an could be seen in the government system, architecture, culture, and even the details of life.
Jingdu was the capital of the Great River Kingdom. There were snow-capped mountains outside the city, and most of the houses in the city had black eaves. Countless flowers and trees were planted in the corners of the gardens, and the imperial city could be seen in the shadows.
The people who lived here were also extremely beautiful. Their brows were calm and gentle, and their gazes were focused and determined. They wore light colored long dresses, and gorgeous cloth belts were tied around their waists. Many of them had long black sheathed wooden swords at their waists.
Walking into Jingdu, Ning Que looked at the strange yet familiar scenery and people and naturally felt close to them. When he found that there was a branch of Chenjinji Cosmetics Store next to Chongwen Gate, he was even happier.
"Do you want to have a look?" He turned to Sangsang and asked.
Sangsang looked at the sign of Chenjinji Cosmetics Store and said, "I'm so fair now. Do I still need makeup?"
Ning Que said, "It doesn't matter. Besides, you can buy some makeup."
Sangsang thought for a while and walked into Chenjinji Cosmetics Store.
Ning Que and the Big Black Horse looked at each other and saw the joy in each other's eyes.
The branch of Chenjinji Cosmetics Store in Jingdu was the largest one in Chang 'an. One could imagine how much the girls in the Great River Kingdom liked Tang products. Usually, Chenjinji Cosmetics Store would be very busy, and the cosmetics boxes on the shelves would be dazzling. But today, Chenjinji Cosmetics Store was a little quiet.
Ning Que and Sangsang walked in and were surprised to see the empty shelves. Sangsang slightly squinted her willowy eyes and showed signs of anger.
If Haotian was angry, who knew if there would be a flood that would drown all the flowers and trees in Jingdu? Ning Que hurriedly comforted him and asked the shamefaced boss. Then he found out that the new autumn products of Chenjinji Cosmetics Store had been ordered by the imperial palace a few days ago. It would take at least a month for the new products to be delivered from Chang 'an.
"Why does the imperial palace need so many cosmetics? Why are there so many palace maids? " Ning Que thought of a sentence in an article and shook his head. He sighed and said, "The Wei River is full of fat."
Sangsang suddenly said, "Six palace cosmetics are colorless."
She had heard this poem from Ning Que when she was young.
Ning Que was very uneasy. He thought that if he really broke into the palace because he was unhappy, no one would dare to say anything. He said helplessly, "What are you talking about? None of them were written by one person. "
There were many girls who were dissatisfied like Sangsang. Two girls from the Great River Kingdom looked at the empty shelves and thought about the makeup for the Spring Festival. They couldn't help but complain, "I don't know what the king is thinking. For the sake of the wedding, there's no place to buy makeup."
Her companion said, "Does the monarch really dare to marry her?"
The young girl replied, "Who else is qualified to marry her except the monarch?"
His companion said worriedly, "Everyone in the world knows that she likes Mr. Thirteen of the Academy. Even if she dares to marry, does the monarch really dare to marry her? Aren't you afraid that the Tangs will be unhappy?"
Ning Que and Sangsang, who were about to go out, stopped when they heard the discussion.
He didn't do anything, nor did he turn around to ask. He just stood in the doorway and listened. He knew that there would be a big happy event in the capital soon — Mo Shanshan was about to enter the palace as the empress.
Ning Que looked at the beautiful flowers and trees opposite the shop. After a moment of silence, he stepped over the doorway and held the reins of the big black horse, walking out of the capital.
There were still flowers and trees everywhere outside the capital. There was a hidden stream between the trees. Across the stream was a tall and straight poplar tree. Ning Que let the big black horse run to relax, and then he sat down against the poplar tree.
He looked very calm. Sangsang knew that he was very cold, but she was still a little surprised. Because in her memory, the girl who was about to marry was very important to him.
She walked to the stream in front of the tree and looked at the flowing clouds in the stream with her hands behind her back. She said, "Why aren't you angry?"
Previously in Chenjinji Cosmetics Store, when the two girls from the Great River Kingdom mentioned that the monarch was going to marry Mo Shanshan, they were still worried about whether the Tangs would be angry, not to mention Ning Que.
Ning Que said, "I was a little angry when I first heard it. But when I walked among the flowers and trees, I suddenly realized that I have no right to be angry. The flowers and trees are there, not mine."
Sangsang turned to look at him and said, "Humans are really good at hypocrisy."
Ning Que looked at her ordinary face and somehow felt a little agitated. He said, "You already knew about this, so you asked me to come here?"
She was Haotian and naturally knew everything, except that she didn't know that the cosmetics in Chenjinji Cosmetics Store were all sold out.
Ning Que looked at her eyes and asked, "Did you do this?"
Sangsang said calmly, "Do you think I will care about such a small thing?"
Ning Que admitted that she was right and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have maliciously speculated about you."
Sangsang said, "What you think is not important to me."
Ning Que stood up from under the tree and walked to her. He looked into her eyes and said, "But you knew about this, and you asked me to come and see it happen. What do you want to do?"
Sangsang said, "For countless reincarnations, I have looked down on the human world from the Divine Kingdom. I have seen your joys and sorrows, your fights and intrigues. But there are still some things that I don't understand."
"What things?" Ning Que asked.
"For example, the feelings that you cherish but sometimes throw away."
Sangsang put her hands behind her back and looked through the forest, flowers, streams and city walls to the men and women in the city. She said indifferently, "You said you love me. Then what is love?"
Ning Que said after a moment of silence, "Some things can't be explained with words."
Sangsang said, "But I should be able to see it, so I want to see it."
Ning Que frowned slightly and said, "See what?"
Sangsang looked into his eyes and said, "See what love is."
Ning Que said, "Does it have anything to do with the happy event in the capital?"
Sangsang said, "Of course, because I want to see whether you love her or not."
Ning Que didn't know how to answer, so he said, "Does it make sense?"
Sangsang said, "The love recorded in the ancient books of human beings is so stupid and persistent, and they refuse to be interfered with by others. So since you love me, how can you love her?"
Ning Que didn't know how to answer, so he kept silent.
Sangsang began to feel curious in the fog of the abyss, and this feeling continued until now. She really wanted to know the answer to those things that she couldn't understand.
She looked at him, but it seemed like she was looking at the men and women walking hand in hand under the flowering trees in the capital. She asked seriously, "Can love two people at the same time?"
Ning Que could only keep silent.
Sangsang continued to ask, "How to measure the degree of love? You love me, or you love her, or you love me more. Since words can't describe it, how can there be more love? How can there be more love? "
Ning Que could not say anything other than silence, because no one could answer her question.
"I can feel that you are very upset, even angry, in your heart, so I don't understand. I know you don't want Mo Shanshan to marry that man, but in my opinion, it doesn't seem to be the same as my understanding of love, because you don't want to marry her. Since you don't want to marry her, why don't you let her marry someone else? Why would her marrying someone else make you so disappointed and make you want to destroy it? "
Sangsang was puzzled and said, "In my understanding, this is the possessiveness of a male to a female. It is a strong instinctive desire for his bloodline to reproduce. If this is the case, then what is the difference between what you humans call love and sexual intercourse? "
When she spoke, she looked very calm and did not show any jealousy. She was really like those diligent students in the front yard of the Academy who just wanted to find an answer.
Ning Que was a little disturbed by her calmness and asked helplessly, "What do you want to say?"
"What I want to say is, since there is no love, then your love for me is naturally fake."
Sangsang said calmly, but she didn't finish her words: Or, my love for you is also fake.
Ning Que said, "Is there any meaning to such a boring inference?"
He had sighed before, "Is there any meaning to this thing?" Sangsang laughed. Since leaving Peach Mountain, she smiled more and more frequently.
"Maybe there is no meaning, but it is very interesting."
Ning Que looked at her and said, "I think you are more like a student of the Academy than I am now."
"It's very strange. I don't feel disgusted by this statement."
Sangsang said, "Or is it because I also lived in the Academy for a long time?"
Ning Que looked at the green Mogan Mountain in the distance and said nothing.
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There was a quiet lake on the mountainside of Mogan Mountain not far from the capital. It was said that when the Sage of Calligrapher studied calligraphy in his childhood, he used to wash his brush with the lake water. After a few years, the lake was dyed black by the brush ink. Therefore, this lake was called the Brush Washing Pond by the people of the Great River. There was another more famous name, which was the Black Ink Pond.
Rumors were rumors after all. The lake water was still clear. The Black Ink Garden had been built many years before the Sage of Calligrapher was born, but it didn't affect the status of the Black Ink Garden in the people of the Great River and the cultivation world.
Today, the cottage of the Black Ink Garden was very lively. Lanterns and streamers were everywhere. Before night fell, the lanterns were not lit. Those streamers and the brushes hanging in the corridors were full of literary and ink, which indicated that a happy event was approaching.
Newborn green lotuses were floating on the surface of the Black Ink Pond. They swayed gently in the breeze and looked so young. Cat Girl sat by the lake and looked at those green lotuses. She frowned and looked very aggrieved.
Zhuo Zhihua walked behind her Younger Sister and asked with concern, "What are you thinking about?"
Cat Girl saw it was her Senior Sister and sadly leaned into her arms. After a long silence, she asked, "Senior Sister, what do you think about love?"
Zhuo Zhihua laughed and joked, "You just got engaged, but you are already thinking about the future?"
Cat Girl frowned and said unhappily, "Shouldn't we like each other first and then get engaged?"
Zhuo Zhihua said helplessly, "What on earth do you want to say?"
Cat Girl looked at the green lotuses in the lake and the streamers in the cottage and said sadly, "I don't understand. Hill Master obviously likes Ning Que. Why does she want to marry the monarch?"
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