Chapter 4: The Concubine's Thoughts

The concubine went to the temple to pray for His Majesty?

As soon as the news reached the harem, Jiang Suyu went to ask the Empress Dowager Wu, "Why did the concubine suddenly go to the Taimiao?" She was preparing to create an arrogant reputation for the concubine, this concubine was going to enter the Taimiao, but she would just swing her fist in the air, dazed.

"It was the courtiers' exhortations that worked, and His Majesty asked her to go to the Taimiao Temple for self-reflection. Empress Dowager Wu thought for a while and said, "The Taimiao is not to pray for blessings. ”

But in this way, her reputation has improved a lot. Jiang Suyu said, "I should go too." ”

"You are the queen, and managing the palace affairs is your accusation. Empress Dowager Wu said. "Don't lose a big deal out of a small amount. ”

In the harem, like the Empress Dowager Wu, she thought that the concubine went to the temple as a result of His Majesty's compromise with the courtiers, although there was no favorite concubine in front of them to block them from getting close to His Majesty, and felt light, but when I thought that I was now in the filial piety period, I couldn't do anything, and I was happy.

There are also smart people who can see that this is a lot of help for the concubine to save herself.

Concubine Xian looked out the window, "Our concubine is a really smart person, but the ridiculous queen never sees through her, and only treats her as a beautiful and seductive fool." ”

"Niangniang?" the palace people were puzzled.

"That's it. Concubine Xian sighed and said, "I will never be involved in their filthy affairs again, let's just raise the eldest princess with peace of mind and live our own lives in peace." ”

"Niangniang was first named a virtuous concubine, only under the concubine, why is she so negative?" The palace people were puzzled, "The slave maid looked at Concubine Li, who used to be like an invisible person in the palace, but now she is also full of ambition, just waiting for the end of the filial piety period, and then she will invite the favor to fight for favor." ”

Concubine Xian smiled. "I have the eldest princess, so I don't lack anything, I don't ask for anything. ”

"Although the eldest princess is good, the mother should also give birth to a prince. ”

"The prince who is not loved by his father, he was born not to ask a white-haired person to send a black-haired person, which only adds to his sadness. ”

Qi Zongwen asked Qin Yunyi, who was personally sent by Han Xing, to the Taimiao, the heavy hall door closed behind him, and Miao An asked Qin Yunyi in a low voice, "Niangniang, we really want to stay here for a year." ”

"I want it, you don't. Qin Yunyi said, "Palace people can go out of the palace." ”

The maids who stayed behind in the temple came to guide them to the side hall, which was their main place of activity, and the side hall was dedicated to Buddha statues, Bodhisattva statues, and Arhat statues.

"Niangniang can choose any place to kneel the scriptures, the Bodhisattva sends the child, and the Niangniang can worship more. "The palace maids and eunuchs who are assigned to the Taimiao are almost the same as pensioners, and they are said to be palace maids, but they can be called grandma in terms of age.

His Majesty guards his filial piety, except for three days to come to Yushou Palace to ask the Queen Mother for peace, and usually does not come to the harem. The queen is busy sorting out the palace affairs, the concubine is in the Taimiao, and the harem is really cleaner than when she was in the palace.

Concubine Lu, Concubine Yao and Concubine Li live in a palace close to each other, Concubine Li envies the two of them coming to the palace first, and often asks the two of them to talk about their first palace.

Concubine Lu boasted, saying how His Majesty kept filial piety, and then asked them to serve the Queen Mother in Yushou Palace.

"That's nice. Concubine Li said with envy, "Since I entered the palace, I have never seen the Queen Mother except for the first time to collectively greet the Queen Mother, and I don't even know what the Queen Mother looks like now." ”

"The Queen Mother is very loving. Lu Concubine said.

Concubine Yao seemed to have something on her mind, she remembered that they were by the princess's side when Han Haili returned to the house to report the funeral, and Manager Han said that he wanted a concubine to enter the palace to serve His Majesty, and they all knew that Manager Han was talking about Concubine Qin, but she didn't expect the princess to order the two of them to enter the palace to serve in a blink of an eye.

Originally, I entered the palace with a fluke mood, but I didn't expect to see Your Majesty at all, Manager Han went to tell Your Majesty that it was the two of them who came, and Your Majesty directly ordered them to go to Yushou Palace.

In fact, in Yushou Palace, he just stood aside and did decorations.

At the beginning, I thought that the advanced palace might be able to take advantage of the position, but in fact, in His Majesty's heart, all of them together are not as important as the concubine.

In Concubine Song's dill palace, the girl Peony said with some joy, "I was still angry at the time, Niangniang was on the spot, but the princess let Concubine Lu and Concubine Yao enter the palace, and now it seems that they didn't take advantage of the palace first." ”

"Because what Han Haili said meant to ask Concubine Qin to enter the palace to serve His Majesty. At the beginning, there was no sourness in her heart, but Song Yuer quickly said the same, "If the queen let her enter the palace at that time, I'm afraid it would be a different situation." ”

"The concubine is already the highest level of a concubine, how can it be different?" asked Peony, "Your Majesty also gave you a two-character title." "Our mother doesn't have a single seal.

"Sister Xianfei has an eldest princess, and it is normal to have a title. Song Yuer said, "Now I can be a concubine, I am satisfied." "At that time, it was terrible to be a concubine, and it was really humiliating.

"But ah, it is also good for the concubine to enter the palace. Peony suddenly whispered, "It's good for the queen's mother, so you don't have to be on the big day of entering the palace and be robbed of the limelight by the concubine." ”

"You're naughty enough to say anything. Song Yuer smiled lightly, and felt so in her heart, the queen had never taken advantage of the concubine before, and once she became the queen, she wanted to suppress the concubine, how could it be so easy.

In fact, Jiang Suyu hadn't thought about this problem, and when her henchman Chunzhi was on duty at night, she also muttered, "Is it because Your Majesty deliberately didn't let the Qin family enter the palace that I lifted her up like this to slap me in the face." ”

In fact, Jiang Suyu's feeling was right, when she didn't know, His Majesty and the four prime ministers and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu came to discuss some affairs, and when they talked about the matter of Enfeng, Zhao Xianggong said that the national prince was no longer there, and he could not be crowned the prince of the country, so it was better to entitle the two brothers of the queen mother.

Moreover, it used the reason that General Jiang Dazhi was famous in the army, and when the first emperor was dying, he supported the palace and the palace like an iron bucket, and the hard work was high.

Qi Zongwen felt that this was the Jiang family's discontentment, and thought that he had the merit of the dragon and came to blackmail Ensuo to repay him, although in the end he still enshrined Jiang Dahai as the Marquis of Guangping and Jiang Dazhi as the Marquis of Xiabo, but he also decided to destroy the majesty of the queen.

"Don't think too much about it. Chunzhi said, "Husband and wife are one, why does Your Majesty want to slap the mother's face?"

"Besides, Your Majesty has also named two uncles as marquis, a double marquis, how majestic it is. ”

"But I can't stop Your Majesty from enshrined the Qin family as a concubine, nor can I stop her from entering the palace from Chongtianmen, I'm really boring as a queen. Jiang Suyu sighed and said.

"The slave maid thinks that the concubine Niangniang going to the Taimiao is also a kind of softness to the Niangniang. Chunzhi said, "In the past, it was like this in the palace, and the concubine didn't want to fight with Niangniang. ”

"If I asked her to go to the Taimiao Temple to pray for blessings, she went obediently, this is her softness, and now she herself decides to go to the Taimiao Temple to pray for blessings, where is her softness, this is her response. Jiang Suyu said, "If she can really stay in the temple for a year, you can imagine how good her reputation will be when she comes out." ”

Qin Yunyi didn't look at the Bodhisattva at all, she was like the palace maid of the Taimiao, she got up early and followed the palace maid to clean up the main hall, incense to each ancestor, simply used Chinese food, and copied two volumes of scriptures by hand, and the rest of the time was used to chant in front of the Buddha statue and rest at night.

And so on, and only rest in the side hall when the small days of the month come.

Qi Zongwen was not at ease, so he asked Han Xing to run to the Taimiao from time to time to see how the concubine was doing in the Taimiao, and when Han Xing came back to tell the concubine that she was really serious about praying in the Taimiao, he immediately couldn't sit still, got up and went to the Taimiao, first gave incense to the first emperor, and then went to the side hall and asked people to call Qin Yunyi.

Qin Yunyi finished reciting a scroll of scriptures on the spot before coming over.

Qi Zongwen saw that she was dressed as a layman, and she almost didn't come up in one breath, "Come to the Taimiao Temple and sit and recite scriptures, or do nothing, why do you have to be so ascetic?"

"The temple is strict, and it is not easy for others to know the reason, you just take it easy, and no one will say anything. Qi Zongwen said, "It's that my second brother was punished to the Taimiao Temple to face the wall and think, and he was also served with good tea and good tables and stools, and he didn't suffer much." "Just say why you're so dead-eyed.

"I also wanted to cut corners. Qin Yunyi said softly, "It's just that when I think of it, I want to pray for Your Majesty's blessings and well-being, and that laziness is gone, I'm just afraid that I am not sincere and can't ask Your Majesty for good luck." ”

Qi Zongwen was speechless, he looked at her deeply, "I understand your heart, but I am more afraid of your body." ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I have a number. Qin Yunyi smiled and said, "I don't want to be carried out sideways in two or three days." ”

After His Majesty left, Miao An no longer persuaded Qin Yunyi to rest, and she was also persuaded by Qin Yunyi's words.

Only Qin Yunyi knew that what she was thinking when she looked at the Bodhisattva was, Bodhisattva, you accept royal offerings, your spiritual power should be stronger than ordinary ones, if you really have a god, bless my Qin family, ascend to Bliss early, don't wander in Huangquan.