Chapter 49: Offering

Princess Qi slammed the fan in her hand on the desk, "It's really a cheap seed in a cheap life", obviously scolding others, but it turned out that Princess Qi was so angry that her chest fluctuated. Mama Qiu has been serving by Princess Qi's side for more than 20 years, and she has already regarded her as her own child, and seeing her angry like this, although she has a little objection in her heart, she thinks that Lige is now just a child whose status is not as good as that of a concubine, and she is still a girl, so it's a big deal to wait for her to fight, and a dowry will be sent away. Moreover, her future husband is still in the hands of Princess Qi, and it is easy to pick a useless shelf for her.

Mama Qiu stood next to her and didn't dare to squeak, but the other maidservants, including the eldest maid beside Princess Qi, all avoided when they heard the sound. can jump out and be selected by Princess Qi as a confidant, and naturally have an unlimited future, but Princess Qi is moody, and it is still very risky to take the initiative to meet the muzzle.

Princess Qi was in a daze for a moment, and looked at her loyal servant, "Mama, do you think there is any way to get rid of her forever?" I only hated myself for being soft-hearted at the beginning, thinking that the prince was already punishing her and turning her into a slave, and there would be no place to turn over. I didn't expect the prince to relent, and that cheap maid actually looked more and more alike......" Princess Qi seemed reluctant to mention the name in the taboo.

Seeing Princess Qi's resentful look, Mama Qiu was distressed, she gritted her teeth, took a step forward, and said, "Princess, the slave maid has an idea." Mama Qiu attached herself to Princess Qi's ear like this, and the two conspired in the room for a long time, and finally made up their minds. Mama Qiu also hurried out of the main courtyard and went to discuss things with her son.

Princess Qi has two personal maids by her side, Bixi is responsible for the personnel of the main courtyard and the affairs in the house; Jin Qin is responsible for all the things that Princess Qi has to deal with the outside world; of course, Mama Qiu mainly assists Princess Qi in managing the affairs of the palace, and Mama Qiu's son and husband help manage Princess Qi's dowry. Bixi is silent, Jin Qin is delicate and transparent, Princess Qi trusts Bixi more, but she can't do without Jin Qin's dexterity, even so, most of the things that are jealous, Bixi and Jin Qin are avoided, first, Princess Qi does not want to show any weakness in front of her own people, and secondly, these two big girls are very cautious and do not further intervene in the dispute between Princess Qi's wives and concubines, even if they are sometimes inevitably ordered to make some arrangements, but they will never say more about the causes and consequences. Sometimes knowing less is more likely to ensure a lasting relationship of trust.

Lige didn't know if she could follow her into the palace on the day of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, in fact, she didn't care about entering the palace, and even faintly rejected it. Therefore, in recent days, under the neglect of the Qi Palace, she has lived a very happy life, and she has even figured out how to sneak out of the Qi Palace, and wander around the capital. Although King Qi has been treating her well recently, but the past seven years or so have carved sensitive rough lines on her heart, living in King Qi's Mansion is not a safe home, she wants to know who her biological mother is, although no insider told her, but she faintly felt that the rumors outside were not true. But one fact is true, that is, all the masters of the Qi Palace, including the King of Qi, the Princess of Qi, the Song Side Concubine, and even those in the palace, dislike their biological mother very much, and even have hostility towards themselves.

Therefore, although Lige did not discuss it with Mama Mu, she had a faint idea in her heart, hoping to take advantage of this opportunity to enter Beijing to find some clues about her biological mother, and it was best to leave the Qi Palace, and survive comfortably. But Mama Mu is already old and not suitable to follow her, and Baoqi didn't accept it, so she was very melancholy when she got to the song, even if she learned that she could go out openly and go to the famous Dajue Temple, she was not too excited.

On August 20, after a few days of rest after the busy Mid-Autumn Festival, the masters of the Qi Wangfu finally set off again and headed for the Dajue Temple. King Qi and the little prince Ji Qiming sat in the same carriage, the princess and Ji Qionghua in a carriage, and Concubine Song and Ji Qiongying in a carriage.

Although logically speaking, when going out to play, this kind of thing should be separated from Song and Ji Qiongying in a car, but the habitual isolation of Lige makes everyone have no surprise about such a carriage arrangement, after all, from Yancheng to Qitai City, Lige is also separated from other masters.

Lige didn't care very much, in fact, she still couldn't ask for not having to be trapped in a carriage with Ji Qiongying for a few hours. This makes it much easier for her to make arrangements even if she wants to. Only Mama Mu was very dissatisfied with the fact that Lige's carriage was arranged behind Ji Qiongying's carriage. But she didn't dare to say anything publicly, so she could only treat Lige with more pity.

Along the way, Lige lifted the curtains with great interest and observed the outside world, only Mama Mu noticed that the coachman of their carriage was not very skilled, she silently complained in her heart, the princess was doing things more and more disrespectfully, this coachman was driving too slowly, and he was already a long distance behind the carriage in front, why didn't he know how to arrange a better coachman? The princess seized every opportunity to block the relationship between her master and the king of Qi.

When he arrived on the sparsely populated official road, Lige also noticed this situation, so he asked Mama Mu to mention the coachman outside. The coachman seemed to have finally thought of speeding up, but the carriage was really simple, and as soon as the speed came up, it was very bumpy, and the song was so bumpy that he was a little motion sick, so he could only half lean on his Qing, and let the old Mama Mu also lean on the other side of Qi Qing, so as not to be thrown out.

After hurrying slowly, when the carriage of Lige arrived at the mountain gate, King Qi and the others had already climbed up, leaving only a few stewards there to help settle the carriage behind, especially the people in the carriage behind Lige, who had to climb in front as much as possible, hoping to catch up with the princess and his party.

Leaving the song is not in a hurry, just taking advantage of the time when he is left behind, slowly admiring the mountains, after all, there are not many opportunities to stand here. Mama Mu nagged behind her, "I'll mention it to the prince later, the coachman arranged for our girl is just too bad......"

Lige tried to appease the old woman who cared about her, and tried to slow down her pace to match her pace. In fact, she also felt that the coachman's arrangement today was a bit strange, because the princess was outside, and she would still arrange everything as properly as possible, so as not to be realistic. Could it be that she deliberately made this arrangement for the coachman today, wanting to make King Qi dissatisfied with herself? But it was impossible, she couldn't control the speed of the carriage. Everyone knows this.

Although Lige wanted to continue to climb the mountain slowly, Mama Mu thought that the main purpose of their coming to Dajue Temple this time was to do things for Concubine Xiande. Therefore, Mama Mu urged Lige to take Qiqing to take the first step.

Lige has not been Miss Jiao's treatment since she was a child, not to mention her green physical fitness, after the two left Mama Mu, brushed and brushed, walked briskly up the mountain, and finally kept up with the team of the masters of the palace in the pavilion specially set up for rest on the stone steps in front of the Dajue Temple. The slaves and maids of the carriages behind Lige also followed them, staggering and sweating profusely.

Princess Qi glanced at Lige in the crowd, and saw that in a circle of panting people, Lige and the maid beside her were actually quite calm and relaxed, and couldn't help but feel depressed for a while.

For Lige, there has been no shortage of hard work in the past 8 years, and this mountain climbing exercise is really not too difficult. Moreover, when she was about six years old, she picked up a book on qi refining in the middle of nowhere, and she was curious to follow the illustration and start practicing, feeling that the feeling of qi after practice could make her recover quickly after hard work. She just persevered, feeling lighter, this is a secret that only she knows, even Mama Mu, she never mentioned it.

The main hall, paper money, incense and candles for Concubine De have been prepared for a long time, and the song followed the female dependents to kneel and bow a few times, and it was soon over. After the ceremony, the princess went to the wing room to rest and prepare for lunch.

Lige was arranged in the same room with Ji Qiongying and Ji Qiongying. Concubine Song took Ji Qiongying to stay in the west room, and Ji Qiongying and her maid dominated the east room. Lige Le sat alone in the hall, and took Qiqing to lunch, and the lunch of the masters on the east and west sides was naturally sent to their respective rooms.

Mama Mu finally arrived, but Lige saw that she couldn't slow down for a while, so she asked her to rest and take Qiqing around the temple. Dajue Temple is a royal temple, so on the day when King Qi's family goes up the mountain, the temple will be cleared and closed to foreign guests for safety reasons. Therefore, the temple is very quiet, except for the courtyard where the masters settle down to rest, there are almost no people in the other courtyards except for the little novice and the sweeping monk.

When he walked to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, the monks who were guarding there were only allowed to leave the song and go upstairs, and Qiqing waited on the stone bench under the tree.

In fact, Lige doesn't like to read Buddhist scriptures so much, she is just tired of shopping, thinking about going upstairs in a daze for a while, and the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion is the highest, overlooking from upstairs, it should have a good view.

Lige climbed all the way to the third floor, walked to the window, and tried to open the window, there were so many scriptures in the building, and the window door was rarely opened, so the air was not very good. After opening the window, the entire Dajue Temple is displayed in front of Lige's eyes, and even the fields and villages in the distance below the mountain can be seen at a glance. Lige simply lay on the windowsill, silently thinking about his thoughts. Suddenly heard the footsteps going upstairs, Lige didn't care very much, she thought it was the little novice in the temple, but she didn't expect that it was actually a man, she turned around in surprise.