This voice Ah Yuan is not unfamiliar, once in the almost isolated Luan Qing Palace, they depended on each other and lived together for two years. She vaguely remembered Shi Quan's appearance at that time, with a round face, crooked eyebrows and eyes, and a smile that was still immature. At that time, she said that this was a rich and noble appearance, but now it seems to be a prophecy. With Shi Quan's age and qualifications, being able to serve in front of the emperor with the head of the ancestor is a blessing that many chamberlains can't dream of.

Shi Quan greeted him neatly and said, "Yuan noble person is auspicious." He raised his eyes, and there was a wave in his eyes, "After a few years, how are you doing lately?" ”

On that day, Ah Yuan drank the poisonous wine and left it in Yuntai Palace, and Cai Wei also knew a little about it. At this time, he didn't shy away from her, Ah Yuan said bluntly: "Originally, I came to talk to Gonggong Shi today, but I didn't want to be delayed by some things, so I thought about coming back to talk to my father-in-law another day." ”

Shi Quan said: "The slave was in the Xihe Hall just now, and I saw everything outside. Worried that the little master would be wronged, he hurried to come. He saw that there was no one on the left and right, and said in a low voice: "There are some things that the slave should not say, but he is afraid that the little master will suffer and be blamed by the emperor again." ”

Ah Yuan was also very moved: "You should be cautious in your words and deeds when you walk in front of the palace, and Gonggong Shi has a heart." ”

Shi Quan sighed: "The little lord must not mention Prince Ke in front of the emperor in the future." He paused and said, "The war in the southwest is tight, and the emperor is worried day and night. We want the army we sent to win the battle, but we don't want Prince Nake's military exploits to be too prominent. A few days ago, the infantry of Jiangnan Province was also dispatched to support, and I think it was also to prevent the Queen Mother's soldiers and horses from taking the lead in this battle. ”

Ah Yuan nodded in understanding, knowing that Jingyu was safe now, and he didn't want to dwell on this matter, so he asked him: "When did Gonggong Shi follow the ancestor manager?" ”

The two walked along the palace wall, Shi Quan's expression eased, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, grandfather-in-law is really a great benefactor of slaves!" If it weren't for the blessing of my grandfather two years ago, just in time for the good time of the imperial replacement, the slave is still working in the flower and herb house at this time, how can he serve the emperor like now! ”

Ah Yuan knew that he was a heart-hearted person, and he was not satisfied with being an idle little eunuch when he was in Luanqing Palace in the past, but at this time, he could be on an errand in front of the palace, which can be described as high-spirited. But she always had a question in her heart, but she had to ask him: "What happened two years ago that the emperor reactivated a group of palace people?" ”

"This matter is related to the death of Lord Wei, the deputy commander of the Gyeonggi camp at that time, hasn't the little lord heard of it?" Shi Quan lowered his voice and said, "At that time, there was a lot of rumors in the palace, and it was said that the Queen Mother had ambushed the eyeliner beside the emperor, thus exposing the whereabouts of Lord Wei, so she shot Lord Wei under the emperor's nose." It was precisely because of this incident that the emperor and the queen mother completely turned their faces...... "His voice became lower and lower, and his body couldn't help but tremble a little.

Ah Yuan suddenly realized: "So Lord Wei entered the palace to see the emperor at that time?" ”

"But no, it was a pity that he was intercepted and killed by the Queen Mother in Hui'anmen!" Shi Quan shook his head helplessly and sighed.

Ah Yuan was silent for a moment and carefully sorted out the joints: at first, Wei Han wanted to meet the emperor, but the news spread and was intercepted by the queen mother. Then Yang Muzhi received a note and token for rescuing Wei Han, which indicated the time and place...... Could it be that the Queen Mother killed her sister? She immediately denied her speculation, because if her sister and Wei Han died together, it would be a scandal that ruined the reputation of the royal family, and the Queen Mother would never allow such a thing to happen. What's more, the queen mother had not turned against the emperor at that time, and her sister was still pregnant with the emperor's heir...... So who will learn the news from the Queen Mother, and then set up a plot to frame my sister?

Her heart jumped suddenly, and the first person that came to her mind was Concubine Min.

Ah Yuan shuddered, and slowly responded: "It's a pity......

Shi Quan said again: "So now my grandfather is very careful about the people who serve in front of the emperor, for fear of getting into the eyes of the queen mother, and something will go wrong in the future." ”

Ah Yuan sighed lightly: "People's hearts are unpredictable, you have to be more careful." Suddenly remembered those people in his palace, and asked by the way: "When I entered the palace last time, the emperor rewarded me with the palace people, do you know their details?" “

Shi Quan habitually had a humble smile on his face, and bowed down and said, "Little lord, don't worry, the emperor has specially ordered this matter." Therefore, those people were all selected by the grandfather and the slave in person to the Inner Service Province, and they were all checked several times, and there will be no more mistakes. ”

Ah Yuan bowed slightly, and Shi Quan's words made her feel a little relieved. However, many speculations about Concubine Min also suffered from no evidence, and could only gradually fall silent in the boring court life day after day.

By the beginning of May, the eldest prince's condition had finally improved as the weather warmed up. However, there was another bad news from Chengqing Palace: the queen was bedridden due to her perennial worries and her hard work day and night during this time. Because Concubine Min was still pregnant, after the emperor and queen discussed, she decided to hand over the affairs of the six palaces to Concubine Mei as assistant, and the queen mother was naturally happy to see it happen.

Mei Xueshen was left with a heart to the emperor, and she didn't care much about these cumbersome palace affairs, at most three or five days, she called a group of concubines to gather in Huayin Pavilion, and by the way, she sorted out the recent palace affairs, and then handed them over to the palaces.

Recently, the war in the southwest has been stalemate, and the imperial court has continued to reinforce, but the war situation has never improved. The two sides confronted each other and gradually fell into a tug-of-war. Therefore, Mei Xueshen recently mentioned that although the harem women could not share the emperor's worries in the war, they could also devote themselves to fasting and chanting, accumulating merits, and praying for the safety of the Great Zhou soldiers. For a while, there was a burst of Buddha worship fever in the palace, and the concubines copied the scriptures and recited the Buddha, and then enshrined the hand-copied scriptures in the palace Buddha hall - Futu Hall.

Naturally, Ah Yuan could not be idle, and spent three days copying the "Jizo Bodhisattva Wish Sutra" nearly 100 times, and then dried it and put it into the prayer cylinder to be worshipped. Buddhism originally said, "do not eat at noon". Before dinner that day, Pei Jieyu and Chen Baolin came to call her, planning to go to the Futu Hall together to offer incense and scriptures.

At that time, the sunset was like fire, and there were vermilion walls and green tiles, and sometimes you could see green willows and red flowers. In the meantime, the three of them were dressed plainly, glowing with a broken golden shimmer under the reflection of the sunset, like fairies in the painting.

Chen Qianwan gathered the wind-blown green silk while complaining: "Concubine Mei is really, in order to please the emperor, let us people eat fast and suffer." ”

Pei Jieyu smiled lightly: "It's just a few days of hard work, you gluttonous cat can't bear it, and there are many times to be vegetarian in the harem." ”

"Sister Pei is laughing at me again!" Chen Qianwan stomped her feet, her smile was bright and moving, "But there is nothing to be afraid of eating fasting and reciting Buddha, what I am most afraid of in this palace is dealing with Concubine Min and a few of them." That's why I chose such a good time to go to the Futu Palace, so that I don't have to meet those people again. ”

Ah Yuan just smiled indifferently, looking at the tired prayer cylinders held by the palace people, and sincerely hoped that Prince Ke would return safely.

The Futu Hall is not just a palace, but a palace that sits in the north and faces south, the front yard is equipped with a three-legged Baoding bronze incense burner, and the backyard is the Tibetan scripture pavilion, the Dharma hall and the monk's meditation room.

And because the Futu Hall is for the royal worship of Shakyamuni Buddha, except for the royal family and the monks in the hall, ordinary palace people are not allowed to enter on weekdays. So the attendants and maids were stopped outside the Anfu Gate, and the concubines had to hold the prayer cylinder in their own hands and enshrine it in the shrine in the Buddha hall.

As soon as you enter the hall, you can see a square copper gilded shrine, which enshrines a golden fetus Shakyamuni Buddha. The three of them first held three sticks of incense according to the ceremony, raised them to the eyebrows and then offered them to show their sincerity. Afterwards, chant and pray, and perform the five-body worship ceremony. This ceremony requires the head to bow to the Buddha's feet, and the Buddha hall is already smoky, so after a set of rules, I only feel that my body is drenched in sweat, and my chest is also suffocated.

After the ceremony, it was already nightfall, and the three of them were ready to leave the palace and return to the palace. Ah Yuan walked on the left side, and was just about to step out of the temple gate, but saw a black shadow rushing up in front of her, and she didn't have time to dodge, so she collided with the man. Chen Qianwan's eyes were quick, and she hurriedly helped Ah Yuan, while chirping: "What kind of person doesn't have long eyes when he walks!" ”

"Amitabha. The poor monk inadvertently collided with the little master, please forgive the little master. ”

This person looks like a small novice, but he has a boxy face and a thick body, which is quite a bit of a northern man's posture. He was originally holding a stack of prayer cylinders high, but when she hit him, those prayer cylinders were scattered all over the ground.

Ah Yuan hurriedly said: "Master is polite, it's not in the way." He leaned down to help the little novice pick up the prayer cylinder. But Pei Jieyu touched her left ear and said, "Hey, why is one of my earrings missing?" ”

Chen Qianwan leaned over to take a look, only to see that the dragon pattern jade earring on her right ear was still there, but the left ear was empty, so she asked, "This pair of pendants was given to my sister by the emperor?" ”

Pei Jieyu was so anxious that she was about to cry: "Exactly, what if this is lost." ”

Ah Yuan picked up the prayer cylinder and said, "Maybe it was accidentally dropped when worshipping the Buddha just now, and my sister will go back to find it?" ”

Chen Qianwan nodded again and again: "Exactly, I'll accompany my sister to find it." ”

Pei Jieyu's eyes were full of anxiety, and she said unwillingly: "Then the noble man will wait here for a while, let's go in and look for it, and come out immediately." ”

The two returned to the temple and searched everywhere, finally finding the earring under the futon in front of the shrine. When I turned around again, the temple gate was empty, where was there still people?

Chen Qian Wanqi said: "What about the noble sister? Should you go back first? ”

They searched around the courtyard again, but there was no trace of Ah Yuan. In the end, I had to go to Anfumen, and then ask Cai Wei, she had never seen Ah Yuan come out.

Pei Jieyu muttered: "Maybe it's too late, Cai Wei didn't see it clearly, why don't you go back to Yuntai Palace to find it first?" ”

The group hurried to Yuntai Palace, but they were empty again. Chen Qianwan's face immediately changed, and she said, "A few of us are guarding outside the Anfu Gate, but we didn't see Yuan Guiren come out, I'm afraid that she is still in the Futu Palace!" ”

A few people rushed back to the Fuhua Hall, and at this time, there were only a few monks left in the front yard of the huge land. Chen Qianwan grabbed someone casually and asked, "Master, have you ever seen a noble person?" Pei Jieyu described Ah Yuan's size and appearance, but the novice still shook his head blankly.

Chen Qianwan still didn't give up, and when she saw that the backyard was still brightly lit, she wanted to break in to find someone.

Who knew that he was stopped by the novice with his cross arm: "Behind is the place where the monks cultivate, women are not allowed to trespass, please go back, little master." ”

Pei Jieyu said: "We just want to go in and find someone, and we won't disturb the masters' Qing cultivation." ”

The novice still didn't move, Chen Qianwan was so anxious that she couldn't care about her identity, and she opened his arm and was about to rush in. Unexpectedly, he was stopped again by several people who rushed out at the same time. Rao is no matter how entangled they are, those monks are also soft and hard. In desperation, Chen Qianwan had to grit her teeth: "Sister Pei, let's go find the emperor." Pei Jieyu's heart was already in a mess, where did she still do the master, she just nodded in a panic.

When the two of them arrived at the Xihe Palace, they found that Concubine Rong was actually there. She helped the dotted emerald hairpin ring on the sideburns, with a thin smile: "Why are the two sisters here?" The emperor is about to go out. ”

Chen Qianwan was stunned: "The emperor wants to go out?" ”

Concubine Rong seemed to smile: "The emperor heard that a concubine had committed adultery with a monk in the Futu Palace, and he was about to investigate the matter thoroughly." ”