Chapter 44: A dilemma

This night, Xi Ze came to the Middle Palace. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After dinner, Xi Ze came to the dormitory, Wang Ningxuan came in with tea and served it to Xi Ze.

Xi Ze stretched out his hand to take the teacup, lifted the lid, and suddenly asked, "I heard that you went to the queen mother today, what did the queen mother tell you?" ”

Wang Ningxuan sat next to Xi Ze, crossed his hands, looked at Xi Ze and said, "The queen mother asked her concubine to invite the eminent monks of Fahua Temple to enter the palace!" ”

When Xi Ze heard this, his eyebrows jumped, he turned his eyes to look at Wang Ningxuan, and asked, "Please invite the enlightened monks of Fahua Temple to enter the palace?" Okay, what do you do when you invite a monk into the palace? ”

Wang Ningxuan wanted to speak and stopped, and said thoughtfully: "The queen mother has always believed in Buddhism!" ”

Xi Ze looked at Wang Ningxuan deeply: "I have always believed in Buddhism, I know that there is no Bodhisattva in Shou'an Palace?" She believes in Buddhism, burns incense, recites scriptures, worships the Bodhisattva, that is, what do you do when you invite a monk to enter the palace? Why don't you tell me the truth? What the hell is going on? ”

Wang Ningxuan was stared at a little stunned, after all, she couldn't hide it, she swallowed her saliva, and said: "The concubines thought that the palace was haunted, and went to pray for the heavenly pavilion to burn incense and worship the Buddha, as if it didn't work, they were afraid in their hearts, so they asked the queen mother to invite the Taoist monks into the palace to do things and drive away evil spirits......"

Wang Ning looked at Xi Ze's face and didn't say any more.

Xi Ze's face showed a fierce color when he heard this, he put the teacup on the table heavily, and said angrily: "What kind of ghost is there in this palace? It's obviously a villain! They talked a lot, I was already very unhappy, I didn't expect them to bring this matter to the queen mother and say that disturbing the queen mother's rest was really angry for me! You tell me, who are the people who are going? ”

Seeing this, Wang Ningxuan's face was a little bad, and he replied: "Except for the concubines, imperial concubines and concubines Jing, all the concubines have gone!" ”

Xi Ze became even more angry when he heard this: "What? Only the three of you didn't go, and all the others went? Do they want to be angry? Who is leading this matter? I have to teach him a good lesson! ”

Wang Ningxuan said with some embarrassment: "The concubines don't know who led this matter, they only know that they all went!" The queen mother originally believed in ghosts and gods very much, so many of them used to say that everyone was golden, and the queen mother believed it even more, so she summoned the concubines and instructed the concubines to invite the monks into the palace! ”

"No invitation!" Xi Ze drank heavily, "I don't like monks, don't invite them in to disturb the harem, you are not allowed to invite!" ”

Xi Ze was angry, Wang Ningxuan was frightened, she frowned tightly, she couldn't sit well, as if there were nails in the seat, she was barely calm, and said helplessly: "But...... However, the queen mother ordered the concubines to invite the monks who had attained the Tao to enter the palace to do things, which was the will of the queen mother, and the concubines did not dare to disobey! ”

Xi Ze was furious: "Presumptuous, you dare to disobey my will, who taught you?!" ”

Wang Ningxuan was shocked when he saw this, he didn't dare to sit anymore, hurriedly got up and knelt down, looked at Xi Ze and said: "Your Majesty, the concubines don't want to invite the monks into the palace, and the concubines don't believe them, but the queen mother believes that the queen mother has believed the words of the concubines, and believes that there are ghosts in the palace, and the harem is uneasy, and the concubines want to do this, the concubines dare not disobey the will of the queen mother, and the concubines do not dare to disobey the will of the emperor. ”

Xi Ze's face did not change in the slightest because she knelt down, he looked at Wang Ningxuan coldly, and rebuked angrily: "There are no ghosts in this harem at all, you have been tracking for so many days, and you have not found out why, you can't convince the concubines, it has already disappointed me, now you know that there are no ghosts in the palace, the queen mother is deceived by them, why don't you tell the queen mother, there are actually no ghosts in the palace, they listen to the wind and rain, but they are scaring themselves, the queen mother has always listened to you the most, why don't you wake up the queen mother in time, How can events be allowed to unfold? Now it's time for you to make a move, why don't you say it?! ”

Wang Ningxuan was dripping with cold sweat when he heard this, and he didn't know how to answer: "The concubine knows her mistake, it is the concubine's negligence, and she didn't remind the queen mother in time, please forgive the emperor!" ”

Xi Ze was still furious: "Listen, don't invite senior monks into the palace, don't do any magic things, continue to investigate this matter, there were emperors who believed in gods and Buddhas before my dynasty and finally became a monk, I can't do this kind of thing in this dynasty!" Hmph......"

With that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Only Wang Ning was left kneeling on the ground in a daze.

This night, Wang Ningxuan didn't close his eyes after thinking about it all night, Xi Ze's attitude was hard, and there was no room for turnaround, so how would the Queen Mother deal with her?

The next day, she came to Shou'an Palace to ask for peace: "The concubine asks the queen mother, and the queen mother is blessed with Jin'an!" ”

The Queen Mother leaned on the phoenix couch, let the little maid press her feet, saw Wang Ningxuan come in, and said with a pleasant face: "Queen, you came just in time, get up!" ”

Wang Ningxuan didn't dare to get up, and knelt down a little uneasily.

Seeing this, the Queen Mother looked at her carefully and said, "You don't have to kneel, get up!" Come to the mourners! ”

Wang Ningxuan swallowed his saliva, got up and walked to the queen mother's side, and said with some embarrassment: "Queen Mother, what you ordered the concubine yesterday, the concubine may not be able to do it!" ”

The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows: "How can it not be done!" The mourning family is preparing to let you go out of the palace today! ”

Wang Ningxuan frowned tightly and said, "The emperor won't let you please!" ”

The Queen Mother took a deep look at her, and said in a long tone: "The emperor only cares about the affairs of his previous dynasty, where can he take care of the affairs of the harem?" He didn't listen to the opinions of the concubines, everyone was scared, how could he do it if he continued like this? ”

Wang Ningxuan was very embarrassed and said: "The emperor is very angry about this matter, he said...... He said that there were no ghosts in the palace, so he didn't let him! ”

She didn't dare to tell the Queen Mother bluntly that the Queen Mother's cognition was wrong, so she only dared to say so.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother's face changed: "He didn't see it, but others can see it, will the concubines invite each other to come together to mourn in front of the family?" Don't the mourners even have this bit of prestige? ”

Wang Ningxuan saw that the queen mother's words were serious, and hurriedly knelt down, this matter, she was caught in the middle, it was really unflattering, she said cautiously: "The concubine doesn't mean this, the emperor thinks so, it's not a concubine, it's just ...... The emperor is very against this matter, and the concubines are caught in it, and they really don't know what to do! ”

The Queen Mother snorted heavily: "After they left, the mourning family listened to the people below and said that they did see ghosts, this palace is not clean, how can they let it go at will, this is the residence of the Son of Heaven, the emperor doesn't care about the affairs of the harem, can the mourning family also care?" You just go and invite the monk into the palace, the emperor is there, there is a mourning family to bear, and the mourning family will protect you! ”

"But ......"

"No more!" The Queen Mother interrupted with great majesty, "There is a mourning family to support you, what are you afraid of!" Although you will do it according to the meaning of the mourning family, you will leave now and invite the monks of Fahua Temple to enter the palace, don't delay any longer! ”

Wang Ningxuan was helpless, so he had to get up and retreat. (To be continued.) )