The Royal Zen Monastery is located on the Qingluan Peak on the outskirts of Tiandu City, it is an ancient temple with a history of 100 years, as early as the beginning of the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty, it is said that the founding emperor of the original country came here by chance when he went out on patrol in micro-service, and felt very fond of it after living in this temple for a few days, and after returning to the palace, he let people draw up the decree, and gave this place the name "Royal Zen Temple", and since then only received the emperor's relatives and relatives to come here to worship the Buddha and chant the scriptures.

Because there are often royal people who come here to worship the Buddha or stay here, the road up the mountain has long been built into a flat bluestone path, just enough to accommodate a carriage through guò, so it saves the strength of hiking the mountain, and the carriage has been carrying Qu Wurong's master and servant to the halfway up the mountain, and finally stopped in front of the door of the Royal Zen Temple.

Master Tzu Chi, the presiding officer of the Royal Zen Monastery, had already received a holy decree from the palace, and led a group of practitioners to greet him at the door early in the morning. ”

"The master doesn't have to be polite!" Qu Wurong clasped his hands together and saluted, "Presumably, the master has received a holy decree from the palace, and the palace will stay here for a while, and I will ask the master to take more care of him in the future." ”

"The concubine is polite." Master Tzu Chi said, recited the Buddha's name again, and then made a gesture of "please" to her, "The old man has already asked her to pack up the wing room in the west wing, and the concubine Niangniang is tired from the journey, so she can go in first to rest for a while." ”

Qu Wurong nodded, "There is Master Lao." ”

The Royal Zen Monastery is divided into two parts, the Dzongbo Temple and the Jingxin Temple, the former is a monk's temple and the latter is a nunnery, which is also designed to facilitate the separation of male and female pilgrims.

The wing room prepared for Qu Wurong's master and servant was naturally in the meditation nunnery in the west wing, and the steward of the meditation nunnery was Mrs. Hui An, and after entering the Royal Zen Monastery, she replaced Master Tzu Chi and continued to lead Qu Wurong to the prepared wing room.

"This is it." Stopping in front of a small secluded courtyard, Mrs. Hui An said in a respectful tone, "I'm afraid of disturbing the purity of the concubine, no one usually comes to disturb here, if there is something wrong with the concubine, just let these two girls call the poor nuns." ”

This arrangement is in line with Qu Wurong's mind, "It's too much trouble for the teacher!" ”

"The concubine is polite, this is what a poor nun should do." Master Hui An shook his head modestly, "Then the noble concubine Niangniang should go and rest first, and the poor nun will have someone bring it to the three of them." ”

Qu Wurong nodded, "Master Tai go and get busy." ”

After sending off Mrs. Hui'an, Qu Wurong's master and servant walked into the small courtyard, and after entering, they found that this courtyard was not as small as it looked from the outside, because it was very deep, on the right side was a wing house of blue bricks and black tiles, and on the left side was a row of tall Bodhi trees, and there was a well in the center of the courtyard, and a few stone tables and stone benches placed at random, which looked no different from the courtyard where ordinary people lived.

Although this place is not as spacious and luxurious as the palace and King Rui, it is enough for Qu Wurong and them, after all, in the eyes of outsiders, although on the surface she came to practice and pray for blessings, but in fact, she was sent by the emperor to this remote Zen courtyard to "wear a sinful body", and being able to live in such a quiet and independent small courtyard is already for Shen Wu'an's face to take care of her.

Qu Wurong had no objection to such an arrangement, but the two girls around her didn't think so, especially Jin Yu, she was already resentful of Shen Wu'an's approach, and when she saw such a humble place of residence, the resentment in her heart became stronger and stronger.

Seeing that her face was not good, Qu Wurong hurriedly asked the two of them to put away the luggage she brought with her before she had a seizure, thinking that as long as she was busy, she shouldn't have the heart to care about anything else.

The luggage of the three people was very simple, and after a while, the two girls who were quick with their hands and feet had already packed up, and at this time, there was also a little nun who brought them food, and the three masters and servants noticed that it was noon unconsciously!

The Zen courtyard is full of cultivators, and the meals sent are naturally vegetarian, but fortunately, Qu Wurong and they usually eat relatively lightly, but there is nothing unsuitable for them, and they quickly ran out of lunch.

Qu Wurong had the habit of taking a nap, and she had just been on the road for nearly an hour in the morning, so she felt a little tired after lunch, so she asked the two girls to pack up the dishes and send them to the kitchen, and she walked into the packed room, ready to rest for a while.

The furnishings in the wing room are very simple, only a bed and a set of tables and chairs, and there is a simple dressing table by the window, compared to the other furniture, this dresser looks much newer, it should be specially prepared for her when she knows that she is coming, after all, the cultivators here don't need this thing.

Such a house is very simple, but Qu Wurong does not feel that she has been wronged, aside from other factors, if she is asked to choose between the luxurious palace and this simple courtyard, then she would rather choose to live here, because this place can make her feel more comfortable and casual, just like when she lived on the Wuliang Mountain in the past.

A wave of tiredness hit, Qu Wurong didn't care about anything else, lifted the quilt and lay in. I don't know why, she seems to feel very tired today, she has felt this way since she got up in the morning, and now she feels even more tired, but obviously she hasn't been in a hurry, has she?

Unfortunately, her tired body didn't give her much time to find the answer to this question, because she had not been in bed for long before she had fallen asleep.

When Jin Yu and Liang Yuan returned, they each carried a basin with charcoal in their hands. When they went to ask the little nuns for the brazier just now, they realized that they didn't use it on weekdays, and it was okay at other times, but now it's a cold winter, and it's still in this mountain, I really don't know how they can survive such a cold winter without a brazier!

But this is not their concern, those nuns can spend the winter without braziers, but they can't, especially their young lady, when she is in the palace, there are several braziers in the dormitory to ensure that she does not catch a cold, if she is frozen here, then how can it be good?

So they took some charcoal from the kitchen, found a small basin and put it up, and prepared to use it instead of a brazier to heat the room.

After entering the side room, the two girls found that Qu Wurong didn't know when she had fallen asleep, probably because of the cold, she almost wrapped the entire quilt around her body, and she didn't take off her clothes, and the two girls couldn't help frowning, and at the same time felt as sour as vinegar in their hearts.

"Miss......" Jin Yu was about to step forward to wake up the sleeping person on the bed, but was stopped by the good fate around him, and couldn't help but hurriedly say, "She will catch a cold if she sleeps like this!" ”

Liangyuan shook his head lightly and said, "Miss is probably tired, I saw that she was not energetic when I had lunch just now, so don't wake her up, let's quickly light the charcoal basin." ”

Hearing her say this, Jin Yu had no choice but to give up the idea of waking up Qu Wurong and nodded, "Okay." ”

The two girls lit the charcoal basin with their hands and feet, but what they didn't expect was that when the charcoal was lit, a lot of smoke would come out, and after a while, the room would be filled with smoke, choking the two girls and coughing.

"Jin Yu, go and open the window!" Liangyuan said as he took the charcoal basin out of the chamber, such a choking thing could never be placed in the chamber.

Jin Yu went to open the closed window as she said, and the oncoming cold made her shiver, and she subconsciously wanted to close the window, but when she looked back and saw the smoke in the room, she held back again.

"How can there be such a big smoke when this charcoal pot burns?" Liangyuan walked in from the outside after putting the charcoal basin, and kept complaining, "How can I put it in the room to keep warm?" ”

"yes!" Jin Yu also became distressed, "It's a person who has been smoked to death!" ”

When Qu Wurong woke up, he saw that the two girls had sad faces, and couldn't help but ask strangely, "What's wrong with you two?" ”

"Miss, are you awake?" Hearing her voice, Liangyuan hurriedly stepped forward and took the cloak she had put aside before and wrapped it around her shoulders, "It's nothing, I just feel a little cold in this room, and I'm afraid that you will catch a cold when you sleep at night, so I went to the kitchen with Jin Yu to find some charcoal to burn, and it turned out to be ......."

Before she finished speaking, Jin Yu couldn't help but say: "I don't know where the charcoal here came from, there is such a big smoke, it will almost smoke the two of us to death!" ”

After listening to the words of the two of them, Qu Wurong couldn't help but laugh and said, "The two of you take the charcoal used by others to cook rice, of course there will be smoke!" ”

"We don't want to!" Jin Yu pursed his lips, "It's a pity that people here don't use braziers." ”

Qu Wurong was silent. Since last winter in Guanzhou by Liu and Qu Qiaojun's mother and daughter, her body has always been afraid of cold, especially in winter, if there is no brazier to warm the room, she feels that her limbs are still soaked in biting ice water, which is why Jin Yu and Liangyuan are so anxious to borrow charcoal to warm the house.

However, this headache did not bother them for a long time, because soon there was another person in the palace, and seeing clearly who the person who came, Qu Wurong, the master and servant, were a little surprised, "Why are you two here?" ”

The people who came were Xiao Zhengzi and Xiao Qizi, and they first saluted Qu Wurong before answering her question, "Not long after you left, the emperor came back, saying that it was very cold in the mountains, and I was afraid that the things you brought out would not be enough, so I asked the minions to send some more." ”

Hearing the words of the two of them, Jin Yu and Liangyuan were so happy that they almost didn't cheer, and couldn't wait to ask, "Did you bring a brazier?" No one here uses braziers to keep warm, and we're wondering where to go! ”

"Brought it." Xiao Qizi nodded, "There are some other things, two sisters come with me, and see where these things should be placed." ”

The three of them walked out together, leaving only Xiao Zhengzi behind, knowing that he had something to say to him, Qu Wurong took the initiative to ask, "Did the emperor explain other things to you?" ”

"Niangniang really understands the emperor." Xiao Zhengzi was not surprised that she could guess, "The emperor asked the servant to bring a message to Niangniang, saying that he would definitely take Niangniang back to the palace as soon as possible." ”