Concubine Zhuang Li Xianhui lives in the East Sixth Palace, and there are two imperial concubines there, in addition to Concubine Zhuang, there is also an imperial concubine Mu Zhen.

When Yao Ji arrived at Concubine Zhuang's Palace, she met and found that Mu Zhen was also here; Mu Zhen also has her son Zhu Zhanqi by her side, as well as her concubine Duan Xue in the palace.

The second prince Zhan Qi was already able to walk, and was led by Duan Xue and was walking around with a subtle step. At this time, Mu Zhen didn't care about the child, but only watched Duan Xue hate playing with the child.

Yao Ji could see at a glance that this concubine was very close to the imperial concubine, because she was also very rare to the imperial concubine's son.

However, Yao Ji knew the inside story when she was in Yunnan, this Duan Xue hated should have been surnamed Mu, but she was raised by Duan Yang, so she was surnamed Duan. Duan Xue and Mu Zhen are cousins, and the second prince is Duan Xue Hat's nephew, so it is not surprising that the relationship between the two concubines is close.

And Mu Zhen seems to have a good relationship with Concubine Zhuang Li Xianhui. Otherwise, Mu Zhen would not have anything to do and take her son to Concubine Zhuang's palace to walk around.

Lee Hyun-hye's mind is not simple. Yao Ji greeted her, just glanced at each other, and in a very short time, Yao Ji found that Li Xianhui's eyes had already looked at her appearance and the jewelry on her body; Maybe they secretly made a comparison, after all, Concubine Zhuang and Yao Ji are concubines of the same status level.

Of course, Yao Ji also has a lot of thoughts, she has a lot of experience and knowledge, and knows that women get along with each other, and being close does not necessarily mean that the relationship is good. If two women who are close to each other are good at each other, they can be closer than others; On the contrary, because they are close, there will be more resentment between each other.

With Li Xianhui's feeling to Yao Ji, Yao Ji secretly guessed, I'm afraid it's because Mu Zhen will behave in the world. This high-born woman is really smarter than ordinary women.

"Concubine Xian is so polite, it's an honor for me to come, and bring such a big basket of things." Lee Hyun-hye's voice said.

Yao Ji smiled and said, "It's not a rare thing, it's all sent into the palace by those eunuchs." This kind of seasonal melon and fruit will not be the same in every palace, unless you want to eat it yourself and send someone to get it. I heard that there seemed to be no citrus in Korea, and Concubine Zhuang was afraid that she couldn't remember it, so she brought a basket along the way. If you eat a little citrus every day, your complexion will be much better and your skin will be more radiant. ”

Mu Zhen smiled when she heard this: "No wonder Concubine Xian's skin is so good, and she pays attention to her diet and daily life. Sister Zhuang listened to her right. ”

Li Xianhui also said happily: "Thank you Concubine Xian." ”

Yao Ji paid attention to Mu Zhen's expression, and found that when Mu Zhen praised her good skin, her expression was very sincere. This imperial concubine is not as charming as Yao Ji and Miaojin, but she often gives people a very relaxed and pleasant feeling. Not only is Mu Zhen generous, but she is also born beautifully, with a small peach heart with delicate facial features, I am afraid that anyone who sees it will have affection, including women.

Yao Ji looked at Li Xianhui, smiled casually and shook her head gently, meaning that there was no need to thank you.

Li Xianhui said: "Two sisters, let's sit inside." When I came from Seoul, I brought some Korean tea with me, and I still had a little left. I'm afraid it's not a good tea in Beijing, but my sisters can taste it. ”

Yao Ji said: "Concubine Zhuang's sister's Chinese is getting better and better. ”

Surrounded by the palace maids, the three of them went to a flower hall next to it. Li Xianhui ordered someone to fetch the tea leaves, and then make tea and serve it. The tea took some time, but the dim sum was served first.

In addition, there were two palace maids, and after peeling the citrus given by Yao Ji, after cleaning it up, they were neatly placed in a white porcelain plate and brought it up.

Li Xianhui said: "Sister Xian's bracelets and rings are very rare, aren't they? I've never seen it. ”

Yao Ji said softly: "Over the years, it is not a rare thing, jade bracelets and gold ruby rings can be bought on the market. By the way, if the imperial concubine wants to pick a few better jade than this, it will be easy. Jadeite is produced from Yunnan Bu political envoy Si Mengyang Tusi, ruby from Myanmar, these things must be approved by Mu Fu before they can be transported to the interior of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Mu Zhen immediately said lightly: "The next time I bring a letter to my mother's family, by the way, I will ask my father to send a few jade jewelry in and give them to Concubine Zhuang's sister." ”

"If you don't have merit, how can you do it?" Li Xianhui hurriedly said, "I just think it's strange, just ask casually, sister, don't take it seriously." ”

Mu Zhen didn't insist, and said with a smile: "That's also done, what I sent, how can it be rare for the saint to send it personally?" She said and looked at Yao Ji and smiled. When Zhu Gaoxu gave the family members jade bracelets, Mu Zhen, Li Xianhui and others did not enter the Han Palace.

Li Xianhui asked cautiously, "Isn't the Holy Lord very busy these days?" When he came back to Concubine Zhuang's Palace, he accidentally got a little distracted thinking about something. ”

Yao Ji said: "It should be time to conquer Japan, and I also gave a holy decree to the Li family of the Korean country." ”

Li Xianhui and the others all nodded slightly, but did not continue to talk about it.

The three of them chatted in the flower hall, and when it came to interesting things, they were all smiling and had a very close relationship. They all seemed to know in their hearts that they should not offend the woman too much, otherwise, the woman would hold a grudge and it would be almost impossible to resolve it, so they all talked to each other in favor of each other.

is like Yao Ji and Ma Enhui, because they tore their faces before, those grudges, I'm afraid they won't get better with each other for a lifetime.

As for the gap between Mu Zhen and the queen, there seems to be a bit of a gap; And Yao Ji is good friends with the queen, but none of this will make Yao Ji have much prejudice against Mu Zhen.

…… However, Ma Enhui showed no sign of returning to the palace. She has settled down peacefully in the mansion outside the Taiping Gate and by Yanque Lake.

At this time, Enhui was neither interested in the beautiful scenery of the new mansion, nor did she go to the Shen family's theater to watch a play. She hasn't been out since she moved in.

Under the attic on the shore of Yanque Lake, there is a room made into a Buddhist hall by Ma Enhui, and her bedroom is also on the side of the Buddhist hall. Ma Enhui has recently lived a life of fasting and reciting Buddha, and the rest of the things are not asked.

Ma Enhui didn't feel that such days were very bitter, on the contrary, the Buddhist scriptures taught people to be indifferent and kind, which gradually made her feel better.

There was a wooden fish and a scripture book next to the table, but Ma Enhui was not reciting the scriptures now. She usually does this after the quiet of the night, knocking on the wooden fish with her hands and reciting awkward scriptures in her mouth, which can make people have no time to think nonsense.

At the moment, Ma Enhui is just copying the Diamond Sutra. The simple furnishings in the Buddhist hall, the faint smell of ink, and the smell of burning oil lamps have made her feel unwavering. There is also the gilded Buddha statue enshrined above, which is vivid and vivid, and can also influence her state of mind; It looked down at the beings below, and it seemed to be smiling but not smiling, so calm, open-minded and kind, that kind of emotion that mortals could unconsciously imitate.

But occasionally, an unrelated figure resurfaced in Eun Hui's mind, confident and persistent, enthusiastic and forbearing. Then an inexplicable warmth flowed into her heart, and his voice seemed to be whispering softly in her ears: How can I forget my kindness, and I am even more reluctant to let you die...... Then she felt a numbness somewhere in her heart, and her memory seemed to be spasmed and trembling by a tendon pulling in her brain, and those light and heavy touches flashed disturbingly. She even faintly heard a painful howl coming from her heart.

This feeling was disturbed by her pious and serene state of mind, and when she looked at the Buddha statue, she immediately felt sin and blasphemy.

"Sin, sin, sin......" Ma Enhui recited several times in awe and self-reproach, silently dispelling the lustful thoughts in her heart.

However, all the past events have happened in a long time, unconsciously.

Ma Enhui didn't have much regret about the fact that she began to live after she couldn't die. She was just a helpless woman, and when the forces that had sheltered her collapsed, she had the misfortune to survive and was forced to submit to a less violent Zhu Gaoxu; This is not something that cannot be forgiven.

Even if she later committed herself to Zhu Gaoxu and curryed favor with him, she felt that it was acceptable. Death and non-death, can only rely on the grace and protection of a man to live, such a woman can not keep her innocence, at most blamed for morality.

But one day, when Eun Hui suddenly recognized her heart, she couldn't accept it at once. She found that the person who used to hate other women and treat them wholeheartedly was blurred and couldn't remember it anymore; She used to be heartbroken because of the tragic experience of Moon Kui and Moon Gyu, but she didn't know when the pain was decreasing, but she shamelessly looked forward to and recalled every meeting with another man. Those superficial pleasures suddenly made her feel deep humiliation, guilt, and betrayal.

Morality is only the rules required by the outside world and the world, but the heart is the destination of the soul, and it cannot deceive itself.

Later, she finally found a state of mind that forgot all grievances and was empty from Buddhism, and gradually she found the home of her soul in the entanglement and confusion. The glory and disgrace of the past, grievances and hatreds have all turned into nothingness. Eunhui felt that this was very relaxing.

She exhaled slowly, discarding the distractions that had become less and less common in her mind, and continued to sit in front of her desk, and began to write the Buddhist scriptures in earnest.

Zhu Gaoxu has not heard from him for a while, and Ma Enhui's bad attitude seems to have caused a misunderstanding. But that's fine, after all, the two of them have kindness to each other, and Zhu Gaoxu won't do anything with her because of a little disobedience in her posture; Now Ma Enhui has no worries about food and clothing, and there is a clean Buddhist hall, so the green lantern ancient Buddha spends the rest of his life, which is also a relief.

The misunderstanding will continue to be misunderstood, anyway, Zhu Gaoxu already has a lot of stunning and beautiful concubines, and it is best for him to forget Enhui. From then on, they were all right.

Ma Enhui put the tip of the pen on the ink left by the distraction, and the tip of the pen was gently lifted and slightly modified. She looked a little further away, and there was no trace of italics, so she continued to write neatly and neatly in italics.