In the southwest corner of Jiankang, Waguan Temple, in the main hall, the concubine Zhang Lihua is burning incense and praying, she will be canonized as the queen tomorrow, and her long-cherished wish for many years has finally been achieved.

That year, she was not yet ten years old, her family was poor, and she followed her father and brother to weave mats and sell them on the street every day.

Before entering the palace, Zhang Lihua's father, Lao Zhang Dong, finally scraped together some incense money, and took her to Waguan Temple to burn incense and make a wish, hoping that his daughter with outstanding appearance would be favored by nobles, and since then she has flown up the branches and become a phoenix.

There is a famous temple in Jiankang City, Jianchu Temple, it is said to be built in the late Han Dynasty and the Eastern Wu Dynasty, it is the second Buddhist temple in the world in addition to Luoyang White Horse Temple, and the reason why Lao Zhang took his daughter to Waguan Temple instead of Jianchu Temple to make a wish is because Waguan Temple is more suitable.

Waguan Temple, was built in the Jin Dynasty Xingning period, the original site is the location of the government office that manages the pottery industry, so it is named "Waguan Temple", later after several expansions, there are thousands of monks at the end of the Jin Dynasty, the scale is not small.

Stay in the Liu Song Dynasty Yuanjia years, there are three pairs of different birds flying to the Waguan Temple, the court thinks that this is the auspicious fortune of the phoenix perch, so the phoenix platform is built in the temple, so the military household Lao Zhang for this good luck, he took his daughter to the Waguan Temple to make a wish.

The young Zhang Lihua entered the palace and became the maid of Gong Liangdi, the prince, and Zhang Lihua, who was born beautiful, quickly attracted the attention of the prince Chen Shubao, and then became fascinated and pampered from now on.

Now, Zhang Lihua is about to become the queen, and in the excitement, of course, she has to go to Waguan Temple to make a vow, so many years, she has been to Waguan Temple more than once, but this time, her mood is very different.

The daughter of the lowly military family back then was about to fly up the branches to become a phoenix and become a veritable queen.

Before, even if she was a noble concubine, she was deeply favored by the official family, but in terms of etiquette, she was just a concubine, a side room not a main room, and the so-called name was not right, this identity was like a thorn, which made Zhang Lihua feel uncomfortable like a fish in her throat.

Now that she has become the queen, no one dares to despise her anymore, and she can follow the official family to the Taimiao Temple to worship the emperors of the past dynasties, and she can be buried in the mausoleum of the Son of Heaven after death.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lihua was a little excited, she was originally the daughter of a military family, but with her appearance and empathy, she changed the fate of the family, of course, thanks to the blessing of the Buddha.

I was favored, my father and brother also lived a good life, countless people tried their best to tie the knot, the Zhang family changed the big mansion, the door was like a city, my father worked hard all his life, and finally enjoyed the blessings, there were slaves and maids to serve, and there was no need to sell straw mats to support the family.

After the death of his father, the funeral scenery is great, the coffin is made of exquisite materials, the cemetery is good in feng shui, it will not be like those broken military households, wrapped in a straw mat and buried in the mass grave after death, and a wooden plaque is set up as a monument, which makes people sad.

Zhang Lihua was excited but also a little helpless, she should have waited until she was officially canonized, and came to Waguan Temple as the queen to repay her vows, but she was free today, and she was bored and temporarily decided to leave the palace.

In the past, she would probably be exhausted by a night of wind and rain at this time, and she would still take a nap on the couch, but now that there is no one by the pillow, she will be bored.

The beauties she carefully selected are very favored by the official family, and the official family has not gotten up for a long time this morning, so Zhang Lihua, who was a little neglected, will remember to make a vow in Waguan Temple.

However, Zhang Lihua is not worried about falling out of favor, because being able to be made the queen shows that she is deeply favored, and after the freshness of the official family, she will inevitably be doubled in favor of her.

Unconsciously, a lot of incense was burned, Zhang Lihua finished her vow, walked out of the smoky hall, and went outside to breathe, accompanied by not only the palace maid, but also another woman.

This woman is slim, looks like a fairy, with red lips and white teeth, and a ruddy complexion, like a budding flower.

If such a beauty was a girl from another family, she would have picked it for the official family a long time ago, or she would have been found by Zhang Lihua and presented to the official family, but this person couldn't, because the other party was the half-sister of the Son of Heaven, Princess Chen Yuan of Ningyuan.

Chen Cheng was born by the concubine of the first emperor, and there were half-brothers Chen Shuao, King of Linhe, and Chen Shuxing, King of Yuanling, because she was not married, so Chen Cheng lived in the palace, and from time to time she showed her face in front of Zhang Lihua and talked with her.

Zhang Lihua is the actual master of the harem, and she knows that the reason why Chen Cheng is like this should be instructed by her mother to curry favor with her for the future of Chen Shuao and Chen Shuxing.

Chen Cheng was born in the emperor's family, born beautiful and with brocade clothes and jade food, she is very moving, but she is not like Zhang Lihua, who has experienced hardships in life since childhood, and is very young in receiving people and things, and she is completely a girl who is raised in the deep boudoir and does not understand the world.

When he speaks, he blushes in a hurry, and he doesn't observe words and expressions at all, and compared with those concubines and princesses who often dangle in front of Zhang Lihua, he looks very clumsy.

But it is precisely because of this that Zhang Lihua likes to get along with Chen Cheng very much, because this woman who is as pure as white jade can let her let go of her guard and talk to each other with a relaxed attitude, without worrying about being plotted.

Today, Chen Cheng went to Zhang Lihua's place again, and it happened that Zhang Lihua temporarily decided to leave the palace, so she took Chen Cheng out to breathe, saving herself from staying in the palace all day long and being as depressed as a caged bird.

Chen Cheng has not been out of the palace, but every time she follows her mother, she is quite restrained, this time she comes out with the concubine, Zhang Lihua is like a sister in her opinion, she is very talkative, so her mentality is also much more relaxed.

Following Zhang Lihua out of the main hall, Chen Cheng just wanted to say something, but saw a group of guards, eunuchs, and palace maids looking at the southeast sky, she turned her head to look, but saw billowing smoke rising from the southeast.

Not in one place, but in many places.

There was a noise outside the temple, as if there were many people crying and scolding, and there were many noises mixed in there, and smoke was rising from more and more places in the city, and Chen Cheng was a little scared.

Today is not a festival, no matter how lively the city is, there should not be such a movement, Chen Cheng relies on her mother in the palace, and she can only rely on the concubine like a sister here.

Zhang Lihua was a little surprised at this time, she felt that something was wrong outside, but she didn't know what was going on, and as the favorite concubine of the Son of Heaven, she often 'helped' with government affairs, and it was like this, she knew some things.

There are many soldiers and horses stationed in Jiankang City, some teams have crossed the river to the north, this is an army based on recruitment, and they need to take the lead as a vanguard, and those weak soldiers are still in the city, and most of their settlements are in the south of the city.

Shibing is from a military family, and Zhang Lihua knows very well what kind of life she lived, because of how miserable her family was back then, how miserable the life of these military families was.

But Zhang Lihua doesn't care, her family is doing well, and these world soldiers have a lot of complaints because of the delay in rewarding, but this is not a problem: for hundreds of years, isn't this how military households have lived?

Zhang Lihua felt that there might be some world soldiers making trouble, but the generals in the army would definitely calm down the incident soon, so there was nothing to worry about.

At this moment, several generals of the forbidden army rushed in outside the temple, and they didn't care about being rude, so they ran straight to Zhang Lihua and Chen Cheng and bowed.

"Two highnesses, there is chaos in the city, please return to the palace quickly!"

"Huh?"

Seeing that the concubine and the princess were discolored, the generals were so anxious that they were sweating profusely: "There was a mutiny in the city, the rebels burned and looted everywhere, and the last general will escort the two highnesses back to the palace immediately!" ”