Chapter 16: Dropped
"Bold! A little Xin woman dared to slander this palace with wild words! Don't talk about this Buddhist scripture, just because you dare to despise this palace in front of everyone, this palace can cure you for offending! Come on, drag her down to the palace and beat her to the eighty boards! ”
Lin Yao slapped the table and said sharply.
"It's so lively here, Concubine Lin, what's the matter, it's so exciting."
A leisurely voice came, the Queen Mother was surrounded by attendants, and Shanshan came.
Lin Yao was unaware that the Queen Mother was coming, and quickly knelt down: "Why didn't the Queen Mother tell the concubine, the concubine went to greet her in person." ”
Jiang Wan also quickly knelt down, I don't know what happened, she always felt an indescribable sense of intimacy with this old woman, mobilized her memory inventory, and found out that the Queen Mother was her own person.
The Queen Mother hadn't seen Jiang Wan for a long time, and seeing that the bones on her thin back were highlighted, she couldn't help but feel a little distressed.
"Wan'er, you can explain, what's going on?" The Queen Mother has been immersed in the harem for so many years, how could she not know the twists and turns inside.
Where there are people, there will be war, not to mention a group of cautious women.
Although Jiang Wan knelt on the ground, her back was straight, and she retorted neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The concubine doesn't know what happened, when the father-in-law handed over the scriptures to me for copying, he didn't explicitly say that it was for worshipping the Buddha, but ......"
Her words were interrupted by Lin Yao: "So you don't have to treat it with care!" Queen Mother, look at her face, even if she has been locked up in the cold palace for so many years, she still can't change it! ”
"Guifei Niangniang, even if it is a felony in Dali Temple, she has the right to know the facts of the case and defend herself." Jiang Wan tilted her head, obviously a dwarf, obviously an official woman, but inexplicably looked imposing, "If Niangniang can't refute my words, then can you explain by the way, what's wrong with the Buddhist scriptures?" ”
If it weren't for the presence of the Queen Mother, Lin Yao would have immediately slapped her.
"There are a few pages missing from the sutras, and every sutra is like this, and now you are asking what is going on in this palace? Who copied this sutra! Lin Yao directly threw the Buddhist scripture in Jiang Wan's face!
"So that's the case, then please wait a while for the queen mother and the concubine, the concubine will prove her innocence." Jiang Wan whispered a few words to Ping'er on the side, and Ping'er immediately saluted, and then ran out.
Lin Yao wanted to stop her, but was stopped by the Queen Mother: "Concubine Lin, don't worry, don't worry, since Xin Nu said that she can explain clearly, we might as well have a cup of tea and watch the show." My old woman is just idle and bored during this time, you won't be reluctant to accompany my old woman. ”
The Queen Mother said so, and Lin Yao didn't dare to say anything more even if she was angry, so she could only sit down in a muffled voice and accompany the Queen Mother to drink tea and chat.
Ping'er came back soon, still holding a bunch of things in her hands, and the palace maids beside Concubine Xi were also seconded by her to help out.
"Mother, I've brought something." Ping'er was sweating all over, and knelt behind Jiang Wan.
"What is this?" The Queen Mother took the things in her hands and flipped through them one by one.
The thing Ping'er brought was like a copy of the second Buddhist scripture, and compared to the one thrown on the ground, this one was made of the most ordinary paper and ink.
"The concubine participates in the study of Buddhism every day, and unconsciously copies the scriptures twice, but the concubine is really average in qualifications, and she can't understand the Buddhist truth." Regardless of whether what Jiang Wan said was true or not, she was able to take out the second copy of the Buddhist scriptures, as if she had made two preparations, and caught Lin Yao off guard.
"Such a rough paper, you dare to use it to copy Buddhist scriptures, where do you put the emperor, where do you put the Buddha!"
Lin Yao is worthy of being a battle-hardened veteran, although he was caught off guard by Jiang Wan, he was still able to find a flaw in the shortest possible time and quickly counterattacked!
Jiang Wan smiled slightly, as if he was not in a hurry: "Buddhism pays attention to a fateful word, if the heart is sincere, the Buddha will naturally not blame, if it is as the concubine Niangniang thought, use the best paper and inkstone, but the heart is not sincere, then even if the thing is good, the Buddha will not take a look." ”
The Queen Mother smiled slightly: "It seems that after copying these scriptures, Wan'er is a lot more transparent." That's right, the Buddha doesn't care how luxurious things are, as long as the heart is sincere, the Buddha will naturally see it. ”
"But the Queen Mother, she-" Lin Yao saw that the Queen Mother wanted to protect Jiang Wan, where was she willing to let Jiang Wan go so easily?
"Concubine Lin, you are now the head of the Sixth Palace, the assistant of the Sixth Palace, and the most important thing is to help the emperor take care of the harem and ensure the peace and tranquility of the harem. If he is so jumping every day, how can the emperor handle government affairs with peace of mind? Besides, if you really want to pursue the lack of pages in this Buddhist scripture, it will inevitably make a lot of trouble, you say. ”
The Queen Mother looked kind, smiling peacefully, but the warning in her words was obvious.