Chapter 238, Three Wishes
Although Zeng Rong was very resistant to Zhu Heng taking her as his salvation, she couldn't refuse the Queen Mother's arrangement.
Therefore, half an hour later, Zeng Rong and Amei followed the Queen Mother's Feng Yuan and Zhu Heng's Zhai Yu to Xihua Gate, and the two got into a carriage parked outside Xihua Gate, and Zhu Heng's wheelchair was also loaded into the carriage.
After the carriage drove away from Xihua Gate, Zeng Rong pulled Ah Mei and asked softly whether Zhu Heng was persuaded by the Queen Mother or he figured it out by himself.
"It was the Queen Mother who persuaded him. I don't know what I said specifically, I came back with the medicine last night, and I happened to meet Aunt Yuan, so I told Aunt Yuan the emperor's message, and after a while, Aunt Yuan came to call His Royal Highness. Amei bowed her head and said.
Without waiting for Zeng Rong to reply, she raised her head again and asked, "Ah Rong, you tell me the truth, you, you and him... ”
"Shh Zeng Rong pointed out of the carriage, and there was still a coachman outside.
Seeing Ah Mei bite her mouth, Zeng Rong had no choice but to lie in her ear and say: "The Queen Mother ordered me to enlighten His Royal Highness for a few days, and after he recovers, I will still go back to the inner prison." ”
"Really?" Ame asked.
Zeng Rong nodded, this was her original intention, but what happened in the future was not something that a little palace maid could control.
But she couldn't say these words, and even if she did, Amei might not be able to understand her.
Next, the two chatted about their daily life in Jinxiufang before, and Zeng Rong also learned that Ah Ying and Ah Tao were both married, and it is estimated that the marriage will not be at the end of the year or the beginning of next year.
"If I hadn't entered the palace, I might have been like them, married, married, and had my own little family, Ah Rong, do you think it's good or not?" Ame muttered.
"This depends on what you think, ordinary people's homes, if you don't have to worry about food and clothing, you can actually get more satisfaction, the question is, can you still go back?"
At least, Zeng Rong can't go back.
She has an obsession, if she can't see Xu Jing avoid the fire pit of the Wang family, she will never get married and have children with peace of mind.
Amei did not answer this question.
And the answer has long been in Zeng Rong's heart.
I don't know how long later, the carriage stopped, Zeng Rong lifted the curtain to see that the once lively small market outside the mountain gate was gone, replaced by two rows of neat monks, led by a monk wearing a red robe about sixty years old, and a row of eunuchs on the periphery blocked the eyes of onlookers with curtains.
Zeng Rong and Amei hurriedly got out of the carriage, Zhu Heng's two eunuchs Xiao Haizi and Xiao Luzi came over and moved the wheelchair away, and on the other side, Zhu Heng's two guards also carried him out of the sedan chair.
The mountain gate is not high, only seven steps, Zeng Rong was ordered to accompany the Queen Mother, so after getting off the carriage, she naturally walked behind the Queen Mother, Zhu Heng also sat in a wheelchair at this time, accompanying the Queen Mother.
Zeng Rong heard the queen mother call the monk wearing a robe as the abbot master, in his impression, it seems that when the daily Dezi came to Puji Temple, he also said that the abbot master was in retreat, and only brought a peace charm to Zhu Shen, but he didn't expect that the abbot master actually came to the mountain gate to greet him today, which shows that in the eyes of people outside the square, all beings cannot be equal.
"This must be the Second Highness, right?" The abbot master didn't wait for the queen mother's introduction, and looked at Zhu Heng with his hands folded.
"No, the abbot master is a master outside the party, these vulgar titles are still exempt, and please call the master at will." Zhu Heng folded his hands and returned the salute.
"Haha, Master Zhu is really a clever person, but he is an old man and a vulgar." The abbot changed from goodness to flow.
While speaking, everyone walked to the bottom of the steps, Zhu Heng naturally couldn't go up, and was carried by two guards into the mountain gate in wheelchairs.
Puji Temple is a royal temple, although it is in the city, it can occupy a lot of land, it is about five or six zhang away from the mountain gate to the Daxiong Treasure Palace, there is an open space in the middle, there are three large furnaces that are four or five feet high in the middle of the vacant land, one is located in the middle of the Yongdao, the other two are separated on both sides of the Yongdao, close to the main entrance of the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the whole open space can accommodate five or six hundred people at the same time at most, every time there is a large-scale Buddhist grand meeting, the pilgrims who can not kneel in the Daxiong Treasure Hall are kneeling outside.
Because this was the first time Zhu Heng had gone out in twelve years, he was a little curious about everything, but when the monks looked at his legs, he was still a little uncomfortable, and the hand on his knee still involuntarily wanted to make a fist.
Seeing this, Zeng Rong hesitated for a moment, took the initiative to walk to him, took the wheelchair from Xiao Haizi's hand, pushed him forward, and whispered to him about the architectural layout and structure of the temple, and the two also exchanged some Buddhist origins and rules for worshipping Buddha.
The Daxiong Treasure Hall of Puji Temple is dedicated to the Buddha, this does not need Zeng Rong to say that Zhu Heng also knows, but he does not know the statues of monks on both sides of the Buddha, Zeng Rong explained to him simply, and the origin of the eighteen Arhats on both sides of the hall also piggybacked.
Entering the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the Queen Mother must have to kneel and worship, Zhu Heng naturally had to follow, but the guards still carried him out and helped him on both sides, Amei took three incense sticks for him, lit them and handed them to him.
Subsequently, Zeng Rong and Amei also knelt down with incense respectively, and Zeng Rong made three wishes, one is that Xu Jing stayed away from the Wang family and did not marry Wang Chuchu; the second is that he can successfully bring the eldest brother and sister-in-law to the capital and give Ahua a home; The third is that Zhu Heng can be safe and smooth for the rest of his life.
After the three wishes were made, Zeng Rong solemnly kowtowed three times, and gave Amei one or two silver incense money each, and also gave Zhu Heng ten taels of silver, as for what wish he made, Zeng Rong did not ask, and he couldn't ask.
After worshipping the Buddha, the two guards hugged Zhu Heng and bowed the eighteen Arhats on both sides again, and finally, turned to the Guanyin Bodhisattva in the apse, Zhu Heng solemnly kowtowed three more heads with sesame oil money.
Coming out of the apse of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, there is an arched bridge, under the bridge is a small stream, on which float several lotus leaves, the lotus has not yet opened, the stream water is crystal clear, all kinds of fish are swimming, and occasionally there is a small turtle lying on the lotus leaves.
Knowing that the fish and turtles in the stream were released by the pilgrims, Zhu Heng was also interested, and wanted to release them himself, and the two guards didn't know where to get two koi for him, Zhu Heng held them in his hands, closed his eyes, and said a few words to the koi, and then threw the two fish into the stream from the palm of his hand.
The arch bridge used to be the apse of the temple, and it was also where the monks did their daily homework, the queen mother came this time to be for the first queen's ritual, Zhu Heng was there, there must be a lot of inconvenience, therefore, she asked Zeng Rong and Amei to accompany Zhu Heng to the west to go around, there is a large water area in the west, it is the Dragon Boat Festival dragon boat competition place, in addition, there is a small hill behind the temple, the mountain is planted with a piece of osmanthus, although at this time it is not to the time when the osmanthus opens, can not smell the osmanthus, but the scenery is still good.
Zeng Rong obeyed his orders.