Muling Palace

Early in the morning, Shu Rusheng couldn't sleep for some reason, and when she arrived, she only heard from her grandmother that Ling Hengyi sent someone to send egg yolk crisp, she was a little puzzled, but she still tasted it.

Dark Xiang knew that this was sent by Ling Hengyi, and listened to Shu Rusheng's question, so she said slowly: "Miss should forget, today is the sacrifice day of the county lord of Dunwan Jing'an, and the empress dowager will go to the Big Buddha Temple at this time of year to pray for the county lord, and the king will ask the imperial food bureau to send egg yolk crisp to the empress dowager today, because this is the county lord's specialty dim sum." ”

Shu Rusheng put a bite of egg yolk crisp on the table, thinking about something. Mama whispered in Dark Fragrance's ear: "Dark Fragrance... ”

At this time, Dark Xiang lowered her head, while Shu Rusheng stood up and looked at the flowers and plants that had been trimmed. Only then did she remember that she had made a promise to the Empress Dowager back then, but she had never promised it, but she had been thinking about herself.

Big Buddha Temple

The Great Buddha Temple of the Ryeo Dynasty is rare, and it is hidden on a very high mountain peak in Kyoto. Only the puja is crowded, and the rest of the days there are people going but there are not many people. The main hall of the Big Buddha Temple leans on the mountain and is built, the front wall is several zhang high, the back wall is only three bricks high, the big Buddha sits in the hall, up to three zhang, the gold is brilliant, it is amazing. In the east wing of the temple, the eighteen-year-old Han statue has different postures and is lifelike. Some have their beards, some fan fans, some face the sky, some close their eyes to recuperate, and some sit cross-legged.

Today, the flowers dedicated to the Buddha in the temple are particularly bright, and the monks of the temple are also waiting outside the hall in full costume, one by one, like statues in the hall. The abbot of the temple wears a robe, which was given by the Empress Dowager four years ago. Outside the monastery, four or five carriages stopped, and slowly a few women in plain clothes got out of the carriage, and the abbot and several monks greeted them.

The one who walked in front of these people was the Queen Mother, and Jasmine helped her. When she came to the abbot, she folded her hands and said, "I will trouble the abbot today." ”

The abbot put one hand in front of him and said, "It is a blessing in the temple to be able to share the worries of the Empress Dowager." The old man is ready, please enter the temple. ”

The Empress Dowager looked up at the temple plaque that read "Big Buddha Temple", and looked at it a few times before letting Jasmine help her into the temple. The people who traveled with him also followed, because no one in the temple said anything, and when they arrived at the main hall, they saw that the tribute table was full of tributes and flowers. The monks on both sides knocked on the wooden fish, as well as other ritual instruments. Three sticks of incense, everyone knelt and worshipped. Some of the people present sincerely knelt down to pray for Qi Anya, while some just wanted to please the Empress Dowager and Wang Shangling Hengyi, and they knew that this was something that Ling Hengyi had to do every year.

The Empress Dowager personally released the white pigeon in the cage, and put the carp in the basin with her own hands, and personally watched the paper boat built by Ling Hengyi burn out, and then went to kneel down to worship the Buddha again, and chatted with the abbot for a few words of Zen before leaving to return to the palace.

Palace Road

The Empress Dowager returned to let the rest go back to her residence, and she asked Jasmine to accompany her to the peach blossom tree that used to accompany her Shu Rusheng, although the ground was full of peach blossom petals, and it was seen that the stamens were not much gone, and they had already borne fruit. She looked up at the tree quietly, with Jasmine by her side. In this corner, I saw only one person with an old servant looking at the Queen Mother, crying.

The afternoon coincides with the summer solstice, and people are a little sleepy, so they can sleep and go to sleep, otherwise they are all in the hall with their own sons. At this time, four people met in the palace road, and two of them knelt down and said, "I have seen the king." ”

Ling Hengyi was wearing regular clothes and took Lin Zhenguo to meet the person he thought about today on the palace road, he asked Lin Zhenguo to help her up, he knew that she was no longer that person now, but Princess Muling. said: "Today, why did you enter the palace?" ”

Shu Rusheng looked at him, she didn't want to say that it was because she knew that the Empress Dowager was praying for herself today, so she replied slowly: "Come to ask the Empress Dowager for peace, just about to go back to the house." ”

Ling Hengyi saw that there was no one around, so he whispered, "You come with me." ”

Mama heard that she wanted to stop it, but after all, Shu Rusheng was Princess Muling, and it was mostly bad for people to spread it. Shu Rusheng shook his head, only following behind Ling Hengyi, and Mama also followed.

Shu Rusheng thought that Ling Hengyi was taking her somewhere, but when she arrived, she found that this was the peach blossom forest where the Empress Dowager had stayed all morning today. Shu Rusheng looked at the peach blossom petals all over the ground, a little sad. Ling Hengyi said slowly: "In the years when you left, I often saw that the imperial grandmother would come here for a while every tenth day of June, without speaking or letting other people accompany her, only Aunt Moxiang. ”

"Later, Aunt Moxiang asked me, and she said that this is the place where you once took the imperial grandmother to enjoy the flowers, and it is also the promise you made to her here before returning to Jingzhou, but you never went to the appointment, but the imperial grandmother always remembered." He said again

Shu Rusheng listened to this passage, but was silent. She knew that Lin Zhenguo and Mama who were present knew her identity, and she burst into tears.

Ling Hengyi always thought that she could disclose her identity and tell the world that Princess Dunwan Jing'an was not dead outside, but still alive, and caught the person who killed her and Qi Anrou at that time. It's just that she has been hiding the events of the year for a long time and enduring the cynicism of others against her.

Ling Hengyi saw that she didn't say a word, so he asked, "Why are you protecting her, who is it?" The imperial grandmother was supposed to enjoy her old age in peace, but because of you, she can't forget it for a moment, so it's so difficult for you to get back to her side. ”

Shu Rusheng looked up at him, she knew his intentions, and she also knew that this was indeed cruel to the Empress Dowager, who was supposed to enjoy her old age, but she couldn't do it. Shaking his head, he said, "I'm sorry, cousin. ”

Ling Hengyi promised her that he would not make her public. "You are already Princess Muling, even if they know that you are Qi Anya, then these are all a foregone conclusion, and no one will let you leave him."

Shu Rusheng chuckled lightly and looked at the determined look in his eyes. He said, "If that's just because of that, why would I do it?" Cousin, you know that I watched the imperial grandmother near here in the morning, and I felt more uncomfortable than you, and I was sad to see my mother looking at my portrait, and I listened to the prince because I was sent to the border, and I watched Qi Anrong become so venomous, and I saw my brother heartbroken because of me. I couldn't stand it, and many times I wanted to tell them that I was the person they wanted, but I couldn't. All I have to say is that there will be more misfortunes. ”

Ling Hengyi was a little shocked when he heard her, he didn't know how these things made her feel, and he didn't know what kind of disaster it was. He put his hands on her shoulders and said in a concerned tone, "What misfortune?" ”

Shu Rusheng shook his head and said slowly, "I'm sorry, cousin." ”

Ling Hengyi looked at her like this, a little angry, and left. Shu Rusheng still stood still, and after a long time, Mama comforted: "Miss has come to this point, why don't you want to say it?" ”

"Mama, you know that when I first woke up, I didn't think about revenge, but about living."

Mama was a little puzzled, she always thought that Shu Rusheng returned to Kyoto to take revenge. "But miss, if you are not doing this for revenge, then why are you?"

Shu Rusheng turned her face to look at Mama, then turned back to look at the peach blossom tree, and said, "Because I don't want to destroy their lives now because of me." If it weren't for Princess Taichang, I think I would have gone back to Jingzhou. ”

Muling Palace, firewood house.

It was late at night, and most of the people had already fallen asleep. Outside a firewood room, I saw an old woman with gray hair sitting and brushing the toilet.

The next day, early in the morning.

The servants were busy cleaning up and going, and they saw the woman washing her clothes. A man dressed in brighter colors than the others walked over and looked at the woman, and said with a look of arrogance: "Mother Su, you can move quickly." On weekdays, I watched you wait for the princess before you didn't urge you, and you have been in the firewood house for three years, so it's time to do things well, and let them help you one by one, and you won't be ashamed. ”

The subordinate on the side said: "Aunt Yibai, Mother Su is old. And you ...... to be late last night."

Since he knew that Su's mother had no one to rely on, he targeted her every day, embarrassed everywhere, and gave her the heaviest job, and the people in the firewood room felt that what she did was infuriating, but they couldn't do anything, just secretly helped. Yibai looked at her and said angrily: "You dead girl, dare to teach me a lesson." Yunyan, you wash the princess's clothes today, and bring them to me to check, if one place is not clean, you will wait for the whip. ”

After saying that, she shook her face and left, and after waiting for a while, Su's mother looked at her embarrassedly and said, "Yunyan, you don't have to..."

Yunyan sorted out the dirty clothes in his hands, beat the water in the pool in front of him, and said, "Mother Su, don't say that, you used to take care of us a few more, and we can still do these rough jobs, don't you say?" ”

She said that, and several women of the same age as her next to her answered yes.

Muling Palace

Shu Rusheng has been in the house for more than a few months, and Wang Yijun's days in the house are also less than January, although the long-tongued woman in the house has a private chat, she also knows, but she doesn't pay attention to it, but the dark fragrance is angry to death. At this time, Shu Rusheng looked at the flowers she raised outside, and Dark Xiang walked from outside and said, "Miss, they are too much." ”

Shu Rusheng looked at Dark Xiang's angry look and said with a smile: "They are just too idle, if you get angry with them, you will get into their way, let them go." ”

Dark Xiang looked at Shu Rusheng with an indifferent look, so she snatched the kettle from her hand and said, "Miss, just how kind you are, if you let the eldest princess know, you will definitely be angry." ”

Shu Rusheng snatched it back and said, "It's good to know, you can't let her know." If she knew, I'd kill you. ”

When Dark Fragrance heard her words, she was even more angry in her heart, so she went to something else.