"No, take a closer look."

"I've seen it, isn't this about the pain of parting or something?" Fang Lanlan looked impatient.

Xia Ye'er was very calm: "I think it must be the person Concubine Jing cares about so much that she is separated from her, so she carves such a strange sentence so sadly." ”

"So what?"

"So, when we go to find Mi Shuang later, we can ask in this regard."

Fang Lanlan understood this and agreed very much.

The two took a long detour before they came to Shishan'an. I heard that Shi Shan'an was repaired by the king of Chu for his grandmother to recite the Buddha, but later the grandmother of the king of Chu died, and it became an ordinary nunnery in the palace, which has more than a dozen people living permanently, insisting on the morning bell and dusk drum every day, eating fasting and reciting the Buddha, which is very pious. Xia Ye'er felt that the women in this must have a story, otherwise they would not easily let go of everything and come here.

"Anyone?" Fang Lanlan knocked on the door.

A young nun approached, opened the door for them, and gave them a salute.

"Hello, may I ask Mi Shuang...... Are you there? Xia Ye'er asked.

The nun pondered for a moment and said, "Yes, please come in and rest for a while, and the poor nun will go and call her over." ”

Fang Lanlan and Xia Ye'er followed her to a small room and sat on a wooden chair.

"It's so cold, are you cold?" Fang Lanlan hugged her arms and asked Xia Ye'er.

"Sort of."

"Aren't they afraid of the cold?"

"The monks have already seen through life and death, so how can they be afraid of heat and cold?"

At this moment, the little nun just now walked over, followed by another older nun.

Before the two could react, the nun behind them took the initiative to say, "What is the matter with the two donors looking for the poor nun?" ”

"You're Mi Shuang?" Fang Lanlan asked directly.

"Before he became a monk, his common name was Mi Shuang, and now he is called Mingyuan." Mingyuan gave a salute and said.

Fang Lanlan looked Ming Yuan up and down with a very strange expression, but Ming Yuan didn't seem to care about Fang Lanlan's rude gaze at all, and still looked at Xia.

"Master Mingyuan, we came to you this time to ask you about Concubine Jing." Xia Ye'er said directly.

The Congxia on Mingyuan's face shook for a moment, but then changed back.

"Monks don't talk about family affairs." Mingyuan's tone became cold, as if he was rejecting people thousands of miles away.

"Shouldn't a monk have a compassionate heart?" Fang Lanlan was very angry and said.

Xia Ye'er saw that the atmosphere between the two was not good, so she hurriedly said: "Master Mingyuan, do you know that the seventh elder brother Chengde has passed away."

Mingyuan was taken aback and asked, "How can this be?" ”

Xia Ye'er said: "Exactly. That's why we want to ask you, see who Concubine Jing has such a deep grudge with and can kill her heir. Lan Lan also said just now, monks have a compassionate heart, and I know that your compassion is great, big enough to cover everything. Then please tell us about Concubine Jing! ”

Mingyuan sighed, sat opposite them, and said, "Back then, many years ago, the poor nun served Concubine Jing, although she was not the most trusted palace maid, but she still knew more or less about her. She entered the palace two years later than the queen, and as the queen's younger sister, she got the attention of the king of Chu on the one hand, and on the other hand, she had to keep a distance from the king of Chu. However, Concubine Jing is a very smart and beautiful person, and she will inadvertently reveal an aura that makes all men fall for her. The big and small concubines in the harem, including the queen, were very jealous, and they couldn't wait to see Concubine Jing becoming more and more favored...... I wish she were dead. ”

"So, all the concubines are suspicious?" Fang Lanlan asked.

"No," Mingyuan glanced at Fang Lanlan and continued, "Although everyone is jealous of her, she is still very good to everyone, so no one will hold a grudge against her." She herself knew that she couldn't be too conspicuous in the harem, so she often didn't apply powder, and just pulled up her long hair casually, not wanting to compete for the light of other concubines, but the king of Chu favored her and went to her bedroom almost every day to stay overnight, which made her very helpless. Later, she became pregnant. ”

Mingyuan paused, took a few sips of tea, and said: "She is very scared and very happy, what she is afraid of is that she will be more jealous, and she is happy that she finally has the flesh and blood of the King of Chu, and finally has a relative in this palace who will not be jealous of herself." But ......"

"But what?" Fang Lanlan was fascinated and asked.

However, since the day she became pregnant, Concubine Jing's physical condition has deteriorated, and she is getting worse day by day. The king of Chu invited many imperial doctors, and the imperial doctors all said that it was difficult to save the fetus, but Concubine Jing tried her best to keep the child, even if she died. She supports her body every day, hoping that the day of childbirth will come soon. Finally, the child was born, a boy. The king of Chu was named Chengde, which was the seventh elder brother. Originally, the queen was very dissatisfied with Concubine Jing, but now that she gave birth to her brother, she was even more furious, and since then she is no longer commensurate with Concubine Jing's sisters. Later, Concubine Jing's health was too poor, so she asked her nurse to take care of the seventh elder brother, and she fell ill in the palace and no longer went out. The queen announced to the outside world that Concubine Jing's illness would be contagious, so she didn't let everyone approach. As a result, even the king of Chu no longer patronized Concubine Jing's bedroom. The seventh elder brother has hardly seen Concubine Jing. ”

"Then who is with the Seventh Elder Brother?"

"At first, she was a nursing mother, and then the poor nun is unknown." Mingyuan's eyes were in a trance, as if his thoughts were still far away.

"That'...... Why did you become a monk? Xia Ye'er asked.

Mingyuan looked at Xia Ye'er, there was no anger or sadness in her eyes, only a kind of indifference and calm. She smiled and said, "Sometimes, deep in a dark place, you can't change, you can't choose the light, and the best way is to escape, to hide in a place that is neither dark nor light." ”

"If that's what you're doing as a monk, then you really shouldn't be a monk." Xia Ye'er was a little excited.

"Why?" Mingyuan frowned.

Xia Ye'er looked at the charcoal fire in the brazier that was about to be extinguished, and said: "In this world, there is no place on the edge of darkness and light, either you can't see your fingers, or it's radiant. If you feel that the situation you are in is somewhere in between, it only means that you are not free, that you are still bound by the whole world. ”

"We were born as human beings, and we are not bound to survive in this world?" Mingyuan's brows were still locked.