The words of the third princess made Nuoya feel uncomfortable and uncomfortable, and it was difficult to sleep and eat. In the face of such temptation, Noah took the initiative to ignore Baili Jiu's warning, and she had been trying her best to find a reason or opportunity to come to the Three Princes' Mansion openly, without being suspected by the old lady.

After thinking about it, the excuses are a bit far-fetched, the difference in status between the two is too great, and she can't find a suitable reason for searching her stomach. She had thought about sneaking out of the mansion, but there were more people in the prince's mansion who begged to see the three princes every day, and the guards were snobbish, so they might not be willing to report.

Four or five days have passed, and there has been no news from the third princess, which makes Nuoya sit on pins and needles.

Because of Baili Jiu's words, Nuoya still had a little doubt about the third princess in her heart, so when she chatted with Yuanbao in private, she pretended to be inadvertently and asked him about the situation of several princes in the court.

From Yuanbao's mouth, Nuoya learned that the crown prince Chu Qingxun was born by the current queen, the prince of Tianding, and married Li Mingsu, the daughter of the concubine and the princess. The crown princess relied on her family power to be a little too domineering, ruthless, and not a transparent brain, so she offended many powerful people in the DPRK and China in recent years. It's just because the prince has his own faction in the court, so in order to win over these powers, the prince endured again and again, and he was angry and silent.

The biological mother of the third prince, Chu Qingxiu, is Ling Guifei, who was born in a family of eunuchs, and her power in the court and China is also intertwined, and it should not be underestimated. Originally, the third prince was too ruthless, good at playing with power, and forming a party for personal gain, so he was not powerful in front of the emperor.

Later, Ling Guifei got the guidance of her mother's back, and in order not to be honest, she politely rejected the emperor's proposal to marry the daughter of an important minister in the court for the third prince, and only chose Chen Liangyin, the only daughter of the Chen family, the richest man in Jiangnan, as her concubine.

This Chen Liangyin is indeed as Baili Jiu said, compared to Ling Guifei's means, she acts on the surface of humility and modesty, gentle and harmless, in front of the emperor is also knowledgeable and courteous, the world is insightful, the spring breeze is proud, but in fact she is ruthless and resourceful, the city is very deep, and she is the three princes. Now the three princes and the crown prince are brothers and friends on the surface, but in fact, they are fighting openly and secretly, and they are fighting fiercely.

Noya was a little strange, why Yuanbao didn't hide it, and even talked to himself about such a secret matter in the court. Although he has a hippie smile, he is not an open-mouthed person.

She didn't know that Yuan Bao did this because of Baili Jiu's instructions, Bai Li Jiu was in the Prince's Mansion that day, and saw the third princess pulling Nuoya, her attitude was a little abnormal, and she was suspicious, lest she be careless, but would be used by the other party, so she secretly signaled Yuan Bao to knock on the side and explain to Nuoya. Noya is a smart person, and he doesn't need to say it explicitly, so he naturally has a score in his heart.

Baili Jiu could feel that since Noya came back from Chu Qingchen's bamboo garden, he was a little cold and wary of himself. He tried his best, but he couldn't coax her to look as carefree as before. The same words, coming out of his own mouth, Noah may not be willing to believe them.

He blamed all the reasons on Chu Qingchen, thinking that it must be because of him, Nuoya, who had a different mind.

Noya has a little admiration for Chu Qingchen, after all, such a man like Haoyue, no woman will be as calm as water. She often remembered that his burning eyes when leaning on the window on a moonlit night and playing a flute song, and his slender jade-like fingers jumping, rippled the watery night into gentle ripples, and that pleasing picture was fixed in Noya's memory, deriving endless appreciation and admiration.

Nuoya naturally took this opportunity to ask Yuan Bao about the second prince, and she was extremely curious about what the "edict" in Miaoyun's mouth that day meant.

Yuan Bao mentioned the second prince with some regret and emotion.

The biological mother of the second prince was just a tea-feeding female official under Concubine Xiang, who inadvertently fell into the eyes of the emperor, and once she went to bed, she became pregnant.

If the emperor casually gave her a title such as a noble talent, there would be no later events. At that time, the emperor had a deep affection for her, and he didn't want to wronged her, he wanted to be a concubine, and even all kinds of favors, exceeding the rules, and hating to hold her to the height of the queen.

has a lot of favors, and there are many enemies in the palace, all kinds of gossip, and even framed and framed, and they jointly sued the queen mother.

The queen mother was annoyed that the emperor wanted to crown a tea-feeding female official as a concubine, so she naturally had a mustard and prejudice against the mother of the second prince, and it was not pleasing to the eye. At that time, the emperor was also young and vigorous, did not know how to detour, and had a lot of trouble with the queen mother, and the queen mother naturally buckled the hat of the culprit on her head, and did not give in to each other, and it was a stalemate for more than ten years, and the mother of the second prince had no name, and the second prince was also cold-eyed since he was a child, and grew up in humiliation.

Until the death of the Queen Mother, she was still angry in her heart and left an edict: the mother of the second prince must not be canonized forever.

When the queen mother was alive, the emperor could be willful, and once the person was gone, he would naturally not dare to be disobedient and be criticized by the world. Therefore, the mother of the second prince has been living in the deep palace awkwardly, accompanied by Concubine Xiang, without a name and no share.

The emperor admired the second prince's full stomach for governing the country and economy, and once mentioned that he should be under the name of the queen, and he would do his best to assist the prince in the future, but the second prince insisted on filial piety to his mother, and even gave up his ownership of the rich and powerful, and was willing to wear clothes and food, travel around the world, travel around, and be the idle cloud and wild crane.

Many people in the court privately discussed that if it weren't for the second prince's unbearable background, with his character and talent, the prince's position would be in jeopardy.

Nuoya listened to Yuanbao's words, and felt that his head was big, this royal matter was really troublesome, the dark tide was surging, and if he was not careful, he was afraid that he would never recover.

For the third princess, Noya was cautious and cautious, but when she parted that day, what she said was still invisibly like a hook, hooking Noya's heart, hanging in the air, and no one landed.

Believe it or not, or what kind of conspiracy it is, you always have to figure it out anyway.

November 17, is the birthday of Amitabha Buddha, who is in charge of Tim Shou, and he commanded the envoy's wife, that is, the second aunt of Baili Jiu, to make an appointment with the old lady to go to Fenglin Temple many days in advance to give alms, adding sesame oil and gold leaf. The mothers-in-law of Haitang Bay are all instructed to copy Buddhist scriptures, prepare almsgiving, order pastries and lotus seats, and are all kinds of busy.

Noya knew that the old lady had never been willing to see her, and this kind of burning incense and worshiping the Buddha would definitely not let herself follow her. However, she wanted to go, she still remembered the words of the abbot master of Fenglin Temple, and she had not been able to understand the essence of it, so she was eager to ask for a clear understanding. So, she chose an old lady when she was in a good mood and went to ask for a meeting.

The old lady was a little surprised, Qin and An both knew how to read and etiquette, and they were determined to save in the morning and dusk, and walked diligently to Haitang Bay. And this Aunt Lin is just the opposite, she has never taken the initiative to come to the door to ask for help, and she is too lazy to see her, which will provoke anger, so the old lady has always avoided Noah, and she must have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace.

The old lady summoned her in, and after Noya saluted and greeted her in a regular manner, she went straight to the point and explained her intentions. He said that he hoped to follow the old lady to Fenglin Temple, give a meal to the abbot and the master, talk about the heart of the Buddha, and add blessings and longevity to the old lady.

Noah said earnestly, and the old lady was a little moved. She has always believed in the master of hatred, worshiped every year, incense every month, after a long time, there is no new idea, and the Buddha is a bit like a routine.

Noah's offer was very tempting, so after thinking about it for a moment, he happily agreed. Just told her to be pure in Buddhism, remember to be cautious in words and deeds, and never forget the form.

Noah obediently agreed, and did put a lot of thought into this table of vegetarian seats.

The old lady was quite devout about this trip, and ordered Nuoya, Qin, and An to abstain from meat and fasting three days in advance, bathe in fragrant soup every day, and not to act in vain to kill. Qin and An were even more fond of it, copied several volumes of Buddhist scriptures, and enshrined treasures such as incense burning, hollow oblique incense shovels, and agarwood Arhat Buddha beads.

Nuoya began to light the lamp and be busy from the fourth watch, semi-processing all the fresh ingredients in advance, and then placing them neatly in the life box according to the categories of hot and cold, raw and cooked, and ordering people to carry them into the carriage in advance.

By the time the old lady got up to wash up in the morning light, Noya had already cleaned up, changed into a plain and elegant narrow-sleeved neat skirt, her long hair was all pulled up, and her hair was covered with green gauze.

When the group arrived at Fenglin Temple, the morning sun had just risen, and the temple fair at the foot of the mountain was already full of people coming and going, and the side was full of carriages and horses of pilgrims who gave alms to the Buddha. Hidden in the middle of the mountain, the Fenglin Temple palace is saga, the cigarette smoke is swirling, it looks magnificent and solemn, and it seems that the light of the Buddha shines.

After looking for someone to inquire, I learned that today, a master of anger opened the altar to preach Buddha after sunrise, chanting sutras and praying for blessings. The old lady couldn't help but be overjoyed, panicked and ordered people to carry all the items such as incense and candles up the mountain, after the incense to the Buddha, the monks arranged a seat to listen to the Buddha in front of them, and they couldn't wait to pass, Nuoya and the three followed behind, sitting cross-legged, silent and did not dare to speak.

Sitting on the stage is really the old monk I saw last time, dressed in a brand-new abbot's robe, sitting cross-legged on a yellow satin lotus seat, with low eyebrows and lowered eyes, lips moving, and a treasure*.

Noah only felt that the words of the Dharma he spoke were more simple and understandable than what he spoke, and not so profound and difficult to understand. However, after all, I didn't have much interest, and when I didn't listen much, I was a little sleepy. Especially when I got up early today, I couldn't open my eyelids at this time, and I hung my head to my chest, kowtowing like a wooden fish in the monk's hand.

I finally got up until the end of the day, but seeing that I didn't have the opportunity to talk to the old monk alone, I could only pin all my hopes on the vegetarian banquet at noon, and said goodbye to the old lady, so I inquired alone and went to the kitchen of Fenglin Temple.

At noon, there should be a lot of pilgrims who come from afar to stay in the temple to fast, so at this time, the firehead monk in the kitchen is already busy.

Noya expressed her intention to the kitchen steward, and the steward had already been instructed in advance, and pointed out a little monk who was in charge of fasting and eating to help her, dispatch firewood, rice, oil, salt and other materials, and went to work on her own.

The room was crowded, there was little place to stay, and Noya's ingredients had been almost prepared, so I was not in a hurry to get started for the time being, and I saw an eighteen or nine-year-old novice cleaning vegetables outside the room by the pool where the bamboo pipe drained him, and his hands were frozen like carrots, and he was snorting vigorously. Because the person is thin and small, he needs to tiptoe to reach the platform, and most of the placket in front of him is wet.

Noah took pity on him for his young age, so he walked over and smiled gently, "Shall I help you?" ”

The little monk looked up at her, squinted his eyes and smiled, revealing two cute little tiger teeth.

"Sister!"