Chapter 03: As a disciple of the Buddha
King Yuejun explained patiently: "I really didn't mean to embarrass you, something in the palace suddenly summoned me in." β
He Le'an wiped the wetness of his eyes with his sleeve, stared at him suspiciously, and said, "Then did your mother eat something?" Can I go back to Sangkookji Temple? β
"I suddenly entered the palace, I don't know the specifics, it's too late at this time, there have been frequent flying bandits in Beijing recently, robbing money to death, you insist on leaving now, if something happens, I can't give an account to Master Yikong, let's stay in the palace today."
"But, isn't there a guard in the palace, you can ask the guard to send me back."
"The guards of the palace are there to protect this palace."
He Le'an pouted and said: "Xiangguo Temple is not far from Beijing, you can send two guards to escort me." β
"If something happens to the palace because of the loss of the protection of these two guards, can you be responsible?" King Yue Jun stared at her indifferently.
"I know that there is no money for a little monk just by looking at it, the flying thieves just walked past me, and they won't rob me of my money and ask for my life, anyway, I am also a disciple of the Buddha, killing the monk and destroying the Buddha will be bad luck for a lifetime, no need to guardββ"
"βHow do you know if he will suddenly be in a bad mood and kill someone to vent his anger?"
He Le'an said suspiciously: "Why do I think you say so much, just want to keep me in the palace?" β
"It's not that I think, but my mother still needs you, since you are a disciple of the Buddha, you should have compassion, the imperial doctor said, if my mother does not eat like this, she will die of exhaustion, as a disciple of the Buddha, do you want to watch her life pass through your fingers?"
King Yuejun said sincerely: "I promise you, as long as she has an appetizer, she will definitely send you back to Xiangguo Temple." β
"My palace can't eat people, what are you afraid of as a man?" Seeing that she was still hesitant, King Yuejun raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Or will you not be able to resist the temptation of the beautiful maid in my house?" β
Since the day he cut his hair, He Le'an, who was dressed in men's clothes, deliberately grabbed his collar with a frightened face and said: "The maid in your house didn't even let go of the little monk, it's terrible, no, I'd better go back to Xiangguo Templeββ"
"βJust a skinny little poor monk like you, the lowest-ranking maid in my house won't take it seriously." King Yue Jun patted her bare head mercilessly, and sneered: "It's not early, hurry up and rest." β
At He Le'an's insistence, she was placed in a simple small room next to the firewood room in the back kitchen, refused the maid's kindness to fetch water to bathe her, and lay quietly on the wooden bed, looking at the ceiling in a daze.
I don't know if it's because I just woke up, but I can't sleep at this time, the pain of the sharp blade inserted into her chest in my dream is so clear that it seems to have just been inserted into her body, and the pain makes her even breathe suffocated.
In the previous life, it was she who committed the first offense and seduced her brother-in-law, which involved so many conspiracies, intrigues, grievances and hatred later.
The moment she learned of her rebirth, she had no idea of revenge at all, she just wanted to live for herself again.
If you can, stay away from the home of the princes and grandchildren, ignore right and wrong, only be a little monk cooking vegetables in Xiangguo Temple, knock on the wooden fish and recite the scriptures, and it is also quite fulfilling and interesting to say a word of Amitabha Buddha in a plausible way.
At the end of the day, He Le'an was woken up by the soft voice of the little maid, and he was still in a daze, so he heard her say: "Little master, the prince of the county had an order before going out, and you wanted you to prepare lunch for the princess, but if you don't get up at such an hour, it will be too late." β
He Le'an resigned herself to get rid of the sleepy insects, and after washing, under the 'supervision' of the little maid, she went to the kitchen, looked around at the fresh ingredients, and suddenly remembered and asked the little maid: "Hey, do you know what the princess likes to eat on weekdays?" β
"The princess is not a picky eater, but she has always loved the fragrance of flowers."
He Le'an begged in a deep voice: "Can you go to the lotus pond in the house to pick some lotus leaves and lotus canopies for me?" β
"Little Master, just wait a minute." The little maid left with a smile on her face.
While waiting, He Le'an took out the purple potato and yellow potato and steamed it in water, divided the dough into two parts, added sweet potatoes of different colors into it and continued to mix, then kneaded them into round strips, and cut them into two fingernail-sized amounts, after boiling the water, he took one of the lotus leaves picked by the maid and tore them up and boiled them together, and then put down the purple and yellow dough.
When the soup in the pot boils, pull out the fresh lotus seeds, remove the core and put it in, serve it after a few seconds, cool it with ice, then use lotus flowers as a trap, fry it into a crispy and delicious pancake with dough, and finally put it on the plate with the remaining washed lotus leaves, and then ask the maid to take it out, and after about a cup of tea, the maid came to me happily and said:
"Little Master, there are still sweet soups and pancakes, and the princess said she still wants to eat some."
"Yes, girl, please feel free." He Le'an breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile on his face.
Aha, she can finally go back to Xiangguo Temple!
However, just when He Le'an was thinking about whether to leave the palace without saying goodbye, or wait for the king of Yuejun to come back and leave the palace, the maid came again, this time saying, "Little master, the princess is invited." β
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