CHAPTER XXVI
Feng Yueming sat by the window, embroidering seriously, completely indifferent to everything around her.
"Your Highness, close the window, it's windy, and it will probably snow in a while. Heming came over with lunch, a simple two or three vegetarian dishes, and a small bowl of rice.
Feng Yueming put aside the embroidery shed in her hand, got up and sat at the table, "It's okay, it's not cold." "In this backyard, except for the queen, the palace maid and the guard, except for accompanying the queen mother, the rest of the time is busy with her own affairs.
Reading, embroidering, practicing, the busy but fulfilling life made Feng Yueming's mood slowly calm down, as for poison, it was her instinct engraved in her bones, and it was not suitable for practicing in the temple.
Feng Yueming doesn't eat fast, and it's not much, often a few bites say that she is full, Heming can't help but be a little worried, after all, in her opinion, when Feng Yueming is still growing up, fortunately, Feng Yueming never has leftovers, and occasionally eats one or two more bites.
said that Feng Yueming was sent to the Queen Mother to teach, but in fact, Feng Yueming's life here was much easier than that in the palace, except for being more bitter.
After taking a break after lunch, Feng Yueming went to the Queen Mother's side and listened to the abbot give a lecture to the Queen Mother.
The abbot came to the Queen Mother every day to give a lecture for an hour, and Feng Yueming would listen to it every time.
"Your Highness. The abbot folded his hands and saluted Feng Yueming.
"Abbot. Feng Yueming saluted in the same way, and after standing up straight, she asked Banxia, who was standing by the door, "Hasn't the imperial grandmother gotten up yet?"
"If you go back to Your Highness, the Queen Mother is changing her clothes. Banxia spoke softly.
Feng Yueming nodded, she was not familiar with her abbot, and now she had nothing to say for a while.
"Your Highness. But the abbot opened his mouth.
"If the abbot has something to say, he might as well say it directly," Feng Yueming does not believe in gods and Buddhas, but he is quite respectful to the abbot, because this Baotong Temple helped the emperor back then.
"Your Highness, there are eight hardships in life. The abbot opened his mouth unhurriedly, "Bitterness of birth, old suffering, sickness, death, love and parting suffering, resentment will be bitter, asking for hardship, and the five yin are full of suffering." ”
"Hmm. Feng Yueming didn't know what the abbot wanted to say, so she nodded, she had heard the abbot talk about this before.
"Your Highness has been immersed in love and parting all his life. The abbot closed his eyes and continued, "This bitterness has turned into hatred. ”
The smile on Feng Yueming's face disappeared, and she narrowed her eyes, looking at the abbot's eyes was very dangerous, "Why did the abbot say this, the people I love are all by my side now." ”
The abbot opened his eyes and looked at Feng Yueming's eyes full of pity, "Your Highness's hatred will turn into a sharp blade." ”
Feng Yueming sneered, "This is interesting, is there anything wrong with turning hatred into a sharp blade to kill the hateful person?"
"But the blade doesn't just hurt the enemy. The abbot continued.
Feng Yueming stared at the abbot, "I thought the abbot would let me put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately." ”
"Your Highness. The abbot stood up and saluted, "The sharp blade of hatred turns into a knife that hurts not only the enemy, but also the loved one in His Highness's heart. ”
Feng Yueming didn't speak, thinking about what the abbot knew, whether the Queen Mother knew these things, and the matter of her rebirth, whether it was for herself or for anything else, could not be known.
"What are Yueming and the abbot talking about?" The Empress Dowager walked in, only to see Feng Yueming's serious expression.
"Imperial Grandmother. Feng Yueming got up and saluted, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just that the abbot is telling me about the eight hardships of life." ”
"Didn't you hear it last time?" the Queen Mother saluted the abbot and saluted back.
Yueming was puzzled, so she asked the abbot to speak again. Feng Yueming's gaze fell on the abbot's body gloomily, as if to warn.
The Queen Mother walked to the main seat with the support of Mama Wang, and did not see Feng Yueming's eyes, "Why do you suddenly want to learn today?"
"Occasionally, I find Buddhism quite interesting. Feng Yueming said with a smile, "Especially this life's eight hardships." ”
"Life is eight hardships. The Empress Dowager sighed after sitting down, "Which bitterness does Yueming think is the most bitter?"
"Yueming's words, probably love parting. Feng Yueming looked relaxed, "It's so sad to think about the people you like leaving one by one." ”
"This is what life has to go through, and you can't force it. The Queen Mother sighed.
"Yueming wants to force it. Feng Yueming's tone was very firm.
"People are born, old, sick and die, how can they be forced?" the queen mother frowned without a trace, "actually talking about children." ”
"There's always a way. Feng Yueming lowered her head and chuckled, "Yueming is still young now, how can she experience love and separation?"
The abbot smiled, Yueming's words were too childish. The Queen Mother smiled and shook her head.
The abbot folded his hands and bowed, but did not speak.
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"What do you think of Yueming's words?" the Queen Mother opened her mouth when Mama Wang was serving.
"Your Highness is still a child after all, so it's nothing to say this. Mama Wang said with a smile, "After all, I am still young, how can I be willing to leave with the person I love." ”
"If it's someone else, it's fine, but Yueming may not be talking like a child. The Queen Mother frowned, "I thought that after a few months, the stubbornness in this child's temperament has gradually decreased, and now it seems that ......" shook her head, "It's just that this love is parting......"
The queen mother knew that the suffering of love and parting had to be experienced to understand, but Feng Yueming should not understand, but looking at her appearance today, she not only understood, but this suffering actually entered her heart.
". Mama Wang looked at the Queen Mother's worried look, "You said that children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and since love and parting is bitter, then His Royal Highness Yueming should not want to eat." ”
"This bitterness means that if you don't eat, you won't eat. The Empress Dowager smiled and shook her head, "That kid from the Shi family is already on his way here, right?"
"Yes, as stated in the previous letter, it should be tomorrow. Mama Wang replied.
"It seems that Mo Yao wants the moon to shine, and this year came half a month earlier than in previous years. The queen mother shook her head with a smile, put the matter of love and parting in her heart, and prepared to talk to the queen after she went back.
The Queen Mother has always returned to Beijing a few years ago, and tomorrow is just Laba, so much earlier, obviously because Feng Yueming is here.