In Princess Pingyang's residence in Yongchangfang, Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning rarely changed into a military uniform and sat on the bed in the side hall with a cold look on her face. From time to time, her eyes swept over the girl in the corner of the side hall, her slender figure
Her white jade fingers tapped on the armrest impatiently, and she was still muttering something softly in her mouth.
It was almost around midnight when a middle-aged man with a slightly stout figure walked quickly to the side hall and knocked lightly on the door with his hand.
After hearing the knock on the door, Princess Pingyang slightly raised her voice and gave an order.
"Come in!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man opened the door and walked in with a bow.
"Sister-in-law, I have already found out the matter clearly."
Li Xiuning straightened up, sat upright, and said in a low voice.
"explain!"
"The Taoist priest Her Royal Highness Princess Linhai mentioned yesterday is Qingwei, a disciple of Master Xuancheng."
The middle-aged man quickly said in a slightly urgent tone what Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning was most concerned about, and then said in a slightly slower tone. "And he did set up a stall in front of Zhuangyan Temple during this time...
…”
"Setting up a stall?"
Princess Li Xiuning of Pingyang raised her eyebrows slightly, looking calm and confident. "Didn't I remember that he succeeded Xuancheng as the master of Qingdu Temple? How could he be reduced to setting up a stall in front of the monk temple?
To the point of fortune-telling?"
"Based on what I've found, it seems that Qingdu Temple is almost out of money now..."
Although the middle-aged man seemed a little embarrassed, he still answered honestly.
"In the past four or five years, the popularity of the Qingdu Temple has not been very good. In addition, Master Xuancheng does not have much savings. In the past two years, they seem to have been unable to even spend money to repair the Taoist temple."
"How can this be?"
Li Xiuning's eyebrows furrowed completely, and a puzzled expression appeared on his face. "I remember, isn't the incense in Qingdu Temple always pretty good?"
"this matter……"
The middle-aged man hesitated and said, "I don't know."
Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning lowered her head and shot two sharp eyes directly at the middle-aged man standing below. Years of understanding allowed her to quickly distinguish the current situation of her housekeeper.
"Sixi, do you not know, or do you know but are unwilling to tell me, and want to deceive me?"
"this……"
While the middle-aged man was still hesitating, he heard Li Xiuning say lightly.
"It seems that I can no longer command you. That's right. You, Ma Sixi, the princess's official, are no longer mine, Li Xiuning, but an official of the imperial court..."
thump!
After hearing what Li Xiuning said, the middle-aged man Ma Sixi fell to his knees with a plop.
"Sanniang, I see you clearly. Ever since Sanniang took in my homeless brother and me, I, Ma Sixi, have sworn to God that I will be Sanniang's lackey for the rest of my life. I will be loyal to you!"
"Then why are you still standing there?"
Li Xiuning stopped tapping the handrail with her fingers and shouted.
"explain!"
"yes!"
Ma Sixi said in a low voice after nervously agreeing.
"This matter is the prince-in-law, Captain Chai..."
"Don't mention this name..."
A trace of disgust flashed in Li Xiuning's eyes.
"Whenever I have to mention him in the future, just mention Huo Guogong."
"yes!"
Ma Sixi agreed again and then said.
"It's Huo Guogong. After he knew the truth about your escape from Daxing City, he has been deliberately suppressing Qingdu Guan and Master Xuancheng. He specifically said that whoever dares to have contact with Qingdu Guan,
He wants whoever looks good."
boom!
Li Xiuning slapped the armrest of Hu's bed with a heavy palm, her voice trembling as she spoke.
"Chai Shao, how dare he..."
At this moment, in Ma Sixi's eyes, the angry Princess Pingyang seemed to have turned into the heroic commander of the Detachment of Women who commanded Ruoding in the military tent. And he was no longer the current Princess Mansion Commander.
, but the little one who stood in the corner of the military tent with his brother Ma Sanbao.
"And you..."
Li Xiuning's gaze swept over Ma Sixi's body like a sharp sword.
"This kind of thing happened, but you didn't even tell me. Sixi, I think you are a bit unqualified as a princess's palace official. Why don't you go to Huo Guogong's palace as an errand?"
boom!
Ma Sixi knocked her head to the ground, her whole body pressed against the ground, trembling slightly.
"I have no doubts about Her Highness the Princess. If Her Highness the Princess does not believe in Si Xi, please give me the sword. Si Xi is willing to die to prove her innocence."
He just lay on the ground, not daring to raise his head. After a while, he heard the cold voice of the third wife, Li Xiuning.
"Okay, then you, a loyal minister, come and explain, why did you dare to hide it from me after Chai Shao said this? If I hadn't forced you to ask you today, wouldn't you have planned to tell me?
"
"Initiating the Commander-in-Chief,"
Unknowingly, Ma Sixi had changed the title of Li Xiuning to the word that impressed her most.
"Because after the saint knew about this matter, he was afraid that you would have another conflict with Huo Guogong because of this matter, so he specially found someone to send a message to the slave and ordered the slave to conceal this matter and never let you know."
"Aye asked you to hide it, do you really dare to hide it from me?"
Although Li Xiuning spoke in a calm tone, it sounded like thunder in Ma Sixi's ears.
boom!
He knocked his head to the ground again, his forehead bruised purple.
"I am determined not to hide anything from Sanniang, so I have decided to tell you everything if you ask Sanniang. However, you were depressed at that time and did not see many guests, and you have never asked me about this matter.
so……"
"I see!"
Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning closed her eyes and tried to calm down.
"In other words, after Xuancheng's death, Qingdu Temple is about to collapse now, right?"
"It's not that good anyway..."
Ma Sixi lay on the ground and said cautiously.
"Half a year ago, Qingwei started to set up a stall to sell divination in order to make money. At first, he set up a divination stall in the East and West markets, but he didn't seem to make much money. Later, for some unknown reason, he set up his divination stall in
In front of Xingshan Temple..."
"There's no need to ask why. Of course there are so many people praying to God and asking for divination in front of the monk's temple..."
Li Xiuning closed her eyes silently, and the face of Yuxue's cute, chubby little Taoist priest immediately appeared in front of her eyes.
She gritted her teeth and said with complicated emotions.
"It's so hard for him. He has to do such a thing at such a young age. He must have been bullied a lot by the monks at Xingshan Temple. It's really pitiful!"
Ma Sixi was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer this.
Yes, according to his investigation, some people were indeed bullied.
Because there were no warrior monks in Xingshan Temple, the monks in the temple were beaten up one by one by a little Taoist priest. Finally, the divination stalls of an arrogant Taoist priest were placed outside the front hall of Xingshan Temple. Xingshan Temple
The monks didn't dare to care about it and walked around in and out of the front hall of the temple.
It's really so pitiful!
"Not long ago, a Buddha's birthday ceremony was held in Zhuangyan Temple, and many people gathered, so..."
Following Ma Sixi's description, Pingyang Princess Li Xiuning's eyes also pictured a cute, chubby little Taoist priest stretching out his hands at the entrance of Zhuangyan Temple, with a pitiful look on his face, showing off his cuteness... and his divination.
"It's probably because the business of selling divination in Qingwei is so good that the monks in Zhuangyan Temple can't stand it anymore..."
Ma Sixi knelt on the ground and stated truthfully.
"So today they ordered Gao Shugui, the ranger in the south of the city, to cause trouble at Qingwei's stall and took Qingwei out. It seemed that they wanted to use some bad means..."
Snapped!
Princess Li Xiuning of Pingyang once again slapped her hand heavily on the armrest of Hu's bed.
"Damn it, what do these bastard monks from Zhuangyan Temple want to do? They also have this Gao Shugui... Don't they know who is standing behind Qingdu Temple?"
"Maybe they really don't know..."
Ma Sixi answered honestly.
"Sanniang, you also know that Master Xuancheng is not a person who likes to boast and be conceited. Even Chai... Huo Guogong didn't come to you for help when he said he was going to embarrass them, so he definitely won't publicize anything.
."
Li Xiuning slowly closed her eyes and nodded after a while.
"You are right, Sixi, my friend Xuancheng is indeed such a person, but..."
Li Xiuning opened her eyes again, and the silence and laziness of this period of time were gone from her face.
"But Xuancheng is Xuancheng, and I, Li Xiuning, am me, Li Xiuning. He doesn't have to ask for anything, but I can't just watch his apprentice being bullied by others. Chai Shao... Huo Guogong, I will slowly follow him
Settle the score, but these other bastards..."
Snapped!
A golden sign was thrown in front of Ma Sixi by Li Xiuning.
"Sixi, please take my token and tell Monk Faya, the host of Zhuangyan Temple, for me to ask him to behave himself. If anything happens to Qingwei in front of his temple during the Buddhist meeting,
Don’t blame me for not giving Mr. Pei Ji and Mr. Pei face, and settle the matter with them about how they sent monk soldiers to help the Sui Dynasty’s army to encircle and suppress me.”
"yes!"
Ma Sixi knelt on the ground, held up the gold medal in front of her with both hands, and respectfully agreed.
"Besides, you can go find Shi Wanbao for me again..."
Li Xiuning said in a deep voice with disgust in his eyes.
"Just say that I, the third wife of the Li family, asked you to ask this Daxing hero if he can't control these Chang'an knights after becoming an official. If he can't control it, I will transfer a battalion from the women's army.
, personally take care of it for him."
"clear!"
"Get down!"
"yes!"
After watching Ma Sixi respectfully holding her token and exiting the side hall, Li Xiuning took a deep breath and leaned on the backrest of Hu's bed with some annoyance.
Dimly, a figure with three long beards, a handsome figure, and an immortal spirit seemed to appear before her eyes.
"Don't worry, my friend Xuancheng, I will definitely take good care of your disciple..."