Once upon a time, the two Su families competed in separate courts in Beijing, each occupying half of the palace.
Nowadays, the other Su family is gradually retiring and living a comfortable and leisurely life.
And this Su family is working tirelessly to restore its original prosperity, but there are not many available people. They only know how to follow outsiders. They are indeed rich and powerful for a while, but they don't know that blessings and misfortunes depend on it. How can a high-rise building without a foundation withstand it?
Hurricane strikes?
The grief and helplessness in Yu Wenhao's heart were silent.
The Su family is his mother's family after all.
What's even more sad is that the mother-in-law has been working for them for most of her life, and now that something happened to her, everyone only knows how to protect themselves, and no one has said a word to her.
Mother, did you see everything clearly before you died?
Yu Wenhao's eyes widened and he couldn't close his eyes until dawn.
Early in the morning, before Yuan Qingling woke up, he had already gotten up, dressed and went out.
As soon as he went out, Yuan Qingling opened his eyes immediately.
In terms of acting skills, she was actually not bad. He didn't close his eyes. She pretended to be asleep all night and stayed with him until dawn.
In this way, after three days of closed doors and thanking guests, Prince Chu's palace finally opened its doors, because the princess's wedding was coming soon, and even if she was unhappy, she had to do serious things.
Someone also came from the palace, saying that they wanted to invite the Crown Princess to come into the palace to accompany the princess. Since the night of the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the princess has been crying and sad, and she is now completely broken.
Concubine Xian's conviction was a huge blow to Yu Wenling.
Her ivory tower of sixteen years suddenly collapsed. Even though she had previously felt that the palace was a cage and was eager to escape, it was just a yearning for freedom, not a dislike of family ties.
Concubine Xian played a very important role in the sixteen years of her life.
Her shock was not only the loss of her mother, but also the fact that Concubine Xian had hurt her before she was convicted. Probably, she never dreamed that such a thing would happen.
She had seen the most cruel and cold side of her mother-in-law.
Even in the end, Concubine Xian still left her with this impression, without any more words of advice and care.
When Yuan Qingling was about to enter the palace, Fourth Master Leng brought her a wind chime, saying that he wanted her to give it to the princess.
This wind chime is very unique. It is made of thin copper and is gilded on the outside. There is a red tassel hanging from the bottom of each copper pipe. Yuan Qing holds it in his hand. When the wind blows, the wind chime jingles because it is made of copper.
Therefore, the sound is not pleasant to the ear, but it has a deep resonance.
The red tassels at the bottom also sway with the wind, which is very beautiful.
"Did you make it?" Yuan Qingling asked. She felt that this wind chime might not be able to comfort the princess. It was a favorite thing for children.
"Tell the princess that it was made by an eminent monk. The copper tubes of the wind chime are engraved with scriptures. As long as you hang the wind chime by the window, when the wind blows and the wind chime rings, it will seem like someone is chanting sutras for the deceased.
, and the departed soul will cling to the wind chime to listen to the gospel, and the soul will be at peace."
Yuan Qing Ling was surprised, "Doesn't that mean to tell the princess that the soul of the wise concubine will be attached to the wind chime?"
Fourth Master Leng tilted his head, "Is that what you mean?"
"That's what it means." Yuan Qingling looked carefully inside the copper tube and saw some scriptures engraved inside. The writing was very small but the strokes were clear. He didn't know how they were engraved because the copper tube was only about the size of a little finger.
, it’s all engraved with, “Which enlightened monk did it? It’s so detailed, eh? Is it the Heart Sutra that’s carved? Is there a typo here? Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, not Avalokitesvara Rakshasa, my God
Ah, who is this eminent monk?"
"Wrong?" Fourth Master Leng came over and took a look in surprise. Sure enough, he saw Guan Zizai Rakshasa. He was a little embarrassed, "This, don't stick to the formality, just get the meaning right."
"Isn't this eminent monk you?" Yuan Qingling asked.
Fourth Master Leng said with a cold face, "Did you feel embarrassed?"
After saying that, he left with his hands behind his back.
Yuan Qingling couldn't laugh or cry. Should I give this "fake" away?
However, the fourth master rarely spends time trying to please others. It can be seen that he cares about Yu Wenling. Since it is a sincere heart, let's take it with him for the time being.
She took Ah Si and Man'er with her, as well as snacks.
When Yuan Qing entered the palace, she naturally had to pay homage to her and the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager was not in good spirits and was too sick to get up. Yuan Qingling brought snacks into the palace just to comfort her.
So, having paid their respects here, the dim sums climbed up on the bed to stick to the great-grandmother.
When the Queen Mother saw these three eyes, the sadness on her face was finally gone. She responded to her grandmother's words and got up to talk and play with the children.
The imperial concubine now lives in Fengqi Palace, and Yu Wenling also lives here, so she has to get married from here.
The imperial concubine was promoted from the imperial concubine to the imperial concubine, causing an uproar in the harem, not to mention those with red hats and white crowns. Therefore, the family was very busy in the past two days, and the concubines came to congratulate her with gifts.
The imperial concubine is very cowardly, she is clearly above the imperial concubine, but now she is overpowered by the imperial concubine. She just asked someone to send a pair of bracelets to her. It is not easy for her to come to visit her and she cannot afford to lose her face.
But the one who felt the most aggrieved was Empress Chu. She was frightened, and she took the risk in vain and finally married the imperial concubine. Moreover, she heard that Eunuch Zhang from the inner palace was taken for questioning. She guessed that it should be before the death of the concubine Xian.
Recruited Eunuch Zhang to come out.
Therefore, her mood in the past two days was as if she was walking on a tightrope. The slightest disturbance made her heart beat faster and her palms sweat.
Yuan Qingling came to see her, but she couldn't excuse herself because of illness, so Yuan Qingling went to Fengqi Palace.
When the imperial concubine saw her coming, she took her hand and said worriedly: "Go and have a look quickly. I've been crying for a few days. If I keep crying like this, will I still be able to get my eyes?"
Yuan Qingling comforted her and said, "Okay, mother and concubine, don't worry, I'll just go and take a look."
"Okay, I'll ask someone to bring you some food. If you think you can coax her, coax her to eat some." The imperial concubine hurriedly turned around and ordered someone to get things done.
Yuan Qingling took Ah Si and Man'er to the princess's bedroom.
For most of the day, the gate was closed, and the palace people were sent to stand outside the palace gate. When they saw Yuan Qingling coming, they hurriedly opened the door to let her in.
Man'er stayed outside, while Yuan Qingling and Ah Si entered the palace. They saw Yu Wenling sitting on the bed holding a quilt, her face was swollen from crying, her hair was messy, and there was no trace of the joy of a bride to be married.
When she saw Yuan Qing coming, she flattened her mouth and started crying again, "Fifth sister-in-law!"
Yuan Qingling hurried over, sat beside the bed and hugged her, "Okay, don't cry anymore."
Yu Wenling could no longer cry, so she just kept crying loudly, which was extremely heartbreaking.
Yuan Qingling couldn't help crying. Although Yu Wenling was getting married, she was only sixteen years old and was just a freshman in high school.
Moreover, on one side was the death of her mother, a very painful event, and on the other was marriage, a great joyous event in life. The two events happened so close to each other, which was really cruel to her.
After trying to comfort him for a long time, but still unable to calm him down, Yuan Qingling took out Fourth Master's wind chime and said, "This wind chime was made by Fourth Master at the request of an eminent monk. It is filled with scriptures. The eminent monk said that as long as you hang it up,
Wind chimes, when the wind blows them, it is as if heaven and earth are chanting sutras together, then the souls of the departed will hear the sound, attach themselves to the wind chimes, listen to the sound of the Buddha, and the souls of your mother and concubine will also be with you."