"I remember you mentioned the sixth elder brother to me. If I'm not mistaken, the private meeting she mentioned should refer to you and the sixth elder brother!" Before Ming Ming's conversation ended, Wei Xiuyan shouted: "Absurd.
Don’t say that I haven’t interacted with Sixth Brother, even if I have, what qualifications does she, a slave, have to interfere?!”
Ming Tong said slowly: "I'm afraid it's not Qiaoyu who's asking, but the person behind Qiaoyu."
Wei Xiuyan's pupils shrank, she pursed her lips and said nothing. Ming Tong took her cold hands and said, "Xiuyan, I have been lonely all my life. My parents died early. I finally got married. As soon as I gave birth to my son, my husband died."
I have worked hard for twenty years to raise my son, provide him with food and clothing, and provide him with a wife. But in the end, he just helped that evil daughter-in-law and even kicked me out. Fortunately,
When I met the real master, he took pity on me and allowed me to become a monk in Ziyun Temple. Otherwise, I would have starved to death on the streets. I have been in Ziyun Temple for nearly ten years, and I have become the most likeable with you.
The soldiers came to Ziyun Temple, but you stayed away from the temple all night, and I never told anyone about it. Judging from today's incident, your concubine... is probably worried that you and Sixth Brother will be cut off."
Wei Xiuyan gritted her teeth and whispered: "No, sister promised me...she won't." She only told Mingtong the reason why she became a monk, but did not mention the promise Wei Jingxuan made. After all, this matter
Once word spread, the sisters would be guilty of deceiving the emperor, and she would not be so indifferent.
This sentence was said without any beginning or end, making it difficult to understand. Mingtong waited for a while before she could continue, and continued: "Actually, your concubine is right. With your current status, you really shouldn't see Liu Liu again."
Brother, don’t even think about him!”
"What do you know!" Wei Xiuyan suddenly became excited and shook her hand away hard: "Brother Sixth and I... we..." The following words involved so many things that she didn't know how to say them out.
"I know you are reluctant to let go of this love, but... what is before you now, is there any other way? If your concubine is willing to help you, there may be a way out, but unfortunately she is not willing, so the only way you can do it now
All you have to do is let go and continue to hold on, which will only make you more miserable."
Wei Xiuyan shook her head vigorously and said: "No, she is my biological eldest sister, she will help me, she will definitely help me!"
After the people passing by had gone away, Ming Tong said: "If she is willing to help you, she won't let Qiaoyu bribe me to spy on you. Xiuyan, I have lived for nearly fifty years, and I have seen through many things."
Yes, when people live in the world, the first thing they think of is
It is always you who is most important to you. Only when you are safe and peaceful can you lend a helping hand to the people around you in insignificant situations. Never think that anyone will help you regardless of gain or loss, regardless of safety, and the same is true for your eldest sister.
"
"No, she promised me that she wouldn't lie to me, no." Even so, Wei Xiuyan's voice weakened and was no longer as firm as before.
Mingtong sighed and said: "Xiuyan, now that you have entered Ziyun Temple, don't think about anything else. Just practice Taoism here. One day, you will let go of your attachments and find freedom."
Wei Xiuyan shook her head without thinking, "I can't let it go, and I don't want to let it go either!"
Mingtong said distressedly: "But if you continue like this, you will only make yourself live in pain, so why bother."
Wei Xiuyan bit her lip tightly and choked with sobs: "I have only liked one person in my life. I don't want to end up like this. I want to be with my sixth brother."
"But that's the emperor's intention. Your concubine has no intention of helping you. Even if you don't want to, what can you do if you don't give in? You should have thought of this before coming to Ziyun Temple!" Seeing Wei Xiuyan's eyes turn red, she said
She couldn't bear it, so she lowered her voice and said: "Forget it, Xiuyan, listen to me, give up, just...just treat it like a dream."
"Dream?" Wei Xiuyan said with a bitter smile: "Obviously it really happened, how could you tell me to lie to myself that it was a dream?"
Seeing that she couldn't make any progress, Ming Tong couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and said: "But no one is helping you now. Can you find anyone else to help you besides your concubine? Is it Concubine Hui, Concubine Ying, or the Queen?"
"
"I..." Wei Xiuyan was about to speak when someone came to urge them to go to the main hall to chant sutras. Mingtong responded and said to Wei Xiuyan: "Okay, don't think about this now, let's go quickly."
Wei Xiuyan said nothing and let her drag her towards the main hall, but there was a strange light flowing quietly in her eyes...
As for Wei Jingxuan, she took He Ke to play in the snow in the imperial garden in the past few days, but she never saw Hongli again. She came back disappointed again and again, which made her feel worse and worse.
There is no joy of the New Year.
After sending He Ke back to Yongshou Palace, she called Mao Gui and said with a gloomy face: "Go and see Huang Ying and ask him if he has whispered anything in the emperor's ears. If so, why have he said so these past few days?"
I didn’t even see the emperor going to the imperial garden.”
"Slave, go now." Mao Gui was about to leave when Wei Jingxuan suddenly called him again and said hesitantly: "You can't offend Huang Ying just yet, so when you ask, please use a gentle tone to avoid offending him."
Mao Gui bowed and said, "Master, don't worry, my slave will definitely know how to handle it."
After he left, Wei Jingxuan stopped saying a word and sat quietly in the chair. Qiaoyu and others knew that he was in a bad mood and did not dare to say anything to disturb him. In the huge main hall, they could only hear the "tick-tock" sound of the self-ringing clock.
Nearly an hour passed before he saw Mao Gui hurried in. He called Qian'er, lowered his head and said: "Master, I have met Huang Ying. He said that he mentioned it to the emperor more than once in the past few days.
The Royal Garden and the Master, but unfortunately the Emperor has no intention of coming over. He is also full of ambition but unable to do anything, so he said he is asking for your forgiveness, Master!"
Qiaoyu sneered at the side and said: "What you mean by having more ambition than strength, that's so nice to say. Maybe he never mentioned it at all, he just used words to deal with us."
Mao Gui sighed and said: "Even if he is really perfunctory, we can't do anything with him, how can we still break up with him? If this is the case, not only will we not get any favors, but we will have one more enemy." As he said, he added
She said to Wei Jingxuan: "I secretly gave an enamel-inlaid pearl pocket watch that my master had given to me to Huang Ying in my name. I also asked my master to forgive me."
Wei Jingxuan was a little surprised and said: "I remember that you have always loved that pocket watch and never left it. How could you be willing to give it to Huang Ying today?"
"Huang Ying may have done his best or perfunctory about this matter, but no matter what it is, it is as the master said. We cannot offend him, because there will be many things for him to take care of in front of the emperor in the future; although he did not have an attack just now
, but the slave could see that he was not happy about the slave asking those questions, and he did not even want to say more. It was not until the slave gave him the pocket watch that he smiled again and was willing to say a few more words."