The Yangxin Hall is silent except for the ice cubes placed in the corner of the hall that make a crisp sound when they melt into ice water and drip onto the silver plate.
Yinzhen sat in the throne with his eyes closed, his beautiful eyebrows tightly furrowed. On the imperial desk in front of him was a booklet with a yellow silk cover. Sixi stood aside quietly with his eyes lowered. Ever since the emperor read the letter
He kept this posture after reading the book. Mr. Li had rushed it four hundred miles away. He guessed that the content in the book must be related to Concubine Xi, but he didn't know what it said specifically, which made the emperor look very embarrassed.
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Just when Si Xi was secretly speculating, Yinzhen suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Si Xi!"
"My servant is here." Sixi quickly collected her thoughts and stepped forward to respond respectfully.
Yinzhen put his hands on the table, stood up and said in a deep voice: "Get ready and follow me out of the palace incognito. In addition, Prince Yi Yunxiang will be sent to the palace immediately."
"Ah?" Sixi looked at Yinzhen in astonishment. Why is the emperor leaving the palace incognito? Why did the emperor leave the palace for no reason?
"Hurry up and go!" Yinzhen looked at the dumbfounded Sixi with some displeasure. The latter immediately came to his senses after being shouted at by him, and hurried down the path to deliver the order.
After Si Xi left, Yinzhen let out a long breath, slowly sat back in the large, cold chair, picked up the envelope and read it again, his expression changing.
Ling Ruo, she refused to go back to the palace with Li Wei and the others, even though it was clear that the person chasing her was not sent by her. She... she was blaming herself, blaming herself for having murderous intentions towards her...
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However, how could she blame him for being cruel when she acted so recklessly and confronted him tit for tat for Xu Rongyuan? What's more, in the end, he didn't really have the heart to kill her, so what else could she complain about?
Since she refuses to come back with Li Wei, then he will personally bring her back!
No matter praying or becoming a monk, his Yinzhen woman is not allowed to go anywhere except the Forbidden City!
After Yunxiang entered the palace, Yinzhen entrusted him with all state affairs and ordered him to preside over the affairs of the state during his absence. Among them, he specifically mentioned the imprisonment of Lingzhu's family and asked him to wait until he came back to elaborate.
During the trial, no matter what information is submitted about this matter, it will be suppressed first.
After explaining all this, Yinzhen took Sixi and several personal guards out of the palace incognito and headed for Shanxi.
There are rumors among the people that Emperor Shunzhi became a monk at Qingliang Temple in Wutai Mountain before he died. No one knows whether it is true or not. However, Qingliang Temple became very popular because of this undeniable rumor and became the most popular temple on Mount Wutai.
The weather in July and August is the transition from summer to autumn, and it is scorching hot, with only a hint of coolness in the morning and evening.
In the early morning of this day, Ling Ruo and others appeared outside Qingliang Temple. At such an early hour, many good men and women came here to offer incense, and each came with the most pious faith, praying to the Buddha to bless them.
In the distance, there is a morning bell coming from the temple. The strong and soothing sound of the bell implies a distant Zen feeling, which makes people peaceful and clear.
"Let's go in." Ling Ruo said gently to Shi Sheng and Xuan'er who came with her. Behind them were Li Wei and Liu Hu. From that day on, the two of them had been following Ling Ruo, never leaving.
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Qingliang Temple was built from the second year of Yanxing to the seventeenth year of Taihe, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. It faces east to west, with a five-story main hall, Zen hall, and side halls that are symmetrical and have a very rigorous layout.
Although the temple has been built for more than a thousand years, it has been frequently renovated during the period. Especially after the incense boom, the temple itself provided money to renovate the temple and renovate the Buddha's golden body. Therefore, Ling Ruo did not see anything outdated along the way.
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Ling Ruo took the incense that Li Wei had ordered, knelt on the apricot-yellow dumplings, closed her eyes and prayed sincerely, hoping that the Buddha would bless Ama's mother to be healthy and free from illness and pain. Bless Hongli... bless Hongli...
Thinking of Hongli, Ling Ruo couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart and opened her eyes. Was her decision not to return to the palace too selfish? After all, Hongli was only eleven years old, without his own mother by his side, and in the most cruel harem.
, life will definitely be difficult.
But, is it okay to just go back and treat Hongli by yourself?
No, Yinzhen stopped at the last moment this time and did not kill himself. What about next time? What about the next time? Will he stop again?
When the words "never doubt, never ask" were completely reduced to a joke, Ling Ruo no longer dared to believe in Yinzhen. That day and night, the murderous intention that filled Yinzhen's heart completely destroyed everything in her heart.
All hope and trust were wiped out.
The queen can make Yinzhen doubt her once, and she can make him suspicious a second time. By then, will she still be as lucky as she is today? As for Hongli, his life will only be more miserable than now, and the queen will not let it go.
He, Concubine Nian will not let him go, and no one who covets the position of prince will let him go. They will join forces to push Hongli into an abyss so that he will never be able to climb out.
What can she do? She can only watch as Hongli is implicated by herself and loses everything and even... her life!
Instead of doing this, it would be better for Hongli to lose the qualification to compete for the crown prince from the beginning and live a mediocre life.
If she did not return to the palace, Hongli would not have the qualifications to be established as the prince. It has never been heard that the biological mother of a prince in any dynasty or generation left the palace to practice medicine.
I think back in the late emperor's last years, when Jiulong was seizing the throne, the eighth prince was deprived of the right to succeed by Kangxi just because he had an E Niang who was born in Xinzheku, and he never had the possibility of being involved in the country for the rest of his life.
Looking up and looking at the compassionate face of Buddha, Ling Ruoxin slowly calmed down. Although she could not see Hongli again in the future, as long as he was alive and well, it was the greatest comfort to her.
Ling Ruo stood up and put the incense in her hands into the three-legged pure copper incense burner. Shi Sheng and Xuan'er followed her and put the incense in her hands.
"What wish did you make?" Xuan'er asked from the side. She rarely took the initiative to talk to Shi Sheng like this.
Shi Sheng clasped his hands together and bowed several times to the Buddha statue before replying: "I pray to the Buddha to bless my mother to be reincarnated as soon as possible and not to suffer the pain of burning her body again." After saying that, he looked at Xuan'er and said, "Then you
Well, what do you ask for again?"
Xuan'er's expression darkened and she said, "Like you, I pray to Buddha to bless my father and mother to reincarnate as soon as possible."
"Yes, Uncle Zheng and Aunt Zheng are such good people, Buddha will definitely bless them." Shi Sheng's words made Xuan'er slightly raise her eyebrows, but she still felt sad. She actually wanted to perform a ritual for her parents.
However, the ritual requires a virtuous eminent monk to recite sutras for salvation, which a peasant woman simply couldn't afford, so she could only keep this idea in her heart.
Just when Xuan'er thought it was impossible to do this, she suddenly heard Ling Ruo and Li Wei say: "That day there was a fire in the long alley and many people were burned to death. The fire started because of me, so I want to do it here."
It is a ritual ceremony to liberate the souls who died in the fire. Please discuss with the host to see when it is convenient for him and arrange the ritual ceremony as soon as possible."