When Princess Dun woke up, she saw that Li Wei was not watching. She hurriedly asked the people around Li Wei, only to find out that Li Wei had gone down the mountain.
I heard that there was an ambush to assassinate the Queen Mother before, but I didn't expect that the Queen Mother didn't care and still came in and out normally. She was so courageous.
Princess Dun was secretly sweating for Li Wei.
By the time Li Wei led the horse back to the Taoist temple, it was already dusk. Although she was wearing a curtain, the sun still burned her face red.
"Your Majesty, you've had a hard journey, is it fun outside?" She is already a dowager, and her children are several years old, but she still shows her naughty side occasionally.
Li Wei said: "How about you go out for a walk with me tomorrow?"
When Princess Dun heard about it, she hurriedly waved her hands and said, "Forget it, I don't think it's appropriate for a palace concubine to do something in public. You don't care too much, Queen Mother."
Li Wei said calmly: "Why worry about all this? I came out just to enjoy this rare moment of freedom. After being bored in the palace all day, I feel like my body is covered with rust. Instead of staying in the palace, it is better to go for a walk among the people. It’s very interesting to see the bustling market, the farmers working, and the sun setting on this mountain.”
Concubine Dun didn't think these were interesting, but what Li Wei said seemed really interesting. However, she was raised in a boudoir since she was a child and could not go out a few times a year. She was relatively repellent to the outside world. This time it was Li Wei. Wei took the initiative to invite her, and she seemed a little moved.
"Then let's go out and have a look tomorrow?"
Li Wei said: "Okay, I will take you to see what life in the market is and what the suffering of the people is."
On the second day, I still practiced swordplay in the morning and went out for a walk in the afternoon. Princess Dun couldn't ride a horse, so Li Wei had to have someone hail a carriage, driven by Luo Chong.
Concubine Dun, like Li Wei, was dressed like a Taoist nun. Without the wide robe and big sleeves, she could move much more easily.
Li Wei took Princess Dun to the market. The two of them visited the cloth shop and tea shop together, and even took her to the silver shop to look at jewelry. Later, when she was hungry, she went to a restaurant to eat. Just like in that era, I made an appointment with my best friend to go shopping in the mall on my day off.
When they returned, the carriage was already loaded with many things they had chosen. Returning to the Taoist temple, Li Wei had someone take out some pieces of cloth, wrap a piece of indigo linen cloth, and send it to Xiaohu's house down the mountain for the woman to make clothes for herself.
When the Qingyuan Temple Master came to visit Li Wei and the others, Li Wei stayed with her to have tea.
"There was a religious ceremony in the temple yesterday, so I didn't bother to talk to the temple owner."
Later, Li Wei talked about giving porridge to the Qingyuan Temple Master. The Qingyuan Temple Master said: "Since the last time the Queen Mother returned to the palace, the Taoist Temple has been going down the mountain to give porridge for two days on the first and fifteenth day of every month. It has not been done for several months. Dare to waste."
Li Wei said: "Very good, thank you so much for your understanding and support."
The master of Qingyuan Temple hurriedly said: "Infinite Heavenly Lord, the Queen Mother cares about the world and has compassion for heaven and mankind. This is the blessing of the common people."
"I may not be able to control big things, so now I have to focus on these small aspects. How is the livelihood of the Taoist temple? Can I have enough food and warm clothes?"
The master of Qingyuan Temple smiled and replied: "Monks don't pay much attention to it. They pay more attention to practice. They don't dare to talk about enjoyment. They can live their lives."
Sanqing Temple is a royal Taoist temple, enshrined by the inner court, and there is no shortage of food and clothing. The two days of porridge every month will not have any impact on the Taoist temple.
I went out for a while in the afternoon, and I was sticky with sweat. I had to take a warm bath to relieve my fatigue. After dinner, Li Wei went to the hot spring pool on the back mountain to take a dip.
Although the pools here are small, their number is not small. The temperature may feel a bit high when you first get into the water, but you'll get used to it later.
Li Wei and Princess Dun took a dip in the pool alone. She sat along the edge for a while, with only her head above the water. Later, I felt that sitting like this was boring, so I swam twice in the pool. Like a big fish stretching its body in the water.
Concubine Dun was dumbfounded in the pool next door. When did the Queen Mother learn to swim
After soaking in the hot spring for half a night, his body was completely relaxed. Li Wei felt that his blood circulation was accelerating, and his whole body seemed to be alive again.
You should be able to sleep well this night.
Li Wei put on a loose nightgown and waited for her hair to dry before going to bed. Lan Hui brought pills to Li Wei. After Li Wei took them, he asked for water. When Lan Hui handed the water to her, she suddenly shouted in surprise: "Queen Mother, where is the ring on your right hand?"
Only then did Li Wei notice that the Seven Treasures Ring on her hand had disappeared at some point. She had tried her best to take it off before but it was useless. Why did it suddenly disappear
She frowned and said, "I don't know where it fell."
Lan Hui then said: "The Queen Mother must have dropped it in the pool just now. It became loose when it was soaked in water and fell accidentally."
Maybe so. Li Wei looked at her bare fingers. After wearing that weird ring for so long, she always felt it didn't look good and she didn't like it either. It was accidentally lost here, but she felt indescribably sad in her heart. That ring took her soul from this era to that era, and brought her back again. She had also hoped that this ring would take her back there, but if she lost it here, she might have blocked everything from that era. It is destined that she will never go back.
"Lan Hui helped me find it. I can't leave it."
Lan Hui was a little surprised, thinking that the Queen Mother had many gold, silver, jade and jade, but she didn't like any one of them. She only seemed to have special emotions for that special ring. The Queen Mother was not willing to take it off at any time. The ring seems to be extremely important to the Queen Mother.
Lan Hui promised to do her best to find it.
But what was counterproductive was that they spent all their manpower and dug almost three feet into Lishan Mountain, but they still couldn't find the small ring.
Although this result was expected, Li Wei couldn't hide his sadness.
In fact, she had long since found no way to go back. Whenever she thought of her relatives and friends there, she could only see them in her dreams. But in the more than a year since she came back, she rarely dreamed of them.
Concubine Dun knew that Li Wei's ring was lost, and saw that Li Wei had people make great efforts to look for it, but they didn't find it. Seeing that Li Wei was a little frustrated, Princess Dun took out one of her precious cat's eye rings and gave it to Li Wei.
"Your Majesty, this ring was given to me by the Queen Mother when I gave birth to Xiao Liu, and I didn't wear it much. Now I'll give it to you. I hope you won't dislike it."
Concubine Dun handed the ring to Li Wei. Li Wei just glanced at it briefly and said lightly: "No need, since the old queen gave it to you, you should keep it well. If you lose mine, just throw it away." Come on."
After getting used to having something on his fingers, he would feel uncomfortable if he didn't wear it occasionally, so Li Wei had an emerald green jade ring on the index finger of his right hand.
(End of chapter)