The queen mother finished watching and Bing Dilian returned to the room, rubbing the jade consecrated by the master in her hand, her heart was quite at peace.
Hu Nanny who was waiting on the side smiled and said: "Empress Dowager, the second young master is really a generous child, and he gave away most of such a precious thing without blinking an eye."
"He is a good boy." When the queen mother mentioned Su Xiaorui, her eyes were full of pride.
The Empress Dowager suddenly thought of something again, and sneered: "Such a good child, Aijia loves him heartily, and there are still people who want to wrong him in front of Aijia!"
Mother Hu was stunned: "Does the queen mother not believe in the fifth imperial concubine?"
"Does she really think that Aijia is blind? Xiaorui is a kind-hearted child. Since he doesn't pursue this matter, Aijia will save some face for that woman."
"The Empress Dowager is wise." Madam Hu made tea for the Empress Dowager with a smile, "Second Young Master is a blessed person, and there must be God's blessing and mercy."
"Since he is by his side, Aijia feels that the quiet days are much easier to pass, and his body is much healthier."
"Yes, the queen mother looks much younger."
"Speaking of which, Xiaorui received the abbot's mercy today..." The Queen Mother suddenly thought of something, and ordered Hu Nanny beside her, "Go and invite Princess Huai here."
"yes."
Madam Hu quickly invited Su Ying over. Su Ying came up and bowed to the Queen Mother, who kindly said, "Sit down."
Su Ying sat down beside her, and asked with a smile, "I don't know why the imperial grandmother is looking for a concubine?"
"I have nothing to do, let me talk to you."
Su Ying was amused, this was the first time the queen mother talked to her.
In fact, Su Ying knew why the queen mother came to her, but since the queen mother didn't say anything clearly, she just continued to play dumb.
"Why didn't Xiao Rui come?"
"He and Xiao Nian were playing with the fourth sibling, just now the concubine thought that the emperor's grandmother had summoned her urgently, so she came here by herself."
When the Queen Mother heard Situ Mengyao, a trace of dissatisfaction appeared on her face: "Mengyao has been married to Fei Xu for many years, and her stomach has never moved."
Su Ying smiled and said, "Siblings are still young, there will always be children."
"Hmph!" The Queen Mother snorted coldly, "Fei Xu is also stubborn, he refused to accept even a concubine, and went to the emperor's place to make trouble for a while, I really don't know who I learned this temper from!"
Su Ying's heart skipped a beat. Ye Feixu and Situ Mengyao had a bad relationship, and they insisted on refusing to take concubines. What's going on here
Su Ying felt that she was talking quietly with the Queen Mother now, and it felt like a world away. How could the Queen Mother say such things to her before.
Su Ying smiled and said, "The child's affairs are all fate, don't come in a hurry."
"Forget it, we don't need to mention their affairs, we only know how to feel sorry for the family." The Queen Mother snorted, "It's still Xiao Nian and Xiao Rui who are caring."
Su Ying's pupils were clear, and her smile was sincere: "The emperor's grandmother is so kind to them, so they are naturally close to the emperor's grandmother."
"These two children are sensible and generous. The Ai family is very happy to see them." The queen mother paused, "Today the abbot came forward to rescue Xiao Rui and gave him so many jade pendants. The Ai family has known the abbot for many years. Since I understand his temper, I think you are not just old acquaintances, right?"
Su Ying saw that the Queen Mother had made a detour and finally asked for an idea, so she didn't intend to hide it. She smiled gently: "To be honest, my concubine and Master Qingran are old friends."
The Empress Dowager looked extremely shocked, she stared at Su Ying dumbfounded: "Is this true?"
She thought that Su Ying and Master Fangzhang were old friends, but she did not expect to be Master Fangzhang.
Hu Nanny on the side was also stunned, knowing that the master is an eminent monk that even the emperor admires very much.
The Empress Dowager has tried so hard all these years but has not been able to meet Master Ming Ran, and now Princess Huai is an old friend with him
Seeing Su Ying nodding her head, the Queen Mother immediately calmed down: "I see. No wonder Master Abbot treats you differently from others."
The Queen Mother thought for a while and finally asked, "Is Master Liao Ran in the Buddhist temple now?"
The Empress Dowager actually knew very well about Master Liao Ran's traveling around the world.
Su Ying smiled lightly, as if orchids were in full bloom, elegant and incomparable: "Although Ying'er has known Master Lian Ran, she has never seen him since she came back from Nanyang."
Seeing the longing in the Empress Dowager's expression, Su Ying couldn't help saying: "Of course, Master has a quiet nature and doesn't like to meet outsiders. Why don't Ying'er go check it out before reporting back to the imperial grandmother?"
A look of joy flashed in the queen mother's eyes: "OK."
After Su Ying left from the Queen Mother, she brought two little buns to see Master Mingran.
She found the remote bamboo garden with ease.
Su Ying held a child in one hand, and the two children were very curious about Master Liao Ran.
Ye Xiaonian asked curiously: "Mother, many nobles can't meet Master Minglan, how did you know him?"
Su Xiaorui was bouncing around, his black eyes were also wide open, he was really curious.
Su Ying snorted, naturally she couldn't tell them the allusion of "wine and meat pass through the intestines, but the Buddha keeps it in his heart". She said: "Because Master Liaoran likes to eat sweets made by mother."
Su Xiaorui said: "It turns out that Master also likes to eat things made by mother."
Ye Xiaonian nodded: "Mother's cooking is so delicious, Master must like it."
The little novice who was cleaning the yard at the entrance of the bamboo garden hadn't seen Su Ying for many years, and when he saw her coming with two identical children, his face showed surprise.
The little monk folded his hands together and bowed to her: "The concubine is finally back, the master always misses you."
Su Ying smiled back and asked, "Is the master here?"
The little novice nodded hurriedly and made way to the side.
The little novice looked at the back of Su Ying's mother and son leaving, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.
Su Ying led the two children through the quiet path, stepped into the door, and saw the master holding the chess piece in his forehand, as if he was once again trapped in the chess game.
Master Ming is obsessed with playing chess, and the habit of playing chess with himself has not changed for so many years.
Before Su Ying could speak, she heard Master Ran sigh: "Hey, I didn't even have a piece of pastry this time. It can be seen that I forgot my old friend."
Su Ying heard Master Ran's slightly complaining tone, like a child, she couldn't help laughing and said: "If you have time, you must send it to Master."
Master Liao Ran put down the chess pieces in his hand, and saw the two little buns behind Su Ying at a glance.
The two of them were white and tender, carved in pink and jade, very cute.
Master Liao Ran waved at the two children: "It's been a few years since the two children have grown so big, come and show me."
Xiaorui didn't dare to make mistakes when he saw the master, and Ye Xiaonian stepped forward to salute him in a polite manner: "Hello, master."
[Author's digression]: The third chapter is almost a little bit later