Pei Luoan sat opposite the abbot of Qingyun Temple. A Taoist nun brought him tea. Through the curling smoke, the abbot of Qingyun Temple looked more and more detached from the world.
He took a sip of the teacup beside him, then slowly put it down: "Your Highness, do you really want to take Madam Ji back with you?"
"My East Palace also has a small mourning hall. If it's just for offerings, it's better to go back and offer them. What do you think, Master?" Pei Luoan pondered for a moment and said, "I have to thank you for your warning before."
“Your Highness is too polite. This is what we should do. However, there is a difference between offering sacrifices in the Eastern Palace and offering sacrifices in Qingyun Temple.” The master of Qingyun Temple smiled and said slowly.
"Han Yue won't blame me. Besides, Ji Youran accidentally broke his leg and needs to go back for treatment. It's not convenient for him to stay in the temple at this time." Pei Luoan smiled slightly.
The position of a lady is the highest position he has given to Ji Youran, and this is also for Ji Hanyue's sake.
"Madam Ji... is she badly injured?" The Qingyun Monastery Master blamed himself, "It's all my fault for not finding Madam Ji earlier. Otherwise, it wouldn't have taken so long for us to find out about her injury."
"Master, you are too polite. It was her own carelessness. This matter was her fault. It was you who sent people to find her. After her injury heals, I will bring her here to thank Guan Fang." Pei Luoan said, standing up and saying goodbye.
Pei Luoan has always been humble when dealing with outsiders like him and has a good reputation.
Besides, this Qingyun Temple Master was indeed a little different. He had given him some signs at the beginning, which was why he was so moved by the news brought by the Qingyun Temple Master that day.
The master of Qingyun Temple stood up and sent the people to the corridor. As he watched the prince lead his people away, the smile on his face faded.
"Ning Yin." The master of Qingyun Temple greeted.
The door of the right wing opened and Master Ning Yin walked out. The prince had just arrived in a hurry. Master Ning Yin originally had something to say to the abbot of Qingyun Temple, so he retreated to the corridor.
The two people returned to the house.
"Master, Princess Ying likes the small building deep in the bamboo forest very much." Master Ning Yin said with his head lowered.
The Qingyun Monastery Master was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "No matter how much she likes it, this place has no benefit to her, but it has great benefit to us..."
"What does the master mean?" asked Master Ning Yin.
"Continue to build a good relationship with the Princess of England. If necessary, you can go against me." The master of Qingyun Temple said slowly.
Master Ning Yin's heart skipped a beat. The meaning of these words was not light, "Master!"
The head of Qingyun Temple shook his hand and said, "Don't worry, this is only temporary. We must get that bamboo building back. We can't even protect Princess Hengyang's residence, let alone other things."
These words made Master Ning Yin silent for a while, and he lowered his head. After a long while, he said, "Yes, everything depends on the master's wishes."
The head of Qingyun Temple looked out of the window and gazed into the distance: "If our ancestors had succeeded, you would not be in this situation now. You should have stepped into a luxurious place and walked in and out of a beautiful place. It's my fault that I can't protect you."
"Master, why do you say that? It's all my fault... I'm useless." Master Ning Yin's eyes were red, and his hand was tightly grasping the corner of his Taoist robe.
The head of Qingyun Temple shook his head and said, "I originally thought that Ji Youran would be of some use, but I didn't expect that he would be useless just now. He is such a waste.
I have wasted so much of my energy."
"Why did the master suddenly say that Madam Ji... is missing?" Master Ning Yin asked in confusion. This was not what they had discussed at the beginning.
“It wasn’t originally about this, but Ji Youran said that she was frightened by Princess Ying just now, and also said that Princess Ying slapped her, so I thought I would just go with the flow, but I didn’t expect… that she would actually get herself involved.” The Qingyun Monastery Master snorted coldly, “She doesn’t have that ability, but she still wants His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to look up to her. She’s just taking advantage of the fact that the former Crown Princess is also a daughter of the Ji family.”
Ji Youran also assured her about the "disappearance" matter. She promised that when the prince heard that something happened to her, he would anxiously come to look for her, and it would also put pressure on the Prince of England's Mansion. An unfavored Princess of England, very weak and dare not go to find the King of England, Qingyun Temple's help to solve her urgent problem would make the Princess of England more convinced by the Master of Qingyun Temple.
Unexpectedly, the British princess was so powerful and courageous that she just left without caring and left them there.
The prince's indifference later made Ji Youran fall into this situation, and also put the master of Qingyun Temple in an awkward position. The master of Qingyun Temple did a lot for Ji Youran.
With the early preparations and goodwill shown in the early stages, and the current rescue, Ji Youran's current level of trust in Qingyun Temple is the highest among the few people. As long as Ji Youran is promoted to a high position, it will undoubtedly be of the greatest benefit to Qingyun Temple.
But unexpectedly, this plan was aborted before it was implemented.
It was said that the prince would care about Ji Youran, but in fact it was just Ji Youran's own imagination. Qingyun Temple seemed to have suffered no losses, but the master of Qingyun Temple felt as if he had trained his wife but lost his soldiers.
"Master, what should we do now?" Master Ning Yin moved uneasily and asked.
"One should remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing situations. We have already waited for so many years, so why would we care about waiting a little longer?" The Qingyun Temple Master withdrew his gaze and looked at Master Ning Yin again. Master Ning Yin, who had an outstanding, elegant and gentle appearance, looked more like an elegant orchid, different from ordinary flowers in a greenhouse, which made people want to pick her.
With her slender figure and delicate body, she should have been in a silk tent, but now she was in front of this worldly commoner. The contrast was too great and even more stunning.
"The King of England may not care that much about the Queen, but after all, she is such a beauty, how could he not love her, even though she is still a little too vulgar. The King of England should appreciate the kind of elegant and weak beauties more, but such a woman cannot be thrown into his arms by himself. Men... will not cherish it if they get it easily."
The head of Qingyun Temple sneered. When she said this, she didn't look like a hermit, but more like a worldly person who had seen all the hustle and bustle of the world.
It's completely different from her current image.
Master Ning Yin's face flushed slightly, and she lowered her head slightly. She was shy and silent, and she looked more and more alluring.
The Qingyun Monastery Master nodded and said, "It is the Princess of England you want to approach and please. Since this matter has failed, there will be opportunities in the future. Remember, you... were originally devoted to the Princess of England. If the King of England has any ideas about you and you and the Princess of England cannot be close sisters, you should be miserable."
The master of Qingyun Temple gave instructions.
"Master, I understand." Ning Yin Zhenren's face turned pink. This topic was very interesting to an unmarried girl like her.
To be honest, it’s still very shameful.
Even if I already had this plan in mind, I couldn't bear to say it to his face.
The head of Qingyun Temple was very satisfied with her reaction and nodded: "You can go down. We don't need you here for the time being. When you have time, read books and play the piano. All the young ladies from aristocratic families live this way. Even if they didn't live this way originally, they try to put themselves in this direction."
"Yes, Master!" Master Ning Yin said softly.
Concubine Ji of the Eastern Palace was demoted to a commoner, and then she broke her leg in Qingyun Temple. It was heard that she left the palace to serve the former Crown Princess, but she didn't expect that such a thing would happen.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately gave the previous rumors a new wave of topics to talk about.
It is said that this concubine Ji has now become a lady. The so-called lady has a very low position among the concubines in the Eastern Palace, but fortunately she still has the title of "Madam", which gives the Ling'anbo Mansion some face.
Others said that this Madam Ji was no longer a daughter of the Ji family, but was expelled from the family. It did not matter whether or not to give face to the Ling'anbo Mansion. After all, she had no relationship with the Ling'anbo Mansion now, and her family was expelled from the Ji family together.
Some people wanted to involve Ling'anbo Mansion because of her fate, but they were ridiculed by everyone. They were not from the Ji family anymore, so why should Ling'anbo Mansion protect her? Whether she became a concubine or a lady, it had nothing to do with Ling'anbo Mansion.
Even if she died now, no one in the Ling'an Marquis's Mansion could control her except Madam Ji.
The previous rumors were just speculations about the retribution suffered by this Madam Ji. It was said that she entered the Crown Prince's Mansion in the Eastern Palace without knowing why, and then she had a smooth journey, almost suppressing the new Crown Princess. Now she has finally received retribution, and look at what happened to her now...
Although some people were still arguing, they were eventually drowned in suspicion of Ji Youran. In the end, everyone was almost certain that this lady who once had a very good reputation was actually a frivolous and lowly woman who did not abide by the rules of a boudoir, and was suspected of making the Crown Princess' illness even worse.
Such a person is indeed not worthy of being a concubine. The fact that the prince was able to quickly calm the matter down and deal with Ji Youran shows that the prince had been deceived by them before.
This is naturally a good thing.
But what about another thing? Do Empress Yuan and now Concubine He represent success
Although no one dared to talk about this topic, many people knew about it. Pei Yusheng even saw several officials looking at him secretly and talking about him in a low voice. When he went up, they immediately changed the subject and talked about other things.
As for my father, he found a reason to reprimand my mother as well. It was obviously a very small matter, so why did he reprimand my mother? It was nothing more than because of these rumors.
Pei Yusheng became more and more unhappy. After leaving the court, he did not talk to the court officials with whom he was close in the past. He only took a eunuch to a place where the private dishes were good and the environment was also very good, but it was not located in a busy street market, but instead in a deep alley.
Entering the private room, with its back window overlooking the moat, Pei Yusheng picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a few sips.
"Your Highness, I'm late!" When he was drinking his third glass of wine, Qu Mingcheng knocked on the door, looked around, and walked in cautiously...