"It's the one next door." The nun pointed to a room on the right.
"Can I go in and take a look?" Qu Moying asked.
The nun shook her head and said, "This is where the abbot rests. When she is not here, the key is locked and no one can enter. The abbot likes quietness and does not want others to enter her room."
"What about cleaning?" Qu Moying asked again.
"The abbot will clean the house himself on the day he comes. He said it's better for him to do his own things himself." The nun explained.
Qu Moying walked over and took a look at the door of the wing room. It was indeed locked. The chain was quite big and thicker than that of ordinary door locks.
I looked up at the window next to the wing. There was a curtain hanging on the window, hiding everything inside, so it was impossible to see from the outside.
"Master Qingyun likes to stay in this room and doesn't want others to disturb her?" Qu Moying asked casually.
"The abbot is a quiet person. When the former abbot was around, he would talk to him. Now that the former abbot is gone, he likes quietness even more and is willing to stay alone for a long time without being disturbed."
The nun nodded.
"The abbot is truly a person of noble character." Qu Moying sighed and did not look at him any further. It was almost time. He came out of the small Taoist temple and was about to go back to the small Buddhist temple to take a look when Liu Jingyu came out from the opposite door.
The two of them faced each other head-on.
"Crown Princess!" Qu Moying bowed slightly.
"Princess Ying... Miss Liu's incident... was it really an accident?" After Liu Jingyu stood still, his eyes fell on Qu Moying's face, examining her.
"The Crown Princess doesn't believe it?" Qu Moying said frankly. She was not afraid that Liu Jingyu wouldn't believe it. At this time, whether he believed it or not was not that important.
The important thing is that she and Liu Lanxin have become enemies, not because of their husbands, but because what they have done has put them on opposing sides.
Qu Moying was among them.
"Of course I believe it, but I'm afraid that my mother won't believe it. Princess Ying also saw it today. Concubine He forced my mother to punish you." Liu Jingyu said softly, reaching out to hold Qu Moying's hand. "Originally, this matter was discussed by you and me, but in the end... it was implicated."
Qu Moying stepped back and avoided Liu Jingyu's hand: "Crown Princess, this matter has passed. There is no need to mention it again."
Qu Moying didn't want to be entangled with Liu Jingyu on this matter anymore.
"Miss Qu Si, could you please come with me to meet the Empress and explain this matter again?" Liu Jingyu was unwilling to suffer such a big loss and continued to persuade her.
"The Queen has already told me to do as I please. It will be very inconvenient if I disturb her again." Qu Moying refused.
Seeing that Qu Moying didn't want to get involved, Liu Jingyu's face darkened, "Princess Ying also thinks this matter has something to do with me?"
"This incident happened in the East Palace. If it wasn't the Crown Princess, there must have been someone else, maybe some concubine that the Crown Prince cares about. If the Crown Princess wants to prove her innocence, she can investigate and there will be a result eventually. Not everyone can get these colorful pearl earrings." Qu Moying said lightly.
"What if he is not from the Eastern Palace?" Liu Jingyu said irritably.
"Crown Princess, the Queen should be able to see clearly which family this matter belongs to. Otherwise, will the Crown Princess be punished as well?"
Qu Moying raised her eyelashes slightly, revealing a pair of watery eyes.
If Concubine He hadn't insisted that the Eastern Palace was at fault,
The Queen Mother will not punish Liu Jingyu, which means that the Queen Mother also thinks that the Eastern Palace is wrong.
"Your Highness the Crown Princess can think again about who it could be. You may just be taking the blame for someone else today, but others will not think so. They will all think it was Your Highness the Crown Princess's intention." Qu Moying reminded lightly.
Liu Jingyu is certainly not innocent, but she wants others to think she is innocent. If she just admits to the matter, she will lose all the face of her as the Crown Princess. If there is someone who can take the blame at this time, Liu Jingyu will naturally not let him go.
In the Eastern Palace, the only person who could be accused of this crime is Ji Youran.
Just for the sake of these colorful pearl earrings, no other concubine can possess them.
Liu Jingyu looked at Qu Moying and asked tentatively, "Does Princess Ying think it could be someone from my Eastern Palace?"
"I don't know." Qu Moying said frankly, looking up at the tall palace not far away. This was the palace where the Empress Dowager once lived. It was not much inferior to the Pepper Palace where the Empress lived.
"I heard that the Empress Dowager was only the concubine of the late emperor, and not the empress of the late emperor. Is this true?"
Liu Jingyu's face became more and more gloomy. He pursed his lips and looked up at the palace. The empress dowager here was indeed the emperor's biological mother, but she was definitely not the queen of the previous emperor. The child born to the queen of the previous emperor died in an accident, and the one who became the emperor was the son of a concubine.
The late empress died of depression not long after the emperor ascended the throne.
The one who continued to enjoy the good life from then on was the empress dowager, who was promoted to the empress dowager's concubine by the emperor. This shows how important an heir is to a woman in the royal family.
Liu Jingyu naturally would not let other women give birth to children before him.
"Crown Princess, I have to go over there to worship Buddha. I have agreed with Master Shangshan before that I will not disturb you. The affairs of the Eastern Palace are still up to you. I hope that you and the prince can live in harmony and give birth to children soon. This is the blessing of our Great Zhou Dynasty. These trivial matters are not worth mentioning."
Qu Moying bowed to Liu Jingyu and walked past him with Yuxiu.
Liu Jingyu looked at Qu Moying's back, his face turned cold and he became more and more irritated.
Just now when she was in the small Buddhist temple, she was thinking of a solution. She couldn't really bear the responsibility for this matter. She had to make people feel that she was wronged. Of course, the person she thought of was Ji Youran.
What made her hesitant was that Ji Youran was very well protected by the prince. She had entered the mansion for so long but didn't even see anyone.
Why didn't the prince allow Ji Youran to see him, his principal wife? Before she met him, Ji Youran's status as a concubine was already unjustified. How could the prince do such a thing
It is a rule for a concubine to pay respect to the principal wife. If even this rule is gone, the concubine is no longer a concubine.
Liu Jingyu hadn't figured it out before, and couldn't understand it, but Qu Moying's words just now made her come up with a new guess. Offspring, is it because of offspring
Ji Youran is pregnant
This incredible thought suddenly jumped into Liu Jingyu's mind, shocking her so much that she almost lost control of her mind. No matter how strong her mind was, she couldn't calm down at this time.
If Ji Youran really didn't want to see him because she was pregnant, then she would definitely give birth to a illegitimate son. Liu Jingyu certainly understood what a illegitimate son would represent in the future.
Offspring? Yes, offspring. Why didn't I think of it before
Her irritation turned into jealousy. Why did Ji Youran get pregnant? She would never let her give birth to that child no matter what.
"My queen!"
Seeing that she remained silent, her expression became ferocious, and she glared fiercely in the direction where Qu Moying left. The maid beside her hurriedly whispered to her, "This is the imperial palace!"
"Let's go back." Liu Jingyu gritted his teeth and said.
"Your Majesty, are you going back to the Buddhist temple?" the maid screamed. That place was indeed the place where her own Crown Princess was humiliated. When she left just now, she gritted her teeth and whispered, "I will never come again." What did she mean now
"Let's go and take a look." Liu Jingyu said, reminding herself not to panic, especially at this time. The Queen might also know about this matter. Since the Prince did this, he must have reported it to the Queen.
She now had to find a reason to go back home and drag Ji Youran out...
It might be found in Liu Lanxin and Qu Moying, which is why Liu Jingyu turned back...
When Qu Moying returned, he did not go directly into the middle room, but went to the side room and met Master Shangshan first.
Master Shangshan had tea served and entertained Qu Moying.
The tea sets in the palace are really good. Even in the Buddhist temple here, Master Shangshan is a Buddhist nun, and she also uses blue and white porcelain tea sets. And not just ordinary blue and white porcelain. The teacup in Qu Moying's hand is already the best of the best, or it can be said to be a tribute from outside.
The tea used is also very good and is considered to be one of the very few tribute teas.
This wing room should be used by Master Shangshan to rest. The table and chairs inside are simple, but they give people a sense of wealth.
This kind of treatment is definitely not comparable to that of the monks in the temples outside the palace, even in the royal temples.
What caught Qu Moying's attention the most was the black robe worn by Master Shangshan. It was a gray black robe, a very simple dress for nuns, made of cloth. But when Master Shangshan was walking just now, a small piece of lining was exposed, which looked like it was not an ordinary coarse cloth dress.
This was also an important reason why Qu Moying specifically said he would come back.
The nuns in the palace were much richer than those outside the palace...
"Master, which one was built first in the palace, this small Buddhist temple or the small Taoist temple next to it? I've only heard that the Empress Dowager favored the previous master of Qingyun Temple. How come there is a Buddhist temple here?"
Qu Moying took a sip of tea, put down the teacup in her hand, and looked at Master Shangshan opposite her with a smile in her beautiful eyes.
"The Empress Dowager is a Buddhist and a believer in the secular world." Master Shangshan said with a kind smile.
"The Empress Dowager gave that Taoist temple to... the previous master of Qingyun Temple?" Qu Moying understood and said with some regret, "Poor Princess Hengyang, she became a nun at such a young age."
The Queen Mother truly believed in Buddhism, and she did this only to find a place for Princess Hengyang to settle down. She did not expect that the Queen Mother valued Princess Hengyang so much.
Nun Shangshan smiled and said nothing, leaving Qu Moying to guess.
"Has the nun met the abbot of Qingyun Temple?" Qu Moying continued to inquire.
"I've met you several times." Master Shangshan was as quiet as ever.
"What kind of person does Master Qingyun Temple's master think? I heard that her fortune-telling ability is very good, but few people ask her to tell fortunes."
"I don't know this," said Master Shangshan.
Qu Moying sighed, very regretful: "The Qingyun Temple Master has a great reputation. If you get a divination from the Qingyun Temple Master, you will definitely be protected by the common people."
Seeing Qu Moying repeatedly praising the Master of Qingyun Temple, Master Shangshan finally spoke...