"I know that Mammy is a smart person." Qin Yining breathed a sigh of relief. If Mammy Sun refused to cooperate, she really couldn't find a good solution for a while.
"Okay, Mammy Sun, let's go and arrange for the people around the queen to stay. If they ask the queen, you can say that the queen and the goddess of Taoism should retreat and pray for blessings in the meditation room of the side hall of Guanyin Hall. You can only go out on the day, and no one is allowed to disturb you during this period.
Mammy Sun nodded and asked hesitantly, "Princess, it seems that this suspension bridge may not be repaired in the 18th day. Why don't you say a few more days of retreat?"
Qin Yining shook his head: "The Queen Mother's birthday is approaching, today is the second day of the seventh lunar month, and the distance from Huichuan to the capital is also included. It is the limit to delay the eighteenth day. Jing congratulates the empress dowager on her birthday, isn't it a hidden suspicion?"
Grandma Sun suddenly realized, "It's still as thoughtful as the princess thought, don't worry, the slaves will go to persuade people to stop."
"Then there will be a mother." Qin Yining gave a sincere salute.
How dare Grandma Sun to take it, she hurriedly turned to avoid it, and gave a big salute: "Princess, this is also to do good deeds, and it is also to save the lives of slaves, slaves are also for themselves, but I can't be a gift from the empress."
"The female benefactor is also for the monks in the temple." Abbot Xuanyun sighed, "The humble monk replaces the monks in the temple, thank you for the righteousness of the female benefactor."
Mammy Sun hurriedly folded her hands together to return the salute, and made her spurn her simply for her sinful behavior, but thinking that this could save many people from punishment, she had the confidence to act. Even if something happened to the queen in the end, she would just go down to accompany the queen at that time, and she was considered to have done her best for the innocent monks on the mountain.
Grandma Sun walked quickly towards the mountain gate.
Qin Yining instead told Abbot Xuanyun to restrain all the monks in the temple, and then discussed with Xie Yue and Xu Weizhi, and finally decided to invite experienced and skilled craftsmen from down the mountain to repair the bridge.
After three days like this, the Jinghu Guards really quietly lifted several experienced craftsmen from the bottom of the mountain. With Jinghu Guards there and sufficient manpower, it would not be troublesome if they really started the work, but now all obstacles are in front of them on the dense fog. The fog does not dissipate, and the project is really difficult.
And the guards beside the queen, after these three days, also seemed impatient.
They take turns to guard outside the Guanyin Hall every day, because the meditation room is inside the Guanyin Hall, and the monks also go in and out of the Guanyin Hall every day. The vegetarian meals sent by the novice are used every day. When night falls, the shadow of the queen can be seen reflected on the lattice windows from the brightly lit meditation room.
But in this way, they can't rest their hearts at all.
In the early morning, the little novice came again to deliver the fast food.
Just as the first guard named He Bin was about to let go, a hand stretched out beside him.
"Hold on."
When He Bin turned around, he saw that the person speaking was the prestigious Xing Baoshan among the guards.
Xing Baoshan did not follow the Queen's order that day, but came up with the rest of the guards and the palace servants later.
He Bin's face was tense.
He escorted the queen up the mountain together with Mammy Sun that day, and such a thing happened out of nowhere. Now he has no other choice but to place his hopes on Princess Zhongshun.
Right now he has to hide it.
"Baoshan, what are you doing?"
Xing Baoshan smiled, "Brother He, you and I haven't seen the Queen for a few days, why don't you take advantage of the time this little master is delivering the vegetarian food, and say hello to the Empress? That way you and I can feel at ease."
The little novice was in charge of delivering vegetarian dishes to the queen every day. Naturally, he knew that there was no more empress in it, but that the princess had found someone to pretend to be. He was very guilty, and he didn't dare to show any abnormality. .
He Bin said: "What you said is also reasonable, but Niangniang told me that the matter of retreating and praying for blessings is important. If I am interrupted, I am afraid that it will fall short. Niangniang's prayers in Huichuan County have been very effective, and there are still floods in many places in Dazhou. If it's because of you and me that I ruin the big thing of the Empress, I'm afraid we can't afford to suffer."
Hearing this, Xing Baoshan really hesitated.
He Bin added: "We've been staying on the mountain, and Prince Zhongshun's family are all there. It's not a problem if we want to come to the mountain. Besides, we look at this place every day, and we know how many flies and mosquitoes fly by. Staying in the hall, it will be fine. Let's not disturb it rashly, shall we?"
The little novice heaved a sigh of relief, and then took the food box to the direction of the meditation room in the main hall.
Xing Baoshan pondered for a moment, but followed him with a few brothers who went up the mountain, and said as he walked: "Brother He's words are reasonable, but I'll just take a look at the empress, and I'll come out after I buckle my head. It's okay."
He Bin's heart skipped a beat, hurriedly strode up to catch up, wanted to say something to stop him, and was worried about exposing himself.
Xing Baoshan walked quickly with a few brothers, and in two steps he caught up with the little novice who delivered the fast food.
The little novice's heart was pounding, and he almost dropped the food box in his hand in panic.
Mammy Sun was standing in front of the Zen room in the side hall, and when she saw the little novice coming with a long tail of tails behind her, her heart twitched.
But in the end, it was the person who was rolling around in the palace. When something happened, she could hold her breath. Mammy Sun took up her identity as the most powerful mama next to the queen, and asked blankly, "Why are you here?"
Xing Baoshan and several guards saluted respectfully: "I have seen Grandma Sun. I am worried about the empress, and I want to say goodbye to the empress."
Grandma Sun raised her chin, looked at the people in front of her, took the food box in the hands of the little novice, and said indifferently: "The maiden ordered. Retreat and practice, praying for the people, is a major event that is closely related to the lives of the people in the world, and no one is allowed to do so. Excuse me. Your loyalty is commendable, and the slaves will convey it on your behalf."
Grandma Sun turned around and was about to enter the door.
Xing Baoshan's face was grim, he stepped forward and crossed the grandmother Sun, and said loudly: "Empress Empress, the minister Xing Baoshan asks to see you!"
Grandma Sun's face changed dramatically, and she whispered anxiously: "Xing Guard, please don't be impulsive and disturb the mother's blessing, can you bear it!"
When Xing Baoshan saw Grandma Sun's discoloration, she was so anxious that she couldn't help but be suspicious, and said solemnly: "If something goes wrong with the Empress, I can't afford it either! Not only me, but everyone on Juhuang Mountain can't afford it! Grandma Sun can't bear it either! Doing things according to the decree is the right thing to do, but it's not a big sin for the minister to be obsessed with his duties." After saying that, he strode forward to push the door.
A cold sweat broke out on Mammy Sun's back. She didn't dare to expose herself, and she was afraid that someone would break in to find out that the Empress was not there, so she opened her arms to block the door in a hurry, and scolded in a deep voice, "This servant must follow the Empress. Strictly follow the instructions of the empress, the goddess prays for the people, meditates and cultivates the Buddha, and has already stated that no one is allowed to disturb, but you want to break in to disturb the goddess. Is it raining non-stop!"
Such a big hat must be pressed down, and Xing Baoshan's heart is stoked.
"Mammy Sun, what are you doing! I'm waiting for the safety of the Queen Mother, so I just kowtow to the Queen Mother, and we will leave after confirming that the Queen Mother is safe. Why is Mother Sun so nervous? Could it be that you killed the Queen!? "
"You!" Grandma Sun glared to hide her guilty conscience.
At this time, Qin Yining hurried to the front of the courtyard with Ji Yun and Jing Zhe.
She was worried that there would be trouble here, so she specially arranged for Jing Zhe and Xiao Xue to take turns to spy on them.
"What's the matter?" Qin Yining took a few deep breaths, adjusted her emotions, and walked slowly into the courtyard in a leisurely manner, completely unable to see her anxiety.
When they saw Qin Yining coming, Mammy Sun and the little novice were relieved.
He Bin calmly removed his hand from the sword at his waist.
Xing Baoshan turned around and saw Qin Yining wearing a light blue waistcoat, holding the hand of the maid and bringing the guards slowly, so they had to stop for a while and turn back to salute.
"See the princess."
"No. This is the place to meditate and cultivate Buddha. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to wait so loudly?"
Xing Baoshan said without much respect: "The princess's words are too bad. I will be responsible for the safety of the queen's wife while we protect the queen. The queen's wife retreats and recites the Buddha. Can't the jade face be exposed? Or is there someone here? The plot is not good, is it possible that the empress is being taken care of?"
Xing Baoshan said, his eyes turned around Qin Yining a few times.
The reason why he was so anxious to see the Queen's situation was because they had not seen Prince Zhongshun at all when they went up the mountain for the past few days. This Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple is full of weirdness, the fog behind the mountain is so big, those bald donkeys are still anxious to build the suspension bridge. The lord and the princess came out to play in the name of their affectionate husband and wife, but the lord left the princess in the temple and went away happily. The Empress even recited scriptures with some nun, and she refused to show her face.
With so many things happening together, how could these guards not doubt
Qin Yining walked in front of Xing Baoshan, her face completely gloomy.
"The bodyguard needs to use his head when he speaks. People are responsible for what they say." Qin Yining stood in front of the temple door, looking at Xing Baoshan's unruly eyes and said coldly:
"Although you didn't say who it was, I understand the meaning of the attack in your words. The sage trusted the lord and arranged for the lord to build the imperial mausoleum. What kind of grace is this? Could it be that the sage and the prince of my family have a good relationship with you? It's not the same thing in your eyes? You are worried about the safety of the Queen, and you are sincere, which is understandable, but you are messing around, disturbing the hearts of the people, and disturbing the empress to pray for the people's blessings, this is a big mistake."
Xing Baoshan sneered: "It seems that the princess really refuses to let me see the queen?"
"Put away your guesses. If you don't see the Queen, then you have to listen to the Queen's mother's orders. It has nothing to do with me. I just know that the Queen's mother wants to clean up. Don't mess around."
"The princess really knows how to..."
"enough!"
At this moment, an angry rebuke came from the hall. The voice was a bit hoarse, but it could be heard through the hall door. It was the Queen's voice.
Xing Baoshan's complexion changed dramatically, and he fell to his knees with a plop, "My minister Xing Baoshan, please give me your condolences."