Chapter 420 Chapter 416: It may not be a joke
Song Yunzhao knew that Xu Mingying had offended Concubine Shu. The third concubine was in charge of the harem, and Concubine Wan usually didn't care about anything. Song Yunzhao didn't compete with Concubine Shu for the limelight, so Concubine Shu was in charge of most of the trivial matters in the harem.
Xu Mingying wanted to stay in the royal temple for a while. She should have asked the third concubine for permission first, but she asked the emperor instead. This means that the emperor did not take it to heart. If he did, he would think that the third concubine was treating the concubines lightly and neglecting palace affairs.
Song Yunzhao did not intercede with Xu Mingying this time, and she felt uncomfortable.
Concubine Wan said even less, not to mention she didn't sleep well last night, and her face looked really bad now.
Concubine Shu looked at Xu Mingying and said calmly, "Xu Ji, although you have obtained permission from the emperor to go to the royal temple, it is not as simple as you thought. After you go there, your daily necessities, food, clothing, housing and transportation will be the same as those in the temple. Do you know that when you eat vegetarian food and recite sutras, you should not be disrespectful at all?"
Xu Mingying immediately said: "I know, thank you for reminding me. If I hadn't been able to endure it, I wouldn't have wanted to cause any trouble to the three empresses."
Concubine Shu snorted, "It will take half a year to go. If you can't hold on, you won't be able to return to the palace."
Xu Mingying bowed her head in response.
Song Yunzhao looked at her face carefully, but he couldn't see clearly. He could only see the side slightly. However, Xu Mingying's face was very calm. He must have been mentally prepared for it.
Song Yunzhao is really unpredictable. Xu Mingying insists on going to the royal temple at this time. What is the purpose?
Really seeking spiritual comfort?
She doesn’t think so.
However, no other reasons can be thought of at the moment, and nothing wrong can be detected from Xu Mingying. Today's Xu Mingying's face is slightly better than yesterday, and it looks like she is in a good mood because the emperor agreed to her request.
Thinking of this, Song Yunzhao spoke the first words to Xu Mingying, "Xu Ji, you are going to the royal temple on this trip. All matters in the temple will be taken care of by the temple in the future. Hard work is inevitable. You are in poor health now." I’m so weak, I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold on if I stay vegetarian for a long time.”
Xu Mingying raised her head and looked at Concubine Ming after listening to Concubine Ming's words. The Yaohua Palace sent her back the gift of thanks she gave Concubine Ming yesterday, saying it was the emperor's intention. She was a little uneasy because of this. At this time, she raised her head to face Concubine Ming's face. Looking at her, her heart froze, and then she replied: "I know that even if I am not in good health, I can still survive. What's more, so many people in the temple can be well, so can I."
Song Yunzhao raised his eyebrows slightly, smiled, and then said nothing.
It seemed that Xu Mingying had made up her mind. She turned to Concubine Shu and said, "I have no idea about this matter. Since Xu Ji wants to go, of course I want the beauty of an adult."
Concubine Wan also nodded, "What Concubine Ming said is true, it's just a trivial matter. Since the emperor has spoken, just let Xu Ji go."
The royal temple is not a good place. When Xu Ji entered, she knew that life would be difficult.
Concubine Wan lived with her mother in a nunnery for a while. The sisters-in-law had to do morning and evening classes, clean the temple on weekdays, and even copy scriptures for worship. It was rare for them to have free time in a day.
Only people who have never been there think that kind of place is a foreign land where life is leisurely, but they don’t know that the Buddhist land actually has stricter rules.
Seeing that the two did not object, Concubine Shu said to Xu Mingying: "In that case, you can go." Then she looked at the people around her and said, "Take the pair of cards and give Xu Ji a ride."
Yun Shang went to get the pair of cards, then walked to Xu Ji and said, "My lord, let's go now."
Xu Ji bowed to the third concubine and left, then followed Yun Shang out.
As soon as she left, Concubine Wan said weakly: "I don't know what Xu Ji is thinking. I'm afraid she will suffer a lot this time." Concubine Shu said with displeasure on her face: "No matter what she thinks, When you go to a place like that, you have to stay well. No matter how hard it is, you can't come back halfway."
She had no intention of interceding for her anyway, and Xu Ji's behavior this time made her very unhappy.
Intercede for her?
Dreaming.
Song Yunzhao didn't say anything else in front of Concubine Shu and Concubine Wan. He only said, "Since she dares to ask for this matter, I'm afraid she is well prepared, and it may not be a joke to others."
"Whatever happens to her." Concubine Shu said nonchalantly, "However, now that she's gone, we can't hide this matter like this. After all, Xu Ji went to the temple because her body couldn't be well maintained in the palace. , people must know what the truth is.”
Song Yunzhao immediately understood that Concubine Shu wanted to use Xu Mingying's visit to the royal temple to make some fun for the Queen Mother. In the final analysis, Xu Mingying's poor health was because of the Queen Mother.
Concubine Shu will definitely spare no effort to disgust the Shouci Palace.
Song Yunzhao was right. Concubine Shu didn't want to hide Xu Mingying's departure from the palace at all. It spread quickly throughout the palace, followed by the reason why Xu Mingying went to the royal temple. Now the people in Shouci Palace It was lively on the side.
Song Yunzhao found out that the Empress Dowager asked Aunt Yao to go to Cuiwei Palace. He couldn't help but feel happy and wondered what Concubine Shu's face was like now. She was afraid that she could open a dyeing workshop.
The news about Xu Mingying's visit to the royal temple spread in the harem, and Feng Yunjin went to Yaohua Palace despite her busy schedule.
Song Yunzhao was happy to see her, "Why did you come here alone?"
She often saw the four of them together, but now that Feng Yunjin came alone, she was a little uncomfortable.
Feng Yunjin met Li first, and then said: "The business of Baozhuang Building and Baozhu Building is very good these days. Everyone is busy with things in the shop. It is not easy to get together on weekdays."
Song Yunzhao is happy. The better the shop's business, the better it is for her.
“I just heard about Xu Ji, and I was a little confused, so I came to ask the empress for advice.” Feng Yunjin said.
"What do you want to ask?" Song Yunzhao was quite surprised. Feng Yunjin was so busy and could still pay attention to Xu Mingying's affairs. Could there be some inside story?
Feng Yunjin pondered for a moment, and then slowly said: "Throughout the New Year period, when Xu Ji was still recovering from illness, I saw Qin Wanyi visiting her several times, always at night."
Feng Yunjin's Yanqing Palace was in a straight line with Zhaoyang Palace where Xu Mingying lived. After dinner, she often went out for a walk to eat, walking along the palace wall of Changle Palace until she reached the intersection of Changle Palace and Zhaoyang Palace. , just in time to see the situation outside Zhaoyang Palace clearly.
Because the relationship between Wang Zhaorong and Qin Wanyi is very ordinary, Qin Wanyi definitely did not go to Zhaoyang Palace to pay respects to Wang Zhaorong. Since she was not meeting Wang Zhaorong, it was Xu Ji.
Besides, she had inquired about many things in the shop now when she often dealt with Wang Zhaorong.
(End of this chapter)