The Regent's Sweetheart

Chapter 549
Half an hour later, Taoist Taiping left from the gate of the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and Nanny Fang received the Queen Mother's order to send him off respectfully.

Only two steps away from the Palace of Compassion and Peace, Taoist Taiping suddenly stopped, and Nanny Fang also stopped quickly, only to hear Taoist Taiping's gentle voice: "Let's go on my own, Mammy, go back."

Nanny Fang was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Taoist Taiping meant. This is the palace, and Taoist Taiping wants to walk away by himself?
But she didn't dare to offend this Taoist Taiping, thinking that this Taoist Taiping meant to go out of the palace by herself, and she didn't need to see her off, so she responded submissively: "Yes."

After Nanny Fang entered the gate of the Palace of Compassion and Peace, Taoist Taiping stared at the gate of the Palace of Compassion and Peace with a pair of clear eyes. His eyes were deep and distant, as if he was looking at a farther place through this gate.

After a while, he lightly shook the whisk, and walked in the opposite direction of leaving the palace.

As he walked forward, there were no palace people walking around on the palace road. Obviously, this was the most remote place in the palace.

At a corner, there were two guards with knives guarding it, because behind it was the Jingci Temple where Concubine Yugui lived.

These two guards were also sent by the Empress Dowager to watch over them. Except for some palace people from Jingci Temple, the only people who would come to Jingci Temple were King An and Princess An.

Few other people came, even the Queen Mother had never been to Jingci Temple in recent years.

Moreover, the Empress Dowager has issued an order that no one can come in and out at will, even King An and Princess An can only visit three times a month, and each time should not exceed two hours.

At this time, Taoist Taiping was heading towards Jingci Temple, and when he passed by two guards guarding the road, he was not stopped by anything.

The two guards lowered their heads slightly and said nothing, as if they didn't see Taoist Taiping.

After walking for a short distance, the gate of Jingci Temple was ajar. The old wooden door and the threshold had some traces of being eaten by moths.

Slowly stepping into Jingci Temple, there was no one in the empty courtyard, and it was strangely quiet.

At this moment, the palace people in Jingci Temple had nothing to do, so they were spending time in their own rooms, but that Concubine Yugui was meditating in the Buddhist hall all day, she really looked like a monk.

Taoist Taiping took a look at this dilapidated place, couldn't help but sighed, shook his head, and walked towards the Buddhist hall.

Gently pushing open the half-hidden door, a thin woman's back came into view. Above, was a big Buddha who cared for all sentient beings.

In the room, apart from the sound of twisting Buddha beads, there was the sound of closing the door.

Concubine Yugui was still sitting on her knees, her closed eyes never showing the slightest intention to open them to find out.

Taoist Taiping fixed his eyes on the big Buddha and said, "I have promised you that Ah Xuan will be the emperor of Da Nan, but you would rather destroy him than you would. If you had listened to me back then, you wouldn't It’s going to end like this.”

The tone was soft, soft and helpless, but also questioning.

The twirling Buddha beads in Concubine Yugui's hand became more and more slow, and finally stopped, opened her eyes, and said expressionlessly: "Whatever happens to me is voluntary."

"Ah Xuan has become the emperor, and you are the empress dowager. I don't need to spend so much time. Do you know how many things you have ruined in a moment of thought?"

Facing Taoist Taiping's questioning, Concubine Yugui's face remained unchanged, as if she was a puppet who couldn't be happy, sad or angry.

"If you become an emperor, can you still live?"

As soon as these words came out, Taoist Taiping's friendly face suddenly changed color, and his eyes staring at the Buddha became deeper.

Following a period of silence, Concubine Yugui slowly closed her eyes, and the crisp clicking sound of twirling the Buddhist beads resounded again, breaking the temporary tranquility.

Taoist Taiping gave Concubine Yugui a serious look at the end, and before leaving, he only left the words "Women's benevolence".

(End of this chapter)