Sheng Chong Concubine

Chapter 159 Assassination at night, a chance encounter in the temple (4)
The servant girl was so frightened that her face paled, "Your Majesty, the walls have ears."

"What are you afraid of?" She looked at her perfect armor, and said quietly: "She dares to do it, is she afraid of Bengong's words?"

The maid stopped talking.

After a while, the woman spoke again.

"The empress is planning to choose a concubine for the eldest prince, do you know who are the candidates?"

Another servant girl came in and said, "Yu Wenxi, the daughter of the Marquis of Ping'an, Wu Yunmeng, the daughter of Zuo Xiang, Xu Tianyu, the daughter of General Xu, Dou Yunzi, the daughter of Marquis of Yangning, and Nie Yushuang, the daughter of Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Yin Qingyin, the concubine's daughter of Su Yihou, and her younger sister, Yin Qingzhen, who are known as the Shuangjue. There are also a few noble families in the court, and I heard that the empress wants to choose three of them to fill in the eldest prince's side concubine."

The woman sneered, "She's thoughtful, and the civil and military officials have figured it out."

"Your Majesty." The servant girl was a little puzzled and said, "Aren't you afraid that the Emperor will be afraid of such a big move by the empress?"

"Hmph, so what about fear? It's not like you haven't seen the queen's methods in the harem all these years. She has always been arrogant and unyielding. She also behaves perversely and has no restraint. Even if the emperor is tired of her, she won't say anything. A hint of sarcasm curled up in the corner of her mouth, "She just hates that Yun Xinyan took the position of empress back then, she is just a side concubine. Even if she sits on the throne of empress today, she is still a successor. She is so proud How can you tolerate such arrogance?"

The maid fell silent.

The palace lanterns outside the corridor are faint, and the night is silent.

The next day, Qiu Mingyue got up early in the morning, and found that Qiu Mingxu had already dressed and stood there. When she woke up, she opened her big eyes and looked at her.

"Fifth sister, are you awake?"

Qiu Mingyue sat up, "Why did you get up so early?"

Qiuming Xu looked away and said, "I slept soundly last night, and I didn't dream in the second half of the night. I woke up early today."

At this time, Red Calyx and Green Kite also walked in.

"Hey, Miss got up early today."

Qiu Mingyue stretched indecently, "Did Bamei feel better last night?"

Lu Yuan nodded, "It's much better."

Qiu Mingyue got out of bed, thoughtfully said: "If I can stay in this temple for a few more days, maybe I can..."

Lu Yuan was dressing her, and upon hearing this, she said, "Then we'll just stay here for a while longer."

Qiu Mingyue lowered her head and smiled, "Why is it so easy?" She turned around and asked Lu Yuanhao to tie her belt.

"Sixth Sister was infected with the wind and cold. Although my mother spoke in a harsh tone that day, how could she not be worried? I am afraid that it will only be three days, and it is time to send someone to let us go back. Besides, Auntie and Mingrui In the Qiu Mansion, I don't feel at ease." She straightened her collar and said, "By the way, how was Sixth Sister last night?"

Hong E said: "I didn't hear anything happened. But..."

"What's wrong?" Qiu Mingyue sat down, letting Luyuan comb her hair.

Hong E thought for a while, and said: "The fourth young master hurried down the mountain this morning."

"Oh?" Qiu Mingyue's eyes flickered with amusement.

"Do you know why?"

"I heard that the fourth young master went out to hunt wild game last night, and then encountered a ghost."

"Ghost?" Lu Yuan's face turned pale, "Is there a ghost in Baohua Temple?"

Qiu Mingyue stood up, "How can there be any ghosts? In the pure place of Buddhism, the Buddha Lord hangs high, and the Buddha's light shines everywhere. Even if there are ghosts, they will never dare to run rampant here."

Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, "That's right. How could the Fourth Young Master see a ghost?"

"That's because he has ghosts in his heart."

"Is there a ghost in your heart?" Lu Yuan was thinking, "Miss often says that you don't do bad things during the day, and you are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door at night. Could it be that the fourth young master has done something bad?"

Hong E smiled lowly, "You, you have a lot of imagination. Don't you know that the fourth young master is timid? He must have gone out alone at night, and when he met someone, he was so scared that he was haunted by ghosts." .If there is a ghost, can he still be safe and sound?"

Qiu Mingyue turned around, "Remember, there are no real ghosts in this world. There are only human demons."

Red calyx and green kite nodded, and Qiu Mingxu came over to hold her hand.

"Fifth sister, I'm hungry."

"Where's Cairui? Where did she go?"

"Oh, just now I asked her to go to the main hall to find the abbot to borrow the consecrated Buddhist scriptures. Grandma's birthday will be in two months. If I give her a Buddhist scripture, she will be very happy."

Qiu Mingyue touched her head, "It's good for you to be filial to grandma, but if you can copy a Buddhist scripture and give it to grandma, I believe grandma will be more happy."

Qiu Mingxu thought for a while, "That's right. Then when praying, I will pray for a string of prayer beads in front of the Lord Buddha, so as to bless my grandmother's longevity and health."

Qiu Mingyue nodded, "Well, it's good for you to have such thoughts." After a pause, she said to Hongcai and Luyuan: "Tell Second Brother later, we will go to the main hall to pray for blessings in a while. I guess Sixth Sister can't stay here, so she's ready to go home. Eighth Sister's illness doesn't get better overnight, anyway, the purpose of our trip this time is to pray for blessings. Let's go back after worshiping Buddha early. Later, I don’t know what’s going to happen.”

"En." Hong E nodded, "Miss, you are hungry, let's eat first."

"En." After breakfast, Qiu Mingyue went out to find Qiu Mingzhu.

"Fourth sister."

Qiu Mingzhu had just had breakfast and was about to look for her, but unexpectedly she had already arrived.

"I also said I'm going to find you."

"Fourth sister, I think we should go back after praying to the Buddha early."

Qiu Mingzhu was a little surprised, "Why?"

Qiu Mingyue didn't hide it from her, "I'm worried about my aunt and Mingrui."

Qiu Mingzhu nodded, "But I'm afraid it won't work today."

"why?"

"Look outside, I guess it's going to rain today."

Qiu Mingyue looked up out of the window, and sure enough, she saw cloudy clouds covering the top, and she was afraid that it would rain cats and dogs soon.She smiled wryly, "Forget it, anyway, it's hard to come out, so it doesn't matter if you stay longer."

"Well, let's go, I came here in a hurry yesterday, and I haven't seen the abbot yet."

Qiu Mingyue nodded, "Do you want to call Sixth Sister?"

"I don't think she will go. Don't go looking for crimes for nothing."

"That's right." Qiu Mingyue smiled, "Seventh Sister wants to take care of Eighth Sister, so call Mingshan and Mingxu, let's go together. By the way, let's call Second Brother and Third Brother."

"it is good."

Qiu Mingzhu traded for vanilla, "Go and see, just tell me that Fifth Sister and I are going to meet the abbot in the main hall, let Second Brother and the others go together."

The vanilla is gone.

Qiu Mingzhu changed her clothes and went out with Qiu Mingyue.There are lush trees in the backyard, and the rows of houses are all made of bamboo, which has a somewhat comfortable feeling.

(End of this chapter)