Did Miss become a nun today?

The next day, Shen Heng took Xie Yun Chu to move into the Prince Su's mansion.

Xie Yun Chu tugged at her mother's sleeve, "Mother, how did we get here?"

"Don't worry about that. Just follow your mother. Don't worry about anything else. Don't fret, your mother will definitely make sure you get what you want."

Although she didn't know what her mother wanted to do, she didn't say anything after hearing the words "wish fulfilled".

The master of the Prince Su's mansion is now lying half-dead in bed, but the servants dare not neglect him in the slightest.

Xie Yun Chu asked several times, but Shen Heng didn't give a clear answer. She just told her to stay there and that no one would dare to bully her anymore.

She met Meng Qi'an once when she was at the Prince Su's residence. He came to visit the Prince Su and took the opportunity to see her.

She bowed and said, "I've heard about what happened last time from Mingyue. Thank you."

"It's alright, I wasn't much help, I just delivered some messages to Miss Zhao."

He was silent for a moment, then lowered his eyes. "Miss Xie... I've broken my promise again."

"What?"

He clenched his fists inside his sleeves. "I still couldn't protect you."

He looked at her and suddenly laughed, but it was a truly ugly laugh. "Miss Xie, I've tried so hard, but I still can't compare to Pei Changyu. Do you also think I'm useless?"

Xie Yun Chu understood his meaning and said, "Young Master Meng is mistaken."

Everyone is different. You walk your own path, he crosses his own bridge, so why compare?

"He entered the court before you. If he is still not as good as you after all these years, then he is indeed too useless. Although he has a higher official position than you, you are younger than him and have great potential in the future."

"Back then, he hadn't even entered the Hanlin Academy at your age, so you can't compare to him. You're very good."

That's not what he asked.

Before she could say anything more, she hesitated and changed her words, "Miss Xie, if I did something bad for my own purposes, would you think I've become a bad person?"

Xie Yun Chu smiled. "That depends on your purpose."

"If it's for the sake of all living beings, then even doing one bad thing, let alone doing many bad things, is understandable."

"But if it's just for one's own selfish desires to harm others, then that's unacceptable. Once it happens, it will happen again, and eventually there will be no turning back."

"It depends on whether it's worth the risk."

Meng Qi'an stared at her for a long time, then chuckled softly, "Miss Xie is indeed a Buddhist, I am ashamed."

"A monk should be compassionate and have pity on all beings throughout his life. All beings have their own suffering, and ordinary people have an even harder time. 'When all beings are sick, the Bodhisattva is sick; when all beings are healed, the Bodhisattva is also healed.' This is what the Buddha taught me. Young Master Meng, you must never do anything foolish for people and things that are not worth it."

Monks should do good deeds and also persuade others to do good deeds, but if they really cannot persuade someone, then they cannot force them.

Every cause has its effect; it's all due to one's own karma, and that's all she could say.

"Things have come up suddenly, so the matter we agreed on has now been cancelled. We wish Young Master Meng all the best and good health in the future."

The light in Meng Qi'an's eyes slowly faded, and he didn't say anything more before turning and leaving.

Half a month later, a large group of people arrived outside the Prince Su's residence, saying they were there to deliver an imperial edict.

She was still in a daze even after the person who announced the decree had left.

Has she really become a princess?

He examined the imperial edict several times to make sure he wasn't mistaken. "Mother, you actually got it for me?"

"Otherwise, why do you think I spared Zhao Zhang's life?" Shen Heng said smugly. "Not to mention the princess, the entire Prince Su's mansion will be yours from now on."

Xie Yun Chu's eyelids twitched, and she whispered, "Mother, are you still not giving up?"

"You must think this through. This is a prince. Killing him will result in the extermination of his entire family. You must not act impulsively."

She was about to go to Qingyun Nunnery, and without her mother by her side, she was truly afraid that her mother would do something outrageous.

Her mother's temperament hasn't changed at all over the years. Wherever she is, it's always lively. The Prince Su's mansion hasn't been quiet for a single day these past few days.

They would hire opera troupes or storytellers, and people would come to visit her every day, making it impossible for her to concentrate on her studies.

Her mother was more troublesome than anyone else.

Prince Su's health has improved considerably in the past few days, and he has wanted to see her, but her mother has turned him away.

Prince Su is still unsteady on his feet and has been beaten several more times. Not only has he not recovered, but his condition has worsened.

But this Prince Su didn't utter a single complaint. She had seen him once from afar and seemed to be enjoying it.

"Ah Heng, I really know I was wrong, please don't ignore me."

"Ah Heng, I don't want anything anymore, I don't want any title or status anymore. Don't be angry, I will definitely stand up for my daughter."

Shen Heng remained silent, gazing calmly at the lake. "Zhao Zhang, do you still remember what you said back then? That even if all the women in the world died, none of them would like me."

"What, you've changed your mind?"

Before he could speak, she added, "It's no use going back on your word."

"You imprisoned me in the palace for a year, and I finally gained my freedom. There is no way I can stay here any longer."

"In the past, I might have been able to reserve a place for you by my side, even if you were just a mistress, it wouldn't have mattered. But now..." She paused, "Zhao Zhang, you harmed my daughter, there is absolutely no possibility between us in this life."

She murmured, "I knew you weren't a good person before, but you shouldn't have done that, you ruined Yun Chu..."

Shen Heng has never liked to cry since she was a child. The last time she cried was on the day her grandmother passed away.

Yun Chu's daughter is her own biological daughter. Just thinking about what her child has gone through makes her want to cry. She feels like she's a bad mother.

"I...I didn't know it was her..." Zhao Zhang lowered his head.

"Don't you know you should have schemed against her?" Shen Heng slapped her again.

"She's just a little girl, an innocent child. She's only seventeen, and you're using two men to toy with her!"

Shen Heng had kept a cold face these past few days, except when she was with her daughter, but now she was crying so hard that her voice was trembling.

"I never knew you could be so vicious. To satisfy your petty, dark desires, you sacrificed an innocent person, and you still have the nerve to come and apologize to me?!"

Zhao Zhang was already unsteady on his feet, and now he staggered and almost lost his footing.

"She was imprisoned by that Pei family brat and her purity was defiled. Now she's only able to see things clearly because she's devoted to Buddhism. Otherwise, how would she be alive today?"

"Zhao Zhang, you disgust me."

"Your identity is the only thing that's somewhat useful; otherwise, I really would have killed you."

Zhao Zhang couldn't stand and slumped against the railing, his eyes red and afraid to look up.

Zhao Mingyue stood not far away, watching her mother, shook her head, and ordered people to carry Prince Su back.

Speaking of which, her Zhao family shares the same surname as the royal family and is even related. But now, looking at it again, forget it, she doesn't even want to be surnamed Zhao anymore.

He stepped forward and offered a few words of comfort, then said, "Mother, something has happened at the Marquis's residence."

"Recently, the court has been impeaching the Pei family, especially Pei Changyu. He has now been removed from his position as vice minister, and other matters have also been implicated."

"Anything else?"

"Does Mother remember the Marquis of Zhaoping who has a younger sister who married out of the family?"

"Of course I remember, it's related to her?"

"That aunt of the Pei family was sent away to work with her husband a long time ago. Now that her husband's family has committed a crime, and there is a cousin being raised in the mansion, some people in the court are blaming the Marquis's mansion for this."

"In addition, some members of the Pei family who were committing crimes outside the Marquis's mansion have also been exposed."

The Zhaoping Marquis's mansion is now beset by internal and external troubles, and it seems unlikely that it will be able to hold on.