How could my childhood sweetheart be the current empress?

"Why do you say it as if you are the Prime Minister?"

"Hahaha, how could that be."

The two chatted and joked for a while, while on the other side, the young monk had already run to the outside of the abbot's house.

"Master Abbot, someone wants to see you!"

"Who is it? It's so late. Don't you know I'm resting? I don't see you!"

"Master, the donor said he had an urgent matter. Please go over and take a look."

"No, what is the identity of this abbot? Let him go back immediately!"

"Master Abbot, you'd better come out and take a look. The other party gave you a sign and asked you to take a look."

The young monk was outside the house, feeling like crying but unable to cry. At this moment, the door opened and a fat monk with a big belly walked out of the house.

"You dare to disturb the rest of this monk, do you want to stay here?"

"It's so late, who is sick and wants to see the abbot..."

After saying this, the abbot took the token from the monk, took a look at it, and suddenly his hand shook, and he almost dropped the token.

"Oh my god, the Prime Minister's order!"

When Lingyin Temple was raising funds for renovation, the Prime Minister donated a large sum of money to Lingyin Temple, and he became a great benefactor of Lingyin Temple.

Not to mention that he is just a small supervisor, even if the abbot came, he would not dare to neglect him.

"Dear guests, please come in."

After a while, the abbot came out personally to greet him with a smile and returned the token to Xu Chengling.

"No, I'm here to look for someone."

Xu Chengling gave a general description of Xu Xiqian's appearance and asked the abbot whether he had seen her here.

The abbot's eyes suddenly evaded, and he said hastily:

"I have never seen the person you are talking about."

Xu Chengling noticed the other party's little move. He couldn't help but smile and asked:

"Are you sure you haven't seen it?"

"Yes, absolutely."

"Then you didn't see her when she came to Lingyin Temple to ask for a lucky charm and fortune telling, or are you intentionally hiding something?"

"As long as I have someone do a quick check, I'll naturally know if the person is not here, but have you ever considered the consequences of hiding the truth?"

Xu Chengling couldn't help but step forward and whispered a few words into the fat abbot's ear, helping him to think about it carefully.

The fat abbot was now in a panic. If he was really found out to have hidden someone here, the young prime minister would skin him alive.

"Wait, I seem to remember that a female donor came here to see the abbot last night and said that she wanted to become a nun."

When Xu Chengling heard this, he couldn't help but stand there in a daze.

"What, she wants to become a nun?"

Chapter 60 Come Home with Me

"This girl always does stupid things."

Xu Chengling couldn't help but sigh. He didn't expect that Qian'er would want to become a nun in order to escape the engagement.

However, with this girl's small brain, it seems that this is the only solution she can think of.

Then why didn't she come to him and explain everything to him clearly? If she didn't want to get married, he, as the head of the family, would definitely make the decision for her.

But on second thought, Xu Chengling seemed to understand something. He ignored Qian'er's delicate feelings.

He had heard a saying from somewhere that when a girl tries to mess with you, she actually just wants to get your attention.

Xu Chengling didn’t know whether this statement was right or not, but because of his previous indifference, Qian’er felt that he no longer cared about her affairs.

She grew up in wealth and splendor, never suffered any hardship, and did not understand the warmth and coldness of life. Therefore, her heart was very pure, and she would do whatever she thought of, without considering the consequences.

Therefore, she did not want to marry into the Jia family, so she thought of running away from home and becoming a nun in Lingyin Temple.

Anyway, what she thought was that as long as I became a nun and saw through the world, I wouldn't have to get married again.

This girl is so stupid.

Xu Chengling couldn't help but smile bitterly. This seemed like a stupid idea that only she would come up with.

When he thought of this girl with a bald head, wearing a monk's robe and chanting "Amitabha", he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Why don't you become a nun? You will never be able to get married.

Thinking of this, Xu Chengling couldn't help but sigh again. No matter what, he had to see her first.

"Master, take me to see her."

"Okay, here please."

Under the guidance of the abbot, Xu Chengling walked into Lingyin Temple.

The abbot looked back at the young man behind him. He didn't expect that the current prime minister was so young.

The status of the Prime Minister in Dayan is second only to that of the Emperor. It can be said that the decisions made by the Prime Minister will greatly affect the future of Dayan.

I wonder what the future of the geese will be like in the hands of this young prime minister.

On the other side, Miss Fox did not follow. It was getting late and she should leave.

She told Xu Chengling to stay in Lingyin Temple and go back tomorrow morning, then left.

Before leaving, Xu Chengling thanked Miss Fox solemnly. After all, if it weren't for her help, he might still be looking around like a headless fly.

In response, Miss Fox raised the corners of her mouth slightly under the mask and smiled beautifully, but it was a pity that her smile was blocked by the mask.

"Just think of it as making friends. I just arrived in the capital and haven't made any friends yet. Mr. Xu, please give me more guidance in the future."

After leaving these words, Miss Fox left Lingyin Temple.

When I went to the clothes, I learned the name and the name.

……

"Donor, the person you are looking for is just ahead."

The abbot took Xu Chengling along the path of Lingyin Temple and headed straight towards the depths of the temple.

Xu Chengling followed behind. After a whole night of tossing and turning, he was tired and sleepy, but when he thought about seeing Qian'er soon, he forced himself to cheer up.

Before he met the person, he was thinking about what he would say to the other person when he saw him.

Since she doesn't want to marry the second young master of the Jia family, then cancel the engagement.

However, if they take the initiative to cancel the engagement, the Xiangguo Mansion will be the party in the wrong, and will inevitably have to give the Jia family some benefits to maintain the relationship between the two families.

It might also anger the Jia family and damage the relationship between the two families. If the Jia family turned to other princes, it would be extremely disadvantageous to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

You must know that the Jia family is the largest imperial merchant in the capital, and their wealth is comparable to that of a country. Whoever can win over the Jia family can control half of the capital's financial resources.

Therefore, in order to win over the Jia family, the old prime minister betrothed Xu Xiqian to the second young master of the Jia family.

All these consequences are what Xu Chengling, who has now succeeded to the throne, must take into consideration.

Suddenly, he was just a naughty boy yesterday, but now he has shouldered a heavy responsibility.

As the master of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he must lead the Prime Minister's Mansion forward and support this family.

"Donor, we're here."

The abbot in front suddenly stopped. In front of him was a simple house. There seemed to be candlelight in the house. Through the window paper, a pretty figure could be vaguely seen in the house.

"Donor, the person you are looking for is in this room. This girl found the abbot today and said that she has seen through the world and wants to end her worldly ties and devote herself to Buddhism from now on."

At this point, the abbot sighed and shook his head.

"Unfortunately, the abbot of this temple saw that this girl had not yet finished her worldly ties and could not convert to Buddhism, so he allowed her to stay in the temple as a laywoman for the time being."

At this time, Xu Chengling had already walked to the door. There was still a candlelight in the house, and the people inside had not yet gone to bed.

So he couldn't help but raise his hand and knocked on the door twice.

"Dong dong."

"Who is it? I'm going to bed soon. I will definitely do the sweeping job tomorrow."

After a long time, a response came from inside the house. It was a woman's voice.

Xu Chengling would not have heard wrong, the person inside was the Xu Xiqian he had been looking for.

At this time, fearing that the other party might have misunderstood the temple, the abbot on the side quickly explained to Xu Chengling:

"Donor, I didn't know this girl was from the Xiangguo Mansion before. Since this girl has settled down in Lingyin Temple as a lay Buddhist, she will naturally help with some of the temple's chores."

"Yeah, but I'm taking her away now. She's my sister."

Xu Chengling said calmly, stating his purpose.

"This girl has not yet finished her earthly life, please take her back with you."

The abbot nodded and said that he naturally did not dare to stop it.

Xu Chengling knocked on the door again.

"Dong dong."

"Who's still telling me not to sleep?"

"Dong dong..."

"Ahh, I'm going to beat someone up!"

Xu Xiqian's angry shout came from inside the house. She pushed open the door, wanting to see who was the blind person who was disturbing her rest.

As a result, when she saw the person outside the door, she was stunned.

"Why is it you... Brother Cheng Ling."

Xu Xiqian raised her head and looked at the person in front of her with disbelief. Her eyes turned red and pearls welled up in her eye sockets. Her shoulders were shaking violently.

"Why... did you find this place..."

I had clearly hidden here, so why did he still find me? I had clearly made up my mind not to see him again.

The determination I had finally made fell apart the moment I saw him.

Her lips were bitten purple, and broken pearls fell down one by one. Her nose was twitching, and her hands were clenched tightly, like a child who had suffered a great deal of injustice.

"Qian'er, come home with me."

Xu Chengling stretched out his hand in front of her, smiled at her, and wanted to take her back.

"Don't you want to... Qian'er?"

Xu Xiqian looked at the hand he stretched out, and wanted to raise her hand but stopped. Thinking about what had happened in the past few days, she felt wronged and sad, and finally she couldn't help but burst into tears.

“Woooooo… woooooooooooooo!”

She threw herself into Xu Chengling's arms and pounded his chest hard with her little pink fists, as if she wanted to vent all the grievances she had suffered in the past few days on him.

“You bad guy… why did you come to me again? You don’t want me anymore… wuwuwawawa.”

Xu Xiqian said this, but her little hand had already tightly grasped his palm, refusing to let go.

Chapter 61 Return to the Prime Minister's Mansion (Part 2)

"Woooo..."

Xu Xiqian snuggled in Xu Chengling's arms and cried, tears and snot all over Xu Chengling's clothes.

"Okay, stop crying. You're going to cry your eyes out. I don't want you. If you have anything to say, come home and talk to me. Brother Cheng Ling will take care of it for you."

Xu Chengling gently patted the girl's back with his hand. The petite body trembled violently in his arms. She cried for a long time and didn't calm down. It was difficult to comfort her.