mesbooks Chapter 273 Past events
Chapter 273 Past events
Yan Wan wanted to see the people from other world, so the sedan chair started moving and soon arrived at Baohua Palace.
There were many people in Baohua Hall. Master Anji and others were preaching scriptures on the high platform, and there were monks on both sides chanting scriptures, praying, and beating wooden fish.
The concubines were sitting in the front row, and the eunuchs and palace maids were standing far away on the periphery, chanting scriptures and praying silently.
When Yan Wan arrived, many people looked over, but many people were so engrossed in the scriptures that they didn't even raise their heads.
Yanwan told everyone not to make any noise, got off the sedan chair, and held Chunchan's hand to move to the front row.
Xianpin was the first to notice Yanwan. As soon as Yanwan sat down in the front row, she whispered, "Isn't the Imperial Concubine feeling unwell? Why are you here to listen to Master Anji's lecture?"
Yanwan seemed not to hear her words. She was concentrating on looking at Master Anji and listening to him explain the scriptures.
To be honest, Master Anji is indeed a person with profound knowledge of Buddhism. The scriptures he explains are simple and easy to understand, allowing people to comprehend profound principles from the simplest and most common examples.
When it comes to Buddhism, the more life experience a person has, the more attentive he or she will be when listening to it. Having lived two lives as a human being, Yan Wan naturally listened more seriously.
Many scenes flashed through her mind, the most frequent of which was the nine years when she suddenly could see Jinzhong's future.
That seemed to be the third year she was locked up. That time she went crazy and wanted to commit suicide. She banged her head against the wall, but failed to kill herself. Instead, she was treated by the joint efforts of the Imperial Hospital and was pulled back.
When she woke up, she saw Jinzhong half-kneeling on the footstool, looking straight at her.
At that time, she thought she was dead and Jinzhong was coming to pick her up, so she scolded him coldly and asked him sarcastically if he was very happy to see her coming down too.
But he just stared at her gloomily without saying a word. His eyes were red, as if he was about to cry, but there was not a single tear.
She rolled off the bed and fell to the ground. The pain all over her body made her suddenly realize that she was not dead.
Then the door opened, and Wang Chan and Chun Chan walked in. They stared at her with complicated eyes for a while, and rarely said anything unpleasant. They lifted her up, one on each side, and threw her back onto the bed.
Chunchan said sternly, "My dear, please stop trying to find a way to die. As long as you live, the Fifteenth Prince will be the son of the Imperial Concubine. But if you die, he will become a child without a mother."
Because of this sentence, she survived for many more years.
Fortunately, Jinzhong stayed with her for many years.
He never spoke at first, but later on he couldn't help but say a few words occasionally, mostly mocking at first, but later on, he just chatted with her calmly, so calmly that everything seemed like an illusion -
Who would calmly chat with the murderer who killed them? Not Wei Yanwan!
A slight pain from behind suddenly brought Yan Wan back to her senses. She turned around and saw Ruyi's face with raised eyebrows.
Yan Wan frowned slightly: "What?"
Ruyi smiled with a fake smile: "Your Highness, you are too arrogant. Master Anji asked you a question, why didn't you answer?"
Yan Wan looked at Master Anji. The young master had a gentle expression, without any blame in his eyes. He clasped his hands together and bowed to Yan Wan. "I see that your complexion looks strange, as if you are bewitched by miasma. Do you need me to help you solve this problem?"
Yan Wan shook her head: "Thank you, Master. I have a clear mind and there is nothing I need to ask. If there is something I really want to explore, I would also like to explore it myself."
Master Anji smiled slightly: "The queen is a person with a clear mind."
He clasped his hands together, ready to continue preaching.
A trace of anger flashed across Ruyi's eyes - Wei Yanwan was just in a daze, but she actually got the monk's words that her mind was clear? Why did she do that? !
Ruyi curled her lips to the sides and smiled. "Master Anji, Concubine Ling's journey can be said to be wonderful. When you say that she has a clear mind, do you mean that she can quickly see the situation and make a choice that is beneficial to herself?"
Master Anji looked at Ruyi in confusion, wondering why she suddenly became aggressive. He was just telling the truth.
He thought for a moment and said, "Madam Xianpin, everyone will choose a path that is beneficial to themselves. Even I, a poor monk, choose to save all living beings because saving all living beings can bring me peace of mind, not because I am selfless and great."
Ruyi felt even more upset: "Master is so young and has achieved what he has today, but I never thought he would do that for Concubine Ling..."
Yan Wan slapped Ruyi on the face with her backhand. At the same time, Concubine Mei, who was also listening to the lecture, hurried over, raised her hand, and slapped Ruyi on the other side of the face a little bit late.
Ruyi was hit twice in the face from both sides, and she was completely stunned. Her innocent and watery eyes were wide open, like a frightened goose.
Master Anji was completely frozen. Even though he had learned a vast amount of legal principles, he didn't know what was the most appropriate thing to do.
Concubine Mei was the one who reacted the fastest. She didn't even stop and slapped him again with her backhand.
Snapped!
The crisp sound of slapping seemed particularly loud in the dead silence.
Ruyi's head was tilted by the blow, and she turned to look at Concubine Mei angrily: "Are you crazy?!"
Concubine Mei glared at him and shouted, "You're pregnant and you're so bold, aren't you? You've framed the Imperial Concubine and the high monk. Are you so jealous that you've finally gone mad and started biting people?!"
Ruyi said angrily: "You..."
Concubine Mei suddenly raised her hand.
Ruyi quickly covered her face and stepped back, retreating into Rong Pei's arms. Only then did she dare to continue speaking: "You want to kill my child?!"
Concubine Mei sneered, "Who are you calling yourself 'this Queen' in front of? Huh?"
Ruyi's eyebrows were raised, and then just raised for a moment, and then her expression calmed down: "I don't know what kind of rules this is, that allow a concubine to raise her hand and hit someone?"
Concubine Mei sneered, "What rules? The rules that forbid you to throw people out of the palace! Concubine Xian, if you can't control your mouth anymore and just open it, I will go to the emperor and make a death remonstrance to confine you to house arrest until death. Do you believe it?!"
Ruyi opened her mouth and stammered, "I didn't say anything. Meifei, please don't put all the blame on me just for Ling Guifei."
Concubine Mei raised her hand.
Ruyi's pupils shrank, and she shrank back into Rong Pei's arms. After a long while, she said calmly, "Some people have dirty hearts, and everything they hear is just dirty. I just wanted to say that Master Anji has a high level of cultivation at such a young age, but he praised a concubine so solemnly. This is the first time I've seen him praise a concubine!"