Empress Yu Concubine Lie Wins Everyday

The buildings of this era were basically made of wood, so the doors and windows were not tight enough, and the texture of the wood could not withstand the gnawing of rats and ants. Especially in summer, some "cuties" prefer to come uninvited.

Therefore, in order to have a good sleep at night and for personal safety, every palace and courtyard must sprinkle snake and rat repellent and burn insect-killing incense every once in a while.

"Although the Old Summer Palace is cooler than the Forbidden City, there are also a lot more mosquitoes. In the side courtyard of the palace over at Changchun Garden, remember to ask someone to send more rodenticide and insecticide incense." Shu Jin smiled and ordered Zhang Shoufa.

There are so many poisons that are simple and easy to obtain, so why bother with those that contain safflower and musk?
  Not to mention wasting money, it is also easy to get caught.

Shu Jin thought to himself, I gave you the poison. As for how to poison it, you can think of it yourself. After all, this is your deep hatred, and I can't make it smooth for you.

At the same time, Shu Jin also released the news, saying that he would leave for Yonghe Temple to offer incense and pay homage to the late emperor on the Hungry Ghost Festival on July [-]th. The late emperor's concubines could also invite him to accompany him.

The Hungry Ghost Festival is a ghost festival. It is a good time to pay homage to the dead ghost of the late emperor, and by the way, the son of the late emperor is also turned into a dead ghost!

At this time, there is still more than a month before the Ghost Festival, which should be enough for Yingshi and Liushi to arrange everything.

In a quiet palace in the Changchun Garden Palace, Yingshi looked impatient, "Sister, we have the poison, and we will send him back to the west next month!"

Ms. Liu frowned secretly: "But how can we put poison in his food?" Although she knew where the kitchen of Yonghe Temple was, she really didn't want to accidentally kill an innocent person.

Suddenly, Mrs. Liu thought of something again, "The Hungry Ghost Festival is also a big day, and Sifu Jin should go and give Su Zhai to him."

Yingshi said quickly: "No, we can't implicate Si Fujin." Back then in Si Beile Mansion, if Si Fujin hadn't been kind-hearted, she would have died long ago.

Mrs. Liu naturally knew about Ying's past, so she sighed, "Then we can only wait until we are gone, and then go to the kitchen to find out which food was sent to the living room."

July [-]th arrived soon as scheduled. Shu Jin had originally thought of bringing Concubine Mi, Concubine Liu, Concubine Ying, and Concubine Maodegui from the Forbidden City, but there were not enough people to sign up to attend the Lama Temple memorial ceremony. There were quite a lot of them. Guo Taigui and Zhang Taigui who were born in Qiandi, as well as more than a dozen noble people from the Chun family, the Wang family, the An family, the Ma family, the Hai family, and the Nala family all requested to accompany the Queen Mother.

Shu Jin is cheating. He is treating the trip to Yonghe Temple as a free trip!
  Although helpless, Shu Jin still couldn't bear to refuse.

Among these people, some are already gray-haired, some are young, but without exception, they have become widows. Even though Shu Jin and Hong Zhou would not treat them materially badly, they would spend the rest of their lives alone in Changchun Garden.

I don’t know if I will have the opportunity to travel outside the palace again in this life!
  Naturally, we are encouraged to sign up!

"Okay, then let's all go." Shu Jin said with a smile, but Concubine Maodegui declined, saying that she was not feeling well due to the heat.

Shu Jin thought with his toes and knew that Old Song did not want to offer incense to the dead Yongzheng.

Princess Huairou's palace in Fengkli is very close to the Forbidden City. Every now and then, she would carry her child into the palace to pay her respects, and the visit lasted most of the day. Concubine Maodegui was not willing to offer incense to the dead Yongzheng because she had her daughter with her!
  As for Concubine Qi... Shu Jin never considered her from the beginning. What's more, Concubine Qi has now gone to Prince Ke's Mansion to be raised. Apart from some disagreements with her daughter-in-law, her life is quite fulfilling.

The group list for the one-day trip to Yonghegong Lama Temple has been finalized.

On the day of the Ghost Festival, Shu Jin got up early, and a crowd of people were waiting to put on the Empress Dowager's auspicious clothes, board the ceremonial car, and with a mighty ceremonial guard, led Concubine Mi and a group of nobles to Yonghe. The palace went.

The news came to the Lama Temple early in the morning. The abbot led a group of monks out of the gate of the Lama Temple to greet him. Shu Jin immediately knelt on the ground as soon as he got off the car. Shu Jin’s buttocks were a little numb after coming all the way from the Old Summer Palace. Fortunately, she was smart and only wore Jifu instead of higher-standard court clothes, otherwise her neck might have suffered.

After being helped out of the ceremonial car, Shu Jin suddenly realized that there was an acquaintance kneeling in front of a group of bald heads - well, not too familiar. But identity is indeed valuable enough.

"Prince Zhuang? Why are you here?" Shu Jin wondered, why did you, a prince, go to Yonghe Palace? Incense?
  Prince Zhuang stood up and said, "Reporting to the Queen Mother, my brother is the Prime Minister of the Lama Temple."

For a temple, a prince has to be appointed as Prime Minister?

But then I thought about it, Yonghe Temple is the place where the late emperor once lived, this is a hidden residence! ——And this is no ordinary dormitory, two emperors have lived here! The late emperor lived here for many years, and the current emperor Hongzhou was also born here. The status of Yonghe Temple is naturally extraordinary!
  Shu Jin nodded, "Here comes Prince Laozhuang."

By the way, with Prince Zhuang watching over him, wouldn’t it be difficult for the Liu family and the Ying family to take action? It seems like he needs to be sent away.

Next, Prince Zhuang led the way, and Shu Jin first went to the main hall of Yonghe Palace, which was the Yin'an Hall when Yongzheng was the prince. There are three bronze clay and gold Buddha statues in the hall, as well as the Eighteen Arhats in Mongolian and Mapo gold. It is a majestic treasure and full of incense. .

Shu Jin Surong stepped forward and knelt down three times, while Princess Mi and the other nobles knelt down three rows behind her.

Shu Jin and Concubine Mi each got up and carried three sticks of incense, and then went to the Yongyou Hall in the north, where portraits of Yongzheng were enshrined, and they kowtowed and offered incense.

"The Queen Mother, next is..." Prince Zhuang stepped forward to explain again.

Shu Jin immediately raised his hand to interrupt him, "I am here to pray and offer incense to the late emperor. There is no need to go to other places."

She doesn’t want to kowtow everywhere! You must know that there are many Bodhisattvas in Buddhism! If you want to kowtow, you will never be able to finish it.

The abbot of Yonghe Temple said with a kind face: "Then please invite the Queen Mother and the concubines to go to Wanfu Pavilion to get some vegetarian food."

Shu Jin nodded, that’s pretty much it!

The chef in the dining room of Yonghe Palace is the best chef in the palace who is good at cooking vegetarian dishes. Therefore, apart from having less oil and water, this lunch really has no choice in terms of color, smell and taste.

After lunch, Shu Jin glanced at the crowd of nobles with a smile: "This Lama Temple is the palace of Prince Yong in the past, and now it is a Buddhist temple. There is nothing to avoid. You can go and have a good life, and you can worship here. There are still many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, so go and pray in peace."

Everyone happily said "yes" and then dispersed in twos and threes.

But Concubine Mi, Mrs. Liu, and Mrs. Ying did not leave.

Shu Jin looked at the two of them with a smile, "Why, why don't you take action?"

At this time, Prince Zhuang leaned forward again and said, "The Queen Mother, the late emperor's fourth elder brother... want to see you."

Shu Jin raised his eyebrows, "Prince Zhuang, are you familiar with Hongli?" Actually sent a message to him?