Empress Dowager Guide

Chapter 64
The abbot led Sheng Shaoqing across the path and walked closer. Under the waterfall, there was a natural lake with a small area. In these cold days, the lake was actually steaming.

The trees by the lake are all covered with red ribbons, giving birth to dazzling brilliance in winter.

"This is?"

The abbot explained to Sheng Shaoqing, "This is the strangeness of this scene. The waterfall in the distance is frozen, but the water in this lake is warm all year round."

Sheng Shaoqing was also surprised, and squatted down to test it with his hand, it was indeed hot, even hotter than her Mrs. Tang!
The water in the waterfall comes from the groundwater in the mountains, and there should be a hot spring at the bottom of the lake. The two sources of water are different, and they meet in one place to form such a wonderful scene.

The little novice who was arranging the ribbon at the side couldn't hide his pride in his words, "The pilgrims all said that it must be my Buddha's mercy, who couldn't bear us to suffer from the cold in winter, so he gave us this hot lake for use. Therefore, pilgrims come to quiet Ning Temple pilgrims will also come here to pray for blessings and ask my Buddha to bless you."

The abbot only smiled when he heard the words, but Sheng Shaoqing felt narrow-minded, "Then you tell the Ai family, did the lake come first, or did you come first?"

The little novice touched his smooth head and said, "Well, although Jingning Temple has been built for a hundred years, this lake should be earlier than us."

"Then how do you say that this lake is bestowed on you by the Buddha?"

"This..." the little novice hesitated and couldn't speak, so the abbot had to come out to smooth things over, "Everything in the world is complementary and indispensable. If there is no lake, there will be no Jingning Temple back then. If there is no Jingning Temple , this lake is just an ordinary lake in the mountains, and will not be worshiped by the world."

"The mage said that this lake has a relationship with Jingning Temple?"

The abbot nodded and said, "When the Emperor Taizu issued a decree to ban Buddhism, the master and other Buddhist disciples had nowhere to escape, so they could only hide in the mountains with the scriptures. That winter, when the mountains were covered by heavy snow and there was nowhere to go, they accidentally discovered There is a hot spring here, so I brought my disciples to settle here."

"Later, Emperor Wen abolished the prohibition, and the ancestors re-established a Buddhist monastery here. This is the origin of Jingning Temple."

The abbot explained to Sheng Shaoqing again, "This little novice has not been ordained for a long time, and he made some mistakes in his words. I hope the Queen Mother will forgive me."

Sheng Shaoqing smiled, "It's okay, Aijia is just teasing him."

The little monk blushed and retreated, but did not go in after reaching the gate of the temple, but turned a corner and went elsewhere.

Sheng Shaoqing, who had played around the hot spring for a while, felt his stomach was empty, so he went back to Jingning Temple with the abbot.

Looking at the vegetarian meal served by Lianqiao, Sheng Shaoqing sighed, she was almost depressed because she didn't see meat every day.

After eating, Lian Qiao ran in in a panic, Cui Yun scolded, "It's fine in the palace, why are you so frizzy outside the palace?"

Lianqiao didn't bother to listen to Cui Yun's instruction, she only said that Mrs. Feng wanted to see the Queen Mother, she had already smashed a lot of things, and the novice of Jingning Temple had no choice but to report back.

"How did she know that Ai's family is coming?"

"The servant girl doesn't know either, maybe the monk who delivered the meal leaked the news?"

Cui Yun said coldly, "Impossible, the food delivery people I'm looking for are all born deaf and dumb, how could they leak the news?"

"That's because someone told her on purpose. It's okay, Aijia hasn't seen her for a long time, and I still miss her a little."

Cui Yun cast her worried eyes, Sheng Shaoqing signaled her not to worry, got up and let Aning lead the way.

If she hadn't made such a fuss, Sheng Shaoqing would have almost forgotten that there was such an "old friend" living in Jingning Temple. No wonder she thought of this place when she thought of going out of the palace that day.

When Sheng Shaoqing walked to the place where Xu Wan lived now, he was choked half to death by a pungent stench.

"Ajun, didn't you say that there is no shortage of food, clothing, cleaning, etc. Why is it so smelly?"

Cui Yun was also in a panic, she found all reliable people, how could she be so careless?

He hurriedly found those deaf-mute people and someone who could understand sign language, and Cui Yun replied, "They said that Xu Wan was obedient and obedient at first when she came here, but later she refused to let them approach, saying yes They're going to kill her."

"Then you have so many people, and she is only one person, can you still not control her?"

Cui Yun signaled the translator to translate what the queen mother said to those people. When those people understood what the queen mother meant, they hurriedly waved their hands, "They tried to hold her down and wash her forcibly, but she was extremely strong. They actually bit one of them, and they thought she was a nobleman, so they didn't dare to do anything serious, so they could only let her go."

As he spoke, one of them opened his sleeves, and there was a tooth mark on his forearm.

"Hiss", this is a deadly bite, it hurts just looking at it, Sheng Shaoqing waved his hand to make them back off.

"Go and bring her out," Cui Yun turned to the guard and ordered.

After a while, a disheveled and smelly "woman" was brought out.

As soon as she appeared, Sheng Shaoqing and the people behind couldn't help covering their mouths and noses. They had never smelled such a bad smell before.

As soon as the woman saw Sheng Shaoqing, she immediately prostrated herself at her feet, grabbed her skirt and shouted, "Please, I'm so tender, please let me out, I can't take it anymore."

Xu Wan's attitude changed so much that even Cui Yun couldn't react, but the guards behind Xu Wan immediately pulled Xu Wan away.

"You, why did you make such a ghostly look?"

It looks like she abused Xu Wan, but the conscience of heaven and earth, she didn't do anything except confinement.

Xu Wan burst into tears, "I'm afraid you will harm me."

When Xu Wan used to punish people in the Feng Mansion, food and play were all used to harm people.

Now she is alone in this wilderness, and no one cares about her when she dies. If Feng Qing does something wrong, she will not die in peace!

Sheng Shaoqing was delighted, "Then you still beg me to let you out?"

Isn't this a contradiction?

"Qing'er, I was wrong in the past. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know much. I kowtow to you to make amends. Please let me out." Wiping his nose with his sleeve, he kowtowed constantly.

Sheng Shaoqing saw that the blood on the slate was gradually expanding, and motioned for the guards to hold her back, and asked, "Then tell Aijia, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Wan sniffled, where did she go wrong?
The worst thing she did was to ask Feng Qing to find an errand for his precious son, but she failed to find the errand, and she was thrown in this mountain ditch.

"I, I made the mistake of offending you that night because I couldn't understand my own weight. I, a village woman in the mountains, actually tried to pretend to be the mother of the empress dowager. The empress dowager deserves to be punished, but now I know I was wrong. , just forgive me."

Sheng Shaoqing shook his head, "No, that's not what you're wrong about."

(End of this chapter)