Empress Dowager Guide

Chapter 69

"Haoqing, why are you here?"

Master Rinpo walked in from outside the courtyard, saw Haoqing and the Queen Mother here, bowed to the Queen Mother, turned around and asked.

"Master, I... I'm sweeping the yard. The queen mother died just now, so I..."

Master Rinpo nodded, "Queen Mother, Haoqing is my disciple, just ask you anything."

"Getting up this morning, the poor monk asked those benefactors to identify it. It was indeed Haoran who swept the fallen leaves by the lake yesterday."

Yesterday Cui Yun wondered who told Xu Wan that Empress Dowager Feng was here. Since it wasn't those deaf-mute people, it must be someone from this temple.

Therefore, Sheng Shaoqing asked Cui Yun to tell Venerable Rinpo, let those deaf-mute people come and recognize them, and then they would know who was talking too much.

Obviously, the result was almost the same as what she had guessed.

"However, I ask the queen mother to read it for his first offence, and forgive him this time. The poor monk will give him a good reprimand."

Haoqing asked suspiciously behind Master Rinpo, "What mistake did brother Haoran make?"

Master Rinpo looked worried, "He violated the five precepts, made false statements, and talked too much."

Haoqing shrank his neck, he knew that brother Haoran's mouth would lead to disaster sooner or later if he didn't care about it.

Sheng Shaoqing waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, it's just a trivial matter for the Ai family, and the mage is himself."

After thanking Master Rinpo, he took Haoqing and left.

As soon as Hao Qing went out, Master pulled him back by the ear, "Master! Master! It hurts!"

"I just said, what's wrong with you recently, you offered to come here to sweep the snow yesterday, so it was to "encounter" a nobleman?!"

"Why? Now that I have enough food and clothing, I just want to abandon Buddhism and return to the vulgar?!"

Hao Qing rubbed his painful ear, "Master, you misunderstood!"

Master Rinpo was very angry, "Why did I misunderstand?"

"Don't pretend that I don't know what you guys are thinking, Haoran has already lost all the face of Jingning Temple yesterday, please give me peace of mind."

Hao Qing muttered, "Brother is brother, I am me!"

"Why, what's the difference between you two? Don't you all want to gain power, your senior brother is more promising than you, and brazenly told me that he wanted to restore the glory of all Buddhas in the past."

"Brother, that is wishful thinking!"

Master Rinpo was so annoyed by these two apprentices, "It's good to know that he is wishful thinking! And you, what do you want to do?!"

"My heart is not as big as my brother's. I just want to thank the Queen Mother."

Master Rinpo was confused by the words, "What does this mean?"

Haoqing lowered his head, "I was only eight years old when my mother drove me out of the house. Fortunately, Master took me in, so I have enough to eat and survive to this day, and I can still feel the mercy of Buddha. It's just...my mother... ...In order to support my brother, she can only devour Guanyin soil every day, just to save money for my brother."

"Last month, I went down the mountain for alms. Seeing her skinny appearance, I really couldn't bear it, but on the second day, Yun Shangshu issued an edict to divide the land according to the number of households. If there is no owner of wasteland, whoever reclaims it first will be the one." , and if there is no money to buy seeds, the government can credit first..."

"My mother passed out when she received the seeds. It was Yun Shangshu who invited someone to heal her. Later, I wanted to thank Yun Shangshu, but he said: Monks pay attention to karma and chance. If you want to thank, thank the queen mother in the imperial city. If there is no queen mother, I'm not here either."

"So, you came to sweep the snow for the Queen Mother today?"

Hao Qing nodded and said dejectedly, "The only thing I can do is this. I will sweep the whole house of snow for the Queen Mother, and I hope that the Queen Mother will sweep all the snow from the whole world."

Master Rinpo sighed, he was really moved by his apprentice, and his anger because of Haoran this morning quietly dissipated, he touched Haoqing's head and said, "It would be great if your brother knew this... People are precious There is self-knowledge."

"You're tired after sweeping the snow all morning, so go back and rest first."

Hearing the words and saluting, Hao Qing retreated and returned to his room, but he didn't expect that there was an unexpected guest waiting for him in the room.

"Junior brother, I didn't realize that you pretended to be naive and ignorant, but behind your back, it was this face!"

"Brother Haoran, what are you talking about?"

"Why should I be scolded for serving the sweeper, but you should be cared for? Why are you being sincere and I'm trying to gain power?!"

It was only then that Haoqing knew that the senior brother had heard the conversation between himself and the master, "Senior brother, I don't know what you did, but I did say every word from the heart."

"You wait for me!" Hao Ran dropped such a sentence, turned around and slammed the door away.

Hao Qing shook his head, "Brother is so violent, I don't know what he said to offend Master and Queen Mother."

Sheng Shaoqing enjoyed the snow for a while and then returned to the room. He warmed up by the fire for a while. I hope there will be good news this time.

Cui Yun came in after delivering the message, seeing that the cloak on the Queen Mother hadn't been untied, she blamed Aning and said, "The Queen Mother is in the house, why don't you untie the cloak, what if you catch a cold again after going out?!"

"I don't blame Ah Ning, it's because I'm a little cold and don't want to untie it."

Cui Yun came over and untied the cloak and said, "Man, I have already sent you away, and I have brought the words with you. However, I still have another idea."

Sheng Shaoqing's eyes encouraged her to continue, "The people reported by Yun Shangshu are all from aristocratic families. I am worried that taking them down is a small matter, but offending the aristocratic family is a big thing."

Although these aristocratic families can fight to the death and fight for life and blood for some seemingly meaningless things on weekdays, but when facing foreign enemies, they can show extraordinary common hatred.

Cui Yun was not there when Wang Shanggong reported that day, so Sheng Shaoqing naturally knew where these people were from, so she followed Cui Yun's words and asked, "Then what do you think?"

"Their crimes are clearly exposed, but what the family cherishes most is reputation. It hurts the face of so many families at once, and I'm afraid it will be ugly in the end."

"Then you said that the Ai family can't enforce the law impartially if they violate the laws of the country?"

Cui Yun frowned, "That's not what Wei Chen meant... Wei Chen thought, he should think of a perfect plan to deal with it, otherwise it's true that he is in such a mess like today..."

Seeing her mentioning today's incident, Sheng Shaoqing felt annoyed, "Ahyun, Aijia thinks..."

Cui Yun raised his head and looked at Sheng Shaoqing, and he understood in his heart that the Queen Mother thought the same as her.

Among them, there are traitors.

Otherwise, why did those people run so fast, and why were they so cautious when they divided into two groups?

Mrs. Li has been unable to deliver news in Ye Ting Prison, and Wang Shanggong has not leaked the news. There is only one possibility, that is, there is an inner ghost in their Yongguang Palace.

In the entire Eternal Light Palace, there were only a few people who could get close to Sheng Shaoqing to serve him closely, and for the rest of them, Sheng Shaoqing would back off when talking.

Aning, Lianqiao and Cui Yun are all people she trusts more, so who could it be?
"Queen, could it be Zhang Qing?"

Sheng Shaoqing thought for a while, and felt that Zhang Qing was the most suspicious.

(End of this chapter)