The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 92
It's just incense, so there's nothing to be picky about. She said very easy-goingly: "There is no need to change it. The concubine has long been used to the smell of this incense. She used to use it when writing in her palace. Sandalwood has Buddha nature. Every time I smell this fragrance, my concubine feels as if she is in an ancient temple on an empty mountain, and there will always be a sense of detachment in her heart."

The empress dowager put down the scissors, looked at her with great interest, and said meaningfully: "You are the emperor's concubine, what do you say is detached or not? After entering the palace and becoming the emperor's woman, you have to accept your fate with peace of mind. From now on, you will only have the emperor alone in your heart. You should take his joy as your own joy and his sorrow as your own sorrow. You must love him wholeheartedly and protect him like cherishing him. I cherish him as much as my own life. Only when the emperor is safe and sound can you have a place in this harem, understand?"

Qingchen hurriedly put down his pen, came out from behind the desk and knelt down and said: "The concubine will follow the teachings of the ancestors. The emperor is the concubine's heaven and the concubine's lifelong support. The concubine must serve the emperor with all her heart. Although the concubine is dull, But I also know that the concubines in this harem are all flowers and plants under the shade of the big tree of the emperor, if there is no shelter from the wind and rain, the concubines may wither after a few winds and rains."

Qingchen knew that the ancestors still heard Concubine Shu's provocative words, that's why there was such a preaching today.Only when she speaks clearly and expresses her heart, can the ancestors feel at ease with her.

"It's good that you understand, get up." The empress dowager got off the kang, straightened her clothes and said, "I'll go and see my precious flowers and plants. If you are tired from copying scriptures, you can go to the yard to rest for a while. You can look at the Buddhist scriptures on the shelf as you please, my ancestor, I don’t care about you.”

Qingchen hurriedly stretched out his hands to help him out of the hall, "I know, my ancestor, please slow down."

After copying Buddhist scriptures for more than two hours, she stopped to drink a cup of tea, got up to look at the numerous books on the shelf, and saw that one of them had a gold leaf cover with endless shading patterns. The four characters "Shou Jing" are slightly raised, and they are particularly conspicuous in the pile of books.

She took it over and casually flipped through a few pages, and saw that the words inside were not written in ink but in red cinnabar. Because it had been placed for a long time, the pages were slightly yellowed.

Qingchen was watching intently, not knowing when the Empress Dowager would come back, she asked with a smile, "Are you curious why this Buddhist scripture is so different?"

Qingchen turned around and said with a smile: "The handwriting doesn't look like it was written by a woman, could it be that some eminent monk wrote it as a dedication to the ancestors?"

The Empress Dowager cleaned her hands under the service of the girl, Qingchen hurriedly put down the Buddhist scriptures to help, and handed over the tea herself, the Empress Dowager took a sip of the tea, took a breath, and then said: "Back then, your empress In order to pray for the seriously ill mother and concubine, my grandfather used his own blood mixed with cinnabar to copy this Sutra of Infinite Life and offered it to the Buddha to pray for blessings. As expected, he sincerely touched the heavens, and your imperial grandfather's mother and concubine really got better gradually. .It’s just this person, how can anyone live a hundred years? Life, old age, sickness and death can’t escape anyone, but this kind of filial piety is rare.”

Qingchen squatted down, patted the Empress Dowager's legs lightly with half clenched hands and said with a smile: "What the ancestor said is that although our emperor is busy, he is very filial to the ancestors and the Empress Dowager in his heart."

The Empress Dowager responded casually: "Jun'er is indeed a filial child. Although he is not old enough to walk around the Shou'an Palace, he still has the Empress Dowager in his heart."

Qingchen was slightly taken aback, it seemed a little awkward to hear this, but he didn't dare to ask further, so he had to give up.

The old ancestor wanted to rest after lunch, so she took Yun Lan back to her palace.

Waking up after a rest, she was about to go to Ye Wanrong's side for a walk, before she went out, Jin Xin came in and said, "My lord, the Fu Gonggong who is beside the emperor is asking to see you."

(End of this chapter)