Nun Miaochang saw that Old Lady Liu was nervous, smiled faintly, and said, "Look at this Buddhist incense, sometimes it rises straight up, sometimes it winds and lingers, sometimes it is as bright and blazing as falling into a five-mile fog, and sometimes it is solitary and solitary as a cliff, standing out and quiet. Without a skilled hand and a wise mind, it is impossible to make such exquisite seal incense. I just smelled this incense and entered into a state of meditation, so I said that the third girl and I have a destiny in Buddhism."

Old Madam Liu felt relieved after hearing this. Although she was a vegetarian and chanted Buddhist scriptures, she did not want Yu Jiao to give up all her feelings and become a nun at such a young age.

She talked about Buddhism with Master Miaochang about meditation. Buddhist principles were a bit boring for the little girl, so Old Lady Liu patted Yu Jiao's hand and said to her lovingly, "Go find your sister Yaoyu, walk around the nunnery, and go to the dining hall to have some vegetarian food at noon."

Yu Jiao responded, bowed and left the side hall.

Jianjia was waiting outside. When she saw Yu Jiao coming out, she handed her the hand warmer and said, "The second young lady said she wanted to go to the back hill to see rabbits. Brother Tao also wanted to go. I was worried, so I asked Bailu to go with her."

Yu Jiao nodded. The Lianxi Nunnery was full of nuns who were meditating in seclusion. It was not convenient for the Liu family's servants to follow them into the nunnery, so they were all waiting outside the gate. Liu Yaoyu always disliked bringing a personal maid, and Cuizhu beside Tao Ge'er was not very useful, so it would be better for Bai Lu to go along.

"How do we get to the back mountain?" Yu Jiao asked.

"Miss, are you going to look for the second young lady?" Jianjia put the cloak in her arms on Yu Jiao. "I saw them leave from the alley behind the Guanyin Hall in the nunnery."

Yu Jiao gathered her cloak, tied the green knot at her collar, and walked towards the back mountain along the alley behind the Guanyin Temple, holding the hand warmer and Jianjia.

Walking along the alley to the end, there is a remote mountain gate. After exiting the side gate, there is a secluded path extending to the back mountain.

It was winter, and the forest looked particularly desolate, with the ground covered with dead branches and leaves. Occasionally, a bird that came out to look for food would fly by and land on a branch, pressing down a few yellow fallen leaves.

The two walked deeper and deeper along the mountain path, but Yu Jiao never saw the courtyard that Liu Yaoyu had mentioned.

Looking around, there were only dead vines, old trees, deep mountains and old forests. It seemed that Yu Jiao was the only one there. It was a bit scary. If it weren't for the tire tracks on the mountain road, Yu Jiao would have thought that there was no one living here.

The two walked forward a few hundred steps and heard a rustling sound coming from the woods beside them. Yu Jiao stopped and looked. Jianjia also became alert and protected Yu Jiao behind her.

I saw a white fluffy snowball jumping out of the woods and onto the mountain path. It sniffed the dead branches and leaves on the ground. Its pink three-petal mouth moved, its big ears stood up high, and its ruby-like eyes were embedded in its eye sockets. It looked so cute.

"Girl, it's a rabbit." Jianjia said.

Yu Jiao looked at the little white rabbit that looked like a snowball, smiled, and walked towards the little rabbit.

This little rabbit might be domestic, as it was snow-white and not dirty at all. It did not seem to be afraid of people. When Yu Jiao approached, it just shook its ears, moved its three-petal mouth, and squatted on the ground without running away.

Yu Jiao squatted down and reached out to touch the little rabbit's furry back. The little rabbit obediently let her stroke its fur. It was obvious that the rabbit was often stroked and carefully fed by its owner.

"Did you sneak out?" Yu Jiao picked up the rabbit from the ground, gently stroked its head, and said with a smile, "Come on, I'll take you home."

Yu Jiao carried the rabbit and Jianjia and walked forward along the mountain path for a while. When they got out of the mountain path, a small courtyard surrounded by a fence appeared in front of them. Outside the gate of the courtyard was the black wooden carriage that Yu Jiao had seen in front of the gate of Lianxi Temple. The black horse pulling the carriage was eating grass with its head down and snorting from time to time.

I don’t know who lives in this courtyard. Without seeing Liu Yaoyu and Tao Ge’er, Yu Jiao walked towards the courtyard holding the rabbit.

As she got closer, she saw through the fence that there were two people sitting in the thatched pavilion in the yard, talking.

One of them was a man, wearing a scarlet and black brocade robe with cuffs embroidered with dark patterns. Although he was sitting, he was very tall.

The other one was a woman. She was wearing a crabapple red round-necked, wide-sleeved Su satin jacket and a light white plain streamlined skirt. Her slender white wrists were revealed from the wide sleeves. Because she was sitting with her back to the others in the pavilion, her face could not be seen, but her slender waist and willow-like figure showed that she was a gentle and quiet beauty.

Before Yu Jiao even reached the gate, she heard the gentle and graceful voice of a woman in the courtyard, "Lord Governor, when can I enter the palace? Will Concubine Xue allow me to enter the palace?"

The man's voice was low and soft, and his tone was indifferent, as if it was his nature. "Be patient and wait for a while. The Second Prince is getting older and can handle government affairs for the Emperor. Xue Rong will never let the Second Prince inherit the throne. A few years ago, Xue Rong was still young and thought she could give birth to a prince. Now that the Second Prince has started to get involved in government affairs, she can't stand it for too long."

Yu Jiao felt a tingling sensation on her head when she heard this suddenly. She had not forgotten the lesson she learned last time when she met Gu Yun and the others in the West Garden of the Yang Family and was almost silenced.

Since the two people in the yard can talk without avoiding others, Liu Yaoyu and Tao Ge'er must not be here.

Jianjia was careful and alert, and she realized something was wrong. She immediately pulled Yu Jiao's hand and motioned her to leave.