Seeing her mother's anxious expression, Luo Miaoqing tried to comfort her for a while, then left dejectedly.

A day later, Luo Miaoqing ran to her second brother's courtyard and banged on the gate, calling out, "Second brother! Second brother! Second brother!"

"Hey, you plague god, stop yelling! I'll open the door for you." As soon as the door opened, my second brother's handsome face was right in front of me.

Luo Miaoqing pouted. Over the past few days, she had been feeling increasingly stifled as she looked at the newly renovated Luo mansion. Looking at her familiar second brother, she exclaimed, "I don't believe you didn't know about this big fuss at home. You didn't know that my eldest brother was coming back?"

"He's back, so what? Are we supposed to bring him back?" Luo Jiancang's face darkened. Recalling the fading face in his memory, his voice was filled with suppressed anger.

"What exactly happened to my brother?" Luo Miaoqing asked curiously, remembering that the only person who knew the truth might tell her.

"You can ask him about his affairs when you get back, why are you asking me!" After saying that, Luo Miaoqing watched as her second brother, who had gotten angry after only a few words, ruthlessly slammed the door shut in front of her.

"Ugh, you're so annoying, Luo Jiancang!"

The Ningyuan Earl's Mansion was making large-scale purchases of various supplies, which did not escape the notice of the wealthy merchants in the city. After some inquiries, they learned that the eldest son of the Earl's Mansion, who had been away from home for several years, was coming back.

"Isn't there already an eldest son in this Earl's mansion? How come another one has suddenly appeared?"

"You wouldn't know this, but the Earl's mansion, the stepmother Lin, has given birth to more than one son and one daughter. Before the currently popular young master Luo Jiancang, there is another one, the real eldest son, named Luo Qingzhang. I heard that he was in poor health when he was young and was sent far away to be carefully raised..."

"Tsk tsk, now that you mention it, I vaguely remember. I recall that young master was quite talented before, able to recite the Analects at such a young age."

"That's not it!"

"Tsk, now that the eldest young master is back, shouldn't the second young master have to compete for a share...?"

"Tsk tsk, who would have known?"

………

Luo Qingzhang, also known as Qingyin, had been staying at Qingbei Temple for two months. Qingyin closed her eyes and silently recited Buddhist scriptures.

The original owner was the eldest son of the Ningyuan Earl's Mansion in the capital. She was intelligent from a young age and was also the legitimate son, so her biological father and bride naturally put a lot of care into her.

However, when the original owner was six years old, he met a passing Buddhist monk, and from then on, he experienced great changes. He had a connection with Buddhism, and the mature-beyond-his-years original owner insisted on becoming a monk.

Of course, Luo's father and mother disagreed. Their eldest son, whom they had raised with great care, was making a fuss about becoming a monk. How could they not be shocked? Luo's father was so angry that he almost sent the monk to the yamen on the spot. Fortunately, the original owner of this body persuaded him to stop.

However, since the original owner of this body had been sneaking away and fasting, he was so hungry that he was skin and bones. Only then did Luo's father have the heart to let him go. The one who came to pick him up was none other than the Buddhist monk Kongwu, who was also the original owner's master.

However, the original owner's father strongly insisted that she become a monk at the age of six, and Kongwu did not care whether she cultivated with her hair intact, so the original owner grew her hair long. Otherwise, when Qingyin first arrived, she would have seen a bald version of herself.