Chapter 304 It’s a Humiliation

Rong Huan's carriage was already waiting at the city gate.

There were three carriages traveling together, and outside was today's escort team.

They were not from the City Defense Battalion, nor from the Patrol Battalion, but from the Yulin Guard, and the leader was Pei Yan.

Seeing Pei Yan, Master Wu was stunned. He hurriedly got off the carriage and ran to Pei Yan's horse and asked, "Why is Deputy Commander Pei here? Didn't they say that the Guard Commander of the City Defense Battalion would be here today?"

"I don't know who changed the transfer order temporarily. I only know that the third and fourth teams of the Imperial Guards are responsible for Princess Dongyue's comings and goings. If Sir Wu feels there is a problem, please go and have someone change it back."

Pei Yan was unwilling to take this task in the first place, but Lord Wu came up and questioned him.

Could it be that he, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, is not as good as a small lieutenant of the city defense battalion, yet he is asked to take the challenge?

"That's not what I meant. I meant..."

"Concubine Su is so arrogant. This princess has been waiting here for more than half an hour." Before Lord Wu could finish his implicit words, Rong Huan lifted the curtain with her hand and spoke to Su Ruidu's carriage.

The other party lifted the curtain, and it would be rude if Su Rui did not lift it and look at the other person.

Her slender fingers could only lift the curtains as well. She looked at Rong Huan across from her and smiled, "I've been living in a shabby state these past few days. Today, the Princess specifically asked me to accompany her. Naturally, I had to wash up before coming. Otherwise, it would be rude. If the Princess thinks I did this on purpose, I'll be wronged."

The smile didn't reach his eyes, and there was a hint of hostility between his words.

But after what happened at the palace banquet, and Rong Huan's recently well-known attentiveness to Yun Ji, everyone was mentally prepared for the tit-for-tat between the two, so it didn't seem strange.

Only Pei Yan.

He was in a position where he could see Yue Heyun sitting side by side with Su Rui in the carriage when Su Rui opened the curtains.

At this moment, what is there to not understand?

He looked at Lord Wu who was standing beside the horse with an inquiring look, and Lord Wu also had a bitter look on his face.

He also didn't understand how Rong Huan knew that Yue Heyun would come with Su Rui today?

Could it be that there are spies in Prince Yong's mansion?

But it is impossible to replace the original city defense camp with the Yulin Army in such a short time.

Lord Wu didn't understand, but Su Rui saw the answer from Rong Huan's eyes.

It's a provocation.

The kind of provocation that could easily control all her actions and defeat her at will.

Even if she found out, no one could leave easily now.

"It's getting late, let's go." Rong Huan gave orders with a smile and lowered the curtains.

Lord Wu looked at Su Rui's carriage with some apology, wanting to say something, but Su Rui had already lowered the curtains.

Helplessly, he could only let the team follow Dongyue.

Because they started out of the city late, and there were many people and cars, they could not walk fast, and the distance to Fahua Temple was not close, so they arrived at the gate of Fahua Temple after 3 p.m.

From a distance, I could see monks waiting at the mountain gate. Among them, a little bald man who was half the height of everyone else was particularly conspicuous.

However, unlike usual, when seeing Su Rui, Xiao Huiming would call her "female donor". Instead, he put on a stern face and clasped his hands together in greeting when Rong Huan approached him, saying, "Amitabha, I, the humble monk Huiming, have been ordered by the Grand Master of the Temple to come here to greet Her Royal Highness Princess Dongyue."

"Hello, young master." Rong Huan returned the greeting. "Excuse me, young master, is it still possible to worship Buddha and burn incense at this hour?"

Hui Ming shook his head. "Don't disturb us after the hour of Wei. The halls are closed. If Your Highness wants to burn incense, please come early tomorrow."

"Then can I stay in your temple's meditation room today and worship for a few more days?"

"Of course."

After receiving Hui Ming's answer, Rong Huan was about to speak out what she wanted, but Hui Ming bowed and apologized, "Unfortunately, the old meditation rooms have been renovated recently, and there are not many left. There are only a few in the north courtyard. I wonder if Her Royal Highness the Princess would be willing to condescend to use them."

Su Rui was shocked when he heard that only a few meditation rooms were left in the north courtyard.

The North Courtyard is the most remote place in Fahua Temple. It was expanded a few years ago and specially built into meditation rooms for pilgrims who come to worship Buddha and practice meditation. It is not good for female pilgrims to live too close to monks. There is also a door in the middle, which can completely cut off the connection between the temple and Fahua Temple at night.

For other female pilgrims, it is best to live in the North Courtyard.

But for Rong Huan, it was intentional.

She came to Fahua Temple not only to not let Su Rui go, but also for Yun Ji.

Even though Yun Ji is not in Shengjing at the moment, he has lived in Fahua Temple since he was a child. This is the place that is most closely related to him, has the most traces, and understands him best.

Rong Huan was going to live in Yun Ji's meditation room, or one close to it.

Now there is only the North Courtyard, which makes everything completely in vain.

Rong Huan must have done some research long ago. If she knew about the renovation of the Zen room, she would have had a plan and would not have asked those questions just now.

"Why is your temple suddenly renovating the meditation rooms? I haven't heard any news about it." Huaishuang asked on behalf of Rong Huan, and her expression and eyes almost said Huiming was lying.

Huiming, truly grown up, said without blushing or faltering, "A few days ago, a pilgrim donated a large sum of money for the renovation of the meditation room. Since the pilgrim is kind, Fahua Temple will naturally comply with the donation. Amitabha."

A cry of "Amitabha" made Huaishuang blush.

Rong Huan remained expressionless as she nodded and said, "If that's the case, then you can move into the North Courtyard Zen Room. However..."

Rong Huan turned around and looked at Su Rui, saying with embarrassment, "I heard that there aren't many meditation rooms in the North Courtyard. If this princess and her group move in, I'm afraid Concubine Su won't have a place to stay. Tomorrow, Concubine Su has to accompany this princess to burn incense. What should we do?"

Lord Wu was about to step forward to smooth things over, but the female official beside Rong Huan spoke before him, "I heard earlier that Concubine Su has a small courtyard outside the Fahua Temple. It wouldn't be a problem for her to return there and live there."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the Honglu Temple changed their expressions.

It sounds good to return to the old place, but what was Su Rui's status when she lived in the courtyard?

That was the person who served Yun Ji. To put it bluntly, she was the object that could shake Yun Ji's determination to practice Buddhism. It was acceptable at first, but now, Su Rui's identity is Prince Yong's concubine, and now she is receiving Dong Yue as a member of the Great Zhao. This is simply a humiliation.

"Princess, times have changed. I'm afraid you, a female official, don't understand the rules of our Great Zhao. What we have to do is to let bygones be bygones. It's okay to revisit old places, but it's better not to live here." Lord Wu said with a smile, but this time he didn't bend his back.

He promised to protect Su Rui this time, and he actually did what he said.

only……