In Peach Blossom Nunnery, Aunt Meng's health improved day by day. Knowing that the peach blossom season was short, she had to hurry up and pick the petals to make wine, hoping to earn more money this year and prepare more winter clothes for the sisters in the nunnery.
She arrived at the peach grove and joined the sisters in the nunnery in picking flower petals.
"Sister Meng, you've just started to feel better, why don't you rest under the tree for a while? We're here to help," a young nun said, pointing to a rattan chair under a peach tree in the distance.
That rattan chair was specially prepared for her.
Aunt Meng was also thirsty at the moment, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll rest for a while and then come back."
Aunt Meng came to the tree alone, drank half a cup of mint tea, and lay down on the wicker chair to rest.
The warm spring sun made people drowsy, and bees buzzed around overhead, as if singing a lullaby.
Aunt Meng is wearing a lotus root-colored dress today, which was her favorite color when she was young.
Recently, young women from the capital have been coming to stay at Peach Blossom Nunnery. Perhaps it's because the young women are dressed so brightly, but the nunnery is full of life.
As she recovered her health, she felt refreshed and invigorated.
In the quiet of the night, she secretly pondered that even if she were to become a nun, she would still be glamorous, wearing her favorite clothes and hairpins, and grow old beautifully.
When the Right Chancellor arrived outside Peach Blossom Nunnery, he saw a group of people busy in the peach orchard from afar. He thought they must be the nuns in the nunnery, so he walked towards the peach grove.
A faint floral fragrance permeates the air. Peach blossoms bloom on the branches, cluster upon cluster, a riot of color. The petals are a delicate pink, and under the sunlight, they are exquisitely beautiful.
The Right Chancellor had no interest in appreciating the flowers; his heart and mind were filled with the desire to see the person he longed for as soon as possible.
Thinking of Meng's methods and his debts to her over the years, he walked too fast and stumbled, knocking the peach branches and causing the petals to fall in a flurry.
Just as he had walked a short distance, he saw a rattan chair placed under a peach tree, and the familiar person was lying lazily in the rattan chair with their eyes closed, resting.
She wore a light pink dress, the color of which was elegant and refreshing, blending seamlessly with the surrounding pink peach blossoms.
Her skin was as white as snow, with no trace of time. Her face was still as beautiful and refined as ever. Long eyelashes covered her beautiful eyes, and her expression was calm and serene, exuding an indescribable tranquility and peace.
A gentle breeze blew by, causing the peach branches to sway wildly. Some petals fell into her arms without her noticing. The wind lifted a few strands of hair from her forehead, which danced lightly in the breeze.
Her eyelashes fluttered slightly, and her brows relaxed, as if she were enjoying the warm spring sunshine.
Suddenly, a faint smile appeared on her lips, as if she were thinking of some pleasant memory.
She blended seamlessly with the surrounding scenery, like a painting of a sleeping beauty in a peach garden, making the Right Chancellor reluctant to disturb this tranquility and beauty.
The Right Chancellor stood and stared at her for a long while, suppressing the urge to rush forward and embrace her. Finally, he calmly called out, his heart pounding with excitement:
"Yunniang".
A long-forgotten name rang in my ears.
Aunt Meng slowly opened her eyes and saw that the person who came was the Right Prime Minister. She frowned slightly and said, "Right Prime Minister, you are busy with official duties. What brings you here?"
"Yunniang, are you alright?"
"I am perfectly fine, no need for the Right Chancellor to worry."
"I... I only found out today that... that poisonous woman..." The Right Chancellor's voice choked with sobs, unable to continue.
He looked earnestly at the person lying on the rattan chair, "Yunniang, I'm sorry, I've wronged you. Please come back with me."
He didn't care at all about his former lover's cold treatment of him, and continued to persuade her: "As long as you come back with me, I will make you my legal wife. From now on, I will never set foot in her courtyard again. I want to make up for it and make up for the time we have lost."
Aunt Meng's lips curled into a sneer, "What kind of good idea is this, Right Prime Minister? You have a harem of wives and concubines, and I'd rather not go back with you to my death. Do you think I'm still the silly girl I used to be?"
"She won't dare anymore, believe me, Yunniang, have you been cured of the poison in your body?"
Only then did the Right Chancellor notice that her complexion did not appear to be severely poisoned.
Meng Yunniang sat up and reached out to flick the petals off her dress.
She pointed to the path leading out of the peach grove and said, "Your Excellency, please go back. My place is only inhabited by women, so it is really inconvenient for me to entertain you."
Meng Yunniang's expression was indifferent, her mood as calm as still water. She felt neither joy nor sorrow, and she didn't even have the strength to hate him anymore.
“Yunniang, I have come here on the Emperor’s orders to persuade everyone to go home and get married. I have to go to the nunnery in a little while. You are in charge here, so please help me convey the Emperor’s message to everyone.”
Seeing the Right Chancellor taking advantage of her, Meng Yunniang stood up abruptly. "Cui Jing, don't push your luck. The Emperor would never say such absurd things. I know exactly what you're thinking."
"Impossible! Never! Even if I, Meng Yunniang, were to marry, I would never marry a heartless and ungrateful person like you!"
The Right Chancellor never expected that his once gentle and tender lover would turn on him with such coldness.
He assumed she was taking her anger out on him and continued to argue, "Yunniang, I've said it countless times, marrying her wasn't my intention. You are the one I want to marry."
"You've been an official for too long and can't understand human language anymore. Years ago, I made it very clear that I didn't want to share a husband with her. You go your own way."
I'm crossing my narrow bridge, and she's already plotting to kill me. Let's never see each other again. I want to live a few more years to enjoy this bright spring sunshine and these flowers.
“Yunniang, if you come back with me, I will divorce her.”
As the Right Chancellor spoke, he reached out to grab Meng Yunniang's hand, but Meng Yunniang took a step back sharply, coldly rebuking him loudly: "Right Chancellor, please have some self-respect!"
The nuns who were picking flower petals heard her voice and looked up in her direction.
Seeing a refined-looking man approaching Aunt Meng step by step, one of the nuns shouted loudly, "There's a lecherous man harassing Sister Meng! Sisters, grab your weapons!"
"Quick, here's a stick."
"I have a sickle here."
In an instant, the nuns rushed forward, wielding sticks and sickles.
"you……"
When the Right Chancellor turned around, the nuns swarmed forward and rained blows upon him with sticks.
A nun who knew the law shouted:
"Beat him, beat him to death! The laws of Wanling stipulate that you don't have to pay with your life if you beat a lecher who enters a nunnery to death."
The Right Chancellor never expected to be beaten up before he even had a chance to reveal his identity.
Meng Yunniang hadn't expected everyone to act so quickly. She waved her hand and said, "That's enough. Let's just kick him out."
"ah!"
"Yunniang, tell them to stop! They're trying to murder a high-ranking official!" The Right Chancellor fled like a dog with its tail between its legs, circling around a peach tree.
"Pah! You filthy rogue claiming to be an official of the imperial court? I am the Queen Mother of the West descended to earth, here to deal with scum like you."
Seeing the nuns attacking from both sides, the Right Prime Minister pleaded with Aunt Meng for help, "Yunniang, tell them to stop! This is going to kill someone!"
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