In Prince Qi's Mansion in Shengjing City.
Qi Yuning felt dazed and uneasy the whole day, and was haunted by nightmares at night.
When I woke up, my head was covered in sweat.
Lu Ze heard some noises beside him, so he got up and asked Qi Yuning, "Are you having a nightmare again?"
Qi Yuning nodded, she called Guyu softly, and Guyu came over with a cup of warm tea.
Qi Yuning took a sip of warm tea and said, "I don't know what kind of nightmare I had. I can't remember it very well. I just know it was very scary."
Lu Ze said, "Why don't you take Lingling to Xianglin Temple tomorrow and ask for two amulets. Xianglin Temple is known to be very effective."
Qi Yuning also thought it made sense. He had been having nightmares recently and it was indeed time for him to ask for a talisman to calm his nerves.
Early in the morning, Qi Yuning asked Lichun to prepare sandalwood, and then took Lingling to Xianglin Temple.
Today is the third day of the twelfth lunar month. The incense at Xianglin Temple today is not very strong. After all, most of the pilgrims come to burn incense on the first day, and there are only a few pilgrims on the third day.
Qi Yuning brought Lingling to Xianglin Temple, but did not see Lu Yun. After asking, she found out that Lu Yun seemed to be sick in the past two days.
When Qi Yuning heard that Lu Yun was ill, she felt relieved, but because they were in front of the Buddha, she did not say the word "you deserve it".
Qi Yuning brought Lingling into the main hall and taught her, "Lingling, put your hands together and kneel down to pray. Tell the Buddha what you want, and the Buddha will appear to satisfy you!"
Lingling clasped her hands together and said, "Then Lingling wants Daddy and Mommy to play with Lingling every day, and Lingling also wants brothers and sisters!"
Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "It won't be long before your cousin is born. By then, you'll have a playmate."
Lingling scratched her little head, "Isn't my cousin already here? The ones who were just born are my younger brothers and sisters."
Qi Yuning smiled, not knowing how to explain to Lingling that her aunt was actually pregnant with her cousin.
After Qi Yuning made his wish, he went to ask the abbot for three amulets, one of which was for Miss Aping.
It is said that when a woman gives birth, she is travelling to the gates of hell.
Although Lingling was there, Qi Yuning learned that Miss Ping had given birth safely, but she was still worried.
The abbot said, "Amitabha, the most important thing to pray for peace is sincerity. Princess, why don't you copy the Heart Sutra in the temple and put it in the peace sachet? This will show your sincerity and also help to eliminate the nightmare."
Qi Yuning clasped his hands together and said, "Then please arrange a room for me, Abbot."
The abbot said, “Yes.”
Qi Yuning followed the abbot to the side room and saw that there was already someone in the pilgrim side room she often visited. She frowned and asked, "Who lives here?"
The abbot said, "The one living inside is the eldest lady of Qin Guojiu's mansion. She came to the temple to pray for her daughter and to ward off disasters."
Qi Yuning said unhappily: "Who is the disaster? Her daughter is the disaster!"
"Change my courtyard." Qi Yuning said unhappily.
The abbot said helplessly: "Princess, there is another temple under renovation. Now this is the only room for female pilgrims in Xianglin Temple."
Qi Yuning said: "Then let's do it here."
Qi Yuning asked the maids and old women around her to guard outside, while he and Lingling knelt at the wooden table in front of the window and copied Buddhist scriptures.
Copying the Heart Sutra, smelling the sandalwood scent, and listening to the gentle Sanskrit chanting, my heart, which had been troubled by nightmares, calmed down.
“It’s snowing.”
After Qi Yuning copied the Heart Sutra three times, it was almost dusk.
Hearing this, Lingling said happily: "Mom, it's snowing!"
It was snowing heavily. Qi Yuning had the experience of Lingling catching a cold last time, so he put on the clothes Lingling had taken off, "Don't let her get frozen when playing in the snow this time."
Lichun came in and said, "Princess, the snow looks heavy. Why don't we go back first? I'm afraid the mountain road will be difficult to travel if the snow gets heavier."
Qi Yuning saw the snow outside and said, "It's snowing so heavily that it won't be long before it accumulates. Instead of being trapped in the mountains, it's better to stay in the temple for a night and leave tomorrow morning."
It should be the beginning of spring.
In the residence of the monks of Xianglin Temple.
Lu Yun coughed twice. As winter approached, life in the temple became more and more difficult.
Lu Yun didn't expect that these monks didn't eat any meat in winter, and the green leaves were always cold no matter how they ate them.
"Junior brother, I met the princess today. She is so beautiful, why don't you marry her?"
Lu Yun said to the six-year-old junior brother in front of him: "She is very fierce."
"The princess is not a bad person. She stayed at Xianglin Temple today. When I brought her vegetarian food just now, she smiled at me and gave me a handful of golden melon seeds!"
Lu Yun said: "Haha, Qi Yuning is eating vegetable leaves too, how refreshing, cough cough cough!"
"The vegetarian meal the princess eats is not made of vegetable leaves. It is vegetarian chicken and goose specially made for her by the master's uncle. The kitchen has been busy preparing it for the whole afternoon."
Lu Yun snorted. Qi Yuning must have known that he came to the temple because he was sick, so that he could go and beg for mercy when he was vulnerable.
Lu Yun looked at the cold rice bran and two small cabbages in front of him, without a drop of oil...
Indeed, he now feels extremely regretful.
"Isn't it just marrying Qi Yuning? Can't I just return to secular life and marry her? It's better than eating green vegetables without a drop of oil every day. Whoever wants to live this damn life can get over it. I won't live it anymore!"
He is still sick, and if he continues to eat these green leaves, he will probably turn green all over.
Why don't you marry Qi Yuning? Why do you have to suffer the cold and pain here when you are sick? Aren't the delicious food and fish in the princess's mansion delicious enough?
March, a full three months, Lu Yun had almost forgotten the taste of meat.
"Amitabha, Junior Brother, you are disrespecting the Buddha!"
Lu Yun touched his smooth head and said, "Pah, who can have respect for others when eating oil-free green vegetables every day!"
The young monk frowned and said, "Brother, you will be punished."
"I don't believe in retribution!" Lu Yun snorted, "Help me up."
Lu Yun asked the young monk to find Xiaoman and ask for a bronze mirror.
Lu Yun looked at himself in the bronze mirror. He looked extremely haggard due to his illness. He did not look like the young and energetic Prince Lu he used to be.
Lu Yun patted his face to make it look a little more rosy, then he wiped his shiny bald head and went to the room for the female pilgrims.
…
After Qi Yuning had dinner, he went to bed with Lingling. Only then did he realize that the night in the temple was freezing cold. He even asked Lichun to fill the hot water bottle.
As soon as Lichun opened the door, a stern voice came from the next room, "Get out, all of you, get out, don't bother this lady."
Qi Yuning heard the harsh voice coming from the next room, which even she could hear, and said to Lichun, "What is this Madam Qin going crazy about?"
Lichun went outside and took a look and said, "It's snowing so heavily, and Madam Qin only has two maids with her. Now that she has asked the two servants to leave, there will be no one to serve her at night."
Qi Yuning said, "Go and fill the hot water bottle. It's freezing here."
Even Lingling's small heater is not enough.
The door creaked open, and Qi Yuning thought it was the beginning of spring. Seeing the tall and slender man walking into the room, Qi Yuning got off the bed and walked up to Lu Ze.
The black cloak Lu Ze was wearing was covered in snow, showing how difficult it was to travel.
"Lu Ze! Why are you here?"
Lu Ze said, "Lu Yun is sick. My mother is worried and asked me to come and take a look."
Qi Yuning said disappointedly: "I thought you were afraid that I would feel cold at night, so you came here to warm my bed. It turns out that it was for Lu Yun."
Lu Ze embraced Qi Yuning and said, "Lu Yun is not worth my coming here overnight. I came here for you."
Lichun entered and saw Lu Ze. He put down the hot water bottle and went out to close the door.
As Lichun just went out, he saw Lu Yun coming in wearing a green dress.
Lu Yun shouted in a hoarse voice: "Yu Ning! Ning Ning!"
"Lord Lu, you can't go in!"
Lichun repeatedly blocked Lu Yun.
After being stopped, Lu Yun was not discouraged. He shouted outside the door: "Ningning, I was wrong. I regret becoming a monk now. Ningning, I am willing to return to secular life and marry you. In the future, we will live a good life and have a bunch of cute babies..." (End of this chapter)
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