Jing Chi still had that serious face and said in a serious tone: "Empress Dowager, as you said, now Song Qingxuan is no longer a noble lady in the palace, and this Jizhao Temple is no longer in the capital. Is she expelled from the capital?"
The Queen Mother nodded: "Master Jingchi, are you dissatisfied with this?"
"Your Highness, you dealt with the concubine who had an affair with a man outside the palace. Now that you have dealt with it, it is up to me, a poor nun, to deal with the pilgrims who committed the crime of defiling the nunnery."
Hearing what Jingchi said, the Queen Mother instantly became restless: "How dare you!"
Jing Chi replied, "Empress Dowager, have you forgotten? This Jizhao Temple was named by the late Empress herself. The late Emperor once said that if anything disrespectful to the gods and Buddhas happens in Jizhao Temple in the future, the nun in Jizhao Temple has the right to punish the offender, and no one can interfere."
This was the late emperor's preference for the late empress. Even the nunnery named by the late empress herself was different from other places.
Speaking of this, a dark corner of the Queen Mother's heart was torn open. She thought that she would no longer live under the shadow of the late Queen. She was dead, so why was she still against her?
Although the incident at Jizhao Temple was a thing of the past, if one really looked into it, Jingchi was telling the truth, and the Empress Dowager was very clear about this.
"How does Nun Jingchi want to deal with Song Qingxuan?" The Queen Mother spoke in a sarcastic tone, "Monks are supposed to be compassionate. Nun Jingchi has been in Jizhao Temple for so many years, you shouldn't have forgotten this, right?"
Jingchi's expression did not change at all: "Song Qingxuan has defiled the nunnery, which is extremely disrespectful to the nunnery. This poor nun's punishment is to make Song Qingxuan cut her hair and live in Jizhao Nunnery as a nun, serving the temple wholeheartedly, repenting herself, and praying for the Buddha's forgiveness."
This punishment is not really that severe, which shows that Jingchi is truly "compassionate".
The Queen Mother originally thought that Jing Chi would want to kill Song Qingxuan, but Jing Chi didn't. But Song Qingxuan was trapped in Jizhao Temple, and her life and death in the future was still in Jing Chi's hands, right?
The Queen Mother frowned. She had not realized before that Master Jingchi was also a difficult person.
"Song Qingxuan will stay in Jizhao Temple in the future. She must copy Buddhist scriptures and sincerely repent every day. If the Empress Dowager is worried, she can send someone to take the Buddhist scriptures copied by Song Qingxuan every day."
Once these words were spoken, the empress dowager's retreat was completely cut off. After all, in this way, it would be impossible for Song Qingxuan to die quietly in Jizhao Temple.
It would be strange if the Queen Mother refused to agree.
How could Song Qingxuan be willing to become a nun in a nunnery? "Empress Dowager, I don't want to be a nun. Please save me..."
After all, she was the one who did this for her, and the Queen Mother couldn't bear to let her spend her whole life with the green lamp and the ancient Buddha, "Hold still..."
Before she finished speaking, Jing Chi spoke first: "Empress Dowager, if you are not satisfied with my punishment, then I can only send Concubine Song back to the capital and report this to the emperor truthfully. Please make the decision."
If Emperor Jing of Wei really knew about this, the Song family would probably be exterminated.
The Queen Mother knew that Jing Chi would never give in.
Song Qingxuan looked at the empress dowager with earnest eyes. She could not return to Beijing, nor could she stay in Jizhao Temple as a nun. The empress dowager was of high status and would definitely be able to save her.
"I have thought about it and I think Song Qingxuan's behavior is indeed disrespectful to the temple. It would be inappropriate to let her off just because she is praying for blessings. So let's do as Master Jingchi said."
"Empress Dowager!" Song Qingxuan shouted, unable to believe that the Queen Dowager had given up on her like that.
The Queen Mother looked at Song Qingxuan and said, "Song Qingxuan, you have done something wrong before, but you must not make the same mistake again, or you will not be the only one to be punished."
The meaning of the Queen Mother's threat was already very clear. Song Qingxuan immediately lost her temper and slumped on the ground. She was still so young, how could she become a nun?
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