Chapter 36: The Secret Cannot Be Revealed
In the book, Yao Ruolan had a quarrel with Zhao Heng for a while, ran away from home, and came to Taiqing Temple.
Taoist Qingxu not only took her in, but also helped her a lot.
Later, many of the things the heroine did to save the world and the people were based on the advice of Taoist Qingxu.
However, in order to highlight the heroine's abilities, the book glossed over the affairs of Taoist Master Qingxu.
When Ji Yunshu was reading the book, she liked to skip around. There was no emotional entanglement in that section. She was only concerned about when the hero and heroine would reconcile, and naturally ignored other details.
She said that when she heard Zhao Shen talk about Taiqing Temple, she felt it was a little familiar.
But the names of the Taoist temples are all similar, so I didn't take it seriously.
Yichen didn't know why she was so surprised, so he just nodded and said, "Yes, there aren't many people in our Taoist temple, so everyone takes turns interpreting the divination. Master doesn't like interpreting the divination, so he always likes to push it to me."
Ji Yunshu thought of the old Taoist priest who looked like he hadn't woken up yet, and felt a little sympathetic towards Yichen: "Then go quickly."
Yichen said goodbye and left.
Lu Ru looked at his leisurely pace and said with a smile, "The Taoist priests in this Taoist temple are quite interesting."
Ji Yunshu nodded: "That's right."
After saying that, he walked forward.
Lan Yin asked: "Shall we go back now?"
Ji Yunshu shook his head: "What are we going back for? Didn't Miss Lu say that the vegetarian food in the temple is delicious? Let's go and try it."
Lan Yin felt a little helpless. Her wife had become more and more willful after getting married.
Yichen came to the main hall.
The old Taoist priest, who just looked like he hadn't gotten enough sleep, was now sitting at the table, writing quickly with a pen in his hand.
Yichen was a little surprised to see his master being so diligent for the first time.
He walked over and took a look at what his master was writing, and suddenly felt a headache, as he was not proficient in astronomy and mathematics.
"Master, why aren't you sleeping today? What are you calculating?"
Qingxu looked up after hearing his words and asked, "Have you met the wife of the Crown Prince of Changxing Marquisate? Did she say what she came for?"
Speaking of this, Yichen was also very puzzled: "She said she was interested in alchemy. Master, tell me, whose woman would be interested in alchemy? Prince Zhao actually indulges her. I wonder what he is thinking?"
Qingxu laughed and said, "People from powerful families, maybe they want to live forever?"
Yichen was stunned and said hesitantly, "Master should have seen it too. This couple is clearly destined to have a short life, especially the Crown Prince's wife. I'm not very skilled in this art, so I can't quite see through her fate."
Qingxu stroked his beard and smiled, "It's not that you're not good enough, it's that her fate is indeed different. Fortunately, it's not a bad thing."
Yichen asked curiously, "Will she die early?"
Qingxu's face was full of mystery. "When I met the prince a few years ago, he said he still had a glimmer of hope. Now it seems that this glimmer of hope lies with the prince's wife. As for the outcome, the secret cannot be revealed."
Yichen appeared respectful on the surface, but in his heart he suspected that his master himself did not know the truth and was just trying to fool others with these words.
Seeing someone come in, he was about to take over the work from his master, but he heard his master, who was usually very lazy and would never do a job if it could be pushed onto him, say: "Since that lady is interested in alchemy, starting today, you should go and introduce her to alchemy. Don't worry about anything else."
Yichen couldn't help staring at the sun above his head until he returned to his yard.
Is it really not coming from the west?
But being able to be lazy is a good thing, and he doesn't like interpreting divinations.
Not to mention praying for official positions, wealth, and children, those who do evil things also want to pray for a smooth and happy fortune.
Nor are they afraid of being blamed by the gods.
It's really unreasonable.
Ji Yunshu strolled leisurely to the cafeteria, but was informed that it was past mealtime and the vegetarian meals were out.
Seeing her daughter's regretful face, Lu Ru volunteered, "Madam, you will be staying in this temple for a while anyway, so why don't you ask their chef to teach you how to cook? Once you learn, you can eat whenever you want."
Ji Yunshu's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea."
Lu Ru is a girl who loves to eat and is very talented in cooking. These days, she can always cook some of the things she wants to eat from time to time.
It's always good to have more skills. There's nothing wrong in learning more.
So Ji Yunshu directly told the kitchen manager, and after the other party agreed, she kept Lu Ru here.
On the way back, Lan Yin said helplessly: "Madam, this is not our own house, you'd better restrain yourself."
Ji Yunshu admired the wildflowers by the roadside and said in a good mood, "Now do you know what happened to Miss Lu?"
Lan Yin pondered, "It's not an exaggeration to say you and her have different interests. Although she used to greet you politely, I can see that she really despises you. Now... I think she seems to be targeting the prince."
This is actually not difficult to guess. Lu Ningshuang's attitude towards Ji Yunshu changed after she married Zhao Shen.
Ji Yunshu had always thought that Lu Ningshuang should like Zhao Shen.
In the past, Zhao Shen was both talented and handsome, and was the perfect man in the eyes of noble ladies.
Those who truly love him will naturally not stop loving him just because he has a broken leg.
This is not a modern society, and various practical issues need to be considered.
Zhao Shen is the eldest son of a marquisate, and the wealth under his name is enough to last him several lifetimes.
He was served by servants.
Being disabled or invalid doesn't really have much impact on your life.
Oh, this is still considering the situation where Zhao Shen is really disabled.
Ji Yunshu couldn't help but grit his teeth when he thought about how he had been deceived these days.
"If she admires the prince in her heart and finds out that he married a woman who doesn't care about him at all and only eats, drinks and has fun all day, what do you think she will do?"
"This..." Lan Yin felt that this was difficult to say. "If he is a slave, then no matter what kind of person he marries, as long as he is not a slave, then his affairs have nothing to do with me."
Ji Yunshu cast an admiring look at her. She had always thought that among the four girls, Lan Yin was the most intelligent and insightful one, and now it seemed that she was indeed quite good.
"But Miss Lu obviously doesn't think so. In her heart, the prince may not be willing to marry me. But didn't Taoist Qingxu say that she has a good match? It depends on her own choice."
Lan Yin looked at his wife and was speechless. "So what were you trying to do by deliberately pretending to be greedy and playful, and saying those words to make her think you were unworthy of the prince?"
Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "To add some weight to her choice, I think the reason why obsession is called obsession is because it is not so easy to let go."
Although the original book did not mention what role the Lu family played in Prince Yong's rebellion, there must be a reason why the Lu family remained standing after Prince Yong came to power.
Lu Ningshuang's husband later seemed to hold a high position.
So she really wanted to know if she could influence Lu Ningshuang's choice and what kind of changes would happen?
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