Chapter 55: Statue of the Goddess
Xier nodded and whispered, "Mrs. Qiao's eyes were injured five years ago."
Five years ago? That would have been eleven.
Chang Suining frowned slightly and asked, "How did you get hurt?"
"He fell off his horse and injured his head. He almost lost his life. He was in a coma for several days before waking up... Because the injury was in his brain, the doctor gave him a strong medicine to save him. He couldn't see when he woke up."
Xier said sadly: "The girl and the Qiao family's wife grew up together. I don't know how many times I cried day and night because of this matter in those two years..."
At this point, I couldn't help but be moved: "Once the girl wanted to hug the Qiao family lady and cry together, saying that even if her eyes were damaged by crying, it would be good to accompany the Qiao family lady and become blind."
I still remember that the wife of the Qiao family held back her tears and said: "I appreciate your kindness, but the doctor said that I shouldn't cry anymore because I really couldn't accompany you. You can cry as much as you want, don't be restrained."
The girl sobbed a bit, thinking it was boring to cry alone, and there was no way to be unrestrained, so she slowly stopped sobbing.
Chang Suining couldn't help but ask: "Is there really no way to recover?"
Xier sighed, "I've been to the palace doctors and many other doctors, but they're all helpless."
When it comes to recovery...
Xier couldn't help but whispered, "Girl, have you felt any improvement lately?"
Chang Suining: “Not at all.”
Xier twisted her fingers: "But today is already half a month..."
Chang Suining reacted for a moment, and then he remembered what he said when he first met Xier -
"Oh, that half-month period, I was just making it up."
She asked Xier what she was secretly counting on her fingers all day long.
Xier's eyes widened and she exclaimed, "Girl, why is this happening?"
Chang Suining took a sip of tea and said, "That day, I was afraid that you were related to Zhou Ding's attempt to harm me, so I didn't dare to believe you. I just said it casually to scare you, so that you wouldn't lie to me."
Xier: “…”
The girl was really honest! On second thought, since the girl chose to speak frankly to her at this time, doesn't that mean that after the girl lost her memory, she has regained the girl's trust for the second time? Well done, Xier, you are worthy of it! And if you ask what the secret is, it is nothing more than three words - be sincere.
Xier clenched her fist, affirmed herself, and summarized her thoughts. She couldn't help but ask, "That girl's brain..."
Chang Suining said decisively: "It won't get better."
Hearing her girl's tone of voice saying "there is absolutely no room for rescue" and "give up on treatment completely", Xier hesitated for a moment and finally accepted this cruel reality.
…
Inside the Tiannv Tower, there is a pool made of white marble. In the center of the pool stands a white jade statue, which is crystal clear and lustrous, seeming real or illusory.
That statue is the "Goddess of Heaven" enshrined in this tower.
"The Buddha said that reincarnation is mysterious and it is difficult for me to comprehend it. Even if I cannot explain it clearly, can the gods and Buddhas in heaven give me some guidance... What should I do..."
The Emperor of the Holy Ceremonial with gray hair raised his head slightly, looking at the colorful images of gods and Buddhas painted on the four-sided pagoda walls, muttering to himself: "When will my son return..."
The tower was silent except for the sound of flowing water. No one, not even gods or Buddhas, responded to the emperor's prayers.
The Holy Book Emperor's gaze slowly dropped and fell on the statue of the goddess again.
The originally flawless white jade statue now had a striking crack on its neck.
Cui Jing looked at the crack and heard Master Wu Jue chant "Amitabha" beside him.
Ming Luo's gaze was always fixed on the face of the sculpture of the goddess. What he saw was clearly a jade carving, yet it was lifelike, with the carving detailed down to every hair. After years of worship, it seemed as if it had a soul. When people saw this statue, it was as if they really saw a young woman, infinitely graceful, noble and stubborn, standing tall and neither humble nor arrogant, looking down upon them, the mortals, without any sadness or joy.
But what can it do no matter how good it is?
In the end, all that was left was a cold jade statue.
Ming Luo lowered his eyes calmly and looked at his reflection in the pool.
Just like she had done countless times before when looking in the mirror, she slightly raised her cold eyebrows and silently flattened the corners of her lips, making her expression appear even calmer and indifferent.
The water rippled slightly, changing the reflection. She just raised her eyes again.
Half an hour later, the Emperor of the Holy Ceremonies walked out of the Heavenly Maiden Tower.
The officials waiting outside came forward and saluted.
The Holy Book Emperor who came out of the tower had lost the slightest trace of emotion on his face. Only the solemn look of an emperor remained. He led his ministers to the back hall to discuss matters.
Ming Luo received instructions to find officials from the Ministry of Rites to arrange and check matters for tomorrow's blessing ceremony, so he stayed here to pay his respects and see the emperor off.
When she stood up, she subconsciously looked to her side, but Cui Jing was no longer there.
"Madam, you said... Is the magic array in the Heavenly Maiden Tower really useful?" Ming Luo's trusted female servant who had followed him for many years asked quietly.
Ming Luo frowned slightly: "Don't discuss this matter irresponsibly."
The maid quickly restrained her expression and said, "I know I was wrong."
Ming Luo walked forward and heard the sound of the bronze bell hanging high on the tower behind him. A hint of sarcasm flashed in his eyes.
After a person has died for many years, his body has long since turned into bones, so how can he be resurrected? My aunt is so wise, how could she not know that this so-called magic circle is nothing but a mirage... In the final analysis, it is just to make up for the debt in her heart.
This tower was not built for the "Goddess of Heaven", but for the barrier of reconciliation in my aunt's heart that she could not break through.
So what if she is the emperor? My aunt is old after all, and the highest position also makes her lonely, so she is so trapped in the past and the trace of family affection in the past that she had given up and severed with her own hands.
This is a good thing—
Ming Luo looked forward.
At least for her, it couldn't be a better thing.
…
They travelled all the way to the temple by car and after half a day of busy arrangements, by the afternoon most officials' and their families were tired, so they stayed in the meditation room to rest in preparation for tomorrow's prayer ceremony.
As a result, apart from the monks and the officials and palace maids who were preparing for the grand ceremony, there were few people wandering around the temple.
At this moment, in the bamboo forest behind a Zen temple, a woman's cold and sarcastic words were heard.
"The Master has not returned home for a long time. If I had not come here with the Emperor, it would have been difficult for me to see the Master... If I had not known, I would have thought that the Master had another family and children outside the mansion."
The man said in a restrained tone, "We both have a record of Qin's death yesterday. Madam, why do you still have to act like you have been harmed by my Yao family?"
"What does Qin's death have to do with me? She has invited so many doctors over the years, but she died of a long-term illness without any cure... If you want to blame someone, just blame her for being unlucky and having such a disaster in her life!"
Pei's cheeks trembled with excitement. "My dear, you want to settle this account with me for her. I am the eldest daughter of the Pei family, but I have lived like this. The concubines in the family are a hundred times more respectable than me! Who should I go to for this debt?"
Their eyes met, Yao Yi's jaw tightened, and after a moment, he spoke word by word: "From the beginning to the end, the only thing that was dishonorable was your heart. Pei, I didn't force you to 'marry' into the Yao family."
Hearing him say this, Pei's eyes turned red with anger: "Yao Yi, you are supported by my Pei family. I ruined my body for you and I can no longer have children... What right do you have to blame me!"
Yao Yi looked at her steadily, "Not long after you gave birth to Ran'er, you were too suspicious and repeatedly suspected that I had an affair with the maid in the mansion. You took advantage of my absence and brought people to my study to punish the maid privately, regardless of the fact that she had just given birth. You used this to establish your authority in front of the maids in the mansion... You got sick because of your suspicion, anger, and postpartum cold. You can't blame others!"
"You used this as an excuse to put all the blame on me, and repeatedly mentioned it in front of Ran'er, saying that you ended up like this because you gave birth to her, and you wished that she would feel guilty all the time—"
"Over the years, you have relied on your status as a daughter of the Pei family to act arrogantly in the mansion. Everyone obeys you and tolerates you in every way, but you are still not satisfied... You must know that my Yao family has never owed you a penny!"
Yao Yi took a deep breath and calmed down her tone. "We have been married for many years, and I believe I have never let you down. Today I have nothing to say. If you still insist on your own opinion and regard my Yao family as your enemy, then why don't we part ways and return to your Pei family and be your eldest daughter again."
Pei was shocked and looked at him in disbelief: "What did you say?"
He wants to divorce her?! He wants to kick her out?!
She almost gnashed her teeth and said, "Yao Yi, you are an ungrateful villain who will destroy the bridge after crossing the river! What right do you have... I am the daughter of Pei family, and my father is the head of Pei family, how dare you!"
Yao Yi closed his eyes, said no more, and turned away unable to endure it any longer.
Seeing his figure disappear outside the bamboo forest, the maid stepped forward to support the trembling Pei: "Madam, Qin just died, you shouldn't have a conflict with the master again..."
"Didn't you hear?" Pei's eyes were cold. "He actually wanted to divorce me... As expected, he was planning to bring that illegitimate daughter back! He was afraid that I would harm him and his sweetheart's daughter!"
"Don't even think about it... He won't get what he wants!"
"Okay, he thinks he's so great now... Then I'd like to see how capable he is and whether he can protect that little bastard!"
…
Yao Yi walked out of the bamboo forest path, calmed himself down, and just as he stepped onto the blue brick corridor, he saw a man in a military officer's robe walking towards him not far ahead.
He recognized the person, his expression straightened, and he stepped forward to greet him: "General Chang."
"Yao Tingwei." Chang Kuo was somewhat surprised to meet this person here. He raised his hand to return the greeting, his face expressionless, cursing in his heart -
If you can't even control your own wife, how can you be the Dali Temple Chief Justice? What kind of case can you investigate? Pack up and go home to carry manure! He took another look at the typical scholar's figure - he couldn't even carry manure! "I guess this is the young man from your family, right?" Yao Tingwei looked at Chang Sui'an beside Chang Kuo.
Chang Kuo nodded: "It is my son."
Yao Yi pondered for a moment, then asked casually, "Are you the only one accompanying us at this prayer ceremony?"
"That's not the case. Chang has another daughter who is here this time too." Chang Kuo said, looking at the fork in the road ahead, and immediately smiled: "What a coincidence, she's here just as I said--"
Chang Sui'an waved quickly: "Sister, here!"
Yao Yi looked over immediately.
A chapter of 3,000 words, come and praise me for my diligence! (I saw everyone's comments on the last chapter, but I was in a hurry to write and didn't reply to them one by one. Don't worry, I'm not impotent at the moment. The reason I slept groggily for a day is probably just because I was addicted to pigs!)
(End of this chapter)
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