Chapter 181: The Grand Princess
Fang Yilin is not the kind of person who shoots without a purpose.
That osmanthus sachet is no coincidence either.
There may be more tricks to come.
Xie Yingmian collected his thoughts.
Before coming, Yu Lingye had explained to her the process of the Buddha's Bathing Festival.
The Buddha's Bathing Festival is mainly divided into two parts.
The first part is chanting and praying, which is what they just did.
The second part is the soul-calling ceremony at Puzhaotai.
According to Yu Lingye, the emperor led forty-nine soldiers to the Puzhao Terrace and recited the "Reincarnation Sutra" under the guidance of a monk from the Huangyun Temple.
They will sit in order in the Ten Directions Heaven and Earth below the Puzhao Platform and recite together with the soldiers on the platform.
The ten directions of heaven and earth refer to the ten major directions in Buddhist terminology.
They respectively refer to heaven, earth, east, west, south, north, the gate of life, the gate of death, the past and the future.
Xie Yingmian left Donghua Palace with everyone and came to the so-called Ten Directions World.
Yu Lingye had already been waiting there.
Xie Yingmian took a few quick steps and sat down in front of Yu Lingye.
Yu Lingye breathed a visibly relieved sigh when he saw Xie Yingmian emerge intact. "How is it?"
Xie Yingmian said, "It's okay."
Yu Lingye: "Princess Lan Ning was carried out of Donghua Palace. Is this related to you?"
Xie Yingmian was slightly startled, and said with a half-smile: "Yeah, why, are you heartbroken and want to seek justice for her?"
Yu Lingye: ...
He was not familiar with Princess Lan Ning, so why should he seek justice for a stranger?
"It was my negligence that I failed to explain the rules of Donghua Hall to you in time. I heard that someone was being carried out of the hall after a fight in Donghua Hall, and I was a little worried."
"The chanting and blessing is about to begin, and I can't leave then..."
Yu Lingye didn't continue speaking.
Like the Donghua Palace, the Nanhua Palace is not allowed to bring guards or secret guards into it.
It was not very convenient for him to move around, and it was not easy for him to get information. He was afraid that Xie Yingmian did not know the rules of Donghua Palace and would get into a conflict with others and be carried out.
He was absent-minded during the two hours of chanting scriptures and praying.
Wait until the chanting is finished.
After inquiring, he found out that the person being carried out was not Xie Yingmian, but Princess Lan Ning.
As for why Princess Lan Ning was carried out, he had no idea.
As soon as Xie Yingmian heard what Yu Lingye said, she knew she had misunderstood.
She said, "When I first arrived at Donghua Palace, Princess Lan Ning came to pick a fight with me, and every word she said was trying to force me to slap her. I realized something was wrong then."
"I have no grudge against Princess Lan Ning. She is looking for justice for Fang Yilin. I suspect that Princess Lan Ning is being used as a knife by Fang Yilin."
"If I can't help but take action against the Lord of Lan Ning, it will be exactly what Zhong Yilin wants."
"If I don't take action against Lord Lanning, I will have no choice but to endure her harassment."
"So, I used a little trick to anger Princess Lan Ning and made her attack me."
Yu Lingye grasped the key point: "A little trick?"
Xie Yingmian showed her small white teeth: "The secret cannot be revealed."
Someone like Princess Lan Ning, who frequently visits various occasions and has learned various rules since childhood, would never resort to violence in such an occasion, no matter how impulsive she is.
So, she gave Princess Lan Ning a little bit of emotion-amplifying powder.
Princess Lan Ning was easily infected by the powder.
This powder will soon lose its effectiveness and cannot be detected even if checked.
Since County Lord Lanning wants to be someone's gun, he has to pay some price.
Regardless of whether Princess Lan Ning could figure out that she was being used as a pawn, Princess Deyang would definitely figure it out.
Judging from Princess Deyang's personality, she is not easy to get along with.
Princess Deyang's spearhead is not only directed at her, but also at Fang Yilin.
It's also quite interesting to let them fight each other.
Yu Lingye looked at the bright light in Xie Yingmian's eyes and didn't ask any more questions.
He worried for nothing.
Xie Yingmian is a person who will not suffer any loss, but he is also very good at judging the situation and will not put himself in a passive position.
"After the summoning of souls is over, come with me to meet someone." Yu Lingye said.
"who?"
"The Grand Princess."
The original owner's memory includes a part about the Grand Princess.
That part of the memory is pitifully small.
She only knew that the Grand Princess was an extraordinary woman who took the initiative to marry a foreign princess when the Dayu Dynasty was facing internal and external troubles. Because of the Grand Princess's marriage, the border remained stable for more than ten years. She was a heroine of the Dayu Dynasty.
As for the rest, the original owner didn't know, and neither did she.
Xie Yingmian thought of the middle-aged woman who was dressed in mourning, looked sickly and extremely thin beside the Queen Mother and the Empress, and thought that must be the legendary Grand Princess.
Xie Yingmian looked at the woman in white who was praying devoutly with her hands clasped together not far away and asked, "Is that her?"
Yu Lingye said, "Yes."
Without waiting for Xie Yingmian to ask, Yu Lingye took the initiative to mention the deeds of the Grand Princess.
"The eldest princess is my aunt, and also my father's sister from the same mother."
"Back then, the Dayu Dynasty was struck by natural disasters, and its people were displaced. Neighboring states, primarily the Chile, took advantage of the situation to invade. The Chile army pressed on, and the Dayu Dynasty was plagued by internal and external troubles."
"For the sake of peace in the Dayu Dynasty, my aunt resolutely went to Chile to marry."
When Yu Lingye talked about this, his tone was more tragic than ever before.
"My aunt was abused for ten years during the marriage."
"During these ten years, my aunt lost five children. Three of them were stillborn, and the other two died for no apparent reason at the ages of two and five respectively."
"Thanks to the time Aunt bought, the Dayu Dynasty gradually recovered. By the tenth year, Chile was no longer a threat to the Dayu Dynasty, and Father decided to welcome Aunt home."
"When my aunt returned to the Dayu Dynasty, she was as thin as a skeleton."
"After all these years of nursing, she has only recovered slightly. The nanny who attends to my aunt said that she can't fall asleep at night and can only barely sleep for two hours with the help of the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician."
"Her health has been deteriorating since the beginning of winter. The imperial physician said that she is seriously depleted and may not survive until the New Year."
Xie Yingmian understood what Yu Lingye meant.
Yu Lingye wanted her to examine the Grand Princess's body.
"Okay, it would be better if we could find a private room so I can check her carefully." Xie Yingmian paused slightly.
"But I have to give you a warning first."
"Based on my experience, the eldest princess's illness may not be in her body, but in her emotions."
Yu Lingye nodded: "That's right."
"The nanny who takes care of my aunt said that she rarely speaks and stays alone most of the time. She's fine during the day, but starts to cry at night."
"Auntie..."
Yu Lingye didn't know how to continue.
Xie Yingmian said, "Tell me more. The more I know, the better I can treat you."
Yu Lingye then continued, "Before the marriage, my aunt had a lover."
"The two have reached the stage of discussing marriage."
"After my aunt decided to marry, her lover joined the army, ready to attack Chile and bring her back at any time."
"He led the troops in the final battle between the Dayu Dynasty and Chile."
"Chi Le was beaten until he could no longer fight back, and only then did he return it to his aunt."
"but……"
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