Chapter 155: A Life in Imprisonment (Two Chapters in One)
Qingjing Temple?
Bhikkhuni?
Mrs. Wei suddenly felt a little nervous.
"Bring the person in."
The person who came was none other than Master Qingjing from Qingjing Temple. Seeing her coming in person, Mrs. Wei's heart sank, and the inexplicable panic she felt became more and more real.
Master Qingjing hasn't come out for many years. It must be a big deal if she can come out in person to report the news.
Old Madam Wei waved her hand, and all the servants retreated. In the huge hall, only Old Madam Wei and Master Qingjing were left.
"Tell me, what happened?" Madam Wei's voice was still flat, but at this moment, she could clearly hear her own heartbeat.
Nun Qingjing knelt on the ground with a plop: "Old Madam, I have failed in my duty and have failed to live up to your trust."
Madam Wei glared at Master Qingjing who was kneeling before her. "Stop talking nonsense. Tell me, what happened?"
These words almost burst out from between Madam Wei's teeth.
Nun Qingjing's face was pale: "Qingye is gone, she is gone. I have searched all over the mountains, but I can't find her. I even checked those two wells, but she is not there. She..."
With a bang, a cup fell on Master Qingjing's knee. She endured the pain and continued, "You also know that there will be no outsiders in the nunnery, and I am very cautious about it. When Qingye grew up, the farthest place he went was the medicinal field behind the nunnery.
The last place she appeared was also in that medicinal field. The weather was too hot, so she asked Qinghui to go back to the nunnery to get a bamboo hat. But when Qinghui came back with the bamboo hat, Qingye was gone..."
Mrs. Wei could not hear a word that Master Qingjing said afterwards.
Her ears were buzzing, her head was in a mess, and her vision was blacking out. She tried hard not to faint.
The imperial physician said that she couldn't faint again, otherwise she might never wake up again.
She cannot fall down yet. The Baoqing Marquisate cannot do without her. She has to live for at least another twenty years to watch her grandson grow up and take over the burden of the Baoqing Marquisate.
Old Madam Wei tried hard to think about happy things, as if only in this way could she see hope and prevent herself from falling.
Her Yu'er...or should she think about the two children in the sisters' bellies? For their sake, she cannot fall down.
As Master Qingjing was speaking, she found that Madam Wei did not respond. She neither hit her with the cup like she had just done, nor did she start to blame her. Master Qingjing became even more frightened.
She was originally a girl from a poor family. When she was seventeen, she was bullied by her stepbrother and gave birth to a child.
The child was thrown into the back hills by her stepfather, and she was kicked out of the house.
With nowhere else to go, she decided to become a nun. Unexpectedly, the nunnery she went to was a place where young nuns were used for dirty work.
She refused to accept customers and accidentally killed someone during an argument with the abbess (actually the madam).
She was sent to prison, awaiting execution in the autumn.
At this time, Mrs. Wei found her, paid for a "white goose" for her, and exchanged her out of prison.
The so-called white goose is the person who died in the place of death.
She was a foolish girl. In order to find a wife for her brother, her parents sold her as a "white goose" for one hundred taels of silver, but she escaped death.
Qingjing Temple was originally named Pudu Temple and was the family temple of the Wei family.
At that time, the emperor was in power. He promoted Taoism and his followers followed his example.
The Wei family was no exception. They stopped supporting the Pu Du Temple. The nun of the Pu Du Temple came to the old lady Wei for help. The old lady Wei asked the nun to take care of the nun in her old age and changed the name of the Pu Du Temple to Qingjing Nunnery. The poor girl who was rescued by her was renamed Qingjing and replaced the nun as the abbess of Qingjing Nunnery.
From then on, Qingjing Temple had nothing to do with the Wei family or the Baoqing Marquis Mansion. Qingjing Temple belonged to Old Lady Wei.
Not long after, Qingjing knew why Madam Wei spared her life.
She saw the swaddled child, and Old Lady Wei said to her, "Your child is dead. From now on, you must raise her as your own. You can raise her and teach her, but you cannot love her or care for her, and you certainly cannot let her leave this place. She will remain in the nunnery for the rest of her life. Do not have any compassion for her, because you do not deserve it. You lost your virginity first, then murdered someone, and an innocent person died in your place. Your sins are grave."
From then on, Master Qingjing stayed in Qingjing Temple, atonement for her sins in front of the Bodhisattva while taking care of the child. From a hungry baby to a middle-aged woman, she has watched the child go through half of his life, and she herself has changed from the young girl to an old nun with wrinkles on her face.
She always kept in mind what Old Lady Wei said. She raised and taught the child, but she did not love or care for the child, nor did she let the child leave the nunnery.
But now, just as her life was coming to an end, the child whom she had been looking after for half her life suddenly disappeared!
Master Qingjing bravely raised her head and met Madam Wei's eyes.
She was surprised. What kind of eyes were those? Shocked and angry, as if they were going to tear everything apart in the next moment!
"Old lady..."
She was about to say something when she heard Madam Wei shouting out the door, "Someone come!"
Tao Fen, who had recently replaced Madam Niu, came in hurriedly. Madam Wei pointed at Master Qingjing, who was kneeling on the ground, and said to Tao Fen, "This is a fake nun! Gag her, tie her up, and carry her to the back!"
Tao Fen shouted outside, and several servants came in, dragged Master Qingjing away.
Master Qingjing did not struggle. She knew that her time had come. Qingye was gone, and she was going to leave too. It was great that she could finally leave!
An hour later, a body wrapped in a straw mat was carried out of the back door of the mansion and buried hastily in a mass grave.
Finally, Madam Wei could no longer hold on and fell on the bed.
But this time, she forced herself not to faint. She was just sick, but she didn't faint.
But the more this happens, the more painful it becomes.
She was very clear-headed, aware of what was happening and also aware that this was not a coincidence.
There is a hand behind the scenes, turning things upside down, trying to tear through the thick fog and expose all the ugliness and dirtiness of the past to the world.
"No, I can't do that. I won't allow it!"
Madam Wei, who was lying on the hospital bed, shouted at the top of her lungs: "Hand over the card, I want to enter the palace!"
But as soon as she finished speaking, she was stunned.
The reason why she wanted to enter the palace was because she believed that things were no longer just a matter between her and the Baoqing Marquis's family, and Concubine Li could not hide away.
The person who was abducted was not Zhang San, Li Si, Jia Yi, Bing Ding, but the uncle of the current emperor and the daughter of the retired emperor.
Isn’t Concubine Li afraid?
She will definitely be scared, so she will secretly send someone to look for it.
Therefore, Madam Wei impulsively decided to hand in the sign into the palace.
But she changed her mind and doubts arose again.
Everything has been peaceful for so many years, why are there so many unexpected events now?
The only person on my side who knows about this matter, besides myself, is Lord Zhu.
No one knows a son better than his mother. Old Madam Wei believes that Lord Zhu was not the one who did this.
He has neither the brains nor the courage.
Besides, neither Zhuangzi nor Qingjing Temple can take people away casually, and they can do it perfectly.
Who else could be involved in this matter and have this ability?
The first thing that Mrs. Wei thought of was the mother and son in the palace.
Concubine Li?
It's her!
This old witch wanted to remove all obstacles for her adopted son and cover up the secret completely before she died.
And she, Old Madam Wei, and the Baoqing Marquisate were the thorns in the eyes of that old witch.
These two things are not to reveal the truth of that year, but to deal with her and the Baoqing Marquis Mansion.
How abominable!
They first took away Yu'er's position as the crown prince, and then pointed the knife at her!
Madam Wei fiercely ripped the string of small-leaf red sandalwood from her wrist, spilling the beads all over the floor. Her eyes were bloodshot as she spoke bloodshot words into the empty air: "Witch, bitch, you want me dead? Dream on!"
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At this time, in the two-entrance courtyard in Tong'an County, Zhao Shiqing, Ah Huang, and the bored Xiao Yao, one person, one dog, and one cat, six eyes, were all looking at Qingye in front of them.
"Where is this? Young donor..." Qingye's gaze fell on Ah Huang, and then looked at Xiao Yao.
Ah Huang immediately perked up and started chatting with Qing Ye. Unfortunately, his hospitality was just a louder "Woof, woof, woof, woof!" in Qing Ye's ears.
"I know, you are a dog. Oh, so this is what dogs are like!"
Ah Huang... Although I can't fully understand what you said, I heard kindness in your tone. Forget it, I forgive you.
Qingye looked at Xiaoyao again, and Xiaoyao rolled his eyes at her and meowed.
Qing Ye: "You are a cat. Your meow is so beautiful, a hundred times more beautiful than your meow in spring."
Little Demon: What are you talking about? What spring calls? I’m still a baby and I don’t understand!
Zhao Shiqing also didn't understand. She asked curiously, "You haven't seen dogs and cats before, have you?"
Qingye was a little embarrassed. "There are no dogs or cats in the nunnery, but I've heard them barking when I was working in the herb fields. Qinghui told me they were dogs and cats, but I've only heard them and never seen them with my own eyes. Perhaps they don't like the smell of the herb fields, so they never come over."
Zhao Shiqing asked hurriedly, "The herb field? The one behind Qingjing Temple? Do you usually only go to that field? What about other places? For example, the mountain behind Qingjing Temple, the nearby villages and towns, have you never been to any of them?"
Qing Ye shook his head. "No, I've never been there. I've been in the nunnery since I can remember. Apart from the medicinal fields, I've never been anywhere else."
Zhao Shiqing looked at Qingye in front of her. She couldn't imagine how Qingye had spent the previous 38 years in the nunnery.
Zhao Shiqing grew up in Baihe Mountain. One winter, it was particularly cold. She was detained in the house by her master and had not been able to go out for more than 20 days. She almost fell ill from suffocation. On the day she was released, she did more than 20 somersaults to vent her happiness.
She was only imprisoned for more than twenty days, but Qingye was imprisoned for a full thirty-eight years!
Looking at the face that looked somewhat like Princess Jiayi, Zhao Shiqing felt a lot of emotions in his heart.
As daughters of the retired emperor, they have the same background and appearance, but completely different lives.
Zhao Shiqing suddenly didn't want to ask anything anymore. She stood up, walked into the house, and stood alone in the corridor for a long, long time.
She remembered the dream Xiao Zhen had had. In that dream, there were intrigues, swords and sabers, and mountains and seas of corpses, but there was no her, no disappeared Shi family, and no Qing Ye.
She originally thought that the dream was tragic enough, but she didn't expect that it was only what Xiao Zhen saw with his eyes and heard with his ears. In places where he couldn't see or hear, there were even more unimaginable tragedies.
The Shi family was wiped out and the royal princess was imprisoned until her death. All of this was caused by the two women who were blinded by power thirty-eight years ago.
One wanted to use her son to fight for power and profit, and the other wanted to use this incident to gain the greatest benefit for herself, so they hit it off and planned a shocking conspiracy at the cost of more than 20 lives!
In that conspiracy, except for them, the man on the dragon throne, and Qingye who was imprisoned in a nunnery in the mountains, everyone else died.
The result of this conspiracy was that a sinister and cruel person sat on the throne, and he ascended to that position by stepping on the blood of countless people.
Sometimes this includes the blood of family members.
If there hadn't been the conspiracy back then, that person would never have appeared in the palace, and he would never have coveted that position, so wouldn't Shi's family have died?
Her parents, her grandmother, they will live well and watch her grow up.
Zhao Shiqing's vision gradually became blurred. She had never been a crying girl. She couldn't even remember the last time she cried.
She just stood there, crying silently.
In the corner, Zhen Wuduo looked at his granddaughter's back and sighed.
At this moment, the little old man suddenly became afraid. If he died one day, his granddaughter would have no relatives in this world. Although she had brothers and sisters in the Prince Liang's Mansion, they all had their own lives after all. They could not appear at any time, let alone accompany her and comfort her. Although this world is big, there is no one connected to her by blood.
The old man was depressed. Was he really going to watch his juicy cabbages being eaten by pigs and then giving birth to a few tiny cabbages?
Thinking of Xiao Xiaobaicai, the old man suddenly felt a little excited. He could already be a grandfather, so it should be possible to be a great-grandfather, right?
Unfortunately, the granddaughter is still too young. Alas, the old man sighed again. It will take at least several more years before little cabbages will chase him and call him great-grandfather.
The old man's thoughts drifted further and further away, and he had forgotten about his beloved granddaughter who was still crying in the wind.
And Zhao Shiqing had already wiped away her tears.
The time has come and the sky is clear!
Zhao Shiqing called Niqiu: "Go back to the capital and ask Master Zhen to come to Tong'an!"
Zhao Shiqing has not forgotten that she is not fighting alone now, she has a partner, and Xiao Zhen is her partner!
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