Chapter 886: The Emperor is being sentimental
On this side, Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian led a group of concubines into Ci'an Palace and respectfully saluted Emperor Tianxi.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!" She spoke in a sweet and gentle voice, like the chirping of an oriole.
Then--
The emperor had a gloomy face and said nothing.
A group of concubines bent over and dared not move.
The atmosphere in the hall became oppressive, with a sense of impending storm.
Zheng Suxin tugged at her handkerchief and dared not breathe.
The Sixth Princess sat up straight in fear, not daring to snuggle up to her father.
The imperial concubine looked at her nose with her eyes, and her heart with her nose, and did not dare to speak.
The Empress Dowager glanced at Emperor Tianxi, sighed inwardly, and said, "They came to pay their respects to me, which is also a filial act."
After letting it hang for a while, it can be considered as a knock.
I have to say that the Empress Dowager is such a good mother-in-law.
"If you are truly filial, go back and copy Buddhist scriptures and pray for your mother!" Emperor Tianxi said in a deep voice.
A group of concubines: "..."
Everyone was stunned.
immediately--
"I obey your order!" Concubine Shu spoke first.
The virtuous concubine also said: "I will go back now to burn incense and bathe, copy Buddhist scriptures and pray for my mother. I will take my leave."
After saying that, he turned around and left without any regrets.
He didn't even look at the emperor.
Concubine Shu also said hurriedly: "I will go back and copy the Buddhist scriptures immediately. I will take my leave."
After saying that, he turned around and left, leaving very decisively.
Similarly, he didn't even give the emperor a glance.
The other concubines also said in unison: "I will take my leave."
With a clatter and a jingle of bells and bracelets, all the concubines left, leaving only the fragrance lingering in the air.
It can be said that they come and go in a hurry.
Emperor Tianxi: “…”
Yes, these women are quite obedient.
But why does something feel wrong?
This is going too fast...
The senior palace maid, who had just been outside the palace gate and watching the lively scene of concubines surrounding Xuanyuan Jin and trying to get close to him, looked at Emperor Tianxi with sympathy on her face.
Well, it seems, maybe... the emperor is just being too sentimental.
At this time, the Imperial Concubine stood up and said softly, "Praying for the Queen Mother is a matter of great importance. I will go back to the storehouse and distribute pens, inkstones, and other necessary items to each palace. I will take my leave."
After saying this, he bowed to Emperor Tianxi and the Empress Dowager, then left with his daughter and niece.
Emperor Tianxi: “…”
Looking at the imperial concubine's back as she walked away without hesitation, I felt something was even more wrong.
The Empress Dowager said with satisfaction: "These concubines are quite sensible."
It seems that she misunderstood.
These concubines really came to pay their respects to him, but they just happened to meet the emperor.
She had just observed carefully that none of the Concubine Shu and the others showed any lingering look towards the Emperor, nor did anyone try to curry favor with him. They were all very well behaved...
Each one of them looks like they are not fighting or competing...
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"What the hell!"
As soon as Concubine Shu returned to her palace, she took off the cloak trimmed with fox fur and casually blurted out "fragrant".
"I don't even have a son, so who am I fighting for? I might end up helping others! I won't do such a losing business!"
Humph! She is not a fool!
Dress up beautifully all day, listen to music, and grow flowers, isn’t that nice?
Just put these on your face...
When Concubine Shu thought of the freckles on her face, her mood couldn't help but become depressed.
Because of this thing on her face, she was often ridiculed by Concubine Xian...
Concubine Shu couldn't help but sit in front of the dressing table and look at her beautiful face in the glass mirror.
On such a beautiful face, you can faintly see some small black spots...
With a "bang", Concubine Shu slammed the glass mirror onto the table.
Humph! Once she establishes a good relationship with the Third Prince, who knows, the Third Prince's sister, when she comes to the capital, the first thing she'll do is remove these disgusting things from her face...
Concubine Shu was praying for Tang Bao to come to the capital as soon as possible, and Concubine Xian was also praying for her.
“How did you embroider it?”
The virtuous concubine held the embroidery frame in her left hand and the embroidery needle in her right hand, constantly researching and experimenting.
However, the embroidered things always feel much worse.
It’s not a feeling, it’s clear!
When she thought of the golden Qilin on Xuanyuan Jin's clothes, she felt that it was alive...
But she couldn't embroider it at all.
"Snap!"
The virtuous concubine threw the embroidery frame in her hand onto the table.
Alas! I wonder when the Third Prince's adopted sister will come to Beijing?
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Suburbs of Beijing.
"Dad, Tianlong Temple is not far ahead."
After Su Laosan finished speaking, he looked at the sky outside through the car window.
He added, "I'm afraid we won't be able to reach the capital at this hour. Why not rest for a night at Tianlong Temple?"
Old Man Su concealed the complex expression in his eyes and nodded.
"Let's go to Tianlong Temple. It's a good opportunity to light two eternal lamps for your grandparents." said Old Man Su.
Su Laosan agreed and told Liu Gui, who was driving the car outside, to go to Tianlong Temple.
Tianlong Temple is a royal temple, built in a majestic and imposing manner, with an inherent solemnity.
The steps in front of the mountain gate seem to have no end, and are all made of white marble.
It is said that the steps in front of the Golden Palace in the imperial palace are made of the same batch of white marble.
In this way, people will feel respect as soon as they step onto the stairs.
Similarly, Tianlong Temple is also very popular.
For this reason, Tianlong Temple has many meditation rooms for people who come to burn incense to stay temporarily.
Although Old Man Su and his group of dozens of people had moved in smoothly after adding some money.
However, Old Man Su and others lived in the outermost meditation room.
If the women from wealthy families came to burn incense, they would usually send someone to make arrangements in advance and reserve a Zen temple inside.
At this time, the innermost Zen temples were filled with the female relatives of Prince Cheng'en's palace.
These people came to Tianlong Temple for no other reason than to pray for children.
"The Concubine, Concubine Zhang, Concubine Li and others have all gone to the main hall in front to kneel down and pray to the Bodhisattva for blessings, so that they can get pregnant and have children as soon as possible. Let's go there too." A young maid said excitedly to a beautiful lady in her thirties.
The beautiful lady, also known as Consort Liu of Prince Cheng'en's palace, said calmly, "No hurry. Take some silver to the kitchen and ask the chefs there to make some vegetarian cakes. Then bring some tea and send it to Concubine Zhang and the others. They are sincere and may have to kneel for a long time. Don't tire yourself out."
After hearing what Concubine Liu said, the little maidservant said worriedly, "My Lady Concubine, you care so much about them, but if they give birth to sons, and the prince makes them his principal consorts, wouldn't that put a huge burden on you? What would you do then?"
"Of course I respect her as the princess and fulfill my duties as a concubine," Concubine Liu said with an unchanging expression, "Besides, I'm not as young as them at my age, so I have to rely on them to give birth to a child for the palace."
As long as someone can give birth to an heir for the palace, she would be happy to become a nun and practice Buddhism for the rest of her life, let alone become the queen.
The little girl was young after all, and she spoke frankly, "My Lady Concubine, you're not that old, only in your early thirties. My mother was over forty when she gave birth to me, so you can definitely still have children! Besides, the prince has always valued you. If you give birth to a young prince for him, he would definitely be very happy..."
So, let’s go and pray to the Buddha!
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ps: Ye Zi thinks that praying to Buddha is not as good as praying for blessings. What do you think?
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