"Miss, this is the cake I bought from the foot of the mountain. Please eat it while it's hot."
A thin little girl in a monk's robe said this excitedly, and took out a square block wrapped in oil paper from her arms.
This was the original owner's maid, Caiyue. Another maid, Caihe, accompanied her through two months of hardship. Then, she used the excuse that her parents were sick to go back home and never returned, and went to live with Ning Rongrong.
Because life here is really hard, the original owner was the most popular noble lady in the capital and the only legitimate daughter of the royal family.
Three years ago, after Duke Cheng'en broke off the engagement on the grounds that the original owner's fate required several years of asceticism, the noble ladies in the capital who admired the second prince Ji Chenglin came to see if she was really willing to practice asceticism.
Ji Chenglin is the most handsome among all the princes, and he is both civil and military, making him the most likely person to aspire to the throne.
After the original owner was married to Ji Chenglin, many noble ladies were envious and jealous.
Unexpectedly, after Ji Chenglin was injured on the battlefield and his offspring was affected, the original owner found an excuse to break off the engagement in less than half a year. Many noble ladies felt sorry for Ji Chenglin and despised the original owner.
But no one wanted to marry Ji Chenglin, because a woman's lifelong honor and disgrace depended on men. Before marriage, she had her father and brother, and after marriage, she had her husband and son. A biological son was more reliable than her husband's love.
Every few days, he would run into a familiar noble lady who would come to the temple to guide the original owner's ascetic life.
So Duke Cheng'en ordered her family to cut off all her monthly allowances and subsidies given to her privately by others, and her food and accommodation were the same as those of everyone else in the temple.
The original owner and Caiyue embroidered some handkerchiefs and clothes themselves and exchanged them for money so that they could occasionally have a snack.
This is why Caiyue is so happy just holding a bag of pastries.
Danruo gave half of the cake to Caiyue. Seeing Caiyue's happy look, Danruo asked Samsara Pearl in his heart: "Can you give me some money? I can exchange it with merit points."
"Sure, one merit point is one tael of silver."
Dan Ruo immediately exchanged it for five hundred taels of silver notes. The original owner's body was too weak. He had not eaten meat for three years. His skin was pale, his eyes were dull, and his hair was dry and yellow. He could only use spiritual energy to nourish his body and improve his life.
Because the original owner had been practicing hard for three years, the noble ladies in the capital had long forgotten him, and he was also well-behaved in the temple on weekdays, so no one noticed him when he disguised himself and sneaked out.
After Danruo took Caiyue for a big meal, they started buying a lot of medical books. Caiyue was a little confused, but the girl suddenly found the private money she had hidden before, so she could buy whatever she wanted.
Two months passed in a flash, and Caiyue had become accustomed to the fact that after finishing her morning lessons with the head nun every day, she would go into the house to study medical books, and occasionally she would start to study some pastries.
But the girl is getting more and more beautiful, I am afraid she can't even compare to the Empress Dowager in her youth. Maybe it's because I've made some money in the past two months, and my life has become better.
Poor girl, she has such a bad fate. She is already nineteen years old this year, and still staying in the temple in the name of asceticism. I don’t know where her future marriage will be.
But the girl was probably still thinking about her ex-fiancé. She saw Ji Chenglin's name written at the back of every scripture, and all the medical books she annotated were about treating men's hidden diseases.
But now Ji Chenglin has become the regent, and it is impossible for the master to come in person to cancel the engagement in the future.
I thought the girl had let go of her thoughts about Ji Chenglin, but who would have thought that she picked it up again recently.
Caiyue was worried. Her daughter was so beautiful, why was her marriage not going smoothly?
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Early in the morning, Danruo took Caiyue to a tomb in the back mountain.
Put the things in the basket out one by one, put your hands together, and recite the scriptures devoutly.
Ji Chenglin, who was not far away, looked at the woman's beautiful profile in the dim light of the early morning. Even though she was wearing a gray monk's robe, her temperament was like a lotus emerging from the water.
The sound of chanting was like dripping water, hitting Ji Chenglin's heart again and again, sweeping away the depression in his heart, and the headaches he had suffered in recent days were also much relieved.
He waited until the woman finished kneeling and left before he went forward. He saw scriptures, pear blossom cakes, and wild flowers picked along the way on the stage.
His attention was attracted by the pear blossom cake. When he was young, his mother often made pear blossom cake for him. However, his mother had passed away many years ago, and no matter how many times he ate pear blossom cake, it no longer tasted like the original one.
The pear blossom cake exuded a sweet aroma. He couldn't help but take a bite, and his face froze.
Han Shu, standing by, was anxious. "Prince, please spit it out quickly. Is it poisonous? How could there be such a beautiful nun in the wilderness? She must be here to harm you."
Seeing that the prince did not spit it out but swallowed it instead, Han Shu became even more anxious and was about to snatch the remaining half of the cake from Ji Chenglin's hand.
Ji Chenglin pushed him away and ordered, "Go find out who those two people were."
Han Shu waited for a long time, and only left after seeing that the prince had finished a plate of food and was still alive and well.
Ji Chenglin flipped through the scripture that the woman had just copied. The calligraphy was very beautiful and had its own unique style. He felt a little curious about the woman.
He sat on the ground, drinking the wine he brought with him, feeling a little tipsy:
"Mother, is it that your spirit in heaven sent this girl? Otherwise, how could she make pear blossom cake that tastes exactly like yours?"
Of course, it was the childhood memories of Ji Chenglin that Danruo replayed according to the Reincarnation Pearl, which were restored one to one.
When Han Shu returned, his expression was very strange, as if he had something to hide.
Ji Chenglin gave him a sharp look, signaling him to speak quickly if he had anything to say.
Han Shu said stiffly, "Your Highness, it has been confirmed that the people who came to pay their respects this morning were Ning Danruo, the eldest daughter of Duke Cheng'en, and her maidservant.
There is a Qingshan Temple in front. After Ning Danruo, the eldest daughter of Cheng Engong, broke off her engagement with her master three years ago, she has been practicing asceticism in the temple with a maid. It has been three years now.
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