After hearing this, Master Huiyuan's forehead was covered with black lines. He chanted the Buddha's name and then said:
"Amitabha! Prince, there are no female disciples practicing in the Huguo Temple."
The eldest prince was a little disappointed after hearing this, but he closed his eyes and recalled, confirming that it was a woman who rescued him last night. However, these things could be put aside for the time being. When he opened his eyes again, he saw the calm and wise eldest prince again.
"Master Huiyuan, thank you for your help this time."
"Amitabha! As long as the eldest prince enters the Huguo Temple, I will protect him."
Huiyuan immediately said that he was not talking empty words, as long as the Dahuan Dynasty lasted for a long time, the Huguo Temple would be prosperous forever.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. As soon as I found out about the prince, I arranged for someone to go to the palace to report the news. The palace has already sent someone here."
"Thank you, Master."
The eldest prince immediately thanked him.
This time when he went out to investigate the cause of the Hengjiang River bursting its dike, he accidentally discovered that there was a problem with the materials used to build the dam, which involved a corruption case. He followed the clues and found his second brother.
After realizing something was wrong, he immediately rushed back with the evidence. However, he began to encounter endless assassination attempts halfway through the journey. In order to protect him, his men died, were injured, or scattered. When he fled to the outskirts of Beijing, he was only left with two guards, and he himself was also injured.
The people who were chasing them became more and more anxious and brutal. He found that there was no chance of entering the imperial city and he could only take a desperate attempt to escape to the Huguo Temple. He knew that as long as he entered the Huguo Temple, he would be safe.
Abbot Huiyuan of the Huguo Temple would protect him no matter what, and he was almost silenced. If it weren't for the appearance of the woman in white, he probably wouldn't have lived to see Abbot Huiyuan discover him.
"I just treated the eldest prince's wound. I will ask the imperial physician to treat you in detail when we return to the palace."
"good."
The eldest prince tried to move his arms and thighs, both of which were stabbed, otherwise it would not have been so difficult for him to escape.
After Abbot Huiyuan left the room, the young eunuch who served the eldest prince rushed in, knelt beside the bed and began to wipe his tears:
"Master, I thought I would never see you again."
"Alright, stop crying, your master is still alive! Quickly arrange for someone to take me back to the palace, I want to see my father."
"Yes, I'll arrange it right away!"
Wanfu stopped crying. He wiped his face and ran out to arrange manpower. He couldn't let anything happen to his master again.
Although he was a servant, he also knew the dangers of the struggle for imperial power. As long as the eldest prince could get through this hurdle, everything else would be no problem.
That afternoon, the eldest prince returned to the palace, the bodies of the assassins and guards were taken away, and the Huguo Temple was reopened.
After hearing the news from Duoduo, Lianyi knew that the eldest prince was anxious to go back and overthrow the person behind the scenes and had no time to look for his benefactor. She was not in a hurry either, so she stayed in the Huguo Temple for three days as planned, broke through to the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining, and then returned home.
Within two days of returning to the Marquis' Mansion, the Marquis's wife instructed Madam Yao to invite Lianyi to the main courtyard alone one evening. This time it was Marquis Anding who wanted to see her.
Because the younger daughter's illness had not improved, Marquis Anding could only place his chips on the eldest daughter. In order to make the eldest daughter work for him, he naturally had to show his fatherly love.
After Lianyi was invited in, she did not see the marquis's wife. She must have been sent away in advance.
Aunt Yao stepped forward and bowed respectfully:
"My Lord, Miss Lianyi is here."
"Let her come over!"
A majestic voice came, Lianyi was not in a hurry to look at the other party, and performed a standard blessing ceremony according to the rules she learned from Nanny Sun in the past two days:
"Greetings to the Marquis of Anding. Long live the Marquis."
"There's no need for you and I to be so unfamiliar with each other."
Marquis Anding was quite satisfied when he saw his well-behaved daughter.
"Sit down and talk."
"yes!"
After Lianyi sat down, she looked up at Marquis Anding, who was also looking at her.
Seeing that the eldest daughter's appearance was better than the younger one's and her rosy complexion, the balance in his heart naturally tilted towards Lianyi.
"Child, your mother concealed your existence. It was not until I came back from my mission that I learned that I had a daughter. I hope you will not blame your father."
Marquis Anding first distanced himself from the matter, saying that it was his wife's fault that the truth was kept secret and that he was not aware of it.
"How can a daughter blame her father? If there is no father, how can there be a daughter? There was a reason for everything. Mother did that to protect me and to maintain the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion."
Lianyi replied obediently.
"Good boy, although you were not raised by us, you are sensible and broad-minded, which is the most precious thing."
A compliment to Lianyi first.
"The father has good character, so the daughter will not be bad either."
Lianyi immediately pushed the credit back to Marquis Anding.
"Your mother has already told me about marrying into the Lin family. She also said that you are willing to do so. This matter is ultimately unfair to you, so your father still wants to ask for your opinion."
Marquis Anding went straight to the point.
“My Lord, I volunteered for this. My mother said that the marriage between the two families is not just to cure Qin Jin, but there are other reasons.
Although I don’t understand, I also want to share my parents’ worries and repay your kindness in giving birth to me and raising me.”
"It's great that you think so. You are also my daughter, and I will not treat you unfairly. After you marry into the Lin family, you only need to take care of your husband and children and secure your position as the young lady of the Shangshu Mansion."
Marquis Anding said directly.
"Yes, my daughter knows."
Lianyi agreed obediently. Although things were developing according to the trajectory of her previous life, there were still some differences.
In her previous life, the Marquis' wife only treated Lianyi as a substitute, temporarily occupying the position of the Lin Mansion's Young Lady for her daughter who was recuperating from her illness. Once the younger daughter recovered from her illness, the older daughter would no longer be of any use to her.
But this life is completely different. The younger daughter may die at any time, so the eldest daughter must be coaxed even more. As long as she marries into the Lin family smoothly, the rest of the things will be easy, and they can also use this matter to control the eldest daughter.
"When you get married this time, I will ask your mother to give you another 5,000 taels of silver as a dowry, so that you can stand up straight when you enter the Lin family."
Marquis Anding immediately gave Lianyi a sweet treat.
"Thank you, father, for being so thoughtful of your daughter."
In recognition of the other party's generosity, Lianyi immediately showed an expression of gratitude and admiration towards Marquis Anding, perfectly acting like a daughter longing for father's love.
"Don't worry, the Xue family will always be your strong backing."
Both father and daughter were very satisfied with their "heart-to-heart" that night. Marquis Anding was satisfied with Lianyi's respectful attitude towards him, and Lianyi was satisfied with the silver given by Marquis Anding.
Lianyi returned to Bilan Garden with a smile on her face. Nanny Sun came forward with Cherry's eyes to help Lianyi change her clothes, and then asked her indirectly about going to the main courtyard.
"My father is very good to me. Before, it was because she didn't know I existed. Now he is trying his best to make it up to me."
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