Kong Shi took the letter and lowered his brows. Even the movement of his slender fingers opening the letter was pleasing to the eye. Chunyu was mesmerized for a moment.
If the Imperial Concubine and Master Kongshi look like this, then their parents... must be such amazing people.
Kong Shi didn't notice Chunyu's distraction, and even if he did, he didn't care to pay attention. His eyes were fixed on the letter in his hand.
There are only two lines of words on it.
If I go to the mountain of swords, the mountain of swords will collapse on its own.
If I go to the fire, the fire will dry up.
Kong Shi read the short two lines for a long time before pursing his lips, carefully folding the letter and putting it in his arms.
There was a deep look in his eyes.
Zhou Cairen, who had been hiding long ago, suddenly reappeared. "I thought it was an order. What does this mean?"
"These two sentences come from the Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Great Compassion Mantra, which means that if you sow the seeds, you will reap the fruits. Perhaps everything is destined. Amitabha."
Well, Zhou Cairen and Chunyu looked at each other, and they didn’t understand anymore!
The sound of falling rain is pleasant.
Lin Chunhuan sat on the edge of the pavilion, staring at the lake, not knowing what she was thinking. She had not moved for a long time. She had been acting flamboyantly recently, and the emperor was happy to indulge her.
Although the queen used many tricks, she didn't cause any trouble in the end.
Chunyu stood by, the oil-paper umbrella in her hand still dripping with water, and she did not dare to take it to her master. "My lady, although it is summer, it is still cold on rainy days."
"Why don't we go back? It would be terrible if we caught a cold."
Hearing this, Lin Chunhuan yawned lazily. The hazy sleepiness made her eyes misty, making her eyebrows and eyes more moist. "No rush."
"It's still early. With such nice weather today, I should be meeting guests."
Chunyu was slightly stunned, "Is your Majesty waiting for someone?"
Lin Chunhuan chuckled without responding, just looking at the water, as if he was lost in thought again.
She has been in the limelight recently, and her favor has been increasing day by day. It is all for today's guests, so how can she not wait?
Chunyu really couldn't understand why anyone would be running outside on such a rainy day, but when she turned around, she actually saw two people holding umbrellas and approaching them!
"My lady, someone is coming!"
As soon as Chunyu finished speaking, the two men hurriedly walked into the pavilion. One of them was actually Concubine Shu!
"Empress Shufei." Chunyu saluted subconsciously, but when Empress Shufei saw her, she just snorted coldly and didn't show any intention of paying attention to her, not even Lin Chunhuan who was sitting next to her.
Judging from his appearance, he didn't even intend to salute.
Could it be that Concubine Shu is not the guest that the queen is waiting for?
Before Chunyu could send a questioning look to him, Lin Chunhuan had already moved his gaze from the water surface and looked at Concubine Shu standing at the entrance of the pavilion with a smile, "I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that I could meet Sister Concubine Shu here too."
"Oh." Concubine Shu laughed sarcastically, "It's my fault for being so shortsighted that I didn't even notice that the Imperial Concubine was here. I didn't bow to her. It's my fault."
The pavilion is only the size of a palm and looks clean at a glance.
Shufei was standing at the entrance of the pavilion, so how could she not see it?
Lin Chunhuan acted unconcerned with such obvious rejection. He simply turned his gaze away, looked up at the water droplets dripping from the eaves of the pavilion, and reached out to touch them gently.
But she didn't catch it.
Instead, the falling rain soaked a part of his sleeve. "It's okay. I don't think Sister Shufei meant it."
"After all, today is Chen'er's death anniversary. Sister cried so hard, I think her mind must be in a trance, so it's normal that she can't see my sister."
Lin Chunhuan was clearly just speaking in a plain and straightforward manner, but when these words fell into Shufei's ears, the expression on her face suddenly changed.
The arrogance and arrogance of the previous moment disappeared in an instant, leaving only a pale look.
"I just don't know, does the Queen know how much my sister misses Chen'er?"
Concubine Shu staggered and was helped by the personal maid before she could stand steadily. Fortunately, Lin Chunhuan did not say anything to irritate her, but just stood there and smiled quietly.
The protruding pregnant belly seemed like a silent irony.
Only Chunyu, who was standing aside, wished he could poke his ears through immediately.
How could a little palace maid like her listen to such words?
Providing sacrifices privately in the palace is a serious crime, not to mention that the person Concubine Shu is offering sacrifices to is a prince who cannot enter the imperial mausoleum at all!
Chunyu swallowed silently, lowered her head and retracted her feet. She couldn't leave unless her master asked her to. She could only try her best to reduce her presence and shrink herself into a quail.
"Go back and get me a cloak. I'm here to talk to the Imperial Concubine. Hold the umbrella."
The little maidservant beside Concubine Shu hesitated, but dared not say anything to disobey, so she could only hold up her umbrella and quickly leave. Lin Chunhuan just looked at her coldly, "Why, sister, are you saying that even the maidservant you use personally is the Queen's person?"
"Cai Ling is a loyal person, but she is still so young. Why let her lose her life in vain?" Concubine Shu lowered her eyes and walked to sit not far from Lin Chunhuan.
It was raining heavily outside the pavilion. In such an environment, if you stood a little further away, you couldn't hear other people talking at all. Those so-called eyes and ears were obscured by the heavy rain.
Lin Chunhuan smiled and said, "I didn't expect that the always domineering Concubine Shu would actually care about the people around her."
In response, Concubine Shu just curled her lips and said nothing. Instead, she took a deep breath and looked at the person in front of her. "Tell me, you waited for me here on purpose and mentioned Chen'er. What exactly do you want to do?"
"Oh?" Lin Chunhuan blinked. "I've been sitting here all morning. I might even have arrived earlier than you, sister. If it weren't for this heavy rain, we might not have been able to meet. Why would I be waiting for you here?"
"Stop playing these sloppy games. It's boring."
At this moment, Concubine Shu no longer looked as foolish as she did in front of the Queen. Her face was stern and she exuded the demeanor of a lady from a noble family.
Lin Chunhuan then straightened his clothes and sat up straight, "I feel right, Sister Shufei now looks like a girl from the Prime Minister's Mansion."
"I was wondering how a mature and steady man like the Prime Minister could raise his daughter so recklessly. Turns out... my sister was just pretending."
Lin Chunhuan's sudden approach made Concubine Shu look a little unnatural.
Especially when he saw her belly, the loneliness and sadness in his eyes flashed by. He turned his face away slightly, and the smile on his face became more helpless. "Pretending? In this palace, who isn't pretending?"
"Aren't you?"
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