Hua Xia stamped her feet and said, "Those people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs only know how to judge people by their appearance!"
Meixiang lamented, "Not to mention them, the imperial kitchen can't even get decent ingredients. Luckily, the young master has been out of the palace these past few days, otherwise he would have to suffer the same fate."
The people in the palace had sharper noses than dogs. They smelled that Emperor Xuanwu disliked Concubine Chen and immediately changed their expressions.
Sheng Xiyan put down the book and leaned on the cushion in a daze.
This shabby palace is so snobbish, it’s better to be outside the palace.
Thinking about how to save the situation and calm the dragon down.
Just as I was thinking about it, two maids were brought in with serious faces.
"This servant greets the Empress Chen."
It looks like Jingren Palace.
"What is it?"
"We are here to convey the Empress's decree."
Sheng Xiyan sat up straighter and knelt on the couch, "Go ahead."
Aunt Zhang cleared her throat and said:
"You, Concubine Chen, have not paid your respects to the entire palace for many days, disregarding palace rules. I, therefore, punish you by having you kneel down in the Fanzong Tower and copy the Heart Sutra two hundred times. You must present this to me when you pay your respects tomorrow morning."
Hua Xia said, "Two hundred times? And you have to copy it on your knees? How can you do that? Our queen is weak to begin with."
"Miss Hua Xia, are you questioning the Empress?"
Hua Xia was so angry that she stopped talking.
"Empress Chen, please pack up and go quickly, otherwise it might be too late."
"I understand."
The two maids refused to leave and insisted on supervising her to go to Fanzong Building.
Sheng Xiyan had no choice but to get off the couch. Meixiang put a flowery cloak on her, and Huaxia packed the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.
Before being tortured, Sheng Xiyan was glad that Jiang Jiang was not there.
After a favored concubine falls out of favor, she becomes more miserable than an unknown concubine, because those who have grudges will take revenge, and those who have grievances will complain.
Sitting on the ceremonial guard, I felt that everyone's eyes were looking at me strangely.
Sheng Xiyan simply closed her eyes.
When the good days come to an end, how nice it would be if I could turn into a bird and fly away?
If she had known this, she should not have thought about winning Xuan Ling's heart after entering the palace, but should have been a well-behaved and dutiful little concubine.
Or maybe I shouldn't have been so optimistic that I went into the palace to participate in the silkworm ceremony that day.
I shouldn't have seduced him in the Yangxin Palace.
To the west of the palace is a large Buddhist temple.
Emperor Xuanwu’s imperial Buddhist temple was Yuhua Pavilion, followed by Baohua Hall.
The place where concubines could go to burn incense and worship Buddha was the Fanzong Tower.
As if she was a monster being taken into a nine-story pagoda, Sheng Xiyan walked into the Fanzong Building reluctantly.
The golden Buddha statue was majestic and tall. She knelt on the cushion and bowed sincerely.
Then he moved to the side and knelt down to copy Buddhist scriptures.
Xiao Zhuozi came and told Hua Xia to go out.
"I heard from the Yangxin Palace that the emperor went to the Wenxi Banquet today and it's unknown when he will be back."
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