After Princess Pingqin returned to Beijing, she was allowed to enter the palace the next day.
After entering the palace, she had to express her gratitude and apologize. Princess Pingqin, also known as Molan, asked the empress to allow her to enter the nunnery for three years to atone for her sins, and then return to Prince Wen's palace after three years.
After discussing with the Emperor, the Queen agreed to Molan's apology and her attitude towards Molan became much calmer.
After leaving the palace, Molan's men set out for the southern region. With two hundred thousand taels of silver notes from the prince's palace, Molan was now quite wealthy. Although her status was not as high as before, she could still freely handle her own affairs.
There was only one old princess in Prince Wen's mansion. Molan had come into the mansion yesterday and had been very obedient in recognizing her as her own. The old princess had lost her husband at a young age and her child ten years before. She was completely alone and helpless, and upon meeting Molan, she treated her like her granddaughter.
The Nuguan is a place the old princess often goes to. In Molan's heart, whether she really wants to atone for her sins or just to pretend, staying in the Nuguan for three years is a good way.
Molan quickly received the news from Youyang. Guo'er and Li'er were both married, one to a servant in the mansion, and the other to the Sheng family. Li'er, on the other hand, was redeemed by her parents and married to a man from the same village.
Molan sent someone to give each of them fifty taels of silver as their dowry. When Guo'er heard that this was the dowry money that the Second Young Lady had prepared earlier, she burst into tears. Li'er refused to accept it, saying that the family had no shortage of money and asked someone to use the fifty taels to light the Second Young Lady's eternal lamp.
Listening to the visitor's story, Molan shed tears for the first time for an outsider. In the past, even if a servant died for her, she wouldn't have even glanced. But after so much experience, Molan gradually understood that other people's lives are also lives, and she also felt what true love is.
After the visitor left, Molan cried for a while, then called Guo'er and Li'er, who were serving her, and took their hands and said, "I..." As expected, she still couldn't say it.
Guo'er looked at Molan's red eyes after crying and asked with concern: "Did the princess encounter something sad?"
Li'er was also looking at Molan with concern. Molan looked at the two pairs of concerned eyes, shook her head and said, "It's okay. Let's live a good life from now on."
Li'er tilted her head, confused. Guo'er nodded and said, "Well, Princess, you can tell me anything. The two of us can always find a way to help you."
Molan was amused by Guo'er's words. After releasing the two, she said, "The weather is getting a bit cold. Let's order a hot pot. The vegetarian pots in this temple are also very delicious. You can accompany this princess to eat together. A meal is more delicious when there are many people."
Everyone knew that the old princess did not eat at night. Li'er smiled foolishly and said, "Great, great, this servant will be blessed with a feast."
A few days later, the head of the Southern Lin family received a visitor from the capital. The visitor claimed to be a subordinate of Princess Pingqin and had sent someone to bring the head of the Lin family's only daughter, Lin Qinshuang, to the capital for upbringing.
The head of the Lin family had been serving as an official in the south, having only visited the capital for a few months during the imperial examinations. He had no idea when he had become connected with Princess Pingqin. The visitor explained that Princess Pingqin, under the guidance of a high-ranking monk, had an indissoluble bond with the Lin family girl, and that only by raising her by Princess Pingqin's side could the two of them achieve their respective aspirations.
The head of the Lin family was only a fifth-rank official, and although his wife was also from an official family, she was not familiar with the affairs of the inner chamber. They only had one daughter, and the head of the Lin family had never considered hiring someone to raise her daughter. But now the princess had come to him.
After a day of discussion, the Lin family decided to let the eldest lady of the Lin family accompany their daughter to the capital.
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