Chapter 266 Yuqing Palace
Hao Ren walked into the hall and passed by Taoist Qingyang.
He didn't even glance at Taoist Qingyang, but bowed directly to Murong Yu and then reported:
"Your Majesty, regarding this autumn's cloth supply..."
The door of Ganyang Palace closed again.
Taoist Qingyang could not hear any sound from inside the hall, nor could he see what was happening inside.
But he knew it without having to guess, no matter what the two people in the hall said or did.
Luck will flow from one person to another in an unstoppable manner.
Taoist Qingyang followed the palace maid in a trance, his steps seemed a little unsteady.
He glimpsed another secret.
But now he wouldn't say anything. The matter was of great importance, and he would never reveal the secret again.
"Master Taoist, we have arrived at Yuqing Palace." The palace servant leading the way stopped.
Taoist Qingyang looked up and saw the plaque of Yuqing Palace, which was covered with a layer of dust.
This was the first thing Murong Yu did after he ascended the throne. He insisted on building a Taoist temple in the palace despite Pei Dingli's dissuasion.
The court officials at that time almost thought that Murong Yu wanted to become a monk at such a young age.
But after the Taoist temple was built, Murong Yu only went there a few times.
After Taoist Qingyang passed away ten years ago, Murong Yu never went there again.
"Cough cough cough..." Taoist Qingyang pushed the door open and was choked by the dust falling from the door.
The palace servant hurriedly said, "Master, Yuqing Palace has been locked for a long time. A palace servant will clean it up today."
Taoist Qingyang looked towards the open main hall and saw that the gilded statue was covered with thick spider webs, and the Bagua diagram behind the statue had lost its color.
The flowers and plants that had been planted in the yard had all died because no one cared for them.
Taoist Qingyang sighed:
"Can you give me a rag?"
Palace attendant: "Master?"
Taoist Qingyang: "No need to wait for others, I will clean it myself."
…
In early summer, everything grows.
The chirping of cicadas could already be heard in the dense shade of the trees.
The dead locust tree in Myeonghye Palace looked bare from a distance, but when you got closer, you could see that it had grown several leaves.
When Su Zhizhi lived here, she watered the locust tree every day. When she saw the leaves of the locust tree grow a little bigger, she would pat the trunk and say in a pretentiously mature tone:
"Not bad, you've made progress."
Pei Shu stood at the door of the palace, holding Chujiu in her arms:
"Zhizhi, come in and try on new clothes."
During the time Su Zhizhi was in Minghui Palace, Pei Shu would comb Zhizhi's hair every day and put beautiful and exquisite hair ornaments on Zhizhi.
Everyone knew that Concubine Hui was infertile, so now she really treated Miss Su as her daughter.
Su Zhizhi's new clothes looked very nice. The lilac-colored tulle covering her skirt was shimmering and colorful. Every step she took was like a layer of rosy clouds spreading out.
Su Zhizhi had never worn such clothes before.
It’s not that her family doesn’t buy it for her because it’s too expensive, but they know that she is very active and such delicate clothes will be worn out in just one day.
However, Su Zhizhi knew that she had to be more restrained in the palace, so she could wear it at this time.
"Zhizhi looks so beautiful." Pei Shu looked at Su Zhizhi walking back and forth in her new dress, with a smile in her eyes.
Su Zhizhi likes martial arts and whipping, but she also likes beautiful things.
She circled under the locust tree and said, "I want to go find Princess Ning'an. We have an appointment to go out and play."
Pei Shu helped Su Zhizhi tidy up her hair and said gently:
"Go play."
Su Zhizhi happily went to find Ning An, but after walking a few steps, she met Ning An who was looking for her on the road.
The two men caught sight of each other from afar on the palace road and quickened their pace.
"Zhizhi! You look really beautiful today." Ning An praised without hesitation.
Su Zhizhi: "It's very beautiful, but I'm not in a position to spar with you today because of this skirt."
Ning An smiled mysteriously, pulled Su Zhizhi and whispered:
"We won't be sparring today. Let's go see the Taoist priest."
Su Zhizhi: "Are there any Taoist priests in the palace?"
Ning An: "Originally there wasn't one, but one just came in the past couple of days. I heard he's a Taoist priest who's very good at fortune-telling and lives in Yuqing Palace."
Ever since Ning An could remember, Yuqing Palace had always been a locked place. Now that he heard that it was open and people were living inside, he was naturally very curious.
The image of a fortune teller on the street appeared in Su Zhizhi's mind.
An old gray robe, a small stool, a small table with talismans on it, and flags shaking in the wind.
Su Zhizhi: "Okay, I want to see what the difference is between the palace and the street."
Ning An: "Besides the two of us, there is another person coming today."
Su Zhizhi: "Who is it?"
Ning An chuckled and was particularly mysterious today.
The two walked to the end of the palace road and saw Yuan Caiwei coming with the palace maids.
Su Zhizhi's eyes lit up and she waved over there: "Caiwei, Caiwei!"
Yuan Caiwei also looked over: "Princess, Zhizhi!"
Ning An's spear skills were taught by Yuan Chi, so he had heard that Yuan Caiwei was also good at martial arts.
The two had met several times at palace banquets and got along very well.
Ning An begged his mother for a long time before his mother found an excuse to summon Yuan Caiwei to the palace to play for a day.
"Zhizhi, you haven't been at the martial arts school these days. I miss you so much."
Yuan Caiwei and Su Zhizhi hold hands.
Su Zhizhi: "I miss you too. I will leave the palace in two days."
Ning An sighed beside him: "You are not in the palace, so I will be lonely. I have to find a way to see you."
The group walked towards Yuqing Palace.
When Yuan Caiwei heard Ning An mention Taoist Qingyang, she whispered:
"But I heard that Taoist Qingyang is a big liar, deliberately making things mysterious and cheating people for free food and drinks."
Her parents, her grandmother, and her aunt all said so.
"Don't take everything you hear from others seriously. Seeing is believing." Ning An was reluctant to think that Taoist Qingyang was a liar, because that meant that his father had been deceived.
Although she was angry with her father for the previous house arrest, she still didn't want her father to be deceived and sad.
Su Zhizhi came up with an idea: "None of us have seen that Taoist priest, and he hasn't seen us either. So when we go in later, we can ask him to calculate who we are. We'll know if he's right."
Ning An and Yuan Caiwei both agreed.
So, Ning An asked all the palace people to wait outside Yuqing Palace:
"All of you are waiting here for me. I am going to ask Taoist Qingyang for divination. No one of you is allowed to come in and eavesdrop."
After giving the instructions, the three little girls walked into the quiet Yuqing Palace.
It was very quiet in Yuqing Palace.
There was not a single palace maid, not even a bird.
In the courtyard in front of the main hall, there was a large piece of gray cloth on the ground.
When Su Zhizhi and the others walked closer, they realized that it was not a piece of cloth, but a person lying on the ground.
A man in a gray Taoist robe was lying on the ground and snoring.
The three of them squatted down, and Yuan Caiwei gently pushed the person on the ground with her hand.
Ning An: "Master Qingyang?"
The person is not awake.
Ning An: "Is he fainted?"
"Pinch the Ren Zhong point." Su Zhizhi has experience with this kind of situation.
She stretched out her hand and pinched the philtrum of Taoist Qingyang. When she pinched it, Taoist Qingyang uttered an "ouch".
“It hurts! Who pinched me?!”
Taoist Qingyang suddenly opened his eyes from his sleep, and a child's face appeared hazily in front of him.
An auspicious aura came and surrounded him.
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