Chapter 321 She wants revenge!
Concubine Jing was not only ill, but also refused to take medicine, looking as if she was desperate.
It just so happened that the emperor heard about this. After all, he was the one who was personally appointed to the prince, so he had to show some concern.
So he asked Gan Fu to go to Wanhe Palace to ask what was going on?
Gan Fu came back soon.
"Reporting to your majesty, Concubine Jing is suffering from a heart disease. She is unwilling to take medicine because the knot in her heart has not been untied."
The emperor frowned: "She is so young, where does the knot come from?"
Gan Fu answered truthfully, "Concubine Jing was unwilling to explain the reason, and finally it was her maid Dong Ling who told the whole story. The cause of the incident was Chen Liangyuan. Chen Liangyuan originally had a good relationship with Concubine Jing, and the two were as close as sisters. But since Chen Liangyuan was favored by the prince, she became arrogant and domineering, and increasingly ignored Concubine Jing. Chen Liangyuan took a fancy to a set of jewelry of Concubine Jing, and forced Concubine Jing to give it to her for free. The set of jewelry had a very important meaning to Concubine Jing, and she was so upset that she became depressed and sick, and she didn't even want to take medicine."
The emperor frowned: "How could such a thing happen? She is just a concubine, but she dares not take her concubine seriously!"
He ordered Gan Fu: "Pass on my order. Chen is arrogant and disrespectful. She is guilty of committing a crime of insubordination. She will be punished with 20 strokes of the cane as a warning to others!"
“Here!”
The decree was delivered to the East Palace the next morning.
When Chen Liangyuan received this imperial edict, she was dumbfounded.
She asked in disbelief, "Why is the emperor punishing me? What did I do wrong?"
Gan Fu asked calmly, "You relied on the Crown Prince's favor and ignored Concubine Jing. You even forced Concubine Jing to give you her favorite jewelry. Tell me, should you be punished?"
"No! I didn't force Concubine Jing. She gave me that set of jewelry voluntarily! I was wronged! I want to confront Concubine Jing face to face!"
Gan Fu: "Concubine Jing is now too sick to get out of bed. You made her sick. The emperor was furious when he heard about this. Since this is your first offense, the emperor did not punish you severely. He only gave you twenty strokes of the cane. Why don't you thank me?"
Chen Liangyuan felt extremely aggrieved, but facing the imperial edict, she was powerless to resist and could only be pinned to the ground and beaten with twenty sticks.
After the fight, Gan Fu took his men away.
Chen Liangyuan was in so much pain that she cried until her voice became hoarse.
Rouju and two other palace maids helped Chen Liangyuan up, let her lie on the bed, and carefully applied medicine on her wounds.
Chen Liangyuan shouted hoarsely, "Where is the Crown Prince? I want to see the Crown Prince!"
The prince dotes on her so much, he will definitely make the decision for her!
Rouju said helplessly, "When you were being beaten just now, I had already secretly sent someone to find the prince, but the people in Linde Palace said that the prince left the palace at dawn today and would not be back until the afternoon."
Chen Liangyuan didn't expect that the prince would leave the palace at this time.
Rouju reminded carefully: "Even if the prince is here, he probably can't do anything. After all, it was the emperor who ordered you to be caned. Even the prince can't disobey the order."
Chen Liangyuan gnashed her teeth in hatred.
"Since the prince can't help me, I'll go find someone who can!"
Rouju asked in confusion, "Who are you going to find, young master?"
Chen Liangyuan endured the pain in her body and spoke word by word, "In this palace, apart from the emperor, the empress and the queen mother have the highest status. The queen mother will definitely not come forward for such a small matter. Naturally, the only person I can find is the queen."
The rumor that Concubine Xiao was doomed to be unlucky was spread by Concubine Jing.
For this reason, she also included Queen Qin in her plan.
Now that Queen Qin and the Crown Prince have fallen out, she must be feeling angry.
Chen Liangyuan believed that if she told Queen Qin about what Concubine Jing had done, Queen Qin would definitely punish Concubine Jing.
Originally, Chen Liangyuan did not intend to make things so serious. After all, she was also involved in this matter. If things really got out of hand, she, as an accomplice, would be in trouble.
But Concubine Jing was really too much. Not only did she poison her, she also turned black into white.
As a result, her hair is now falling out in clumps, and she was beaten with twenty sticks.
She wanted revenge! She wanted Concubine Jing to have a taste of the caning too!
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Luo Qinghan and Xiao Xixi left the palace in a carriage, went straight along Suzaku Street, and left Shengjing from Mingde Gate.
Shengguang Temple is located on Danxia Mountain outside the city.
The carriage went up the mountain road and stopped halfway up the mountain.
Xiao Xixi followed Luo Qinghan out of the car.
In front of them was a staircase, and at the top of the staircase was the Holy Light Temple.
As the largest temple in the Great Sheng Dynasty, Shengguang Temple was very popular.
There was a steady stream of pilgrims coming in and out, including men, women, young and old, and there were people setting up stalls at the door selling incense sticks, candles and the like.
Luo Qinghan took Xiao Xixi up the stairs and entered the Shengguang Temple.
There is a huge bronze incense burner at the entrance of the temple, with three huge incense sticks inserted in it.
The scent of sandalwood permeated the entire temple.
Almost every pilgrim passing by the incense burner will stop and bow towards it.
Luo Qinghan didn't even look at the incense burner. He took Xiao Xixi straight to the side hall.
There were many pilgrims queuing up in the side hall to have their divinations interpreted.
When the monk in charge of reception saw Luo Qinghan, he immediately stepped forward and bowed.
"Please follow me, my dear guest."
Under the guidance of the monk in charge of reception, Luo Qinghan and Xiao Xixi met the abbot of Shengguang Temple.
The old abbot is a fat, white old man who looks like Maitreya Buddha when he smiles.
He first exchanged a few words with Luo Qinghan, and then led him to a small Buddhist temple.
In this small Buddhist temple, there is a lonely black tablet.
Xiao Xixi saw a line of words written on the tablet -
The position of mother concubine Shen.
Luo Qinghan knelt on the cushion, kowtowed three times respectfully towards the tablet, then stood up and burned incense.
Xiao Xixi then realized that the person enshrined here was Luo Qinghan's deceased mother.
She also followed Luo Qinghan's example and kowtowed and burned incense obediently.
Luo Qinghan looked at the fruits and vegetables on the incense table. They were all fresh. The incense table and the ground were also clean without a speck of dust. It seemed that the monks of Shengguang Temple did not neglect Shen Zhaoyi.
Xiao Xixi thought Luo Qinghan wanted to say something to his mother to express his longing for her.
As a result, Luo Qinghan just stood in front of the incense table and looked at it for a while, then said, "Let's go."
Xiao Xixi had no choice but to follow him out of the small Buddhist temple.
The old abbot smiled and invited the prince to have tea with him.
The prince agreed.
The old abbot took them to a meditation room, began to make tea for them, and began to recite Buddhist scriptures.
Luo Qinghan listened very seriously.
Xiao Xixi was not interested in these things. She just kept drinking tea and eating snacks. However, she drank too much tea and wanted to go to the toilet.
She whispered to Luo Qinghan: "I'll go out for a while."
(End of this chapter)
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