Pei Nanjia was a little surprised as to how Li Qingluo knew Qing Yangzi.
Li Qingluo shook his head: "My grandmother lived in Qingsong Temple for thirty years. Have you forgotten this?"
Pei Nanjia was dazed for a moment, then smiled with a pale smile: "I know many people want to help him, but I just can't get angry..."
Li Qingluo held Pei Nanjia's hand and said, "What's going on? Nanjia, although Grandma thinks Qingyangzi is innocent, Grandma and I also want to help you."
"Did you really falsely accuse Qing Yangzi?"
"But why did you do this? If Qing Yangzi is found not guilty and released, you will be charged with false accusation!"
Before Pei Nanjia could reply, someone behind her had already spoken to Li Qingluo in a bad tone before she could.
"Our Jia'er was poisoned to this point because of him. Does that mean she still owes Qingyangzi?"
Pei Nanjia: "Mother!"
Li Qingluo and Princess Nanping quickly turned around and saw a woman dressed in plain clothes with a sad face walking in. She looked very similar to Pei Nanjia, and judging by her age, she should be Pei Nanjia's biological mother, the concubine of the second house and the second courtyard.
The second master of the second house is Pei Nanjia's father.
His father never married in his life, and there was only one woman in the entire backyard, Aunt Pei Nanjia.
Most people in Jinling City praised him for his loyalty and righteousness, but there were also many people who scolded him for being ignorant of propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame, and for disregarding the moral code of ethics by treating a concubine as the mistress of the harem.
Besides Pei Nanjia, the couple had no other children.
There is only this one sweetheart in my heart.
Li Qingluo suddenly remembered that in addition to Pei Nanjia, there was another exception in the Pei family.
That is the second master of the second branch. Like Nan Jia, he is out of tune with the men of the Pei family.
Because, I heard that he is currently a little popular in the emperor's court.
Even more popular than Duke Pei...
And the men of the Pei family, like the women, are obviously eager to live in seclusion and keep a low profile, hiding their edge.
And there was Pei Sanlang, who looked like an extraordinary man, but he just spent the whole day doing nothing.
Moreover, he seemed to have an intricate relationship with the late crown prince and even the Lotus Sect.
This Peiguo Mansion is really complicated and weird everywhere.
Li Qingluo stood up and saluted Pei Nanjia's aunt, and Nanping followed suit in a daze.
The woman was also a person who knew the rules. She quickly stepped aside and said hurriedly, "Young ladies, please don't do that! I am just a concubine and I dare not accept your courtesy. I was disrespectful just now. I am honored to meet you two young ladies."
Li Qingluo still bowed slightly: "You are Nan Jia's mother, so you are naturally the elder."
Nan Jia smiled at her aunt, "Mother, why are you here? Luo'er and the princess are my true friends, don't worry."
This concubine's surname was Guan, and everyone in Pei Guogong's mansion called her Concubine Guan.
When Aunt Guan heard her daughter say this, she wiped her eyes and came over to say with a smile, "Mother is very happy. I've heard Jia'er mention this before. Now Jia'er finally has true close friends. As soon as I saw them, Mother knew that they are indeed very good girls."
"So, do you want them to know about your situation?"
Pei Nanjia nodded with a pale face.
Aunt Guan tightened the fur wrapped around her body again.
Then he slowly revealed the truth: "Back then, when Qingyangzi was still the second son of the Chen family, the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue, Jiaer's father and Master Chen had been classmates and friends since their youth, so the two of them privately arranged a marriage for Jiaer and Chen Erlang."
"But Qing Yangzi suddenly became a monk a few years ago without caring about our Jiaer's reputation and embarrassment."
"Although his family later suffered a great disaster, and we understand the difficulties he faced in becoming a monk, he has never personally explained it to Jiaer until now."
"Jia'er is stubborn and wants him to say in person that there's no possibility between them anymore, or to write a letter of cancellation in his own handwriting. But every time he goes back to Qingsong Temple, Qingyangzi avoids her like she's a poisonous snake or a ferocious beast, and refuses to see her."
"Jia'er has been delayed for several years. How much longer can she be delayed?"
"Although we only have one illegitimate daughter in our Second House, Second Courtyard, she is also our only precious jewel. How can I and her father not be anxious?"
"Last month, the master personally went to Qingsong Temple again."
"But, ladies, guess what our master saw with his own eyes?"
"They are preparing for a wedding at Qingsong Temple. And the person they are about to marry is Qingyangzi!"
Princess Nanping slammed the table and stood up: "He's a Taoist priest, and he can actually get married? What kind of weird thing is this? Isn't he afraid that the gods in heaven will strike him down?"
Li Qingluo pulled Princess Nanping aside and explained, "I also heard from my grandmother that Taoism is divided into two sects. They are the Quanzhen Sect and the Zhengyi Sect."
"The Quanzhen Sect has strict precepts. Taoist monks must live in monasteries and practice cultivation. They cannot marry, eat meat, or drink alcohol. They believe in 'abandoning alcohol, sex, money, anger, attachment, love, and worry.' The worldly desires are obstacles on the path of cultivation and must be eliminated in order to achieve enlightenment."
"The Zhengyi sect's rules are less strict. They believe that 'the absence of yin and yang leads to extinction and the end of the world.' Therefore, Zhengyi Taoists can marry and have children, and they don't abstain from meat."
"Grandmother said that Qingsong Monastery practices the Zhengyi School. The previous abbot left the mountain with his wife a few years ago to travel around the world, so he left the position of abbot of Qingsong Monastery to his direct disciple Qingyangzi."
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