Chapter 028 Chapter 28
Chapter 28
At the same time in Weiyuan Marquis Mansion.
"——Princess Funing requested to build a temple for the former Crown Princess, and His Majesty agreed? And he also allowed Princess Funing to practice in the temple?"
Lu Yirou said in disbelief.
A week ago, she just learned that Princess Funing was taken back to the Prince Chungnyeong Palace by King Chungnyeong to live, and a week later, she applied to build a temple for her mother?
As expected of King Chungnyeong’s sister, she’s just as fierce as a tiger!
But building a temple to practice Buddhism, isn't that the same as becoming a nun? What on earth did Princess Funing do that His Majesty would agree to such an absurd idea?
"Yes, this is what the master just came back from the court. Seeing that His Majesty looked unhappy, he asked the eunuch chief steward around His Majesty and found out. But the master specifically told me to only tell you, young lady, because this concerns the reputation of Princess Funing."
Linlang said that she only told the young lady, but the excitement on her face made Lu Yirou feel uneasy. She had to remind Linlang again not to tell anyone about Princess Funing.
If she offends King Chungnyeong, she won't be able to save Linlang.
Although Princess Funing only had the impression of a dignified princess in her previous life and she didn't even remember her face, she was the elder sister of King Zhongning after all.
In his previous life, the only Achilles' heel of King Zhongning was his sister, Princess Funing. However, Princess Funing was sent to marry a barbarian tribe at the age of 14, and died within a few years.
Prince Chungnyeong, who had become a major scourge in the capital at that time, remained quiet for a week before making trouble again.
It's just that the restless King Chungnyeong had completely lost his composure at that time. He had restrained himself before, but after Princess Funing's death, he completely lost all scruples and started to mess with others everywhere.
Until he was abandoned by the emperor and tortured to death.
Having said that, the change in Princess Funing is also easy to explain.
Considering how much King Chungnyeong cared for Princess Funing in his previous life, after seeing Princess Funing return, he must have gone to great lengths to collect good things to please Princess Funing.
It is estimated that King Chungnyeong thought of building a temple for his mother after being reminded by Princess Funing. It is possible that Princess Funing just wanted to light a perpetual lamp in the temple for the former Crown Princess at first, but King Chungnyeong waved his hand and said in a dignified manner, why give money to the temple, why not build a temple ourselves.
Thinking of this, Lu Yirou twitched her lips. Given King Zhongning's personality, he might not be able to do such a thing.
But what made Lu Yirou wonder was that in her previous life, King Zhongning had made a scene because of Princess Funing's foot binding, so how come it just passed like that in this life...
--Wait.
Lu Yirou suddenly realized why Princess Funing had to go to the temple to practice. In her previous life, King Zhongning also made a fuss about this year because he didn't want Princess Funing to bind her feet.
But now that time has been advanced, things have changed.
The wife and daughter of Li Yushi were taken away by King Chungnyeong. Perhaps it was because of this that King Chungnyeong understood the difficulties of women and did not make a big deal out of it.
In her previous life, Princess Funing suffered from rumors for a long time.
As for going to the temple to practice, whether it was that the former Crown Princess couldn't bear to see her daughter's bound feet and cried, or that Princess Funing's filial piety moved the emperor, there must be a reason to let Princess Funing unbind her feet.
When Lu Yirou thought of this, she couldn't help but look at the pair of big feet under her skirt.
This was something her parents fought hard for her.
Unfortunately, she was stubborn in her previous life and thought that it was her parents who harmed her. Even after she lost her virginity, she still thought it was the fault of her bound feet and that it was because of her not having bound feet that Pei Muli did not accept her.
——Until she saw the miserable plight of those women with bound feet on the coast.
But now think about it, didn't Lin Cao'er also have natural feet at that time? Even when he saw women with bound feet, his face showed a mixture of pity and sadness, as if he was looking at something destroyed.
At that time, she thought that Lin Cao'er was envious of those women with bound feet. Now, thinking about it, Lin Cao'er was probably aware of how pitiful women with bound feet were.
She still foolishly thought that Pei Muli didn't accept her because she didn't bind her feet.
“Hoo—Hoo—”
Thinking of Pei Muli, Lu Yirou's heart seemed to be gripped, making it difficult for her to breathe.
Linlang, who was standing by, immediately stopped caring about the gossip and helped her young lady up. She was about to call for a doctor, but was held down by Lu Yirou.
"…I'm fine, you can go out first."
"But Miss, your health..." Linlang looked at her young lady worriedly.
Lu Yirou looked at the young and energetic face in front of her, and thought about Linlang's lifeless appearance after she followed her to the coastal county town, and a gentle smile appeared on her face.
"Miss, I'm fine. I was just scared just now."
Seeing Linlang walk away with an expression of disbelief on her face, Lu Yirou sat back in her chair and took a deep breath.
"I don't know if my guess is right, but Princess Funing's fate has changed, and I can't make the same mistake again."
She looked at today's calendar and couldn't help muttering.
"Today is already the eighth day of the first lunar month. The end of next month will be the day when the Grand Marshal will be defeated..."
By then, there will be another wave of refugees outside the city, and this time there will be many bandits among the refugees wandering in from the cold border areas.
Lu Yirou even suspected that there were quite a few deserters among these people in the previous life.
Although she, a lady from a wealthy family, could not even figure out where the disaster had occurred in her previous life, she only knew that there had been a lot of refugees during this period, but she still knew when the refugees came this time.
——Because the refugees who came this time almost broke through the capital.
Although Pei Muli managed to turn the tide in the end and dealt with all the refugees, Lu Yirou still remembered the dagger that her mother had forced into her hand that day.
Once the mansion was attacked, these women would definitely not have a good end. Instead of being tortured by the criminals, it would be better for them to commit suicide. At least they would be relieved.
After that day, she was so frightened by the cold dagger and its implication that she had a high fever for three days.
It was during that battle that Lin Cao'er, a peasant girl who had never bound her feet and did not have any of the temperament of a lady from a noble family, appeared in front of everyone.
Thinking of Lin Cao'er's glory in her previous life, Lu Yirou took a few deep breaths again, then suppressed the resentment in her heart and began to plan the purchase of grain.
There is still more than half a year before that day that she cannot bear to look back on. She can take this opportunity to buy some food and wait for the refugees to arrive. Although she cannot appease them by just giving them porridge, she can at least provide some food to the people in the city.
Although the city had not been breached by refugees in the previous life, there were many cases of food and clothing shortages. The food was stolen by criminals and even the entire family was killed.
It can also be considered as doing good deeds while accumulating some chips for my father and brother.
Thinking of this, Lu Yirou took a deep breath, called Linlang in, and prepared to go to the Daguo Temple.
She had to find a reason to start harvesting food.
Thinking of this, Lu Yirou took her mother into the carriage and came to the Daguo Temple.
"It might be a good idea to be blessed by the Buddha." Lu Yirou thought, and offered the money for incense with great piety. She also found a senior monk with the surname Hui and listened to him talk about the sutra for half an hour.
"Please don't blame me, Buddha. I just wanted to protect my family. If there is any retribution, please let it be on me." Lu Yirou looked at the compassionate Buddha statue in the hall and prayed earnestly.
She was serious. It would be better to take revenge on her than on her parents and brother.
——But she didn't expect that retribution would come so quickly.
Looking at Prince Chungnyeong standing at the foot of the mountain with a group of people around him, Lu Yirou froze in her seat.
"Dad! Haven't you always been a coward? Why did you jump out when it came to Prince Chungnyeong?"
*
At the same time, in the Imperial City.
"Your Highness, these two gifts are a bit heavy."
Study companion Yu An tactfully reminded Pei Muli that these two gifts were beyond the scope of apology. If this attracted the emperor's attention...
His mother was the one who served the late queen. She knew best how the late queen died, which was why he entered the palace as a companion.
"Isn't it normal to give a gift that's a bit more valuable to reconcile with the emperor's favorite nephew?"
Pei Muli looked at the gift in front of him and said.
My father felt that a general with a large army in his hands was too dangerous. Coincidentally, he felt the same way.
But what makes him better than his father is that he is much younger than the Grand Marshal.
But this did not stop him from watching his brothers and sisters causing trouble for Pei Muchu.
If Pei Muchu felt that he was being bullied, he would really go to his father and cry, and for the sake of his position as the Grand Marshal, his father would naturally protect Pei Muchu and ruin Pei Muchu's reputation at the same time.
However, in Pei Muchu's eyes, his father is probably the best person in the world. Even if Marshal Bai hands over his power to Pei Muchu, he might be coaxed by his father.
So, since Father can...
Why can't he?
Of course, it cannot be too obvious. The image of a son trying to please his father's favorite child because he wants to gain his father's attention is most appropriate.
"Okay, pack all these gifts. Oh, and besides the gifts for Funing and Pei Muchu, prepare another one for Lin Cao'er. She was also frightened by that incident, so giving it to her will just shut up other people."
The companion didn't quite understand what Pei Muchu said, but after seeing the richness of the gifts and the impatient look on Pei Muli's face, he seemed to understand something and looked at the gifts with an expression of sudden enlightenment.
However, since there were so many gifts, by the time they were all packed, it was only an hour until evening.
The reading companion couldn't help but speed up his movements.
Then the companion seemed to remember something and said.
"Your Highness, it seems that the young lady from the Weiyuan Marquis family has not come to bother you during this period of time."
When Pei Muli heard the name, he suddenly remembered this incident. Indeed, he hadn't seen her for a long time, and she always followed him in the past.
However, Pei Muli only thought about it for a while and then put the matter behind him. He had more important things to do.
Pei Muli watched the gifts being loaded and he got on the carriage too. He was not stupid enough to ride around the city on horseback like the crown prince and other princes.
Li Sifang, this mad dog, has been reported everywhere recently for eating slop and falling into the toilet, and is currently biting people crazily.
Look at the people on the street. Anyone who seems to be talking to each other excitedly is definitely talking about Li Sifang eating slop.
"It's been almost a week and it still hasn't stopped? But it's normal. It's rare for a seventh-rank official to fall into the toilet. Not to mention the rumors that King Chungnyeong made a blunt judgment."
Pei Muli thought.
The carriage soon arrived at the garden.
When Pei Muli heard that Pei Muchu wanted to build a temple in the suburbs for the former Crown Princess, he thought Pei Muchu was crazy. The death of the deposed Crown Prince was interfered by Emperor Yuanxing, and the former Crown Princess was a fairy-like concubine. Worshiping the former Crown Princess was a way of fearing that the people would forget the Crown Prince and that his head would stay on his neck for too long.
——Then he learned that Emperor Yuanxing was silent for a while, then nodded in agreement.
Now it was Pei Muli's turn to be silent. He really did not expect that his father would have such deep feelings for the former Crown Princess.
She even agreed to build a temple. Fortunately, Emperor Yuanxing was still rational and did not agree to expose the identity of the former Crown Princess. He only agreed to do good deeds in the name of the goddess.
"Gera."
As the carriage stopped, Pei Muli opened the curtain and took a look, and found that he had arrived in the garden.
He got off the carriage and walked towards the construction site. He didn't mind the dust all over the construction site.
When I was a child in the harem, the conditions here were not much better than there.
"Pei Muli! Why are you here!"
Before he could even go in, he heard a fierce voice from a distance. Pei Muli stood at the gate of the yard, looking at Pei Muchu who was walking towards him from the crowd of people working on the construction site and shouted.
——If Pei Muli took two more steps forward and turned around, he would see his brothers leaning against the wall, tied up with ropes and with handkerchiefs stuffed in their mouths.
The princesses are not here. They have all been sent to Princess Funing in the backyard.
Gu Youxing was not as despicable as Emperor Yuanxing to attack the reputation of a child.
Pei Muli didn't know that his brothers were listening to him talking on the other side of the wall. He didn't come up with a flattering smile, but just waved with a stern face.
"Yu An, have someone send the gift down."
As soon as these words were spoken, the princes who were sitting against the wall, even the crown prince who was treated as a special guest and sat on a small bench, all began to whimper.
"We agreed to come here to take revenge and to avenge our grievances! Why did you give me a gift?"
*
The princes kept whining and trying to attract Pei Muli's attention, but unfortunately the noise from the construction covered up their cries, and Pei Muli didn't even look at them.
They could only listen to the fourth brother ordering the servants to bring gifts and apologize, and they were not even allowed to question it.
Because the fourth brother never said that he came here to teach Pei Muchu a lesson!
Looking at the gifts being carried down bit by bit from outside, Pei Muchu opened his mouth in confusion, as if he couldn't understand what Pei Muli was doing.
"This is my apology for my previous misunderstanding of you." Pei Muli said concisely.
"...I don't want it!"
Pei Muchu's face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he held it in for a long time before uttering these words.
"As long as you like it, I've put Princess Funing's gift here, and there's also a gift for Lin Cao'er to apologize to. Can she come over?"
Pei Muli spoke to himself as if he hadn't heard anything at all.
Pei Muchu felt even more awkward now, his whole body was almost twisted into a knot.
After a while, he finally said, "Aunt Li, call Lin Cao'er."
He turned around and said fiercely to Pei Muli: "I accept the gift, but if you wrongly accuse me again, I will beat you up!"
Pei Muli nodded quite naturally, which made Pei Muchu feel awkward for a while, until Lin Caoer came over and took away the gift that belonged to her.
"...Thank you, Your Highness!" Lin Cao'er did not expect that there would be a gift for her.
However, she didn't think Pei Muli took her to heart. She probably thought there was something going on between this prince and King Zhongning.
Thinking of this, Lin Cao'er turned around and saw the gray bunch of people squatting at the foot of the wall over there.
Lin Cao'er was subconsciously startled, but seeing that everyone around her looked normal, and having been busy with cooking and purchasing recently, Lin Cao'er, who was dizzy and dizzy, subconsciously ignored the abnormality and just thought that those things were big rocks piled over there.
The princes who watched the peasant girl glance over here and then turn around and leave: "...Woo woo woo woo!"
Pei Muli didn't realize anything was wrong. He was going to leave after giving the gifts, but Pei Muchu awkwardly asked him to spend the night in the garden.
"...I'm just afraid that the palace gate will be closed when you return and you won't be able to get in."
Pei Muchu said this stubbornly, but Pei Muli didn't realize that Pei Muchu was so gullible. Just a few words and some gifts could make him open up to her.
"Thank you, King Chungnyeong."
Pei Muli showed rare interest and curled his lips and said.
The four-head-tall kid's ears turned red again when he heard this. After a long while, he said, "...as long as you don't steal my things in the future."
Pei Muli's attention was all on Pei Muchu, and he didn't notice that after he stepped into the courtyard, the string of stones behind him were squirming wildly.
When he arrived at the arranged courtyard, Pei Muli no longer noticed any problems.
This courtyard fully meets the general standards for entertaining guests, which surprised Pei Muli a little. He thought that all the dust in the garden would also be contaminated here.
But Pei Muli looked at the courtyard in front of him and always felt that he had forgotten something. When he was about to remember, it seemed that his brothers had also been here.
A voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Fourth brother, you are here too?"
Pei Muyan appeared outside the yard with a look of surprise on his face. Pei Muli subconsciously greeted him, but his head was full of question marks.
"Isn't the third brother so sick that he can't get up? Why is he here?"
*
"I see. My cousin and Funing did a good thing."
Pei Muli listened to Pei Muyan's soft voice in the pavilion as he explained what had happened, and poured tea for him from time to time.
His third brother is really thin and looks like he's about to collapse. He's wearing thick clothes on this sunny day, and he doesn't look well. He should work out a bit.
However, he never expected that Funing and Pei Muchu could actually do a good deed and rescue Zhang Bin's brothers. No wonder his third brother came to thank him today.
Pei Muyan also nodded and continued with Pei Muli's words: "Yuanbao is actually a good kid, just a little overbearing, but he knows his limits and doesn't have any bad intentions."
These words made Pei Muli stunned.
ah?
Pei Muchu is a good boy?
The little bully who beat him, the prince and his cousin, in public?
The devil who snatched away Li Yushi’s wife and daughter in public?
ah?
Pei Muli looked at his third brother with the eyes of someone who had discovered something new.
No, how could he not know that his third brother’s poor health could even affect his eyes?
Pei Muyan ignored the gaze of his fourth brother and drank his tea calmly.
He is naturally heat-resistant, which is perfect for pretending to be sick on hot days.
But he really meant what he said just now.
Pei Muchu and Funing saving their uncles is one thing, but Pei Muchu’s own character is another.
In his opinion, Pei Muchu was really just a spoiled child. The grandson of Prime Minister Liu and the son of the Minister of Rites were all like this. Otherwise, why would he be pinned to the ground by these people when he attended the banquet that year and wanted to ride on him like a horse?
If it weren't for that little girl that day, he would probably have suffered such humiliation.
And then what?
The emperor only punished those people verbally. When he saw them again, they had already built up their reputations through their father, the Shangshu, and grandfather, the Prime Minister, and had become pillars of society praised by everyone.
But is what they are doing now different from what Pei Muchu is doing?
The disadvantage of Pei Muchu, my cousin, is that he has no parents. No one plans carefully for him or covers up for him.
He can only rely on himself and his father to make the matter bigger so that he won't suffer any loss.
Unfortunately, his father has never been his support.
Even the death of the prince...
Pei Muyan lowered his eyes and stared at the tea. Finally, he smiled and drank it all.
"...Really? It seems Pei Muchu should be quite well behaved in front of you."
Pei Muli said awkwardly.
"Yuanbao is very well-behaved and sensible. He always calls me brother. To be honest, I thought Yuanbao would not like these gifts at first, but I didn't expect that Yuanbao actually liked them. This really made me feel relieved."
Pei Muyan said with a smile, and continued with an expression that Yuanbao was really cute.
"He even thanked me awkwardly, even though I was the one who came to thank him."
Pei Muli looked at Pei Muyan's appearance and confirmed once again that there was probably something wrong with Pei Muyan's eyes.
Although he felt that Pei Muchu's awkward look was a bit childish and not that annoying, did he really think that Pei Muchu was well-behaved and sensible?
Pei Muli shuddered subconsciously.
He is not that blind.
But he didn't say it explicitly, as he was still in Pei Muchu's territory. If Pei Muchu ran into his room in the middle of the night and gave him a huge blow, he would have nowhere to complain.
Pei Muli never doubted that Pei Muchu was really capable of doing such a thing.
The Third Prince smiled at Pei Muli's fearful look. Although Pei Muli looked bold at first, judging from previous events, he would instinctively put himself on the moral high ground. He could not do anything bigger anyway.
Pei Muyan thought so, and the smile on his lips showed a hint of sincerity.
The two brothers chatted casually and soon it was time for dinner. It was then that they met Princess Funing.
But what was strange was that Princess Funing looked a little ugly, and she glared at Pei Muchu from time to time.
Pei Muli felt that it was Pei Muchu who insisted on forcing Funing to come and build a temple to pray for blessings, which made Funing feel dissatisfied.
However, the third prince felt that Fu Ning was not dissatisfied with this matter, because there was helplessness in his eyes.
But the third prince couldn't figure out the reason, and he was still struggling with this problem until he fell asleep.
Fortunately, I had a good night's sleep.
——It was not until the next morning that Pei Muyan was awakened by the sound of someone kicking the door.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the guard standing at the head of his bed with an excited look on his face.
"Finally found you, luckily you are okay, Your Highness!"
Pei Muyan:?
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