I smiled and said, "Didn't you just say that I'm here to talk to the master about Buddhism and Taoism... "

"Since we are talking about Buddhism and Taoism, why does the female donor never leave the court, the government, and the people?"

"Isn't Buddha's way of living in the world a compassionate way? If the people can live in peace with the government and be less ravaged by war, isn't it the Buddha's will?"

Yichen looked at me, his face became more and more ugly, but he couldn't say a word, and he was silent. At this moment, a very light knock on the door came from outside. Yichen then calmed down and turned his head and said, "Come in." He saw the little novice monk just now walking in and put his hands together and bowed, Yichen asked, "What's the matter?"

"Master, the villagers of Jixiang Village are here again. Please go out and have a look."

"oh?"

Yichen was about to get up, but after thinking about it, he frowned and looked back at me. I smiled and said, "If you have something to do, please go and do it yourself. I won't bother you."

"The female donor will sit for a while, and I will go back."

"OK."

As soon as he left, I stood up from the cushion. In addition to the curling blue smoke rising from the incense burner, there was also a faint fragrance in the air, lingering on the tip of my nose, but it was so light and light that it seemed that it would dissipate with a slight negligence, but it kept touching my mind.

Following the faint fragrance, I pushed the door and walked out.

As the abbot, Yichen lived in the backyard was cleaned very quietly. The bluestone slabs were washed with water and were spotless. Walking on it, there was a slight coolness. My steps also brought a hint of coldness, and I walked outside a room with closed doors and windows next to me, and the faint fragrance seemed to be broken here.

I stood at the door and looked at the closed door in a steady manner.

I could see nothing, but I seemed to feel the breathing inside, a little disordered, and I seemed to have never been calm.

In this room...

A figure flashed through my heart, delicate, but invisibly gave me the greatest pain. Suddenly, even the coolness rose from the soles of my feet, and even my fingers became cold in an instant.

I don’t know how long it took, but I let go of my clenched fist and raised my hand. I just touched the door frame with my fingertips. Before I could make up my mind to push it away or what to do, I heard a burst of rapid footsteps behind me, and I shouted loudly: “Female donor!”

As soon as I turned around, I saw him rushing over with a look of uneasiness on his face. He walked over and looked at the closed door, and looked at me again: "Why did the female donor come here?"

"Uh? I, I walked around casually and walked here by accident."

"Female donor, there are only some scriptures piled up in the room, and there is no one living there, so don't go in."

Looking at his uncertain look, I suddenly became a little scared.

I always be careful in my work and never take risks unless I have to. Even if I take risks, I will definitely have a way out. But just now I reached out to push the door. It was too bold and irrational.

Perhaps, it is because the person I thought of was completely unreasonable. Although all my pain and humiliation were not brought by her, they were always inseparable from her shadow. She was like a swallow flying very high, and it was no longer in my sight, but the shadow she cast was always shrouded on me.

I have always rarely thought of her, or even resisted thinking about her. I have always wanted to drive away the feeling of her being by my side, but now I have only realized that this is too difficult.

Maybe it's because I've been by that person, and she's in that person's heart.

Thinking of this, the suffocation feeling that made my breathing unable to continue last night surged up again. I subconsciously reached out to hold the wall, and the person was a little pale. I saw that something was wrong with me, and hurriedly asked, "Female donor, what's wrong with you?"

"Hmm?" I looked back at him before I felt my disobedience. I hurriedly smiled and asked casually: "I wonder if the master left just now, do you have any important matters to deal with?"

"It's not a big deal. It's a villager from Jixiang Village outside Yangzhou City. He comes to the temple to help clean it every month. I should go and take a look."

"oh……"

I know that many ordinary people will donate indulgence and oil to temples to accumulate merits, but some ordinary people cannot afford the money, so they will go to the temple to help clean, chop firewood or cook, and call it "sacrifice oneself" to accumulate merits.

Speaking of cleaning, I suddenly remembered something and asked, "Master, do you have any—"

Halfway through his words, his throat suddenly became choked. He looked back at the closed door. Thinking of the way, he decided not to ask anymore and just smiled.

What does it matter if you can find it back?

"Female donor?" Yichen looked at me with a weird look and asked softly: "What are you laughing at?"

"No, nothing?"

"..." He looked at me, his dark eyebrows furrowed together. I looked at him and smiled faintly, "I just laughed at it that time."

After saying this, I turned around and walked away. Yichen followed me, but with a solemn look on my face, as if I wanted to say something, but I always wanted to say something. I listened to the third morning bell this morning and said, "Master, it's getting late, and I'm going to say goodbye."

"Miss Shi is leaving?"

"I'm really sorry for bothering the master for so long."

"Then, I will give you a female donor."

"No need, Master, please stay." I turned around and looked at him, looked at the closed door again, and smiled and said, "What I said to the Master today is what Master Huang once said to me. I said this to the Master not to influence what Master did, but I just hope that Master can understand Master Huang's intentions. He would rather be ruled by thousands of people than to hope that irrelevant people can be harmed. This is the realm of the Buddha, and I hope Master can think twice."

Yichen's face looked a little heavy, and he bowed and said, "I will think of it."

"Thank you, Master."

After saying that, I nodded towards him, turned around and walked out. As soon as I reached the back door of the Buddhist temple, I saw the dust banners there, hanging high, and the figures in front of the hall were shaking, as if someone was cleaning in front of it. Although I could not see anyone, I could see dust flying from the light shining outside the door.

In such dust, my thoughts couldn't help but float away.

I remembered that time, when I was looking for the lost orchid buckle here, but I also stood there and heard a heavy sigh.

I don’t know at that time, when he stood in front of the Buddha statue and thought about what he was thinking about, so he sighed. But I thought, if he could have known what he was thinking about and what he could not forget, would everything be different now?

Will I wake up earlier?

.

After getting off the mountain, I took a carriage and walked into the city. At this time, Yangzhou City also woke up. The pedestrians on the road were bustling with people, and both sides of the road were hawking, which was very lively.

I sat in the carriage and heard many people discussing the turmoil under the city tower last night.

Although it was chaotic last night, I didn’t see any attacks. Even the people saw something wrong. It seemed that the emperor wanted to find someone in Yangzhou. I lifted the curtain and looked outside, and seemed to see many impressed faces in the crowd.

He was in Yangzhou City, but he was probably full of people.

In order to find Nangong Lizhu, he did try his best and even hesitated to make big moves in the future. But what would happen if he really found it? How would he treat that woman?

It was still early when I returned to the state capital. I thanked the two guards and the coachman, and walked carefully back to my residence through the side door.

The door was actually closed tightly. Could it be that Shui Xiu had gone out?

I walked up and pushed my hand, but saw Pei Yuanhao sitting at the table in the middle of the room. Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, he slowly turned his head to look at me.

Shui Xiu stood beside him with a frightened expression on her face.

I was also shocked for a moment - how could he be in my room?

His face was not very good-looking. He was almost transparent when the sun shone, but there was a faint shadow under his eyes. It was a sign of not sleeping all night, making him look even more gloomy, as if he was scattered with an indescribable evil spirit.

Standing at the door, he was unable to recover for a moment, but he slowly picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. Shuixiu hurriedly winked at me. Then I walked up to me and knelt down and said, "I pay homage to the emperor, long live the emperor."

He took a sip of tea and slowly put the tea cup back on the table: "Where have you gone?"

"…Sister, I'll go out for a walk."

"Go out for a walk?" He seemed to sneer, slowly stood up and walked to me, looking at me condescendingly: "Do you know, what is the crime of a palace maid running away privately?"

I knelt on the ground, my palm hurt slightly by the floor.

Yes, I know the palace maid who escaped and killed her after she was caught. I am not the one from last night. He just couldn't catch her. If she caught her, I'm afraid she would hold her in my palm. And I - it's too easy to catch me, so I don't have to pay any price to treat me.

I lowered my head and smiled softly: "I know."

"stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

I stood up slowly, because I had been kneeling for a long time, and the numb knee staggered for a while, and hurriedly reached out to hold the door frame. He looked at me, his eyes flashed, and he coldly ordered: "You go out first."

"Uh? Ah." Shui Xiu, who was standing behind, couldn't react. I looked up at her and she hurriedly lowered her head and said, "Yes." After that, she hurried over, but when she went out, she looked at me with some concern. I smiled and shook her head, and she could only turn around and walk out.

I thought about it, and gently put my hand holding the door frame down, but the door was still open.

But he said coldly, "Close the door."

My heart beat for a moment, bit my lower lip, and still closed the door with a stolen needle.
Chapter completed!