Chapter 324: Undercurrent

The waterfront stupa, like every day in the past, still carries a touch of sandalwood in silence.
The one who came out to greet me was Gui Yan who was always serving with the Queen Mother. After I met the Queen Mother and became familiar with the people here, I found out that she was also the one I saw and talked with Qian Yan in Leng Palace. . However, she didn't know that I had met her in such a scene, but I came to Linshui Stupa several times and talked to the queen queen, and she was very kind to me.
"Anyone please, the queen mother has missed you a few times before."
"Thank you."
I nodded at her and entered the stupa. The light inside wasn't too bright, but the candlelight in front of the shrine illuminated the people I longed to see. The queen mother was sitting there to meditate on the Buddha, and a swaying candlelight cast a layer of orange-red light on her pale face, which gave her a calm and indifferent expression with a touch of temperature. I was going to salute, but the queen mother didn't open her eyes, she only said lightly, "Come here, don't give me that kind of vanity."
"Mrs. Xie."
I was still a little blessed towards her, and sat carefully down to her hands. After the queen mother finished reading the scriptures, I slowly opened my eyes and glanced at me, saying, "Today's face is not very good."
"My courtier is all right, Queen Mother Xie hangs."
The corner of her lips ticked and said gently: "I heard that the emperor left the Fangcaotang this morning without going to the early dynasty. The queen called you to Jingren Palace for questioning, didn't she?"
My face paled again.
"Aggrieved?"
I shook my head: "The queen said it was righteous, and the courtiers accepted it."
"Then what happened to you?"
"Chin-chan ..."
I opened my mouth involuntarily, but I really opened my mouth, but I did n’t know what to say. I never saw what kind of person Chang Qing is, but at least for now, I do n’t feel any hostility from her. She is high above her. In charge of this harem, every word and deed is the style of the world of the mother instrument, and there is no fault.
What really bothers me is Shen Rou.
Today, she didn't say a word, this is not like her past style, and since Xu Cairen left Fangcaotang, she seems to have forgotten the existence of me, and there is no problem with my diet, nor Anyone came to trouble me.
But the more that happened, the more uneasy I felt.
The horseshoe cake and I had known her before, and her methods were obvious, but I couldn't think why she suddenly seemed to no longer care about me and Xu Cairen's children.
Is she real? Let go?
Or is all the peace just an illusion of surging undercurrents?
The queen mother looked at me and was silent for a while, then suddenly said, "Yue Cairen, do you know why people who believe in Buddhism should read Amitabha?"
I froze for a moment, wondering why she asked this suddenly.
He still said honestly: "Amitabha is one of the three holy Buddhas in the West. When he became a Buddha, he made forty-eight wishes, one of which was' Everyone who hears my name, concentrates on my clean land, and cultivates all the good fortune roots. 'So people chant his name, because those who worship the Buddha have light to shine on, and no evil spirit can be harmed.'
The queen mother smiled lightly: "Anyone who has read a book can't fail you."
Having said that, I suddenly stopped, and the low voice seemed to sound in my ear again-"I will protect you and the child."
The queen mother said slowly: "Life is alive, and you will inevitably encounter the evil ghost Yasha. It does not matter if you encounter it. What matters is whether you have your own Amitabha."
I said, "The queen mother means that the emperor is a courtier Amitabha?"
"Who can protect you, who is your Amitabha."
I don't know why. When I heard this sentence, my heart was tingling.
The emperor, the Amitabha of the women in the palace, is also the belief of all women.
However, there are so many women in the palace, only he, an Amitabha, and he has too many believers.
I still remember that when he first said he wanted to protect me, he was in Taishi Mansion, but that night, he held another woman who was more important than his life.
Thinking of this, I smiled bitterly.
The queen mother looked at me all the time, and when I smiled bitterly, her eyes were a little stunned, as if she had seen far away through my body, I didn't know who was gone, and then slowly said, "You It always reminds the sad family of someone. "
I snapped: "Who is it?"
"A person who hates the mourning family." The queen mother's always cold face revealed a sneer, saying, "She has received the most favor, but she always looks insatiable and makes people look. , I hate it. "
I immediately realized that what she was talking about was calling Queen Marie.
The Queen Mother has been repairing in the stupa for so many years. I also thought that she had forgotten the love and hate of the world. But these days, I can always feel her dissatisfaction with the queen of martyrs from her faint words, even Yes-hate.
But I don't know what kind of past can make her so cut off the fate, can not let go of the hatred.
However, if it is said that Empress Zhaolie has received the favor of the Emperor, as she said, she is always unsatisfied. I don't know what the reason is, but for me--
I said softly: "If a person drinks water, he knows himself well."
"Like a person drinking water, knowing whether he is warm or cold?" The queen mother murmured these eight words, and some people were a little hesitant, saying, "Yeah, there are some sufferings that cannot be said ..."
I sat there quietly, thinking about it for a long time, and the queen mother said nothing, always thinking of her Amitabha to the Buddha, and I got up to leave just before lunch.
When I stepped out of the stupa, I suddenly remembered something and turned back and said, "Mr. Queen."
"Ok?"
"Too Emperor, is it your Amitabha?"
The figure sitting quietly with her back to me trembled suddenly. I didn't see her expression, but after a long silence, she heard her calm voice saying, "He is my evil ghost Yasha."
I stopped for a while.
The gate of the stupa slowly closed in front of me, and the last ray of sunlight shone on the queen mother's body, slowly annihilating ...
Maybe it was my performance that night that made Pei Yuanzhang unhappy, and for a while, he never came to me.
They are also anxious, but they ca n’t help it. They can only hear from the outside that the emperor reviews the memorials every night in the Imperial Study, but rarely call the concubine to sleep. This cold atmosphere is even colder in winter.
The eaves were already covered with ice, and the heavy snow had dyed the entire imperial city white.
It's Chinese New Year.
Although the earth was white, the makeup in the imperial city was very lively. The red lanterns had already been hung under the eaves, the red pillars were painted red and shiny, and even the palace ladies had made new clothes, all with faces. The look of joy.
The eunuchs in charge of housekeeping have also sent charcoal fires to the palaces for winter. This year, because it was the first year of the new emperor's ascension, the palaces also added many flowers and fruits. They were piled up when they were delivered. Under the eaves, watching the little eunuchs beaming with joy, they also smiled lightly, and turned to tell Shui Xiu: "Give the reward."
The little eunuchs said with a smile: "It cost money to eat and drink."
I smiled, but saw a rattan basket on the side, and asked, "What's that?"
"It's fireworks."
One of the eunuchs said, "These are all purchased from various places by the concubine's maid's house. They are not the same as those purchased from the usual purchasers. Let's secretly put a few of them. "
I laughed: "What kind of fireworks do you put in during the day?"
They also said with a smile that they gave me a and ran away, but Shui Xiu and Xiao Yutu were fresh, begging me for a long time, and I could only promise them to take a look, and the two took a few happily. I went to the corner to light it, and suddenly a colorful flower bloomed in front of me, such as a peony bloom, and turned into falling snow, it was really beautiful.
I stood under the eaves and looked at the fireworks, but somehow remembered a year ago.
At this time a year ago, we were still in Yangzhou, but we were half lonely and half hustle and bustle. The man who was obviously suffering from bad diseases was approaching the end of his life, but brought the most beautiful scenery to the dead city of Yangzhou.
Huang Tianba ... Where is he now?
I don't know what I said to Pei Yuanzhang that day. How much did he hear it, or did I just hurt the thorn that stuck in his heart?
When I was thinking alone, I heard Wu Yan pointing at Shui Xiu and cursed: "Two little hoofs, what fireworks are put in the daytime, oh, so big, it's choking people, I haven't rushed to clean up It's up! "
Shui Xiu was scolded and their tongues stuck out, and the two still smiled. Wu Xun came helplessly and said, "Talent, let's go back to the house. It's cold outside, and it's too shy to put out fireworks."
"Ok."
I nodded and turned back to the room.
However, the sulphur smell did not dissipate, but spread slowly in the imperial city. After all, it is the New Year. Everyone likes to set off fireworks. People often see the people in the palaces lit in the courtyard in the evening. The fire tree silver flower that attracted the night, the father-in-law also talked a few times, but it was the New Year.
In a blink of an eye, it was the New Year's Eve.
This day, the palace made a special trip from the south and invited a theater class. In the evening, they set up a stage in Nuanxiang Pavilion. The concubines of the palaces had to go. Although I usually save asking for courtesy, I must also go at this time, but these days My spirits were a bit ill and I was uncomfortable. I didn't sleep until after the afternoon.
Shui Xiu, they helped me dress well, and they also deliberately brushed up the gouge's eyebrows and painted a little makeup, but I still looked a bit sloppy, and Wu Xie was also a little worried: "What's the matter with talents? These days I've said no Comfortable. "
"I don't know." I frowned slightly, and slowly sat down on the couch.
"Want to find a great doctor?"