Chapter 4: The Mystery

"If they can do it, let them stay in the house to take care of some trivial things. It doesn't have to be too much to go to Fahua Temple for only one day." Lan Ruoyan smiled modestly, and she would not miss the fluke that flashed in Nangong Jinzhi's eyes. Do you really have any intention? Then let me see your methods!

Yingliu Pavilion

Shaofei Liu Yuying slowly opened her sleepy eyes, and her left eyelid kept beating. She stretched out her hand and said, "Come on, help me get up." Her body is getting heavier and heavier, but the child is in her stomach and can't let him out for the time being. She has been silently feeling that the child in her belly is a boy, which should make her get what she wants.

"Mother, what's wrong?" Luo'er asked in a low voice. The child didn't come out for a day. Everyone in her yard was worried that she was the only one who knew about prolonging the pregnancy with drugs, and she was the only one who was most worried.

"It's okay. I just woke up suddenly, and my eyelids kept jumping. I don't know if something good is going to happen? Liu Yuying leaned against the pillow and sat ** leisurely and said. Good things for her are not necessarily good for others.

"Speaking of which, there was this strange thing today. The princess and Concubine Ye went to Fahua Temple to burn incense. I heard from the maids that they went out early in the morning. They thought they had read it wrong..."

"Oh. Ye Fei is not a good stubble, but she is not a smart person. The princess will not take the initiative to burn incense. I guessed that it was the ghost of Concubine Ye in it. Send a trustworthy person to follow and see what Concubine Ye is playing. To control a person, as long as you grab her little braid, you are not afraid that she will not comply. Nangong Jinzhi has the ability to enter this door. As for how to get out, it depends on his own creation. The swollen face due to pregnancy showed a trace of cruelty.

"The Empress is wise, and the maidservant ordered her servants to do it. The Empress is heavy. Are you resting or walking out of bed?

"Today's Chen Palace is a rare quiet, and I still go out for a walk. Maybe there will be some unexpected harvest..." It has been some days since Nangong Jinzhi married into the royal palace, and the royal palace has not been peaceful for a day. With her understanding, there must be some action in the house.

After lunch, Liu Yuying walked in the back garden and followed them. Along the way, it was quiet and there was no noise. Liu Yuying frowned and smiled, "It seems that the princess has managed the backyard well, and there is a trace of noise after so far."

"Yo! Jin An, the Empress Shaofei. The poisonous gentleman didn't know when he came from behind and saluted Liu Yuying.

"Who are you?" Liu Yuying was wary of people coming.

"The poisoned gentleman is the dark leader of the prince." The poisonous gentleman replied.

"Is it a poisonous gentleman? I have heard about it. You don't work in the dark. What are you doing in the backyard of the royal palace? Shaofei asked in a low voice.

"I heard that the mother's fetus is full month, but there is no movement of delivery from time to time, so I want to see the mother." The poisonous gentleman smiled.

Shaofei was shocked and retreated a little, "There is a special imperial doctor's diagnosis in this palace. I won't bother you."

The poisonous gentleman stepped forward and said, "You only need to hang your pulse."

"What on earth do you want to do?" When Shaofei saw him approaching, she shouted in horror.

The test results, and the poisonous gentleman no longer continued. He stepped back and said, "Since the Empress doesn't want me to see it, I'll leave." After saying that, he turned around and left.

At this time, in the dark, Biyou saw everything that had just happened, and she held her breath and quickly left back to Lanxin Pavilion. According to the princess's instructions secretly left on the paper, she wants to become an ordinary maidservant today to check who there are outsiders in the backyard of the palace. I didn't expect to see the poisonous gentleman to see Shaofei privately.

After writing down the sentence she had just seen on paper, she put it into an envelope and sealed it. He went to Lan Ruoyan's bed and stuffed the envelope under his pillow. Just wait for the princess to come back and see the secret.

Fahua Temple is located on the top of the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, you can see the smoke on the mountain. The incense guests also walked slowly up with this mountain path. Some people even crawled on the ground, stopped three steps, and knelt down five steps to the mountain.

"Mother, the Fahua Temple has arrived. You need to walk the road on the mountain in person. The road is too narrow for our sedan chair to pass. The sedan chair said respectfully.

As soon as the sedan chair landed, Biyou hurried forward and pulled up the curtain. Lan Ruoyan slowly walked down the sedan chair. Nangong Jinzhi also got off the sedan chair, walked to Lan Ruoyan and said, "Princess, let's go up." Thank you very much this time..."

Lan Ruoyan didn't say anything. After a few polite greetings with Nangong Jinzhi, she was helped by the maidservant beside her and walked up the mountain.

Everyone doesn't have a pair of eyes behind them, so it's often easy to miss them. Nangong Jinzhi's charming eyes narrowed into a gap, staring fiercely at Lan Ruoyan who left in front of him, and his eyes suddenly appeared.

Unfortunately, what Nangong Jinzhi didn't know was that Lan Ruoyan had a pair of eyes behind her back. Biyun's light skills were not under Lan Ruoyan. Her task along the way was just to follow Ye Fei to see what she did.

"In the mountains, talk less, just do what I say. There is no need to ask. After everything is done, your benefits are indispensable. Nangong Jinzhi said to the little maid beside him.

"Yes, the maidservant knows." At first glance, this little maid is very strange. She is ordinary-changed. If she is thrown into the crowd, she will be flooded.

But when Biyun saw the little maid's footsteps and sharp eyes in the distance, he knew that he was a martial artist. Isn't it that Princess Ye wants to assassinate the princess!?

"Let's go."

The two followed Lan Ruoyeng slowly. Nangong Jinzhi has been spoiled since childhood, but the three brothers have been trained since childhood, and they are also familiar with some skills. It is not very difficult to walk this mountain road.

However, she hasn't walked such a long road for a long time, and it's still so rugged. Not long after she walked, her forehead began to sweat. I wanted to be petty and didn't leave. Thinking that if my plan was successful, I gritted my teeth and continued to walk forward.

Walking on the rugged mountain road, Lan Ruoyan thought that there were many people who burned incense and worshipped Buddha in the past. Today is a good day. Why is there no one along the way? Oh, it seems that Nangong Jinzhi has used a lot of resources. Lan Ruoyan is so funny that she deserves others' painstaking efforts to kill her. Imagine that when NO.2 killed her in her previous life, it was so natural, but who knows whether he had also prepared for a long time in advance? The fragrance in his car, the gun in his bag, he carries poison with him... Oh, it should have been prepared for a long time.

Thinking of this, Lan Ruoyan laughed at herself. She had been worried about his last sentence, "I'm sorry." Now that you have decided to kill her, why do you want to say sorry?

"Mother, what are you laughing at?" The maid beside her smiled when she saw Lan Ruoyan walking and asked strangely.

"Do I laugh?" Lan Ruoyan raised his hand and left the maid behind. It was time for the fish to take the bait.

......

"Mother, the hall is right in front of you." The maid wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, took out her handkerchief, stretched out her hand, and leaned over Lan Ruoyan's forehead.

"No. I haven't left like this for a long time, and it's okay to sweat. Lan Ruoyan took a deep breath and inhaled the air from the top of the mountain. There is a smell of trees unique to the mountain, as well as the smell of sandalwood.

"Princess. Let's go in." Nangong Jinzhi straightened his messy hair and said to Lan Ruoyan.

Lan Ruoyan looked at the blue plum forest in the distance and saw that the flowers were not as rich as they were on that day, so she was less interested. She said softly, "Let's take a break. It's not good to see the Bodhisattva in this way."

The haze in Nangong Jinzhi's eyes flashed by, and the hatred in it was not visible, but for a moment, she hid it and said, "It's good for the princess to miss the auspicious time. Let's go in now."

Seeing that Nangong Jinzhi wanted to go in like this, Lan Ruoyan no longer refused and said, "Then go in now. After worshipping the Bodhisattva earlier, it's better to go back earlier. I haven't told the prince about burning incense. I'll be back late. I don't know if the prince will blame him.

As soon as he heard Lan Ruoyan talk about Xuanyuanchen, Nangong Jinzhi felt that she was showing off, but she did not show much dissatisfaction. Instead, she smiled and said, "The prince spoils the princess. Even if it's to blame, he can only blame Jinzhi. How can he be willing to blame the mother?"

"Yes, he only blames others." Lan Ruoyan said meaningfully. Looking at Nangong Jinzhi's eyes suddenly became mysterious and frightening, Nangong Jinzhi couldn't help but be a little afraid.

The two walked into the hall and looked at the golden Guanyin Bodhisattva in the hall, always with a kind smile on their faces, bent the corners of their eyes, and looked at all kinds of life in the world.

Gently knelt on the futon, and the maid threw the sesame oil money and handed a bunch of incense to Lan Ruoyan. Lan Ruoyan took the incense, closed her eyes, gently meditated and prayed. Her voice was so soft that even the people around her couldn't hear her clearly. After kowtoting three heads, Lan Ruoyan got up and left.

Nangong Jinzhi's sight was at the moment when Lan Ruoyan knelt down, and did not leave Lan Ruoyan for a moment. When she went out and greeted the girl beside her, she didn't know what to say, the maid walked out through the side door.

Lan Ruoyan walked around the mountain, remembering that she was also here last time, and Xuanyuanchen was unhappy. She stared at that place and remained motionless.

"Madam, it's windy here. Let's go to the Zen room." The maidservant said sadly when she saw Lan Ruoyan standing in the wind like this.

"It's okay. Let's go back after eating." Lan Ruoyan turned around and walked to the Zen room. Somehow, as long as she stared at the Bodhisattva for a long time, she always felt that the Bodhisattva's smile on her was different from the statue, as if she could see her past life and present life, which made her a trace of panic.

In the Zen room, several simple and exquisite vegetarian dishes taste really good. Since the last time I ate it, Lan Ruoyan has been a little unforgettable.

"Princess, where have you been just now? I haven't seen you for a long time. Nangong Jinzhi put down his chopsticks and said.

"I didn't go anywhere, just wander around here. I don't think the weather will come early. After dinner, let's go back later. Lan Ruoyan put down his chopsticks and said slowly.

"That's it! ~But... My concubine just drew a lot and signed a signature saying that if I want to stay in Fahua Temple for one night, my concubine's wish can be realized. I want to stay here for one night. Princess, it's getting late. Why don't we stay together?" There were pleading and seriousness in his tone, and his eyes were crying, as if he really couldn't stay here for one night.

Lan Ruoyan condensed her mind. Today, she was ready to wait for Nangong Jinzhi to do something to her, but Nangong Jinzhi did nothing this day, and she couldn't help but doubt whether she was wrong. Now that Concubine Ye has raised this point, why don't you follow her meaning? Let's see what will happen after a night in this temple.

"In this case, it's okay to stay. The vegetarian food here really makes me a little lingering. That's right, but others don't know what Xiao Jiujiu is in his heart.

"Well, the Empress is willing to stay. After eating, I will take you to your room." Nangong Jinzhi said enthusiastically, and Lan Ruoyan only nodded silently and didn't say much.

After dinner, Nangong Jinzhi sent Lan Ruoyan to her wing all the way. This Fahua Temple has been built for hundreds of years. In it, the new building of the old house is built, and the area is not small. The corridor alone is nine or eighteen turns, but the more you go in, the more grass and trees are, and it becomes more and more quiet. Lan Ruoyan likes such an environment. .

When I came to the wing room, this was the place of Buddhism. The wing room was also simple and simple. There was a big word "Zen" hanging in the lobby. Lan Ruoyan felt a little uncomfortable. I don't know if it was because she came to recognize people for the first time or something.

"Princess, my concubine also made an appointment with the master to give Zen, and the time is almost time, so I won't accompany the princess." After saying that, get up and leave.

"If that's the case, you can go first." Lan Ruoyan waved her hand and went with her.

After Ye Fei left, Lan Ruoyan watched the maid make the bed, so she lay on the pillow casually and waved her hand to let the maid go out. Biyun jumped in silently from the window, saluted by the bed and asked, "Mother, why did you promise her to stay? The night is long, and it is inevitable that she won't play any tricks.

"It's okay. Biyun, don't you think what really needs to happen is just the beginning? You should know that since a person has planned something, she must succeed, otherwise it will not be so easy for her to find another opportunity to do it. Anyway, Ye Fei has also put a lot of effort into her. If she doesn't deal with it with all her strength, I'm afraid she will still suffer some losses. However, since Princess Ye intended to let her stay in Fahua Temple, she would accompany her to see what she was doing.

"Follow Ye Fei to see what she is going to do." Lan Ruoyan ordered.

"Isn't there no one on my side as soon as the maidservant left?" Biyun shook her head, "She is likely to use a plan to get the tiger away from the mountain and attack the Empress unprepared."

"Alas, Biyun, have you forgotten that I am also good at martial arts?" Lan Ruoyan smiled and said, "Let's support me. Naturally, I'm going to get something back today."

Biyun can't. She knows Lan Ruoyan's personality. Since it has been decided, she will not change her mind easily. So he had to take the order out and follow Concubine Ye to leave.

Lan Ruoyan leaned on the pillow, looked at the curtain leisurely, and muttered, "I hope there will be something more valuable today besides the vegetarian food at that table..."

The sun gradually set, and the last remnant sun was also urged by the moon to hide in a very reluctant situation. A new moon slowly rises, and in the sky, under the residual heat of the sun, only faint light can be seen.

Su Mu came out of the palace in the afternoon and went to Chen Wangfu. Hearing that the princess was not here, I saw a maid-like man sling outside the door of Lanxin Pavilion and asked curiously, "Which maid are you?" Why haven't I seen you before?"

"The maidservant is the maid of Lanxin Pavilion. I heard from my mother that Lord Su may come today, so I asked the maidservant to wait here to send you a letter. The Empress was burning incense at Fahua Temple today. She was supposed to come back, but then she had something to do and stayed there tonight. It's just that she said she had something to say to Lord Su, and now..." She stood there anxiously and waited for Su Mu's attitude, feeling a little uneasy.

"I know, it's nothing for you here." Su Mu secretly thought that Yaner must have something to wait for herself, so she resolutely decided to go.

At the treetops of the moon, the evening class of the Shami of Fahua Temple began, and the bell on the mountain rang three times.

"Mother. It's late at night. You'd better go to bed. The maidservant walked in and wanted to serve Lan Ruoyan to sleep, but she saw Lan Ruoyan leaning against the window and looking up at the bright moon, which meant to rest.

"I don't want to rest yet. The moon is bright and beautiful tonight. I want to see it more." Lan Ruoyan said casually, waved her hand and let the maidservant retreat.

Not long after, a dark shadow flashed. Lan Ruoyan retreated a few steps, and Biyun flashed in from the window and half knelt in front of her to report, "Empress, Empress Ye has been staying in the Zen room in the afternoon to listen to the master talk about Buddhism, and there is no other abnormal behavior. Have a good sleep tonight and let's go back tomorrow morning.

Is it that she really has no plans today? Lan Ruoyan poked her head, and the mountain at night was particularly cool. She looked at the courtyard and closed the window casually.

"Since she has nothing to do, don't startle the snake first. Biyun, you go to rest first. If she really has anything, it should be late at night." Lan Ruoyan looked up at the cold moon. What on earth was she going to do?

Biyun nodded and exited the room. After Lan Ruoyan sent her out, he shouted outside, "Come on!"

The maidservant who had been waiting outside the door hurriedly pushed the door in and asked humbly, "What do you want me to order?"

"Go and make a pot of strong tea for me." Lan Ruoyan said in a low voice.

As soon as the maidservant heard this, she said worriedly, "Mother, drinking strong tea at night will affect sleep."

Hearing what the maid said, Lan Ruoyan not only looked up at the maid, but also saw that although she was simply dressed, she was also bright and beautiful. The important thing was that she was careful. On this day, Lan Ruoyan had already secretly observed a maidservant. She seemed to be cautious and honest everywhere.

"What's your name?" Lan Ruoyan asked that she had the intention to reuse this maid. The king's mansion is so big that she can't manage it well just by helping her.