Chapter 73 Princess Zijing's Troubles

Princess Zijing sat in the main hall of Yongning Palace, surrounded by eunuch maids, who sat or lay down, holding a piece of rice paper and a brush in their hands, and buried their heads in copying the Tao Te Ching Sutra.

Sumei walked around the temple, holding a branch in her hand and patrolling the crowd back and forth. If someone dared to fish in troubled waters, the branches in Sumei's hand would be beaten down mercilessly. Occasionally, after the eunuch or maid of honor copied it, Su Mei immediately took the copied paper and sent it to Princess Zijing.

Princess Zijing herself was not idle. She held a pen in her hand and wrote a few words on rice paper from time to time. Princess Zijing stared fiercely at the Tao Te Ching in front of her, as if facing a great enemy, she could throw the Tao Te Ching into the brazier and burn it into ashes to relieve her hatred.

"No! As I said, imitate my handwriting! Do you understand? Do you understand what imitation is?

Princess Zijing put down the brush in her hand and carefully looked at the paper handed over by Sumei. She frowned tightly and only heard a "pop". The paper in front of her was pinched into a ball by Princess Zijing and was tossed aside from afar.

" Sulan! I have told you 800 times! Don't write so well! Can this princess's handwriting be so beautiful? You have to imitate!"

Princess Zijing stared angrily at a little maid lying on the ground and shouted angrily, with another "pop", and the paper was pinched into a ball and was ruthlessly tossed aside.

"Yes, princess, the maidservant will pay attention."

Sulaan, who was lying on the ground, slipped a wisp of cold sweat, picked up the pen helplessly, lay on the ground and continued to copy the Tao Te Ching.

"Who wrote this? Stand up for me!"

Princess Zijing raised a copied piece of paper in her hand and glared at the crowd.

The whole Yongning Palace fell silent and extremely quiet.

"Princess, it's...written by small..."

A eunuch stood up slowly, with a frightened face and whispered.

"You stand here for me! Your words are even worse than those written by this princess! That's not the case!"

Princess Zijing stared at the eunuch fiercely and shouted angrily.

"Go back... back to the princess... I haven't studied since I was a child... I don't know many big characters... Now I want the villain to copy this thing... the villain... really..."

The eunuch showed a bitter face, slowly stepped forward and said bleakly.

"Bold! Dare to quibble! How dare you write worse than the princess's!"

Sumei stepped forward and glared at the eunuch. As soon as Liu Mei stood up, the branches in her hand slapped fiercely on the eunuch.

"Ah! The villain knew it was wrong! Princess, spare your life!"

The eunuch held his head and couldn't help dodging the branches pulled by Sumei fiercely, run left and right, and kicked several eunuchs lying on the ground to the ground.

"All right! Get out and continue to copy for me. If you write so ugly again, I will ask you to go to the honor room to get the board!"

Princess Zijing's willow eyebrows are horizontally, and her small face is like paper in her hand, wrinkled into a ball.

"Yes, the villain must imitate the princess's handwriting..."

The eunuch was relieved and slowly walked back to the place where he had just been lying, picked up a piece of rice paper and began to copy it silently.

"Princess, I heard from Sister Mo Xiang in Cining Palace this morning that Empress Zhao has copied the Tao Te Ching 300 times. She went to say hi to the Empress Dowager in the morning and handed over the copied Tao Te Ching to the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager seems to be extremely satisfied."

Sumei stood beside Princess Zijing and whispered.

"What! She has already copied it! So fast!"

A trace of displeasure flashed in Princess Zijing's eyes, and her eyebrows frowned tightly.

"Look at you guys! It's useless! It's been a whole month! Plus I copied it myself! It has only been copied 50 times in total! When will these 300 times be copied!"

Princess Zijing glanced at the crowd and shouted angrily.

"If you go back to the princess, it's really difficult. You not only have to copy the Tao Te Ching, but also imitate the princess's handwriting. If you write well, you can't write poorly. This is really..."

A eunuch raised his head and said bitterly.

" shut up! As a person in Yongning Palace, I can't even imitate the princess's handwriting!"

Princess Zijing raised her eyebrows and shouted angrily.

"It's time to fight!"

Sumei stepped forward, with a trace of anger in her eyes, and the branch in her hand slapped fiercely on the eunuch.

"Little people know their mistakes, little people know their mistakes..."

The eunuch lay on the ground, dodged Sumei's branches, and shouted in shock.

"Continue to copy!"

Princess Zijing shouted loudly and lowered her head to continue to copy the Tao Te Ching. Everyone in the hall also buried their heads and copied them silently.

After a long time, Princess Zijing suddenly looked up and put the pen in her hand on the table.

" Sumei!"

Princess Zijing shouted with an angry face.

"Princess, what's the matter?"

Sumei rushed forward and asked suspiciously. She didn't know what was wrong with the princess and looked panicked.

"I ask you, who wrote this Tao Te Ching! I will kill his nine clans! Damn it!"

Princess Zijing had an angry face, frowned deeply, stared at the Tao Te Ching lying quietly on the table, and couldn't wait to tear it to pieces.

"In the words of the princess, the Tao Te Ching was written by Lao Tzu."

Sumei looked bitterly, looked at Princess Zijing with tears and laughter, and replied slowly.

"Bold man, blame him for writing a moral scripture, which made me suffer so much! I mainly killed his nine clans!"

Princess Zijing shouted angrily.

"Princess! That's unspeakable! Don't dare to talk nonsense!"

Sumei was shocked, and her face was full of panic. She hurried forward and covered Princess Zijing's mouth tightly.

"What are you doing! Did he write a shabby Tao Te Ching, and I was afraid of him?

Princess Zijing shook off Sumei's hand angrily, stared at Sumei fiercely, and shouted angrily.

"Princess! I really dare not talk nonsense! This man is not mortal! That's the reincarnation of the immortal, and it's the transformation of Taishang Laojun! The princess dare not be disrespectful to him! He is a fairy in heaven! Beware of God's punishment!"

Sumei said anxiously with a frightened face.

"What? Is he a fairy in heaven?

Princess Zijing was also shocked and looked at Sumei suspiciously.

"Legend has it that this Laozi was originally the incarnation of Taishang Laojun and was a descendant of Peng Zu. In the Jia year of Shang Chaoyang, he became a qi, and I was born in the belly of Li, the daughter of King Xuanmiao."

Sumei looked at Princess Zijing in panic and said urgently.

"And such a thing!?"

Princess Zijing's face changed and asked suspiciously.

"Yes, one day, Li was washing clothes by the river at the head of the village and suddenly saw a yellow plum floating upstream. Li picked up the fist-sized yellow plum with a branch. Li was hot and thirsty, so he ate the plum. Soon, Li was pregnant."

Sumei's small face was full of sweat, and her eyes were full of panic, and she said anxiously.

"And then?"

Princess Zijing was shocked when she heard Sumei's words and asked urgently.

"Since then, Li was pregnant, and she was pregnant for 81 years. Later, she gave birth to a boy. The boy was born with white eyebrows and white hair and a white beard. Therefore, Li named him Laozi, and I would talk in his life. He pointed to a plum tree in the yard and said, Li was me. So Li named him Li Er, and his name was Boyang.

Sumei looked at Princess Zijing seriously with extremely serious eyes.

"This... Let's continue to copy the Tao Te Ching."

Princess Zijing was also shocked. She quickly lowered her head and began to continue to copy the Tao Te Ching.

Suddenly, a silver bell-like crisp smile came from outside the hall. With this smile, a young woman slowly walked into the hall.

I saw the woman wearing a long dark blue brocade skirt, embroidered with white plum blossoms, and tied the unbearable slender waist with a white brocade belt. The dark hair is turned into a Ruyi bun, and only a plum blossom white jade hairpin is inserted. Although it is simple, it looks fresh and elegant. The face was thin and pink, dressed in a light blue silky palace costume, and a newly picked white plum on his head. In addition, he only pulled a jasper exquisite hairpin and decorated with thin silver beaded tassels. At this time, he walked slowly to Princess Zijing and looked at Princess Zijing with a smile.

"The good concubine? Why are you here?"

Princess Zijing showed great joy on her face and quickly got up and pulled the good concubine to sit down.

"Ha ha... I heard that you were punished by the Empress Dowager to copy the Tao Te Ching 300 times, and I came to help you."

The good concubine said with a smile.

"Hmm! If you are going to help me, why don't you come earlier? It's only here now!"

Princess Zijing pouted her little mouth and said cautiously.

"You immediately came to Yongning Palace to help you as soon as you were punished. If it spread to the Empress Dowager's ear and made the Empress Dowager angry, wouldn't this palace also suffer? Naturally, it will take some time for me to dare to come to Yongning Palace to see you.

Sumei, standing beside her, quickly handed over the pen and paper. The good concubine smiled, gently took the pen and paper and began to pick up the Tao Te Ching.

"Well, it makes sense for you. Now that you are here, please help me quickly. My head is about to explode. What I have dreamed of every day for the past month is this Tao Te Ching! I'm going crazy!"

Princess Zijing looked aggrieved and whispered.

"Oh... You, the eldest princess of Chu, copied the Tao Te Ching several times will make you difficult. Who told you not to read and practice writing on weekdays? What does my daughter think about dancing guns and swords all day long? Is it possible that you still want to kill the enemy on the battlefield one day and serve the country? I think you should really calm down when you have time. Reading and writing are true.

The good concubine silently copied the Tao Te Ching while smiling and joking at the Zijing beside her.

"Forget it, these scriptures, literature, I don't know it, and it doesn't know me either! As soon as I see them, my head is big!"

Princess Zijing said angrily.

"Well, well, well, I have to punish you together. It seems that these moral scriptures have not been copied in a day, and I can't leave your Yongning Palace for a day. Hey, I'm really miserable."

The good concubine smiled gently and sighed as if she were distressed.

"All right! I know that Sister Liangfei loves me the most. In this palace, except for her brother and mother, Sister Liangfei is the best person to me. Copy it quickly!"

Princess Zijing looked at the good concubine and said coquettishly.

So the whole Yongning Palace returned to a quiet and peaceful state. Everyone picked up the paper and pen in their hands and silently copied the Tao Te Ching.