Chapter 498: Sending Buddhist Gifts up the Mountain!

"What did you find?" Chu Liuchen stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, his eyes were calm and as warm as jade, and the morning sunlight was not very hot, streaming in slantingly from the window.

This location is good. The extra dark floor cannot be seen from the outside. The sloping eaves mislead the outside view. The extra layer cannot be seen from the outside, but everything can be clearly seen from the inside. All in sight.

"Nothing was found. There is no shortage of people. The palace sent people over to check again secretly." Xiao Xuanzi reported the report respectfully, and then submitted a confidential document.

Chu Liuchen took it and looked through it casually. It was a list of the late emperor's concubines who were locked up within the high wall. Several high-ranking concubines were accompanied by attendants. There is only one.

His eyes fell on a few names at the bottom of the list. He turned around and put the confidential documents on the desk. He picked up the pen in his hand and made two random strokes. Then he stretched out his long fingers and tapped the table twice, and pointed with his chin. A secret message said: "Just these few!"

"Yes, Master! I will do it now!" Xiao Xuanzi took two steps forward, picked up the secret document and put it in his sleeve. Just as he was about to step back, he suddenly said, "Master, the palace... said over there Want to see you."

He pointed out the window with his hand. On that side was the palace.

"This king is sick and I don't want to see him!" Chu Liuchen said coldly.

"Master, what should I do with the soup?" Xiao Xuanzi hesitated. This happened almost all the time. He also knew that his master was missing, but as a slave, he still had to report such things.

"Follow the usual practice, let's go down!" Chu Liuchen sat on a chair, casually put on a Zanzi and started to read it. His gentle and jade-like face was as indifferent as not to show any emotion. Even after saying such words, The whole person looked just a little colder, but Xiao Xuanzi knew that it was more than just what he saw.

He originally wanted to persuade him, but when he saw Chu Liuchen's face, he licked his lips and backed away helplessly. He really didn't know how to persuade him about this kind of thing.

Standing under the pavilion, he turned around and headed towards the side door connected to the palace gate.

At the side door, a beautiful palace maid was waiting there with a food basket. Seeing Xiao Xuanzi coming, she hurriedly stepped forward and said, "What did your highness say?"

"You'd better take it back. Your Highness' intention will be ruined if you take it in!" Xiao Xuanzi looked at the palace maid and said helplessly.

The palace maid's face turned ugly, and the food basket in her hand fell weakly, but she still picked up the food basket and handed it to Xiao Xuanzi, her voice was a little choked: "This is made by myself...I got up early in the morning and made it by myself." ...If you don’t like it, throw it away! But at least I took it and told His Highness!”

After the palace maid finished speaking, she wiped her tears and turned to leave.

Xiao Xuanzi looked at her back, then at the food basket in his hand, shook his head helplessly, and then carried the food basket back. His Highness told him to throw it out as usual.

After dumping it, he still had to deal with affairs. He didn't expect such a thing to happen at Yu Hui'an. His Highness's place was probably going to have to be rearranged. There were also items to be sent to Miss Fifth, so he had to find a more suitable one... …

"Such an old lock?" Shao Wanru looked at the locked lock that was hanging on it in shock. Not only the lock, but also the chain were very old, and there was even some rust in some places. No, There are many, but there are some interlaced places, but the more they are like this, the more people feel that this is an old lock.

It is more suitable and more similar than the one found by Princess Ruian.

"This lock is more like the lock from two or three years ago!" Yujie looked at the lock up and down, and then looked at the one held by the eldest princess in the corner. The one the princess brought over seemed more like it was from two or three years ago, but it wasn't particularly rusty.

The two locks brought by the eldest princess, one was full of rust, and the other was just a little older, but it didn't seem obvious enough. Chu Liuchen's lock coincided with what Shao Wanru wanted in his heart.

"Send the rusty one to grandma, and keep the other one and throw it into a deserted corner of the back hill together with the previous one." Shao Wanru compared it with satisfaction and said.

"Miss, why don't you send both of them back to the eldest princess?" Yujie asked puzzledly.

"Send them all back. After the incident, grandma will have to ask where the lock came from!" Shao Wanru said with a slight smile.

Yu Jie rolled her eyes and understood. She picked up the most rusty one and said, "Miss, I will ask the servants of the eldest princess's house to take this one away and leave the other one!"

The eldest princess is Yu Hui'an who left yesterday. This lock was sent over today by a servant as a gift.

The servants of the eldest princess's palace are still waiting outside. If Shao Wanru feels bad, of course the eldest princess will go and find a suitable one.

"Go!" Shao Wanru nodded.

Yujie took the lock and went out, and came in after a while, but her brows were tightly knitted, "Miss, the Madam has sent Buddhist gifts to Yuhui Nunnery, and asked you to take care of them these days!"

The so-called Buddhist rituals are some offerings at home that need to be placed for a certain number of days. If the owner watches it himself, lighting incense and candles with his own hands every day will be more sincere and more effective than those offered by the nunnery.

Just after my grandmother left, someone came from the Xingguo Duke's Mansion. It was really urgent to work on both the front and back legs!

"No one else is coming to the house?" The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and there was a bit of ridicule in his beautiful eyes.

"It was said that the eldest lady was originally going to come to watch, but she was unable to come because of something else. Madam Tai made a wish in front of the Buddha before, and the purpose of offering the Buddha's gift is to fulfill the wish. You happen to be on the mountain, so we won't let anyone else come over. , Mrs. Tai will come up to the mountain in person in a while to return the gift."

Yujie said.

"Bring people in!" Shao Wanru said after thinking for a moment.

Yujie nodded and went down, and soon she led a woman in.

After entering the door, she smiled and saluted Shao Wanru. Then she raised her head and glanced at the fifth lady. Her eyes were immediately filled with astonishment. Everyone in the Xingguo Palace knew that their eldest lady was the most beautiful, and they always regarded her as the most beautiful. I was proud, but when I saw the fifth lady in front of me clearly, I immediately felt that the eldest lady was far inferior.

Seeing her mother-in-law staring blankly at her young lady, Yujie coughed in displeasure.

"Are you the one who brought the Buddhist gifts up the mountain to the wife?" Shao Wanru also looked at the mother-in-law and found that it was someone he had never seen before, so she asked lightly.

The mother-in-law was startled by Yu Jie and quickly came to her senses. After hearing Shao Wanru's question, she hurriedly smiled and said: "What the madam means is that since the fifth lady is on the mountain, no one else will come over. Originally, this The wish is also for the sake of the crown prince and the princess."

When it comes to his father and mother, Shao Wanru can't even think about it!

A hint of darkness passed through the eyes of the water, "Which Buddha should I offer it to?"

"It's the most prestigious Buddhist temple in Yu Hui'an. Miss Wu only needs to go there morning and evening to burn a stick of incense." The mother-in-law replied.

There are many Buddhist temples in Yuhui'an, but the most famous Buddhist temple, or the one that the ladies of the aristocratic families in the capital think is the most efficacious, is not the largest Buddhist temple, but a small or medium-sized Buddhist temple. Coincidentally, it was the same one where Shao Wanru tore Huiqing's true identity two years ago.

At that time, the legal affairs of Zhang Xiangfu were held there.

"Do you want to do something?" Shao Wanru nodded.

"What needs to be done is to wait until the wife's health gets better in a few days, and then she will bring the people from the house over to do something about it." The mother-in-law answered slowly.

"This matter...hasn't the government decided yet?" Shao Wanru keenly noticed her delay and asked.

"The Madam's intention... has basically been determined that she must come, but it is still uncertain whether the other ladies and ladies in the mansion will come!"

The mother-in-law didn't expect the fifth lady to be so sensitive, so she could only speak bluntly.

The third wife said that she was not in good health and could not come. The two young ladies in the third room did not plan to come because they took care of their mother. The wife and the wife originally wanted to make the event grand and beautiful. It attracted the attention of everyone in the capital, but with the third room making such a fuss, the matter seemed a bit uncoordinated.

The third wife was originally weak in the Xingguo Palace, but two years ago, the third wife suddenly became stronger and dared to go against the wife on some matters. When encountering this kind of situation, the wife would give the third wife a kick, and even Sometimes even the madam turns a blind eye.

The servants in the mansion are the best at understanding the situation. As soon as they found out that the Third Fang was getting stronger, they immediately dared not ignore the Third Fang openly or covertly.

"Is there anything that is still uncertain?" Shao Wanru knew that something was wrong when he saw the woman's appearance, so he continued to ask.

"I'm afraid... the third lady is not in good health. It will depend on the situation." The mother-in-law felt embarrassed, but she had to say it.

"Third Aunt is not in good health?" Shao Wanru's heart skipped a beat. He already understood the reason. There was a slight smile on his lips. It seemed that the Third Madam was not stupid. Using some clues left by Qin Yuru, it turned out that He grabbed part of Mrs. Xingguo's possessions.

Dare to say "no" when the madam wants to offer incense and fulfill her vow. It requires not only courage, but also confidence. If you don't have confidence, you have to have some excuse.

"The Third Madam's health has not recovered since the car accident. She gets sick from time to time. Both the Tai Madam and the Second Madam are very anxious. They have seen many doctors, but there has been no effect." The mother-in-law sighed, She hurriedly explained that this was originally what the lady asked her to say.

Shao Wanru nodded and didn't ask any more questions this time. He only looked at Yujie on the side. Yujie took her mother-in-law down knowingly. She asked her some more details before coming back to report to Shao Wanru. Then let the mother-in-law take people to decorate the Buddhist temple.

"Miss, my servant has asked about it and said that Mrs. Pushan's religious affairs will be under the control of Master Pushan this time." After the mother-in-law left, Yu Jie came in to report.

"Isn't Master Pushan devoted to the Buddha and never left the meditation room in the past?" Shao Wanru narrowed his watery eyes and said, this matter is becoming more and more interesting.

"The slave also felt strange and asked the mother-in-law. She said it was because of the eldest lady's face." Yu Jie reported.

"Come on, let's go take a look!" Shao Wanru thought for a while and stood up. She has never seen this Master Pushan before. Does this Master have no desires or desires?