Doting on concubines and destroying wives?I am no longer the mistress of Houmen!

Chapter 88

There are two opposite doors at the front and back of the treasure hall, the door behind Lin Yunwan is closed, but the other door is only ajar.

Qi Lingheng came in through that door.

Lin Yunwan thought that Qi Lingheng was today's pilgrim, and greeted him with blessings: "My lord."

After all, she was a foreigner, so she couldn't talk to King Huan in private, so she took a step back.

I still blame the abbot of the Red Elephant Temple in my heart, how did he arrange it!How could a man bump into her.

Qi Lingheng nodded slightly, and said to her: "I just came over from the abbot, and there is a young boy who seems to be from your house?"

It seemed that he was talking to her, but his tone was a little alienated.

But this alienation is not due to his identity, on the contrary, because of his noble status, his face looks as gentle and deep as a son's jade, and that alienation is due to his own character.

No matter how much he talks to people in a friendly manner, he is not someone who can be easily and deeply acquainted with.

Lin Yunwan nodded and said, "That's my son."

Qi Lingheng let out a "hmm" and didn't ask any more questions.

Lin Yunwan should have taken the opportunity to thank him.

However, Qi Lingheng had already looked at the Buddha statue in the treasure hall. Before he came over, Lin Yunwan had been kneeling in front of this Buddha statue and praying.

I don't know what King Huan is looking at, but he should also come to offer incense.

Lin Yunwan just wanted to leave the place to Qi Lingheng and avoid it by herself.

But before she said she wanted to leave, Qi Lingheng said: "Just now I was studying Zen with the abbot of Chixiang Temple. I heard a very interesting story. I have a different opinion from the abbot."

He also looked into her eyes and said, "I remember that Teacher also fell in love with Buddhism some time before his death."

When mentioning the matter of her father reading Buddhist scriptures, Lin Yunwan's eyes became dull.

Her father did not die of illness suddenly, but died gradually after suffering from illness for many years.

"My lord remembers correctly. A few years before my father died of illness, he had been studying Buddhist scriptures."

Lin Yunwan said distressedly: "Father is in too much pain, so I want to find a way to relieve the pain from inside."

"But it's all in vain."

She clutched the handkerchief in her sleeve: "The Buddha blesses the people of the world to reincarnate in the next life and no longer suffer from human suffering, but it can't relieve my father's physical pain in this life."

There is already some dull pain in my heart.

Lin Yunwan didn't want to lose her composure in front of King Huan, so after sorting out her mood, she took the initiative to ask: "I wonder what interesting stories the prince heard from the abbot?"

King Huan withdrew his scrutiny and said, "Madam is as wise as the teacher, I just want to ask Madam for advice."

Lin Yunwan said that she was all ears.

Qi Lingheng looked at the Buddha statue and told a little story: "Before Sakyamuni became a Buddha, he practiced near the Nilianchan River. One day he was sitting under a tree meditating. When he opened his eyes, he saw a big spider and a gecko. , go hand in hand on the big tree."

"It turns out that the two spiders and the gecko both took a fancy to a fat bug on the tree."

"But none of them can catch the fat worm alone, so they went to catch the fat worm together."

"But the spider is huge, and the gecko is not half of it. The big spider can weave a web, and it weaves a net around the gecko to protect the gecko from falling."

"In the middle of the climb, the spider was almost out of strength, so the gecko broke off its own tail and fed it to the spider."

Lin Yunwan laughed and questioned: "Is there such a thing? Why can't the gecko catch fat insects alone, and must be together with the spider? How did the spider weave a web around the gecko?"

She couldn't think of that picture.

Qi Lingheng also smiled faintly: "So Sakyamuni woke up."

It turned out that I fell asleep while meditating!

Lin Yunwan smiled lightly, the Buddha also dozed off before becoming a Buddha.

Qi Lingheng continued: "Although it was just a dream, after Shakyamuni woke up, he was still thinking about that dream. What is the reason for the gecko's tail being cut off?"

For what?

Lin Yunwan frowned, and she said: "This story sounds at first glance. It seems that the gecko is trying to catch the fat insect, so it reluctantly cuts off its tail, in order to enjoy more benefits with the spider in the future."

Qi Lingheng nodded: "That's what the abbot told me. What does Madam think?"

Lin Yunwan's face darkened a bit.

Her eyes were a little cold, but her tone was still calm: "Depending on itself, the gecko may not be able to catch enough food. And if it and the spider really get along fairly, why would the spider use a net to imprison it?"

"The gecko didn't cut off its tail to catch fat insects at all. It just cut off its tail because it was afraid that spiders would eat it too!"

It's like she wanted to make peace with Lu Zhengliu, not because she wanted to drive Ge Bao'er away as the mistress and send Qing brother away, but she really wanted to escape from the Hou Mansion!

It's just that the final result is unsatisfactory.

She had also heard about it during this period. There were rumors outside that she was very powerful, and she used all means to deal with concubines and concubines.

But she docked her tail, she just wanted to survive, not to sit firmly in the position of the Lu family's mistress!

"My lord, do you think geckos cut off their tails to catch fat bugs?"

I was talking about the story of the Buddha, why did she get distracted and think of herself?

Lin Yunwan hurriedly talked about practicing Zen.

Qi Lingheng looked directly into her eyes and said, "I think she is here to leave, not to get fat worms."

He knew that she didn't miss Wudinghou's mansion.

She really wanted to reconcile.

Lin Yunwan felt like making friends, but she was not allowed to be friends with men, so she smiled and said goodbye: "My lord, please go ahead."

Opened the door and went out.

The little novice was not outside, Taoye followed to Lu Changgong's side, Pingye was supposed to stay outside, but she also disappeared.

Lin Yunwan guessed something.

She walked in the direction of the wing room by herself, and before she had taken a few steps, she saw Ping Ye trotting over with something in her hand, and said to her anxiously: "Grandma, why did you come out? The servant girl thought you wanted to After praying for a while, the novice asked the servants to drink a cup of hot soup to warm their bodies, saying that it was only this winter's nourishing soup."

"The servant wanted to give it to you to taste, so she went along with her."

What a silly girl!

I don't even know that I was sent away by the monk.

Lin Yunwan had no choice but to ask her: "What soup?"

Ping Ye opened the porcelain cup with a smile, and said triumphantly: "You hear it, it's a good thing! After drinking it, it really warms hands and feet. This servant has tasted it."

Lin Yunwan leaned over and smelled the faint scent of medicine, it was not an ordinary tonic soup.

Ping Ye covered the soup and said, "I'll drink it when you go back."

She glanced at the door of the treasure hall and asked, "You finished talking to the Buddha so soon?"

Lin Yunwan also looked back, seeing that Qi Lingheng was no longer inside.

"It's over."

Lin Yunwan took Ping Ye to find the longbow together, passing by the place where he ran into Qi Lingheng last time, thinking of the fragrance on his body... immediately guessed what kind of fragrance he was wearing.

Emperor Jingshun doted on King Huan, and Empress Zhao loved to use incense. It was not unusual for King Huan to use the ambergris used by the emperor.

What she smelled on him that day was the clear and gentle ambergris.