Dressed as the villain's stepmother

"Madam, you want me to stay with you to protect you?"

Pang Hu didn't react for a while.

Pang Hu was quite surprised to be able to return to the palace as a guard. Before, he thought that he had been expelled from the palace and would rot in the mud for the rest of his life. He did not expect that he would one day make a comeback. .

Moreover, after following Jiang Lianzhu to the Royal Temple, he never forgot Xiao Xiyan who lived here for a moment.

every dog ​​has his day.

Now that he can be a guard again, does this mean that he has to change his destiny?

If he can marry Xiao Xiyan, then he will be the son-in-law of the majestic Prime Minister. When the time comes, he will have good luck and good luck, and his official career will surely be smooth!

While Pang Hu was having his sweet dream, he was interrupted by Jiang Lianzhu.

He was really reluctant to do this task of guarding Jiang Lianzhu in the middle of the night.

"It's you. Could it be that you don't want to?"

Jiang Lianzhu said, pointing to the scriptures on the side, and walked out.

"Take all those scriptures, pens, inks, papers and inkstones and come with me to the front yard."

In Pang Hu's current situation, there was no choice he didn't want to make. He had already inquired about it on the way here, and they all had to obey Jiang Lianzhu's orders.

If he resists, there's no chance that this newly acquired title of bodyguard will be removed again.

Thinking of this, even though Pang Hu was unwilling to do so, he could only follow him with the scriptures in his arms.

Royal temple.

forecourt.

Late at night, Jiang Lianzhu put down the scripture in her hand, glanced at Pang Hu who was waiting reluctantly outside the door, and deliberately asked him to go into the main hall to drink a cup of hot tea.

"Thank you ma'am."

Pang Hu grinned from the coldness in the night. After drinking a cup of hot tea, his whole body felt refreshed.

"Madam, you are indeed worthy of your royal decree. You have a kind heart."

Pang Hu sucked up to him lamely, but Jiang Lianzhu didn't take it to heart.

"Perhaps I could barely hear your words if I were in another place, but in this royal temple, I, a little official widow, can't be considered a noble person in any case."

Jiang Lianzhu drank a cup of tea and seemed to be chatting.

"In this royal temple, the first noble person should be the Queen Mother, and the second noble person should be Xiao Xiyan. She is the treasure of the Prime Minister's Palace, and she is the niece of the Queen Mother. With such a background, she is the only one in the world. .”

When Xiao Xiyan was mentioned, a strange color flashed in Pang Hu's eyes.

However, Jiang Lianzhu just pretended not to see it and sighed to herself.

"Miss Xiao Xiyan, I wonder if you have heard of it?"

"..."

Jiang Lianzhu suddenly turned around and asked herself. A flash of embarrassment flashed across Pang Hu's face. He had no choice but to drink a cup of tea and cover it up vaguely.

"Xiao Xiyan, the prime minister's daughter, works as a guard in the palace, how could she not know her?"

Pang Hu said while looking at Jiang Lianzhu's expression.

At this moment, he realized that Jiang Lianzhu knew nothing about his past with Xiao Xiyan.

"You are right. The guards in this palace must be familiar with this Miss Qianjin. I remember that in the palace before, there was a guard who rescued Miss Xiao who fell into the water. This incident was spread throughout Kyoto. of uproar.”

"Now it seems that this palace guard is the perfect savior of the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Palace."

Pang Hu listened to Jiang Lianzhu's words and gradually tightened his hand.

The cold treatment he received during these days made him hate and fear those people in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"I wonder what Mrs. Liao thinks of this matter? I just heard Mrs. Liao's words with a lot of regret and emotion?"

Pang Hu asked tentatively.

"It's natural to be moved by fate."

"The guard in the palace risked his life to save the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion. If Xiao Xiyan hadn't been a rich man in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she and that guard would have been married long ago and have been in love for hundreds of years."

"Now, because of her family status in the Prime Minister's Palace, Xiao Xiyan hid in the royal temple to avoid her savior. This kind of repayment of kindness is really chilling!"

"The grace of saving a life is beyond heaven. I am afraid that only the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion are the only ones in the world who treat the savior so harshly!"

Jiang Lianzhu's sighs were like knives piercing Pang Hu's heart.

When he thought about how he went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to recognize his relatives and was looked down upon by everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he felt filled with righteous indignation.

And all these little moves of his fell into Jiang Lianzhu's eyes.

"Mrs. Liao, I suddenly feel unwell. Can I have a guard here to protect you today?"

Pang Hu had mixed feelings in his heart, and he really didn't have the patience to stay here any longer.

"I have finished copying and reciting today's scriptures, and I will go back to the meditation room soon. If you are really feeling unwell, you can find a young master who is familiar with the layout of the temple to take you back to the meditation room for you!"

Jiang Lianzhu was very considerate. Not only did she let Pang Hu go, she also came up with a solution for him.

Pang Hu was naturally grateful.

"Mrs. Liao, stay here later. I will go find you the little master who patrols the temple at night!"

After Pang Hu left.

Jiang Lianzhu got up and walked alone in this royal temple. This temple was solemn and candle-lit at night, and everything was silent. The scenery was quite unique.

"The female donor wants to go back to the Zen room?"

The words of the young monk in the temple interrupted Jiang Lianzhu's leisurely stroll.

"Little monk, quit being crazy. If the female almsgiver wants to go back to the meditation room, you can follow my way."

Jiang Lianzhu followed the young monk and spoke as she walked.

"Master Jie Chi, when I went up the mountain today, a monk named Jie Ai found a place for me to stay. What is the connection between you and him?"

"Return to the female benefactor, Jie Ai is my senior brother."

The young monk answered politely.

"Female donor, I am responsible for telling the pilgrims in the temple how to chant sutras and pray for blessings. If the female donor needs anything in the future, she can also tell the young monk."

"Thank you, little master Jie Chi. I heard your senior brother Jie Ai mention that the eldest prince respects and loves the late queen very much. Since you are responsible for chanting sutras and praying for blessings, have you also seen him chanting sutras and praying for blessings in the Main Hall?"

Jiang Lianzhu remained calm and directed the words to the eldest prince.

"What the female donor said is that in the past two months, the eldest prince has indeed come to our royal temple more frequently than before. Every time he came to the temple, he would pray and chant sutras for the late queen. The young monk also used to Stay with him, and sometimes the eldest prince will stay in the temple overnight."

Hearing that senior brother Jiechi also mentioned the eldest prince in front of Jiang Lianzhu, Jiechi had no doubts about him.

So he told Jiang Lianzhu everything he knew.

"I didn't expect the eldest prince to respect the late queen so much..."

Jiang Lianzhu didn't understand the meaning and sighed with a smile. .