Dressed as the villain's stepmother

Jiang Lianzhu always felt that the eldest prince frequently came to the temple to chant sutras and pray for blessings, and his behavior in staying overnight at the temple was weird.

In her opinion, the eldest prince was not someone who cared so much about his old friend.

Therefore, his purpose of entering the royal temple was already obvious.

"Jie Chi, little master, the eldest prince..."

"Senior Brother Jie Chi, the abbot is looking for you."

Jiang Lianzhu was about to continue asking about the eldest prince. Unexpectedly, as soon as she opened her mouth, the young monk from the temple came over.

"Female donor, I'm sorry, I can't send you back to the Zen room. The abbot and abbot are looking for me."

Jie Chi saw Jiang Lianzhu alone and apologized quickly.

"It doesn't matter, little master Jiedao, you'd better go to the abbot's place and have a look. In front of you is the backyard. Although it's still some distance from my Zen room, I believe I can find a place to live."

In order to prevent others from suspecting, Jiang Lianzhu stopped her words at the right time.

There are informants everywhere in this royal temple. If anyone suspects what she did just now, they will be alerted.

"Thank you very much for your understanding and giving these scriptures to the female donor."

Jie Chi handed the scripture in his hand to Jiang Lianzhu, and after telling her about the taboos when reciting scriptures and praying for blessings, he followed the other young monks in the temple and left.

Although Jiang Lianzhu came to this royal temple on her first day.

But after coming out of the Queen Mother's residence today, she walked around the royal temple and had a rough idea of ​​the layout.

Therefore, in the end, she returned to the meditation room without wasting too much time.

Early the next morning.

After Jiang Lianzhu woke up, after breakfast, she took Pang Hu to the main hall to chant sutras and pray.

After she finished copying the scriptures in her hand, she chatted with Pang Hu as she did yesterday.

"You said you were feeling unwell last night, but are you feeling better today?"

After Pang Hu's chat last night, he no longer had much defense against Jiang Lianzhu. In his heart, Jiang Lianzhu was far more conscientious than Xiao Xiyan's family.

"Thank you, Mrs. Liao, for your concern. My health is getting better."

The excuse that he was not feeling well was just a temporary excuse he came up with. However, Pang Hu did not expect that Jiang Lianzhu would remember even such a trivial matter.

"Originally I didn't want you to guard me outside the Grand Palace today, but I thought you were not feeling well last night, so I thought of asking about your health halfway."

Jiang Lianzhu pretended to be concerned and spoke.

"If you still feel uncomfortable, I can take your pulse and get you some medicine."

"Thank you, Mrs. Liao, for your concern. I'm fine."

Hearing that Jiang Lianzhu could take pulses, Pang Hu's expression changed by three points. Being unwell was just an excuse. In any case, he could not let Jiang Lianzhu know that he was pretending to be ill and not staying with her on purpose.

"It'll be good if your body recovers. However, I heard other guards mentioned in the morning that you seemed to have come back from outside angrily. If you don't feel well, it's better not to go out."

After Pang Hu subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, Jiang Lianzhu spoke lightly again.

This sentence made Pang Hu's heart suddenly rise to his throat, and everything he tried hard to forget came to his mind again.

Last night, he felt resentful after listening to Jiang Lianzhu's words.

At that time, he risked his life to rescue Xiao Xiyan from the water, but the Prime Minister's Mansion was so cruel to him. It was really hard for Pang Hu to swallow this breath, so he left his residence last night and went there specially I went to the backyard to find Xiao Xiyan.

But he didn't see anyone at all.

Xiao Xiyan closed the door to him, and Pang Hu was just a powerless little guard. He had no way to deal with the other party, and in the end he could only come back angrily.

He could not reveal a word of these things to outsiders.

Pang Hu's current situation makes him feel a bit like Coptis chinensis, and he has an indescribable feeling.

"Thank you, Mrs. Liao, for your concern. I'm not angry. The reason why I came back from outside in the morning was to take a look at the scenery of this royal temple."

Pang Hu poured his thanks indiscriminately, worried that Jiang Lianzhu would keep questioning him, so Pang Hu pushed it out consciously.

Jiang Lianzhu laughed at his behavior of not having 300 taels of silver here.

After finishing copying scriptures in the morning, Jiang Lianzhu returned to the Zen room. When there were no outsiders in the room, Liu Qingqing told Jiang Lianzhu all the news she had learned.

"Shopkeeper, I've already done what you asked me to do, and I've spread the news."

Liu Qingqing did things very neatly, and it was for this reason that Jiang Lianzhu specially brought her to the royal temple.

"In addition, something interesting happened in this royal temple today!"

When Jiang Lianzhu heard this, she smiled.

She never thought that Liu Qingqing could bring her unexpected joy!

"I just asked you to deliver the news. I didn't ask you to do anything else. Liu Qingqing, there are many people from the Queen Mother in this royal temple. You have to be careful. Don't try to scare others. Even your own life is in danger."

Jiang Lianzhu thought of the current situation and began to worry again.

In the eyes of outsiders, Liu Qingqing is now just a little maid she brought into the royal temple. Anyone with such an identity can kill her.

"I don't need you to go to the Queen Mother's residence to inquire, nor do I need you to risk getting close to Xiao Xiyan."

"Shopkeeper, you are worrying too much!"

Liu Qingqing saw that Jiang Lianzhu misunderstood him and quickly explained.

"I'm not that stupid. I insist on picking up eggs and hitting stones in this royal temple. What I just wanted to tell you was about Pang Hu and Xiao Xiyan!"

"However, I did not go to Xiao Xiyan's place to eavesdrop on this matter, but the maids at the Queen Mother's residence told me about it."

"They said that last night, Pang Hu went to see Xiao Xiyan. Xiao Xiyan was shocked by the man's appearance. The two had a quarrel in the yard for a while, and all the maids in the yard were forced to watch. It’s lively.”

Liu Qingqing vividly described the gossip she heard to Jiang Lianzhu.

Jiang Lianzhu smiled helplessly.

"Liu Qingqing, you've only been in this royal temple for a day, and you've already become one with the people serving around the Queen Mother?"

"You know I have friends all over the world. With Xiao Xiyan's temper, she will always beat and scold the maids. If they have injuries on their bodies, I will help them treat them, so they will naturally get closer to me."

Jiang Lianzhu felt a little strange when she heard this.

Because she didn't expect that Xiao Xiyan didn't come to trouble her because Pang Hu went to her place to make trouble.

"Liu Qingqing, since you are familiar with that group of people, see if you can get some useful information from them?"

"Don't think about it, shopkeepers, they are just sweepers and cannot serve the Queen Mother and Xiao Xiyan."