The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

On the other side, Deng Jihui was still patiently guiding everyone.

And there were indeed people who agreed with him and said for him what he wanted to say but had never said.

"Although you two had a misunderstanding, if you can let go of your grudge, and the Duke of England will help pay off the debts of these gentlemen, you may actually end up with a good marriage!"

"Yes, yes, life is short. Instead of making enemies and grudges, it is better to let go. The Duke of England is indeed a man of accomplishment."

Hearing the familiar words of praise, Deng Jihui raised his lips slightly and looked at Sui Tao who was still bowing her head: "Amitabha, everything depends on your choice. I just said a few words and spent some money. Of course, you should just think of it as a good deed. Don't feel any burden."

"If I..." Sui Tao suppressed the nausea that kept surging in her chest, raised her head slightly, but her eyes were still fixed on the ground. She said with a trembling voice, "Thank you all, sirs, but... Master Qinghe has already paid off the debt for my family."

Actually it is not.

These guys, including Sui's father, are all scammers. Their identities and backgrounds have been investigated. After this show, they will be thrown into prison.

Deng Jihui looked a little embarrassed when he heard this: "I am young and cannot think as thoroughly as Master."

"Sir, what you said is nothing more than that the master met this girl in advance..." The person who was speaking was pulled by his companion halfway through his words.

They came here to please Princess Yuyi, not to drag down the princess's uncle for the sake of a British prince!

Sui Tao seemed not to notice their little dispute, and continued, "Although marriage is decided by parents, I... don't want to be someone's concubine."

She glanced at the trembling liars and said, "Even if I were your wife, I wouldn't agree to it."

Sui Tao bowed to Deng Jihui in an awkward manner: "I haven't read much, nor do I have much experience, but I know that if you ignore your mother's humiliation and forgive your enemy, you are not worthy of being a son!"

"This..." Deng Jihui was horrified - he was too anxious and wanted to instill the concept of marriage into the princess who was somewhere unknown but must be watching this place, but instead ignored the biggest victim who was not present.

Sui Tao’s mother who was kidnapped and pawned!

Some of the children of powerful and wealthy people who had the same purpose as him were really led astray by him and did not realize it, while others had already noticed it but did nothing. After all, the experience of Sui Tao's family was too insignificant to them. They were only focused on the "test questions" placed at the entrance of the Buddhist temple, and thought that as long as they could get Sui Tao, the young girl, to give an affirmative answer, they would win.

They were only concerned with "answering the question" and never thought that this "question" actually existed. Of course, they did not really regard Sui Tao as a living person with all kinds of joys, sorrows, anger and happiness. She was just a prop used for testing. What she experienced was just a test question. After all, just answer the test question. Why think about it more?

In their eyes, Sui Tao's rebellious reaction was a negative response to their answers.

After all, they were sons of powerful nobles who were born superior to others. They were willing to bow their heads to please Princess Yuyi, but they could not get used to hiding their arrogance in front of any commoner girl. When they were denied, they became angry.

Someone immediately said gloomily, "The Duke of England has good intentions and is thinking about the girl. I see that you are wearing a straw hat and a cloth skirt, and I'm afraid your family doesn't have much wealth. Why don't you take this opportunity to find a good husband for yourself? Could it be that you are eyeing us?"

The man laughed after he finished speaking.

Deng Jihui's heart sank, and he immediately said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that."

"Women should all get married, Duke of England. What that brother said is just the truth. You were kind enough to help her, but she didn't appreciate it. Instead, she insulted you and called you a bad son. Duke of England, you have too good a temper." The speaker was a slightly fat man with sweat on his forehead. He looked up at the sky.

The slightly fat man shook his hands and said, "Forget it, forget it. I have to leave first. The weather and the sun are too strong. I can't stand it."

He was originally urged to come here by his elders and did not really want to pursue the princess. When he saw that the princess sent such a tricky woman to test him, he immediately backed off and left early.

Some people spoke up to help Deng Jihui condemn Sui Tao, but some people had already disliked this "Buddhist Master": "What you said is too outrageous. What's wrong with this girl not wanting to marry her enemy?"

"It turns out that our Lord Deng can even let go of the hatred of insulting his mother so easily. He is indeed a Buddhist who is dedicated to guiding people to be good. He is so compassionate. I just don't know if your Buddha recognizes this compassion. I, a layman, absolutely cannot recognize it. It is clearly shameless, shameless!"

Suddenly, the crowd started fighting again.

Lu Weiyuan was very happy to see this. She saw that Deng Jihui's face, which always loved to smile indifferently, was finally distorted by the scolding, and she was even happier: "This person, he usually flatters a lot, so he thinks he is really good in every way and that people will agree with him no matter what he says. He is too arrogant, too arrogant. Arrogance can easily make people lose their minds. So, second sister, I provoke you from time to time and ask you to scold me, but I have very legitimate reasons!"

"......" Princess Yongtai raised her hand and knocked Lu Weiyuan on the head.

Lu Weiyuan stood up and dodged, took the fan from the maid beside him, shook it gently and left the quiet room. Seeing this, Hu Ziyi followed silently, and the two of them soon appeared in the Buddhist hall.

As soon as Lu Weiyuan appeared, the sounds of people attacking each other suddenly stopped and became quiet.

"I was just asking those liars to atone their sins in front of the Buddha. How come when I came here I heard you talking about getting married or not? What are you talking about?"

"Your Highness!" Deng Jihui, whose forehead was sweating from being scolded, seemed to have seen a savior, "I was just saying that it is better to resolve the grudges of this girl than to make them, and it is better to laugh it off... But I didn't expect that the other gentlemen might have misunderstood and thought that I wanted this girl to marry one of these gentlemen..."

Lu Weiyuan waved his fan and said, "Is this enough for you to keep arguing?"

"Duke of England, you are the most noble person among all the people here, how can you be so frivolous and speak so carelessly, causing trouble for no reason?"

Her tone of voice, which did not conceal her disdain at all, made Deng Jihui stunned.

And Lu Weiyuan's next words made him even more anxious: "Don't you think that women must get married?"

"Or does it mean that as long as a woman has had an affair with a man, she is destined to marry him in this life?"

"It's really funny."

Lu Weiyuan pointed at a man and said, "You, you were the one who shouted the loudest for her to marry these guys. Tell me what you think."

The man whose name was called forced a smile and said, "Your Highness, this girl has had... contact with these gentlemen. If she doesn't get married, it will be bad for her reputation. People are ignorant and there are many innocent girls who have been driven to death by their reputations."

"Fame?" As if he had heard the funniest joke, Lu Weiyuan burst into laughter without restraint and waved towards a certain place in the Buddhist temple while laughing.

I saw a young novice monk running out of the Buddhist hall.

Lu Weiyuan lovingly touched the little monk's bald head and said, "Yuan Ye, look, there is a big sister here who will be forced to death if she doesn't get married, but the person she is marrying has humiliated her mother and is her enemy. If she gets married, she will probably live a life worse than death. What do you think we should do?"

The little monk Yuanye was about seven or eight years old, with an ignorant look on his face. He put his hands together and chanted a mantra: "If sister does not abandon me, I am willing to be her husband. Buddha loves the world, and I also love the world. I am willing to use this life as a boat to overcome suffering and difficulties."

"A monk is someone who has cut off all worldly ties. What you did is a violation of the precepts."

"Amitabha, the purpose of the precepts is to restrain oneself, so as to prevent the monks from having worldly desires. My worldly desires are not moved, and what is moved is the Buddha's desire, which is also my true desire." Yuanye's bald head had a firm expression, "In the past, Master was moved by the Buddha's desire and saved Yuanye as his disciple. Today, Yuanye is moved by the Buddha's desire and is willing to help my sister. This is not love between men and women, but the monks' practice of seeking Buddha. I have not broken the precepts."

Lu Weiyuan looked at Deng Jihui with sneer in his eyes, and the latter's face suddenly turned pale.

"Your Excellency, you still don't understand the difference between the two. Do you still want to deceive yourself?"

"The Buddha is compassionate, using his own body to save the world. Your compassion is to let wolves eat the flesh and bones of others, so that your Buddha, your body, can sit high in the hall without being touched by dust."

"Hypocrites, chanting the Buddha's name, have a demonic heart."