[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

The Gongsheng army guarded the surrounding area of ​​the Muni courtyard, the guards in brocade clothes guarded the roadside, the eunuch dismounted, and the maids and nuns in the carriage behind also came down to serve.

The palace maid Ziyue opened the curtain of the car, Xing Xiuyan got up and came out, helping Su Qing's men to get off the car.

Today she only wears a flying fairy bun, a gorgeous golden phoenix hairpin on the head, a red headband embroidered with golden orchids hanging behind her head, a waist-length undergarment in begonia red, a bright yellow cloak embroidered with phoenixes, and a snow-white seal on her shoulders. The shawl with a golden orchid pattern hangs down to the ankle.

She is gorgeous and extraordinary, and her eyes are looking forward, not like the color of the world.

Hui Jing, the abbot of the Muni Temple, greeted him and made a Buddhist salute: "Amitabha, you are well."

Xing Xiuyan nodded slightly, and said: "I just wanted to come here today to offer a stick of incense and meet old friends for a while, but I never wanted to disturb the pure place of Buddhism."

Huijing said: "The benefactor is sincere, and the Lord Buddha will not blame him."

Accompanied by eunuchs, maids and mothers, Xing Xiuyan entered the Daxiong Palace.The hall was cleaned and the futons were replaced with new ones. After receiving the incense from the little nun, Xing Xiuyan paid homage sincerely and put it on the incense burner.

After worshiping the Buddha, she went to the meditation room to change clothes.

Huijing went to the Zen room where Miaoyu lived. Miaoyu was still chanting scriptures. She knew that Xing Xiuyan had come to the temple today.Because concubines always have to tell in advance when they go to incense, the eunuch in the palace came to report the afternoon before yesterday.

"Miaoyu, the imperial concubine wants to see you, she is waiting in the Zen room ahead."

Miaoyu closed her eyes and ignored it, Huijing said: "Since your mother said you are her old friend, why do you want to see her?"

Mother Jiang and Mother Qin were also anxious for her, Miaoyu opened her eyes and said, "I'm just a monk, where did I come from an old lady who was a noble concubine?"

Mo Mei said: "Miss, you obviously..."

Miaoyu said: "If you want to serve her, you can go. I won't stop you."

Mother Jiang said: "Your Majesty's coming here shows that she is not an ungrateful person. Why is Miss so stubborn?"

Miaoyu snorted coldly and said, "I didn't let anyone remember what kind of grace? What is she doing here again?"

Qin Nanny said: "What can she do here, don't you really miss Miss?"

Miaoyu sneered and said, "All of you want to climb this high branch, you can go on your own, why let me go together?"

Mother Jiang couldn't help feeling cold, but she knew that Miaoyu still had the heart of a girl, but unfortunately she was too stubborn and noble.

After persuading for a long time, I suddenly heard movement outside the door, and a clear voice said at the door: "When did they climb the high branches? They only think about you. Could it be that they have been in front of the Buddha for a long time, and they look down on ordinary people even more? The people around you are no exception?"

As the voice fell, a young and peerless beauty stepped into the door. She had already changed into a light and elegant dress in the meditation room. She was light and graceful, but she couldn't hide her noble look.

The people in the room were stunned for a moment, but they couldn't help kneeling. Xing Xiuyan snorted softly and said, "Forget it, I'll just visit Mrs. Miaoyu and ask for some Buddhist teachings." Shi called her Immortal Miaoyu, but the original book said that she was proficient in Buddhism, so she was invited into the Grand View Garden.

Miaoyu couldn't help being stunned for a while, and couldn't help but feel sad when she saw her, but said coldly: "My cultivation is shallow, how can I make my mother condescend?"

Zhao Quan stepped forward and asked the host to go out with the little nun accompanying him, while Xing Xiuyan winked at Mother Jiang.

The two nuns Jiang and Qin also took Momei and Xuemei out.

Miaoyu just sat on the couch, holding Buddhist beads in her hands, and didn't want to talk to Xing Xiuyan.

Xing Xiuyan said: "I am getting more and more vulgar, and you are looking down on me more and more. It's not me who wants to summon you, but the worldly rituals are like this. You can't even stand me summoning you, so how can you be with others in the future?" How about getting along?"

Miaoyu snorted coldly and said, "I'm doing a good job of cleaning up here, and it doesn't bother you. Why are you bothering me?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "You are nineteen, so it is the best age. Don't you really have a heart of mortals?"

Miaoyu said angrily: "Why do you show your mother's prestige to me, a monk?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "Are you a monk? How long do you want to live without being a monk?"

Miao Yumei's eyes widened, and she was about to burst into flames. Xing Xiuyan sighed: "I know your temperament, you never have any ill intentions towards others, but you still live in this world. I used to be arrogant, and my face is much smoother. I am no less irritating than you. The sage wants me to be drafted into the palace, and the concubine is also a concubine. I also feel that it is a great shame, but I still endure it and survive. I compromised, but the sage really pities me in exchange for it. I don't regret it. I thought I didn't care about the world of mortals, and I could see through love better than others. I hate the harem, but I am happy now. People can't live without looking clean. If you want to practice Buddhism, you won't even give up three thousand mortals , why deceive yourself and others? If so, why can’t you return to the world and pursue something worth pursuing? Is it an unforgivable sin? It’s just the tongue of a few irrelevant people. I am now with the saint, the harem And how many people in the minister's backyard hate me to death, saying that I am jealous, obscene, and sycophant. If I care about their tongue, I will go to hell. I am not, my life is my own, I am Don't change my own life for the opinions of irrelevant people. This is not a rough statement. It is a loss for a person to live in the eyes of others in his life. Besides, you are different from me. You are not in the eyes of others. That's so important, not so many women in the harem miss you, how many people in this capital even know that you practice with hair?"

Miaoyu was ashamed and angry, but she couldn't say a word.Xing Xiuyan said: "I know you don't like to hear it, but the emotions and desires are human nature, not sins. I can't pass the love test, and I think you can't let go of the world, but you can't help yourself. If you really want to practice Buddhism, why don't you go through it?" Passion, is it really the time when the seven emotions are all silent?"

Miaoyu said angrily: "You are not afraid of polluting the pure place of Buddhism when you say this!"

Xing Xiuyan said: "Sakyamuni himself had wives and concubines, and he was a man of wealth and honor. Can you be more powerful than Lord Buddha, and you can see through it without going through the world of mortals?"

Miaoyu's chest heaved, Xing Xiuyan smiled lightly, and said, "It's impossible to overturn Prince Yizhong's treason case about your parents. The whole family of the Su family can't be changed even if they are demoted to commoners. Fortunately, your parents were in the south of the Yangtze River and did not directly participate in it. The saint helped me to ask the old saint, and the old saint promised that by the time of the old saint's birthday next year, the world would be pardoned. .Besides, saints are also at the time of employing people. If your Su family has talents, it may not be impossible to become a scholar. In the future, the Su family may make a comeback. As long as they endure hardships, there is hope for business, going to sea, and joining the army. "

Miaoyu looked at her in surprise, although she practiced in the monastery since she was a child, she knew the family affairs, how could she really not care?She can still be pure in the temple, if she returns to vulgarity, she will be drowned by the saliva of those clansmen whose lives have fallen into the dust.They don't think about it carefully. The former head of the family was also very enthusiastic about the line of Prince Yizhong. He intended to gamble on the better future of his descendants. They only remembered that it was her father who married the younger sister of the first princess.

Xing Xiuyan said: "Today, I told you all kinds of bad things anyway, I'm afraid I'm worse than a fart in your eyes. However, I can only do this on my own. Tomorrow, my Xing family will send People will come to pick you up and Mother Jiang and the others. My natal family is not short of a yard. In fact, I am very realistic. My parents are poor and I have no real sisters. If you become my elder sister and marry a good family in the future, our Xing family will also give more help I have a lot of inconveniences in the inner palace, so I should have a sister who can advise my parents to be vigilant at all times, and should be a family heir to nobles, not a nouveau riche. Your Su family has been inherited for several generations. If it is not the son of Prince Yizhong Things are complicated, and I can't climb up the family at this time."

Miaoyu couldn't help being stunned, with a lot of thoughts coming to her, not knowing where she should go.Xing Xiuyan thinks that people who are friends are very honest with others, and she doesn't love those false ones.She also knows Miaoyu's temperament. If she feels that she is only attached to the Xing family but can't help her, her arrogance will be very sad. She said so, Miaoyu will be comforted psychologically. She thinks that she can To help her repay her love.

Xing Xiuyan said again: "Actually, if you really want to practice Buddhism, it's better to shave your hair, ruin your appearance, dissipate all your wealth, dismiss your servants, and go around the world without filth and uncleanness to practice asceticism. Otherwise, although you look down on me, but in my eyes In my eyes, you are still a person who is neither a monk nor a vulgar person. I have known you for ten years, and I admire Miss Su's appearance. In my eyes, there is no nun like Miaoyu. I am afraid that people in the world think so, and you are afraid that you will become a nun. It's a joke, but you are the joke of the world now. You have to think about whether to take a step forward or take a step back. You are full of arrogance, but you don't have the courage. And you look down on me, I am also angry, I have done stupid things because of this idea, and my courage is much stronger than yours. What is so difficult about becoming a lady in my family, you can be afraid? I dare to love an emperor sincerely, even if I am sorry for him My first wife, I have to be worthy of myself. If a person doesn’t even love himself, loving others is bullshit. You don’t love others, but you still want to save all sentient beings, isn’t it a scam?”

Suddenly, the door of the meditation room was pushed open, Mother Jiang and Mother Feng came in, Mother Jiang rushed to Miaoyu and said, "Miss, the imperial concubine and empress are out of kindness..."

Miaoyu was there wiping away her tears, weeping, Xing Xiuyan raised her hand to stop Mother Jiang from persuading her.

Xing Xiuyan called Ziyue and Qingxuan to come in again, and they put two big bundles in their hands on the table beside them.

Xing Xiuyan said: "Opportunities may require the help of noble people, but it depends on yourself to seize opportunities. You were my noble person before. Without you, I was just a poor girl in the mountains. I grasped the opportunities you gave me, so I have mastered the poetry and books, and today I have the confidence to be the noble concubine. Now I want to be your nobleman, do you dare, can you seize the opportunity? In fact, what will the road be like after grasping the opportunity, and whether it can soar into the sky? We don’t know. I know, but there's always hope. Tomorrow...you think about it for yourself. I'm leaving."