Bright Spring

Li Meiren was clever, so she asked: "Concubine Xian, are you going to Concubine Zhuang's place?"

After listening to Yao Ji, she smiled: "You are the worm in my stomach, you know everything. Your ears are also good. You listened very carefully when I was talking to Wang Gui."

Li Meiren said with a smile: "It's better to discipline your mother well."

These female officials were not chosen by Yao Ji herself.After Zhu Gaoxu ascended the throne, he successively appointed many female officials to manage the affairs of the various palaces.Some Zhu Gaoxu seems to have been lucky, and some probably don't know each other at all.This beauty Li is the latter.But Meiren Li lives in the Concubine Xian's Palace, and was soon drawn into Yao Ji's side.

Yao Ji walked around and found a basket of tangerines in the small room next to the dining room, she immediately pointed to it and said, "Ask two eunuchs to carry it up and follow me to Zhuang Concubine Palace."

Li Meiren was a little surprised: "This citrus is just an ordinary thing, not too rare."

Yao Ji said: "That's the best. Otherwise, dare I go to bribe|bribe Zhuang Concubine?"

Li Meiren was stunned for a moment, and hastily echoed: "Your Majesty's heart is more precious than anything else."

Yao Ji said: "It's good to have intentions. This kind of thing doesn't look deliberate. It's just a small gift for sisters to walk around. Besides, she is already an imperial concubine. How can she be short of food and clothing in the palace?" Is it?"

Li Meiren suddenly remembered something, and suddenly said: "North Korea is in the north, and it seems that citrus does not grow. I think it is a rare thing. The concubine Xian is really thoughtful."

After hearing this, Yao Ji smiled sweetly without saying a word.Even though Li Meiren was a woman, seeing Yao Ji's smiling face, she was a little dazed.

Chapter 796 Tangerine and Emerald

Concubine Zhuang, Li Xianhui, lives in the Sixth East Palace. There are two concubines over there, besides Concubine Zhuang, there is also a noble concubine, Mu Zhen.

When Yao Ji arrived at Concubine Zhuang's Palace, she found out that Mu Zhen was also here; beside Mu Zhen was her son Zhu Zhanqi, and Duan Xuehen, her concubine in the palace.

The second prince, Zhan Qi, could already walk, and he was walking around slowly, led by Duan Xuehen.But at this moment, Mu Zhen didn't care about the child, and only watched Duan Xuehen playing with the child.

Yao Ji could tell at a glance that this concubine was very close to the imperial concubine, because she was also very fond of the imperial concubine's son.

But Yao Ji knew the inside story when she was in Yunnan. This Duan Xuehen should have been surnamed Mu, but she was raised by the Duan Yang family, so she took the surname Duan.Duan Xuehen and Mu Zhen are cousins, and the second prince is Duan Xuehen's nephew, so it is not surprising that the two concubines are close.

And Mu Zhen seemed to have a good relationship with Zhuang Concubine Li Xianhui.Otherwise, Mu Zhen would not be free to take her son to the Concubine Zhuang Palace.

Li Xianhui's mind is not simple.Yao Ji greeted her, just looked at each other, the time was very short, Yao Ji realized that Li Xianhui's gaze had already looked at her appearance and the jewelry on her body; She is a concubine of the same status as Yao Ji.

Of course, Yao Ji also has a lot of thoughts. She has a lot of experience and knowledge, and knows that when women get along, they don't necessarily have a good relationship if they are close to each other.If two women who are close to each other get along well, the relationship will be closer than others; on the contrary, because they are close, there will be more resentment between them.

Based on how Li Xianhui made Yao Ji feel, Yao Ji secretly guessed that it was probably because of Mu Zhen's ability to deal with the world.This woman from a noble family is really smarter than ordinary women.

"Concubine Xian is too polite. It's an honor for me to come and bring such a big basket of things." Li Xianhui said in a voice.

Yao Ji smiled and said: "It's not a rare thing, it's all sent to the palace by the eunuchs. This kind of seasonal melon and fruit will not be sent to every palace, unless you want to eat it yourself and send someone to pick it up. I heard people say that there seems to be no citrus in North Korea, and Zhuang Concubine’s younger sister was afraid she couldn’t remember, so she brought a basket along the way. Eat a little citrus every day, and your complexion will be much better, and your skin will be more radiant.”

After hearing this, Mu Zhen smiled and said: "No wonder Concubine Xian has such good skin, and she is particular about her diet and daily life. Sister Concubine Zhuang heard her right."

Li Xianhui also said happily: "Thank you, Concubine Xian."

Yao Ji paid attention to Mu Zhen's expression, and found that Mu Zhen's expression was very sincere when she praised her good skin.This imperial concubine is not as charming as Yao Ji and Miao Jin, but she always gives people a very relaxed and happy feeling.Not only was Mu Zhen generous to others, but she was also born beautiful, with that sweet little face with delicate features, everyone would fall in love with it, including women.

Yao Ji looked at Li Xianhui, smiled casually and shook her head lightly, meaning no thanks.

Li Xianhui said: "Two sisters, let's sit inside. When I came from Seoul, I brought some Korean tea leaves, and there is still a little left. I'm afraid it's not a good tea in the capital, but sisters can taste it. taste."

Yao Ji said: "Sister Concubine Zhuang's Chinese is getting better and better."

Surrounded by the court ladies, the three of them went to a flower hall next to them.Li Xianhui then ordered someone to fetch the tea leaves, and then made the tea and served it.The tea took some time, but the snacks came first.

Another two maids peeled the tangerines sent by Yao Ji, cleaned them up, placed them neatly on a white porcelain plate, and brought them up.

Li Xianhui said: "Sister Xianfei's bracelet and ring are very rare, right? I've never seen them before."

Yao Ji said softly: "In recent years, it is not considered a rare item. Jade bracelets and gold-encrusted ruby ​​rings can be bought in the market. By the way, if the imperial concubine wants to choose a few better jade than this, That's easy. The emeralds are produced by Chief Minister Simengyang of Yunnan, and the rubies are produced in Burma, and these things must be approved by the Mu Mansion before they can be shipped to the mainland of Ming Dynasty."

Mu Zhen immediately said casually: "Next time when I bring a letter to my mother's family, I will ask my father to bring in some jade jewelry and give them to Concubine Zhuang."

"You don't get rewarded for nothing, so how can that be?" Li Xianhui hurriedly said, "I just find it strange, so I asked casually, sister, don't take it seriously."

Mu Zhen didn't insist, and said with a smile: "That's fine, I gave it, how can it be so rare that the Holy Majesty personally gave it?" After she finished speaking, she looked at Yao Ji and smiled.When Zhu Gaoxu sent jade bracelets to his family members, Mu Zhen, Li Xianhui and others did not enter the Han Palace.

Li Xianhui asked cautiously: "Is Your Majesty very busy these days? He came back to Concubine Zhuang's Palace, and occasionally he was a little distracted thinking about something."

Yao Ji said: "It's time to conquer Japan, and an imperial edict was issued to the Li family of North Korea."

Li Xianhui and others nodded slightly, but didn't continue talking about it.

The three of them chatted in the flower hall, and when they talked about interesting things, they were all smiling, and their relationship was very close.They seem to know in their hearts that they should not offend the woman too much, otherwise, it will be almost impossible for the woman to resolve the grudge, so they all speak for the better.

Just like Yao Ji and Ma Enhui, because they tore their faces apart before, those enmities may never get better with each other for the rest of their lives.

As for the relationship between Mu Zhen and the queen, there seems to be a bit of estrangement; and Yao Ji is on good terms with the queen, but these will not cause Yao Ji to have much prejudice against Mu Zhen.

... However, Ma Enhui showed no sign of returning to the palace.She has settled down in a mansion by Yanque Lake outside the Taiping Gate.

These days, Enhui is neither interested in the beautiful scenery of the new residence, nor going to the Shen family's theater.After she moved in, she never went out.

Under the attic by Yanque Lake, there is a room that Ma Enhui has turned into a Buddhist hall, and her bedroom is also on the side of the Buddhist hall.Ma Enhui has been living a life of eating fast and reciting Buddha recently, and doesn't care about the rest.

Ma Enhui didn't feel that such a life was very bitter. On the contrary, the Buddhist scriptures taught people to be indifferent and kind, and gradually made her feel much better.

There is a wooden fish and a book of scriptures next to the table, but Ma Enhui is not reciting scriptures now.She usually does this after the night is quiet, knocking on the wooden fish with her hands, and chanting awkward scriptures in her mouth, so that people have no time to think about it.

Right now Ma Enhui is just copying the Diamond Sutra.The simple furnishings in the Buddhist hall, the faint scent of ink, and the smell of burning oil lamps have already calmed her down.There is also the gold-plated Buddha statue enshrined on it. The vivid expression can also affect her state of mind; it looks down at the living beings below, and the peaceful, open-minded and kind smile that seems to be a smile is not a smile. Ordinary people can imitate it unconsciously. emotion.

But occasionally, an irrelevant figure appeared in Enhui's mind again. He was confident and persistent, with forbearance in his enthusiasm.Then an inexplicable warmth flowed into her heart, and his voice seemed to be speaking softly in her ears: how can I forget my kindness, let alone your death... Then she felt a numbness somewhere in her heart, and her memory seemed to be blocked by a memory... The root tendon was pulled suddenly, and those light and heavy touches flashed disturbingly.She even vaguely heard howling sounds that seemed to be painful from her lungs.

This kind of feeling caused turbulence to her pious and peaceful state of mind. She glanced at the Buddha statue and immediately felt the guilt and blasphemy.

"Sin, sin..." Ma Enhui recited it several times in awe and self-reproach, silently dismissing the obscene thoughts in her heart.

However, all those past events happened in the long time without knowing it.

Ma Enhui didn't have much regret about the fact that she started to live after she failed to ask for death.She is just a helpless woman. When the forces that once protected her collapsed, she survived unfortunately and had to be forced to submit to a not so violent|violent Zhu Gaoxu; this is not an unforgivable thing.

Even if she later committed herself to Zhu Gaoxu and fawned on him, she still thought it was acceptable.She has not died yet, and can only rely on the grace and protection of a man to live. Such a woman can't keep her innocence, and at most she can be accused of morality.

But one day, when En Hui suddenly recognized her heart, she couldn't accept it all at once.She found that the person who used to be jealous of other women and treat them wholeheartedly, his appearance was blurred and she couldn't remember it; On the contrary, she shamelessly looks forward to and recalls every meeting with another man.Those superficial pleasures suddenly made her feel deeply humiliated, guilty and betrayed.

Morality is only the rules required by the outside world and the world, but the heart is the home of the soul, and you cannot deceive yourself.

Later, she finally found the state of forgetting all grievances and grievances from Buddhism, and the four things are empty. Gradually, she found the destination of her soul in the entanglement and confusion.The past of honor and disgrace, grievances and hatreds, all turned into nothingness.Enhui felt that this was very relaxing.

She exhaled slowly, discarding the less and less distracting thoughts in her mind, continued to sit in front of the desk, and began to write Buddhist scriptures seriously.

Zhu Gaoxu has not heard from Zhu Gaoxu for quite a while, Ma Enhui's bad attitude last time seems to have caused a misunderstanding.But that's fine too, after all, both of them have kindness to each other, and Zhu Gaoxu won't take her for a little bit of disobedience; now that Ma Enhui has no worries about food and clothing, and has a clean Buddhist hall, he just spends the rest of his life like this old green lantern , is also a relief.

The misunderstanding will continue to be misunderstood. Anyway, Zhu Gaoxu already has many beautiful and beautiful concubines. It is best for him to forget Enhui.Since then, they have lived in peace and harmony.