After the eldest daughter was reborn, the whole family knelt down and begged for forgiveness

At this time, the Cining Palace was quiet, with bursts of Buddhist chanting, which was out of tune with the clinking of glasses in the Wenyuan Pavilion.

Everyone in the palace knew that the Empress Dowager was a devout believer in Buddhism after the death of Emperor Wuzong.

She often stayed in the Cining Palace and worshipped Buddha, saying that it was to atone for the sin of Emperor Xianzong who had ordered the destruction of Buddhism. All the affairs of the harem were left to the Queen.

Apart from the fact that the Emperor and Empress would come to the Cining Palace to pay their respects on the first and fifteenth day of every month, even the concubines in the harem saw her less often than the monks in the Huguo Temple.

Recently, it was said that a highly skilled monk in Buddhism had come to the Huguo Temple, so the empress dowager invited them to the palace to pray for him and preach the sutras.

What everyone knows is that the third prince Lin Shaoshu grew up under the empress dowager's care, and the emotions he had were different from those of ordinary princes.

On such a special day, the front hall of the Cining Palace was holding a Dharma Assembly, while Lin Shaoshu was copying scriptures for the Empress Dowager in the Buddhist Hall in the back hall. Even if the Empress wanted to find fault with Lin Shaoshu, she did not dare to send anyone to the Cining Palace to disturb the Empress Dowager on such a special day.

The sunlight shone through the window with plum blossom ice patterns. The man had a handsome face and picturesque eyes and eyebrows, which made him look quite otherworldly.

Ruyi pushed the door open and saw Lin Shaoshu sitting there in a blue brocade robe, concentrating on copying scriptures. For a moment, she didn't know whether she should disturb him.

Lin Shaoshu heard the noise and asked, "What's going on with the Queen?"

After hearing Lin Shaoshu's question, Ruyi dared to speak: "The Queen has taken people to Wenyuan Pavilion. There is a banquet in Wenyuan Pavilion today. Even the Emperor has gone there."

When he heard the three words "Wenyuan Pavilion", Lin Shaoshu's pen tip slowed down a little, and a large amount of thick ink dripped onto the paper. It was obvious that this page of scriptures had been ruined.

Lin Shaoshu crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the incense burner beside him. The rising flame instantly devoured the page of scripture. Under the flickering flame, Lin Shaoshu's handsome face looked somewhat sinister.

Even though Ruyi has been with Lin Shaoshu for many years, seeing him like this, she felt a little... strange.

Ever since His Highness came back from Huaizhou, he seemed like a different person. He no longer liked having him serve him. What puzzled Ruyi even more was that His Highness and Miss Xiao suddenly became much more estranged.

Everything started after Huaizhou...

At this time, Lin Shaoshu murmured to himself: "Wenyuan Pavilion..."

When Wenyuan Pavilion was first built, the Xie family was so prosperous that even his mother, who had always lived a reclusive life, came to the palace in person to present a congratulatory gift when Wenyuan Pavilion was completed.

Lin Shaoshu still remembers that his mother, who had been ill for many years and was depressed, had a rare smile on her face. She said that she had finally fulfilled one of her wishes and her life was not in vain.

Lin Shaoshu still doesn't understand what his mother is thinking.

She had clearly married my father and was already in the royal family, so why wasn't she vying for favor!

For a long time, Lin Shaoshu resented Concubine Xie in his heart.

Because of such a deep gap between mother and son, they gradually drifted apart.

In comparison, she and Xiao Xuetang are even closer, and people who don't know the truth might think they are real mother and daughter.

Such excessive closeness made Lin Shaoshu feel a little jealous sometimes.

But that person was Xiao Xuetang, and he felt that everything was as it should be...

No one would dislike Xiao Xuetang.

She is smart, beautiful, lively and cute - Xiao Xuetang before she was eleven years old.

At this time, Ruyi didn't know what Lin Shaoshu was thinking absentmindedly, but said: "Your Highness, I heard that people in the palace said that the eldest lady is here too. Will the Queen embarrass the eldest lady?"

Ruyi grew up in the Prince Lin's Mansion. He knows better than anyone how vicious the Queen is.

Back then in the palace, after Concubine Xie was deposed and Queen Wang was made the legitimate wife, she secretly plotted to frame Concubine Xie and her daughter several times. It is still frightening to think about it now.

Xiao Xuetang was also implicated.

She remembered that one year when Xiao Xuetang came to the palace, she fell into the water for no reason and burned for several days after she was fished out.

At that time, everyone said that Xiao Xuetang fell into the water to pick up the kite, but the people around the imperial concubine knew that although Miss Xiao was lively, she was very sensible and would never do such a dangerous thing.

Moreover, the person who was with Xiao Xuetang at that time was someone close to Queen Wang.

The prince ordered that no one in the palace was allowed to mention that incident, but they all knew who did it.

After the current emperor ascended the throne, Xiao Xuetang, as the legitimate daughter of the marquisate, naturally had to pay her respects to the empress according to the rules.

Lin Shaoshu was worried that the Queen would make things difficult for Xiao Xuetang, so every time he entered the palace he would ask the Empress Dowager for help and call Xiao Xuetang away from the Queen under the pretext of copying scriptures.

Thinking of the years that Lin Shaoshu and Xiao Xuetang had depended on each other, Ruyi couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Since the defeat of the Xie family, their master and Miss Xiao have had a very difficult time...

So what puzzled Ruyi even more was that his master had been keeping a low profile for these years, and now he had a seat in the court and could compete with the Eastern Palace; and in the Marquis' Mansion, the Marquis and his wife had returned to the capital to be the eldest daughter. The two of them could see that they could finally have a happy ending after suffering hardships, but he didn't understand why the two who were inseparable in the past had become estranged...

But his master's affairs are not something a servant like him can interfere in!

The most important thing now is that I don't know what's going on in Wenyuan Pavilion. I don't know if Miss Xiao can handle it alone, so Ruyi said to Lin Shaoshu: "Your Highness, do you want to go to Wenyuan Pavilion, or ask the Queen Mother to help and summon Miss to Cining Palace?"

The incident at the Huguo Temple happened yesterday, and the prince is now confined in the palace. The queen must hate her prince very much.

There is a palace banquet today, and His Highness is copying Buddhist scriptures for the Empress Dowager. Ruyi is very worried that the Queen will take her anger out on Xiao Xuetang by taking it out on her.

If Ruyi could think of it, how could Lin Shaoshu not understand it!

He also knew that the Queen had a plan for the banquet held at Wenyuan Pavilion today. The Queen wanted the thing from the Xie family...

Lin Shaoshu has always known that his grandfather must have handed the things to Xiao Xuetang.

Lin Shaoshu thought that this thing was so important that it would be safer in Xiao Xuetang's hands than in his. Moreover, he believed that Xiao Xuetang was loyal to him, and if he asked, Xiao Xuetang would definitely give it to him.

However, after what happened in the past few days and yesterday's incident at the Huguo Temple, Lin Shaoshu felt a little uneasy. He had to find a way to get that thing from Xiao Xuetang as soon as possible.

And the turning point is today!

At the palace banquet today, the Queen will definitely put pressure on Xiao Xuetang. When Xiao Xuetang can't hold on any longer, he will rescue Xiao Xuetang as a savior, and then explain the interests involved to Xiao Xuetang and get the thing left by his grandfather.

and so……

He has to wait!

Wait for Xiao Xuetang and beg him...

At this moment, a voice was heard from outside: "Your Highness, Master Foshu wants to see you."

Just when Lin Shaoshu was about to say no, the person had already come uninvited.

He was wearing a monk's robe and a cloak. When he took off the cloak, Lin Shaoshu gasped...

"Why are you dressed like this to enter the palace? Are you crazy? Lin Xun... is in the palace!"

Fu Shu looked at Lin Shaoshu's suddenly changed expression, smiled slightly, and said: "I am here to give something to His Highness the Third Prince..."

In his hand, he held a red sandalwood carved box...