Chapter 5 — Chess Game In The Palace

"If you really could be cruel, you wouldn't have brought her back from Jiangnan that year. But being soft-hearted is one thing, whether you believe it or not is another." "So we..." "Wait." I walked through a step. "She will still continue to attack." Sure enough, Luu Thanh Van refused to sit still. Seven days later, the gauze bandage on her neck was changed to a thin white silk strip, covering the bruises, on the contrary, making her look even weaker. She let Bao Duyet help her and went to Tu Ninh palace. The Queen Mother believes in Buddha and recites sutras in the Buddha hall every day at Dragon hour. Luu Thanh Van knelt outside the Buddha hall. She wore a wooden hairpin on her head, she was wearing a faded white dress, and in her hand was a string of Buddha pearls. After reciting the sutras, the Queen Mother walked out. Seeing her kneeling there, she recited the Buddha's name. "What are you kneeling here for?" Luu Thanh Van prostrated herself on the ground: "My concubine has committed a serious crime, I want to ask the Queen Mother for your favor, allowing me to copy the sutras in the Buddhist hall to atone for my sins." The Queen Mother looked at the white silk strip around her neck: "What crime have you committed?" Luu Thanh Van shook her head: "It is my own fault, I do not dare to dirty the Queen Mother's ears. I only ask the Queen Mother to allow me to allow me to do so." Be pure before the Buddha for a few days. My concubine vows to write prayers day and night to bless the Queen Mother and Your Majesty." The Queen Mother did not ask further and agreed. When the news reached Phuong Nghi palace, I was watering a pot of orchids. Lien Khe stamped her feet impatiently: "Niang Niang! She wants to borrow the Queen Mother's hand to turn herself around! The Queen Mother likes these games the most!" I put down the watering can: "If she wants to copy the sutras, she can copy them, the palace will not stop her." "But if the Queen Mother is seduced by her..." "Whether the Queen Mother is seduced by her or not is the Queen Mother's business. Whether or not Your Majesty believes these games is your business." Lien Khe still wanted to speak, I raised my hand to stop her. her again. The lines of golden letters in front of my eyes began to appear again. 【This move of my beloved heroine is really cool! Going to the queen mother's palace to become a nun, pretending to be pitiful. The Queen Mother loves weak girls the most! Then the queen mother will tell the emperor to give the heroine a rank! The beloved female protagonist will become a beloved concubine after gaining dignity! Queen, just wait and cry!】 I did not read the curses on the back, only grasped four important words: "Grant a dignity." That afternoon, I told Lien Khe to bring to Tu Ninh palace a box of newly copied Buddhist scriptures, saying that they were scriptures that the queen had personally copied to pray for the queen mother's blessing. When she returned, Lien Khe brought with her a sentence: "The Queen Mother told me to go to Tu Ninh palace to have dinner tomorrow morning." The next morning, when I arrived at Tu Ninh palace, Luu Thanh Van was kneeling on a cushion in the Buddhist hall copying sutras. Seeing me enter, she bowed her head, lowered her eyes, and tightened her Buddha necklace tighter. The Queen Mother sat on the tea table and looked at me: "The Queen is here, sit down." After I sat down, the Queen Mother took two more sips of tea before slowly speaking: "These past few days, Thanh Van has been copying scriptures at someone's house, and has been much quieter. This child has suffered a lot in the South before, and has a calm personality. It's just that there are too many rules in the palace, and he hasn't adapted at the moment." I took the tea cup and did not answer. The Queen Mother said again: "The Ai family wants to give her a dignity. It doesn't need to be too high, it's fine for a noble person. With dignity, she can learn the rules and not constantly cause things that cannot be brought to the table." Luu Thanh Van's hand that was copying scriptures in the heavenly hall paused for a moment, then continued to move. I put down the teacup: "If your mother wants to grant it, of course it is okay. But there is one thing, I must let you know first." "What is it?" "Among the jewelry in my chest."

Luu Thanh Van, there are six items that are royal gifts, two items are tribute items that have been reported damaged. The matter of tribute, Your Majesty is still investigating." The Queen Mother's cup of tea stopped at her mouth. "Tribute?" Her voice lowered three parts. "Where did she get the tribute?" "This is a matter that I cannot investigate clearly." I turned my eyes to the heavenly hall. "Sister Willow, how about you say it in front of the Queen Mother, who helped you steal those two tributes?" The Buddha necklace in Luu Thanh Van's hand suddenly broke. Pearls rolled all over the ground. The Queen Mother looked at her appearance and placed the tea cup heavily on the table. "The Queen will go first." The Queen Mother told me: "The matter of taste will be discussed later." I stood up to bow, and when I retreated, I passed by the door of the heavenly hall, trying to reach for a pearl that had fallen under the incense burner. Her fingertips were still an inch away, unable to reach it. She raised her head and saw me standing in front of the door, biting her lips, eyes filled with hatred. I smiled at her: "Sister Willow, just pick it up slowly. The bricks on the ground are cold, kneeling for a long time will hurt your knees. "When I walked out, behind me came the sound of pearls being crushed. Crunching, one after another. The next night, the golden letters appeared again.