Chapter 90 Similar, and in the Similar Timing!
The hut where Mingqiu Nun lived seemed to get locked all the time in case of interrupting her tranquility.
Now Qin Wanru was familiar with this path, and she took off the hanging lock and walked inside.
It was a Buddhist hall which served a not large Buddha locating in the centre of the room. The Buddh was the image of Guanyin with thousands of hands. It looked vivid, and its image was amiable but also dignified and elegant. People would show sincere respect to her in a simple glance.
Three incenses were burning in the hall, spreading a slight fragrance.
On the rush cus.h.i.+on, Mingqiu Nun was closing her eyes and reciting her Scripture in a low voice, but she looked extremely sincere.
Qin Wanru picked a rush cus.h.i.+on by her side and did her wors.h.i.+pping bow to Buddha. The rebirth made her much respect Buddha.
After her bowing and kneeling, she put her palms together devoutly and listened to Mingqiu Nun’s voice in whispering the Scripture.
After a long time, Mingqiu Nun opened her eyes and smiled at Qin Wanru, “why did you arrive so early today?”
Usually, Qin Wanru would take a rest after her meal and then came here.
“I have something to tell nun.” Qin Wanru turned her rush cus.h.i.+on to another direction, facing to Mingqiu Nun, and she said in solemn.
“For what?” Mingqiu Nun asked in surprise.
“Nun, last time Jingxin Monastery master gave me five straws of The Fragrance of July, did nun remember?” Qin Wanru asked.
Mingqiu Nun nodded her head with a smile.
“I didn’t take them by then, and I said to put them at Jingxin Monastery master. This time, I heard there was someone distinguished coming from the capital city, so I decided to give The Fragrance of July to the person in the name of the Jingxin Monastery.” Qin Wanru said while contemplating her words carefully.
“Giving them to the distinguished guest from the capital city?” Mingqiu Nun asked, “Then why you didn’t give them by yourself?”
“The Fragrance of July belongs to Jingxin Monastery, and if I sent them to someone from the capital city, I think I should better give them away in the name of Jingxin Monastery. On the one hand, I can’t have such a precious gift, and on the other hand, they could win credit from the distinguished person for Jingxin Monastery, or Jingxin Monastery could rely on this credit in the future.”
Qin Wanru said in a gentle voice, but her eyes showed deepness in the place where Mingqiu Nun couldn’t see.
She was not mystifying, but it was in her previous life where she heard Jingxin Monastery was destroyed, and she was in the capital city by then. This news came from Qin Yuru and Madam Di.
The real reason remained unknown to her, but it was only said that there was an evil thief got harboured by Jingxin Monastery, so all the people in the Jingxin Monastery were arrested and got distributed.
However, it said that more things happened later, and they were all arrested to the capital city.
At that time, she was trapped in her backyard where n.o.body was useful by her side. After that, she knew nothing about it anymore. Anyway, she didn’t want to see Jingxin Monastery where so many people got helped here went into trouble, and she rather not see Jingxin Monastery master and Mingqiu Nun went into trouble!
“Distinguished person?” Mingqiu Nun frowned because she had no ideas what she was talking.
“A distinguished person but got sick. That person is now receiving medical treatment from Jingxin Monastery master and is from the capital city.” Qin Wanru couldn’t reveal the ident.i.ty of Chu Liuchen too much, so she had to mince her words.
Based on all the messages and Chu Liuchen’s requirements towards Jingxin Monastery master, this thing could be done to a large extent.
“If you would like to have Jingxin Monastery to earn this credit, then I need to thank you.” Mingqiu Nun was not stubborn or pedantic, so she smiled to her as a symbol of accepting her favour, and she didn’t ask Qin Wanru how she knew this thing.
Then Mingqiu Nun stood up, and she took Qin Wanru to the room next door and started to teach her.
Chu Liuchen was in a good mood when he saw Qin Wanru covering her tiny face and leaving. He even added more rice in his bowl, but this could make Xiao Xuanzi so happy and believed what he chose to do today was right.
Luckily, Second Miss Qin came. Otherwise, childe wouldn’t be a lamb and eat his lunch. He made a considerable sensation last time and even shocked the entire palace. This time, he went through it in silence, so it was evident that childe was in a good mood.
After the lunch, Chu Liuchen went to bed happily, thinking of Qin Wanru’s brown stain on her face, and then he laughed out uncontrollably. He was not very energetic, so after he laughed for a while, he went back to sleep.
He had a long sleep and woke up in the evening.
Xiao Xuanzi heard him wake up, so he came to open the curtain in a hurry. Xiao Xuanzi touched his forehead to check his average body temperature, and he took a breath to relieve.
Watching Chu Liuchen sit up himself and preparing to get up, he said hurriedly, “Sir, it’s about evening now, where are you going? You should take a break.”
“I need to visit Jingxin Monastery master and ask her for that five straws of The Fragrance of July.” Chu Liuchen said lazily.
“Sir, it was too late to visit her, don’t you think so? How about tomorrow, and she could give you further treatment consultations. By then, it would be the right time to tell her!” Xiao Xuanzi took a glance to the outside sky and persuaded him.
Chu Liuchen took a glance outside the window as well since he slept for a long time; it was getting dark now.
“Then, tomorrow!” Chu Liuchen nodded his head and leaned back to the cus.h.i.+on which Xiao Xuanzi took to him, and he found a comfortable position.
“Are you getting better?” Xiao Xuanzi pa.s.sed a gla.s.s of warm water to Chu Liuchen and asked with concerns.
Chu Liuchen took it and took a sip, raising his cold eyes, “the medicine is not bad; it worked.”
“That is fantastic. You can stay in Jiangzhou for a long time and ask the master to give you more treatments. Finding the person which Doctor Qi mentioned, and by then you’ll be recovered!” Xiao Xuanzi’s eyes looked bright, and she started to feel relieved.
“Maybe not, it’s hard to say before I find it!” Chu Liuchen narrowed his eyes and decided not to care about this, so he changed a topic, “is there any message coming from the capital city?”
Counting the days that pa.s.sed and the thing that he plotted earlier, something should be triggered to happen now. This time’s leaving from the capital city was not only about separating.
“I’m about to report to you, sir, and there is a message. It said that Empress Dowager furious and even Queen got punished. The Queen, alongside with many concubines kneeled in front of Empress Dowager outside the Ci Ning Palace for two hours! The emperor came to beg for forgiveness, but Empress Dowager still didn’t make any compromises. She asked them to find you and said it was them that made you mad and drove you away.”
Xiao Xuanzi sorted out all the information and reported.
Chu Liuchen leaned back while pondering, and he looked up at the curtain with his lips bending up in anger, “what did he say then?”
Although he didn’t say it directly, Xiao Xuanzi knew he refers to the emperor, so Xiao Xuanzi reported hurriedly, “the emperor only tried to persuade Empress Dowager, and he reprimanded Queen and other concubines. He didn’t say anything later but said he’d have you come back as soon as possible.”
“It seems that an announcement will come from him soon!” Chu Liuchen sneered.
The country was the check-board, and politics, the chess. He got involved in the game a long time ago!
The moment of moving the chess indicated b.l.o.o.d.y rain plus riots. Now they were unfolding in front of his eyes.
“What, they moved?” Madam Di stood up and circled in the room for a long time, wearing a livid face. It was so hard for her to find a clue, and now it was gone? It was all Qin Wanru, this b*tch’s fault.
“Yes, I checked, and n.o.body lived nearby knew where did they move. They just said they disappeared overnight and they abandoned some heavy stuff behind them, only packed up light luggage with them.” Nanny Zhou frowned by her side as well.
Nanny Zhou came from Duke Yong mansion, and if it not were her, Madam Di couldn’t recognize him. Anyway, she was a Miss in a wealthy family. How could she identify a servant?
“Where is Qu Le?” Madam Di turned around and sat back in front of the table, banging the table which made the teacup fell on the ground. The teacup rolled for a while and broke in a crisp sound.
Nanny Zhou dared not to pick up the pieces because of Madam Di’s livid look, and she answered in a hurry, “Qu Le is still in Jingxin Monastery, staying with Second Miss.”
“That evil kid still keep her? What does she want?” Madam Di was in a panic, “can she know anything?”
“Don’t worry, Madam. Second Miss can’t know anything. She was young and innocent. So many years have pa.s.sed and if Old Grandma didn’t mention you were not her biological mother, Second Miss still didn’t know that!” Nanny Zhou comforted her.
“That poor grandma couldn’t protect herself, and how could she dare to poke her nose into other people’s businesses? But then, even if she did so, what could she do? She still knew nothing about the thing that happened earlier.” Madam Di felt hatred mentioning about this, and she said in anger while gloom flashed in her eyes. She dosed the Old Grandma with so much poison, and how could she get survived?
If the Old Grandma died, Shui Ruolan couldn’t marry into this family at this moment. Her eyes bulged out when she thought about something that made her so angry. A gloomy look made her beautiful face looked horrible.
“Madam, don’t be in a hurry, and it was not a thing that could be done in a glimpse. Even if he disappeared, Madam still had other evidence to prove it. By then, you can s.h.i.+ft your evidence to somewhere useful, and it’s all in your disposal! We don’t know if it were true?” Nanny Zhou persuaded in a lower voice, but she hesitated at the end.
The entire thing was an a.s.sumption in Madam’s mind, and n.o.body knew if it were true.
“It’s similar, and it was in similar timing. Moreover, the general described that person before. You ask somebody to find again, if there were any messages, you pa.s.s them to me in a hurry. This time, I’ll ask someone to take him in case more accidents happen. For other things, I’ll talk about it later.” Madam Di felt she was too hesitant before. Otherwise, he wouldn’t escape from her.
Taking him away and interrogating directly. If Madam Di could know anything, it would be great, even if she got nothing, he was only a servant got lost in Jiangzhou, taking his life was nothing!
“Yes, Madam. I understand!” Nanny Zhou understood and said.
Madam Di felt angry after she thought it for a while, “initially, she came here for serving me, and how dared he send her to other places, is him doing the opposite to me on purpose?”
“Madam, this may be a coincidence. Initially, they were picking girl servants for Young Lady, but suddenly they started to help Second Miss in servant picking up. Therefore, she was sent to Second Miss.” Nanny Zhou shook her head and thought it was impossible. This was a coincidence, but it also had a reason.
“It better be a coincidence or… I will never forgive him!” Madam Di sneered, and she leaned back on the chair, rubbing the centre between her eyebrows, and sneered, “How is that thing going on?”