Xincao Pavilion.
In the spirit of not embarrassing Qin Shuihan, Lin Yi immediately asked her to return the favor after accompanying Lin Xuan'er to Prince Huan's Mansion that day.
Arrange for your grandma to teach you etiquette!
Lin Xuan'er also understood this tacitly, and immediately used her circle of young ladies to arrange two nuns for her.
As expected of a nanny who had stayed in the palace, she taught me the rules without being polite.
They held the ruler in their hands and immediately swung it down if something was slightly wrong.
Lin Yi stared at the tassels on the ruler, thinking that the tool for beating people was so exquisitely made, it was so cruel!
She had nightmares that night.
In the dream, the silky tassels swayed without the wind, and then the expressionless old faces of the grandmothers came towards me.
Lin Yi struggled in the dream, but in reality she chose to swallow her anger.
For Qin Shuihan's sake, we must work hard.
Just studying like this may leave a psychological shadow.
Lin Yi took a deep breath and knelt on the ground.
"Kowtow——"
"What about raising your hands to your eyebrows as you said yesterday?"
call--
The tassel of the ruler flashed before Lin Yi's eyes, and she was so frightened that she quickly closed her eyes and straightened her back.
However, the ruler did not wave down, but stopped in the air.
Lin Yi opened her closed eyes and looked at her grandmother curiously.
What's wrong?
No more corporal punishment?
She immediately adjusted her posture and stared straight ahead.
The two old ladies looked at each other, and finally they were safe.
They had heard a little about Lin Yi.
The concubine of General Lin's family is about to marry into Prince Han's palace, and she will still be the royal concubine.
This matter has long been rumored in the capital.
It wasn't until they were invited to the Lin Mansion to teach etiquette that they realized the rumors were true.
It's just that although the second lady of the Lin family has a low status, she is still a eldest lady. How come she doesn't even know basic etiquette?
It really shocked their jaws.
But they didn’t expect that King Han would bring them a message yesterday.
No corporal punishment of the future princess!
They dare not wave the ruler again.
"Miss, this is the right posture."
Nanny Li quickly retracted the ruler and almost lost her grip.
She thought to herself that even though she was still very old, she could still react like this, so she was still young.
Without yesterday's message, she would never have thought that because of a woman, she could actually interact with the feared King Han.
Seeing her kindness, Grandma Chen sneered. She was wise and simply didn't bring a ruler today.
However, recalling the message she received from Prince Han's Mansion yesterday, she couldn't help but feel filled with emotion.
Grandma Chen met Qin Shuihan when he was still in his infancy. It was at his first birthday ceremony.
At that time, Grandma Chen had just entered the palace, and she unexpectedly encountered a happy event in the palace.
She still clearly remembered the bright-eyed Concubine Yin, but unfortunately she passed away in childbirth a few years later.
Now her child is finally going to be a concubine!
It's just that this lady really doesn't understand the rules, but she can see that Lin Yi studies very hard.
Biyue on the side watched their every move quietly.
Although he is not a bad person, his master has an order and he must not be punished!
She didn't expect to receive such an order after Li Shang returned to the house to report yesterday.
The master really holds the future princess in the palm of his hand.
Biyue couldn't help but be distracted, thinking about the scene where the master heard Li Shang's report.
It should be very humane.
Yesterday, Li Shang reported to Qin Shuihan that Lin Yi was learning etiquette.
Qin Shuihan couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth and smiled sweetly, knowing that Lin Yi was doing it to make him look good.
But when he heard Li Shang say that Grandma Chen waved a ruler to Lin Yi, he immediately stopped his smile and asked his servants to pass the message to Grandma.
Even if he knew there was no malice, he couldn't bear to have his woman punished.
Unfortunately, by the time he was busy with the official duties at hand, it was already late at night.
He missed her so much that he sneaked into Lin Mansion.
Li Shang heard the movement near the courtyard wall and quickly got up and rushed to the door of Lin Yi's boudoir.
Before he could see the figure clearly, he was grabbed by the throat three times.
"Sure enough, your Qinggong is the best. Biyue hasn't even noticed that I'm here."
Qin Shuihan put down his hand.
Li Shang swallowed his saliva and hurriedly leaned down to salute.
"master……"
"Stay at the door. I'll take one look at the princess and leave."
Li Shang nodded in agreement, thinking how much he missed his master when he hurried over without even wearing a cloak!
Qin Shuihan glanced at Lin Yi's sleeping face, left a gentle kiss on her forehead, and immediately withdrew.
"Protect the princess well."
After he said these words, he used Qinggong again to climb over the wall.
Li Shang was dumbfounded. His master meant what he said. It was really just a glance.
Not even time to yawn.
After Qin Shuihan returned home, he walked to his backyard again.
There is a row of secret rooms there where he keeps his collections.
Opening the stone door, he went in and rummaged for a long time, and found that except for jade and swords, there didn't seem to be any accessories he wanted.
The dazzling array of hairpins and gold hairpins in front of me are still too ordinary!
Qin Shuihan sighed and walked out of the secret room, thinking that luckily he had ordered a wedding dress embroidered with gold and silver threads for Lin Yi. He also specially ordered it to be inlaid with tortoiseshell glaze and jadeite.
Only the wedding dress was acceptable.
He couldn't wait to see her in her wedding dress.
This day.
Lin Weifu suddenly came to Lin Yi's yard.
Seeing her practicing etiquette seriously, I was filled with emotion.
He was a little reluctant to let Lin Yi get married, as if Xiao Su had left him.
For this daughter, it is undeniable that his love and care is purely because Lin Yi looks like Xiao Su.
Did he ever win Xiao Su's heart back then?
Lin Yi frowned when she saw Lin Weifu coming in. Although she couldn't stand him, he was her father in name only, so she had to coax him to give him more dowry.
"Father."
Lin Yi was learning and practicing now, and performed a standard kneeling ceremony.
Lin Weifu laughed loudly.
"You've learned a lot now. You're getting married in a few days, but have you learned everything?"
"Yier is studying hard and will not embarrass her father."
What can you learn by cramming your feet?
Lin Yi snorted coldly in his heart.
"Father, can you prepare the dowry for Yi'er? Although Yi'er is just a concubine, King Han is a prince whom the emperors value, and our Lin family cannot lose face."
"That's natural..."
Lin Weifu twisted his lips in embarrassment. It wasn't that he didn't want to curry favor with his future son-in-law, but Shen Ruzhi had always been at odds with him and refused to pay the dowry at all, so he asked the maid to prepare some random clothes and put them in a box.
"Father...I have prepared something for you..."
Seeing that he was hesitating and speaking without any confidence, Lin Yi was very suspicious that he had not prepared any dowry at all.
Qin Shuihan gave so many betrothal gifts, what a loss!
In this case, let's wait to settle the score!
Lin Yi stared at Lin Weifu with a half-smile.
"Father, my mother died early and I couldn't see Yi'er getting married. When my mother died, Yi'er was still young and can't remember many things. How did my mother die that year?"
Lin Weifu's face twitched unnaturally.
"Your mother... went to Huanzhao'an to visit her uncle. It happened to be raining and the mountain was slippery. The master on the mountain said that she... accidentally... slipped off the cliff..."
Lin Weifu was a little distracted, and those dusty memories suddenly appeared in his mind.
Xiao Su did indeed fall off the cliff and die.
But instead of sliding down naturally, Lin Weifu pushed her down.
Just because Xiao Su pointed at his nose and scolded him for being despicable and shameless, causing her sweetheart to die.
His methods were indeed shameless, but he also really liked her.
After Lin Weifu accidentally pushed Xiao Su off the cliff, he immediately returned to his home and ordered all his subordinates to search for the body.
That is, when he was giving orders in panic in the study, Shen Ruzhi overheard him.
Shen Ruzhi realized that Xiao Su's death was not an accident, but related to Lin Weifu.
Although he hated Xiao Su and Lin Yi deeply, he didn't expect that woman to die at the hands of Lin Weifu.
She suddenly felt very happy.
From then on, Shen Ruzhi ignored Lin Yi and allowed her to destroy herself. Anyway, her mother was dead and she was still killed by Lin Weifu.
So what if I had been favored again, it didn't mean that I had ended up with such a miserable end.
"Father, Yi'er has always been curious. You have never taken me to my mother's grave to pay homage."
Lin Weifu was still a little absent-minded, and he didn't want to mention this matter.
When his men found Xiao Su's body, it was already the third day after falling off the cliff. The body was so miserable that it was almost eaten by animals on the mountain until only a pair of bones were left.
Only the green shirt showed that the bones belonged to Xiao Su.
"...Your mother once escaped into Buddhism, and there is her memorial tablet in Huanzhao Temple..."
Lin Yi saw a hint of pain on his face.
Was he really the one who killed Xiao Su?
"Father, Yi'er is about to marry into Prince Han's palace. I want to go to Huanzhao'an to worship my mother."
Lin Yi thought to herself, since there is a tablet of Xiao Su in Huanzhao Nunnery, it is better to ask the nuns in the nunnery about the truth about that year.
"It's a long journey, so there's no rush for these few days. Yi'er should just wait and be married."
"Don't worry, father. I just want to tell my mother that I'm getting married. I'll go early in the morning and rush back to my house the same day."
Lin Weifu was a little helpless. This proposal was reasonable and he could only agree to her going to worship her mother before getting married.
After Lin Weifu left, Lin Yi immediately asked Biyue to find Li Shang.
"Li Shang, bring a message to King Han. I'm going to Huanzhao Temple tomorrow. Come back quickly. I'm hungry. Let's have hot pot together tonight."
Li Shang snorted in embarrassment. He glanced at Bi Yue, who seemed a little helpless.
At some point, he had adapted to having master and servant eat together.
And to be fair, it's a pleasure to have hot pot with the future princess.
"Subordinate, go and come back quickly."
The next morning, Lin Yi got up early.
After all, Chonghuan Mountain is far away in the countryside.
Just when she was hesitating whether to use the carriage in the mansion, Biyue whispered in her ear.
"Miss, Prince Han's carriage is waiting at the door."
Lin Yi pursed her lips and smiled, then rushed to the door and saw Lei Qing already waiting beside the carriage.
"Miss Lin Er, my master has something important to do today and is unable to get away. I cannot accompany you to Huanzhao Nunnery, so I specially asked my subordinates to drive you."
With that said, Lei Qing took out the pedals from under the carriage and opened the curtain.
"Guard Lei, long time no see. I'm sorry to trouble you today."
Lin Yi got on the carriage happily.
Sitting in the carriage, she found a cloak on the seat and a food box next to the cloak.
Indeed, it is already December, the weather is very cold, and it is said that it will snow in a while.
She touched the thick cloak and spread it on her legs. It was really soothing.
Then she opened the food box and saw several pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus cake inside.
Lin Yi felt a warm feeling in her heart. She could still eat sweet-scented osmanthus cake in this season. How much effort would it take?
This Qin Shuihan is really so considerate and caring about himself even though he is so busy.
Lin Yi couldn't help grinning, and her eyes filled with tears.
It turns out that I really shed tears when I am happy.
When the carriage arrived at the foot of Chonghuan Mountain, Lin Yi took a look at the mountain. The top of the mountain was filled with clouds and smoke, and there was a vague temple halfway up the mountain. It was said that it was Huanzhao'an.
She tried hard to search the original memory again.
Xiao Su had indeed brought Yuan Shen to this place before.
The mountain road is rugged.
Biyue helped Lin Yi from time to time.
Seeing Biyue's vigorous pace, Lin Yi was so impressed that she fell to the ground.
How could this girl be so powerful!
"Bi Yue, how long have you been practicing martial arts?"
"This slave has been practicing martial arts since he was eleven years old. It has only been seven years since then."
Generally, people who practice martial arts start practicing as early as five to six years old.
He only started practicing martial arts when he was eleven years old, so he missed the best time.
But Biyue was different. She was willing to follow King Han in order to repay the kindness of saving her life. When she was sent to the base for training, she practiced harder than anyone else.
After five years of training, you can compete with Xuanfeng for more than ten moves.
Seven years? Lin Yi thought in her mind that she had never pressed her legs or stepped on a horse before. Even if she started practicing martial arts now, she would not be as good as her after seven years of training.
Is there too much water in my fighting skills in this world?
Compared with these ancients, it seems useless...
The two finally arrived at Huanzhao Nunnery, but they did not expect that the nunnery was very lively.
Immediately a young novice came to inquire.
"Hello donor."
Lin Yi blinked, the little novice monk was so enthusiastic.
"May I ask if the donor is chanting sutras, meditating, worshiping, or seeking luck?"
Lin Yi couldn't help but grin. She didn't expect that the nunnery's business was so prosperous and that it could even seek marriage!
"My daughter is the second daughter of General Lin Weifu. I want to pay my respects to my master. I heard that my mother was buried here."
The little novice was slightly startled. She turned out to be the general's daughter, no wonder she was so beautiful.
She immediately turned around and ran to the nunnery and the master to report.
After a while, an old teacher came out.
"Jingkong, a poor nun, has met Benefactor Lin."
Master Jingkong put her hands together and saluted, and was still a little surprised when she saw Lin Yi.
This girl looks really like Xiao Su back then.
"I've met Master Jingkong."
Lin Yi also followed the example of the gourd and made a salute with his hands clasped together.
"Donor Lin, please come with me."
Saying that, Jingkong took Lin Yi to the yard behind the nunnery.
I saw several side rooms here, including the master's room where the master lectured on scriptures, and guest rooms for pilgrims.
Passing through these houses and walking deeper, I saw only a field of graves. Although there were tombstones, there were no tombs.
Master Jingkong pointed to a tombstone on the right and said: "Donor Lin, this is the tomb of Donor Xiao. Although Donor Xiao once converted to Buddhism, he only received the Ten Precepts and did not complete the Six Dharma, so he does not have a Dharma title."
Lin Yi didn't understand Buddhism, but she noticed that the tombstone next to her did have the Buddhist name "Xiao Su" written on it, while Xiao Su's grave only had the four characters "Xiao Su's Tomb".
She took the incense offered by Master Jingkong and performed a respectful ceremony.
At this time, Lin Yi felt a little guilty. Her mother was not her mother, and this body was not her own.
She felt that Xiao Su and Yuan Shen were both pitiful people.
What happened that year?
Lin Yi started to get to the bottom of things.
"Master Jingkong, my mother died on Chonghuan Mountain. Can you tell me the truth about that year?"
Lin Yi looked at her pleadingly, clearly expressing that she knew there must be a secret about what happened back then, and hoped that Master Jingkong could tell her honestly.
Master Jingkong glanced at Lin Yi lightly.
Xiao Su's incident caused an uproar in the entire nunnery. General Lin ignored the customs of the nunnery and insisted on burying Xiao Su here, and forced all the nuns in Huanzhao nunnery to pray for her for three days.
This is the pure land of Buddhism, but it must make chickens and dogs restless.
Jingkong sighed, originally thinking that Lin Weifu was too sad and couldn't help himself. Later, when she heard the little novice say that she saw General Lin arguing with Xiao Su and accidentally pushing her down the mountain, she suddenly realized.
Doing things in such a big way is just to hide the guilt in my heart.
"Donor Lin, this person has passed away. Why not let go of the past."
Lin Yi frowned. He was not his original self, so why could he not let it go?
It's just taking advantage of someone's body and using it as a trap.
"Master Jingkong, my daughter is not stuck in the past. After all, it is also a part of her life. However, she is about to marry as a wife. I hope that my mother is still alive in heaven and can share the joy of the present with her. Then ask about the past. I just want to figure it out, and it can be regarded as the spirit in heaven that comforts my mother."
Jingkong shook his head and chanted Amitabha.
"Even if life is painful, letting it go will bring you freedom. Donor Lin, come with the poor nun."
