Gong Pingcheng looked at Mo Lan with a smile on his face, "It turns out to be Miss Mo. Ah, you are already old enough after the Chinese New Year. My fifth brother will send you out personally. You are really envious of others!"
Gong Shaoqian gritted his teeth. In his eyes, Gong Pingcheng was mocking him when he said this, but he looked kind. "Second brother is joking. By the way, what the second brother is holding is from Guoan Temple." Meditation relics?”
"Yes, your second sister-in-law made me have a headache two days ago, so I borrowed this relic to calm my mind. Fortunately, she stopped making trouble today and promised not to disturb me when I was worshiping Buddha. No, I will Leave the palace and return the relics." Gong Pingcheng shook the wooden box in his hand with a melancholy look on his face.
Gong Shaoqian no longer thought about Mo Lan's face at this moment, and he happened to send one to his door. He immediately said attentively: "Why don't you ask your second brother to take Mo Lan out of the palace for me? I saw my mother and concubine coughing a little today, and I was very worried. , I want to go back and take care of him."
Gong Pingcheng's eyes looked back and forth between the two of them, still wearing a gentle smile, "Yes, the fifth brother never forgets his filial piety as a son, which is a meritorious deed. I helped the fifth brother send Miss Mo, which is also a meritorious deed." pieces."
Gong Shaoqian rolled his eyes while he lowered his head and mumbled about his merits. He turned to face Mo Lan with a smile on his face and motioned her to follow Gong Pingcheng.
Mo Lan blinked and rolled her eyes at him, then put on a smile and said, "Then I'll trouble the second prince."
Gong Shaoqian left without looking back, leaving behind Mo Lan and the innocent-looking second prince.
Among the princes, who is the least favored is the second prince. His biological mother, Li Guibi, is the only daughter of Yu Wenzuo, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. She entered the palace when Yu Wenzuo was still a minister.
Among the people who entered the palace in the same group, she was the most favored. After giving birth to the second prince, she was directly promoted from beauty to noble concubine, and her father was also promoted to minister of the Ministry of Industry.
However, due to a dance of a beauty on the water, she fell into the pool, caught cold in the weather, became frail and sickly, and was infertile for life. The emperor gradually lost interest in her.
After she gave birth to princes, except Qin Wenyu, the concubine of the Qin family, who was promoted to concubine, the other four were awarded the title of fourth concubine. Su Xilian was directly promoted to noble concubine after giving birth to her daughter Gong Yunxiu.
The second prince's original name was Gong Yuang. After entering Chiyuan College, he spent all his time studying Buddhism and Taoism because of his mediocre qualifications. The emperor was furious and said: "If you are so mediocre and accomplish nothing, why not change your name to Heicheng!"
Gong Pingcheng didn't care. After returning to Beijing, he went to the Jade Butterfly Pavilion and used a black pen to draw the red Gong Yuang black, and then used a red pen to write Gong Pingcheng aside.
The ancients have a saying that "the surviving ones are written in Zhu, and those who are dead are written in ink". Like him, it means that he is reborn as if he is dead.
The emperor committed crimes against the Yuwen clan and almost had his whole family executed. Fortunately, the former emperor's grand master came out to advise him, saying that Gong Pingcheng had the shadow of his great-grandfather, and allowing him to stay in the palace to eat fast and chant Buddha's name was regarded as praying for the royal family.
"What is Miss Mo thinking about? She is so absorbed. If I can also be so focused when reciting scriptures, I won't worry about the day when I will become a Buddha!"
Mo Lan turned around with black lines on her head. She heard that the old emperor Gong Jue left the palace and left the palace when he was in his forties and traveled around the world, causing chaos in the capital. The prince was continuously assassinated outside and the court was unstable.
Even so, when Qin Ronglue, the ancestor of the Qin family, found him in Lingxiao Sect, he still calmly worshiped the Buddha and chanted sutras.
Now nearly forty years have passed since the melee for the throne, and Linghuang Gongjue, who was just one step away from becoming a god, still has not broken through the last barrier.
"By the way, Miss Mo, this is the handwritten Buddhist scripture that I originally wanted to give to Master Song today, but I am going to Guo'an Temple, and I'm afraid there will be a lot of disturbance when I come back. If Miss Mo can help me deliver it, that's... "
"A meritorious deed!"
Mo Lan interrupted him at the right time, otherwise she didn't know how long he would keep talking and how many things he would take out from the space bag on his waist.
"Second Prince, we have arrived at the entrance of the palace. I have accepted the Buddhist scriptures. I am going to get on my family's carriage. Second Prince, please walk slowly."
Gong Pingcheng nodded happily and was about to say something when Mo Lan jumped onto the carriage without even stepping on the stool and closed the carriage door with a "pop!"
"As expected of the future fifth prince's concubine, she has the same temperament as the fifth brother, resolute and resolute, a perfect match! A perfect match!"
Mo Lan was sitting in the carriage, listening to his words with a headache. The people she had seen before who chanted Buddha's name were all calm and calm, but they were pitiful and talkative. This was the first time she saw him talkative.
Ai Xiang blinked innocently, "Miss, why is it the second prince who is sending you out?"
Mo Lan looked like she was surviving the disaster, "Don't mention him now. By the way, go prepare some gifts and take a detour to your uncle's house."
The Song family produced two Taishi Lings in a row, one was her uncle Song Qinglin, and the other was her cousin Song Runsheng. Both father and son came to the imperial examination from Taishi Ling.
The handwritten Buddhist scripture she held in her hand was naturally a surprise gift for his uncle.
When Gong Pingcheng broke into the Jade Certificate Hall, his uncle was asked to help with the editing. Everyone present that day was kept in the palace by the emperor and was not allowed to eat or drink for three days.
Her uncle followed her grandfather and was a weak scholar. His cultivation level is still at the level of a spiritual person. He didn't eat or drink for three days and it almost killed him.
Now more than a year has passed since the incident, and he still looks scared when he mentions it.
When Mo Lan handed the Buddhist scriptures to him, she could clearly see that his expression was stiff, "I thought it wouldn't come again this month, but I didn't expect you, Lan'er, to bring it to me. Sit down quickly!"
Song Qinglin took the handwritten Buddhist scriptures, sighed softly, and asked his servants to take them to his study.
"Uncle, why is the house so quiet today?"
Song Qinglin looked at the pile of gifts piled on the table and shook his head, "Lan'er, it's too extravagant. You are not allowed to bring anything to your uncle's house in the future. What? What did you say?"
Mo Lan looked at him obediently, "I'm asking why you are the only one at home today?"
Song Qinglin looked aggrieved. Although he was more handsome in his thirties, he was still like a white-faced scholar.
"Your aunt went to the military camp on the outskirts of the city this morning, and Ying'er went with her. Your brother is still staying at the Hanlin Academy today, Lan'er!"
Song Qinglin looked at her with tears in his eyes, tears welling up in his eyes, "You should have dinner with uncle today. Uncle has not had anyone to accompany him for several days!"
The corner of Mo Lan's mouth twitched. Her aunt Su Xibai was the only female general in the dynasty. After giving birth to a boy and a girl, she directly asked her to guard the city defense camp. I don't know if her maternal grandfather's genes were too strong, so for several generations, all men were civil servants. , women join the martial arts.
According to her mother, her uncle was one of the four great princes in the capital when he was young. He was the most bookish young man. Her aunt fell in love with him at first sight and pursued him fiercely.
On the wedding day, it was as if he was the one getting married, crying like a tearful person.
Thinking of this, Mo Lan burst into laughter, "Pfft! Cough! Okay, Lan'er hasn't had dinner with her uncle for a long time."
