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Author: Mei Xinyuan

Chapter 38 Vegetarian Food

The convoy drove quickly for about two hours before slowly stopping, and Haifeng let out a long sigh of relief.

It's finally time to eat.

But the bad news soon came: I had lunch at the nunnery, that is to say, I was vegetarian.

Ah Xiang got out of the car first, making sure that no one was waiting around, and then helped the two masters get out of the car.

The surrounding scenery is beautiful and sparsely populated.

Xiaozhuang didn't want a soft sedan either. La Aunt Suma served as her, using a cane to slowly climb up the moss-stained rocky road. Just as Concubine Tong was about to speak to dissuade her, the old lady turned her back with a look.

The eldest princess quickly took Haifeng's hand, followed at the end of the team, and climbed the mountain without saying a word.

Fortunately, we only climbed a hundred or so steps before we saw the mountain gate of a nunnery, where two elderly nuns were already kneeling to greet them.

Haifeng was very surprised to find that Xiaozhuang's attitude towards the two of them was very easy-going, as if they had known each other for many years.

They all went to the main hall to enjoy incense, and the sun was already setting. Haifeng didn't dare to look at his watch, but he estimated that the time was around three o'clock.

She is really hungry.

Because the nunnery is not big and there is no room that can accommodate everyone to eat at the same time, it is roughly divided into three teams: the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother, who are served by Concubine Tong and use the east wing; the four princesses are led by the eldest princess.

It is in the west wing; several rooms in the south are for the imperial concubine, Hui concubine, Rong concubine and De concubine.

Kangxi's harem concubines and above were almost all mobilized.

However, when Haifeng and the eldest princess planned to have a meal, the third princess was the only one in the west wing guarding a table of steaming vegetarian dishes.

"Third sister, where is the second sister?"

The third princess hesitated for a long time before finally daring to say a word.

"The Empress Dowager sent her away."

Of course, the second princess was not going to eat fast, but to be punished.

As a great-niece, the Queen Mother knew the character of her great-aunt.

The more expressionless she is now, the angrier she feels.

Therefore, even though Imperial Concubine Tong, leading Concubine Rong and the Second Princess, had been kneeling for a while facing the Guanyin Statue facing south, and the dishes on the table were all cold, the Queen Mother did not dare to say a word to persuade them, and together they hungrily waited for the old man to calm down.

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The whole room was silent, except for the second princess's frightened breathing which became heavier and heavier.

"Come on, don't be hungry, let's eat. We have to go on our way later."

Tong Jia Yi Xian understood that this was the Empress Dowager's attack outside the palace specifically to save her face, so she quickly knelt down at Xiaozhuang's feet again and kowtowed solemnly in apology.

"The Empress Dowager, you have many masters, and I know that I was wrong. I beg you to punish me severely, so that I can remember."

"Where did you go wrong?"

"Returning to the Empress Dowager, you and the Empress Dowager, as well as the Emperor, make the final decision on the princess's marriage. The servants can only handle the affairs carefully and are not qualified to interfere."

"Well, this sounds reasonable. Daughter of the Tong family, you are not yet the queen. You must know your position. Concubine Rong, what about you?"

Concubine Rong quickly took her daughter and knelt down before Concubine Tong, kowtowing and confessing her sin.

"This slave is extremely confused. Please punish me severely."

Xiaozhuang looked at the faces of these three people one by one, and saw that his great-granddaughter still had a faint look of injustice, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Second Princess, you are neither too young nor too old. When I was your age, I was almost married to Emperor Taizong and became the official minister of Fujin. There are some words that you like to hear me say, but you don't.

Listen, I have to say it too."

She took a sip of crude tea and gently put down the cup.

"You bully the third princess and don't allow her to take her entourage to Mulan. Don't think I don't know the reason! How much money has Concubine Rong spent in Haraqin? She is so cruel at such a young age!

Concubine Rong was so frightened that she trembled all over. Although the second princess was also frightened, she still held her neck.

"And your fourth sister, just to vent her anger on Concubine Rong, and to gain the upper hand in her marriage and win the contest, you will release vicious dogs to destroy her appearance! If this matter spreads through Prince Du Leng,

Let the Qing royal family be embarrassed, Second Princess, you can either kill yourself with a piece of white silk, or you can get a pair of scissors and cut off your hair and become a nun. Do you see if my great-grandmother is so cruel!"

Concubine Rong loved her daughter so much that she kept kowtowing to Xiaozhuang and begging for mercy.

"The Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother are all slaves who were confused for a moment. The princess doesn't know anything..."

"It doesn't matter whether you know it or not. Second princess, don't you think highly of my great-grandson, Taiji Urgon of Bahrain? Well, I will make it happen for you. You will be married to me honestly, and you are not allowed to do those dirty things again."

Dirty tricks to plot against your sisters!"

As soon as these words came out, the three people on the ground were stunned.

Xiaozhuang even sneered and didn't bother to push out.

"What, don't you believe it? From now on, the second princess will be both my great-granddaughter and my great-granddaughter-in-law. We will be closer to each other, and we will have a good marriage. But my original plan was that even if I made Xuan Ye angry, I would

I'll leave you guys in the capital and stay with me. You only care about the glory of being a princess. How can you understand the pain of marrying far away? In the future, don't forget to follow Princess Shuhui and go back to the palace from time to time to see the emperor and your mother.

Concubine, that’s all.”

"Thank you, the Queen Mother."

Xiaozhuang saw Concubine Rong and her daughter thanking her, and then spoke slowly.

"I know, you see Si Gege that I love her more recently, so I am anxious, fearing that she will surpass me and marry a higher person. But Second Princess, have you ever thought that the better you marry, the heavier the responsibility. Since it is

If you want to get married, you have to worry about two things. In the end, the person who is in trouble is you who is caught in the middle."

After hearing what her aunt said, the Queen Mother felt heart-wrenching pain and shed tears.

For the sake of Mongolia, she and her sister stayed as widows in the Forbidden City all their lives, and spent thirty years of their youth in vain.

"Okay, you go back, I'll have a few words with the Queen Mother."

Concubine Tong led Concubine Rong and her daughter to kneel down and retire. In the small side room, the two of them ate the cold dishes in silence.

After finally finishing his meal, Xiaozhuang put down his chopsticks and asked about Queen Mother Jilan.

"How is Guo Guiren's arrangement?"

"I've taken care of everything. In the palace, I left Guo's mother, you know, Guo Guiren's great-aunt, to keep an eye on her."

"Well. I have two beautiful girls, and you brought them from Shengjing and worked with them for seven or eight years. Concubine Yi is just a mere concubine, and she will be able to make her mark gradually. Guo Guiren, I am really worried. What the imperial doctor means, this pregnancy

The pregnancy was not at the right time, and the shortcomings of drinking Bizi Decoction were not made up. Coupled with the worry in the early stage and the fear in the later stage, I am afraid that the fetus will not be able to survive; even if it is born, it will not live long."

Xiaozhuang didn't want to say the worst outcome.

How did Queen Hesheli die?

A woman's childbirth is like passing through the gate of hell.

If she can't keep Guo Guiren's child, how can she appease Si Gege who may marry far away from Mobei in the future?

Is Guo Guiren really allowed to leave the palace and go home?

Like Si Gege proposed, give her freedom?

Considering that the description in this chapter about Guo’s mother being the great-aunt of the Yifei sisters is a bit abrupt, we will update the extra chapter on the process of their sisters entering the palace on the 10th-12th.
Chapter completed!