Chapter 88
There are two opposite doors at the front and back of the palace. The door behind Lin Yunwan is closed, but the other door is only ajar.
Qi Lingheng came in through that door.
Lin Yunwan thought Qi Lingheng was today's pilgrim, so she said hello: "Your Majesty."
After all, she was a foreigner, so she couldn't talk to King Huan in private, so she took a step back.
I still blame the abbot of Chixiang Temple a little bit, how did he arrange it! How could a man bump into her.
Qi Lingheng nodded slightly and said to her, "I just came from the abbot's place, and a young boy came to visit. Is he from your house?"
It seemed like he was striking up a conversation with her, but his tone sounded a little distant.
But this alienation is not due to his status. On the contrary, because of his noble status, his face looks as gentle and deep as a young man. The alienation is due to his own personality.
No matter how he talks to people in a friendly manner, he is not someone who can easily get to know each other.
Lin Yunwan nodded and said, "That's my legitimate son."
Qi Lingheng said "hmm" and didn't ask any more questions.
Lin Yunwan should have taken the opportunity to thank him.
However, Qi Lingheng had already looked at the Buddha statue in the treasure hall. Before he came over, Lin Yunwan knelt in front of the Buddha statue and prayed.
I don’t know what King Huan is looking at. He must also be here to offer incense.
Lin Yunwan wanted to leave the place to Qi Lingheng and avoid it herself.
But before she said she wanted to leave, Qi Lingheng said: "I was practicing meditation with the abbot of Chixiang Temple just now, and I heard a very interesting story. The abbot and I have different opinions."
He also looked into her eyes and said: "I remember that the teacher also fell in love with Buddhism for a period of time before his death."
When mentioning her father's reading of Buddhist scriptures, Lin Yunwan's eyes lost luster.
Her father did not die of illness suddenly, but he died gradually after suffering from illness for many years.
"My lord, you remember correctly. A few years before my father died of illness, I was studying Buddhist scriptures."
Lin Yunwan said distressedly: "Father is in too much pain, so I want to find a way to relieve the pain."
"But it's all in vain."
She clutched the handkerchief in her sleeve: "Buddha protects the people of the world from reincarnation in the next life and no longer suffers in the human world, but it cannot relieve my father's physical pain in this life."
There is already a dull pain in my heart.
Lin Yunwan didn't want to lose her composure in front of Prince Huan, so after compiling her mood, she took the initiative to ask, "I wonder if the prince heard any interesting stories from the abbot?"
King Huan withdrew his scrutinizing eyes and said, "Madam is as wise as a teacher. I just want to ask Madam for advice."
Lin Yunwan said that she was all ears.
Qi Lingheng looked at the Buddha statue and told a short story: "Before Sakyamuni became a Buddha, he practiced practice near the Nerenja River. One day he was sitting under a tree meditating. When he opened his eyes, he saw a big spider and a gecko. , go hand in hand on the big tree."
"It turns out that these two spiders and geckos both took a fancy to a fat insect on the tree."
"But none of them could catch the fat bug alone, so they went to catch the fat bug together."
"But the spider is extremely big, and the gecko is not even half as big. The big spider can weave webs, and weaves a dragnet around the gecko to protect the gecko from falling in."
"Halfway through the climb, the spider almost ran out of energy, so the gecko cut off its own tail and fed it to the spider."
Lin Yunwan laughed and questioned: "Is such a thing really possible? Why can't geckos catch fat insects alone, but must be together with spiders? How do spiders weave webs around geckos?"
She really couldn't picture that image.
Qi Lingheng also smiled lightly: "So Sakyamuni is awake."
It turns out that I fell asleep while meditating!
Lin Yunwan smiled softly. The Buddha also dozed off before he became a Buddha.
Qi Lingheng continued: "Although it was just a dream, after Sakyamuni woke up, he was still thinking about that dream. What was the purpose of the gecko cutting off its tail?"
for what?
Lin Yunwan frowned and said: "At first glance, this story sounds like the gecko was trying to catch the fat insect, so it reluctantly cut off its tail in order to enjoy more benefits with the spider in the future."
Qi Lingheng nodded: "That's what the abbot told me. What do you think, madam?"
Lin Yunwan's face darkened.
Her eyes were a little cold, but her tone was calm: "The gecko may not be able to catch enough food on its own. And if it and the spider really get along fairly, why would the spider use a dragnet to imprison it?"
"The gecko didn't cut off its tail to catch any fat insects at all. It was just afraid that the spider would eat it too, so it had no choice but to cut off its tail!"
Just like she wanted to make peace with Lu Zhengliu, it was not to drive away Ge Baoer and send Brother Qing away as a mistress, but she really wanted to escape from the Hou Mansion!
It's just that the final result was not satisfactory.
She had also heard about it during this time. There were rumors outside that she was very capable and used all kinds of methods to deal with concubines and concubines.
But when she had her tail cut off, she just wanted to survive, not to secure her position as the mistress of the Lu family!
"My lord, do you think geckos cut off their tails to catch fat insects?"
She was originally talking about the story of Buddha, but why did she get distracted and think about herself?
Lin Yunwan quickly returned to the subject of Zen practice.
Qi Lingheng looked into her eyes and said, "I think she wants to leave, not to get fat insects."
He knew that she had no nostalgia for the Wuding Hou Mansion.
She really wants to make peace.
Lin Yunwan felt like making friends, but she couldn't be friends with men. She smiled and excused herself: "Your Majesty, please do so."
Opened the door and went out.
The little novice monk was not outside. Taoye followed Lu Changgong. Pingye was supposed to stay outside, but he also disappeared.
Lin Yunwan guessed something.
She walked towards the side room, and before she had walked a few steps, she saw Pingye running over with something in her hand, and said to her anxiously: "Grandma, why did you come out? I thought you wanted more." After praying for a while, the novice asked the servant to drink a cup of hot soup to warm up, saying it was a tonic soup only available this winter."
"I wanted to give it to you to try, so I went with it."
What a silly girl!
I didn’t even know that I was taken away by a novice.
Lin Yunwan had no choice but to ask her: "What kind of soup?"
Pingye opened the porcelain cup with a smile and said proudly: "Smell it, it's a good thing! Your hands and feet will really warm after drinking it. I have tasted it."
Lin Yunwan leaned over and smelled a faint medicinal fragrance. It was not an ordinary tonic soup.
Pingye covered the soup and said, "I'll drink it when you get back."
She glanced at the door of the palace and asked, "Have you finished talking to the Buddha so quickly?"
Lin Yunwan also looked back and saw that Qi Lingheng was no longer inside.
"That's it."
Lin Yunwan took Pingye to look for Changgong. They passed by the place where they last met Qi Lingheng. Thinking of the fragrance on his body... she immediately guessed what kind of fragrance he had on him.
Emperor Jingshun dotes on King Huan, and Queen Zhao is a lover of incense. It is not surprising that the ambergris used by the emperor was given to King Huan.
What she smelled on him that day was the clear and gentle ambergris.
