C239 (1/2)

It was a normal accident, Rong-er mused, but it made the harem restless, and my grief was indescribable, except perhaps I didn't know then how much it had affected me.

After dinner, Ying Ruo Lan of Rong'er's palace began to recite scriptures in the Baohua palace as usual. After she had devoted herself to the Buddha, she had persisted in worshipping Buddha day and night for more than ten years, but recently, when they were close to the main temple, they were under repair. Xuan Ye had once ordered Kang Xi nineteen years ago that when craftsmen entered or left the Baohua palace, all concubines in the imperial palace were forbidden to leave.

The road was not easy to walk on, because they were working on the fortifications, the ground was piled with wood and stone, but other than her insistence on paying respects to the Buddha, most of the people in the palace would not come here. They had promised Ling Xiu-Er that they would occasionally come with her, so today she led a palace maid by herself.

”Mistress, be careful.” Ruo Lan's feet wobbled and she almost fell to the ground. The palace maid beside her rushed over to support her and whispered to her. Ruo Lan looked up and smiled at her.

”Mistress, you too, your room also has Buddha statues, why must you go to the Buddhist Hall and pay respects?” The palace maid who had followed her for more than ten years felt her heart ache as she softly said this.

”How can it be the same, the more fragrant places, the more Buddha can see your sincerity, if you can go to the temples outside then that would be the best, for the Imperial Concubine Rong and the rest to have the chance to visit the Buddhist temple at Wutai Mountain, that would be a great fortune, too bad, I will never have the chance …” Her master had once had two children, but it was still unknown whether her master was a man or a woman. It had been four or five years since the emperor had passed on master's service, who in this palace had a harder time than her master? Her master had completely given up his heart to her master, but Buddha, do you have a master to protect?

As the master and servant were talking, they suddenly heard someone running towards them from the front.

A eunuch shouted, ”Little Brother A, stop chasing, you really can't go any further. Go back quickly, your servant begs you.”

Ruo Lan looked ahead, only to see a small figure running towards her, followed by a eunuch. The small figure kept on shouting, ”Don't run! I'm going to catch up to you! ” Then, the sound of a cat meowing could be heard. ”Meow, meow.” The cat paused for a moment before running towards the construction site.

Ruo Lan remembered that when she left the palace, Sixth Brother was at Ying Kun Palace with Rongfei. She probably went to look for Seventh Brother to play with him, while the oldest Fifth Brother, Seventh Brother and Eighth Brother were all staying in the West Palace. Sixth Brother was usually staying at the East Palace to find Seventh Brother who was about his age. ”AHH!” ”Yin's cry of surprise stunned Yin Ruo Lan, who had rushed forward.

”Yinzhu?” Ruo Lan nervously held Yin Zhe, and saw that his mouth was bleeding and he had fainted. She touched his face with a trembling hand, her face full of fear.

”Mistress!” Be careful! ” The palace maid's cry of surprise made Ruo Lan, who hadn't yet recovered from the shock of being smashed, subconsciously raise her head …