Adore Trick of Beauty

The next day, as soon as Nie Wushuang had breakfast, Empress Dowager Gao's accompanying official arrived. He first greeted Nie Wushuang's injury with warm words, and then waved his hand. A group of palace maids filed forward behind him, holding lacquer in their hands. The box, when the box is opened, is full of pearls, hairpins and jade.

"The Queen Mother is very concerned about Nie Meiren's injury. If Nie Meiren feels unwell, the Queen Mother has an imperial doctor with her, and she can just ask the palace officials to summon her." The internal official said.

Nie Wushuang looked at his ankle. The swelling had subsided and there was no longer any pain. He bowed slightly on the bed and said respectfully: "Please, father-in-law, please thank the Queen Mother for her kindness on behalf of Wushuang. It's just a skin injury, nothing serious. Wait for Wushuang." Once the injury is healed, I must go to see the Queen Mother in person!"

The internal officer cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Nie Meiren recover from her injuries. Our family will not disturb Nie Meiren's rest."

Nie Wushuang waited for them to retreat, and then took a closer look at the rewards from the Queen Mother. They were nothing more than gold and silver vessels, full of jewels, gorgeous and luxurious, but they seemed to convey a message: Queen Mother Gao still didn't like her. The person who rewards her is careless, and the person she accepts naturally doesn't need to worry too much.

Nie Wushuang ordered Ming Qiu Xialan to put them away, and rewarded them heavily with some gold nuggets. During the assassin's attack the day before yesterday, the two of them were frightened, so they naturally needed to be comforted.

Xia Lan wanted to refuse, but Nie Wushuang said sadly: "It's better to keep it well. If there are family members outside the palace, give it to them. Who knows whether I will be lucky enough to escape in the next moment?"

Xia Lan and Ming Qiu looked at each other and saw in each other's eyes the luck after the disaster.

In the evening, Nie Minghu came to visit with the Queen Mother's permission. He strode forward under the setting sun. Nie Wushuang looked at him, as if he could vaguely see his father's face in his face.

"Brother..." Nie Wushuang burst into tears before saying anything. Nie Wushuang got off the bed and threw herself into his arms, choking uncontrollably.

Nie Minghu hugged her tightly, with tears in his handsome eyes: "As long as it's okay! Just as long as it's okay!"

"This princess just said she was fine!" A delicate and clear voice sounded from behind the two of them.

Nie Minghu let go of Nie Wushuang and turned around slightly displeased: "Don't you have to serve the Queen Mother, princess?" He had tried every possible means to get away from her and have a few words with his sister alone, but he didn't expect that she still followed him ghostly. rich.

Nie Wushuang wiped away her tears, looked at Princess Yunle who was playing with a whip by the door, and said with a smile, "Why is the princess here?"

Princess Yunle stuck out her pink tongue, jumped in, and glanced at Nie Minghu: "It's not that he was worried about coming over, otherwise there would be nothing interesting here. A group of bald donkeys chanting sutras every day is annoying to death! "

Nie Minghujun's face was slightly red, and he cupped his hands unnaturally and said, "I haven't thanked the princess yet."

Princess Yunle looked at him with a smile: "How do you want to thank me, Princess?"

Nie Minghu was stunned when he heard this, and after a while he said dejectedly: "Of course, whether the princess wants Wei Chen to catch birds or release kites, Wei Chen will accompany her."

Seeing that he didn't mean what he said, Princess Yunle snorted dissatisfiedly: "Who cares!" She turned away and hit the ground with her whip bitterly.

Nie Wushuang quickly winked at Nie Minghu. Nie Minghu sighed, stepped forward and said warmly: "Princess, I heard that there are many interesting places in this temple. Wait for me to take you to play. There are many birds and animals behind the temple. , Wei Che also went hunting with the princess. Didn’t the princess say she wanted to raise a tiger? Wei Che looked at the mountain and there must be a tiger behind it."

"Really?!" Princess Yunle was surprised and delighted: "Are you really willing to fight the tiger?"

Nie Minghu smiled proudly: "Of course, I also hunted a black bear in the early years. I also killed several tigers, so it's no big deal."

Princess Yunle had a deep smile in her round eyes: "I knew you were very skilled!"

Nie Minghu persuaded her for a while before she left happily.

Nie Wushuang looked on with a smile. When Princess Yunle walked away, she smiled and said, "Congratulations, brother."

Nie Minghu sighed: "Where does happiness come from? Do you really want me to go to Princess Shang to be the consort?" Helplessness flashed across his handsome face: "Could it be that we have come thousands of miles to Yingguo and can only live by relying on the powerful? ?"

Nie Wu seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "In the history books, there were also people who started with nothing and eventually became powerful in the world. Brother, why should I care about the gains and losses of this moment? There will always be a day when we, brothers and sisters, will succeed!"

Nie Minghu didn't want to talk more about this topic and asked with concern: "What happened? Why did Hao Hao meet the assassin."

Nie Wushuang briefly told the story of the assassination, omitting the thrills. The more Nie Minghu listened, the more he frowned: "Who is still refusing to let you go?" Thinking of the previous rumors, he suddenly slapped the table: "Is it that guy Gu Qinghong!"

His hand was so strong that it cracked the case. Nie Wushuang's heart skipped a beat and he lowered his eyes: "As an envoy, he probably won't attack at this time."

Nie Minghu was furious with rage in his heart: "If I want to find out it's really him, I'll do whatever it takes to get his blood!" Nie Wushuang looked at his brother's sad and angry face, clenched his fists tightly in his long sleeves, The long nails almost dug into her palms, reminding her to calm down.

"Brother, you must believe that evil people will naturally have evil consequences." She said softly, picked up the jade rosary beads on the table, and said lightly: "Brother, I'm fine now. You can go and accompany Princess Yunle."

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In the temple, time seems to be stretched. Nie Wushuang recited scriptures in the morning and evening. After her injury gradually improved, she met Empress Dowager Gao. At that time, Empress Dowager Gao was chanting sutras in front of the Buddha. Next to her was an old monk wearing a bright red cassock. He seemed to be the abbot of Donglin Temple.

Queen Mother Gao, with snow-white hair and a calm face, was listening to the abbot's sermon. Today she is wearing a cloud-grey palace dress with Ruyi auspicious patterns embroidered on it, which is elegant yet graceful.

Nie Wushuang bowed down outside the Buddhist hall and did not dare to get up for a long time. Empress Dowager Gao was listening to the abbot finish speaking a passage of scripture. When she turned around and saw Nie Wushuang still kneeling down, she said with a smile: "Nie Mei, please get up and listen to the abbot's lecture with the Ai family."

Nie Wushuang responded and slowly raised his head. The moment she raised her head, she met the Queen Mother's eyes that seemed to see through people's hearts. Those old eyes that had experienced the vicissitudes of life in the palace made her heart skip a beat. Nie Wushuang quickly lowered his eyes and entered respectfully.

Empress Dowager Gao seemed to turn around carelessly, looked at the abbot, and said warmly: "Master abbot, this is Nie Meiren, the emperor's new bride."

The abbot of Donglin Temple was over seventy years old. He looked at Nie Wushuang with kind eyes and said, "I have seen Almsgiver Nie. I wonder if Almsgiver Nie is healed?"

"Thank you, Abbot, for your concern. The injury has healed." Nie Wushuang replied respectfully: "Thanks to the blessing of Lord Buddha." As she said this, she turned respectfully and kowtowed in front of the Buddha.

Seeing her sincerity, the abbot's eyes were filled with admiration: "I heard that Almsgiver Nie went up the mountain that day. Although his feet were injured, he still walked up in person. His sincerity to the Buddha is really commendable."

Nie Wushuang smiled slightly and was about to answer when suddenly the chamberlain guarding in front of the palace came in a hurry and said a few words in the ear of Empress Dowager Gao. Queen Mother Gao's face changed slightly, she couldn't help but look at the abbot, and said apologetically: "Abbott, Yunle has caused trouble again!"

The abbot was slightly stunned. At this time, a novice came forward and said a few words in the abbot's ear. The abbot felt slightly embarrassed when he heard this: "Queen Mother, let's go and have a look together."

Empress Dowager Gao sighed and stood up: "Oh, I don't know what evil the Ai family has done to give birth to such an evil daughter."

Nie Wushuang wanted to help her, but Empress Dowager Gao calmly broke away from her hand and stretched out her hand to the palace attendant. The palace attendant who served the Queen Mother quickly took it and carefully helped her out. Nie Wushuang put down his hand and followed him.

A group of people walked to the temple and saw a group of monks gathered around. There was a large iron cage in front of the crowd. In front of the iron cage sat a young monk with his eyes closed and his legs crossed, chanting sutras. There was a big and beautiful tiger imprisoned in the iron cage. With the sound of tiger roaring, it pounced on the iron cage again and again in annoyance. Next to the tiger were several cubs that had not yet opened their eyes, and they were also howling along with the tigress. A group of guards looked around nervously.

Yun Le held a whip in his hand and said angrily to the monk who was sitting cross-legged and meditating: "Bald donkey! Get out of here! Otherwise, my princess's whip is not very good at seeing!"

The monk stopped chanting and his eyes were clear: "Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately. As long as the princess releases the tiger in the cage, the young monk will naturally leave."

Yun Le was so angry that he stamped the exquisite riding boots on his feet: "You didn't hunt this tiger, so why should you let it go! Get out of here! If you don't, I'll whip you!"

Nie Wushuang looked intently, wasn't that young monk the same monk she saw in the Guanyin Buddhist Hall that night? She turned her eyes again and saw her eldest brother Nie Minghu among the guards. His clothes seemed to have been scratched in several places by wild beasts, and he was bandaging his wounds. She was worried, but she didn't dare to ask in public. But looking at the posture, it was most likely that he had caught the tiger in the cage for Yun Le.

The monk pronounced a Buddhist name and closed his eyes calmly: "Since the princess insists on not letting go, the young monk can only continue to pray for the life of this tigress!"

Princess Yunle looked at Nie Minghu, who was bandaging the wound, and turned to look at the monk who refused to accept his stubbornness. Her pretty face turned red with anger: "You, you..." She raised the whip high in her hand: "If you don't let Princess Kaiben go, I'll whip you. Kill you! Then cut you into pieces and feed you to tigers!"

"Yunle! Presumptuous!" Empress Dowager Gao said angrily: "Is the Holy Land of Buddhism a place where you act wild?"

Yun Le put down the whip angrily. When he saw his mother coming, he dropped the whip and ran forward aggrievedly. He knelt down and cried: "Mother, he is bullying others. This tiger was not hunted by him. Why should he let me go?" Already?!"

Empress Dowager Gao has always loved her only daughter the most. She would do everything possible to comfort her when she cried. But today she openly hunted in the temple. Wouldn't this embarrass her who always prided herself on respecting the Buddha? His face suddenly turned serious: "You are still talking nonsense! This tiger is from the mountain behind the temple, and you want to kill a living being. You are not afraid of the Buddha's blame! Release the tiger quickly, and then go to the abbot to ask for help!"

Yun Le was stunned and couldn't help crying loudly, but he refused. Seeing this, the abbot gave gentle advice: "Princess, the tiger is also a life. You see, it also has its own children. If you take the tiger away, wouldn't those tiger cubs lose their mother? The princess has always been dependent on the Queen Mother and her children. Could it be that Can you also bear the separation of mother and child from other creatures?"

Princess Yunle stopped crying and looked at the abbot, still stubborn: "Who said they want to separate mother and child? I just want to raise them."

"For your own fun, do you want them to leave the mountains and forests where they live? The princess is too selfish!" The young monk opened his eyes and scolded.

Only then did Empress Dowager Gao notice him. The monk was probably the only one in front of her who dared to blame the princess.

"Who is this little master?" Queen Mother Gao asked.

The abbot sighed softly: "Qingyuan, come here to pay homage to the Queen Mother."

Qingyuan stood up and stepped forward, paying homage to Empress Dowager Gao in a leisurely manner, and then said: "The Queen Mother is so benevolent that she will definitely let the tiger go. The young monk first thanked Empress Dowager Gao for the tiger."

Seeing his handsome appearance and extraordinary figure, Empress Dowager Gao couldn't help but praise: "Master Qingyuan has obtained the fate of Buddha at such a young age. He is so lucky!" She turned to look at Yun Le and took a breath: "Go and let the tiger go. , otherwise the Ai family will punish you severely!"

Her eyes were like lightning, and she looked at Nie Minghu who was standing aside: "Yes.

Is it the tiger that Guard Nie went to hunt? Someone come! Drag it down and hit thirty boards again! "

Nie Wushuang's heart skipped a beat and he was about to kneel down to plead for mercy. Yun Le had already hugged Empress Dowager Gao's legs and cried loudly: "Queen mother can just beat me to death, why bother venting her anger on others! After all, the queen mother doesn't want any sons anymore! Ugh..."

She cried so hard that Empress Dowager Gao felt distressed and angry: "Who said the Ai family doesn't want Yun Le? What slave is talking nonsense!"

"Otherwise, my mother wouldn't play with my son. Now that I finally have someone to play with, my mother wants to beat him to death. I'm all alone, so I might as well die. Wuwu..." Yun Le cried while crying. Rubbing against Queen Mother Gao's legs.

Empress Dowager Gao felt sour in her heart: "Who said that? Yun Le, don't cry. Okay, okay, I won't beat Guard Nie, but I still have to punish him! Just punish him to kneel in front of the Buddha all night! Get up! Look like this." How unbecoming!”

After finally convincing Yun Le, Nie Minghu stepped forward to receive the punishment and thank him. Yun Le leaned in Empress Dowager Gao's arms and blinked at him while others were unprepared, with pride in her eyes.

Nie Minghu looked at it, his handsome face turned red, and he quickly stepped back. Nie Wushuang saw this scene, and she felt happy and relieved.

Empress Dowager Gao turned to look at Nie Wushuang with a heavy gaze: "Today's evening class, Nie Meiren, please accompany the Ai family to listen to it!"

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(This article was first published by Hongxiu Tianxiang)