V2.Chapter 168

Dajue Temple is located on the halfway of Dajue Peak, surrounded by mountains and waters.

It was just that the weather was sultry and hot, Yu Wan changed into the lightest and coolest clothes, and she was still sweating profusely. Fortunately, she worked a lot and was used to sweating. Although the Ninth Princess was a princess, she had not suffered too much human suffering, but she was a child. , some play will be satisfied.

The ninth princess was running in front of her, and the palace maid couldn't catch up with her at all, that is, Fuling was fast and could always catch this little girl.

Every time Fuling was caught, the little girl laughed excitedly.

Yu Wan and Shangguanyan strolled in the woods unhurriedly, Xiao Zhenting quietly guarded behind them, the man didn't say a word, but as long as he was there, both Yu Wan and Shangguanyan were very at ease.

Even if it is an inconspicuous forest, there may be hidden risks in it. The monks only let them walk around the garden of Dajue Temple, but the garden is not as big as the orchard of the young master's mansion, and it is boring to stroll around. Several people had already left the garden and entered the deeper forest.

There is actually a folk legend about this forest and about Dajue Temple. It is said that thousands of years ago, Dajue Temple was not called Dajue Temple. It was just a temporary ruined temple built by hunters who entered the mountain. In order to pray to the gods and worship the Buddha, he had a place to rest when he went hunting in the mountains.

One day, a ragged little monk came to the ruined temple. The monk was dressed in rags, but he was so charming. Those who had seen him made his appearance fascinate.

In the mountains lived a monster.

One day, the little monk went to the stream to fetch water, and the ghost collided with him.

She has been a demon for many years, and she has never seen such a handsome little monk, and she immediately became greedy and stupid.

Chi Mei turned into a girl in the world, and fainted from injury on the way back to the broken temple by the little monk. The little monk rescued Chi Mei. Chi Mei seduced the little monk several times. ?

The little monk said, there are different paths for human beings and monsters.

The ghost said again, since you know I'm a demon, why didn't you accept me?

The little monk was silent.

There are many versions about the ending. Some say that the little monk is not powerful enough, but he finally accepted the magic and cultivated it, and some said that the little monk killed the little monk and returned to the forest to become the king of all demons.

Yu Wan felt that the most absurd version was that Qi Meiwei lost her demonic aura with the little monk and became an ordinary mountain ghost. Seeing that, she was about to lose her soul. If the mountain ghost stays in the miasma and does not come out, it will be immortal, and the little monk's own body has turned into this Dajue Temple, guarding his miasma day and night, as well as the mountain ghost in the miasma.

I don't know who has nothing to do to make up this kind of thing.

"Oh, I want that, I want that!"

The ninth princess's coquettish voice interrupted Yu Wan's thoughts. Yu Wan looked at the sound and saw the ninth princess standing under a wild jujube tree, pointing to the green jujube on the tree and calling.

The jujubes just came out at this season, they were not big and still green, the Ninth Princess thought it was the big green jujubes she had eaten in the palace, and her saliva was drooling.

"This is not delicious." Yu Wan said.

"I've eaten it, it's delicious!" said the nine princesses.

Yu Wan laughed, this kind of jujube has to be red. It must be astringent to eat it now, but this is how children are. You just say that she doesn't believe it, and she has to try it herself, but it will only take a while. Boy, I don't know where to find the pole.

Xiao Zhenting said: "I'll pick it up."

As he said, he performed light energy and climbed the tree.

At this moment, the nine princesses discovered a series of wild grape vines: "Oh, grape grapes!"

Immediately put the jujube behind, lifted the skirt and went to pick the grapes.

Poria followed quickly.

The two ran and disappeared without a trace, so the restraint of the nine princesses was only in the palace. Once they came out, they were no different from their own sons, they were all little wild horses that had taken off the reins.

"I'll go take a look." Yu Wan said to Shangguan Yan.

Shangguan Yan nodded.

She was here waiting for Xiao Zhenting to finish picking the dates, but after thinking about it, Xiao Zhenting, a big man, doesn't need anyone to guard, but her young daughter-in-law, it would be bad if she got lost in the mountains.

Thinking of this, she also caught up.

After Xiao Zhenting picked a big basket full of dates, hey? What about people? !

People naturally go to pick grapes.

The nine princesses ran very fast.

Standing under the jujube tree just now, what they saw was a bunch of grape vines, and when they got closer, they realized that it was a large wild grape forest. The experience of going up the mountain told Yu Wan that these grapes looked good, but tasted very good. It might be average, but she thought of the wine made in Xiao Mansion, and Yeshan wine was the most fragrant. It was so big that she could pick a hundred or eighty bunches and go back to make wine.

Nine princesses have a small bamboo basket on their body, Fuling has a big one on their back, and the two also have cloth bags hanging around their waists, just in case of emergencies.

"A lot, a lot, a lot!" The nine princesses couldn't wait to pick it up.

Just looking at the nearby grape grove, there is a ditch full of thorns in front of it. If you want to get to the opposite side, you have to hit the east and west sides to go around.

Yu Wan took a look and said, "Let's go east, there's a small wooden bridge over there."

"Yeah! I saw it!" The nine princesses spread their feet and ran towards the distant small wooden bridge.

The nine princesses were chatting, and the whole forest was full of her voice. Shangguan Yan was not worried that Xiao Zhenting could not find them.

And Xiao Zhenting did hear the cry of the Nine Princesses. He was in the southeast and was heading eastward. He landed on the ground, carrying the basket and going to chase the Nine Princesses and his group. Suddenly, a gentle voice appeared. behind the tree.

"Brother Xiao."

Xiao Zhenting paused in his steps.

Wan Zhaoyi walked around the jujube tree and walked towards him.

Wan Zhaoyi is still dressed in plain clothes, but it is not the gray and autumn material in the meditation room, but a plain white dress and light blue transparent gauze. At first glance, it is elegant, refreshing and charming.

She took off the luxurious bead hairpin, pulled up a simple bun, and only had a white jade flower in the hairpin, which was graceful and graceful.

Of course, Xiao Zhenting didn't notice this, he just glanced at her, recognized who she was, and bowed his hands in a polite manner: "Wei Chen has seen Empress Zhaoyi."

Wan Zhaoyi said: "Brother Xiao, let's be flat. There is no Wan Zhaoyi or Marshal Xiao today. You and I are just the benefactors who went up the mountain to worship Buddha."

Xiao Zhenting opened his mouth.

Wan Zhaoyi interrupted him in time: "The ceremony of the monarch and ministers is exempted, didn't your majesty say the same?"

When the emperor entered the Dajue Temple, he no longer regarded himself as the emperor. This is something that everyone can see. Wan Zhaoyi took this as a rule. Xiao Zhenting couldn't argue with anything, so he had to say yes.

After that, he had nothing to say to Wan Zhaoyi.

The laughter of the nine princesses echoed in the mountains, and Xiao Zhenting missed Lin Zhong's wife.

Wan Zhaoyi's eyes fell on the basket on his back, and she asked with a smile, "Brother Xiao, what's in the basket?"

Xiao Zhenting said without squinting: "It's jujube."

Wan Zhaoyi seemed a little surprised: "Brother Xiao also likes to eat dates?"

Xiao Zhenting replied, "It was because the Ninth Princess liked it, so Wei Chen picked some."

"I like it too." Wan Zhaoyi said with a smile.

Xiao Zhenting took the basket and handed it to Wan Zhaoyi: "The jujubes in this season are not very tasty, and the niece does not dislike it. Take some of them first, if you don't have enough to eat, I will go back and pick them for the niece."

Wan Zhaoyi stretched out her fair hand and picked it out in the basket.

Xiao Zhenting remembered Shangguan Yan and a pair of children, and there was a hint of urgency on his face.

Wan Zhaoyi smiled, chose two jujubes, wiped them with a veil, and handed one of them to him: "Brother Xiao also try it."

Xiao Zhenting said, "Thank you for your kindness, but Wei Chen doesn't like jujubes."

Wan Zhaoyi took the dates back.

Xiao Zhenting looked at the direction where the nine princesses and the others were leaving, and said to Wan Zhaoyi, "If Empress Zhaoyi doesn't have any orders..."

Wan Zhaoyi sighed and interrupted him: "I've separated from the queen's envoy. I'd like to ask Brother Xiao to give me a ride."

Xiao Zhenting looked stunned.

Wan Zhaoyi said a little embarrassedly: "I heard from the monk that there is a garden behind and a lot of fruits are planted, but I didn't know there were too few fruits in the garden, so I went into the forest with the princess to have a look, and somehow got separated. , I can't find my way back for a while."

From here to the back garden of Dajue Temple, it is not far, but it is not close. Although it is not likely to encounter jackals, tigers and leopards, there are many poisonous insects and snakes. Yu Wan has experience and knows how to avoid it. Wan Zhao Instrument has no such ability.

Xiao Zhenting cupped his hands and said, "Please forgive me, my wife and daughter-in-law are in front, and Wei Chen can't leave her. If Niang Niang doesn't dislike her, she will go with Wei Chen to find them, and Wei Chen will send Niang Niang back to the meditation room."

Wan Zhaoyi was silent for a moment, then smiled: "Alright."

Xiao Zhenting turned around and went in the direction of the Nine Princesses and the group. What was unsatisfactory was that they had just reached the halfway point. There was a flash of lightning in the sky, and a thunderstorm broke out. The rumbling seemed to split the mountain. A hole was torn open, and the rain fell down.

Xiao Zhenting wanted to hurry up, but Wan Zhaoyi fell into the mud.

"Niangniang!" Xiao Zhenting stopped.

Wan Zhaoyi sat helplessly on the ground and said in pain, "My foot is twisted."

It's really twisted, and my right ankle hurts.

The rain was majestic, the lightning flashed, and Wan Zhaoyi burst into tears.

Xiao Zhenting frowned: "Could the lady still stand up?"

Wan Zhaoyi shook her head painfully: "I don't know."

Xiao Zhenting looked around: "There is a small thatched hut over there, I will help the concubine over there."

Wan Zhaoyi nodded.

Xiao Zhenting squeezed his fist: "Offended!"

After saying that, he helped Wan Zhaoyi up.

Wan Zhaoyi's right foot was completely unable to bear any force, and her whole body was almost leaning on Xiao Zhenting's arm.

After helping Wan Zhaoyi into the abandoned little thatched hut, Xiao Zhenting left behind the basket: "Wei Chen will go to find his wife first, and then take the empress back later."

Wan Zhaoyi sat on the icy chair, looked at the flickering sky, and said anxiously: "It's very dangerous to thunder and rain outside, you can hide from the rain for a while before leaving."

Xiao Zhenting said sternly: "Wei Chen's wife and daughter-in-law are still outside, and the Ninth Princess is also there."

Wan Zhaoyi is the emperor's concubine, but the ninth princess is the emperor's daughter. In terms of high or low, Zhaoyi may not be comparable to the ninth princess. Of course, the most important thing is that in this man's heart, only Shangguan Yan and her will always be the same. son and daughter-in-law.

Wan Zhaoyi's eyes dimmed.

"If Niangniang is hungry, eat some jujubes first." Xiao Zhenting left the basket with green jujubes on the table and turned to the door.

In her whole life, maybe there is only one chance, no one knows how long she has waited for this day, and no one knows if she has a future...

Thousands of emotions flashed through Wan Zhaoyi's eyes, and just as Xiao Zhenting was about to rush out the door, she stood up regardless of the pain in her feet, rushed over and hugged him from behind!

Xiao Zhenting's body froze.

At almost the same time, the door of the house was opened, but it was not opened by Xiao Zhenting, but Yu Wan and her party, who had been drenched in the heavy rain, ran to the small thatched hut to hide from the rain.

It was the Nine Princesses who opened the door.

Yu Wan and Shangguan Yan followed closely behind.

Xiao Zhenting's body just froze for a moment, and then he pushed Wan Zhaoyi away coldly. After he pushed it away, he saw the people outside the door, but this is not the case for those outside the door.

The Ninth Princess, Yu Wan, Shangguan Yan, and Fuling, who had broken off, all saw Wan Zhaoyi hug Xiao Zhenting.

The nine princesses were stunned: "Ah..."

At such a young age, he didn't know much about the relationship between husband and wife, and it was just pure surprise.

Shangguan Yan's face turned green.

Yu Wan never expected to see such a scene in a small thatched hut. She admitted that Wan Zhaoyi was deliberately induced by her, but her purpose was not to catch Wan Zhaoyi's current behavior of throwing her arms towards Xiao Zhenting. She just wanted to find a place where no one was there to tie Wan Zhaoyi, whether to threaten or scare her, but to tell the truth, how did she know that Wan Zhaoyi ran into Xiao Zhenting halfway, and she couldn't hold back?

It seems that Wan Zhaoyi's statement that she is not familiar with Xiao Zhenting is false. Let's not mention whether Xiao Zhenting has any intentions for her, but she is absolutely sincere towards Xiao Zhenting.

"Yan'er, listen to my explanation..."

"Humph!"

Shangguan Yan left angrily!

Xiao Zhenting hurriedly chased after him.

The Ninth Princess stared blankly at Wan Zhaoyi, who was in a state of embarrassment, and then at Yu Wan, who was beside her. An inexplicable unease surged in her heart, and she took Yu Wan's hand.

Yu Wan rubbed her head soothingly and handed her over to Fu Ling: "Go and raise some firewood and bake the princess' clothes."

"Yes." Fu Ling took the Nine Princesses to the back room.

Only Yu Wan and Wan Zhaoyi were left in the main room. The wind roared through the hall, mixed with pea-sized raindrops, and crashed on the floor of the main room.

Yu Wan casually tucked her wet hair behind her ears, looked down at Wan Zhaoyi, who was pushed to the ground by Xiao Zhenting, and said lightly, "Ms. Zhaoyi now wants to say that she is not familiar with Marshal Xiao? ?"

Wan Zhaoyi turned her face away indifferently.

As the saying goes, catch the thief and get the stolen goods, catch the traitor and get the pair, Wan Zhaoyi was caught in a crime, and if she wants to fight to the death or not, it depends on whether the other party believes it or not.

To be honest, Yu Wan is very surprised, is the emperor bad? After so many years, Wan Zhaoyi has not been able to forget the man back then. What did that man give her? Is it gold or a promise?

Or nothing, everything is her wishful thinking, maybe wishful thinking for so many years, which shows this person's madness.

Yu Wan was really not surprised that such a person would go to drug the son of his rival.

"Is that you?" Yu Wan said, "At Yan Jiuchao's eighth birthday banquet, you conspired with the Nanzhao people to give Yan Jiuchao medicine."

Wan Zhaoyi said coldly, "I don't understand what you're talking about. Even if I can't control myself for a while, it doesn't mean I have framed Yancheng's prince."

Yu Wan said slowly, "Of course you won't admit it, but if it wasn't you, who would it be? Looking at the entire harem, I would hope that the only person who will die in Yan Jiuchao is Concubine Xu Xian, but Concubine Xu Xian knows that Concubine Yan Jiuchao will die. She can't live to twenty-five, so she doesn't need to do anything, she just waits quietly, and doesn't have to get her hands dirty at all, but you are different, at that time Xiao Zhenting was begging to marry Shangguanyan, wait any longer, Shangguanyan will pass the door , Only when her son is dead will she be completely broken, she will not survive, she will not marry Xiao Zhenting."

Wan Zhaoyi's eyes were blood red: "Big Brother Xiao originally belonged to this palace! Mrs. Tai has already agreed to this marriage! It wasn't Shangguan Yan who stepped in, it was me who married him!"

Yu Wan smiled lightly: "Really? Then do you know that Marshal Xiao had already taken a fancy to Shangguan Yan long before you appeared? He won't marry her in his life, and even if she dies, it will never be his turn. you!"

"You are talking nonsense!" Wan Zhaoyi said loudly.

The nine princesses in the room shivered with fright, and Fu Ling hurriedly supported her ears.

Yu Wan said indifferently, "Is it my nonsense, or are you deceiving yourself and not believing it?"