frightfiction Chapter 206: Life and Death Are Not in the Hands of Man (Part )
Chapter 206: Life and Death Are Not in the Hands of Man (Part )
Ling Lan opened the paper ball, took a quick look at it, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
There was only one sentence written on it.
Stick to your original plan.
"It seems that they are not affected..."
Ling Lan muttered to himself, then tore the paper into pieces and threw it into the tea.
The shredded paper was quickly soaked by water, and the words became blurred and indistinguishable.
After she relaxed, she felt tired, leaned against the car wall, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.
The convoy set off again without anyone noticing, but Ling Lan in the car was unaware of it.
When she woke up again, it was to the urging of the palace maid.
She looked around in a daze, and when she came to her senses, she hurriedly opened the car door.
"arrive?"
The gentle-looking palace maid replied politely.
"We have arrived at Tianfu Temple. Please get off the bus, Madam!"
Ling Lan got out of the car and looked around as usual, but he saw that there were fewer guards accompanying them, and the emperor and empress's carriage was nowhere to be seen.
She felt strange.
"Where are the emperor and empress? Where are the others? Where did they go?"
"The Emperor and Empress have entered the temple first. We don't want to keep the abbot and the masters waiting for too long. The palace maids who accompanied them have also followed them in. The other guards have their own duties. Don't worry, Your Majesty. This Tianfu Temple has already been screened several times by the imperial guards. There will be no danger."
The palace maid still had a gentle expression and spoke slowly and steadily.
"You are here to pray for the little prince, please go this way."
She stretched out a hand to help Ling Lan.
Ling Lan looked ahead and realized that this was not the main entrance of Tianfu Temple.
She was a little angry.
She felt that with her current status, why couldn't she go through the front door? Li Ce and Jiang Wanyue really looked down on her.
Ling Lan was secretly annoyed, but he also knew that now was not the time to make a fuss, so he took a few deep breaths, took the palace maid's hand, and walked forward.
The palace maid helped her into the room.
The door closed silently.
Ling Lan didn't notice and stared at the nuns in front of him.
And a young girl leading a nun.
"you are?"
Ling Lan asked hesitantly.
The little girl looks only thirteen or fourteen years old. She is not very old and her face looks a little childish, but her eyes are calm.
She had her hair in the simplest bun and wore the same cloth clothes as other nuns. She folded her hands in front of her and knelt down to bow to Ling Lan.
"Qixia pays respects to Concubine Xin."
Ling Lan frowned when he heard this.
She doesn't like being called Toffee.
She rolled her eyes and said, "You are about the same age as me, it's too polite to call you that. Qixia? I seem to have heard of this name before. Which royal family are you from?"
Ling Lan has been in the capital for several months and has been staying in the palace. He actually knows a lot of things and has met many people, but he does not remember anyone named Qixia.
She was still very confident in her memory and guessed that the little girl was probably an unfavored concubine's daughter in some family who was exiled to Tianfu Temple.
In fact, her guess was not far from the truth.
Qixia's smile remains unchanged.
"Qixia's parents are both dead, so she has no choice but to live in the temple. It's normal that the queen has never heard of Qixia's name. When the abbot heard that the queen was coming today, he knew that Qixia's etiquette was acceptable, so he ordered Qixia to receive the queen."
After she finished her explanation, she gestured for people to come in.
"Everything is ready inside. Your Majesty, please go to the side room to rest first, and then go to worship and pray. How about that?"
Ling Lan nodded reservedly.
Qixia smiled gently, turned around and led the way.
The group passed through the screen wall and arrived at the guest courtyard. Qixia took Ling Lan into the house, and the palace maid came in with them.
Ling Lan looked at the empty guest room and felt that something was wrong.
She turned around and saw the nuns guarding outside the door. The yard was empty and her heart trembled inexplicably.
She suddenly realized that there were strangers all around her at this moment!
This place is secluded and deserted. No one would know even if I died here.
She was frightened by the thought and couldn't help but look at Qixia several times.
"Is this the guest house of Tianfu Temple? Why is it so simple? Does the temple also treat other nobles in the palace in this way when they come here to burn incense?"
Qixia chuckled.
"Of course not, it's just that you, Madam, are different from other nobles."
Ling Lan's eyelids twitched.
"What's the difference?"
Qixia raised her eyebrows, then suddenly raised her chin, and the expression on her face changed.
"Your Majesty may not know that in half an hour, someone will return to the capital to report your death to the Emperor. Concubine Xin, despite the Emperor and Empress's dissuasion, insisted on going up the mountain in person to show her piety, but she suddenly miscarried due to exhaustion halfway through, and both mother and child died."
Qixia spoke word by word, her voice low and cold, as if it came from the underworld, which made Ling Lan shiver.
Her face turned pale and she subconsciously took a few steps back.
"What are you talking about?!"