frightfiction Chapter 1385 This is blasphemy against Buddhism
Chapter 1385 This is blasphemy against Buddhism
"This thought goes against human ethics, is unacceptable to secular etiquette, and is even a blasphemy against Buddhism... How dare I let anyone know?"
She smiled bitterly, "Not to mention that Master Xingchen himself was completely unaware, even you... Caiju, you've been by my side for so many years, spending every day with me, have you ever noticed anything?"
Caiju stared at Concubine Kang in a daze, her mind in a mess.
As Concubine Kang's closest and most trusted maid, she could naturally feel that there seemed to be someone hidden in her queen's heart.
A person who makes the Empress occasionally stare out the window in a daze with complex emotions in her eyes.
But since the queen didn't say anything, she, a servant, didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Caiju had secretly guessed that it might be a young man whom the queen knew before entering the palace. But she never imagined that the man was actually the monk from Fatu Temple, Master Xingchen, who saved people from danger!
This... this is truly shocking!
Caiju was stunned for a long time, and her heart, which had been beating wildly in her chest, gradually calmed down.
She tried hard to digest this earth-shattering secret, but her brows were furrowed more and more.
"My lady..."
Caiju's voice was filled with great confusion: "This servant is stupid."
"Even if...even if the Empress had harbored those feelings for Master Xingchen back then, it's been many years. You never revealed a word to anyone, not even Master Xingchen himself. He was kept in the dark and had no idea."
She tried to sort out her logic, trying to find the key point. "Moreover, Master Xingchen was summoned to the palace to lecture several times. I remember clearly that you deliberately avoided him every time. You never met him, not even a single word to him."
"This matter is so secretive. How on earth could Ba, a tribute from the Western Regions who was brought to the palace later, have known about it and used it to control the Empress?"
This is really unreasonable!
How could an old secret buried deep in her heart, unknown even to her closest maid, become a sharp weapon in the hands of a sinner in the cold palace?
The question raised by Caiju was exactly what Concubine Kang was most puzzled about before.
She looked at Caiju's bewildered face and pulled out a bitter smile that was uglier than crying: "At first, I was also puzzled..."
"Until that night in the cold palace, Mrs. Ba leaned close to my ear and clearly recited two lines of poetry—"
Concubine Kang took a deep breath, as if the two lines of poetry made it difficult for her to speak: "In the morning, while drawing my eyebrows in the mirror, I suddenly forget what I want to say. My heart follows the shadows of wild geese passing by the eastern fence. Afraid that you would see what is in my eyes, I pretend to break off a branch and stand in the setting sun..."
When Caiju heard this, her pupils suddenly contracted!
These two lines of poetry express the feelings suppressed deep in my heart...
Concubine Kang's voice deepened, trembling with regret. "It was hard to suppress my feelings, but I knew I couldn't express them aloud. So, I somehow wrote these two lines of poetry... between the title pages of Master Xingchen's Buddhist scriptures."
"The handwriting is extremely light and small, mixed in with the printed scriptures, and it is difficult to find unless you look for it carefully."
"I have carefully hidden that Buddhist scripture in the deepest shelf of my bedroom, treating it as a taboo. I have never even allowed you to touch it."
"It wasn't until later when my family suffered a disaster and I was left alone in the palace, desperate to find an ally, that I began to interact with Bahar Guli, who was still favored by the Emperor at the time, and allowed her to visit the inner hall from time to time..."
At this point, Concubine Kang's eyes revealed a huge regret: "Not long after that, I discovered that the Buddhist scripture had disappeared."
"At that time, I was terrified and could not rest day or night, fearing that if this matter were leaked, it would be a disaster!"
"But after waiting for a long time, it's still calm."
"I... I gradually began to feel a sense of hope, thinking that perhaps some dishonest palace maid had stolen it and exchanged it for money; or that I had misplaced it; or even that it had been accidentally mixed in with other old items during some sorting out... Only then did I slowly put my worries to rest."
Concubine Kang gave a bitter smile, which was uglier than crying: "I never thought...it would be Baharguli!"
"She must have taken advantage of my unpreparedness and discovered my secret. She might even have noticed how much I valued that Buddhist scripture, and that's why she took the opportunity to steal it."
"Baharguli endured this pain until she was forced into the cold palace and had nowhere else to turn. Only then did she place this poisoned sword on my neck..."
After hearing the whole story, Caiju felt a chill in her heart.
She had followed Concubine Kang for many years, but she had no idea that the Empress had left such a fatal handle outside!
"My lady..."
Cai Ju's voice trembled: "This... this is just one-sided admiration from the Empress, and has nothing to do with Master Xingchen."
"But, but if His Majesty knew about this... the concubine longing for the holy monk and even writing love poems on Buddhist scriptures... this would be blasphemy against Buddhism and bring disgrace to the royal family!"
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
Caiju didn't dare to say anything more, but Concubine Kang already understood what she had left unsaid.
Yes, even if there was nothing wrong between her and Master Xingchen, this incident alone was enough to infuriate the emperor and make her die without a burial place!
Concubine Kang and Caiju looked at each other and saw bottomless fear in each other's eyes.
The handle fell into the hands of others, who were so insidious and cunning. Those who were in a desperate situation had already fallen into an extremely passive situation...
Cai Ju hesitated for a long time before gritting her teeth and approaching Concubine Kang. She lowered her voice and said, "Your Majesty, since Ba is forcing us so hard, why don't we just go all out?"
She made a gesture of wiping her neck, her eyes gleaming with an unprecedented coldness. "Ms. Ba has long been a sinner who has lost the emperor's favor, and is now trapped in the cold palace. In a place like that, it's perfectly normal for someone to die quietly."
"This servant... This servant has never had such harmful thoughts before, but now she is the first to be cruel and wants to force us to death..."
"If this secret is leaked, what awaits Her Majesty is eternal damnation!"
Concubine Kang trembled when she heard Caiju's murderous words.
Hadn't she had the same thought in countless nights filled with fear?
Making the woman who holds her fatal secret shut up completely seems to be the best way to resolve the issue.
however……
Concubine Kang finally shook her head bitterly, her face full of helplessness: "Hasn't this been something I've considered?"
She raised her eyes and looked out the window at the dark night. "But Caiju, since Baharguli dared to use this handle to threaten me and force me to help her escape from the cold palace, how could she be unprepared?"
"I'm afraid that as soon as we start to make a move in the cold palace, that fatal Buddhist scripture will appear before Your Majesty at just the right moment, or fall into the hands of anyone who wants to bring me down."