Chapter 518 A Preditated Invitation
Shao Wanru was also summoned for several detailed interrogations, but she only claid that she survived by hiding at that ti.
When Shao Jie’er left, she was still there. Shao Jie’er told the truth, but only said that after the lamps in the hall went out, she felt that sothing went wrong and ran away before Shao Wanru and her two maids.
Shao Jie’er was very lucky. She ran away first at high speed so that she t a nun of the Yuhui Nunnery when the main hall was on fire. After that, she hid in the nun’s courtyard directly. Although she had been frightened and fallen several tis, she was still very lucky.
Rui’an Great Elder Princess also ca up the mountain to accompany Shao Wanru, for fear that her granddaughter would be frightened. anwhile, Old Madam hurried down the mountain with the excuse of being frightened.
Shao Jie’er and others also went down the mountain. Only Shao Yanru stayed with the excuse of assisting Shao Wanru in taking charge of the religious rite.
The religious rite was finished in a hurry in the following two days. Pushan Nun was also frightened on that day. It was said that a black-clad man broke into her Zen room and stabbed her in the arm. So she was unable to continue holding the religious rite and instructed her two disciples to take her place in the rite.
The entire Yuhui Nunnery was strictly guarded. Except for Old Madam of Duke Xing’s Mansion and her companions, no one was allowed to go down the mountain. The Yuhui Nunnery stopped accepting any engagent, and the ceremonies, which were still in progress, were finished in a hurry.
The fire suddenly breaking out in the hall was supposed to be caused by lightning and thunder that day. Regarding the fact told by Shao Jie’er that the lamps suddenly went out one after another, of course there was a reason for it. It must be the strong wind in the rainy day that blew out the dim lamps.
Of course, Shao Wanru did not agree on this point, but she acquiesced to it at the mont.
Plenty of officials of the Ministry of Justice ca and lived in the simple bamboo shed temporarily set up outside the Yuhui Nunnery. The mbers of the Yuhui Nunnery were all female. Among them, there were so nuns with different identities. In addition, most of the pilgrims were female. Thus, it was inconvenient for the officials of the Ministry of Justice to live in the Yuhui Nunnery directly.
The officials repeatedly asked those in the Yuhui Nunnery so questions they had asked, except for so people whose high status made it inconvenient for the officials to summon them for interrogation too often.
Yujie, Qu Le and Qing’er had also been summoned three or four tis. During the rest of the ti, they cultivated in the silence room with Shao Wanru.
The entire Yuhui Nunnery was sealed strictly.
No one knew when there was another rumor in the capital city that there was another son of the forr emperor in the Yuhui Nunnery and he was related to one of the forr emperor’s imperial concubines. It was said that the forr emperor had another son besides Prince Chen. At that ti, an imperial concubine was also pregnant and her son seed to be a few months younger than Prince Chen.
It was only because the birth mother of Prince Chen was the forr Empress that he survived. The imperial concubine was not so lucky. Later, she gave birth to a son and secretly sent him out of the imperial palace. After that, she was sent to the Yuhui Nunnery for self-cultivation as an imperial concubine with no child.
The son of the deceased emperor, who had been sent out of the imperial palace secretly at that ti, called so people loyal to the deceased emperor together and intended to go to the Yuhui Nunnery to save his mother and thus to result in the tragedy in the Yuhui Nunnery.
anwhile, there was another saying that it was done by the reviving supporters of the previous dynasty. They had started a rebellion a few years ago and almost succeeded. This ti they staged a coback.
This statent had convinced so people because of the rebellion before.
It was quite chaotic outside, while the courtyard, where Shao Yanru and Shao Wanru lived, was quiet. So officials ca here from ti to ti to inquire about sothing. Except for this, the two of them spent the rest of their ti cultivating in seclusion in the courtyard with their maids.
“Miss, the First Miss is here!” Qu Le ca in to report.
Shao Wanru and Shao Yanru lived in the sa courtyard, but they basically lived in their respective rooms and seldom went out. Rui’an Great Elder Princess ca to visit Shao Wanru from ti to ti. anwhile, with no one coming to visit her, Shao Yanru had to stay in her room all day. It was said that she was also frightened and in poor health.
“Let her in!” She said with a smile, rolling her watery eyes. Her grandma was still here just now, and Shao Yanru happened to co here right after her grandma left.
Shao Yanru ca in, looking a little pale and frail.
Shao Wanru stood up to greet her. After that, they sat down casually on the mat with legs crossed, and Yujie served tea.
“Big Sister, how are you?” Shao Wanru looked at Shao Yanru, who looked out of spirits, and asked.
“Thank you for your concern, Fifth Sister. I’m... fine!” Shao Yanru said in a hoarse voice, reaching out to rub her forehead. She looked out of spirits anyway.
“Big Sister, since you are in poor health, you should go down the mountain first. Now my parents’ religious rite has finished, so you don’t need to stay here. You’d better go down the mountain and see a doctor!” Shao Wanru said softly.
“Grandma went down the mountain because the Ministry of Justice did our mansion a favor. If I want to go down the mountain now, I’ll have to talk it over with them. I’m too embarrassed to do that,” Shao Yanru said. She shook her head, raised her delicate face, and forced a gentle smile. “I’m fine. I’ll stay here and chant scriptures with you!”
She glanced at the scripture in front of the mat. There was a wooden fish beside the scripture. She knew at a glance that Shao Wanru had been knocking on the wooden fish and chanting scriptures here. Shao Yanru could hear it from ti to ti in her room.
She reached out and asked, “What scripture are you chanting, sister?”
Shao Wanru said with a gentle smile, “Nothing special. It’s just about releasing souls from purgatory. I got it from Huiming Nun!”
Shao Yanru picked it up and flipped through it. Feeling bored, she put it down and said, “It is a fine day today. Would you like to go out for a walk with , Fifth Sister?”
After thunder and lightning that day, the heat seed to be subsiding. These days, it was not so hot even in the dayti. In particular, there was mountain wind on the mountain. It was indeed a good ti to have a walk.
“Big Sister, the Ministry of Justice doesn’t allow us to walk around!” Shao Wanru shook her head and declined.
The only person, who could walk around the nunnery at will now, should be Rui’an Great Elder Princess, and it was because of her identity. Thinking of this, she suddenly realized sothing with her shimry eyes becoming deep.
“We won’t go far. Let’s take a walk over there. The scenery over there is fine.” Shao Yanru suggested and reached out to rub her forehead, looking quite uncomfortable.
“Okay, let’s go for a walk!” Shao Wanru agreed after thinking for a while despite her reluctance.
They each led a maid to walk towards the entrance of the courtyard.
There was no one around the door of the courtyard, but they saw soone dressed in the robe of the Ministry of Justice in the distance. Seeing the two Misses of Duke Xing’s Mansion co out, the one imdiately disappeared. He probably went to report it.
They walked along the path casually and ca to the place where Chu Liuxin t several Misses during his blind date. It was scenic here indeed. They could see mountains and rivers, as well as a few clusters of weeds growing wildly through the stones which were more natural and scattered than those planted in the mansions.
“Big Sister, let’s stop here. The guards of the Ministry of Justice will definitely co to stop us if we go any further!” Shao Wanru stood still, looked up and said. Above them, it was a cliff. With luxuriant trees on the mountain, it was a great place to enjoy the view.
“It’s okay. We won’t go any further and just walk around. Besides, Great Elder Princess is still here, so the Ministry of Justice will definitely not go hard with you.” Shao Yanru also looked up at the small mountain above her, narrowed her eyes, and said casually.
“Okay, we’d better stay here, lest others consider that I rely on my grandma’s power!” Shao Wanru said. She shook her head and walked to an octagonal pavilion on the side.
Yujie quickened her pace to get into the pavilion, and stepped aside after wiping the fence on one side. Shao Wanru ca in and sat down, leaning against the fence.
Glancing at Shao Yanru’s countenance, Shuqi hurriedly ca over and wiped the fence on the other side. After that, Shao Yanru also sat down.
“We won’t go far, but just divert ourselves by having a walk. If you don’t want to rely on Great Elder Princess’s power, I’ll talk it over with Her Highness,” Shao Yanru said amiably with a smile.
Shao Wanru sneered in her heart. It made no difference whether Shao Yanru or she talked it over with her grandma. Since they were cousins and her grandma was the only person they could rely on at the mont, others would consider that they did that with her grandma’s support even if they said nothing to her grandma. Now even the abbess of the Yuhui Nunnery was under watch and barely ca out.
anwhile, if they walked around at will with her grandma as their backing, what would others think of her grandma?
Although her grandma was of noble status, her grandma had little power.
Shao Wanru shook her head and refused in a soft voice, “You don’t need to do that. Let’s sit here for a while. I’ve been tired recently.”
As she said, she also reached out to rub her forehead. Yujie neatly ca over, stood beside her and reached out to massage her forehead.
Shao Wanru stopped talking and closed her eyes, quietly enjoying the massage of the acupuncture points on her forehead given by Yujie. At the mont, it beca quiet in the pavilion.
Seeing Shao Wanru quietly enjoy the massage given by Yujie, Shao Yanru showed a bit restlessness in her eyes, but instantly hid it and said, “Fifth Sister, let help you!”
As she spoke, she stood up and intended to take Yujie’s place and give Shao Wanru a massage.
Shao Wanru suddenly opened her eyes, waved her hand and said, “How can I trouble you to do that? Big Sister, I am really tired and have to go back for a rest. If you have enough energy, you can stay here and enjoy the view.”
She ant that she was going to leave Shao Yanru alone.
“Fifth Sister, please stay with for another while. It is inconvenient for to stay here alone!” Shao Yanru sat down and pleaded in a low voice.
The mbers of the Yuhui Nunnery were originally all female. At that ti, it was okay for her to stay here alone. But now the male officials of the Ministry of Justice were everywhere. So it was better indeed to enjoy the view with others than to do it alone.
“Big Sister, I’m really sorry. I’m so uncomfortable that I couldn’t stay with you!” Shao Wanru stood up, bowed sideways to Shao Yanru and said. After that, she turned around and returned by the way they ca with Yujie without watching Shao Yanru’s countenance.
Behind her, Shao Yanru was so angry that her face turned pale. If it were not for the fact that she had always done a better job in restraining herself, she would almost walk over and hold on to Shao Wanru.
“Miss...” Shuqi said in a low voice behind her. She was asking about what they should do next!
Shao Yanru suppressed the annoyance in her eyes and clenched her fists. After that, she put down her fists slightly, stood up and went back behind Shao Wanru.
Without Shao Wanru, what was the point of staying here?
An official from the Ministry of Justice hurried over from a small path not far away, followed by the one who was sent to guard Shao Yanru and Shao Wanru’s courtyard by the Ministry of Justice and had seen them got out of the courtyard for a walk...
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