Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

"Then shall we accept her offerings?"

Huiyun asked.

Chen Qingzhu did not answer but asked:

"If the Jingnan Marquis's Mansion wants to become a devout believer, can it be possible to not offer sacrifices?"

Huiyun was slightly stunned, then smiled:

"What the temple master said is right. The Jingnan Marquis's Mansion is guilty and can only offer more sacrifices to beg for forgiveness. If we don't offer any sacrifices, it will give them face! I will convey the temple master's meaning right away!"

Huiyun returned to the main hall, feeling relieved. She gave a gentle smile to Zhang's master and servants who had been waiting for a while.

"The temple master said that the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion has finally understood the truth. If the master who instigated the arson comes to apologize, the temple master will magnanimously forgive you, the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion!"

"Put the offerings up there."

Nanny Li's face immediately showed surprise, and she quickly took the offerings and placed them on the tray herself.

Zhang's face looked very ugly. What did it mean that the arsonist came to apologize?

Even if she did not admit the crime when she appeared in court, how could she allow Cihang Temple to throw dirty water on her?

She tried hard to suppress her anger and explained with a forced smile:

"Your Highness has misunderstood. The Nandu government office has already made it clear that the fire was set by a cunning slave who was seeking revenge on your Highness out of personal grudge. It has nothing to do with me!"

Unexpectedly, the Taoist master who was smiling suddenly turned cold and scolded:

"The abbot has great magical powers and knows everything. How could he have said something wrong? You want to deny it even after arriving at Cihang Temple. It seems your apology is not sincere enough!"

Nanny Li immediately frowned and said to Zhang:

"Even if it's because of Master Jin's illness, Madam should have said less. Why bother to be so fussy and anger the temple master!"

These words made Zhang shut up in anger.

Then I heard the Taoist nun say:

"The head of the temple said that she can forgive Madam Bo's offense. But you ordered people to set fire to Cihang Temple, which has angered the gods and is disrespectful. You must kneel outside the temple for five days to atone for your sins before we can talk about curing Master Pei."

"Five days!"

Zhang couldn't help but scream.

Then he winked at Qingliu.

Qing Liu, who had just been beaten, did not dare to be a coward and immediately stood up and said:

"Although I have no right to speak here, I have to stand up and say something. Kneeling for five days will make your legs crippled. Your abbot is a monk after all. This punishment is too cruel!"

Huiyun sneered:

"Instigating people to set fire to a Taoist temple is a serious crime of blasphemy against the gods. The temple master only made the lady kneel for five days, which was a great mercy, but some people still say it is cruel. I think the sincerity of the Jingnan Marquis's apology should be reconsidered!"

Nanny Li suddenly became anxious:

"Master, calm down. I am just an ignorant servant. What I said was not what the master meant! Our lady didn't say she would not kneel!"

Then he turned to Zhang and urged, "Madam, is that right?"

Zhang gritted her teeth in anger.

It's easy to say, but I'm actually asking this old woman to kneel down!

After kneeling for five days, can she still keep her legs?

Moreover, it was so humiliating for her, the wife of an uncle, to kneel at the gate of a Taoist temple. The abbot of Cihang Temple was clearly trying to make things difficult for her and humiliate her!

Seeing that Zhang was angry and silent, Nanny Li was very unhappy.

"Didn't Madam always say that you wished you could take over Jin'er's strange illness? Now that the opportunity has come, you refuse it in every possible way. Could it be that your previous words were just to deceive people? In fact, you don't want Jin'er to get better at all?"

"Besides, it was you, Madam, who was reckless and offended Cihang Temple. Otherwise, with the status of Jingnan Marquis's Mansion, we should have heard about Cihang Temple long ago and let Jin'er get treatment! Now, because of you, Jin'er has been suffering from illness for several months in vain!"

Every word he said hit the nail on the head, leaving Zhang with no way to refute it.

Zhang knew very well that this old woman was her aunt's confidant and was wholeheartedly protecting Pei Jin. If she didn't kneel, this old woman would definitely go to Zhang Jinghong and Pei Xiao to complain.

Moreover, she usually showed that she loved Pei Jin too much, and before coming here today, she expressed her determination in front of Pei Xiao in various ways. If she made any excuses at this moment, no matter what the reason was, it would only make people suspect that she was just acting in the past.

So... no matter from which perspective, it is unacceptable for her not to kneel for these five days!

Zhang almost bit her teeth to pieces, staring at Huiyun with eyes like sharp blades, and said through gritted teeth:

"If I kneel for five days, will your master guarantee that he will heal Jin'er and make sure he is cured?"

Huiyun was not afraid of her gaze at all, and said sarcastically:

"Madam, you must have made a mistake, right? Asking you to kneel for five days is to make amends to the gods, not a condition for treating the eldest son of the Pei family!"

"If you don't have the sincerity to apologize to the gods, there's no need to say anything more, just leave!"

Zhang was so overwhelmed that her face turned red, and she wished she could cut the Taoist nun and the so-called temple master into pieces.

After a while, she finally said in a hateful voice under Li Ma's urging gaze:

"Okay! For Brother Jin, even if it means sacrificing the reputation of the Bo family, I will kneel!"

"Then go ahead."

Huiyun personally led Zhang and others to the gate of the Taoist temple, pointed to the center of the gate, and said with a look of concern for her:

"Just kneel here. At least there is a roof over your head."

"Otherwise, Madam Bo's delicate body will not be able to stand the sun and rain for long and will start to say that she has a heat stroke or a cold and cannot kneel down. Wouldn't that make her look like she is lying in front of the gods?"

Zhang's heart was filled with hatred.

This Taoist nun really wanted to crush her dignity into mud!

She was made to kneel in the middle of the gate, so that no one who wanted to enter the Taoist temple could ignore her kneeling there, and those people even had to go around her before entering.

The bitch even blocked her plan of just kneeling under the scorching sun and pretending to faint from heatstroke.

However, now that things have come to this, she has no way out.

He could only kneel down with a heart full of humiliation under the curious gazes of the two gatekeepers.

What’s even more hateful is that the weather has been fine recently, and some ordinary people from the surrounding villages and towns have come to Cihang Temple to burn incense.

Seeing a beautiful lady kneeling at the entrance of the Taoist temple, everyone couldn't help but take a few more glances at her.

Some even asked the gatekeeper directly:

"Master, why is there a person kneeling at the entrance of the Taoist temple?"

Kun Dao, the gatekeeper, answered proudly:

"This person blasphemed the gods before, and now he is asking for forgiveness from the gods!"

The people became more and more curious:

"Whose noblewoman is this? What has she done to blaspheme the gods?"

How could Zhang bear being scrutinized and talked about like this?

What's more, if her identity were known to others, she would only be embarrassed even more.

Fortunately, Qing Liu understood the mistress's thoughts very well, and immediately took a few male servants to drive away and scold these people:

"Go away!"

He threatened viciously, "Shut up! My wife is not someone that anyone can talk about. Be careful of your words!"

Although the pilgrims who were driven away were forced to step back a few steps, they were very unhappy and shouted loudly:

"Looking at the ugly appearance of their servant, we can tell that this family has done all kinds of bad things on a daily basis. Now they are probably asking for retribution!"

"She deserves it! God please don't forgive her!"

"Yes, don't forgive her even if you die on your knees!"

Zhang felt more and more humiliated. She was so angry that she was about to collapse, and her heart was filled with hatred towards Cihang Temple.

The stone floor was too hard, and Zhang was not prepared for kneeling as punishment. In less than an hour, she felt her knees becoming more and more painful.

Two hours later, the pain became even more excruciating.

In addition, the afternoon sun was very strong, and the sun shone obliquely under the eaves of the Taoist temple in the afternoon, making her sweat profusely.

It can be said to be a double torture of body and mind.

Zhang's health was not good to begin with, and she hadn't taken any food or water for several hours, so she soon felt dizzy.

Zhang gritted her teeth and persisted for a long time before she could no longer hold on and fainted on the ground.

"lady!"

Qingliu and other maids immediately rushed over nervously, lifted her into the cart, and hurriedly fed her water.

Zhang regained consciousness after drinking some water, but she would have been stupid to wake up at this time. It would have been unreasonable for her not to continue kneeling.

Moreover, she had to return to the Bo Mansion in a "coma" to show how much she had suffered to save Pei Jin, so as to maximize the benefits of today's humiliation.

Seeing that she had not woken up, the servants did not dare to delay and hurriedly drove Zhang back to the Jingnan Marquis's Mansion to ask for a doctor.

Even Nanny Li, although she thought she might be pretending, did not dare to say anything at this time.

After Huiyun heard the report from Kun Dao outside, she immediately went to report it to Chen Qingzhu.

"Master, the wife of the Marquis of Jingnan is really good at pretending. She fainted after kneeling for only a few hours. She has been sent back to the city and I'm afraid she won't come again!"

She had seen many tricks used by the harem before, and could easily imagine how Zhang would pretend to be sick and weak to gain sympathy after returning home.

I’m afraid that soon Jingnan Bo will be filled with pity and won’t let her kneel anymore.

By then, it would not be easy to legitimately mess with this lady of the earl's family.

Huiyun was unwilling, but Chen Qingzhu, the real owner, was not in a hurry at all. He was even in a good mood to drink tea leisurely.

"Master!" Huiyun stamped her feet anxiously.

Chen Qingzhu knew that she was concerned about him, so he stopped teasing her and said firmly:

"Don't worry, as long as Zhang Jinghong and Pei Xiao still want to treat Pei Jin, they will definitely send her back."