Traveling through the starry sky just for you, I was a koi in ancient times

The worry in her mother's eyes turned into tears, which made Wang Jinyi feel as if a stone was pressing on her chest, heavy and stuffy.

She quickly glanced outside the main hall and saw several guards from the East Palace still standing with their hands hanging down.

The mother raised her hand and gently covered her daughter's mouth.

"Shh-"

The mother lowered her voice very low and warned:

"Regarding matters of the royal family, you must observe and consider them more carefully, but never speak of them aloud. Remember to protect yourself no matter what."

Wang Jinyi's heart trembled, and he stared at his mother with narrowed eyes and fell into deep thought.

The mother released her daughter's hand, straightened her robe, and said softly:

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Go to your evening classes. Come early tomorrow, our family..."

She paused, her eyes reddened, "We haven't been together for three years."

Wang Jinyi held her mother's hand, and they turned and walked deeper into the yard.

At that time, in order to facilitate coming and going, a ladder perpendicular to Luoxia Temple was specially carved out of the rock wall behind the courtyard. Now it has been delayed for too long, and in order to get back on time for evening classes, we can only take this route.

Her mother seemed to have more instructions, but Wang Jinyi was already walking up the stone steps on the mountainside. But she walked very slowly. Her mother's words were like a stone, causing ripples in her heart and making her increasingly uneasy.

Wang Jinyi scratched the rough cracks in the stone with his fingertips and stopped halfway up the cliff.

The emperor ordered all the adult princes to leave the palace, either to enthrone his grandson or to wait until his youngest son grew up... Either way, it meant that the fight among the princes was about to begin.

In the past, they might have just used poison in secret, but from now on, I'm afraid there will be real bloodshed. My peaceful days are almost over.

He is a witness in the prince's poisoning case and is obviously a member of the prince's gang. He is a thorn in the eyes of those who have ulterior motives!

This farm may seem remote, but who doesn't know it's the Wang family's property? His pretense of "retreat" would be like paper in the face of real storms.

"Miss, the wind is strong." Yuqing reminded in time.

Wang Jinyi turned around and shouted to Ding Yi, "Keep a close eye on the six servants that Patriarch Beining brought with him."

"Yes, I've sent someone to follow me."

Yuqing whispered, "Don't worry, Miss. We can see that they are skilled in martial arts, and they can also see me. They won't act rashly."

Wang Jinyi's eyes darkened, and he said nothing more. He quickened his pace and entered Luoxia Temple.

The sound of wooden fish in the nunnery was already ringing in the twilight. Wang Jinyi, realizing he was late, walked lightly into the main hall, found an empty seat, sat cross-legged, and, with his eyes slightly closed, slowly immersed himself in the scriptures...

After the evening class ended, Master Huijing stood beside Wang Jinyi's cushion and said calmly:

"Amitabha, Jingyi stays."

The hall was deserted with only the two of them. Only the curls of sandalwood from the incense burner rose and swirled, chasing each other. Wang Jinyi quietly waited for the master to speak.

"Jingyi," Master Huijing said calmly:

"You've been in the nunnery for three years, yet you still have concerns. The worldly troubles are all illusory, and clinging to the mundane is contrary to pure cultivation."

She noticed that the person opposite her didn't seem to understand, so she continued, twirling her rosary beads with her fingertips:

"Buddhism teaches that all that happens in this life is the result of karma from past lives. Only by devoting oneself to worshipping the Buddha and cultivating can one attain a pure next life. You should settle down in a nunnery, only then can you be saved."

After the monk finished speaking, Wang Jinyi understood that the abbot was disgusted with her for not staying in the nunnery to concentrate on chanting sutras, so he gave her today's warning.

"Master, I believe that the Dharma is not just contained in the prayer mat and the sutras."

Wang Jinyi's tone was respectful but every word was clear:

"I wish to cultivate this life through practical work and cultivate my next life through pure goodness. Isn't this the true meaning of 'the unity of knowledge and action' in Buddhism? Moreover..."

Wang Jinyi looked up at the statue on the shrine with an open gaze.

"The Buddha said, 'Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.' A disciple's practical actions are also compassionate. Aren't they also building a 'pagoda' for this life?"

Master Huijing paused holding the rosary, looked at Jingyi in front of him, and opened his mouth. The Zen principles that advised people to escape from the world seemed pale and powerless at this moment.

After a long while, Master Huijing raised his hands and clasped them together: "Amitabha."

After chanting the Buddha's name, the monk closed his eyes and began to recite the scriptures. Wang Jinyi put his hands together in greeting.

"Amitabha."

Then he left the hall.

The cold mountain wind blew in Wang Jinyi's face. He stood in the expanded courtyard of Luoxia Temple and looked back at the main hall which had just been completed this year. To the west was the Three Saints Hall, and to the east was the Wanfo Hall which had not yet been completed.

Looking up at the sky full of stars, for the first time, Wang Jinyi thought of Luoxia Temple instead of Chen Zhiyuan. If he guessed correctly, he would not be able to stay in Luoxia Temple for long!

The emperor is at the peak of his career, and he is enfeoffing all the adult princes. This must be a chess game, and the emperor is the chess player.

And since I was caught in the middle of the Crown Prince's poisoning incident, I'm afraid I'm also the touchstone for the Emperor to test the other princes! Some things can't be avoided...

In the evening, Ding Yi came to report: "Miss Wang, the six servants wandered around the yard twice and did not take any further action."

"I understand." Wang Jinyi replied in the Zen room.

Yuqing was originally copying a new picture novel. Upon hearing this, he pulled the young lady away from the window, put down his pen, and began to pack up the manuscript.

Sister Feng pulled Wang Jinyi aside and asked:

"Miss, where is your repeating crossbow? Where is your dagger? Where did you put it?"

The two people suddenly felt like they were facing a great enemy, which infected Wang Jinyi. She lifted up her outer robe and pointed at her belt.

"Always carry the dagger with you. Don't worry. The crossbow is in the farm study at the foot of the mountain."

"Miss, do you have a few more crossbow arrows? Are they all tempered with medicine?"

As Sister Feng spoke, she unsheathed the young lady's dagger, tested its sharpness, and put it back on Wang Jinyi's waist. She then put down her half-length cotton jacket and checked it.

"Miss, try it out. See if it's convenient for you to use the dagger here."

Wang Jinyi patted his waist and said, "A dagger is not as good as a crossbow..."

Yuqing had already put the manuscript into the camphorwood box and continued:

"Find someone with good Qinggong skills to deliver these manuscripts, and remind the family to fetch the young lady's crossbow."

Sister Feng took the camphorwood box and went out. Not long after, she came back to report:

"Miss, those people left with the Beining family master, and Ding Yi sent people to follow them, but Ding Yi said we have to go to another place tonight."

Wang Jinyi calmed down and thought carefully about what would happen to his parents, brother, and younger brother if he left. Once...

Thinking of this, she stood up suddenly.

"Please ask Ding Yi to come in, let's study it."

Less than a cup of tea later, Sister Feng and the young lady changed their clothes and stayed in the meditation room of Luoxia Temple for the young lady.

Wang Jinyi changed into casual clothes, wrapped his conspicuous bald head with a flowered cloth, and put on a silver-red flowered cloak and left the mountain gate under the cover of night.

"I want to say goodbye to my parents."

There were several tall horses parked in front of the mountain gate. Yuqing jumped onto the horse and reached out to pull the young lady, but Wang Jinyi hesitated.

"Miss, come up quickly!"

"Yuqing, if someone is really looking for me, will they hurt my family? Besides, what if we don't see each other for a long time again?!"