After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

Xin Jieyu believed in and respected Buddhism. In her opinion, Li Yaoyuan's behavior was undoubtedly disrespectful to the Buddha, so she was naturally dissatisfied.

Nian Qiaoyue saw this and tried to punish Li Yaoyuan through Concubine Xin, so as to make life difficult for Nian Susu as well.

Wang Yuejiao is stupid. She dared to confront Nian Susu head-on. She will definitely not have a good ending.

She sneered and added fuel to the fire, "Madam, Miss Li and I live and eat together, but I have never heard her mention a sprained wrist. This is clearly an excuse and disrespectful to the Buddha."

Concubine Xin glanced at Nian Qiaoyue sideways with contempt.

She has lived in the harem for more than ten years. What kind of tricks and strategies has she not seen?

Nian Qiaoyue's trick of killing someone with a borrowed knife is too low-level and too purposeful, which will only disgust people.

Although she was disgusted, she had to admit that Nian Qiaoyue's words touched her heart.

Even if Nian Qiaoyue didn't say anything, she would not tolerate Li Yaoyuan's behavior.

Xin Jieyu stepped forward to persuade the four people who were arguing. She first apologized to the host, and then gently asked Li Yaoyuan: "Miss Li, is the injury on your wrist serious? Do you need to ask the imperial physician to check it out?"

Li Yaoyuan felt uneasy. She thought that the wrist injury was just something Nian Susu made up. If she asked the imperial physician to check it, the truth would be revealed immediately.

She could only shake her head and said, "My Lady, I'm fine. There's no need to call a doctor."

Xin Jieyu still smiled gently, her eyes were gentle, but they made people shudder. "Since you have nothing to do, why not help the abbot copy Buddhist scriptures? This can also be considered a good deed, accumulating merits."

This means that she must go over.

Li Yaoyuan: "Okay."

She compromised.

But Nian Susu refused to compromise. She directly proposed to copy scriptures with Li Yaoyuan to accumulate blessings and virtues for the emperor.

No one dared to object, and the host took the two away without changing his expression.

They followed the host. Li Yaoyuan looked at Nian Susu with emotion. The latter nodded and the former smiled.

Although they didn't say anything, they both understood what the other meant.

Walk all the way to the side hall.

Except for a nine-foot-long large desk, the side hall is mostly filled with bookshelves. Each shelf contains different books, including "Diamond Sutra", "Amitābha Sutra"... Chinese version, annotated version, Sanskrit version, everything. It really looks like a small palace used for copying scriptures.

The host glanced at the two of them and said, "Two donors, please feel free to do as you please."

After that he left.

Nian Susu was completely confused.

There were cushions on both sides of the desk, some of which contained half-copied scriptures, while others contained several scriptures neatly stacked on top of each other.

Nian Susu’s first reaction was to reserve a seat in the library.

Li Yaoyuan had experience, so she pulled her to the empty seat at the edge and said, "Wait, I'll get the scriptures."

She walked into the bookshelf, and after a while she came over with a few books, and handed two to Nian Susu, "Copy these two books today."

Nian Susu opened it and took a few glances at it, then rolled his eyes and almost fainted - he couldn't understand a single word of the densely packed book, and he only knew from the cover that it was a Sanskrit version of the Diamond Sutra.

Li Yaoyuan sat down next to her and started copying. "The host said we need to copy the Sanskrit version. Just bear with it."

Nian Su Su was desperate and dejected, but finally he picked up a smile.

She was the one who boasted so much, so she couldn't be careless in order to accumulate virtue and blessings for the emperor. Otherwise, if Wang Yuejiao found out, she would be in trouble again.

Li Yaoyuan worked for a while and found that the people around her were really copying with all their heart, and she smiled with relief.

It was not until dinner time that day that the two were able to leave.

Nian Susu complained bitterly about her backache and swore that if the host asked Li Yaoyuan to copy scriptures again tomorrow, no matter what anyone said, she would never give in.

On the way back to the Zen temple, Li Yaoyuan suddenly said seriously: "Lingling, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid..."

Nian Susu smiled and said, "Do we still need to say thank you? Your business is my business, and I will not abandon you."

Li Yaoyuan's eyes were filled with tears, "Lingling..."

"Hey! Stop it! Don't cry!" Nian Susu quickly spoke up to break the sentimental atmosphere. She muttered, "I'm the worst at coaxing people."

Li Yaoyuan burst into laughter and said, "Okay, I won't cry. I'm happy."

When they arrived at the entrance of the Zen temple and looked through the moon-shaped door, they saw a person standing inside, looking at them.

The two walked in. Li Yaoyuan nodded to him, then whispered to Nian Susu, "I'll go back first."

She nodded.

There were only two people left in the yard.

Nian Susu knew why he came, and was about to talk about what happened today when he heard him ask, "Have you had dinner?"

She was stunned and almost didn't react. After a moment, she nodded stupidly, "Yes, I have used it."

After answering, without waiting for him to ask, she said: "Today the host asked Zhizhi to help, and I accompanied her. The host said a few words and left, and never showed up again. It was obvious that she was acting so abnormally because of my presence."

"This also indirectly proves that he has something to hide." Nian Susu affirmed.

"It's okay."

Qin Junyu felt relieved, looked up at the gloomy sky, and suggested going to the back mountain to check the situation before it got dark.

Nian Susu agreed. With someone to accompany her, she would feel at ease and maybe there would be some new discoveries.

The two of them headed westward and arrived at the bamboo forest a quarter of an hour later.

Fortunately, he did not meet Miaojue. On the way here, Nian Susu was thinking about how to explain Qin Junyu's existence to Miaojue. He was worried all the way, but it turned out that he was not there at all.

It's better to be absent than to be present.

Before going in, Nian Susu looked up at the sky covered with dark clouds, which seemed to indicate it was going to rain.

She frowned and was thinking about going another day, but Qin Junyu had already entered the bamboo forest. She had no choice but to follow him.

Once we entered the bamboo forest, the surroundings became darker due to the obstruction of the bamboo leaves. The only difference from night was that we could still barely see the road now.

"Ouch!" Nian Susu was suddenly tripped by a bamboo joint lying on the ground and fell forward.

Just when she thought she was going to fall flat on her face, she fell into a warm embrace and the scent of cedar filled her face, a smell that always makes people feel soothed.

Qin Junyu held her arms with both hands and supported her steadily, "Miss Nian, are you okay?"

Nian Susu paused for a moment and stood up straight, distanced himself from him, and stammered, "Not...not bad."

In the dim light, she couldn't see his expression. A shadow suddenly pressed over and he approached her.

Nian Susu was so nervous that she held her breath, but her fingertips touched a piece of soft cloth. The cloth was pushed towards her hand, but she didn't find the right position and touched the back of her hand.

He said, "Hold me, don't fall again."

Nian Susu said "Oh" softly and grabbed his sleeve with his backhand.

Qin Junyu walked in front and she followed behind, the two keeping a distance from each other that was neither far nor close.