Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

When it was almost time for dinner, Concubine Yun finally came to the Buddhist temple, with Miao'er behind her carrying a large food box. After Concubine Yun entered the Buddhist temple, she motioned for her to put the food box on the table.

Miao'er naturally knew what Concubine Yun meant. After putting the food box away, she went straight out of the door, closed it, and stood guard at the door.

The virtuous concubine, who was originally kneeling on a cushion and chanting scriptures, did not turn back after hearing the noise. She just stopped what she was doing and looked up at the Buddha in front of her.

"elder sister."

Concubine Yun called out softly, but Concubine Xian simply closed her eyes and recited scriptures.

"Are you mad at me?"

Concubine Yun slowly walked towards Concubine Xian, but Concubine Xian didn't respond to her. Concubine Yun wanted to reach out and hold her arm to help her up, but Concubine Xian dodged her again.

The expression on Concubine Yun's face froze, and then she used her internal strength to raise her palm. With the swing of her sleeves, a stream of air hit Concubine Xian, knocking her to the ground.

"puff--"

Xianfei spat out a mouthful of blood, which showed how much force Yun Guifei had used. But at this moment, Xianfei suddenly laughed and wiped the blood from her lips with her sleeve without caring.

"See, this is the real you."

Concubine Yun was somewhat irritated by her, so she rushed forward again and grabbed Concubine Xian by the collar.

"I spoke to you in a nice and gentle way but you ignored me. You have to be beaten before you speak, right?"

"Sound good? But I don't want to play a role with you."

Concubine Yun clenched her back teeth tightly.

"Don't think that just because you helped me, I won't dare to kill you!"

"Of course I know that Concubine Yun dares to do this. After all, you can abandon your own son twice."

"you..."

"Back then, I accidentally learned about what Emperor Mingren did to you, so I took advantage of your delivery and disguised myself as a midwife to help you escape temporarily. I never thought that you would secretly kill so many people, even sacrificing your own son."

"Sacrifice? If it weren't for me, how could he be here? How can he be qualified to talk to me about sacrifice? It's true that you did help me back then, but I have been protecting you for so many years, and the Queen has never bothered you again. What are you dissatisfied with?"

The virtuous concubine shook her head.

"Fortunately, His Royal Highness Prince Yun does not follow you."

When Concubine Yun heard this, she also laughed at her.

"Fortunately, King Qing doesn't follow you either!"

"What do you mean?"

"What do you mean? You don't know yet. Xiao Zuoqing has been doing his job well for so many years, not because he is as calm as you and doesn't want to pursue fame and fortune. It's because Emperor Mingren promised him that the throne would be his in the future, so he acted calm and indifferent to the outside world, and his purpose was to let the queen lower her guard. But there is a problem with all this, which is the emperor's attitude towards you and your attitude towards the emperor. In order to prevent the queen from suspecting anything, the father and son teamed up to deceive you together."

"What did you say? This is impossible! My son is the most filial son, how could he do such a thing? You must have slandered him!"

When mentioning Xiao Zuoqing, Concubine Xian became quite excited.

"Heh~ Why would I lie to you? For them, status is the most important thing. Your identity will bring obstacles to them in the future. It would be better to use you to pave the way for the eldest prince."

The virtuous concubine suddenly sat down on the ground as if relieved, her eyes full of emptiness.

"How could this be...It can't be like this! You must be lying to me!"

Concubine Xian didn't believe what Concubine Yun said was true.

She could accept Emperor Mingren abandoning her, could accept other women taking her place, could accept being with the ancient Buddha in this temple. She could also accept that her son was not favored by her husband, could accept that he was ordinary. But she could not accept that her son deceived her, especially deceived her with that man!

Perhaps, it was because she simply could not accept all of this, and her previous state was indeed the most stable state.

Concubine Yun leaned forward and whispered something into Concubine Xian's ear. Concubine Xian's expression was obviously stunned for a moment, and she suddenly became quiet, pursing her lips and thinking about something.

"Only then will you know the answer."

After hearing what Concubine Yun said, Concubine Xian finally nodded in agreement. Seeing that she finally agreed, Concubine Yun couldn't help but smile. She raised her jade hand, and Miao'er stepped forward to support it, and then helped Concubine Yun leave the temple.

The virtuous concubine was left alone to calm herself down. Then she stood up, tidied up the messy cushions on the floor and the scraped pastries, fruits and vegetables on the table, and began to worship Buddha with concentration again.

That night, Concubine Yun went to the Queen's bedroom again.

Since Concubine Yun became regent, the Queen has been under house arrest in her own palace.

The queen, who was originally leaning lazily on the cushion, immediately showed a curious expression when she saw Concubine Yun coming.

"Oh, Concubine Yun actually has the time to come to my place."

Concubine Yun walked over slowly. She didn't find anything strange about the queen's attitude, but she looked a little confused when she saw the skin exposed outside her shawl.

"You have a lot of free time, spending the whole day in this small space reciting poems and painting."

"Hey! You are wrong. I am busy with adoptions every day and don't have time for those fancy things."

The Queen did not approve of Concubine Yun's behavior. Concubine Yun shook her head helplessly and sat next to her.

"I didn't send anyone to guard Fengqi Palace, why did you secretly send someone to send a letter to Miaojiang?"

"Since you wanted me to contact Miaojiang, why did you kill everyone sent by Miaojiang?"

The two looked at each other, and for a moment neither of them gave in. After a long time, Concubine Yun looked away and shook her head helplessly.

"So you already know what I'm thinking."

"It's just a guess, not sure, and I don't understand."

The queen leaned against the cushion beside her and looked up at Concubine Yun. Concubine Yun raised a finger to lift her chin, with a look in her eyes that the queen could not understand.

"Bai Yu, Bai Qingning, please tell me your identity~"

"what?"

The queen was stunned for a moment, looking confused, but her eyes did not move away, still staring at Concubine Yun.

"Tell me when you changed your identity and what your purpose was. If you don't tell me, I will tell you for you."

Bai Qingning was a little bit unbelievable. Even Emperor Mingren didn't discover her identity, so why would Concubine Yun discover it?

"How do you know?"

"I'm not a fool like Emperor Mingren. I've noticed something's wrong with you a long time ago. And I know what you want, and only I can give you what you want. So instead of joining forces with Emperor Mingren, it's better for you to join forces with me."

The Queen just looked at Concubine Yun quietly for a long time before she spoke.

"But I treated you before..."

"I'm not such a stingy person. Besides, Emperor Mingren can't stop the people from Miaojiang at all. Only I can help you solve it."

The queen clenched the corner of the shawl in her hand, and finally nodded firmly.

"Then it's settled. From now on, come to the South Study to find me at noon every day."