Dressed as a middle-aged mistress, I want to lie down every day

Mo Chenxi left Mother Wang in Beijing so that he could inform her if anything happened.

She brought her other two mothers with her and would be staying there for more than two years. It would be convenient for her to have her own people around her, otherwise it would be difficult for her to command the people in the palace to serve her.

When leaving the city gate, he heard someone say that Master Huiming from Ci'an Temple was giving a lecture today. Mo Chenxi had heard of Master Huiming. He was born in a commoner family and entered the palace at a very young age. He was a maid beside the Queen Mother at that time, that is, the Queen Mother Wang's grandmother-in-law.

Before the Empress Dowager died, the young palace maid was determined to pray for her and went to Ci'an Temple to become a nun.

Therefore, Ci'an Temple has always been protected by the royal family. Although it is a nunnery, no one dares to harass it.

Mo Chenxi suddenly wanted to go and listen, mainly because he wanted to worship the Buddha and donate some money.

She arrived quite late and was no longer allowed in. Just as she was about to turn back, she heard someone calling her. She turned around and saw it was Mrs. Qiu San.

"Madam Xiaojie, are you here to listen to the sutra as well?"

Mo Chenxi replied: "It's too late. I'll come again when I have the chance."

Mrs. Qiu San said, "Let's go in together. I come here often and have reserved a table today."

Mo Chenxi followed her in. There were a lot of people there. They sat at the back, all sitting cross-legged on cushions.

After a while, Master Huiming came. Mo Chenxi saw that she was thin, wearing a Dharma hat, and had a gentle complexion. It was hard to tell her age. He said she looked sixty, but probably around seventy.

The lecture lasted less than an hour and Mo Chenxi didn't understand a word. He saw that Mrs. Qiu San was very excited and her eyes were filled with tears.

After the speech, many old ladies wiped their tears, and Mrs. Qiu San also wiped her tears silently.

Master Huiming left, and everyone watched him go. Mrs. Qiu San said to Mo Chenxi, "Madam Xiaojie, I'm still thinking..."

When she said this, Master Huiming had just walked out not far from them, and suddenly stopped and turned around.

She walked over, clasped her hands together in front of Mo Chenxi, and bowed her head slightly, "Are you Madam Xiaojiexian?"

Mo Chenxi hurriedly followed suit and saluted, "Master, my maiden name is Mo."

Master Huiming bowed again and said, "I thank you on behalf of all the people in the world."

"I don't deserve it. I'm just doing my best, based on compassion, to do what I can."

She had never come into contact with Buddhist scriptures in her two lifetimes. In modern times, she would at most kowtow a few times in a temple. She really didn't know what to say. She only remembered seeing the term "compassion-based" somewhere.

Master Huiming clasped his hands together again and said, "Donor, you have wisdom..."

Before he could finish his words, a loud shouting sound was heard outside.

"Sister-in-law, are you here to pick me up? It's me, my second sister..."

Then there was no movement.

Master Huiming's expression remained unchanged as she apologized, "It is my fault for disturbing the donor. This temple will be closed for a year."

She bowed to everyone in the hall, took a few steps back, and then turned to leave.

Mo Chenxi recognized the voice of her sister-in-law He, and Mrs. Qiu San whispered, "Let's go quickly."

After they left, Mrs. Qiu San pulled her into the carriage and said, "That's great! Master Huiming hasn't lectured for a year. Why is your sister-in-law at Ci'an Temple?"

Mo Chenxi said: "Her in-laws sent her there. It was discussed with Uncle Shanluo. I don't know the details."

Mrs. Qiu San apologized, "I didn't know she was in there, otherwise I wouldn't have asked you to go in with me."

"It's not your fault. Even if you knew, would you still remember it? Not to mention you, I forgot it too."

Mrs. Qiu San smiled knowingly, "Let's not talk about her anymore. Where are you going? I'll take you there."

Mo Chenxi said: “No, I’m going to Zhuangzi, and it will be difficult for us to meet in the future.”

Mrs. Qiu San didn't say anything else. The two of them got off the carriage. She saw Madam Mo got on a carriage. It couldn't be from the He family. Even her Qiu family didn't dare to use that carriage.

In Ci'an Temple, He was kneeling in the Buddhist hall. She had just seen her sister-in-law. She shouted, hoping that her sister-in-law would rescue her.

She had had enough of being here. She didn't want to stay here anymore. She had to eat bland meals every day, chant sutras, wash her own clothes, and do everything by herself.

If she made a mistake, she would be punished by kneeling and chanting scriptures. In the first year, her knees were covered with calluses.

A woman who was also a nun with her hair untied came to bring her a bowl of porridge. The woman said, "Your sister-in-law is now a first-rank imperial concubine, filial and virtuous. Why can't you go out? Unlike me, my family is only a seventh-rank official. They can't control me. They can't help me."

He drank the porridge in one gulp, wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, and said angrily, "I'll make them suffer when I get out!"

It refers to the people in the temple.

The lady curled her lips and said, "You came in and now you want to go out?"

"Thank you so much for today. The temple has been closed for a year, so we have to do less work. I have to mop the floor several times after each lecture, and my waist hurts from exhaustion. Thank you so much."

The woman took the bowl and left. He knelt down and cried, but she didn't dare to cry out loud.

She regretted that if she had always flattered her eldest sister-in-law, now she would be the sister-in-law of a first-rank imperial lady. How could the Gao family dare to look down on her? Their children could all marry into good families.

After all, she is a mother, but she insists on controlling her daughter-in-law, causing her to be disliked by her elder sister-in-law.

Mo Chenxi arrived at Wangjiazhuangzi and started working as a nanny.

It cannot be said that she is a nanny. There are many people serving the little prince, including wet nurses, maids, palace maids, eunuchs, and more than a dozen people in the kitchen.

She had no specific responsibilities. The little prince played in the yard while she watched from the side. Sometimes she cooked for the children, and sometimes she cooked a few dishes for the maids herself.

However, it is difficult to make delicious dishes here, and there are no spicy dishes, because people who come out of the palace eat light food with very little seasoning. They never add onions or ginger, and they don't eat flavorful dishes.

She remembered reading in a novel that said that it was because of the bad taste in the mouth after eating that it was difficult to serve the master.

She had gotten used to it in the previous three months and couldn't help but get used to it.

She goes back to Beijing once a month, and she won't go back unless there is something else.

The little prince is completely healed, except for the bumps on his face. They are real bumps, not scars.

The child did not know what was beautiful and what was ugly, mainly because there was no mirror to look at himself in. The little prince became lively again and ran around in the yard every day.

The Queen Mother and the Emperor came once, but the little prince didn't remember his father and grandmother and didn't dare to go forward.

The emperor looked around and said, "Why is it darker than before?"

The Queen Mother said, "Before, she stayed indoors all day, and when she did, she was covered tightly. Now she's out in the sun every day, and she's going to get tanned."

The emperor said, "It's better to have dark spots. They won't be so obvious on your face."

Queen Mother Wang said to Mo Chenxi, "I think you should take your children here too. They should be with each other. I heard from my cousin's wife that your sister-in-law's family practices martial arts. Let your sister-in-law accompany you so that you can teach the children some boxing and kicking. This way, the children will be strong and won't get sick from any sudden illness."

The emperor nodded, "Mother, you are very considerate."

He then said to Mo Chenxi, "Guardian He's eldest son is about the same age as the little prince, so they can play together and become study companions in the future."

Mo Chenxi felt overwhelmed when he heard about the tutoring, but he couldn't refuse.

She knew that the Queen Mother was intentionally giving her grace and grace to the Mo family. The little prince would be returning to the palace in only a year, so what could her sister-in-law teach her?