Chu Wang Fei

by Ning er

Yun Qian Meng pulled up the curtain and ordered. Guard Liu nodded.

  “She is only a taifei. Her arrogance is so great. She let so many carriages of the officials to wait for one person. Even the empress dowager wouldn’t be like her!”

  At this time, old madam complained in a low voice. It’s only that this sentence has a heavier meaning to Yun Qian Meng. After all, the empress dowager is Yun Qian Meng’s biological aunt and also the in laws of old madam. Compared the childless Rong Xian taifei, the empress dowager who has real power in her hand is party worth to get acquainted with.

  After Yun Qian Meng listened to old madam, she only gave a polite smile without words. In her heart, she really dislike such actions of old madam.

  The time that everyone has to wait wasn’t long. Less than half an incense stick, sounds of the ban being lifted can be heard. Rong Xian taifei said that all the women have free access to Pu Guo An.

  After the order, every carriage from the fus went up the mountain according to their order. After two hours, they arrives at the entrance of Pu Guo An. According to Pu Guo An’s rules, carriages are not allowed to enter. So all the people in the carriages went down and walked to the temple. The quiet road is now bustling because of so many women.

  Looking around, its colorful here. The women’s clothes are bright with wealth. It’s a stark contrast with the simple and unadorned Pu Guo An. As long as you carefully observe, it’s not difficult to find familiar faces among these women. The daughter of the censor, Qin Yi An, the daughter of the Minister of Rites’ Chen Cong Yan and the head of Imperial Hanlin Academy’s granddaughter Guan Si Rou. They were standing not far away and nodded slightly at Yun Qian Meng. Then they followed the furens and old madams of their family and walked to the temple.

  Yun Qian Meng looked back and escorted old madam onto the blue stoned road. They followed the blue stones towards the grand front door of Pu Guo An.

  The closer to the top of the mountain, the smell of the incense is thicker. This Pu Guo An is really a temple that the imperial family has put great importance on. Not to mention that the commoners have longed for this temple, the first choice of many is also this Pu Guo An. And that Rong Xian taifei forged a bond with Pu Guo An’s Jiu Xuan shitai twenty years ago. The relationship between the two is really good. Rong Xuan taifei will personally visit this Pu Guo An every three months to pray and to hear Jiu Xuan shitai explain the Buddhist text.

  After walking for two hours, everyone arrived at Pu Guo An’s entrance. When looking up, it give a sense of being towered. Don’t know if it’s because, it’s at the top of the mountain or that the door is too tall. It let those women who came for the first time be stunned. Even old madam couldn’t help but be in daze.

  “Zumu, lets enter early to pray and burn an incense stick.”

  Yun Qian Meng gently reminded to not let old madam lose her composure in front of everyone.

  Old madam retrieved her gaze and nodded. Being escorted by Rui mama, she entered the temple. She is now shocked because of the thirty feet long and two feet large tripod. Old madam felt that she already lived for half a lifetime and visited numerous temples, but whose temple can be so large and grand as Pu Guo An?

  Looking once, increased old madam’s determination to marry Yun Yi Yi to Chu Fei Yang. After all, although commoners as nobles can come worship at this Pu Guo An, but normally the ones who came to pray the most are the nobles. And just now Rong Xian taifei blocked all carriages at the foot of the mountain. It’s visible how important status is.

  Yun Qian Meng saw that old madam is staring in daze at the large tripod an also saw that her eyes flashed a light of greed, she couldn’t help but sigh in her heart.

  iunh

  They say that here, it’s the ground of Buddha. The more you go up, the more peaceful the heart feel. But for people like old madam, even if you let her live holding the feet of Buddha, it will still not clear the greed in her heart.

  “Zumu, granddaughter will take walk around.”

  Seeing old madam like that, Yun Qian Meng opened her mouth.

  Old madam didn’t make this trip for Yun Qian Meng. She recovered her eyes from the large tripod. She commanded Mi mama and Mu Chun to look after Yun Qian Meng. Then she took Yun Yi Yi into the crowded divination hall to pray.

  Yun Yan followed old madam into the hall allowing Yun Qian Meng to have the freedom to move around.

  Seeing the packed hall, Yun Qian Meng felt boring. So she walked slowly to the backyard of Pu Guo An.

  The more you went inside, the smell of incense is lighter. It’s not as heavy to the nose as in the front yard. It’s more comfortable. This backyard is away from hustle and bustle of the front yard. It’s extraordinary quit as if you’re in isolation.

  The short time that Yun Qian Meng is in Xi Chu, every day she is fighting traps and calculation of others. Suddenly she came in such a quit place, her whole person feels as if it has been liberated. Her lips couldn’t help from forming a sincere smile. With a hint of happiness, she walked to the shuttle wing in the backyard. Every pattern of the wings in Pu Guo An is different. Even the plant inside are different species. Those rich plants shine their own lives at this place.

  Unconsciously, Yun Qian Meng and the two others actually stood in front of a small room. At first glance there’s the words ‘feel wonderful temple’ on the dark plaque. It’s not difficult to see that the letters came from a master of calligraphy. It makes this Pu Guo An even more unique.

  It’s just that inside there’s only an incense burning from the copper incense burner, but there’s no one praying inside. It made Yun Qian Meng wonder, but she didn’t step into the room. She only looked from the outside for a moment with Mi mama and Mu Chun. Then she continue her walk.

  After passing ‘feel wonderful temple’, a faint sound of water can be heard. Walking towards the sound of water, in the middle of the yard is a pavilion. Inside the pavilion there’s spring water. The spring water is inside a ditch and flowed out of a sink. The sink is an inch deep like. A tea cup is in the sink. It is rafting along the water. Everyone in the pavilion can take out the water. And at this time, one person is sitting inside the pavilion. This person has a head full of white hairs. He is wearing a white silk robe. For a moment it will let people think that this is an unreal image.

  Comments:

  Who does old madam think that she is that she can let Chu Fei Yang marry YYY. She must think Chu Fei Yang is someone weak. Everyone fighting for Chu Fei Yang, but only the one who doesn’t care will get his heart.

  1. 草民 (Cǎomín): What commoners call themselves in front of the nobles. It literary means the grass roots.

  2. 大嫂 (dàsǎo): wife of a big brother

  3. Rong Xian taifei: Rong is the surname, Xian (virtuous) is the title, taifei is the title of the concubines of the previous emperor. She is Rong Yun He’s aunt.

  4. 师太(shitai): the head of nuns.

  Chapter 66: Hurting in the Morning, Both Sides are Concerned | Chu Wang Fei

  That head full of prominent white hairs will not let people ignore it, even if they wanted to. If that person isn’t Rong Yun He, who else can he be? Yun Qian Meng saw that the Rong Xian taifei who came to Pu Guo An today is the biological aunt of Rong Yun He and Rong Yun He is well liked by Rong Xian taifei, she understood why Rong Yun He is here.

  While she was hesitating whether or not to walk into the pavilion, she saw that Rong Yun He has already discovered her. He stood up and stared at her.

  “Mama, Mu Chun come together with me to great Rong Yun He.”

  Although men and women can’t be alone together, but the other party has already seen her. If she turns and leave at this moment, it’ll seems that she has no manners. So Yun Qian Men ordered Mi mama and Mu Chun to let them go in the pavilion with her.

  Rong Yun He is standing next to the sink. The shadow above his head covered almost half of his face. At this moment people are unable to see his expression. He has an easy going attitude, but doesn’t seem to get
along with others. But it made Mi mama and Mu Chun no longer be afraid of Rong Yun He and his white hair.

  Yun Qian Meng walked into the pavilion. The pale yellow light cast a haze on her body forming a faint light. At this moment Yun Qian Meng looked like a fairy. So beautiful that it seems unreal. Only when Yun Qian Meng walked step by step in front of him, did Rong Yun He came back to his senses. A depth went into those pair of eyes. He seemed like he indifferent self again.

  “Greetings to Rong gongzi1.”

  She elegantly bowed to Rong Yun He and greeted him lightly.

  “En.”

  Seeing Yun Qian Meng being so graceful, Rong Yun He felt a bit shy. He nodded uncomfortably. His eyes are looking everywhere in chaos, making Mu Chun put her head down and laughed.

  “Not wanting to disturb Rong gonzi’s quietness. Qian Meng will retreat.”

  Yun Qian Meng saw that Rong Yun He is lost like a child at this time, her face showed a small smile. She intends to turn away after the bow.

  “That…..”

  Rong Yun He saw that Yun Qian Meng was about to leave, he rushed to speak. His foot also went a small step forward, but he is afraid to ruin Yun Qian Meng’s reputation, so he retrieved his step.

  Hearing him speak, Yun Qian Meng turned around. She maintained some certain distance and looked at him. She asked softly: “Does Rong gongzi has something to say to Qian Meng?”

  Seeing Yun Qian Meng turn around, Rong Yun He blushed suspiciously. The hands behind his back loosened and tightened, tightened and loosened. He stared at ‘feel wonderful temple’ behind Yun Qian Meng for quite a while before he asked with a low voice: “Is your wound better?”

  Yun Qian Meng saw him being so uncomfortable, she wanted to tease him a bit. She stepped a half step forward. Yun Rong He took a big step backwards like a frightened rabbit. He exhaled a deep breath.

  Yun Qian Meng saw him avoiding like this, she knows that this reclusive Rong Yun He was taught really well by Chen Lao Tai Jun. He is not like this other sons of nobles whom only have a mouth. In her heart her evaluation of Rong Yun He momentary went up. She no longer went forward and replied: “Thanking Rong gongzi for your concern. Just a minor injury. No need to be afraid.”

  Rong Yun He retrieved his gaze along Yun Qian Meng’s reply. He carefully glanced at Yun Qian Meng’s hand next to her waist. Only then he slightly eased down.

  Silence came into the pavilion. Yun Qian Meng saw that Rong Yun He didn’t have any more to say, she was about to open her mouth to leave, but his slightly nervous voice came into her ears: “You also like it here?”

  Mi mama saw Rong Yun He asking questions after questions and she is afraid that someone will pass by and see Yun Qian Meng harming Yun Qian Meng’s reputation. So she whispered a reminder: “Miss, I’m afraid that old madam will get anxious waiting.”

  After hearing that, Yun Qian Meng looked at Mi mama and then she faced Rong Yun He. She smiled: “Here, it’s far from the hustle and bustle from outside. It’s really a good place to be. Being here will make you forget all troubles. I think most people will like it here.”

  Ron Yun He hearing Yun Qian Meng answers like that, a small smile appeared in his eyes. He said: “People only think that if they pray, they will be blessed by Buddha, but how many people know that praying is not about how much, how deep you bow or how many incense money you donate? If you normally do all kinds of evil, even if you want to spend money to avoid calamities, Buddha will not look after you. Might as well put Buddha in your heart to remind yourself to do good things. The gods will certainly see it. I didn’t think that today I’ll have a chance to meet Miss Yun here. It really made me feel that I met a soulmate.”

  Hearing Yun Qian Meng’s speech just now, Rong Yun He actually talked for a moment. And at the end he classified Yun Qian Meng as ‘soulmate’. It let Mi mama who was behind Yun Qian Meng, get a whole body of cold sweats. Originally Miss and Rong Yun He were only greeting each other, but now they are discussing. She is afraid that the longer Miss stays the more insecure, it’ll be. Moreover, this Rong gongzi is always alone. It’s not beneficial for Miss. Xia mama put Miss in her hands, she naturally can’t let Miss get hurt.

  Xia mama is one of the personal maid of Qu Ruo Li. She witnessed how Qu Ruo Li died. She pretended to be mad and escaped death. Now Yun Qian Meng has found her but she can’t speak anymore. Yun Qian Meng is hiding her at a safe place while taking care that she can get treatment.

  Thinking like that, Mi mama opened her mouth again: “Miss, I fear that old madam is really anxious waiting now.”

  Rong Yun He saw that Yun Qian Meng’s mama reminded several times and he saw that in the pavilion there’s only him and Yun Qian Meng, it will affect Yun Qian Meng’s reputation. Although he never cared about how other people view him, but Yun Qian Meng somehow became different from others to him. He doesn’t want anything bad to happen to Yun Qian Meng. So he said: “Since old madam is here, then zaixia won’t hold onto Miss anymore.”

  Yun Qian Men gave him a light nod, turned and stepped out of the pavilion.

  At this time, in a room not far from the pavilion, there are two women. They saw everything that happened in the pavilion.

  “Never thought that that emotionless nephew of mine will have a time where he will be deflated. This is really a big surprise for me.”

  A woman pale complexion and wearing pale white imperial clothes gently opened her mouth. Her hair is in yunji hairstyle.

  yun

  In the hair there’s only a few simple jade lotus adornments. It neither offended her status or the gods. And that elegant face resembled Rong Yun He’s for about fifty percent. Only the worries on her body is a third more than Rong Yun He’s. Her brows made her seem like a person who doesn’t get angry, really noble. Presumably this is Chen Lao Tai Jun’s eldest legitimate daughter, the previous emperor of Xi Chu’s Rong Xian taifei.

  The woman who is listening to Rong Xian taifei’s lamenting is wearing a uniform. The thousand strands of hair on her head are tied in a high beam with a silk tie. That pair of hands is holding a light whisk. Listening to Rong Xian taifei, she gave a small smile. Then she said: “Presumably that lady must be the one taifei keep mentioning, the eldest daughter of xiangfu. Just from her face, it can be seen that she is a very lucky person. It’s just……”

  The person beside Rong Xian taifei only spoke half a sentence and stopped. The smile on Rong Xian taifei froze for a bit. Then she laughed: “Jiu Xuan, there’s already so many years of friendship between us. If you have something to say just say it. With me, you don’t need to be so cautious.

  The woman who just spoke, is Jiu Xuan shitai. At this moment she is actually accompanying Rong Xian taifei to read Yun Qian Meng’s facial features. She is a nun. She always only told half of the fortune while reading people’s facial features. But Rong Xian taifei called herself “I” (RX taifei needed to call herself bengong, by calling I it’s more intimate), so she made an exception and continued: “This Miss Yun, is indeed someone with profound good fortune. It’s just that people with good fortunes will have to experience unbearable difficulties that no ordinary people will be able to bear. Presumably this is the test that God has given her.”

  Rong Xian taifei listened to Jiu Xuan shitai. Those delicate brows frowned. The laugh on her mouth seemed a little stiff. Her eyes stared without a word at Rong Yun He who is watching Yun Qian Meng leave.

  Jiu Xuan shitai saw her preoccupied look. Nuns shouldn’t mess with the earthly bustle, but this time the one in front of her, is a friend of many years. After all, they suffered many hardships together. She sighed and asked: “Does Lao Tai Jun has something on her mind?”

  Hearing that, Rong Xuan taifei gave a small smile. She hid the concern in her eyes and said: “It’s just a joke from mother.”

  Jiu Xuan shitai saw that she didn’t want to talk anymore about it, she also didn’t ask more. They turned and walked slowly to ‘feel wonderful temple’.

  “So Miss Yun is here,
ah?! Really let us look for quite a while.”

  The moment Yun Qian Meng stepped of ‘feel wonderful temple’, she heard a crisp voice.

  When she turned, she saw Qin Yi An, Chen Cong Yan and Guan Si Rou walking towards her. Yun Qian Meng bowed slightly to the three and smiled: “Are three ladies looking for Qian Meng?”

  The three saw Yun Qian Meng bow, they also bowed. After Qin Yi An straightened her back, she said: “That’s right, ah. The elders are praying in the divination hall. We sneaked out. Originally, we wanted to go to this Pu Guo An’s backyard with you, but we looked in the hall and didn’t even see your shadow. So we guessed that you must’ve already come here.”

  Yun Qian Meng saw that Qin Yi An is being so polite, so she also said: “Today, I only have come to accompany zumu. She is sincerely praying. I didn’t want to be a bother, so I walked out.”

  While talking, she looked behind them. She asked puzzled: “How come I don’t see Miss Han.”

  Last time on Lai Tai Jun’s birthday the Minister of Personnel’s Miss Han and these three ladies are close friends. But today she didn’t see her. It made Yun Qian Meng felt uneasy. Can it that Miss Han……?

  Traces of regret came into the three’s eyes. With a hint of sadness Chen Cong Yan said: “Originally Miss Han would come together with us. Who would have thought that today a decree came? It said that Han jiejie has been chosen as xiu nu. She can only stay in the minister of personnel’s fu till the day she enter the palace. I’m afraid that we can’t see her again.”

  Thinking about their childhood friend is about to enter that palace who eats people, the three looked sad. But the emperor’s decree is bigger than the day, who would dare to oppose it?

  Hearing that, Yun Qian Meng’s heart sank. It’s really like how she heard it this morning. She couldn’t help but lament this community with no human rights.

  It’s just what difference is there between the palace and the houses of the nobles? Men’s home always has three wives and four concubines. The more concubines there are, it will certainly lead to more fighting. The dirty things in the small yuans won’t be less than those in the big yuans. That palace is just a larger residence and the enemies that each person has to face is just a little more. Although Miss Han now needs to face many consorts, but all of this unmarried ladies, which one will not come into this tragic situation?