latelenovela Chapter 383 Sacrificing One of You
Chapter 383 Sacrificing One of You
Master Juehui was panting heavily.
My chest hurts, and my head hurts too.
He was angered by Lu Qingyao and her daughter.
Xing'er couldn't bear to watch any longer and stepped forward to soothe her master. "Master, don't be angry. You don't have to worry anymore. During the half day you were unconscious, Madam Lu has already taken care of everything."
"Solve what?" Abbess Juehui became even more agitated, gripping Xing'er's hand tightly. "How was it resolved? What about your senior and junior sisters?"
"Master, don't worry, they are all fine."
"How to solve it?"
Xing'er glanced back at Lu Qingyao before speaking, "It was Madam Lu who reported to the authorities; the soldiers have come..."
"Who did they arrest? Who took the blame for this nun?" Xing'er was interrupted by her master before she could finish speaking.
Lu Qingyao and her daughter left.
Xing'er got up and served her master a cup of tea before speaking to comfort him: "Master, the soldiers didn't arrest anyone, and no one took the blame. It was Lady Lu who reported it to the authorities. Have you forgotten? Last night, Jingchen colluded with the villains to knock you and your senior sisters unconscious and escape. She defied the imperial decree, and the soldiers are currently searching the whole city for her."
The nun standing nearby quickly nodded in agreement, "Master, she knocked me unconscious."
"Yes, yes, me too, I just woke up."
Master Juehui looked bewildered, wondering if she was dreaming, and pinched her hand.
It hurts.
She suspected she was getting senile.
He rubbed his eyes and looked at Xing'er's face. "What nonsense are you talking about? Aren't you Jingchen?"
Xing'er got up and massaged Abbess Juehui's shoulders, not daring to look at her master, feeling somewhat guilty.
I'll explain it to her slowly later.
She continued, "Master, have you forgotten? I am Jingyun, and you gave me that name. Jingchen is the Dharma name of Miss Zijing. She ran away last night."
The nun standing nearby chimed in, "That's right, she is Jingyun."
Master Juehui was stunned.
She quickly got up and went outside, circling around the nunnery.
For a moment, she really felt like she was getting senile.
But when he returned to the Buddhist hall, he looked at the spot where he had sat with Lu Qingyao the day before.
Then she thought of what Lu Qingyao had said to her.
Master Juehui immediately regained consciousness.
She turned the prayer beads, recalling everything that had happened, her mind filled with the words her disciples had just spoken.
Jingchen knocked her unconscious last night and escaped. He reported it to the authorities early this morning.
It doesn't count as concealing or failing to report.
Therefore, the crime of protecting Jingchen and deceiving the emperor would not exist, and no one would be implicated.
At most, it's a matter of inadequate supervision, but what does the duty of the yamen runners to supervise prisoners have to do with a group of nuns?
She looked up at her disciples in the room and asked, "Jingchen, also known as Third Miss Jiang, did you really run away last night?"
"Yes, Master, I saw him. He was dressed in all black and his face was covered."
Several young nuns chattered excitedly as they told their master what they had seen.
“I saw it too. That person can even scale walls and rooftops.”
“I saw it too. That guy even knocked out the senior sisters.”
“I saw them too, not just one person, but several people…”
……
The little nun chattered away like a sparrow.
Surprisingly, Abbess Juehui didn't complain about the noise this time.
The huge weight that had been hanging over my heart has been lifted.
She felt relieved at that moment and asked the disciple beside her, "What else did the officials say? Did anyone else get involved?"
"No, everything is fine. The Jiang family is fine, my parents and brother are fine, and the sisters at the Sansheng Nunnery are fine too." Xing'er excitedly took her master's arm.
She no longer needs to impersonate Jiang Zijin.
She could also leave that courtyard and live and eat with her sisters.
Madam Lu had promised her that she would keep her parents and younger brother safe.
I also asked her if she wanted to leave the Sansheng Temple.
She didn't want to; everything was fine here.
It's better than staying at the Jiang family's house.
However, the fifth sister secretly told her that sooner or later her two older brothers would be in charge of the Jiang family, and that her parents and brothers would be released to reunite with her.
Xing'er thought about it and realized it made sense.
Lord Jiang will grow old and die sooner or later, but I haven't seen him remarry.
If the family business isn't left to the two sons, who else can it be left to?
Master Juehui recalled that she had just walked around the nunnery but had not seen the mother and daughter. She never expected that the matter that had kept her up at night would be resolved so easily by them.
It's a good thing I misunderstood that Madam Lu yesterday.
We should apologize to her and thank her.
Abbess Juehui was overwhelmed with emotion. She helped her disciple to her feet and was about to leave when she said, "Jing... Yun, where is Madam Lu? Take this humble nun to see her."
Xing'er quickly came over to help her master up. "They've left, they've been gone for a while. Madam Lu just sent over a hundred taels of incense money. She also told Master not to worry about it, she did it for the children."
After she finished speaking, she remembered something else.
“Master, I remember that Madam Lu’s family has two sons. The elder son is fighting on the frontier, and the younger son seems to be taking the imperial examination today. Shall we recite scriptures to pray for their blessings?”
"Alright... Today we will close the temple gates and chant sutras to pray for blessings."
on the way home.
Aunt Xiuxiu slept leaning against her mother the whole way.
They took all of Miaomiao's spots.
"Mom, what did Auntie do last night?" Miao Miao asked, knowing that her aunt definitely hadn't slept a wink last night.
"He went to steal."
Jiang Miaomiao: ……
really!
No wonder the man in black who knocked out the nuns last night looked familiar.
The more I look at them, the more they resemble Aunt Xiuxiu and Liuyun.
Sure enough it was them.
This is a brilliant move; as long as everyone insists that Jiang Zijin escaped.
No matter how much she talks, no one will believe her.
She sacrificed herself to save everyone.
I reckon the constables are already searching for her all over the world, and her wanted posters are everywhere.
The portraits were specially commissioned by the officials on my mother's advice; both portraits of him with long hair and short hair were made.
Because her hair would definitely grow long while she was on the run.
Lu Qingyao was still worried and instructed Xi'er, "Go back and tell the officials that Jiang Zijin might sneak back to the Jiang family or go to the Sansheng Temple."
In fact, Lu Qingyao didn't think Jiang Zijin would go to those two places.
She was afraid that Jiang Zijin would retaliate if she found out that Xing'er and the nun had betrayed her.
This girl is truly extraordinary.
From the moment she bribed Abbess Juehui to escape from the Sansheng Nunnery, Lu Qingyao never treated her like a little girl again.
This girl is far more mature than her age.
It's like there's another soul hidden inside the body.
Xi'er nodded in agreement.
Lu Qingyao thought for a moment and then instructed, "Go find Aunt Tao to buy Xing'er's family. Also, tell her that Jiang Zijin disobeyed the imperial decree and ran away. Make sure she doesn't harbor criminals."
Tao Tao is now in charge of managing the Jiang family's back residence.
After the contract was signed, no matter how powerful Jiang Zijin was, she couldn't do anything to Xing'er's parents.
"Mom, you're amazing!" Miao Miao gave a thumbs up.
My mother had helped Aunt Tao before, as long as her mother and younger brother were still in Taoxi Village.
She won't refuse to help with this small favor.
Mother is absolutely brilliant.
Jiang Zijin felt stifled inside and wanted to go for a walk.
She also has several properties in the capital that her maternal grandmother secretly left behind, and she wants to go and see them.
I also want to go and pay respects to my mother and maternal grandmother.
She had intended to take her maternal grandmother with her when she fled, but when she sent someone to inquire at the village, she learned that her maternal grandmother had died of illness before her mother.
Father is so cruel.
Once it was no longer useful, it was discarded like worn-out shoes; not even a doctor would be hired for my maternal grandmother.
At that moment, she understood why her mother hated her father so much, even at the cost of her own life, she would kill him.
Even if her father had a thousand faults, he was still her biological father.
She didn't want to be like Consort Zhen, casually claiming kinship. No matter how much a foot-washing maid claimed kinship or how much favor she received, she didn't want to be like that.
They are still just as lowly.
It was impossible for her to become empress.
Just like her current identity as a dancer.
But this is only temporary.
Prince Chen promised her that the first step she would take upon ascending the throne would be to promote her father to Minister of Rites.
She will enter the palace as the daughter of a high-ranking official.
……