Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 117
In the early morning of the next day, news of Huixuan's suicide spread throughout Baotan Temple.The wives were naturally afraid, thinking that Baotan Temple was really not an auspicious place.Empress Dowager Pei was silent for a long time when she knew about it, and ordered the inner guards to collect the body and bury it on the top of Miaotuo Mountain, after all, it still gave Huixuan the dignity behind him.

Because of Huixuan's incident, the arrangement for Empress Dowager Pei to return to the palace was moved from early morning to after noon.After Huo Qi followed Wang's greeting to the Queen Mother Pei in the morning, he separated from Wang and prepared to go back to his meditation room to pack up.

Just as she was about to turn into the North Garden of Baotan Temple, a black figure suddenly appeared from behind the ancient Bodhi tree next to her.Huo Qi couldn't help but look stern, and when he took a closer look, he saw an old man with white hair dressed as a butler.

Seeing the warm and kind smile on the old man's face, it didn't look like he was looking for trouble, so she softened her expression and smiled back: "Why did the old man block my way?"

"Miss Huo, my master wants to meet you. I couldn't find the right time yesterday. Now that the Empress Dowager Luanjia is about to return to the palace, I wonder if it is convenient for you to go and talk with her now?" the white-haired old man hunched over and said.

Huo Qi narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and then smiled sweetly: "Old man, are you from my aunt?"

Fu Lian raised his head suddenly, secretly startled by the exquisiteness of the girl in front of him: "How does the girl know?"

"It's just a random guess. I will go with you, but I can't let outsiders know." Huo Qi laughed.

For the past two days, Queli had been hiding among Huo Xian's soldiers.After all, if a guard follows a young lady every step of the way, he will always attract criticism.But now Baotan Temple has long become a dragon's den, and Huixuan's suicide last night may have further angered the second prince. Even if there are internal guards on duty and there is no Queli to follow closely, Huo Qi still feels uneasy.If something happens to her, it can only be said that her skills are inferior to others.But if Huo Yunrou was involved, she would not want to.

"It's natural. The master has already ordered this. I have explored the way beforehand." Fu Lian said with a smile.

Huo Qilue nodded, and immediately followed Fu Lian to a quiet room. As Fu Lian said, he didn't meet a single person along the way.

When he reached the door of the quiet room, Fu Lian stopped coming forward, but waved his hands with a smile: "Girl, my master is inside, you go in, the old man will stay here."

Huo Qi nodded slightly, took a deep breath and opened the door to enter the room. In an instant, a middle-aged woman in dark gray brocade gown came into view.There is no extra jewelry on the whole body of the woman, and only a wooden hairpin is used to coil her black hair.Looking at it from afar, one could feel that she was shrouded in gray mist, making it hard to see her clearly.

This person was none other than Huo Yunrou, the cousin who had been dead for many years in Huo Qi's memory.

Huo Yunrou was meditating on the Zen bench with her eyes closed. When she heard someone coming in, she opened her eyes. Her eyes looked at Huo Qi like a deep well for a moment, and then she said softly: "You're here."

The woman as bright as a rose in his memory had turned into a lifeless withered grass. Huo Qi was filled with emotion. He suppressed the shock in his heart and said in pain, "Aunt?"

Huo Yunrou got up from the Zen bench, and curled the corners of her lips: "It's hard for you to remember to call me aunt, now I'm a big girl."

There had been too much time between Huo Qi and Huo Yunrou, but when they suddenly met, they seemed to be looking at each other from afar on the road to hell.Thousands of words came to his mouth, and Huo Qi's lips curled up slightly: "How have you been doing these past few years?"

Compared to Huo Qi, Huo Yunrou's expression was much colder.She did not procrastinate too much, nor did she show the grief of a long-lost reunion, but said firmly: "You have lived for decades, and whether you live well or not is just a matter of closing and opening your eyes. I invite you to come here today, not In order to reminisce about the past, there is something I want to tell you."

Huo Qi was shocked and confused, but the memory of her childhood in her previous life still made her unconditionally believe in this seemingly unpredictable woman who had gone through many vicissitudes of life.She said: "Auntie can tell me."

"You must have known for a long time that what happened yesterday was planned by the second prince, and Huang Zhongting assisted him, right?" Huo Yunju said.

"Yes." Huo Qi agreed. Although Huo Yunrou didn't say it clearly, it was tacit to her.

Huo Qi didn't know how Huo Yunrou knew this, but her first reaction was that Huo Yunrou came to intercede for Huang Zhongting.But she quickly dismissed the idea.How could a clear and pure woman like Huo Yunrou really admire Huang Zhongting's idiot and treat her like a guest for so many years?Even to intercede with her niece who has not been in touch with her for many years?

Huo Yunrou laughed mockingly: "Huang Zhongting has been trying to connect with the second prince all these years, but unfortunately he has not been able to do so. This time the second prince asked him to do something, and he posted it like a bug, but he didn't know that the second prince was wrong. People still want their lives when they do things.”

Huo Qi was startled.In fact, she had been thinking that if Shen Yuxing wanted to transfer the jade statue, he could do it on the way Chen Dongrong was transporting it, but he chose Huang Zhongting, whom he was not familiar with, and insisted on transferring it in the Shaofu.Isn't Shen Yuxing worried about Huang Zhongting's loyalty to him?

Her answer after thinking was that Shen Yuxing might have considered the aunt-nephew relationship between Huo Xian and Huang Zhongting in order to better establish Huo Xian's guilt when the incident occurred.It can be heard that the meaning of Huo Yunrou's words is that besides the fifth prince, Shen Yuning and her eldest brother, does Shen Yuxing want to use this incident to kill Huang Zhongting?But there has never been any grudge between the Huang family and the second prince, so why would Shen Yuxing do this?
While his thoughts were ups and downs, Huo Qi asked puzzledly: "Since aunt already knew it, why didn't she stop Huang Zhongting?"

"Why should I stop it? I wish they all died."

Huo Qi's heart sank.them?Who else besides Huang Zhongting?

Huo Yunrou sneered, with undisguised madness and hatred on her face. After a moment, she straightened her expression and continued: "I want to tell you today specifically about all the news exchanges between Huang Zhongting and the Second Highness. Xue Chang, the head of the Ministry of Rites, was the one who provided the bridge. And this Xue Chang was the chess piece buried by His Highness in the Ministry of Rites, and he was also the distant brother of Concubine Shun. If you are a smart person, you don’t need me to tell you how to do it. Now that you have provoked the Second Highness, if you don't get rid of the root cause, I'm afraid your life will not be saved."

Huo Qi's eyebrows were covered with a layer of coldness, but he didn't feel much fear in his heart.What interested her even more was the Xue Chang in Huo Yunrou's mouth.

The reason why Shen Yuxing was able to cooperate with He Qi must be to facilitate the business of Wohaizhuang, and the two shared the spoils together after collecting money.For so many years, such a large amount of bad debts in Baotan Temple has not attracted the attention of Emperor Xiaowen, so it is natural that people from the Ministry of Rituals have tampered with it.If her guess is correct, this Xue Chang is Shen Yuxing's thug.It would be much easier to find this person and pull the second prince off his horse.

"Why did aunt tell me this?" Huo Qi gave Huo Yunrou a meaningful look.

"Because I bought your life back, and you are a smart enough girl, you will definitely help me realize my long-cherished wish." Huo Yunrou sneered.

(End of this chapter)