The world's ambitions are unparalleled

Chapter 57
In Pudu Temple, Jinse lived for more than a month.It wasn't until the second month that Su Li finally found time to fulfill his promise to go up the mountain to see her.

Unexpectedly, after searching around the monastery, Jinse was not found.

When he found Master Huikong, Master Huikong just smiled and said: "Since the prince has entrusted him to the old monk, the old monk will naturally not let the prince entrust him with it."

"Oh?" Su Li didn't seem to believe it.

He vaguely knew how much Jinse cared about her sister, and it was that caring that made her so stubborn.How easy is it to let go?At the beginning when Jinse was sent to this mountain, it was only with vague expectations, but she didn't really expect her to let go of anything.

Master Huikong seemed to be able to see his skepticism, he saluted and said with a smile: "Usually at this time, the female benefactor usually spends time in the bamboo forest in the back mountain, the prince can go there to find it."

According to Su Li's words, he found the back mountain and looked around, but he still didn't see anyone.

The mountain was quiet, but after a while, there was a faint sound coming from the depths of the bamboo forest.

Su Li could hear clearly, and walked in that direction.

When he got closer, he finally saw a delicate figure.

It turned out that she was wearing a light green gauze skirt today, if she hadn't looked closely, she would have almost blended into the bamboo forest, so nothing could be discerned at all.

Su Li paused at a place not too far away, frowned slightly, only watching Jinse's movement over there, couldn't help but feel a little doubt in his heart.

She was actually holding a hoe in her hand and a basket on her back!
Su Li saw that she was carelessly digging something on the ground with a hoe skillfully. After digging it out, she threw away the hoe and put the things she got into the back basket one by one. It seems to have done it proficiently.

Su Li stepped forward silently, and when Jinse stood up, he suddenly flashed out from her side, hugged her sideways, and laughed softly: "What treasure did you get, show me?"

Jinse suddenly screamed, and when she saw that it was him, she blushed suddenly, stretched out her muddy hand, and wiped his face several times fiercely: "Su Li, you are going to scare me to death!" Yes or no?"

Su Li couldn't help but froze slightly.

It's not because Jinse smeared mud on his face, but because Jinse's appearance now is really different from what it was a month ago.

He looked at her rejuvenated cheeks and the sparkle in her eyes. For a moment, he seemed to see the girl when he first met him, but he couldn't come back to his senses.

How long has it been since I saw her like this?He thought back silently in his mind, and actually went back more than a year ago!
Jinse looked at him with a pair of clear eyes, saw that he was still in a daze, couldn't help feeling bad again, looked down at her hand which was still covered with mud, lifted it up, and gently wiped the mud on her finger Paint the tip of his nose.

Su Li suddenly came back to his senses, grabbed her hand, and his face sank slightly: "Song Jinse!"

Jinse hurriedly retracted her index finger and asked knowingly, "What?"

Su Li was really angry and funny, thought for a long time, but couldn't think of what to say.After finally seeing her freed from the pain of the past few days, why did he have to say anything?
So he looked at the things in her back basket, but it turned out to be bamboo shoots.

Su Li frowned slightly: "Who asked you to do these things?"

"I want to come by myself." Jinse smiled at him, "It's the season of spring now, the bamboo shoots are so tender, take them back to cook for Luhe, I can add an extra bowl of rice to every meal."

She stretched out an index finger, gesturing for the extra bowl of rice she had added, and at the end, she probably felt that her hand was covered with mud, which was really shameful, so she took it back awkwardly, and asked him: "Are you staying tonight?" Do you want to eat?"

Su Li looked at her, feeling that he still couldn't recover.

"Jinse." He called her, "Did you forget to ask me something?"

Jinse looked at him suspiciously, and after a while, she smiled slightly: "Are you talking about my sister's whereabouts? If so, you already told me early on, didn't you? What's more, now that I have figured it out, she Whether she is my sister is indeed still a question. If she is not, then I have wasted my efforts and manpower. If she is, although she does not remember me as a sister, after all, she is living happily now, and I don’t seem to You should be so determined to find her and let her face all the complicated things in the past."

Su Li was completely unaware that she would say these words, so he couldn't help being startled again.

Jinse looked at him again and said with a smile: "Master Huikong told me, 'All love will be impermanent and hard to come by for a long time. From love comes sorrow, from love comes fear, if you are away from the lover, there is no worry and no fear' .If I can achieve no desire and no love, there will be no worries and fears, that is, I will come and go naked without any worries!"

Su Li's complexion suddenly changed: "What do you mean you come and go naked?"

Seeing his downcast face, Jinse paused for a moment, and finally couldn't help laughing, broke free from his hand, turned around and ran down the mountain.

Su Li gritted his teeth resentfully, and stepped up to catch up.

The place where Jinse lives is an independent small courtyard in the temple, with a bedroom, a study, and even a small kitchen.

Su Li walked around the small courtyard, and when he entered the study, he saw that the desk was full of various scriptures, and there was an open handwritten copy in the small script he was familiar with.

When Jinse walked in with a cup of hot tea, he was flipping through the scriptures page by page.

"This is the Shurangama Sutra." Jinse said, "I have copied it eight times."

Su Li frowned, and then looked at the other scriptures on the table: "Have you copied all of these? Didn't you hate copying Buddhist scriptures the most?"

Jinse smiled: "I like it now, can't I?"

Su Li finally laughed: "Then after copying so much, what did you realize?"

Jinse pursed her lips slightly, and said: "There is no permanent banquet in the world. Even if you are as close as a father and son, or as close as a husband and wife, it is impossible to stay together forever, let alone other things? Everything is impermanent, and love is suffering from parting. Who is it? It's also unavoidable. Maybe my sister is like this to me."

This day's dinner was nothing more than a simple three dishes and one soup, but Jinse's appetite was much better than before. Although it was far from the level she used to like to eat, it was at least back to normal.

Su Li sat across from her, and the two of them shared the same taste and ate all the dishes on the table.

But he didn't want to eat dinner, he still didn't intend to leave, instead he dragged Jinse around the quiet place in the temple.

"Hasn't the court been very busy recently?" Jinse walked behind him, seeing his leisurely posture, couldn't help asking.

Su Li looked back at her, and suddenly reached out to hold her.Jinse smiled at him, without resisting, and stepped forward to walk side by side with him.

"Of course I'm busy." Su Li replied, "But Brother Huang returned to Beijing a few days ago, so I finally had time to go up the mountain to see you."

Jinse mentioned that Chaozhong just wanted to care about him, but when he heard him mention the emperor, she suddenly paused.

Su Li was keenly aware of it, and looked back at her: "What's wrong?"

Jinse looked up at him, paused for a moment, and said, "Recently, I often think of the time when I met that girl in Zhongli. At that time, he told me very firmly that the girl could not be my sister. I I didn't think it at the time, but now that I think about it, I always feel that he knows my sister."

"Your elder sister used to be the concubine of the imperial concubine, so the imperial brother naturally recognizes her." Su Li said indifferently.

"No, it's not this kind of acquaintance." Jinse shook her head, "It's another kind."

Su Li's expression froze slightly: "You mean—"

He had only said three words, and Jinse had already stretched out his hand to cover his mouth: "Don't say it. This kind of speculation is too absurd. I don't want to insult my sister."

Su Li slowly pulled her hand down and held it again, but he couldn't help but sighed in his heart.

Although she let go of some things, in the end, she still refused to let go of some obsessions.

"Actually, I just got a piece of news today." Su Li paused, and said, "The group of Jinli people you mentioned, the people I sent have already found them."

Jinse widened her eyes slightly, waiting for him to speak.

"There are indeed several young women inside, but none of them look like your sister, and there has never been a woman named Ling Luo." Su Li looked at her and said calmly.

Jinse looked at him for a long time, then suddenly laughed: "Do you suspect that everything is my imagination?"

"Of course not." Su Li frowned slightly, "Brother Huang has seen it before, could it be that the two of you had fantasies at the same time?"

Jinse lowered her head and chuckled.

"But this woman named Lingluo appeared inexplicably and then disappeared inexplicably, as if everything was calculated. I don't think her purpose of appearing is pure, but I also have doubts about the reason for her sudden disappearance."

Jinse listened quietly, then suddenly nodded and said, "When you say that, I suddenly feel that it is more likely that she is not my sister. So, I should really let go."

"Really let go?" Su Li squinted at her.

Jinse slightly tilted her head and chuckled, but didn't answer.There were a few green bamboos next to it, and there were a few thin bamboo branches in the lower part. She picked a bamboo leaf casually, wiped it, put it to her mouth and blew it hard, but there was only a harsh noise.

Su Li couldn't help frowning, but Jinse couldn't help laughing, and strode forward without him.

Her bright moon-like smile made him feel a little distracted. He chased after her in two or three steps, hugged her in his arms, lowered his head to meet her distinct eyes, and called her with a tight breath: "Jin Se."

"Huh?" Jinse's eyes were rippling and crystal clear.

"Come back to the palace with me." He gently stroked the back of her head, lowered his head, and murmured like a sigh, "Three years, three years is really too long, I can't wait..."

Her brows frowned slightly: "Su Li, do you know what it means to say what you say, like dyeing soap in vain? Most people know how to keep their promises. You are a majestic prince, and you want to go back on what you say?"

He looked at her for a long time, sighed, and turned his face away.

Perhaps the disappointment in his eyes was too obvious, Jinse couldn't help laughing again, paused, and suddenly said in a narrow voice: "If...you really can't wait, then just marry a few The concubine's concubine. Anyway, it's me who wants to be filial, not you."

Su Li suddenly flew into a rage, Jinse screamed and ran away first.

He only thought that Jinse was playing with him, but a morning meeting a few days later made him feel uncomfortable.

Before the morning court that day, before the emperor came, the ministers of the court gathered in the court hall, talking in twos and threes.

Suddenly, a person walked into the hall with his face covered and his head lowered. He didn't want to attract attention, but he still caught his eye.

"Master Zhang, what's the matter? Why do I look at your face, there seems to be bloodstains?"

When one person opened his mouth, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the hall. Even Su Li raised his head to take a look, and saw that even though the lord had covered his face, he still couldn't hide a long bloodstain on the left side of his face.Judging by the appearance of the bloodstain, it looks like someone scratched it with nails.

That adult face was full of embarrassment, but he hated that he couldn't avoid it, so he blushed and stood in his place, no matter how the people next to him asked him, he would not open his mouth.

Su Li withdrew his gaze, thinking about things quietly.

Suddenly there were whispers from two officials behind him. Although the voices were small, they still reached his ears——

"I heard that Mrs. Zhang took in a concubine a few days ago, which can be said to be favored in every way, but it aroused Mrs. Zhang's jealousy and fury. Maybe the scratch on the face is Mrs. Zhang's masterpiece."

Su Li frowned slightly.It's really not a good thing that such a family ugliness almost made a scene in the court.

"Is there any woman who is not good at jealousy? Let's talk about the few in my house, which one is not noisy all day long?" But another person said again, "There will always be some bitter and jealous things! Let's make trouble, You are annoyed, but if she stops making trouble one day, won't you be even more annoyed?"

Su Li suddenly turned his head and looked at the man with an extremely strange expression.

The man was stunned, hated that he should not have said these words in the court hall, and was heard by the cold-faced prince, and hurriedly lowered his head: "Prince, forgive me, I made a slip of the tongue for a while."

Su Li stared at him for a long time, then suddenly said: "Then if she doesn't make trouble, according to Mr. Li, what is the reason?"

Mr. Li was trembling, he didn't know why he asked this question, after thinking about it for a while, he felt that he could only answer truthfully: "According to my humble opinion, if a woman is not jealous or noisy, but graceful, there are only two reasons. First, She has done something shameful, and she feels ashamed; second, she doesn't care."

Hearing this, the person next to him saw that Su Li's face became even more gloomy for a moment, and couldn't help but gently poked the blind Master Li, signaling him not to say any more.

Master Li broke into a cold sweat suddenly, and when he was about to remedy it, Su Li turned his head away with a cold face.

In the afternoon of spring, in the small courtyard where Jinse lived in Pudu Temple, a crabapple that had grown for many years bloomed, and the branches were full of bright red.On the spur of the moment, Jinse asked Lu He to find a white silk fan, and sat under the tree to draw the fan carefully.

She hadn't had this kind of patience for a long time. Now that she lived in this monastery, her impetuous heart for several years finally seemed to calm down a little bit. Today, she picked up the paintbrush that had been put aside for many years.

After all, I haven't painted for many years, and I was not good at it in the past. After several fan paintings were broken, I finally got a more satisfactory one.

Jinse just put down her pen, dried it carefully, and was about to show it to Lu He, when she raised her eyes, she suddenly found that Su Li was standing at the gate of the courtyard, looking at her quietly!

Jinse was taken aback, and after a moment of surprise, she suddenly remembered the habit of women in the old dynasty who used to cover their faces with a round fan, so she used the round fan to cover most of her face, revealing only one eye of water and spirit, looking towards him With a smile: "Why did the prince drive here?"

That tree of safflower really made her look so good in the light yellow dress, Su Li's heart was moved for a moment, he strode forward, picked her up by the waist, pulled her into his arms, and then buried his face in her In the place of the neck, take a deep breath: "Come here to pursue the fairy."

Jinse suddenly blushed slightly, pushed him lightly, and stopped joking with him: "Are you free again today?"

"You have stayed on the mountain for a long time, today I will take you down the mountain for a walk." Su Li said.

Jinse was a little puzzled: "Hey, could it be that there is some excitement in Beijing today?"

"Which day in Beijing is not lively? Don't you like it the most?"

"Of course I like the fun." Jin Se said, "But why are you so kind all of a sudden, allowing me to go down and join in the fun?"

Su Li smiled and pinched her face: "You are right, it seems like I put you under house arrest."

Jinse snorted slightly, noncommittal.

Su Li coughed softly, and said: "If you don't leave, and you won't be able to come back at night, I will have to take you back to the palace."

Jinse glared at him suddenly, and after a while, turned around and ran back to the room to change clothes.

Su Li looked behind her and smiled faintly.

Xu Shi's life in the mountains is indeed peaceful and a bit like a paradise. When Jinse experienced the prosperity of Beijing again not long ago, he felt a sense of a world away.

Su Li guarded her and walked on the busiest street in central Beijing, re-feeling her once favorite eating, drinking and having fun all the way, it was rare for a person like him to shamelessly accompany her crazy.

After Jinse forcefully stuffed a candied haws with him to eat, she couldn't help but smile: "Is it delicious?"

Su Li frowned slightly, and after a long time, said coldly: "It's not delicious."

"Ah, then the one you ate may be broken, you can eat another one and try again!" After Jinse finished speaking, she gestured to stuff it into his mouth again.

How could Su Li still let her manipulate him, grabbed her hand, and stuffed the candied haws she wanted to give him into her mouth with his backhand.

Jinse was startled at first, then ate the hawthorn, and said to him regretfully: "This one is really delicious, it's a pity that you didn't eat it."

Seeing her intentionally shaking her head and sighing, Su Li couldn't help feeling a little itchy again, hating that this place was actually a street, and he didn't even want to be a little more intimate.

"Second sister?"

When Jinse was proud of herself, she suddenly heard a clear and surprised call from behind, the smile on her face froze for a moment, then recovered, and turned to look at the fourth younger brother who appeared behind her at some time: "Jin Tang , why are you here? Didn't you go to school today?"

"Second Sister!" Seeing that it was really her, Jin Tang suddenly threw himself into Jinse's arms, looking at her with red eyes, "Why didn't Second Sister go home?"

Jinse was startled, then smiled again: "How are Er Niang and your third brother?"

Jin Tang seemed unable to hear her words, and still persistently asked her: "Second Sister, why don't you go home?"

Jinse couldn't help frowning slightly, and glanced at Su Li who was standing beside her.

Seeing the appearance of the siblings, Su Li couldn't help frowning.Although the appearance of Jintang was really not what he wanted, but in this situation, it seems that there is no way out.He took Jinse's hand, and said lightly: "Since you have gone down the mountain today, why don't you go back and have a look."

Unexpectedly, Jinse shook her head, handed over the Jintang general to the rear servant, and said in a cold voice: "Take the fourth son back to the house! It's time for school, but he is hanging around outside , the second lady blames it, who of you can take this responsibility?"

Hearing the words, the two servants couldn't help but change their faces slightly, and hurriedly tightened Jintang who was still struggling: "Fourth young master, let's go home."

"Second sister! Second sister!"

Jintang called her loudly, but Jinse had already turned her head and looked at Su Li: "I'm hungry, where should I go for lunch?"

Su Li glanced at Jintang who was forcibly taken away, his heart seemed to be touched, he slowly held Jinse's hand, and smiled slightly: "You should be more familiar with this restaurant in Beijing than I am. "

"Yeah." Jinse's eyes sparkled slightly, "The crystal dumplings in Yunshanlou are delicious, and the eight-treasure cake in Huishanlou is also delicious. Unfortunately, one is in the east of the city and the other is in the west of the city. Get it and?"

Su Li paused, and finally couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "Then, I can only run errands for you today."

Jinse knew that he hadn't brought anyone out today, so she couldn't help laughing lowly when she heard this: "Well, I will trouble you, my lord."

After sending her to the Accord of the Yunshan Building in the east of the city, Su Li really went to the Huishan Building in the west of the city alone to buy eight treasure cakes for her.

Jinse lay on the window of the Accord and watched him leave, smiled for a moment, then the smile faded away, and looked in the direction where she met Jintang earlier.

Naturally, she couldn't see anything, but Jinse stared blankly for a long time, only thinking, Jintang, don't blame the second sister.

All kinds of food had been placed behind him, and Jinse was alone, unable to whet her appetite, so she still lay at the window, watching the bustling pedestrians below, while waiting for Su Li to come back.

(End of this chapter)