At this time in the spring, the sky outside is bright, but the Buddhist hall is a little dark, and Shen Nanzhi's small body is extremely pious.

She followed her mother's example of worshipping the Buddha at the beginning, respectfully knelt in front of Guanyin Bodhisattva, folded her hands, and prayed sincerely for the safety and well-being of her mother and brother.

She remembered that when Shi's illness was at its worst, her face was as pale as a dead man, she coughed all day long, and her painful wheezing voice could be heard in the middle of the night. I thought of my tall and handsome father on my neck, and the father and daughter laughed and laughed with Shi. I haven't forgotten my father's old face and his thin arms after a serious illness.

Hot tears poured out in large pieces, Shen Nanzhi choked silently, tears dripped down the slightly thin little face on the light cyan futon, some disappeared, some rolled to the ground, mixed with the dust, the evening light through the lotus-colored screen window into the Buddha hall, the brilliance was clear, soft and bright.

Shen Nanzhi's thin body lay on the futon, her heart was unprecedentedly quiet and peaceful, she rose from the heart of her heart, the far light is the sound of the Bodhisattva's compassion, illuminating the five aggregates are empty, to overcome all suffering, may there be no illness, no fear, no obstacles......

Suddenly, he remembered the crisp sound of the wooden fish in his ears, accompanied by the chanting sound as beautiful as a tune, Shen Nanzhi was stunned, his body straightened up, and he saw a young novice kneeling on the futon next to him, and Shen Nanzhi recognized it at once-it was the little master who went to the Chunxi Palace to preside over the consecration of the Buddha statue and taught with Master Huikong in the past few days.

As if sensing the movements of the people around him, the fifteen or sixteen-year-old Xiao Shami opened his eyes and smiled lightly: "Seeing that the four girls were concentrating on worshiping the Buddha, Xiao Wei took it upon himself to come with the four girls!" ”

After being stunned for a while, Shen Nanzhi came back to his senses and smiled lightly at him, "Thank you, little master!" ”

Xiao Shami tilted his head and closed his eyes, and he had already folded his hands and sat upright, "Xiao Shami's name is Pure Heart, and he is a closed disciple of Master Huikong. In the past few days, he has presided over the Buddha worship with Master Huikong in the Xuanqing Palace, and he has long been quite impressed by Miss Shen Si. But I didn't know that the four girls were as quiet and elegant as orchids in the world, and there were such sad times. ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed to his cheek, indicating that Shen Nanzhi still had two lines of tears on his face.

Shen Nanzhi hurriedly wiped away his tears and smiled bitterly: "Let the little master see you laugh, I'll ...... It was the mother who remembered the family. My mother suffered a hemorrhagic collapse when she gave birth to me, and she has been sick ever since. To put it bluntly, although my mother worshiped Buddha in her early years, she rarely thought about it so often...... I'm just afraid of her......"

"I know this law. Ponder again. There is a reason for life. How can there be this life method? To do it is to think of oneself. Observe from the climbing. Truth observation is true knowledge. There is a cause. Repeat the method of rebirth from the cause. Jingxin closed her eyes and muttered lowly, and only after she finished speaking did she raise her eyes lightly and look at Shen Nanzhi with a chuckle, "Fourth Miss Shen doesn't have to worry like this, everything has its own fate, Mrs. Shen has a good heart all her life, and she must believe that kindness must be rewarded." ”

Because of Xu's innate Pure Heart with a reassuring Zen feeling, Shen Nanzhi really felt a lot more relieved in his heart, and his mind finally calmed down, and before Shen Nanzhi had time to speak, Pure Heart said again: "Fourth girl, if you don't dislike your sandalwood hand, give it to Xiao Wei, Xiao Wei will bring it to the master, and after the master personally opens the light, it must be able to protect Mrs. Shen's safety." ”

Shen Nanzhi was overjoyed, and his round eyes widened excitedly: "Really, really? Then there is Master Lao! ”

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Shen Nanzhi didn't know that these days, Shen Jiading didn't think about tea and dinner. Although other girls are already very tired from worshipping Buddha every day, Wang Qianqian always has extra enthusiasm and runs to the Xianfu Palace where Shen Jiading lives.

It's a pity that Concubine An has to handle blessing matters and can't support Wang Qianqian all the time, so Wang Qianqian, an arrogant girl, has hit a wall at the gate of Xianfu Palace more than once. It's a shame that all the people living there are men, and not many housekeepers and women who get along with them know. But there is no impermeable wall in the world, and on the fifteenth day of entering the palace in the northern suburbs, some gossip about Wang Qianqian finally came out of the crowd.

The officials and women who enter the palace to pray for blessings can rest for a day every few days, and at noon on this day, everyone eats together, and there are a few official women who have heard of God, and they can't help but think carefully, and they are very unhappy to see Wang Qianqian on weekdays, and now they can be regarded as catching some tricks, so they can't help but whisper: "Hi, have you heard?" The eldest lady of Wang Ge's hometown is very busy these days! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, most of the girls in the room looked strange and frowned, and the other person was puzzled: "Huh? I only know that the sister of the Wang family helped Concubine An to pray for blessings - in charge of our people, what is my sister talking about! ”

"It's not the sister of the Wang family and the little prince An!" The man who spoke at the beginning smiled evilly, "My brother often sees the sister of the Wang family running to the Xianfu Palace where Prince An Xiao lives, but I don't know what a woman has to run to where the man lives every day!" ”

In the past few days, Wang Qianqian has relied on Concubine An's power to show off her might, she saw that Shen Nanzhi was careful in every way, and the anger in her stomach was nowhere to be released, so she was naturally arrogant to others, and some people were already quite dissatisfied with this.

In fact, there are some things that need to be brought to the table? Even Shen Nanzhi knew that Wang Qianqian had eaten a few closed doors. Now as soon as she said it, most of the girls laughed loudly, but no one refused to make her words clear, only to see Wang Qianqian becoming more and more annoyed, and she couldn't eat for a while, so she "slammed" the table: "You few, it's not good to worship the Buddha, it's a shame that the emperor asked you to pray for the country!" ”

"Also, it's not a shame for the sister of the Wang family, the girl who hasn't left the pavilion is so impatient to go outside to find a man, this is still in the palace, if it's outside...... Not necessarily! The girl who was farther away said in a low voice to the people around her, but no one knew whether she had it intentionally or unintentionally, in short, her voice was really not small at all.

Shen Nanzhi and Meng Xian glanced at each other, and both of them chose to stay away from this dispute very tacitly.

The others were giggling, but Wang Qianqian was furious, pointing at the one who had just spoken, and scolded: "What do you know!?" If you know something, you will catch the wind and catch the shadows, don't you know that Concubine An has already decided that our Wang family will not succeed? ”