Part 1: A Dream Within A Dream / Rebirth of Ill Fated Concubine

Chapter 119 Imperial Master

Jiang Ruan followed Aunt Yang outside, and Jiang Ruan asked: "Aunt, do you know why the Imperial Grandmother is in such a bad mood?"

Empress Dowager Yide seemed very depressed, and she rarely showed a bit of old and haggard appearance. Jiang Ruan did not think that Empress Dowager Yide was regretting Ye You's death. 

In fact, Empress Dowager Yide was a resolute person, and she had already disliked Ye You in her early years. It was her imperial decree to let Ye You leave the palace and open a mansion early.

Aunt Yang smiled and said: "Princess, maybe the Empress Dowager is a little tired recently, so she looks a little weak. She will be fine in a few days."

This was said perfunctorily, and Jiang Ruan smiled slightly in response: "Really? Then I'll trouble Aunt Yang to take care of the Imperial Grandmother."

"I don't deserve what the Princess said." Aunt Yang was an old lady around Empress Dowager Yide, and she also admired Jiang Ruan very much. Jiang Ruan sacrificed herself to save the empress dowager but never talked about it. 

After getting along with her, she also knew what to ask and what not to ask. The most suitable people to survive in the palace are smart people like her. Aunt Yang looked at Jiang Ruan with some admiration in her eyes.

Jiang Ruan lowered her eyes slightly. Sure enough, Empress Dowager Yi De also had some secrets. Now she was not close enough to share secrets with Empress Dowager Yi De. But she was not interested in other people's secrets in this world. If Empress Dowager Yi De didn't say it, she wouldn't ask more. She came today for more important things.

"Aunt Yang, a lot of things have happened in the mansion these days. I feel very uneasy. I heard that the Buddhist temple in the palace can calm my mind. I want to go and listen to the scriptures."

Since the national teacher entered the palace a few years ago, the emperor built a Buddhist temple in the palace for convenience. On weekdays, the women in the palace who are sincere to Buddhism often go to listen to Buddhist scriptures, and the emperor is also happy to see it.

Aunt Yang also knew what happened on the day of Jiang Li's wedding, and she was very sad. Princess Hong'an is smart and steady, but unfortunately she was born in the Jiang family. How could the daughters of the same father be so different? 

Thinking of this, she smiled and said, "Princess, you mean the small Buddhist hall? It's at the end of the South Garden. I'll take you there."

Jiang Ruan smiled, "Thank you, aunt."
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The Jingyi Hall in the palace was renovated at the end of the South Garden. The environment here is quiet and the air is fresh. It is a rare blessed land in the palace. When the late emperor was alive, he wanted to build a yard here, but he was afraid that it would ruin the feng shui of the palace and gave up. 

Now this blessed land is used again, but a Buddhist hall is built. It can be seen how high the status of the owner of the Buddhist hall is in the palace.

Aunt Yang took Jiang Ruan to the Jingyi Hall and said a few words to the little monk in the Buddhist hall. Jiang Ruan went in first. There is a golden Buddha statue in the Buddhist hall. It is probably the first time in history that a Buddhist hall has been built in the palace. 

An old monk in a red cassock sat quietly, holding a string of dark Buddhist beads in his hand, closing his eyes and meditating silently. There was a wisp of green smoke floating in the Buddhist hall, which really looked a bit out of this world.

The little monk walked to the old monk and said a few words. The old monk opened his eyes and was slightly stunned when he saw the person in front of him. There was a trace of barely visible panic in his kind expression.