Chapter 286 Snow and rain

The entire imperial city was shrouded in snowflakes, and everything seemed to be imprisoned in it, with nowhere to escape.But what really imprisons people is the tall red palace wall.

To the east of the imperial city, there is a large open space between Xingqing Palace and Dashan Hall, and the Prayer Temple is built near the palace wall.

The Taoist temple is actually a small courtyard, with a foundation built in the courtyard and a Taoist temple built on the foundation.

Miaojin is in this Taoist temple, praying for Queen Xu every day to eliminate disasters.

Sometimes she was allowed to see Queen Xu, but she could not enter and exit the yard at will.

The yard wall is very short. You can see the scene outside in the Taoist temple, but you can't see the scene outside the imperial city no matter what. Only the palace wall makes people feel depressed.

The palace walls are not as thick as those in Nanjing, but they are very high; they are so high that they can not only restrict people from climbing over, but they can't even see or hear the scene outside through a wall.

When people are in the imperial city, the only thing they can see outside is the pale sky.

Within a red wall, it seems to be completely isolated from the world.

Miao Jin stood on the base outside the Taoist temple, looked at the snowflakes everywhere, and picked up his hand and blew a sip of white steam.

With a hint of sneer, she stared at the red wall, and then looked at a large rose branch inside the wall.

She thought to herself: The only thing that can be found in this imperial city is probably the big rose.

The palaces and temples on all sides are tall and magnificent, and the eaves are very luxuriously carved, but there are no plants, and there are not even trees in ordinary places.

Only that rose survived. Perhaps its branches and leaves were too thin to withstand a person climbing along its branches and leaves, so it was not eradicated.

Over the past two years, Miao Jin has gradually guessed something... The emperor actually knows very well what these women living in the red walls feel.

That's why he used this quiet method to force Miao Jin to submit, and even wanted her to take the initiative to compete for favor!

It’s really boring to live here for the palace ladies!

Miao Jin believed that although she was not a pure person, she was able to calm down and sit still... It was not until she was locked up here that she truly felt what boredom was.

However, the most difficult thing is not boredom; Miaojin had lived in the palace for many days before, but she didn't feel too sad.

The hardest thing that the people in the palace to resist is probably the hopeless torment.

I have to live like this for the rest of my life, and I am particularly prone to going crazy when I think about it.

This kind of torture will gradually erode everything in people, and in the end, they will fight for the meaningless life-saving straw: the emperor's favor.

It is also a magical thing that the palace ladies can make their lives like this, but it is a place where wealth and wealth gathers, and the imperial city with rich and prosperous life.

So competing for favor became their only interesting thing.

Miaojin has a lot of free time every day, and sometimes she thinks...

Things that everyone is fighting for blood are actually not interesting; those identities and honors are just in the hearts of people outside the red wall.

What people compete for is not necessarily because of how good it is, but because there are too few opportunities to get that little benefit, so the things that many people snatch naturally appear precious.

However, what everyone sees is different, at least Miaojin doesn't care about all this.

...Miao Jin was not the one who was thrown into the cold palace, but was nominally praying for the queen.So the palace maids and eunuchs were still very polite to her and would talk to each other when they met.

Miao Jin heard about Zhu Gaoxu's mining in Yunnan, fighting with chieftains, giving birth to a good match, and giving birth to a son.

Miao Jin understands his situation. Now he disobeys the emperor's wishes and will be useless and will only have a dead end.She could vaguely feel what Gao Xu did, which was helplessly pleasing the emperor.

This was not surprising at all. In her heart, Gao Xu was just a person who could not do useless things... He did not act rashly, at least he still had a trace of hope; otherwise he would not even have any hope.

During many boring days, Miao Jin recalled every encounter many times without missing any details.

Everything made her firmly believe: Gao Xu must be thinking about herself in her heart!

Later, I became used to recalling it, and this incident became a rare and interesting thing in her life.

A gust of cold wind mixed with snowflakes, and Miao Jin shivered with coldness. She looked at the sky and said to herself: It shouldn’t snow in Yunnan, will it rain now?

Miaojin felt that her body was about to stiffen and was about to turn around and enter the room.At this time, a man was walking towards this side with something on his back.

The man looked familiar, so Miaojin stopped and looked over again.When the man got closer, she realized that it was a twelve or thirteen-year-old eunuch with a food box twisted in her hand.

After a moment, Miao Jin's lips opened and her almond eyes also glared, with a look of surprise.She finally didn't make a sound.

The little eunuch walked along the stone steps to the base, looked at Miaojin, and bent down and said: Big sister, do you still recognize me?

After saying it inside.Miao Jin hurriedly took him into the Taoist temple.She closed the door and immediately looked at the little eunuch up and down.

The little eunuch said: Is there no one in the big sister?

Miao Jin shook her head, her expression still did not return to peace. She blurted out, "The baby is growing so fast, you have not seen him for only five or six years, and you have grown so tall..."

The little eunuch sighed, showing a look that was not very matched by his age, and said: I have been away from Peking for almost seven years.

Miao Jin couldn't help asking: Why are you in the palace?Didn’t there be one of us who agreed to go to Lingquan Temple to pick you up?

The little eunuch said: Here he is, he is a monk.I took the clothes and money given to me by my elder sister and followed him.At that time, I couldn't remember how many roads I walked, and later I arrived in the capital.

Miao Jin nodded and whispered: That's right.At that time, your father Zhang Yan had already died in his country. According to the original arrangement, a colleague named Ma would go to Lingquan Temple to take you away and then take you back to the capital to raise you.It was the early years of Jianwen that year, and you should have been safe when you arrived in the capital...

Her frown said in confusion, "After all, your father died to be loyal to the court. He saved you just to give the Zhang family six descendants. How could you be a eunuch?"

The little eunuch lowered his head, and the eldest sister was right. My adopted father's parents in the capital were over nine years old, and he returned to secular life. He even went to a private school to study and learn to read.But at the beginning of the fourth year of Jianwen, the adoptive father's family suddenly disappeared and the house was sold to someone else!I was kicked out of my house, penniless and didn't even bring a piece of clothes.

I remember it was the beginning of the first lunar month and the Chinese New Year had just passed.

It was also snowing like this year back then. I was cold and hungry on the street and I was about to freeze to death.

At this time, my godfather played that street and saw me. After seeing me, he asked me for a while, "Do you want to wear warm clothes and eat big meat and live in a big house?" Of course, I nodded quickly, and followed my godfather for fear that he would go back on his word.

Later, my godfather told me that there is no simple matter of eating and drinking in the world. If you want to eat and wear a good meal, you must first purify yourself and remove the root of sin. As long as the pain is a few days, you will never have to worry about food and drink in your life.I agreed at that time... So I became a castrator. At first, I felt so painful that I was so sad that I had a goose feather in it. I didn’t even have to drink water for several days and it took me half a month to get out of bed.But it's too late to regret...

When Miao Jin heard this, her face turned pale and couldn't say a word.In this world, money is scattered. Are those great causes that have sacrificed their lives for?

She remembered her father again, and finally ended with Emperor Yongle's loyal minister... She blushed, wanting to sigh, but she didn't know what she could sigh.

Miao Jin could only look outside the crack in the door, and the silent snowflakes were stunned for a while.After that era ended, no matter how much noise and vanity it has become, there is always endless desolation behind it.

Big sister.The voice of the little eunuch awakened Miaojin.

The little eunuch took out a plate of vegetarian dishes and rice for one night from the food box and said: I begged my godfather. After asking for this job, I wanted to meet my elder sister.I heard that my elder sister eats vegetarian food all day long, but eating vegetarian food makes me greedy. I secretly hid an egg under the meal... The Taoist priest is not a monk, can he eat meat?

Miao Jin looked at the food in front of her, her nose felt sore and she almost cried.From a certain perspective, his death protected Miao Jin, so Miao Jin was even more mixed with emotion when facing Zhang Yan's son.

Her voice was a little strange, I didn't take good care of you...

The little eunuch said: My elder sister has always been very nice to me. I became an eunuch and it has nothing to do with my elder sister. There is nothing wrong with it now.

Miao Jin secretly wiped her tears and said with a forced smile: It's better if you can think about it.Thank you for the eggs you brought. I told people that Master is Zhang Sanfeng from Quanzhen Sect. He was originally abstaining from eating meat, let alone in Taoist temples... But today I don’t care about the rules.

The little eunuch said: I don’t understand those rules very well, and I can’t do good things with kindness.

Miao Jin shook her head and asked, What is your godfather’s name?

The little eunuch replied: My godfather’s name is Wang Gouer. It turned out that he didn’t call him this name, but it was later changed.My surname is no longer Zhang, so I will save myself from being humiliated by the Zhang family.My godfather called me the surname Wang and named me Wang Yin.

Miao Jin whispered: Then you will only remember yourself Wang Yin in the future. Never mention the people of the Zhang family again, do you understand?

The little eunuch Wang Yin nodded vigorously and said: I understand! Whatever my elder sister wants to eat in the future, she asks someone to tell her that her godfather works as an official chef, and she can get any delicacies!

You know how to eat.Miao Jin scolded him in a complicated mood.

Wang Yin was scolded and laughed.

Miao Jin said kindly again: Then you can eat better with your godfather, you are still growing old.

Wang Yin raised his head to see Miao Jin. He nodded vigorously again and said: Oh, big sister, I'm leaving first.After saying that, he turned around and opened the door and ran out.

Miao Jin was sent to the door, looking at the small back, and was stunned for a while.

Somehow, she felt a little sad when she remembered that Zhu Gaoxu's princess gave birth to a son.But when he thought that Guo Wei was a good person, Miao Jin felt that she should be happy for her.

What's more, what reason and name does she have to feel sad?