In the southwest corner of Jiankang, in the Waguan Temple and the main hall, the imperial concubine Zhang Lihua was burning incense and praying. She would be named the queen tomorrow. Her long-cherished wish was finally fulfilled after years of success. Just now, she had nothing to do and went to Waguan Temple to fulfill her wish.

That year, she was less than ten years old and had a poor family. She followed her father and brother to weave mats and then yelled on the street every day. As soon as the maid was selected in the palace, she was given high hopes by her father and brother to choose a election, which wanted to change the fate of the family.

Before entering the palace, Zhang Lihua's father, Lao Zhang, finally made up some incense money and took her to Waguan Temple to burn incense and make wishes, hoping that his daughter, who is outstanding in appearance, would be attracted by noble people and would fly up to the branch and turn into a phoenix.

Jianchu Temple is a famous temple in Jiankang City. It is said to have been built in the late Han Dynasty and the Eastern Wu period. It is the second Buddhist temple in the world except for the White Horse Temple in Luoyang. The reason why Lao Zhang took his daughter to Waguan Temple instead of Jianchu Temple to make a wish was because Waguan Temple is more suitable.

Waguan Temple was first built during the Xingning period of the Jin Dynasty. Its original site was the location of the government office that manages the pottery industry, so it was named "Wguan Temple". Later, it was expanded several times. By the end of the Jin Dynasty, there were thousands of monks, which was quite large.

During the Liu Song and Yuan Jiaqing periods, there were three strange birds flying to Waguan Temple. The court believed that this was auspicious for the phoenix to live in, so the phoenix platform was built in the temple. Therefore, for this good luck, the military household Lao Zhang took his daughter to Waguan Temple to make a wish.

The young Zhang Lihua entered the palace and became the maid of the prince Gong Liangdi. The naturally beautiful Zhang Lihua quickly attracted the attention of Prince Chen Shubao, and then became fascinated and loved Zenji.

Now, Zhang Lihua is about to become the queen. She is excited and of course she has to go to Waguan Temple to fulfill her wish. Over the years, she has been to Waguan Temple more than once, but this time, her mood is very different.

The despicable daughter of a military household back then was about to fly up to the branch and turn into a phoenix, becoming a veritable queen.

Before, even though she was a concubine and was deeply favored by the officials, from the perspective of etiquette, she was just a concubine, a side room, not a main room, and the so-called name was not right. This identity was like a thorn, which made Zhang Lihua feel like a thorn in her throat and always felt uncomfortable.

Now that she has become the queen, no one dares to despise her anymore, and she can follow the official family to the Taimiao to worship the late emperors of all dynasties, and can be buried in the tomb of the emperor after her death.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lihua was a little excited. She was originally a military daughter, but with her appearance, she changed the fate of the family, and of course thanks to the Buddha's blessing.

He was favored and his father and brother lived a good life. Countless people tried their best to curry favor with him. The Zhang family changed into a large mansion and was crowded with people. My father worked hard all his life and finally enjoyed his blessings. With slaves and servants, he didn't have to sell straw mats to support his family.

After my father died, he was buried in a grand manner. The coffin materials were used with great materials. The cemetery was very beautiful. It would not be like those dilapidated military households. After his death, he was buried in a straw mat and erected a wooden sign as a monument, which made people feel sad.

Zhang Lihua was also a little helpless when she was excited. She should have waited until she was officially enthroned and came to Waguan Temple to fulfill her wish as the queen, but today she had time and was bored, so she immediately wanted to leave the palace.

If she had been in the past, she would probably be exhausted by a night of storms and was still taking a nap on the bed to recover. However, now there is no one by her pillow, she will be bored.

The beauties she carefully selected were very favored by the government family, and the government family had not yet risen this morning, so Zhang Lihua, who was neglected, remembered to go to Waguan Temple to fulfill her wish.

However, Zhang Lihua is not worried about losing favor, because being made the queen means that she has been deeply favored by the holy family and will definitely pamper her twice as soon as she gets fresh in the official family.

Before he knew it, a lot of incense was burned. Zhang Lihua finished fulfilling her wish, walked out of the smokey hall and went out for some breath. In addition to the palace maids, there was another woman around her.

The woman has a slim figure, looks like a fairy, with red lips and white teeth, and a rosy complexion, like a flower waiting to bloom. She has just reached the age of getting married. Because she rarely shows up in public, she is a bit shy even when she sees a monk, which reminds Zhang Lihua of her past.

If such a beauty was for another girl, she would have been picked for the official family, or found by Zhang Lihua and presented it to the official family, but this person was not good, because the other party was the emperor's half-sister, Princess Chen, Princess Ningyuan.

Chen Yao was born by Concubine Shi of the late emperor. He had his mother and brothers, Chen Shuao, King Linhe, and Chen Shuxing, King Yuanling. Because he had not yet gotten married, Chen Yao lived in the palace and showed his face in front of Zhang Lihua from time to time and talked with him.

Zhang Lihua is actually the lord of the harem. She knew that the reason why Chen Jae was like this was probably because of her mother's instructing her to please Chen Shuao and Chen Shuxing for the future.

Born in an imperial family, Chen Yao was born with beauty and wealth, and was charming. She was just like Zhang Lihua who experienced the hardships of life since childhood and was very young to treat people and things. She was completely a girl who was raised in the deep boudoir and was not familiar with the world.

When he speaks, he will blush when he is anxious and will not observe his expressions at all. Compared with the concubines and princesses who often wander in front of Zhang Lihua, he looks very clumsy.

But it is precisely because of this that Zhang Lihua likes to get along with Chen Jae very much, because this woman who is as pure as white jade can make her let go of her guard and chat with the other party with a relaxed attitude, without worrying about being plotted against.

Today, Chen Zai went to Zhang Lihua to wander around again. Zhang Lihua just happened to want to leave the palace temporarily, so she took Chen Zai out for some breath, so that she could not stay in the palace all day long as she was like a bird in a cage.

It’s not that Chen Zai has never left the palace, but she always follows her mother and is quite restrained. This time she comes out with the imperial concubine. Zhang Lihua looks like a sister to her and is easy to talk to, so her mentality is much relaxed.

Following Zhang Lihua out of the hall, Chen Jae was about to say something, but saw a group of guards, eunuchs and palace maids looking at the sky in the southeast. She turned around and saw thick smoke rising from the southeast.

Not one place, but in many places.

There was a noise outside the temple, as if many people were crying and scolding, and there were also many noises mixed in between. The smoke was rising in more and more places in the city, and Chen Ja was a little scared.

Today is not a festival. No matter how lively the city is, there shouldn’t be such a thing. Chen Jae relies on her mother in the palace, and here she can only rely on a concubine like her sister.

Zhang Lihua was a little surprised at this time. She felt something was wrong outside, but she didn't know what was going on. As the emperor's favorite concubine, she often "helps" to handle government affairs. That's why she knew something.

There are many soldiers stationed in Jiankang City, and some teams have crossed the river and headed north. These are all armyes that are mainly recruited and need to be the pioneers. The weak world soldiers are still in the city, and most of their settlements are in the south of the city.

Shibing was born in a military family. Zhang Lihua knew very well what kind of life she lived, because the miserable life of her family was in those days.

But Zhang Lihua doesn't care. Just live a good family. These soldiers in the world have complained about the delay in rewarding, but this is not a problem: for hundreds of years, this is not how military households live?

Zhang Lihua felt that it might be some soldiers who caused trouble, but the generals in the army would definitely calm the situation down soon, so there was nothing to worry about.

At this moment, several imperial guards rushed in outside the temple. Without caring about the rudeness, they ran straight to Zhang Lihua and Chen Jae and bowed to salute.

"Two Your Highnesses, chaos arises in the city, please return to the palace quickly!"

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Chapter completed!