Master Zhi Ren first nodded at them with a smile, then looked at Princess Mingda and Princess Changyu, clasping his hands together in greeting, and said with a smile, "What brings the two princesses to our humble temple?"
Mingda quickly replied, "Our grandmother was devoted to Buddha when she was alive. We thought of coming to offer incense and pray for blessings for our imperial grandmother."
This matter was easy to handle, but since they were princesses, the incense they burned was naturally different. So Master Zhi Ren had someone seek out the abbot to make arrangements.
Back then, Master Zhi Ren left before the end of the Western Expedition; they took a different route back, much faster than Manbao and the others. They returned to the capital only after the news of the expedition's victory arrived.
Zhou Man and the others had returned four months ago, but they simply hadn't contacted each other yet.
