The oath of rebirth not to be a concubine

Chapter 29
The carriage drove slowly all the way to the General's Mansion.

The sun was shining brightly today, I stepped on the footstool and got out of the car to look at the walls of the General’s Mansion. For the first time, I felt that the courtyard was so deep.

After getting up, I went back to the small courtyard. Lu Zhu was busy preparing food. I originally wanted to sit on the lawn in the garden. Thinking of the swarms of mice that day, I felt very sick. calm down.

Feeling irritable, I simply opened the window, the scorching sun hurt my eyes, and I felt a little relieved.

That day when he came out of the mansion, although the third lady was the one who complained, the one who made trouble was naturally the second lady.

I deliberately refused to admit that I had gone to the Yinhong Tower, and while arguing with the third lady, I kept watching the second lady secretly. When she opened her eyes, she drank tea with erratic eyes, and then she calmed down.

From this point of view, she must have seen me in the Yinhong Tower, and she didn't know if I saw her, so she used the trick of watching the fire from the other side, and threw the third lady out to find out the truth.

My reaction was so intense that day that she mistakenly thought that she didn't know her whereabouts, but at the same time revealed myself.

She must have started to pay attention to me, if I go out rashly, I'm afraid it will be bad.

For now, the only way to get to know Tao's details as soon as possible is to see what she is doing in Yinhonglou, and if necessary...

Thinking of the assassination that day, I lightly brushed my sideburns...

I have already given the outline of Dow to Hongye. In the past few days, there will be more or less news, but I don’t know how the outside situation is...

At this time, Lu Zhu had already prepared the meal, and after eating, she brought a bowl of soup and medicine.

These days, taking the medicine every day has the effect of nourishing the body, so I asked her to increase the dosage, from one dose a day to two doses in the morning and evening, and I feel that my body is getting stronger and stronger.

After eating the candied fruit and rinsing his mouth again, he saw Jinru hurriedly coming from outside and said something to Qingteng at the gate of the courtyard. Today, the princess accompanied the old lady of Qing Guohou's mansion to the Zen temple to offer incense. When passing by our general's mansion, she suddenly asked the young lady to go with her.

At this moment, the nineteenth princess and the old matriarch were already waiting in the front hall, the mistress sent someone over, and told the young lady to clean up and go over quickly, so don't make the guests wait in a hurry. "

Nineteen princesses?The old lady of Qing Guohou's mansion...

I have nothing to do with these two people, so why do you want me to accompany you to burn incense?

"Luzhu, change my clothes and comb my hair."

"Yes, Miss." Luzhu replied, and hurriedly got up.

Although I don't know why I summoned it, and the princess called me personally, I can't neglect it. Luzhu tied the buds for me, adorned two pearl hairpins, lightly brushed my eyebrows to apply light makeup, and found a light green gauze dress to change into. Lu strode to the front hall.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, the old lady's complexion is much ruddy again."

"Hey! What did Madam say, my wife is half buried, Madam is Tao Yun."

Before entering the door, I heard Li's polite greetings, Jinru went in to report, and soon the inner hall sent me over.

There are guests at the entrance, and the guests are the main ones. As soon as I entered the door, I found that the nineteenth princess was sitting in the second seat, and an old woman in a fushou jacket was sitting in the main seat.Her hair was already pale at the temples, she didn't wear earrings, but around her head was a long life hoop decorated with pearls and jade.

The Marquis of the Qing Dynasty came late and had a son. This old lady is at least over 80 years old this year, but she is full of energy and not old-fashioned.

This old matriarch is a formidable person. In the early years, Xiqi had fought a big battle with Beili. At that time, the Marquis of Qing was guarding the border, but he was defeated every time. Only then did he discover that there were traitors in the army.

Just at this time, the Bible had clues about the traitor. In order not to startle the enemy, the old lady, who was over [-] years ago, rode her horse for three days and three nights, went to the army in the name of visiting relatives, and used the traitor to spread false war stories to the enemy. News, fought a beautiful victory.

As a result, the old lady was conferred the rank of imperial order, enjoyed a salary, and enjoyed the honor of being exempt from courtesy before the imperial court.

Although an old woman would not usually go to the Imperial Palace, this is already a great honor, and even the princess who is not as good as Ji sits in the second place, which can be seen in general.

I went in first to salute the old lady, and then to the nineteenth princess and the mistress.

"Get up quickly." The old lady smiled, "Today I wanted to go to the Buddhist temple to pay respects to the Buddha, but the princess happened to come over. Seeing that my wife is lonely, she wanted to go with me. But I saw that the nineteenth princess just left the door. Boring, I happened to be walking through the gate of the General's Mansion, thinking that the two of you are about the same age, and you are also playmates when you walk together, so you came in to invite me, something happened abruptly, I don't know if Miss would like to be together?"

I hurriedly saluted and said, "It's Qingmu's blessing to be able to walk with the princess and the old lady, and Qingmu couldn't wish for it."

The old lady smiled and said, "This child is really well-behaved, so let's get up now. It's late, and I'm afraid we may miss the time for offering incense."

After finishing speaking, she said to Wu Wanhua again, "Don't bother Madam, I will send the lady back with a carriage later."

Wu Wanhua nodded and saluted, "Then Mrs. Lao Madam will be here."

A servant girl came to support the old matriarch, followed by the nineteenth princess, and I followed them out of the general's mansion.

The old lady's carriage is very big, she sits in the middle, and Princess Nineteen and I sit on both sides.I don't like to talk at all, especially when I'm sitting across from someone I've never met, and I don't like flattery, so I lowered my eyes slightly, as if shy.

Who knew, the old matriarch actually laughed, and said, "You little girl, why are you so shy, you probably won't look like this when you go to smash the Qinglan Pavilion mechanism hall?"

uh, this...

I was a little embarrassed, but Princess Nine giggled. Today she wore a bright red lace gown with narrow sleeves, tied her long hair into flower braids, and wore a peach silk hat embroidered with gold thread. The lips are red and the teeth are white, and she looks good when she smiles.

The nineteenth princess looks so beautiful in red, like a flower in bud.I used to love red clothes the most, and I loved the brilliance of the scorching sun like fire.Now I am afraid of red, because the color is too similar to blood.

With a dull pain in my heart, I hurriedly lowered my head, the old lady probably thought I was really embarrassed, so she stopped talking.Napping my eyes, I turned the red sandalwood beads in my hand round and round, the beads collided and made a small sound, and I seemed to be able to hear the friction of the wheels.

The chariots and horses walked slowly, and after about two sticks of incense, they arrived at Qingchan Temple.

Someone opened the curtain of the car, and the nineteenth princess and I got out of the car first, and then helped the old lady get out of the car on the horse stool.

Qingchan Temple is located on the hillside of Wolong Mountain in the east of the city. It is a centuries-old temple. It is early in the morning that there is an endless stream of people who come to burn incense and worship Buddha.

We followed all the way to the gate of the temple, and helped the old lady go to the Daxiong Hall to burn incense. At this time, a monk Mi had already invited the abbot to come over.When the old lady got up, she heard Amitabha's chanting, and an old monk in cassock came out of the inner hall.

"Amitabha, is the old benefactor coming to hang lottery again?" The abbot bowed and bowed.

"Hey, as I get older, I always worry about what I shouldn't. If I don't come to Abbot Fayuan to give you a lecture every few days, the old woman won't be able to sleep well." The old lady smiled back.

Monk Fayuan gave a salute, "Thank you for your compliment, old benefactor, please come here."

"Then thank you abbot."

A novice monk came to lead the old lady to the inner hall, and the great monk Fayuan followed. For some reason, when he came to the corner, he stopped suddenly, turned around and looked straight at me.

This great abbot is also five or sixty years old, with kindness in the corners of his brows and eyes. For some reason, I just feel that his eyes are particularly sharp.

In the past, I never felt that the eminent monks in the ancient temple were so unpredictable, but since I became Su Qingmu after death, I feel that certain things are hard to fathom.

There is a reason for the spread of ten thousand laws.Now that the monk looked at me like this, I felt a little guilty, my heart was beating uncontrollably, and I almost ran away.

Fortunately, the great monk just paused, then turned and went into the inner hall to give a lecture, and I was relieved.

The old lady has entered the house, and the nineteenth princess and I can't stay in this incense-filled hall.Princess Nineteen rolled her big black eyes twice, and suddenly approached me and said, "Hey, shall we go out and play?"

I saluted, "Where is the princess going, Qingmu will accompany her."

The Nineteenth Princess said, "Stop pretending, you are not like this, come with me!" She grabbed my arm and ran away.

"Princess Nineteen, don't run away!" A maidservant shouted anxiously from behind.She just ignored it.Jiaoqiao's body turned a few times before throwing away the maidservant behind her.

She dragged me and ran all the way, passed through a forest along the path, and came to a small stream. Seeing no one giggling around, she bent down to take off her embroidered shoes and socks, and sat barefoot by the stream to play. water.

Although the status of Xiqi women is high, it is not allowed to go barefoot openly. As the royal family, the nineteenth princess is also barefooted at will. If it is spread, it may damage the reputation.

I hurried over to persuade, "Princess, this is inappropriate, you should put on the socks."

The Nineteenth Princess snorted, and kicked a few splashes with her little feet, "Why do you talk like those nuns, it's all polite!"

I was robbed, and it was hard to talk, so I found a clean grass not far from her and sat down.

She patted for a while, maybe she got excited, rolled up her trousers, leaned forward and walked a few steps towards the middle of the creek, and suddenly shouted in surprise, "Hey! Look, there are small fish here, a lot of small fish."

She bent down, grabbed left and right, but she didn't catch any fish, but she had a great time playing, her laughter was like silver bells, and she clucked far away.

After playing for a while, she was also tired, so she went ashore carefully and sat next to me barefoot.

I thought about it, and handed her a brocade handkerchief. She took it and held it in her hand. After a while, she said suddenly, "Actually, I don't look so happy."

I did not speak.

She continued, "I really don't understand why women have to abide by many rules, why they have women's endowments, why they have to recite women's biographies, why women have to be talked about in boudoirs, and can't do many things they want to do."

I sighed and said softly, "Maybe because you are a princess."

"What about you." She turned her head and asked me, "You are not a princess, if you want to go out, you have to go around such a big circle to get out."

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(End of this chapter)