Blessed

Chapter 82 Five Years Later

The little nun took Yuzhu to the backyard. The backyard was different from the majestic main courtyard. It was simple and spacious. She took Yuzhu into one of the rooms, and the round-faced little nun said with a smile, "Fourth Miss, you can live here. The empress dowager lives next door to you, and the rest of the rooms are ours and the teacher's. Miss Si's room has been cleaned, so just come to us if you need anything. My name is Qing Huan, and her name is Qing Shuang. "As he spoke, he pointed to the little nun with an oval face beside him.

"Thank you both." Yuzhu thanked her, pushed the door open and walked in. The room was also clean and tidy, with a bed and wardrobe, a desk and a few stools.

The two little nuns came in together, "The concubine is chanting scriptures in the main courtyard, and she came to the backyard to eat at noon. The concubine has no special orders. The fourth girl might as well take a break."

After the two little nuns left, Yuzhu tidied up the baggage. There were only a few changes of clothes inside and nothing else. She tidied up and went outside to ask Qinghuan where the kitchen was, and brought hot water into the room to freshen up. , put on a clean and plain beige and skirt, she is here to accompany the concubine, there is no need to dress up like a little nun.

There is nothing to do, Yuzhu found a few scriptures and looked through them. She actually had a lot of contact with this in her previous life. Because of the fate of the lonely star, she did not believe in fate at that time. Later, all her close relatives and friends were all kinds of In the event of an accident, she couldn't help but believe in fate, and began to get in touch with some Buddhist scriptures.

She can memorize most scriptures.

When the concubine came, she was flipping through a Diamond Sutra. Yuzhu raised her head when she heard the movement. .”

"Sit down." The concubine sat down with her in a calm tone, looking at Yuzhu carefully, "Did the emperor ask you to come?"

Yuzhu replied, "Replying to the empress dowager, it is the emperor's decree to let the courtiers come."

The concubine hummed, and her tone became even colder, "Since you're here, you can follow me in the rest of the day, get up at the hour of the hour and sit quietly, have meals at the hour of the day, go to the Buddhist hall to chant sutras at the time of day, and rest for an hour after the meal at noon. Copy the scriptures, and I will play back and read the rest of the time, if you want, you can do it yourself."

This is really pure and ascetic, Yuzhu admires the concubine a little bit, and has lived such a life for ten years.

"My daughter, please remember."

Concubine Mu was very aware of the concubine's temper so that Yuzhu came here. The concubine's nature is dull. She thought that even if Jiang Yuzhu was in favor of others, it would not be easy to win the favor of the old concubine, because she once asked the third prince to serve the concubine. After several years, the concubine did not even give the third prince a smile. It would be a lie if Concubine Mu didn't complain.

Fortunately, Yuzhu was able to calm down in her bones, so she really got up early with the concubine to sit quietly, recite scriptures, and copy scriptures.That's the case, but Daily Concubine would not check on her, but she insisted.

In the past half a month like this, it was a bit cold in spring, Mrs. Mu went up the mountain, and gave her a cloak, a spring shirt, and some food, most of which were snacks or dried shiitake mushrooms, fungus, seaweed, red dates, wolfberry, longan, peanuts, etc. There are some dried vegetables.

These jade beads are not easy to put away, so they are all taken to the kitchen, and the snacks are shared with the little nuns in the nunnery.

These little nuns liked Yuzhu very much, so they didn't call her Fourth Miss, just her name.

For these snacks, Yuzhu secretly took some candied fruit, melon seeds, and walnut kernels that can be eaten directly, and sent them to the concubine. The ones just arrived, and there are still a lot of dried vegetables and dry goods, I sent them to the kitchen, so I can have extra meals in the evening."

"Aren't you used to eating here?" The concubine asked coldly.

"It's okay." Yuzhu didn't dislike the concubine's always cold face, "It's just that I ate too much delicacies at home before, so I'm not used to coming to the temple."

The concubine said, "Bring me the scriptures you copied these days."

Yuzhu went to get the scriptures obediently, tidying up the volumes one by one, even hugging the box containing the scriptures.The concubine checked it herself, and couldn't help raising her eyebrows when she saw that the handwriting was steady and sharp, "How did you practice this handwriting? It's pretty good." It's rare for a girl to write such handwriting.

Yuzhu said, "I used to write with my brothers when I was young, maybe I was influenced by them, and I like this kind of calm and vigorous handwriting more, but the girl's wrist strength is weak, so it is not easy to practice such calligraphy. I saw a In this travel note, it is said that someone used to practice calligraphy with stones on their wrists, and exercised their wrists. They tried it, and it was effective, but the wrists were a little uncomfortable, but after a long time, they got used to it. After a few years, it really I can practice steady handwriting."

The concubine looked at her with a rare soft expression, "The handwriting is very good, all right, let's go down."

Yuzhu happily went out, chatted with a few nuns in the courtyard, and ate snacks together. In the evening, Perfection also ate together in the courtyard. The kitchen made a lot of delicious food with the dried goods she sent, such as mushroom tofu seaweed soup, fried fungus , dried plum vegetable pie, red date rice.

Although there is no meat, the taste is also very good. Yuzhu has a good appetite. She ate a bowl of red date rice, a dried plum vegetable pie and a bowl of mushroom soup.

The concubine sat quietly in the room alone, and saw the little nun outside eating with the fourth girl from the Jiang family through the open window. Seeing such an edible little girl, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch.

As the days passed, Yuzhu also got used to the life in the nunnery, to the expressionless concubine, and to the chattering temperament of the nuns in the nunnery.

Five years later.

After the Concubine finished copying the scriptures, she washed the pens and put them away. Seeing that the sky outside had darkened, her face also sank. She asked Qing Shuang who was standing beside her, "Yuzhu hasn't come back yet?"

Qing Shuang was about to cry, "Not yet."

The concubine sighed, and she didn't want to embarrass Qingshuang, "Go out, go to the back door and have a look, the two of them should be back soon." When Qingshuang went out, the concubine pushed open the window lattice facing the back door, and she could see The mountains here are full of spring, and there is a piece of green everywhere, full of vitality.That girl, a few days ago, had been greedily telling her that the elm money tree in the mountain had grown strings of elm money, which were almost ready to eat, so she wanted to go out and pick some.

During the past five years of getting along with each other, the concubine knew this girl's temperament, she looked calm on the surface, but she was actually just a child.Now it's early spring again, the prey after the winter will be looking for food in the mountains, she is afraid that Yuzhu will meet wild animals, so she won't allow her to go out, who knows that this girl is sneaking out, not only that, but also brought Qing Huan out .

Fortunately, after a while, I saw two little girls walking back with baskets on the far mountain road.

The concubine closed the window lattice and sat down on the grand master's chair.

After Yuzhu and Qing Huan came back, they saw that the concubine's doors and windows were closed tightly. Yuzhu handed Qing Huan a basket of elm money, and said with a sad face, "Qing Huan, take the elm money to the kitchen and clean them up. I'll see the concubine first. The concubine might be angry."

Qing Huan nodded, "Sure, go in and coax the concubine."

Yuzhu went to knock on the door, and the concubine's cold voice came from inside, "Come in."

As soon as Yuzhu entered the door, she saw the concubine sitting on the grand teacher's chair with a blank face. She walked over and sat down next to the concubine, and said pitifully, "Ms. I went to pick elm money in the mountains."

"Do you still know it's wrong? Didn't you know that spring is the season for ferocious beasts to go down the mountain to hunt? If you encounter one, ten lives of yours won't be enough for it to tear it apart." The concubine was very angry. The little girl is usually very well-behaved and clever. I don't listen to advice this time.

"It's all my fault. I won't do it next time. You don't feel well, so don't be angry, okay?" Yu Zhu's clear eyes looked at the concubine pitifully, and her eyes were filled with mist. She looked very pitiful .

The concubine didn't like Yuzhu at first, but when she first met her, she found that the little girl was beautiful, with charming brows and eye corners, and a smooth and beautiful face. She couldn't like this kind of appearance.Back then, she followed the late emperor, and there were three thousand beauties in the late emperor's harem, and the late emperor loved such beauties. She was infatuated with the late emperor, and even had some prejudice against Yuzhu at the beginning, but after getting along day by day, she found that this little girl was rare. With a pure heart, he is sincere to others, flatters but does not know, and will not use appearance as a weapon.

So, after such a year, she saw that the little girl grew into a big girl, her appearance was still stunning, and she was even better than Concubine Mu Gui in the palace. It is like a grub, its teeth are like a gourd rhinoceros, its head is like a moth's eyebrows, its smile is clever, its eyes are beautiful.

Five years ago, she was still young, but now Shiwu Fangling, she does not know how many princes and families will bow down when she returns to Beijing. Fortunately, the status of the Jiang family has risen a few knots in the past few years, so no one dares to provoke her. Live with such a girl.

Looking at the girl who grew up, how could the concubine get really angry, and sighed, she said, "Go down, I'm a little tired and want to take a break."

Yuzhu weng her lips, "Then Concubine, please rest well."

After leaving the residence of the concubine, Yuzhu followed Qing Huan and Qingshuang to launder the elm money. Qing Huan asked secretly, "The empress dowager blamed you, Yuzhu? Why didn't you tell the empress dowager that you were doing it for her? Yuqian can soothe the nerves." To invigorate the spleen, clear the heart and reduce fire, relieve cough and reduce phlegm, the empress dowager has been feeling unwell for the past few days, she can't rest well at night, and she keeps coughing, you went to pick elm money secretly for the empress dowager's benefit."

How could Yuzhu care about this, and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter, as long as the concubine is willing to eat it, I will make a cold mix in a while, and then steam the rice with elm coins. I will pick it secretly these days. It's all right."

There is no imperial doctor in the nunnery, and the teacher takes care of everyone who is sick on weekdays.

The dinner was prepared by the little nuns themselves. Yuzhu would usually help in the kitchen after getting acquainted with them, and her craftsmanship was still acceptable.

Over the past few years, Yuzhu has also gotten used to life in the nunnery. The only bad thing is that she misses her family too much. Her mother, aunts and grandmothers can still visit her occasionally, but her father and brothers have never seen each other in the past five years. I've seen them, she misses them so much, and she doesn't know when she can go back and see them.

The Yuqian rice at night was delicious, and Yuzhu ate a bit too much, so she walked around the yard to digest food.

The concubine sat on the couch and looked at Yuzhu through the window lattice, with the corners of her mouth curled up, and said with a smile to the teacher beside her, "I guess I'm struggling with food, and I'm still like a child."

The teacher also laughed, "That's right, what a lovely girl, I don't know what will happen when I go back to the capital."

The concubine sighed, and the mistress said, "Today, the concubine actually blamed the wrong child. This child is sincere. He knows that you haven't been able to sleep well these days and your spirit is a little weak. He went to the mountain to pick elm coins. It can soothe the nerves, and it will be very effective after taking it for a few days."

The concubine was stunned, and smiled wryly, "I blamed her wrongly, she is a good girl."

The people from the Jiang family in the capital are also very anxious. Mrs. Mu always wants to cry with Jiang Ansu when she is resting at night, "Master, when did you say we Jiaojiao will come back? It has been five years, and I am really thinking hard. Besides, Jiaojiao is fifteen, which is also the age when we should talk about marriage. I also hesitate about this point. I saw Jiaojiao a few days ago, and this marriage makes me even more..." Mrs. Mu was also a little ashamed to speak, Jiaojiao's The appearance is really amazing, and the man in the family has never seen it in the past few years, so naturally she didn't know it, so she began to worry about Jiaojiao's marriage.

Jiang Ansu comforted her, "Don't worry, the Holy Majesty has a purpose in thinking about coming. You also said that Jiaojiao is old enough to say goodbye, and the Holy Majesty will not let her stay in the nunnery forever, and she may return this year."

"That beautiful marriage?" Mrs. Mu worried, "I don't want the emperor to designate the marriage, so I might as well slowly find a family and a good match. It's better to marry at a low price, so that I can always look at the Jiang family's face." Doting on Jiaojiao—hey, it only takes Jiaojiao to like her.”

Parents really worry about their daughters.

(End of this chapter)