Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 39

The husband and wife fell asleep after talking about the conversation. The New Year will soon be a few days after the end of the year, and the Lin family is busy.

On New Year's Eve, the family had a reunion dinner, Lin Wenxi and Lu's family went to the palace to attend the banquet, and Lin Qingran followed her fourth sister Lin Qingyun to the Zuyin Temple in Luodu City to pray for the whole family.

On New Year’s Eve, Luodu City’s large and small temples are very lively. Those who live in the east of the city will go to Zuyin Temple, and those in the north of the city will go to Shoushan Temple. Some are more pious. After dinner, they will drive to Chaotian Temple. It was the largest temple outside Luodu City, and many royal sacrifices were held there.

It was more than half an hour before Zishi, when Lin Qingyun and Lin Qingran got out of the carriage, the lamps near Zuyin Temple were lit like daytime, and there were a lot of people coming and going, Si Qin blocked some people coming and going for Lin Qingran In order to avoid collisions, Mother Li held all the incense paper money in her hand to go to various temples to pray and burn.

Walking into Zuyin Temple, the two big trees on the left and right are covered with yellow and red ribbons, some ribbons hang down with small wooden signs, and some are wrapped with talismans in balls. Many people are throwing it, and if it can be hung on a tree at one time, it is the most auspicious symbol.

Seeing her watching, Lin Qingyun smiled and said, "Why don't you write a wish and hang it up, and ask Qingran to give us a good husband."

"Let's go and ask for safety." Lin Qingran looked away, without feeling embarrassed, and dragged her to the main hall on the stairs.

Mother Li has already lit incense for her. Lin Qingran and her sister worshiped all directions outside the main hall first, and then put the incense in the big incense burner outside the hall. After lighting the candles and burning the paper money, they entered the room. Kneel down in the main hall.

There were a lot of people coming in and out, and there were a lot of people who asked for lottery to add sesame oil and money. Lin Qingran waited for a while, and when the futon in front of the Buddha statue was empty, she knelt down with her sister and prayed three times.

Although there are many people entering and leaving the main hall, there is a sense of calm and tranquility. People entering and leaving will keep quiet and not make noise to show their respect for the Bodhisattva. After going around the main hall, Mama Li led them to the side It is already Zishi to worship in a circle in the temple.

Praying for blessings in the new year is nothing more than praying for safety, family health, family members who are officials, stable careers, and those who are still in the scientific examination, so pray for the next year's examination to go smoothly and get a title on the gold list.

Coming out of the last small hall, the sound of fireworks rang out, and the sky was brightly illuminated. Mother Li was still talking to the master who guarded the gate in the hall. Lin Qingran walked up to the steps. At this moment, most of the people in the temple were Go to the front hall to listen to the chanting of the child.

Looking boredly at the steps on both sides, Lin Qingran saw a lotus pond under the steps on the other side, but this season, there is only one pool of water left, and there seems to be a spring water hole above the pool, and the water comes down very little. It cannot fall directly into the lotus pond, but flows along the wall into the ditch.

Just as Lin Qingran was about to ask Si Qin to go on and have a look, two people walked out of the side wall of the lotus pond. Lin Qingran stopped, and the two people over there had already reached the edge of the lotus pond. She turned her back to Lin Qingran, but when she saw one of them take out a small bottle from his arms and put it on the spring, Lin Qingran felt that she knew who he was.

When there is a lot of water in this spring, it is used to support the lotus and koi in the lotus pond. There are two sides, and the spring water for the people who come to the temple is in the back temple. The springs there are more beautiful than the ones here. Many, no one would fetch spring water here, and if a monk sees it, he will dissuade him. Lin Qingran watched him cover the spring water filled with small bottles, and suddenly wanted to laugh.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Qingran heard the voice of a boy next to Shao Ziyu, and then her and Siqin's expressions became very interesting.

"Young master, let me tell you what's good about you. It's late, and the second lady is listening to the chanting in front of you. How can you sneak here? What if you let the monk see you? The spring water here is not for fetching. Do you want to take us to the Hou Temple, young master, you can't just do it just because there are few people, it was the same at Enze Temple last time."

Lin Qingran heard the boy next to Shao Ziyu talking all the time, especially when he hid Xiao Pingzi back, and Si Qin behind him said in a low voice, "This is the first time this servant sees such a talkative man."

Lin Qingran smiled, the boy was still reading.

Guan Yan was heartbroken watching his young master do another bad thing like this indifferently, "Master, why don't you listen to what Guan Yan said, forget it, let's go quickly, it would be embarrassing if others find out Thing, young master, you can't do whatever you want. We agreed when we went out, and you have to listen to me when you come to the temple. How can you break your promise? If you ask the old master like this again, I won't stand for you anymore. You hid it"

After talking halfway, he suddenly stopped, and Shao Ziyu still thought it was a miracle. He glanced at Guanyan, saw him staring at the top of the steps with wide eyes, followed by looking, and saw Lin Qingran's overjoyed expression.

Seeing that they saw her, Lin Qingran restrained her smile, but she couldn't completely suppress it. This master and servant are really funny. One doesn't like to talk, and the other can talk too much. Lin Qingran has never seen it before. Which woman can read so well, let alone this is a man.

Guanyan is sorry.

Seeing a young lady on the steps with such a pretty smile, she turned her head to look at her young master, as if saying, look, it was really discovered, but my young master still had that unshakable expression.

Seeing that they were about to come up, Lin Qingran stood aside, nodded slightly to Shao Ziyu, as a greeting, and met him twice with such a strange way of fetching spring water, it was a kind of fate, Lin Qingran The upturned corner of her mouth revealed her good mood, Shao Ziyu's eyes flashed, he nodded, paused slightly, and left with Guanyan.

When they disappeared, Lin Qingran and Si Qin looked at each other and smiled again. These two people are really interesting.

"Why are you laughing so happily?" The fourth sister's voice came from behind, Lin Qingran turned around and looked at the peace amulet in her hand, "Please ask so soon."

"There are fewer people now, and there will be more people here after the chanting before the meeting." Lin Qingyun was infected by the smile on her face, and pinched her face with a smile, "I said, what are you happy about?"

"Well, I remembered something interesting." Walking towards the front hall with arm in arm, the chanting was coming to an end, and Lin Qingran saw the young master of the Shao family again, he was following behind a luxurious lady, and beside him The boy who kept thinking about it.

Looking at the boy's mouth from a distance, it seemed that he couldn't stop talking, Lin Qingran looked at the unchanging expression of the young master of the Shao family, and burst out laughing.

Lin Qingyun glanced at her sister, it was really strange, how could she think of something to be so happy all the way here.

Shao Ziyu over there happened to turn his head to look over. Lin Qingran couldn't stop smiling when he came back. The smile on his face met his calm face. It seemed that at that moment, her smile was transmitted to him. Lin Qingran smiled when he saw him

It was already late to return to Lin's house from Zuyin Temple, Lin Qingran was so sleepy that she fell asleep when she touched the bed.

The next day, I went to my grandmother’s house to pay New Year’s greetings early in the morning. On the first day of the new year, my uncle and the others would come over in the afternoon. The family was busy receiving guests and entertaining guests. On the fifth day of the new year, I went to my grandfather’s house to pay New Year’s greetings. After the fifteenth day, the year would be over.

Until the Empress Dowager's [-]th birthday in March, Lin Qingran felt that the time passed quickly, and it was March in a flash.

She was about to enter the palace soon, so Mama Li took out a set of clothes she had prepared and put them on for Lin Qingran, checked them carefully, and finally combed her hair.

Si Hua picked out a few simple silver-rolled jade hairpins for her to wear. Lin Qingran glanced at the dressing box, and picked out a more ornate hairpin for Si Hua to carry, "It's too plain, and others will think it's not enough. Respect the Queen Mother's birthday."

Lu's sent someone to visit once, and after everything was ready, Lin Qingran took Siqi to Luoying Courtyard.

This time when Mrs. Lu entered the palace to celebrate her birthday, she brought her two daughters, Lin Qingran and Lin Qinglan. On the carriage before entering the palace, Mrs. Lu gave them good instructions. Not counting the last time her father brought her into the palace, this It was the first time Lin Qingran was trying to enter the palace to attend a banquet.

Mrs. Lu is very satisfied with her daughter's attire. These clothes were chosen by her personally and made to order. This is the best way to dress up without losing etiquette, and it will not attract too much attention from others.

For the Empress Dowager's [-]th birthday, extravagance and waste are not advocated, but there must be something that should be there. Lin Qingran took her sister and followed Lu to the arranged seats. On the huge square in front of the hall, a high platform has been set up. Dragon and lion dance, this is like a large-scale song and dance show, one of which is the grandeur, the sound of gongs and drums shocks the audience, and the other is the program prepared by the royal children for the Queen Mother's birthday.

Lin Qingran looked at it and couldn't help but think of the birthday scene of Grandma Qiong Yao's Returning the Pearl, but here is not the Qing Dynasty, the prince is not the fifth elder brother, the princess is not the little Swallow Ziwei, and there is no one rising in the sky. The ball suddenly exploded and the group of people appeared.

After the celebration at the Qiandian Square here, the venue was moved to the Royal Garden. The Empress Dowager was also a famous talented woman when she was young. In the harem, she was known for her ability and political integrity, so these harem concubines also racked their brains. Think of a program to please the Queen Mother.

After waiting for every prince to come and show enough sense of presence, the emperor looked at so many people sitting down, smiled and said to the queen mother, "Mother, there have been many newcomers in the court in the past two years, and many of them are talented."

The queen mother shook her head, "For this scene, don't make things difficult for those children." There are so many people who come up to watch, it's easy to go astray when nervous.

"My queen, it is their blessing to come forward to congratulate you on your birthday. How can it be said that it is embarrassing? The people mentioned by the emperor have served in the court for a year or two." The queen stood aside To add, she understands what the emperor means, these people are all in the age of sixteen, seventy-eight, and most of them are not married.

"That's all." The Empress Dowager smiled, and glanced at the Emperor and Empress, "It's up to you!"

Those who came up to congratulate were the officials after the palace examination two years ago. They have been officials for a year or two, and they are at a youthful age. It's time to get up.

When these people's congratulatory speeches were almost finished, Concubine Shu who was sitting below suddenly said, "Empress Dowager, my concubine heard that the seven daughters of the Lin family's scholar's family are all charming and beautiful, especially the fifth girl of the Lin family. How talented."

(End of this chapter)