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When the imperial court uses soldiers, there are more than three percent of the people who come to Wan'an Temple to incense than usual, and the bustling crowd under the mountain gate is more lively than the Lantern Festival.

For nearly a year, Ji Yao stepped out of the gate of Zhenguo for the first time, she led the three ladies, followed by Qiu Niang and a dozen servants and slaves a few steps away, and the group first went to the main hall of Daxiong to make incense, and the monk took them to the pre-booked Zen courtyard to rest.

Xiao Liang came forward to borrow a large Zen temple in the temple for Ji Yao sisters to do things for their father, the main hall enshrines the tablet of the deceased Ji family's son Ji Yanzhong and his wife Ji Song, eighteen monks read scriptures, the incense case on the Changming sea lamp swayed slightly, Ji Yao took off her shoes and knelt with her sister in front of the tablet of her deceased father and mother for a long time, and Qiu Niang only knelt on the futon outside the hall to worship.

I think of my past lives, countless eons ......

She once prayed secretly for her grandfather's family, copied too many scriptures to count, and only remembered that she wrote too many words and her wrists were swollen into a large lump to eat with chopsticks.

The clay statue of the Buddha with a golden body on the top of her head is solemn, and the Buddha seal in her hand is calmly looking down at Ji Yao, I don't know if I can see through her disrespect.

She was in the calamity, asking the Buddha to bless her, but the Buddha should not, and the ghosts and gods should also avoid. Hating the sea of evil, Ji Yao fell into it alone, who will save it? Not Buddha, not god, not spiritual, but mortal only himself.

The sound of the sound through the meditation hall, Ji Yao kowtowed heavily, the first day of the Dharma is over, the monks quietly retreated, Ah Xiu took people to put on the vegetarian meal, the eldest lady has not shown a smile since she went out in the morning, and the people are also very careful.

Wan'an Temple's vegetarian food is natural, cabbage, tofu, green cabbage, radish, white white, green green, all of which are presented with the original flavor.

Qiu Niang picked up a piece of green vegetables and ate it in her mouth and almost spit it out, there was no taste, just a little salty, how can people eat?

She peeked at the eldest lady and the third lady in the hall, and saw that the two of them were eating quietly, and she didn't dare to find fault, so she picked and chose to use a small half bowl of rice and put down the chopsticks and said that she was full.

"Daddy rides a horse well, archery is also good, and the arrows are not missing, and he is known as a sharpshooter. I still remember that he taught me how to draw a bow, and asked someone to make a small bow that was more than a foot long, and the arrows were also trumpet, and in the air south of the house, he taught me to shoot an arrow, and there were really a few that hit the heart. ”

Speaking of her deceased father, Ji Yao had a smile on the corner of her mouth, and the third lady was even brighter and snuggled up to her sister, never tired of hearing about her deceased father's past, not to mention that their father was known as the dragon and phoenix among people before his death, and he had enough capital to make the two daughters proud of him.

Ji Yao touched her sister's jet-black bun and smiled: "Daddy's hair is black and bright, I couldn't catch it at that time, and your hair is thicker than others with him." ”

"Really?" The third lady said with crooked apricot eyes: "I heard that my eyes look like Daddy, and they are very charming." ”

Ji Yao nodded, looked back at Ji Yanzhong's tablet, and then looked outside the hall, the head of a manservant at the gate of the Zen courtyard poked around, and the ghost Chongchong's eyes were aimed at Qiu Niang under the eaves in front of the hall.

Ji Yao recognized that person, it was the confidant beside her uncle, Chang Sui Baozhu, the smile on her face faded, there were no outsiders here, she didn't need to force a smile.

"Come, let's read another scripture for my father. Ji Yao said lightly.

The third lady glanced at her sister in surprise, she said it well just now, but in a blink of an eye, Sister Ah seemed to be angry.

It's not to blame her, the third lady glared at the biological mother outside the door.

On a day like today, Qiu Niang appeared in front of everyone in such a dress, which really angered Ji Yao, she was not angry, and it was intimidating when she was angry.

The third lady couldn't wait to lock her biological mother in the house and not go out with her, but Ji Yao said that she wanted to take Qiu Niang, and the third lady planned not to talk to her biological mother for several months, who told her to embarrass everyone's face in front of people.

Qiu Niang received the eye knife thrown by her daughter, sat on the futon and moved her buttocks, silly girl, she didn't understand anything. She didn't do this for her daughter's good, otherwise, the name of Xiao Liang's fierce wife was not in vain, why would Qiu Niang have trouble getting along with herself.

The moon is on the top, cool as water, and the treasure pillars in the courtyard are as anxious as ants on a hot pot, secretly thinking about how these aunts and grandmothers in the house are not dispersed, are they not sleepy and plan to stay until dawn.

Qiu Niang knelt outside the hall and shivered, the mountains did not know spring in April, she was still wearing a thin spring shirt when she went out of the Zhenguo Mansion, kneeling here in the afternoon and feeling hot, and only at night did she know that she wanted to go wrong, and she couldn't stay in this place for a moment, and then she knelt and she should freeze out of illness.

The third lady also felt sleepy, and she was snorting, and there was not a single sentence of the scriptures in her mouth.

Ji Yao felt sorry for her sister and sent a message to ask her to go back to the house to sleep.

"I'm with my sister. The third lady rubbed her confused eyes and spoke.

"Go, you will accompany me tomorrow night, and Ah Xiu will send the third sister back to the house. As soon as Ji Yao's words fell, Qiu Niang got up and rushed to say, "I'd better go." ”

"Qiu Niang stayed, and the third sister went back alone. She can't stay up at a young age, Qiu Niang is in the prime of life, shouldn't she stay up for my father for one night. Ji Yao raised her majesty and said, and her rare sharp eyes forced Qiu Niang to dare not look at her.

The Great Zhou Dynasty has a clear distinction between the eldest daughter and the eldest son, and the eldest son is more important among the brothers and sisters, because of various reasons, Mrs. Tai did not dare to blatantly practice Ji Yao before, and there is no shortage of treatment that matches her identity.

For inexplicable reasons, Qiu Niang was slightly afraid of the eldest lady, she was afraid of the eldest lady's eyes, and she seemed to see through it at a young age, forcing her to be embarrassed.

The third lady was angry, and walked past Qiu Niang without squinting, a few steps away with the intention of drawing a line. In the vast night, a group of people followed a lantern into the wing, the light filled the window paper of the wing, and the shadows were full of people, reflecting the shadows coming and going in the courtyard.

Ji Yao watched her sister fall asleep, turned a page of scriptures, and beckoned Qiu Niang: "Come in, take advantage of the fact that there is no one at night, and put incense on the pillar for my father." ”

Baozhu watched Qiu Niang slowly walk towards the threshold, said something to the eldest lady, and knelt on the ground, his mouth wide open and closed.

Hey, why did this aunt go in? How could it be good for Grandpa Guo to come here for a while, instead of inviting Qiu Niang in front of the eldest lady, saying that your uncle and Qiu Niang discussed things.

It was useless for Baozhu to be in a hurry, he turned around three or four times in the same place, his neck stretched and he looked at it, and he didn't see Qiu Niang come out, and he was worried about whether Zhen Guogong had come to Wan'an Temple, and walked to another secluded Zen courtyard in the temple, turning to no one, he was afraid that he would not be able to explain when he saw the master, so he was so anxious that he stomped his feet.

The sound of Baozhu's stomping was definitely not so loud, he just accidentally touched the wooden stick and fainted to the ground.

"Drag people in first. A tall and strong woman said in a low voice with a wooden stick in her hand, and dragged the pillar to the quiet room beside her with her companions.

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Qiu Niang walked into the hall with small steps, facing Ji Yao's aggressive gaze, a few steps away, her palms were full of sweat, looking forward to finishing the incense early to the outside of the hall, the house was warm, and there was a little tiger waiting to clean her up.

"Qiu Niang asked herself, you still have the face to see my father, dare to say a word in this Buddhist hall with a clear conscience worthy of him, if you dare to say, I won't stop you from incense. If not, don't defile my daddy's tablet. Ji Yao asked.

Beads of sweat appeared on Qiu Niang's forehead, she knelt on the futon with her head down and didn't speak, she gave birth to a daughter for that man, and there were a few spring and autumn seasons on the pillow, how could she say that there was no affection.

But when people go, Qiu Niang also has to plan for herself and her daughter.

In the past, Ji Yao had her grandfather's family and the prince, and the third lady had all of her sister's all.

Now, Ji Yao is the only one left, and the three ladies are in addition to Sister A and Qiu Niang.

Ji Yao slowly stood up, walked up to Qiu Niang and spoke: "My father treats you well, knowing that you are Mrs. Tai's confidant, he still accepts you in the room. My aunt has always been courteous to you, she allowed you to give birth to a daughter, and before she died, she pointed to the third sister and asked me to take care of her, and she also said that when the third sister got married, she would be allowed to be a concubine. My grandfather's family even regarded the third sister as their own granddaughter, and under the first festival of the year, the two gifts were sent to the Zhenguo Mansion. I am even more, I only think that the third sister is the sister of the in-laws, and I have never had two hearts, and even allow her to call you A-Niang, do you understand?"

Qiu Niang's face without fat powder is pure and charming, her complexion is as thin as that of a twenty-eight girl, her black hair is holding a white hosta, and she listens calmly to Ji Yao's words.

"But there is a cross between me and the third sister, you know that Mrs. Tai is rewarding my aunt's old things, not only took it, but also wore it in public. My dowry may be divided in half of my three sisters, but you will never be allowed to make the same mistake again. Ji Yao stood with her head held high, facing the temple door, with the gods and Buddhas standing behind her, under the lights, she was luxurious and unresentful, and her momentum was amazing.

"The slave knows that he is wrong. Qiu Niang whispered.

"That's all?" Ji Yao leaned over to meet Shang Qiu Niang's dodging gaze, there were some things that she couldn't say about her daughter's family, and besides, she didn't want to pollute the ears and eyes of the two deceased in front of her parents' tablets.

"The slave is wrong, the slave is wrong......" Qiu Niang's voice is like a mosquito ant, kowtowing like pounding garlic, and I don't know whether she is sincere repentance or pretending to be perfunctory.

Ji Yao looked at Qiu Niang kowtowing coldly, she noticed that she hadn't seen the treasure pillar for a while, there was no movement outside the courtyard, and the people in the side room were already asleep.

Xiao Liang's family is not a woman without means, today she can let Qiu Niang come to Wan'an Temple with them, there must be a follow-up move, she wants to get rid of the big trouble, and she will not take into account the reputation of the Ji Yao sisters.

"That's enough!" Ji Yao said coldly, and lowered her voice to speak: "Auntie sent a competent person to follow her out, you should know her methods." ”

Qiu Niang raised her head suddenly, a trace of panic in her eyes did not escape Ji Yao's eyes, she couldn't help sneering, if it wasn't for the sisterhood with her sister, she should really borrow Xiao Liang's hand to get rid of the person in front of her.