The girls served to wash their hands and face and change their clothes, sitting on the warm bed, and the old lady looked around, feeling everything in her heart.

After eating a few pieces of jujube paste and yam cakes, and drinking half a cup of Lao Junmei, she felt more comfortable, and asked the big girl who took care of the luggage and arranged the living: "Qiu Rong, what is the boss busy with?" Have you been here? ”

Qiu Rong replied with a smile: "The eldest master ordered someone to go back to the house to get your daily things." Although we brought a lot of things, we didn't plan to spend the night, so we had to go back to the house to get some. Old lady, you want to see the eldest master, and the slave and maid will ask someone to invite you. ”

The old lady Ren nodded and leaned on the big pillow to recuperate. After a while, she heard a voice outside, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Zong Zhenglun striding in bypassing the pine and cypress plum orchid interstitial screen.

With a smile on his face, Zong Zhenglun saluted Mrs. Ren, and asked excitedly: "Mother, my son heard outside that you can actually get the other look of the eldest princess of Qinghe and the princess of Yuchuan, but is it true?" ”

The son was beaming, but the old lady Ren was very depressed. She sighed, motioned for Zong Zhenglun to sit down in a Nanmu circle chair next to the bed, leaned on the big pillow, and said with a faint expression: "Princess Yuyan County is a little unhappy. She didn't want her son to worry, and she didn't mention that she was rubbed by the princess of the county.

Zong Zhenglun persuaded him twice, but seeing that his mother's interest was still not high, he estimated that there was still something to do, so he asked. Old Lady Ren sighed again and said sullenly, "Do you remember Sister Ke?" It's the daughter left behind by your eldest brother and wife. ”

Zong Zhenglun was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "Yes, Sister Ke seems to be practicing in which nunnery in Yuyan Mountain." Mother, why did you suddenly think of her? ”

"Master Huitong said to me, Sister Ke'er got the other eyes of Venerable Su Hui, and our family got the third pillar of magic incense. The eldest princess of Qinghe and the princess of Yuchuan were also so polite to me because of her, and repeatedly invited me to take her over to the mansion as a guest. After Mrs. Ren finished speaking, she saw her son smiling again, and couldn't help but say angrily, "What are you happy about?" ”

Zong Zhenglun said with a smile: "Of course I'm happy for Sister Ke'er, I didn't expect her to have this Buddha fate." Do the math, the ten-year period is approaching, and it is time for her to go home. When the time comes, you have to treat her well, otherwise the two nobles will not be able to talk about it. Now that my father is seeking to return to Beijing to serve as a Beijing official, if Sister Ke can get some help from the eldest princess or Prince Yuchuan, and with the planning of the eldest uncle and second uncle, my father may be able to be promoted to a higher level. ”

Seeing that the old lady Ren still had a gloomy face, she pursed her mouth tightly and didn't speak, Zong Zhenglun persuaded again: "My son knows that when the eldest brother was there, the relationship with your mother was a little unharmonious. But the eldest brother and sister-in-law are now gone, leaving only Sister Ke as an orphan girl, and she still has to be filial to you? What she has is what our family has. Not to mention the father, the son also wants to find a good messenger in Beijing. Sister Yu and her relatives have to find a good family. Brother Dong needs to find a good academy, but a good academy in Beijing is really difficult to enter. Mother, if you have noble people to help you in these things, it is not a big deal! ”

It is related to the future of her husband, son, grandchildren, and daughter, although the thorn in Mrs. Ren's heart is still pierced to death, in the end she plans to turn a blind eye for the time being. After a pause, she asked Zong Zhenglun again: "The Pure Liuli Nunnery is not far from the Temple of Mercy and Grace, I want to take advantage of the interval to see her, can you go with me?" "The matter has come to this, and she can't help but face up to this granddaughter's existence.

Zong Zhenglun nodded first and said that he would go with him, and then explained to his mother for his niece, who had not seen him for nearly ten years: "Reasoning, it should be her granddaughter who comes to see you." However, the son heard his father mention it back then, and the master said that Sister Ke couldn't leave the Qingxiu nunnery for a single step. You also know how the pure glass hermitage is, and the precepts are the strictest. She has been away from home for nearly ten years, and she has suffered for so long, so you should love her more in the future. ”

The old lady pouted and muttered: "Little person, the gold is expensive!" He said angrily, "Okay, I don't need your advice, my mother still doesn't know the severity?!" Brother Xiu'er is not close to his mother, that is also in the past. Back then, Brother Xiu's daughter-in-law was still respectful to her mother, and her mother knew it in her heart. After Sister Ke returns home, her mother will take good care of her! ”

"Mother, you are a famous living bodhisattva, the people know your good name, and of course my son knows that you will take good care of Sister Ke. But in the end, she lost her parents, you still have to teach what you should teach in the future, and you still have to take care of what you should manage! After Zong Zhenglun finished speaking, he got up and stepped forward, knelt on Mrs. Ren's knees, pressed her knees with both hands, and said with a smile, "My mother has been rubbed by the princess of the county, and my son is very distressed, so I will give you a good pinch." ”

Mrs. Ren didn't mention it, but Zong Zhenglun still knew about it. He naturally felt sorry for his mother in his heart, but he was helpless. If his father had never been worried, he was still a high-ranking official of the fourth grade, no matter how much the Sun family was favored by the king of the county, he would not dare to resort to such a method.

The old lady Ren was quite useful for her son's filial piety, so she smiled and asked, "Can the temple arrange your residence?" ”

Zong Zhenglun nodded and said, "Mother, don't worry, everything is properly arranged." By the way, my son didn't find you just now, so he took the initiative to order the next person who went back to pick up the luggage to pick up Sister Yu and Sister Yue. In the end, this is not the yard where our family usually lives, the place is tighter, otherwise it would be better to take your two daughters-in-law and grandchildren over. ”

Old Lady Ren snorted and said dissatisfiedly: "If Sister Ke'er really gets the other eye of His Holiness, why don't you help us change to our permanent residence?" I only picked up Sister Yu and Sister Yue, and when I turned around, the second daughter-in-law had to say sour things again, which gave me a headache. ”

Zong Zhenglun smiled helplessly: "Mother, you can be content!" Our original yard is now inhabited by several families. You have a set of three rooms here, and your son also lives in a single room in the outer courtyard, which is already good. ”

Glaring at her son, Mrs. Ren said angrily: "You are saying good things to your niece and daughter." Zong Zhenglun could only persuade again, but in two sentences, the topic was diverted to Zong Zhengyu's ceremony, and in a few words, Mrs. Ren smiled again.

While the mother and son were talking, Qiu Tang came in with the red sandalwood gold wooden box rewarded by Princess Sun, and after saluting, he said, "Old lady, the girl of the Pure Liuli Nunnery has sent someone to greet you." ”

Mrs. Ren and Zong Zhenglun were quite surprised, and Zong Zhenglun smiled and said, "Mother, you see, Sister Ke is really filial. She can't come herself, so won't she send someone to greet you? ”

Old Lady Ren was expressionless, but she didn't say anything more, and Zong Zhenglun motioned for people to come in.

Zong Zhengke sent a neat and neat woman in her thirties, dressed in a gray-washed old silk coat, wearing an old nunny hat of the same color, and her hair was coiled up and hidden under the hat. This woman, Mrs. Ren was very strange, so she asked, "Are you?" ”

"The slave maid is the Xu family arranged by the old lady to serve the third girl, and I say hello to the old lady and the second master!" Xu respectfully kowtowed to Mrs. Ren and Zong Zhenglun, and only got up from the ground with permission and said, "The third girl can't come to greet the old lady in person, she has already kowtowed in the direction of the Temple of Mercy and Grace in the nunnery, and asked the slave maid to kowtow a few more times for her face to show her filial piety." ”

After that, she knelt down and kowtowed three times, and said in her mouth: "Sister Ke asks for peace to grandmother, may the Buddha bless grandmother with blessings such as the East China Sea and Shoubi Nanshan." "The Buddha country is originally on the big island in the East China Sea, and there is a mountain in the middle of the island that stretches very wide and has a very high altitude called Nanshan. This prayer is really affectionate and commendable.

After Mrs. Ren called out again, Xu dared to glance at the other side quickly. I saw a round-faced old woman with a rich face sitting on the bed, her skin was fair, her hair was as black as ink, and her forehead was wiped with auspicious cloud bat patterns. She wore a satin jacket embroidered with the word Fu Lu Shou on a dark red background, covered by a ginger ** cracked blanket below the waist, holding a gilt silver hand stove in her hand, her expression was peaceful and peaceful, and she was a kind person with her eyebrows and good intentions.

Xu knew that Mrs. Ren was over fifty years old, but she lived a satisfactory life and was well maintained, and she looked like she was only in her forties. The man next to her looked very similar to her, and if it wasn't her son, but her brother, I'm afraid some people would believe it.

With a sour heart, Xu thought that Fang had just come all the way, and saw that many of the maids and servants of the Zongzheng family wore silk and satin, gold and jade, and thought of the three girls who had suffered so much in their own family, she was really full of grievances.

She is the one arranged by the old lady Zongzheng to serve the three girls, which is good, but she comes from the maiden family of the third girl's biological mother, Xiao, and used to be the eldest girl in front of Xiao, and she is quite faceful. She married before Xiao came out of the cabinet, but unfortunately her husband died of illness, and she did not have a son and a half daughter, and her in-laws said that she had no children, and her life was very difficult.

When she heard that her girl and aunt had been killed, leaving only one daughter, she thought of the girl's past kindness, so she went to find Xiao's mother and volunteered to take care of the three girls who had lost their parents and were sent to the nunnery for cultivation. After so many years, she regards the three girls as her own, which is really the root of her life, and she is naturally happy and bitter.

As soon as Xu finished speaking, Mrs. Ren immediately shed tears. Qiu Tang, who led Xu in, hurriedly handed over the magpie Dengzhiyue white silk handkerchief, and she wiped her tears while choking and said: "Pity my good granddaughter, she was far away from her family at a young age and lived in that cold nunnery, and she didn't know if she was rubbed or not, which made people feel distressed!" Boss, I'll have to go see her to be relieved! ”

said that the old lady was about to get out of bed, but her body suddenly crooked, and she almost fell on Zong Zhenglun. Zong Zhenglun was so frightened that he hurriedly hugged her, asked Qiu Tang to come over to help support her, and said to Xu: "The old lady is really tired today, you go back and bring a message to Sister Ke, and I will accompany the old lady to visit her tomorrow." ”

Xu hurriedly said: "The old lady is concerned about the three girls, which is the blessing of the three girls. But if it was for the sake of the three girls that the old lady was burdened, then it was not for the three girls! The third girl said that she would never dare to work the old lady to look at her. She will return home in only half a month, and then she will definitely come to kowtow to the old lady, and ask the old lady to forgive her for the crime of filial piety that has not been done under her knees for so many years! The old lady still takes care of her body and bones, and in the future, it will be the time for the three girls to be filial! ”