Chapter 58: What is there to be proud of?
There was such a storm in front of the gate, and everyone's faces were a little uncomfortable. The parties involved try their best to pretend that nothing happened, and other irrelevant people who are not involved in the turmoil and do not know what happened can only pretend that they have not seen anything.
Fortunately, everyone arrived, Zhan Ren and Zhan Yi knew each other very well and opened the topic, beckoning everyone to get in the car and prepare to set off for Hongyuan Temple.
This time, I went to pray for blessings and made a vow, and a total of three vehicles were used. One is used to carry the items used to worship the Buddha, and the accompanying servants and servants follow this car, and the other two are the special cars of the members of the Zhan family, which are divided into men and women.
When they were about to get into the car, Old Man Zhan walked out with the help of Butler Yang. He couldn't rest assured, so he deliberately dragged the sick body out to see if the things for worshipping the Buddha were properly prepared.
After the old man Zhan gave a few words to everyone, he waved everyone to get in the car and set off, don't delay the hour.
Qiu Sha was helped into the car by her subordinates, and Du Xiaomeng climbed up on her own. And Zhan Di was still talking to Old Man Zhan and didn't come over.
There was no third person in the car, Qiu Sha put away the gentle and friendly smile in front of the person, put on a condescending posture and said in a triumphant tone, "Did you see it?" The master of this general's mansion is oriented towards me, and he will follow me whatever I like. Miss Du, you are a smart person, in the future, you have to recognize who is the master and who is the guest in the general's mansion, and don't make such a rude thing in front of people today. Otherwise, it's only you who doesn't look good. ”
Relying on Zhan Qi to support her, she got carried away and posed as a hostess to teach people.
Du Xiaomeng looked at Qiu Sha with sympathetic eyes, calmly played with her fingers, and said slowly: "I really don't understand, what is there to be proud of a concubine who is not favored by her elders and has not been supported by her husband for many years?" ”
Qiu Sha's smug expression sank, and Du Xiaomeng continued to say before she spoke: "Mrs. Qiu, you are a Northern Barbarian, maybe you don't know that here in Qiyang Kingdom, the status of a concubine and a housewife is completely different. Here, only the head of the house is qualified to be the master, and the others, such as concubines or something, are not as good as my guest! ”
Seeing Qiu Sha's face turn pale, Du Xiaomeng shook her head with regret, "Old man, he deliberately asked me to go to Hongyuan Temple with me, but he didn't call you to go, right?" As far as I know, the general is a filial son, Mrs. Qiu, you are not favored by the old man, you have followed the general for many years and have not come out, and if you continue to consume it like this, when you are old, let alone the position of the housewife, the identity of the concubine may not be kept. If I were you, I would put more thought into how to please my elders and husbands, instead of saying such uninteresting show-off words to one of my guests. ”
Without the approval of her husband's family, unable to have children, and unable to sit on the position of wife, Du Xiaomeng viciously grabbed every sore spot of Qiusha to talk about things. Before Qiusha used tricks to expose her identity and embarrass her, she didn't forget it at all; Lin Xinru was put on the scene, although there was no evidence in Lin Furong and the Light of the North to prove that it was Qiu Sha's doing, but Du Xiaomeng decided that it was related to her, so she regarded her as an enemy very smoothly. Now it's the enemy who takes the initiative to provoke me, and it's you who make me unhappy first, why should I take care of your feelings to make you comfortable?
Qiu Sha choked there, her face became ugly, and she couldn't even hide the delicate and decent layer of powder. After a while, a proud smile appeared on her pale face, and she said disdainfully: "The general has a mountain alliance with me, and he treats me with deep affection, as long as I say I want the position of the housewife, even if my father-in-law opposes him, he will give it to me." It's just that I am considerate of the general, and I don't want him to suffer a little bit of embarrassment before I wronged myself as a concubine. ”
"Really?" Du Xiaomeng chuckled, "I hope it won't be wishful thinking on the part of someone." ”
Qiu Sha clenched her fists, glared at Du Xiaomeng and said hatefully: "You don't stir up feelings between me and the general here!" ”
Du Xiaomeng looked at her with sympathetic eyes again, and said in a sarcastic tone without letting go of any opportunity to strike: "If the relationship between you is unbreakable, why should Mrs. Qiu be afraid of the provocation of others? ”
As soon as the words fell, Zhan Li lifted the curtain and jumped into the car. As soon as she jumped into the carriage, she smiled and asked, "Sister, what are you talking about so happy?" I heard your voices outside. ”
Du Xiaomeng smiled casually and said, "I haven't been to Hongyuan Temple, and I'm asking how long it will take for Mrs. Qiu to get there from the General's Mansion." ”
"Honganji Temple is on the outskirts of the city, and it will take more than an hour to get there." Qiu Sha took over the words, although her face had returned to normal, she looked uncomfortable and moved her gaze to the side not to look at Du Xiaomeng.
"Oh, that's right." Zhan Li didn't ask any more questions, and he didn't keep his eyes on Qiu Sha. She walked straight to Du Xiaomeng's side and sat down, took Du Xiaomeng's hand and said sweetly: "Although the road is a bit far, the scenery along the way is very good." Sister Du, if you are afraid of boredom, you can watch the scenery, if you don't want to see the scenery, I can talk to you. ”
Du Xiaomeng stretched out her hand and patted Zhan Li's head, and said with a smile: "With you by my side, how can I be bored?" ”
The carriage started on the road, Zhan Li pulled Du Xiaomeng and talked affectionately, Qiu Sha sat alone on the side without saying a word, looking at the scenery outside the car and not participating in their topic.
When Du Xiaomeng was talking to Zhan Li, she peeked at her out of the corner of her eye. Du Xiaomeng felt that today's Qiusha was a little strange, in the past, Qiusha had been pretending to be an understanding and kind and low-key good person in front of her, and every time Xiaohong was bullying, she would pretend to speak out to stop her, showing her a cautious and caring look for the overall situation, and even, when she was using tricks to harm her, she still pretended to be a kind person in front of her as always.
However, she didn't stop the little red fox when she was pretending to be a tiger today, and then deliberately said something prickly in front of her, which was not at all like her past style. has been harmed by her design once, Du Xiaomeng will not know that she is a very scheming woman. Such a woman has already calculated everything she does, so she is now in her true form? Or did he deliberately do the opposite of usual in front of her? If it's done on purpose, what is hidden in it?
Du Xiaomeng was making all kinds of speculations in her mind, and she couldn't help but get distracted. Zhan Li, who was talking to her, noticed her absent-mindedness, shook her hand vigorously, and shouted, "Sister Du! ”
"Huh?" Du Xiaomeng retracted her thoughts and looked down at Zhan Li, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Zhan Di pouted and asked dissatisfiedly, "What are you thinking?" You weren't even listening to me talking to you. ”
Du Xiaomeng replied with a smile: "What do I think? I've been listening to you. Seeing that Zhan Li's face showed an expression of disbelief, she changed the subject, "By the way, Xiaoqi, the Guanyin Buddha in Hongyuan Temple is not spiritual?" ”
"Of course it's spiritual!" Zhan Li's attention was successfully diverted by Du Xiaomeng, "Hongyuan Temple is the temple with the most incense, and many people go there to worship God and make wishes, and their wishes will come true soon." ”
"Then I'll make a good wish later!" Du Xiaomeng lifted the curtain a little, glanced at the rapidly receding scenery outside, and said very seriously.