Chapter 5 Jintai Temple
It is the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the suburbs of Beijing also become lively.
Jintai Temple is full of incense every year, and is located on the mountainside, if you catch up with the foggy day, like the realm of immortals, the nobles in Beijing are sincere and spiritual, almost have to go to Jintai Temple every month to worship.
There are those who seek prosperity and a bright career for their families, and there are also those who seek blessings for their children and grandchildren and a safe family.
Gu Mingye opened the folding fan and blocked it above his head, "I said that you must have a bad brain, so you didn't eat and drink in the house on a hot day and came to this place, what benefits did the host of Jintai Temple give you?" β
Riding a white horse, dressed in blue, Sheng Jingnian, who was much more leisurely than Gu Mingye's irritability, smiled, "I have heard that there is a spirit in Jintai Temple, I want to come to see and see, and I will ask for a good luck charm for my mother by the way. β
Hearing this, Gu Mingye rolled his eyes and looked up at Jintai Temple.
Isn't it just a temple, and it is spread like a god.
"I'm also sick to accompany you, it's rare that I don't have to go to the Zhiyuan one day, but I accompanied you to Jintai Temple, it's better to go to the Zhiyuan to accompany those old doctors to eat melon seeds."
Everything is good in the Zhiyuan Academy, but there are too many old men, all of them are some words, and the things that can be explained in one sentence are partial, and they have to be broken down into ten sentences.
Gu Mingye only felt that he had entered the wrong place at that time, thinking that he was young and handsome, and he actually went to such a 'pension' place as the Zhiyuan Academy.
Sheng Jingnian shook his head, "Then would you like to let you go back to Taixue again?" β
As soon as he heard the word 'Taixue', Gu Mingye's expression suddenly changed, staring at Sheng Jingnian, with a look of resentment-which pot is not opened, thinking that he is in the top ten of the top ten scholars, the Taixue Academy is like a flood beast in his eyes.
Who wants to go back, those old ladies and old gentlemen are more difficult than the other, and they are not as good as the old doctors of the Zhiyuan Academy.
"I don't know what you're afraid of, that place is so scary?"
"Who said no, but you definitely don't understand, whoever asked you to play small is the person that the old guys like, I don't understand, it's clear that you are not very obedient, they still treat you so generously, is it because they accepted your gift behind your back?" Gu Mingye thought about it and felt that this was most likely the case.
Sheng Jingnian raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Can I afford to send it, but you can't afford it?" Not to mention accepting gifts and making people denounce, the crime is not light, it is just a demotion, and a direct reduction of official positions at the worst. β
"Then you-"
"You can ask whatever you want, I've been suffocating several times along the way, do you want to ask me about being given a marriage or about what I didn't care about when your sister fell into the water yesterday?" Sheng Jingnian turned over and dismounted, looked at the steps in front of him, and led the horse to the tea shed next to him.
Such a lively spring banquet has not been seen for many years, and I can't imagine that his unfinished lady is actually like this, which is better than what was rumored before.
Gu Mingye saw Sheng Jingnian's movements, hurriedly dismounted, and caught up with him, "I don't know what you think about my sister, but were you a little abnormal with that Xiao Jiu girl yesterday, when did you see that you were so active with other girls, or did you change your mind when you saw that you were a beautiful girl?" β
"Not only beautiful, but there are still few beautiful girls in the capital?"
Gu Mingye was speechless with a sentence, scratched his head and asked, "What could it be because of?" Yesterday, my mother and Mingyou came back, and I didn't see what they said, so I asked, and only said that they fell into the water with the nine girls from the Zhenxi General's Mansion at the spring banquet, and they were frightened and went back to the room early to rest. β
"Nothing else mentioned?"
"You ask like this, but it's even more curious, don't sell it, tell me what's going on, from the previous point to this ninth girl, you didn't say a word, let those bastards say it, not a good-looking but rude and reckless stupid - cough, don't stare at me, don't let me say it."
Gu Mingye couldn't help but be curious, where is this Xiao Yunmu sacred, yesterday was the first time he officially met, and he actually made Sheng Jingnian change his mind and take the initiative to bring it up, which is not simple.
Over the years, there have been many ladies who want to marry Sheng Jingnian, and there are many people who deliberately create opportunities at polo clubs and spring banquets, but when you ask Sheng Jingnian who he remembers, no one remembers.
Sheng Jingnian didn't look down on those ladies, but he didn't take this matter to heart at all, how could he remember who was who.
Even Gu Mingyou is because of the friendship between the two families, and as an elder brother, it is inevitable that he can't stand the pleading of his sister, and occasionally brings Gu Mingyou to the party, which allows Sheng Jingnian and Gu Mingyou to say a few more words, but only a few more words.
After explaining to the owner of the tea shed about taking care of the horses for them, Sheng Jingnian sat down after paying the silver taels, poured a cup of herbal tea into the bowl, and glanced at Gu Mingye, who was still scratching his head and meditating, a smile flashed in his eyes - it was rare to see Gu Mingye scratching his ears and cheeks like this, so it would be better to talk later.
didn't wait for Sheng Jingnian to finish drinking a bowl of tea, and saw a voice from the official road, which sounded like there were a lot of people.
Gu Mingye looked up when he heard the sound, several sedan chairs came this way, and looked at this formation, it should be the lady and girl of the capital who went out and went to Jintai Temple to pray for incense.
"Whose family is thisβXiao?"
"Zhenxi General's Mansion."
Gu Mingye's eyes lit up, and he turned his head to look at Sheng Jingnian suddenly, the expression on his face that was anxious just now suddenly changed, and he leaned next to Sheng Jingnian, "That nine girls from yesterday must have been among them, right?" I heard that there are still three girls in the Zhenxi General's Mansion to be in the boudoir, you see that there are a total of five sedan chairs, except for his eldest lady and Xiao Jing'an's daughter-in-law, the rest are the three girls in the General's Mansion. β
"I heard that the sixth girl is outstanding in learning, just like the crown princess."
"I think you're deliberate, such a small heart, no wonderβ"
"What's the wonder?"
"No wonder it will be repaid." Gu Mingye turned his face away, feeling that Sheng Jingnian was really cautious, didn't he just ridicule Xiao Yunmu and him, why did he squeeze him at this moment.
Who in the capital doesn't know how powerful the crown princess is, not that she is powerful, but this person is too suitable to marry into the royal family, whether it is the queen mother or the emperor and queen, they are all full of praise for her, and they are extremely satisfied with this daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law.
If there is no accident, it is inevitable that this crown princess, who was born in Jiangmen, will be in charge of the phoenix seal in the future and become the master of the middle palace.
Mama Yan wiped her sweat, glanced at the tea shed, beckoned the sedan chair man to settle down, and instructed the accompanying nurse to go to the tea shed to inquire about it, check whether there was any danger, and explain these things before walking to Song's sedan chair.
He lowered his voice and asked, "Madam, when you arrive at the foot of the mountain, as usual, settle down here in the tea shed to rest, and then go up the mountain after a while." β
"Well, it's all arranged?"
"As always."
The little maid next to her lifted the curtain, and Mama Yan hurriedly reached out to help the Song family. Song bent down and came out of the sedan chair, dignified and generous, and could vaguely see the good appearance of his youth.
After Song came out of the sedan chair, the rest of the maids who followed the sedan chair also helped their girls out of the sedan chair, not daring to trespass.
Rules, the most popular thing to talk about in the capital is the rules of the elders and young, and the revised book of etiquette is about to catch up with the history books.
Chunyue looked at the sedan chairs in front of her, helped Xiao Yunmu out, and asked in a low voice, "Does the girl's ankle still hurt?" You may have to walk a lot of steps on your own in a while. β
Xiao Yunmu almost fell softly on Chunyue's body, and secretly hated in her heart, how could she forget the bumpy sedan chair. She is a seasick girl, even the steady car is dizzy, and the sedan chair swaying up and down almost even the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys are in the wrong place.
I hurriedly ate a few pieces of dim sum before going out in the morning, if I didn't eat it, I was afraid that she would be able to vomit out the bitter gall at this time.
"Chunyue, next time you go out, can you change the carriage?"
Hearing that Chunyue couldn't cry or laugh, how could she not know that her girl was still faint in the sedan chair, she didn't have it before, she slept on it every time she sat in the sedan chair, and only came down slowly when she got to the place, and she also quarreled with the Song family many times for this, saying that she didn't know the rules and didn't understand etiquette.
Seeing the expression on Chunyue's face, Xiao Yunmu looked helpless, he couldn't say that he was motion sick, and he didn't understand if he said it, so he had to shake his head and cheer up, "Let's go over first, otherwise I should say that I don't know the rules in a while." β
"Why is your face so ugly?" Su Yunxi looked at Xiao Yunmu and said in surprise: "Forgot to eat something in the morning?" The sedan chair is bumpy, and it would be better to eat something. β
"I ate it, but it didn't work."
Su Yunxi was born gently, and the whole person exuded a sense of demure, so that Xiao Yunmu couldn't help but get close, so he simply let go of Chunyue's hand, and directly relied on Su Yunxi, and said coquettishly: "Sister-in-law, I'm so uncomfortable, I won't go out in a sedan chair next time, I should walk." β
Su Yunxi, who was not close to Xiao Yunmu in the past, made Xiao Yunmu's sudden coquettishness startled, and when she reacted, she reached out and touched her back, patting her gently.
It's really still a child, and he likes to be coquettish.
"I've been talking nonsense all morning, so far away, when are you going? No, talk to my father next time, just change to a carriage to travel. After Su Yunxi finished speaking, he looked at the Song family, Xiao Yunshuang, and Xiao Yunsong in front of him, and said in a low voice: "The eldest lady has already arrived at the front, let's go over quickly." β
Xiao Yunmu pursed her lips with a reluctant expression, "It's better to be sister-in-law." β
Su Yunxi chuckled, scolded, and led her to the tea shed.
Seeing Su Yunxi smiling, Xiao Yunmu felt a lot more comfortable in her heart - she finally felt comforted in her heart, daring her to come here not to change Xiao Yunmu's life, but to atone for Xiao Yunmu's sins.
After all, she harmed Xiao Jingan and Su Yunxi, and if she wants to atone for her sins, heaven will not tolerate it.
As soon as he raised his eyes to see if Song was secretly glaring at him again, this time he raised his eyes, Xiao Yunmu couldn't wait to turn around and pretend to be unwell and immediately return to the sedan chair to rest.
But it seems too late......
Bumping into Sheng Jingnian's eyes, Xiao Yunmu was sure that he saw cunning in his eyes, so how long did this person stare at him? Could it be that all his behavior from getting off the sedan chair to the present has fallen into his eyes?
Xiao Yunmu not only wants to faint now, she wants to lose her memory and erase Sheng Jingnian from her memory.
"Oh, isn't that the little grandfather of the Wei Mansion?"
ββ¦β¦ Is it? I don't quite remember. β
The corners of Su Yunxi's mouth twitched, "You only met yesterday." β
Xiao Yunmu took root under her feet, no matter how Su Yunxi pulled her, she refused to take another step forward, Su Yunxi looked helpless and felt funny.
Seeing that Su Yunxi was still laughing at herself, Xiao Yunmu flattened her mouth and looked aggrieved.
Who is going to see the prosperous year! I don't see anyone in the prosperous year!
Can she faint?