Chapter 631: Expediency
Zheng Yuan was almost woken up in a dream, and she was dreaming that she was valued by Mrs. Cui, took charge of the affairs of the Anping clan, and drove Cui Lin and Gu Mingzhu out of the house.
It's a pity that the dream hasn't woken up yet, and has been woken up by the little maid, she sat up sleepily, and didn't open her mouth to ask, but she saw a grandmother standing by the couch with a cold face and an old age.
"Third Young Lady, it's already Yinshi, it's time to get up." The old lady spoke word by word, without any expression on her face, and looked at Zheng Yuan like a clay statue of a bodhisattva.
Zheng Yuan was startled, looked at this raw grandmother, and stammered for a long time: "Yes, old lady, old lady got up?" ”
She was still a little conscious, knowing that she was staying in Anping under the guise of respecting the old lady for the second lady and Cui Weixiao, and this was naturally what she remembered at this time.
But the old lady's eyebrows didn't move, and her face was pale: "Since the third young lady came to the old lady to do her filial piety, she should share her worries for the old lady and help the Buddha to offer incense." ”
It turned out that it was for this, Zheng Yuan's heart was relieved, and then she slowly and leisurely prepared to get up, but the grandmother did not have the slightest intention of avoiding it, but instructed the little maid: "Go and send things in." ”
The little maids came in with hot water hand towels, and a plain robe, without any pattern and color, it looked more like a monk's robe.
Zheng Yuan was startled, and then listened to the grandmother say: "Since it is a Buddha, naturally those hairpin ring jewelry are not used, and even the old lady did not wear gold and silver in the past to worship the Buddha." ”
She stared at the monk's robe for a long time, then gritted her teeth and put it on, and the maidservant coiled her hair into a flat bun, and the fat powder was not allowed to put it on, and it was simply combed.
She secretly told herself in her heart that she would endure her anger for a while, and after two days, the old lady would be fine after she was angry, or when she moved out of the old lady's yard, no one would dare to embarrass her like this at that time.
But when she went out of the room, she still felt a thrill in her heart.
It was still dark outside, there was no light at all, the courtyard was also quiet, and the old lady's room was closed, and there was no light, only two or three grandmothers were waiting in front of the door with lanterns.
Zheng Yuan said suspiciously: "Isn't it a Buddha?" ”
Mama said coldly: "In the past, the old lady was always thinking about going to Fayuan Temple to incense the Buddha and copy the scriptures, but she was not in good health when she was old, and she couldn't stand the rush of cars and horses. ”
She glanced outside: "The carriage and horses have been prepared, please let the third young lady go." ”
, they actually want to send themselves to Fayuan Temple, not in the Buddhist hall in the old lady's courtyard!
Zheng Yuan's face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and she said in a hurry: "But, but I haven't seen the old lady yet, and the people around me......"
The grandmother handed over with a look, and the two standing ones immediately stepped forward to hold Zheng Yuan, and walked forward without touching the ground, and she herself said slowly in the back: "The old lady ordered last night, the third young lady has a heart, you don't have to go to see her, get up early every day to go to Fayuan Temple to offer incense, and come back at night to copy the scriptures." ”
"Fayuan Temple is a holy place of Buddhism, since the third young lady is sincerely worshiping the Buddha, there is no need to leave so many people to serve by her side, the old lady has been prepared by the third young lady two grandmothers, accompanied by the young lady."
Needless to say, it was naturally these two who were holding her, both of them were rough hands and feet, with big waists and round waists, and they really didn't look like grandmothers who were waiting closely.
But Zheng Yuan couldn't say anything anymore, she was carried up by the grandmothers and sent to the carriage, and the coachman flicked his whip and kept speeding away into the distance.
When the eldest lady brought Gu Mingzhu and Cui Ning to ask for peace, the old lady said to them slowly: "...... said that she wanted to stay and serve me, I saw that she was sincere, and I also sympathized with her not long after she got married, so I left her without a reason not to persuade her. ”
The eldest lady's face was a little complicated, thinking of what Zheng Yuan had done before, she couldn't help but feel very cold, thinking that she also wanted Cui Lin to marry Zheng Yuan to enter the door, but fortunately it didn't work out, otherwise the house would be restless now.
It's just that now this bane is in Anping, and she couldn't help asking: "How does the old lady plan to arrange her?" ”
The old lady glanced at Gu Mingzhu and said with a smile: "She has the heart to serve me, but I don't need her to serve tea and pour water, now what I am looking forward to is the peace of the clan, and the children and grandchildren will become instruments, so she will help me go to Fayuan Temple every day to incense and copy scriptures, which can be regarded as her filial piety." ”
That's a clever move!
Gu Mingzhu almost couldn't hold back her laughter, like Zheng Yuan thinks very highly of herself and is uneasy about the status quo, the old lady will clean her up and send her to the temple to stay, for the sake of the Cui family's reputation, she will stay in the temple overnight, and go back and forth at night every morning, which can be regarded as tossing her back and forth.
Mrs. Cui was also stunned, the worry in her eyes disappeared, but she said: "I let people clean up the courtyard and come out, and I can't let San Lang's daughter-in-law and the old lady crowd together." ”
Mrs. Cui waved her hand and said, "Just let her live with me, Mama Yu will look at her, and I will rest assured that she will be calm." ”
The eldest lady and Gu Mingzhu were worried, and everyone was relieved.
When Gu Mingzhu went back, the old lady left the eldest lady alone to speak, and then confided the truth: "...... She is restless, I'm afraid that she has other thoughts, otherwise how would she make a fuss about staying in Anping to accompany my wife, I think she is only afraid that she still has a crooked heart. ”
The eldest lady was startled: "Is it still for Goro?" ”
The old lady said coldly: "It's not necessarily that I'm still thinking about Gorou, but I must be jealous of Gorou's daughter-in-law, and I can't take risks at this time anyway, so I left her behind." ”
"I also thought that if she didn't agree to her, she thought of other selfish ways, that is, to quarrel with the Zheng family at this time, the Queen Mother would not have noticed Wulang and them, and there would be many twists and turns, so it was better to leave her under my nose, and when Wulang and them left safely, I would take care of them again."
Mrs. Cui thought about it, indeed this is the best way, it is better than seeing that the New Year is coming, and the whole family is in trouble with Cui Wei and Zheng Yuan, which will eventually cause more trouble.
She thanked Mrs. Cui in a low voice: "Thank you Ah Jia, if you didn't think about Gorou and them, I don't know how many things would happen now." ”
Old Madam Cui waved her hand and sighed: "It's also the trouble caused by the second room, it's just that I didn't oppose this marriage that day." ”
Although the old lady blamed the second lady for being snobbish and insisted on getting married, she actually felt guilty in her heart, she also watched the second lady want to get married, and she also held the idea that more things are better than less, and she didn't insist on objecting, but she didn't want to leave such a trouble now, and she should also help clean up the mess.