Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Old Temple
Ruan Ze came back to his senses and said busily: "When I met Xiuxiu, I also asked Miss Ji to be with me, so that my mother wouldn't find out that she had returned to the capital." ”
"No problem, as long as you don't think I'm an eyesore." Ji Yunyun readily agreed, thought about it, frowned and asked, "But how long do you want to cover it up like this?" I'm not going to spend it with you forever. ”
"It won't be too long, two months, Miss Ji only needs to help for two months, and I will try to find a way to get my mother to accept Xiuxiu in these two months." Ruan Zedao.
Two months can still be accepted, Ji Yunyun nodded.
Coming out of the teahouse, Chun Tao asked, "Girl, you want to help Ruan Gongzi, how can the old lady explain there?" ”
"Let's hide it first, Mrs. Bofu accepted Ruan Gongzi's cousin, and my grandmother naturally won't let me marry into Chong'en Bofu anymore." Ji Yunyun said.
"But don't everyone else think that you and Ruan Gongzi are together, how can the girl find a Ruyi husband?" Chun Tao said worriedly.
"It's only two months, not a year and a half, why are you more anxious than me." Ji Yunyun stretched out his hand and nodded Chun Tao's forehead, and said with a smile.
Chun Tao pouted: "Isn't it afraid that the girl's reputation will be bad and affect the girl's marriage." ”
Ji Yunyun snorted, "Look at the appearance of your girl, will she not be able to get married?" Besides, he betrayed me behind my back with his cousin, because he had a bad reputation, but I was a victim, and it was too late to be pitied, and it would not affect the marriage. ”
"What the girl said is that my girl looks so good-looking, naturally many people come to the door to ask for marriage." Chun Tao looked at her girl's face as bright as the moon and spring flowers, put down the big stone in her heart, and said with a smile.
Three days later, Ruan Ze asked someone to hand over a letter and ask her to go to the theater to listen to the play. Ji Yunyun arrived outside the gate, got into Ruan Ze's carriage, and then set off to pick up Huo Xiuxiu.
When he arrived at the door of Huo Xiuxiu's house, Ruan Ze got out of the car and entered the courtyard, and Ji Yunyun opened a crack in the curtain to look outside. This is a quiet alley, and there are only three or four households, except for Huo Xiuxiu's house, the other households are all closed, as if no one lives.
Ruan Ze and Huo Xiuxiu soon came out, Huo Xiuxiu's parents sent them to the gate of the courtyard, smiled at Ruan Ze, explained a few words to Huo Xiuxiu, and watched them get into the carriage.
Ji Yunyun lowered the curtain, and when Ruan Ze and Huo Xiuxiu came up, the carriage started slowly.
"This is Miss Ji who helped us." Ruan Ze introduced Ji Yunyun and Huo Xiuxiu to each other, "This is Xiuxiu." ”
Ji Yunyun smiled at Huo Xiuxiu, "We met last time." ”
Huo Xiuxiu's eyes widened as she looked at her, "...... You...... You're the girl from the liquor store last time. Thinking of it, he thanked her and said, "My cousin said that Miss Ji is willing to help us, thank you so much." ”
"No, I have a thank-you gift." Ji Yunyun smiled and winked at her.
When they arrived at the theater, it was still Ruan Ze and Ji Yunyun who got out of the carriage first, and then the carriage went around to the back door to let Huo Xiuxiu get off. Ji Yunyun went into the private room that had been set, and Ruan Ze went to the backyard to pick up Huo Xiuxiu.
A few corners on the stage in the middle were babbling and singing with their water sleeves, Ji Yunyun supported his chin and listened absentmindedly, and the two people next to him snuggled intimately in the corner, whispering.
After drinking a pot of tea, another pot was served, and the pastries on the plate were almost eaten by her, and the stage finally quieted down after singing.
Ruan Ze finished pouring out his lovesickness, turned his head and saw Ji Yunyun's bored appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little more guilty in his heart.
came out of the theater and sent Huo Xiuxiu home first, and then the carriage went to the Guogong Mansion. Ruan Ze looked at Ji Yunyun and asked, "Miss Ji, don't you like to listen to dramas?" ”
"It's okay, I prefer to read scripts." Ji Yunyun said casually.
Ruan Ze said: "Since Miss Ji doesn't like it, then I won't go to the theater next time." ”
"If you like it, don't worry about me." Ji Yunyun waved his hand, not caring about it.
Ruan Ze sent her to the gate of the Guogong Mansion, and when he saw her enter the mansion, he left. As soon as Ji Yunyun went back to the Splendid Courtyard, the maid came in and said that Ji Yunshu was here.
"Second sister, you went out with the second son of Chongenbo Mansion?" Ji Yunshu couldn't wait to ask as soon as he came in.
"Well, I went to the theater to watch a play." Ji Yunyun nodded and instructed Chun Tao to pour her a cup of tea.
"Haven't you been avoiding him all the time, why did you suddenly go out to watch a play with him?" Ji Yunshu frowned and asked puzzled.
"Big sister, it's my grandmother's order to let me get along with my second son more." She didn't want others to know about the deal with Ruan Ze, so she moved the old lady out.
"Grandmother said, "You agreed?" This is a major event in your life, since you don't like him, don't force it, I'll help you go and talk to your grandmother. Ji Yunshu got up and went to find the old lady as he spoke.
Ji Yunyun hurriedly grabbed her, "Big sister, I think what my grandmother said is very reasonable, Ruan's second son has good looks and character, and his family background is also comparable to ours, I used to think that he was too Meng Lang to avoid him, but today I went to the theater to change my opinion of him a lot, and I am willing to get along with him as my grandmother said." ”
"Really? Since you are willing, then I am relieved. After listening to her words, Ji Yunshu sat down again and looked at her with a smile, "Going to the theater once can make you look different, what did Ruan Ergongzi do?" ”
Kiss me and me in front of me. Ji Yunyun complained in her heart, but she said nonsense on her face: "On the way there, I rescued a poor girl on the side of the street, and I found that he was a very kind-hearted person." ”
"Girl?" Ji Yunshu remembered what happened to him before, and his face was a little serious, "How old is that girl, and what is her appearance?" You have to be careful, don't let people communicate with Ruan Er Gongzi behind your back. ”
Knowing that she had misunderstood, Ji Yunyun hurriedly explained with a smile, "Big sister, don't worry, it's a seven or eight-year-old girl who was almost taken away by human traffickers, and the second son saved her in time and has already returned it to her parents." ”
Hearing that it was a little girl, Ji Yunshu was relieved, took Ji Yunyun's hand and said a few words, "You usually pay attention to it, what is the character of Ruan Ergongzi, it is always not accurate to hear what others say, and you have to observe it carefully." ”
Ji Yunyun nodded, "Got it, big sister." ”
A few days later, Ruan Ze came to pick her up in the house again, she just walked to the gate, and Ji Yunlan's maid behind her hurriedly chased after her, "Second girl, third girl knows that you are going out, please help you come back with a osmanthus crisp in Dingxiang Building." ”
Ji Yunyun responded, because of the Jade Buddha in the second uncle's study, she promised to do what Ji Yunlan asked, but fortunately, Ji Yunlan's request was not too much, but she was asked to bring some things to eat and drink.
She got into the carriage, and then went to pick up Huo Xiuxiu, and the three of them went to the north of the city.
This time, the place I went to was not the theater, but the Yuelao Temple. got out of the carriage at the door, Ji Yunyun separated from them, and took Chun Tao to walk around the Yuelao Temple by himself.
The incense burns in the temple all year round, and the people who come are either seeking marriage for themselves or for those close to them. Chun Tao pulled her girl's sleeve, "Girl, since you're here, let's go and ask for marriage." ”
Ji Yunyun also had this intention, she took the incense and worshiped reverently in front of the ancestral hall Yue Lao, first asked for marriage for herself, and then casually begged for Ji Yunshu and Yan Shuangshuang, and then inserted the incense into the copper furnace in front of Yue Lao.
Following the people in front of me out of the ancestral hall, there is a big tree in the courtyard, which is said to have a history of hundreds of years, with a thick trunk and deep roots, and the two of them can't hold it. It is said that the people who come to the temple to pray write their wishes on the red cloth strips, and the higher they throw it, the more effective it will be.
Ji Yunyun also asked the monks in the temple for a red cloth, and after thinking for a while, he wrote down his wishes.
She took the strip of red cloth and looked under the tree, trying to find a place with few strips of cloth and throw it on, but as soon as she found it, she heard a familiar female voice behind the tree shouting, "Girl, this place is quite high, and there are few strips of cloth." ”
She turned her head to look over, and happened to meet the eyes of the woman who came from behind the tree with a fox fur cloak, and the woman saw that her eyes sank slightly, and her red lips hooked coldly, "Yo, Miss Ji, what a coincidence, you also came to this old temple to ask for marriage." ”
didn't expect to meet Sun Yingying here, Ji Yunyun glanced around her quickly, didn't see the second prince and Qi Cheng, smiled at her and greeted: "Miss Sun." ”
"You're alone?" Sun Yingying looked at her.
Ji Yunyun was thinking about it, when he suddenly saw Ruan Ze holding Huo Xiuxiu's hand and walking into the courtyard from behind, shook his head, and his voice was slightly louder, "No, I came with Ruan Ergongzi." ”
Ruan Ze originally wanted to walk over to her with Huo Xiuxiu, but when he saw someone standing in front of her, and heard what she said, he was startled, and hurriedly separated from Huo Xiuxiu, signaling Huo Xiuxiu to stay where he was, and he walked over.
"Miss Sun." came over and saw that the woman in front of her was Sun Yingying, Ruan Ze nodded at her and said.
"Second Prince Ruan." Sun Yingying's gaze swept back and forth over the two of them, and said meaningfully: "It seems that the rumors are true, both of them have come to this old temple together." I originally took a fancy to this place, but since the two of you are here, let's give it to the two of you. ”
"Thank you, Miss Sun." Ji Yunyun didn't say a word, picked up a small stone on the ground and wrapped it in a strip of red cloth, and threw it on the tree, the stone fell to the ground, and the strip of cloth hung lightly and skillfully on the branch.
Seeing Sun Yingying leave, Ruan Zecai breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, Miss Ji came with us, otherwise Xiuxiu and I would have been bumped into by Miss Sun, and we would definitely have to publicize it and let my mother know." ”
"Okay, are you and Miss Huo going to hang red cloth strips? I'll wait for you outside, and come out quickly. Ji Yunyun glanced up at his red cloth strip, felt that it was hanging quite high, and walked outside the Yuelao Temple with great satisfaction.
Sun Yingying came out of the Yuelao Temple and got into the carriage waiting outside. Qi Cheng was leaning against the wall of the car and bending his legs to look through the book in his hand, Sun Yingying got into the carriage and smiled at him: "You didn't go in just now, but you missed it, I met Miss Ji." ”
Qi Cheng's hand flipping through the book paused slightly, and he said lightly without raising his head: "Really?" ”
Seeing that he didn't react, Sun Yingying looked at her nails and added with a smile, "I met her and the second son of the Ruan family, and the two threw red cloth strips on the marriage tree, it seems that the good things of the Pingguo Mansion and the Chongenbo Mansion are about to happen." ”
Qi Cheng's hand holding the book suddenly tightened.