Chapter Twenty-Nine: Because of Women
The carriage traveled slowly all the way to the general's mansion.
Today, the sun was shining, and I stepped on the footstool to get out of the car to see the wall of the General's Mansion, and for the first time, I felt that the courtyard was also deep.
I wanted to go to the lawn in the garden to sit for a meeting, thinking of the swarm of rats that day, my heart was very disgusting, lying on the couch and wanting to read, but I couldn't settle down.
I was irritable, so I simply opened the window, and the hot sun pierced my eyes, and I was a little more comfortable.
When the house came out that day, although it was the third lady who sued the demon moth, it was naturally the second lady who caused trouble.
I deliberately refused to admit that I went to the Yinhong Mansion, while arguing with the third lady, I kept secretly watching the second lady, she drank tea with wandering eyes when she opened, and then calmed down.
In this way, she must have seen me in the Yin Red Mansion, and I don't know if I saw her, so she made a move to watch the fire from the other side, and threw the third lady out to find out the truth.
I reacted violently that day, making her think that she didn't know her whereabouts, but at the same time revealing herself.
She must have begun to pay attention to me, and if she went out hastily, I am afraid that it would not be good.
For this occasion, the only way to find out the details of Tao is to find out the details of Tao as soon as possible, and see what she is doing in the Red Mansion, if necessary......
Thinking of that day's assassination, I gently stripped my sideburns and broken hair...
I've given Dow's white to Momiji, and in the past few days, there will be some news, but I don't know what the situation is outside......
At this time, Lu Zhu had already prepared the meal, and after eating, she brought the soup and medicine bowl.
I asked her to increase the amount of medicine from one dose a day to two doses in the morning and evening, and I felt that her body was getting more and more energetic.
After eating the candied fruit, rinsing his mouth again, he saw Jinru coming from outside in a hurry from a distance, and said something to Qingteng at the gate of the courtyard, Qingteng immediately trotted over, and reported lightly, "Miss Yu, the nineteenth princess accompanied the old lady of Qingguohou Mansion to the Zen Temple to incense today, passing by our general's mansion, and suddenly asked Miss to accompany her."
At this moment, the nineteenth princess and the old lady were already waiting in the front hall, and the master mother sent someone over to ask the young lady to clean up and hurry over, so as not to let the guests wait in a hurry. ”
Nineteen princesses? The old lady of the Qingguo Marquis Mansion......
I can't fight with these two people, why do you want to find me to accompany the incense?
"Green beads, comb my hair for a change of clothes."
"Yes, miss." Green Bead answered and hurriedly got busy.
Although I don't know why I called, the princess called in person, and I couldn't slack off, the green beads gave me a bud, embellished two pearl hairpins, swept my eyebrows and applied light makeup, and found a set of light green gauze skirts to change into, and then strode to the front hall.
"I haven't seen you for many days, and the old lady's complexion is much more ruddy."
"Hey! Where did Mrs. say, my wife and son are all half-buried people, and Mrs. is Taoyun. ”
Before I entered the door, I heard a polite greeting, Jinru went in to report, and soon the inner hall passed me over.
As soon as I entered the door, I found that the nineteenth princess was sitting in the second place, and there was an old woman wearing a Fushou jacket sitting on the main seat. Her temples were pale and unadorned, except for a longevity hoop adorned with jewels on her head.
Qingguohou came late to have a son, this old lady is young and over eighty years old this year, and she is full of energy and has no old age.
This old lady is a powerful person, in the early years Xiqi had a big battle with Beili, when the Marquis of Qingguo guarded the border pass, but he was defeated in every battle, only to find that there was a traitor in the army.
At this time, the Bible had a clue about the traitor, and in order not to startle the snake, the old lady, who was over 50 years old, rode a horse for three days and three nights, went to the army in the name of visiting relatives, and used the traitor to send false news of the battle to the enemy, and fought a beautiful victory.
Because of this, the old lady was awarded a first-class edict, enjoyed the fortune, and enjoyed the dignity of the royal courtesy.
Although an old woman usually does not go to the royal saint, this is already a great honor, and even the princess who has not yet reached the throne sits in the second place, which can be seen.
I went first to salute the old lady, and then to the nineteenth princess and the mistress.
"Get up." The old lady smiled, "I wanted to go to the Zen temple to worship the Buddha today, but the princess came over and saw that my wife was lonely, so she wanted to accompany me." But I saw that the nineteenth princess just went out and felt bored, just walked at the door of the general's mansion, thinking that the two of you are the same age, and walking together is also a playmate, so I came in to invite each other, and it was abrupt, I don't know if the young lady is willing to be together? . ”
I hurriedly saluted and said, "Being able to walk with the princess and the old lady is a blessing for the Mu, and I can't ask for it." ”
The old lady smiled and said, "This kid is really well-behaved, then let's get up, in the evening, I'm afraid I missed the time to put on the incense." ”
After speaking, she said to Wu Wanhua again, "Don't bother Madame, later, I will send Miss back with a carriage." ”
Wu Wanhua bowed, "Then there is Mrs. Lao." ”
A maid came to support the old lady, and the nineteenth princess followed closely behind, and I followed them out of the general's mansion together.
The old lady's carriage was very large, and she sat in the middle, and the nineteenth princess and I sat on either side. I don't like to talk, especially when I'm sitting opposite someone I've never met, and I don't like to beg for tricks, so I lowered my eyes slightly, as if I was shy.
Who knows, the old lady actually smiled and said, "You little girl, why are you so shy, when you go to smash the Qinglan Pavilion Hall, I'm afraid you won't look like this, right?" ”
Uh, this ......
I was a little embarrassed, but the ninth princess giggled, she wore a bright red ruffle lace narrow-sleeved robe today, pulled her long hair into a braid, and wore a peach silk hat embroidered with gold thread, her lips were red and her teeth were white, and she looked good when she smiled.
The nineteenth princess looks so good in red, like a budding flower. I used to love red clothes the most, and I loved the scorching sun like fire. Now they are afraid of red, because it is too much like blood.
There was a dull pain in my heart, and I hurriedly lowered my head, but the old lady probably thought that I was really embarrassed, so she didn't speak. Looking at it, I turned the red sandalwood beads in my hand round and round, the beads touched, making a small cracking sound, and I seemed to be able to hear the friction of the wheels.
The carriage and horse walked slowly, and after about two pillars of incense, they arrived at the Qingchan Temple.
Someone pulled the curtain, and the nineteenth princess and I got out of the car first, and then helped the old lady to step on the stool to get out of the car.
Qingchan Temple is located in the east of the city of Wolong Mountain halfway up the mountainside, is a hundred years of ancient temple, it is early in the morning, come to burn incense and worship the Buddha people will be endless, the curling cigarette smoke floats out far away with the Sanskrit singing, between the green mountains and green forests, there is a solemnity.
We followed all the way to the gate of the temple, and helped the old lady to go to the Daxiong Treasure Hall to offer incense. When the old lady got up, he listened to the chanting of Amitabha Buddha, and an old monk in a robe walked out of the inner hall.
"Amitabha, is the old benefactor coming to hang up the lot again?" The abbot bowed.
"Hey, when I'm old, I'm always thinking about things I shouldn't be thinking about. If you don't come to the abbot of Fayuan every few days to give a lecture, the old woman won't be able to sleep well. The old lady smiled back.
The monk of Fayuan gave a salute, "Thank you for the praise of the old donor, please come to the hall of the donor." ”
"Then thank you Abbot."
A novice came to lead the old lady to the inner hall, and the great monk followed, and somehow, when he came to the corner, he suddenly stopped, turned around and looked straight at me.
This great abbot is also fifty or sixty years old, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes are kind, and somehow I feel that his eyes are particularly sharp.
In the past, I never felt how unfathomable the ancient temple monks were, but since he became Su Tianmu after his death, he felt that some things were difficult to understand.
Ten thousand laws are circulated, and there is a reason for them. Now that this monk looks at me like this, I am actually a little weak-hearted, my heart is beating uncontrollably, and I almost run away.
Fortunately, the great monk just paused, then turned around and went into the inner hall to preach, and I was relieved.
The old lady entered the house, and the nineteenth princess and I naturally couldn't stay in this incense-filled hall. The nineteenth princess rolled her big black eyes twice, and suddenly approached me and said, "Hey, let's go out and play, shall we?" ”
I saluted, "Where is the princess going, pour yourself out." ”
The nineteenth princess cut off, "Don't pretend, you're not this character, come with me!" With that, she grabbed me by the arm and ran.
"Nineteenth princess, don't run away!" A maidservant shouted anxiously from behind. But she ignored it. The delicate body made a few turns, and then threw off the maid behind him.
She dragged me all the way through a grove of trees and came to a brook, and when she saw that no one was giggling, she bent down and took off her embroidered shoes and socks, and sat barefoot by the stream to play in the water.
Although the status of Xiqi women is high, it is still not allowed to be bare feet in public, and the nineteenth princess, as a royal family, is also barefoot at will, and I am afraid that it will damage her reputation.
I hurriedly went over and persuaded, "Princess, this is not appropriate, let's put on the socks." ”
The nineteenth princess snorted lightly and made a few splashes with her little feet, "How can you talk like those grandmothers, it's all polite!" ”
I was robbed of white, and I couldn't speak, so I found a clean grass not far from her, and sat down.
She patted for a while, Xu was interested, pulled up her trouser legs, leaned over and walked a few steps into the middle of the stream, and suddenly shouted in surprise, "Hey! Look, there are so many small fish here. ”
She bent down, grabbed it on her left and grabbed it on her right, but she didn't catch a fish, but she had a lot of fun, and her laughter was like a silver bell, and she giggled far away.
After playing for a while, she was also tired, so she carefully went ashore and sat barefoot next to me.
I thought about it, and handed a brocade to her, she took it and held it in her hand, half a sound, and suddenly said, "Actually, I don't seem so happy." ”
I didn't speak.
She continued, "I don't understand why women have to abide by a lot of rules, why they have female endowments, why they have to memorize women's biographies, why women have to be about boudoirs, and can't do a lot of things they want to do. ”
I sighed and said softly, "Maybe it's because you're a princess." ”
"What about you?" She turned to me and asked, "You're not a princess, you want to go out, don't you have to go in such a big circle to get out?" ”
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