The closer you get to Shouzhongju, the more panicked you become.

The first night was over, although the table had been cleaned up, but the people did not dare to be idle, and they still came to clean it again when they got up in the morning. When Yu Qi walked slowly, those subordinates saw her and asked for hello, these voices had already informed the people inside. Yu Qi smiled and showed people, showing incomparable gentleness and incomparable calm, like a spring breeze after autumn.

It's just engraving.

Go forward, go up the steps of Shouzhongju, pass the wide steps is the hall of Shouzhongju, turn the hall is the old lady's daily rest, if you guess correctly, this old lady did not lie in the bedroom, just sit on the kang in the middle and wait for her to bring the pearls. This step into the inside, like going back to the difficult escape time last year, every step is so hard and worrying, every step is so determined and determined, hope to move forward unswervingly, but afraid to walk in winter, like walking on thin ice.

In the past, the old lady was a granddaughter and her parents died because of the change in her family, and she gave endless love and maintenance. Can all this pampering and maintenance continue today? These days, so many things have happened, everything implicates me, and I have forbearance and concealment in every way, in exchange for who knows these deceptions, can I still treat myself sincerely?

Only then did he go up the steps, and Zhu'er came out of it. When she saw Yu Qi, she looked a little surprised, but she was still full of smiles, lifted her skirt and exposed her shoes, slowly stepped out of the door, and reached out to support Yu Qi.

Zhu'er said first: "Why didn't the girl sleep for a while, why did she come over." I just went over and told Zisu that the old lady didn't use it to ask for peace today. ”

Yu Qi held the brocade box in both hands, and his ten fingers unconsciously tapped on the box, relaxing himself as much as possible, and showed a comfortable smile, and replied: "It's early." After washing a handful of clean water and facing his face, he was awake and couldn't sleep anymore, so he came over to say hello to the old lady. I wonder if the old lady slept well last night? ”

Zhu'er said: "I think Zisu didn't tell you!" Pulled Yu Qi down a little and whispered: "The old lady is also very sleepy, and she turned over in bed all night. I just said that my body hurts, and a few of us are pounding her! At this time, I warmed the overnight tea and posted two gauze posts. ”

Zhu'er pointed to her eyes and signaled, Yu Qi probably understood.

The two of them went in.

Inside.

Zhu'er patted Lu Li's arm lightly, and motioned to go in first to report. Yu Qi grabbed her and shook her head. Then, Yu Qi walked over slowly and placed the box on the low table. At this time, the old lady bent her legs and lay crookedly on the kang, leaning on a soft pillow, wearing a dark red brocade Fushou word of the usual clothes, under the knees of the head covered with a gold silk silkworm, there is no pearl on the head, a high roll of white cloud-like hair, fixed on the top, between the forehead tied around a narrow eyebrow to wipe the forehead, the color is similar to the clothes, it is known that it is a set, up and down echo. wiped his forehead and head, and his eyes were covered with soaked gauze, which was what Zhu'er had just said, and the eye-catching post of warming the overnight tea.

Mei'er sat in the inside of the kang and pinched the old lady's shoulder, Lan'er squatted on the ground, leaned on the edge of the kang with half her body, and gently pounded the old lady's legs with both hands. When the two of them saw Yu Qi and Zhu'er coming in, they gave strange glances and gestured with their chins.

Yu Qi put the box and patted Lan'er on the shoulder, Lan'er recognized, accepted the gesture, and moved it to the side, and Yu Qi squatted in the position where Lan'er had just squatted, and beat the old lady's legs like Lan'er.

Zhu'er smiled once, and then, went out gently, and after a while, brought a pot of tea from outside, and put two silver bowls on the tray. When she came in, she happened to hear the old lady sigh twice, probably tired, and wanted to turn over, she hurriedly put the support in her hand on the table, stepped forward to serve the old lady with Mei'er, and turned around.

Turning around, Zhu'er raised her little finger and gently touched the eye-catching post, seeing if it was cold. Because he felt a little cold, he smiled and said, "Old lady, you have to change." ”

The old lady did not reply.

After a while, Ju'er, who was in charge of the kitchen, came in from outside with two bowls of bird's nest, also quietly, and when she put them on the table, she poked out the pot of tea that Zhu'er had just brought over. Ju'er frowned, and hurriedly beckoned to Zhu'er.

Zhu'er shook her head, very helpless, and walked over.

Ju'er whispered: "How many pairs of posts have been changed, do you still need to put them on?" It's getting cold, so please ask the old lady to eat it! ”

Zhu'er pushed Ju'er out and said, "I know." You go first! ”

Ju'er sighed, shook her head, and didn't forget to salute Yu Qi before leaving.

At this moment, the old lady coughed out and said lazily, "What time is it?" ”

Zhu'er pushed Ju'er out, turned around and came back, and said with a smile: "It's time for breakfast." The ladies knew that the old lady was happy last night, and she was happy late, and wondered if she was cold, so she didn't let her come over this morning to say goodbye. The second wife of Beifu asked people to send a pot of crisp tea, the milk taste is very strong, I am afraid that the old lady will not be palatable, so I added some bamboo leaves that the old lady likes to eat every day, and it is warm, the second wife knows that the old lady has worked all night, and she is afraid that she does not want to eat breakfast, so she specially sent these, saying that it can warm the stomach and nourish the mind. The third wife of Xifu also sent a box of blue soup blood swallows, and also said that she was afraid that it would not taste enough, and she took a few of the Shandong dried dates sent by the palace before, and Ju'er boiled it in, and just brought it. When the eldest lady of Dongfu and Nanfu were about the same, they also sent some polished rice and potpourri porridge, and the old lady said that she didn't want to eat breakfast, so the two sides were not served. At this time, the old lady is hungry, do you want to try crisp tea and bird's nest first? ”

The old lady said "um", lazily raised her hand, and uncovered the post in front of her. Zhu'er recognized it and went to take it.

For a while, the old lady didn't notice that Yu Qi was kneeling and squatting on the ground, and still turned her head to Zhu'er and said, "How can I eat so much by myself, just leave one or two bites for me, and send the rest to Jinghua Xie to Miss Qi." ”

Zhu'er hooked her head and face, smiled with her mouth covered by her sleeves, glanced at her eyebrows a few times, and went to Yu Li's side.

Seeing this, the old lady chirped: "Things that have no rules, is it possible that you want to take them for yourself and enjoy them yourself?" I still have to drag Mei'er and Lan'er to share it with you! ”

The rest laughed.

Zhu'er said: "The old lady doesn't look at it properly, so she will wronged us!" We have this mouth, which is only enough to eat the dregs and rough grain, and we dare not touch the old lady's soft teeth. ”

The old lady was reminded, and looked down slightly, and sure enough, seeing that Yu Qi was cautious, she shyly beat her legs.

The old lady said "ouch", leaned up, and said, "No one has made a sound." So he took Zhu'er, Mei'er, Lan'er and other girls out of anger and complained for a while.

So he asked Yu Qi to get up and sit beside her.

Yu Qi sat down. Zhu'er and Lan'er have gone to bring crisp tea and bird's nest.

The old lady saw that the teapot was served with two bowls, and the blood swallow was also made with two bowls, so she knew that Zhu'er was careful and planned, and she also prepared it for Yu Qi. So, he said, "Since you're here, eat a little with me." ”

After that, Mei'er got down from the kang and went to bring the clean basin and hand towels, so that the old lady and Yu Qi could clean their hands.

Yu Qi knew the courtesy, and when he cleaned his hands, he went to sit at the opposite table.

Crisp tea and bird's nest were placed on a low table, and the pearl box was placed next to it. The old lady had already seen it, but she didn't pay attention to it, and greeted Yu Qi up and down: "These two things are good." It is most suitable for girls' families. I'm old, and eating it is a terrible thing. I'll just taste it, and you can eat it all to live up to its existence. ”

Yu Qi was polite and pleased: "Old lady, please." ”

The old lady picked up the bird's nest, glanced at it, smiled, put it down again, picked up the crisp tea again, smelled it, and nodded: "It's really fragrant." No wonder the second wife is wide and fat, and eats this every day, can it not be like that? It's okay for me to eat one bite or two, but I'm afraid I'll die of getting tired of eating this every day. ”

Mei'er listened from the sidelines and said, "The old lady has wronged people again." When can the second wife eat every day, so she has to get a little, and she is all filial piety. ”

The old lady said, "How do you know?" ”

Mei'er said: "Early in the morning, the old lady ordered someone to inform Sifu that there is no need to come to ask for peace. I'm idle, so I'll walk for them, I heard about it in Beifu. Isn't it the Mid-Autumn Festival, the eldest girl and the eldest aunt led the cousin and cousin back, and they wanted to stay for a few days, but who knew that they would return before dawn this morning. I carried a lot of things, and the ones from several prefectures sent them, and left us tea here, and the crisp tea was originally sent to the northern prefecture. The second lady hadn't tasted it yet, so she hurriedly brought it to the old lady. If you listen to the old lady say this about her, she will die unjustly! ”

The old lady groaned, laughed, and said, "That's it! What does the big girl send to other houses? ”

Mei'er was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "This ...... How do I know? I don't have anything to do with this, I'm going to send a message to the old lady. I'll be back when I'm done. ”

The old lady nodded, and when she saw that Yu Qi was not moving, she handed her the crisp tea and urged her to taste it.

Yu Qi took the tea bowl, slowly moved it to his lips, and smelled it gently, and sure enough, there was a sweet smell, so he smiled: "It's really fragrant." "Take a sip and put it down.

Seeing that she didn't dare to eat, the old lady said to her subordinates in disgust: "Go out!" Standing here, you girls don't dare to eat. The horizontal and vertical are not my things, they were given by others, how dare the girl open her mouth. I don't have to wait here, let's go and eat your breakfast!" ”

Zhu'er understood, gave Mei'er, Lan'er and other girls a look, and went out one after another.

If the idler is not there, it is good to speak.

Sure enough, the old lady got straight to the point and said, "I asked the bamboo girl to go to you to get two pearls, and told you to sleep a little longer, why did you come." He urged her to taste bird's nest.

Yu Qi picked up the bird's nest, ate two bites, and said, "If I don't come, I will miss the old lady's delicacies in the world, won't the gains outweigh the losses?" He also relied on the name of being lazy and unvirtuous. ”

The old lady smiled: "You are young, you should have a few years to be loose." If you really have someone, the hard days will begin! I allow you to do this, but you don't want it, but you don't accept my affection. In other words, those girls in the four mansions were so happy that they went to the corpse, regardless of the fact that the sky was falling apart. In the old days in the palace, the most I heard the masters say was the words 'Daigo empowerment', all of which ministers went to the palace to see the lord or which princess's wife came to the palace to ask for peace, said some strange things, and brought some fresh truths, so that the masters sighed. At that time, I didn't understand what it meant, we did things in front of the master, and being careful was the first thing, who dared to ask anything. It wasn't until the other day that I understood. ”

When Yu Qi heard her mention the past, she was a little curious, and she was also very curious, and she felt a ripple in her heart, missing her sister in the palace. Isn't my sister also serving the Lord in the palace? Isn't my sister also the little master in the palace?

The old lady took a sip of crisp tea, held the tea bowl in her hand, and she looked at it: "The master of Xianyuan'an Chunguang has lived with us for many days, I endure it, it is not right to leave her after all, and I can't let her go, and I will sting people's eyes all day long." But in the end, it is a guest, or the waiter next to Buddha Shan, I have the heart to snub her, but I dare not snub the gods! I barely listened to the scriptures for a few days, and I heard her say the words 'Daigo empowerment', or did the Buddha say it! Persuade people to be enlightened, have good thoughts, and never forget wisdom. I said, the truth in the Buddhist scriptures is excellent, but everyone understands it, and it always does bad things, goes against the truth, and goes against the original intention. Take the nun of pure light, who understands so many truths, but attacks you, her heart is not good, and she will die elsewhere, which can be regarded as good and evil and evil! ”

Yu Qi smiled faintly and said, "Why did the old lady mention this." ”

The old lady said: "People die for the greatest, so she shouldn't be mentioned." But when I look at this crisp tea, I can't help but want to find a source. Seven times and eight turns, I talked about her again. I know you have the past in mind. Let her go, don't say anything, just say the words she told me, 'Daigo empowerment'. Guess what? ”

Yu Qi shook his head.

The old lady said with a smile: "If you don't say that a woman is not talented, she is virtuous, she knows more troubles, she has more troubles, she has more troubles, she is sad, she is sad and resentful, and finally chooses to stay away from the red dust." Didn't I just say that the palace often heard the masters say 'Daigo empowerment'? I have been curious for decades, and when I heard the pure light nun give me a lecture, I asked what it meant! This nun was also interesting and explained to me, and she said, 'Milk becomes cheese, cheese becomes crispy, crispy Daigo'. Take this crisp tea as an example, it is not a treasure if it does not reach the first layer of Daigo. However, ordinary people, if they have this taste, they should be content. ”

Yu Qi secretly thought about what the old lady meant by saying this, what did she mean by mentioning 'Daigo empowerment' inexplicably? Could it be that the old lady was reminded by someone and realized something? If you think so, it's nothing more than the pearl's fault.

For this reason, Yu Qi's heart suddenly tightened.

In order not to show his suspicions, Yu Qi said to the old lady: "A few days ago, I copied Buddhist scriptures in Zhefanggui and read a few other scriptures. Later, I also met Master Pudu of Baiyue Nunnery in our house, and learned from her that there is a "Nirvana Sutra", which says that it can relieve troubles and purify the mind. I read it when I was free, and now that I think about it, there is a passage in it that 'Daigo Empowerment' teachings. It's pretty much the same as the old lady said. ”

The old lady was stunned for a moment, looked very interested, and said, "Sure enough, it's her apprentice." Her master said this, what did the apprentice say in the book he showed you? It must be different.,Come and listen to me.。。 ”

Yu Qi reminisced deeply. Actually, where was the Nirvana Sutra told to her? When my sister Zhuo Yiyue learned that she was going to enter the palace, she cried for several days, and resisted with her father and mother, but her sister was cowardly by nature and could not be autonomous, and she was afraid that resisting would affect her family, so she obeyed the arrangements for the family and entered the palace. Before entering the palace, my sister went to the temple to burn incense and petition, and accidentally got a copy of the "Nirvana Sutra", and after coming back, she secretly studied it, but unfortunately was discovered by Yu Qi, thinking that someone outside wrote a book to confuse her sister.

One day, while my sister was not in the house, Yu Qi went in and stole it out, read it roughly, felt bored, and threw it away. Because of this, I had a quarrel with my sister, and my sister cried and said, 'This is a scripture book, and I plan to take the scripture book into the palace to practice.' In the future, in heaven and on earth, you will be immortals, and I will be wild ghosts. Why have you destroyed my heart? It's been a few years since this happened. Coincidentally, my sister came to Kyoto in the south, and met with the Buddha, and visited the Xianyuan Nunnery and Bojing Laonu intersected. I don't know if my sister talked about the scriptures with Bojing Lao Ni in Xianyuan Nunnery, and said that the "Nirvana Sutra" was said?

Heavenly reincarnation, if so. Today, it's your turn. It's amazing.

At the moment, Yu Qi thought for a moment, pretended to be careless, and said: "In the Nirvana Sutra, it is said that 'milk comes from cows, cheese comes from milk, cheese comes from cheese, from cheese comes ripeness, from raw Jesus comes ripeness, and from ripeness comes Daigo. Daigo is the best. If there is a person who takes it, all diseases will be removed. All the medicines are in it. It seems to be the magic medicine of the world! ”

The old lady pondered for a while and said, "It's really different. The nun told me that there was no such thing as raw or cooked. It can be seen that the same thing, the same book, and the same truth, there is a difference between raw and cooked, and there is also a difference between good and bad. ”

Yu Qi didn't dare to speak.

The old lady put down the crispy tea and said, "This is just tea, and the reader has a lot of troubles, so he is too capable of breaking it, so he insists on saying Buddhism in the tea." If you want me to say, it's all fake Buddhism! This Buddhist family has never eaten it, how do you know its good or bad and reasonable? If you say that you eat it, is it considered a meat or a vegetarian? Milk is also dirt that comes out of the corona. That's it! It's hard to say this. You try the third wife's bird's nest again, the bird's nest in her house can be compared with the head in the palace, don't look at it so much to honor me, they are reluctant to eat it! ”

Hearing this, Yu Qi picked up the bird's nest and ate a few more bites.

The old lady smiled and said, "How?" ”

Yu Qi said: "The added dates are not only sweet, but also cover the fishy smell of bird's nest. Eat while it's hot, old lady. ”

The old lady picked up the bird's nest and ate it, frowning, and sighed: "I don't like to eat this very much." In the past, I saw the masters and ladies in the palace every day, you have a bowl and I have a bowl, fighting back and forth, just for this. The white swallow you eat today, I will eat jade swallow tomorrow, and I will eat golden swallow the day after tomorrow, who wants to compare a blood swallow. This thing tastes the same as chewing wax, and I don't think there's anything to fight about. ”

Yu Qi smiled: "In my hometown in the south, rich and noble people like to eat this. The richer it is, the more important it is to pay attention to its quality. The old lady said that the taste is the same as chewing wax, that is, the old lady has seen the world, and she is too lazy to compete with the word wealth. ”

The old lady snorted: "If you really say that, who is the rich and noble person who is comparable to the palace?" The whole world is the Lord. Those around the Lord have to eat every day, and they eat well, who dares to compare with those who are inside? I heard that for this bowl of things, I don't know how many lives have been lost, and there are specially raised people, who are afraid that the food they are fed will be poisonous, so they have to find the nests piled on the cliffs outside. Some people came up with an idea to pick overseas islands to find, saying, the more sealess and boundless the place, the more valuable the bird's nest will be. If you want me to say, in terms of preciousness, how can it be compared to gold and silver? Those who are rich and noble, boiling gold and silver every day will not be finished. I just treat the guests to the table, start the dim sum soup first, and serve these first to cover the façade, I despise this the most. ”

Yu Qi smiled slightly, holding the bowl, it was not easy to continue eating.

Seeing her blushing, the old lady quickly changed her words: "So, we are all laymen. Just go with the flow. If you don't eat what your wife sent from Xifu, you have to spoil her heart. I only ate two bites in your face, I ate both, don't keep the fish. ”

After speaking, he smiled deeply at Yu Qi.

The grandfather and grandson finished eating. Yu Qi took out a handkerchief, handed it to the old lady first, and then wanted to clean up the remnants on the table. The old lady took it, wiped her mouth, and said, "Let's leave it here first, and wait for them to clean it up." When we see that we have eaten all of them, the wives will know about it, and they will rejoice for a while. I'm afraid to send it to me every day. And he said, "I didn't ask you for such a while, how did you sleep well last night?" ”

Yu Qi replied: "Mrs. Xie cares, she sleeps well." ”

The old lady looked at her and said, "I usually ask you, and you also reply to me." This reflects the people and rules in the palace. Girl, your eyes are red over this bowl of blood swallows, and your eyelids are like dark clouds. Was it the incident that bothered you last night? ”

That's where it gets to business.

Yu Qi trembled and stood up, saluted, and said timidly: "It's a good Mid-Autumn Festival, and the people who blame me don't understand the rules, and they sweep the old lady's interest." ”

The old lady said: "Over the years, big things have been safe, and small things have been one after another, and nothing has been tossed." At the beginning of last night's feast, I saw that the moon in the sky was big and round, but in the blink of an eye, a dark cloud was covered. It's none of your business, it's heaven's business. ”

This sentence should be said: August 15 clouds cover the moon - disappointment!

The old lady is comforting, what it means, and that's what it means.

Seeing that Yu Qi felt guilty, the old lady hurriedly asked her to sit down. After Yu Qi sat down, he was uneasy left and right, and raised his hand in a panic to open the box on the table.

The box opened, revealing the pearls inside, sparkling and blue.

Yu Qi said: "I shouldn't have taken such a valuable gift." It should be sent to the old lady to keep. ”

Since the box was opened, the old lady's eyes were locked, and she looked at the pearl in a daze, not hearing Yu Qi's words at all.

Yu Qi said again: "Last night, I originally wanted to wait for the master and the ladies to leave, and I would bring it over, but it happened that the old lady rested, so she didn't come, but now Sister Zhu'er just said, I will also bring it." It just so happened that the dust that fell on the ground was wiped off in the air. ”

The old lady was stunned for a while, took the initiative to reach out and take out one, put it in the palm of her hand, looked at it again and again, and didn't know what to look at.

Yu Qi asked strangely: "Old lady, these things all look the same, what do you see?" ”

The old lady said "oh" and put the pearl in the box: "You grew up in the south, and you have seen pearls. Have you ever seen this kind of blue? ”

Yu Qi smiled slightly: "White is the majority, but there are indeed other colors." People in the world are so clean and worship white, so people always think that pearls are white. ”

The old lady said, "That's the truth." But strange, when did Dongfu have this kind of pearl? When I was younger, I used pearl powder, which is a white powder, and when I saw it last night, it actually glowed blue, and I was curious. Why am I using white powder and this pearl is blue? Could it be that Dongfu uses these fakes to perfunctory you? ”

I don't know if what the old lady said is true or false, but the reason is very true.

When the old lady asked when there would be such pearls in Dongfu, Yu Qi didn't know how to answer. For fear that I would answer wrong, my sister-in-law would come over and talk about it, and the answer she said would be contrary to herself, and she would definitely be exposed at that time.

After thinking about it, Yu Qi could only reply like this: "I think it's true, I've also seen blue pearls in the south." There's anything bluer than that. ”

The old lady closed the lid and said, "First I asked them to bring me some pearl powder to make tea." They did everything they could to excuse themselves, saying that they didn't have it, and that pearls were stones, after all, and that if they were eaten in their stomachs, they would condense into stones, and they would spoil their bodies. I thought it was reasonable, so I didn't ask them to get it again. I guess there really isn't. At this time, Dongfu has it. It makes me angry! He smiled and said, "Your sister-in-law has followed you, and her heart is excellent." Behold, he that hath followed himself is directed toward himself. What's given to you is yours. I don't take it! It's just curious and wants to see it. ”

In this way, Yu Qi felt more and more uneasy. The old lady wants to take two of them so much, just to take a look? If you want to take a look, just send someone to get it, why ask Zhu'er to come in person? Why the secrecy? At this moment, I also sent a few big girls out, covering up and discussing this matter, let's talk about it, before the main topic, let's talk about a bunch of other words.

I've eaten it too, and I've seen the pearls. The old lady looked a little tired, lazily turned her head out of the window, and called, "Who's outside, come in and clean up." I'm done with you girls. No one came in to serve! ”

In the middle of the hour, Zhu'er waited for a girl to come in in a panic.

The old lady complained about the slowness again, and said, "We have all eaten two or three meals, and you haven't finished one meal?" Where did it go? Zhu'er waited to clean up the dishes on the low table, but before she could answer, the old lady said again: "Send someone to Dongfu to have a look, and by the way, take two pieces of autumn brocade that I put in the summer, and make two autumn clothes for my eldest cousin!" I didn't take her tea for nothing! Let's go along again, see if your grandmother is busy, please come over, I have something to say to her. ”

Zhu'er took the order, saying that she went over in person, and then brought Qiu Jin to the old lady, just wanted to go out, the old lady called her back again, and specially added: "If the uncle asks, you will say that I want her to come, so as not to work hard for his daughter-in-law." It is said that she has been in the house for so long, and she should also help the second wife and the eldest girl share the family affairs. That's what it means. ”

When she said this, the old lady glanced at Yu Qi intentionally or unintentionally.

Yu Qi thought that the old lady would take a break and see the eldest grandmother again, so she took her leave. The old lady insisted that she take the pearl back. Yu Qi couldn't get rid of it, and finally took it away.

Out of the door of Shouzhongju, Yu Li's heart was more panicked than when he came.

Yes, the old lady Feng and Rili talked so much with herself, what Daigo empowerment, what blood swallow wealth, behind those truths, I am afraid that there are also hints of something! In the end, he called the eldest grandmother over, and it seemed that he wanted to explain the affairs of the eldest grandmother, but it was unknown whether he would confront the eldest grandmother through the matter of the pearl just now.

I'm afraid that my grandmother is as scared as I am. If the eldest grandmother is uneasy for a while, what will happen if she denies what happened last night?

Unexpectedly, before he entered the door of Jinghua Xie, Zisu came out anxiously from inside, his face was full of panic, and said, "You're back!" ”

Yu Qi hurriedly said: "What's the matter?" Didn't see my sister-in-law? ”