boudoir

Chapter 110 Strange People

The old lady was stunned for a long time before she had to sigh: "It's only her fault that she is not blessed. There are so many noble ladies in the capital who should be selected, and it happens that they chose the girl from our house to meet. My dear sister, with this level, can the Holy One not consider us when he puts up the sign? In this way, we will be one step behind."

It is self-evident that it is Yuhua who is behind. The old lady's words sounded regretful, but in fact she implied that if Shuhua lost the election in the future, it is no wonder that she prefers the eldest wife.Mrs. Liang sounded so bored, even though Mrs. Yu waited for her superiors to persuade her, she finally found an excuse to leave after sitting for a while.

Because of this, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was changed to a lunch banquet. In the evening, they went back to their rooms to eat, and then they met in the main courtyard after finishing their makeup.

Before dinner, the maids came through the main courtyard. Although Shuangxi always had a face that had nothing to do with her, this time she showed great caution and personally ironed two sets of clothes for Liuli. , a set with a spare.

Liuli is almost as tall as the old lady now, and she is wearing a tobacco plain brocade pattern jacket and ten moon skirts hanging from the ground. Put the hair ring on the ear, and insert the two pearl flowers given by the old lady.After looking at it, the old lady admired a few words, and said: "Looking at it like this, it seems to be a bit like your eldest aunt when she was in her boudoir."

The preparations were completed here, and the girls came one after another in order to avoid delaying the time. After Guo Xia arrived, the wives all begged her to remind the girls of the rules, and not to offend His Highness.Although the old lady and the gentlemen went to the moon-watching platform to attend the sacrifice, they also interrupted to let the long-term attendants bring a message, and told the girls to obey the master's orders in everything, and never be willful and cause trouble.The girls listened one by one, and the old lady and others let them go to the car.

The He Mansion actually prepared seven or eight carriages for this trip, Guo Xia took one with Ren Ran, one for each of the daughters from the concubine, one for Liu Li and Su Hua, and a total of more than [-] people accompanied by maidservants. It can be said that it is not mighty.

According to the Holy Majesty's will, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival should only be celebrated with small celebrations rather than big celebrations, so there was no sound of celebration except for some passers-by talking in the streets and alleys along the way.It wasn't until the carriage drove for a quarter of an hour that the sound of children playing, the sound of firecrackers being set off, and the yelling of vendors shouting were gradually heard.

Liuli and Suhua sat together all the way, but they didn't talk to each other. Suhua wanted to lift the curtain several times, but because of Liuli's presence, she forcibly held back.At this time, I could hear the laughter and laughter outside, so I finally couldn't help but use the round fan to open the curtain.Although Liuli has lived in the countryside for a long time, she is also very lively, she was not an honest person, when she saw her lift the curtain, she stretched her neck and looked out through the slit as big as her finger.

After all, Suhua had never done this before, so she took a look at it bravely, and then quickly put away her fan.When he turned around and saw that Liuli was also busy looking away, he said, "What are you pretending, there are no outsiders here."

Liuli had a thick skin, smiled and ignored it.

Suhua looked at her, and suddenly said: "Yes, I will give you two plates of dim sum on your birthday, have you eaten?"

Liuli remembered that the two plates of dim sum tasted really good, as expected of her experience in eating Chinese characters, so she said, "Very good. How did you make it?"

Suhua raised the corners of her mouth and shook the round fan triumphantly: "It's okay to tell you, I made this according to a recipe in my father's study. I just made it, and I heard that you passed it before I had time to taste it." It's my birthday, so I sent someone to send it over."

Liuli understood, she dared to give it to her as a taste tester, she just said, the two of them have never had any contact, why did she suddenly show affection to her?But it doesn't matter, it's unexpected that she can go into He Cunli's study to read.

Seeing that she was speechless, Suhua said, "I know you blame me for being dishonest, but compared to Fifth Sister and the others, I treat you much better, right?" At least I didn't harm you with cocklebur powder. "

She also knows this?Liuli glanced at her.

Seeing that she had been silent, Suhua snorted softly and closed her mouth.

It happened that the carriage had already stopped, and it turned out that Jinquan Temple had already arrived.The maids all came forward to help their masters get off the ground, Liuli stood firmly under the car, and saw that the mountain gate was slightly smaller, next to the back alley, it turned out to be the back gate of Jinquan Temple.Guo Xia was waiting for them at the bottom of the steps, and there were two other young novice monks beside them. Not far away, there were many government soldiers standing at three steps and one post at five steps.

When everyone was ready, Guo Xia took the lead to go to the temple.After passing 24 steps and entering the mountain gate, the little novice led him through the courtyard walls, and finally heard the bells go away, and finally arrived at a quiet place, with the word "Mingjing" written on the lintel, and the courtyard corner planted A Buddhist temple in an old wisteria.

An old monk with a white beard was standing under the lintel, and when he saw Guo Xia coming, he bent down and said, "The almsgiver hasn't stepped into the gate of the temple for many years. When I saw him today, I still have the same demeanor."

Guo Xia also bowed ten times back: "Master Jinghui's cultivation of Buddhism and Taoism has also become more and more advanced, which is admirable." He called the girls to come forward: "These are the little hostesses of the House of Ministers of the Household Department."

After the two parties met each other in turn, Jinghui said: "Your Highness, you will start to chant sutras until the end of Xu. At the quarter of Haishi, go to the Zigui Courtyard behind the Prajna Hall to take a rest. Donors and young mistresses, you need to wait for a while."

Guo Xia said, "But listen to Master's orders."

Jinghui didn't stay any longer, and called the little novice who led the way to wait outside the gate of the courtyard.Guo Xia also ordered Ren Ran to lead the maids to wait in the outer courtyard. Except for the girls who are in a hurry, or when they are about to go back to the house, they are not allowed to come in without permission.And the girls had to stay in the courtyard until they met the princess, and Liuli and Suhua could go to the viewing pavilion to enjoy the lanterns after the three of Yuhua went to the Zigui courtyard.

Liuli took a look at the Zen courtyard. It should be located in the northernmost part of the temple. There are only three meditation rooms on all sides, and one of them has been used as a study room for Buddhist classics.He wanted to go in and read the scriptures to pass the time, but Huanhua dragged her to sit under the wisteria trellis because he was disturbed to see the princess.

None of the three girls managed to stay calm. Yuhua saw that there was chess in the meditation room, so she invited Guo Xia to make a layout. Unexpectedly, she made a few mistakes. Although it is not required for a woman to be like a man before the mountain collapses without changing her face, at least she must be able to walk in the court without being surprised, if you are so anxious and impetuous, how will you deal with those opponents in the future?"

Yuhua's face turned red from the training, she hastily restrained her emotions, and calmed down.

Yanhua had nowhere to go, and Suhua joined Huanhua Liuli's team, so she had to stay in the room and watch the chess.However, how can you see this plate full of black and white in your eyes?Because of Nie's order, she was so focused on how to win the favor of the eldest princess.I heard that this young son is about the same age as the young master of the Song family, but he comes from a family of Zhong Ding Yu Shi, so he must be different from the young master of the Song family in terms of style, and I don't know how handsome and mighty he is, compared to the schoolboys at home. Brothers from different backgrounds, what difference will there be?

For a moment she couldn't restrain herself, she couldn't help but burst out laughing, seeing Guo Xia frown, she was afraid that she would show her feet in front of her and be reprimanded by her, so she quietly exited the room and inserted herself under the wisteria trellis.

Huanhua was discussing with Liuli what the eldest princess might ask, and when she disturbed her, he lost his temper.Yanhua naturally cannot avoid tit for tat.Liuli was absolutely unwilling to confront her on this occasion, and made up her mind to keep quiet, so the few of them stopped talking and fell silent.

After an unknown amount of time, the little novice outside the door suddenly opened the door and brought in two aristocrats dressed in the same attire. When they arrived at the meditation room, they squatted down towards Guo Xia and said, "Student pays tribute to Auntie." Guo Xia's subordinates in the palace also came out of the palace with the eldest princess, and now they are a first-class figure around the princess. It can be seen that she still respectfully calls her aunt.Liuli looked at it, and couldn't help feeling a little respect for Guo Xia.

After the ceremony was over, the maid said: "Your Highness has already moved to the Ziguiyuan. The girl can now lead the young mistresses to have an audience."

Upon hearing this, Guo Xia immediately called the girls to come in to get a make-up and a haircut, and at the same time told some things to pay attention to, and at the same time told the little novice to lead Liuli Suhua to the viewing pavilion after they went out.

Suhua waited for a long time and finally ushered in this moment. She was so excited that she couldn't restrain herself, and urged the little novice to leave quickly.Liuli was also looking forward to it, but she was also afraid that she might actually run into a maid, so she didn't dare to reveal it, and just followed the little novice silently.

It seemed that they were walking on remote narrow roads, and the courtyards they passed were all quiet and deserted. The little novice called Mingjian, and when he walked outside a courtyard with a high wall, he saw Liuli looking there, so he said "It's called Qingfeng Terrace. It was originally the place where the late Prince An, the younger brother of the late emperor, recuperated. It got its name because there is a terrace built with ancient maple trees inside." Then he opened the door and entered. It turned out that he had to pass through this courtyard.

Liuli then came in, and saw that the garden was actually a small garden imitating Jiangnan gardens, there were a few houses with white walls and gray tiles at the other end, among which flowers and trees were scattered and winding paths leading to secluded places, very exquisite.

Obviously seeing that he should come here often, he didn't look at it carefully after he finished speaking, but just went straight forward.Liuli looked for the terrace, and sure enough there was a huge maple tree next to it, which seemed to have started to turn yellow under the moonlight now, the moonlight spilled on the terrace through the gaps in the leaves, and the shadows were mottled, very charming.

Liu Li wanted to look away after reading it, but felt that there seemed to be a strange color at the foot of the tree.Looking at it again in a blink of an eye, I couldn't help being stunned, it turned out that there was still someone sitting there!Take a closer look, that person has black hair and black bun, elegant description, light-colored shirt and dark-colored boots, but he is sitting very casually, and his eyes are actually looking at her in a daze!

Sitting here at night, Liu Li had died once before, so she couldn't help being shocked. If she didn't know that ghosts in the temple can't get in, she would have seen a ghost!

(End of this chapter)