Di daughter is easy to marry: the stunning princess

Chapter 14 Aunt's Gossip

Xiangji nunnery is not big, and in the three-bay hall there is a Guanyin Bodhisattva carved in yellow nanmu.The east wing of the back hall is the kitchen and the Zhai hall, the west is the living room and the incense hall dedicated to the memorial tablet of Rong's death, and the row of inverted rooms on the north is the residence of Master Jing'an and her two apprentices.

A small courtyard is surrounded by more than a dozen houses of blue bricks and black tiles. The old bluestone floor is polished by the nuns who attend morning and evening classes every day.A huge osmanthus tree has tall and straight branches, and the green branches that have just emerged reflect the black tiles on the main hall green.

Jin Xi stood in the courtyard, looking down at the shadow of the sweet-scented osmanthus tree falling into the ancient well next to the tree, and the ancient well became deeper and deeper.Fanxiang lingered, an unknown bird suddenly flew down on the branch, and the crisp cry of "chirp" echoed in the valley, like ripples in a clear lake. Sweeping away, the mood suddenly brightened, as if to realize what kind of state is "people are idle, osmanthus flowers fall, night is quiet, spring mountains are empty".

Zhou Xiyao looked at the little girl in the courtyard through the window. The loneliness in her eyes that did not match her age was still in her eyes a moment ago, but in the next moment it was all clear, but before he could see clearly, the little girl returned to her appearance in front of others, with a full face. Jiaohan who doesn't know much about the world.Zhou Xiyao pursed his lips, subconsciously retracted his left hand into his sleeve, he couldn't understand this little girl!I can't understand it at all!Knowing to hide himself at a young age, he will never be the fool that everyone says!Was she taught by others, or did she know something?
Sensing Zhou Xiyao's strangeness, Mrs. Jing'an, who was applying medicine to his forehead, put down the cotton wool in her hand, and followed his gaze to see that Jinxi was about to go to the guest room with Mama Ai when the shadow of the tree branch fell on her face. The facial features and expressions are not clear, only her slightly slender figure can be seen.

Mrs. Jing'an withdrew her gaze, opened Zhou Xiyao's tightly clenched left hand little by little, raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "That little girl made you nervous?"

Master Jing'an's voice was as calm as autumn water, slightly surprised, Zhou Xiyao looked down at the palm that was mangled by his nails, and pursed his lips even tighter.He was born with no pain, only the palm of his left hand felt a little pain. He used to pick the palm of his hand when he was nervous. Only Master Jing An knew about the problem of using pain.I haven't committed a crime for many years, but I didn't expect to lose my composure because of a little girl.

The flesh on the palm of the hand was rolled up, and when it was stained with the special potion made by Mrs. Jing An, a normal person would feel pain to the bone.Zhou Xiyao was indifferent, Master Jing'an sighed secretly, wrapped his hands with a clean cotton cloth after applying the medicine, "Don't get wet these few days, be careful not to leave scars. You can start kneeling sutras the day after tomorrow!"

Zhou Xiyao nodded, seeing Mrs. Jing'an's tired face, she hastily bowed and said goodbye.Thinking of the compassion in Jin Xi's eyes when he looked at him, and the serious expression on his soft little hands when he held his head and healed the wound on his head, Zhou Xiyao, who had already walked to the door, suddenly made up his mind, and the same is the end of the world. People, why watch her jump into the fire pit. "My aunt wants to hire the sixth younger sister to be her daughter-in-law. Can the teacher dissuade my aunt?"

Master Jing An, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, slowly opened her eyes, "Why do you want to dissuade me?"

Zhou Xiyao opened his mouth but didn't speak. If his aunt hadn't secretly helped him, he would have been killed by the second wife.Could it be that he said that Wu Tianyou was a fool and that the sixth younger sister would suffer if she married her?Or is it that the sixth younger sister is deeply scheming and not a good match for Wu Tianyou?

Mrs. Jing'an seemed to see through his mind, and asked calmly: "Your biological mother, Rong, is dignified and virtuous, with good morals. As a first wife, after her death, the spirit can't enter the ancestral hall, so she can only be enshrined in this room from afar. In a remote small temple, why?"

As if he had been hit by a stick, Zhou Xiyao's handsome face suddenly turned pale, and he said after a while, "Nephew understands!" big tree.Now that she has power and knows what happened back then, she will definitely join hands with herself to seek justice with the second wife and the Zhou family.

"You don't understand!" Master Jing'an shook her head slightly, her dark blue eyes were full of sighs, "Let me ask you again, why did your aunt marry your uncle back then?"

Zhou Xiyao also wondered about this matter for a long time. Since ancient times, civil and military affairs have been different, and since the founding of the Dali Dynasty, there have been very few contacts between civil servants and generals.Wu Shiheng is now a third-rank Duqi General, but when he married Zhou Yunying, he was just a guard of Duke Mu's mansion.It sounds nice to say that the family general is actually a slave, and Zhou Yunying is the daughter of a serious official family, and her grandfather agreed to marry like this?
Mrs. Jing'an asked and answered, "Not long after I became a monk, your grandfather was seriously ill. Your aunt came to me to pray for your grandfather for three months. On the way back, it rained heavily on the way back. The carriage she was riding in fell off the cliff. , The servant girl fell to her death on the spot, she hung on a tree and survived, and was rescued by General Wu who went hunting in the mountains the next day. General Wu kindly sent your aunt back to the Zhou Mansion, but unexpectedly, the Zhou family blocked the door... "

Zhou Xiyao was dumbfounded when he heard that, and Jin Xi outside the door did not expect that he would take the initiative to run errands for Little Master Chen in order to avoid Wu Tianyou, and he could hear Zhou Yunying's gossip back then.Mrs. Jing'an's voice was very soft, and the following story was very old-fashioned, but Jin Xi felt a little heavy after hearing it.

As the saying goes, if you survive a catastrophe, you will have future blessings. Zhou Yunying was lucky enough to survive, but her reputation was ruined. She was kicked out of the house after being divorced. She didn’t even have a change of clothes. Wu Shiheng rescued.If the man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried, Duke Mu is in charge and the two get married.Less than a year after they got married, Beiliao invaded and Mu Guogong led an army. Wu Shiheng had no choice but to leave his pregnant wife behind and went to the battlefield.In the past two years, the army has been repeatedly defeated, and Wu Shiheng's life and death are even unknown.

Zhou Yunying is also a person with backbone, she takes Wu Tianyou alone, and makes a living by helping people wash clothes, and doesn't want the aid from Duke Mu's mansion, let alone go to Zhou's house to ask for a loan.

Although life was poor, it was smooth, but Wu Tianyou suddenly had a high fever when he was over one year old. She had no money to buy medicine, but the wife of the Duke's mansion was poisoned, and the mansion of the Duke's mansion was closed for investigation.She had no choice but to go back to beg Zhou's family, but was stopped by the eldest lady from entering the mansion, and the second lady even beat up the servant who delivered the letter to Mrs. Zhou in front of her.Wu Tianyou burned for three days and three nights. Later, some kind-hearted people helped to grab medicine and saved Wu Tianyou's life, but the good boy became a fool.

Half a year later, Mu Guogong's army returned to Beijing triumphantly, and Wu Shiheng also received a reward for his outstanding military exploits. Zhou Yunying was rewarded for his hard work, but the second wife took the initiative to visit her, and Zhou Yunying beat her out with a broom.The old man Zhou passed away, Zhou Boshan and Zhou Bohai came forward at the same time, and then invited Zhou Yunying back to sacrifice, and the two families gradually began to communicate.

No wonder Zhou Yunying had a hard time with the eldest lady and the second lady, and it would be easy to forgive such things as leaving no one behind!
Jin Xi wasn't very curious, but she was afraid that people would see her listening to the corner, so she hurried away after hearing a few ears.After telling the story, Master Jing An paused for a moment, and asked the angry Zhou Xiyao, "Do you understand what?"

Zhou Xiyao gritted his teeth and replied: "The Zhou family has a cold personality, and their blood and flesh are no match for the word benefit!"

Mrs. Jing'an shook her head, "You are only half right. The results of this life are all caused by the past life. Your aunt suffered, even if the world is bad, it is also the karma of her previous life. I bring up the old story again, just want to tell you that not all women are like you My aunt is so lucky to have met such a loving and righteous man as General Wu. Your sixth younger sister has a rough life experience. With her current embarrassing status as a non-concubine, and her dull reputation, how many innocent and suitable people are willing to marry? She is the main wife of the first son? May it be a blessing in disguise. For your sister, marrying Wu Tianyou may not be a bad thing!"

Zhou Xiyao was proficient in reading the Four Books and Five Classics, but he was speechless to Mrs. Jing'an's words.Do you want to be a second wife or marry a concubine from a certain family, or accept your aunt's arrangement willingly, and live in peace and prosperity for the rest of your life?
For a woman, he doesn't know which option is more correct.

Zhou Xiyao came out of Master Jing'an's meditation room in a state of confusion, when he heard the sound of tables and chairs falling to the ground from the kitchen, Jin Xi jumped out of the kitchen like a frightened little rabbit with a ball in his arms, followed by Followed Wu Tianyou who was covered in ashes.

Jinxi's pointed face was twitched, and she closed her eyes and dared not watch Ai's mother apply medicine to her body.While gasping for air in pain, she gritted her teeth secretly, her good intentions were not rewarded, she no longer cared about Wu Tianyou's business!It doesn't matter whether he will eat his stomach badly or whether his face will be burned by the fire in the stove, even if she sees him hanging himself next time, she will turn around and leave without talking too much.

"Good boy, don't cry. As soon as that evil person comes out, I'll beat him up to vent your anger." Jin Xi's skinny back was bruised and purple, and a large piece of oily skin on his elbows was worn off, revealing Seeing the blood streaked red, Zhou Yunying stomped her feet in distress.After sitting in the carriage for a long time, the guest room was finally cleaned up. She just lay down and tried to close her eyes when she heard a pot of porridge outside.

Hurrying out, I saw Wu Tianyou chasing Jinxi all over the yard and beating him. If Xiyao hadn't picked Jinxi up quickly, that idiot would have beaten him up.Even though he was rescued in time, Jin Xi was also hit hard several times, leaving her body bruised and purple.

Seeing the two women who were serving Wu Tianyou shyly come out from the corner of the wall, Zhou Yunying vented all her anger on them.Without further ado, let them kneel outside the mountain gate.The two women were full of bitterness and couldn't tell. Wu Tianyou was instigated by someone who insisted on digging out the swallow's nest under the eaves and roasting them for food. How could they stop them?It wasn't a big deal at first, the swallow's nest was made of mud, and the ancestor threw it away after taking a bad taste, but who knew that the Zhou family's little aunt was meddling in her own business and snatched food from him. Isn't this a tooth extraction?
You must know that the two women kneeling outside the mountain gate are scolding her for being nosy in their hearts, Jin Xi has the heart to kill her head, the Holy Mother is hard to be, if she doesn't feel that Wu Tianyou is very pitiful from the corner of the wall, she will not sympathize with him , let alone forcibly stop that fool from being stupid on the spur of the moment.As a result, she was beaten, and the fool locked himself in the room and refused to come out, as if he had been wronged so much, he didn't even come out to eat dinner.

"Don't be angry, aunt. My cousin didn't hit me on purpose. It was because I was in a hurry and didn't speak clearly. There was something wrong with me. I should find a way to persuade him to come out to eat. Starvation is a big deal!" Put on the clothes, Jinxi comforts Zhou Yunying sensiblely.Knowing that Zhou Yunying had troubles with both the eldest lady and the second lady, hugging her thigh is only beneficial and not harmful.What's more, with Wu Tianyou's IQ, if no one encourages him, he can drive away everyone around him, and cook swallow's nests on a whim?
Although it was an accident that she was beaten, it is not Zhou Jinxi's style not to take revenge!

(End of this chapter)