At the crack of dawn, Yunchu woke up.
Xie Shi'an came to greet him early in the morning and then went forward to study at the Wilderness Academy.
He would be studying at the Wylde Academy for about a few more months, and when September of the fall came, he would be able to go directly into the State Scholarship and become a fellow student with the Imperial Princes and Lords.
As he walked out of the Sheng Residence, Yun Chou could see that his back was permeated with intent.
She smiled, Xie Shian was still too young after all, if she were to be replaced by Lord Xie of the Cabinet more than a decade later, then she would definitely be no match.
Not long after, the aunts and brothers and sisters in the backyard all came, Xie Ping dressed in purple and red, with a gold hairpin on her head, a pair of pearl earrings on her ears, and two crystal clear jade bracelets on her wrists.
"Isn't Missy going to follow Madam to the Qingan Temple?" Aunt Tao sized her up, "Would going to the temple dressed like this be disrespectful to the Buddha?"
Yun Chou's face was pale: "There are many believing women who seek marriage also wear this, it doesn't matter, there are too many jewelry, take two pieces down."
Xie Ping secretly glared at Aunt Tao.
She asked her maid to remove the gold hairpin from her hair, and the jewelry on her ears and wrists were placed in her maid's hands.
Yunchu stood up, "Let's go while it's still early."
Xie Ping followed her outside.
Aunt He sent her eyes wide open, her heart felt as if it had been thrown into a frying pan, she folded her hands in ten and kept praying in her heart.
The Xie Mansion had already prepared a carriage in front of the entrance, and Yunchu and Xie Ping got into the carriage one after another, and the car drove towards the city gates.
When they reached the city gates, the carriage stopped.
Xie Ping asked with some trepidation, "Mother, not going to Qingan Temple?"
"I have an appointment with Mrs. Ji to go with her." Yun Chu smiled and said, "You know Mrs. Ji, you've seen her at the Yun family's spring banquet last year."
Jealousy grew in Xie Ping's heart.
Mrs. Ji is the first eldest daughter of the Minister of Justice, Lord Du, married to the first eldest son of Zhanzheng Zhanzheng, Lord Ji, such a family, although not as good as the royal family, but it is already a large family in the capital ranked.
Mother should have known all such high-born women.
If nothing had happened to her maternal ancestor's family, she would have been born into a high family and surrounded by people from prestigious families ...
Xie Ping was just imagining things when she heard Frost's voice from outside: "Ma'am, Mrs. Ji has arrived."
Yun Chu picked up the curtain and looked at the opposite carriage, a bright smiling face also appeared in the window of that carriage, "Mrs. Xie, long time no see."
Yun Chou smiled back, if she counted from her last life, she and Du Ling hadn't seen each other for more than a decade.
After the two of them exchanged greetings, the carriage then drove to the outside of the city, and traveled for about half an hour before finally arriving at the Big Wild Goose Mountain outside of the city, where the Qing'an Temple was built halfway up the Big Wild Goose Mountain.
Getting down from the carriage, Du Ling walked towards Yun Chu, coldly humming, "Since you married, how many times have I asked you out, you refused every time, even the last time we met was because of the Yun family's Spring Banquet, I am at least the Grand Young Lady of Zhanzheng House, you Mrs. Xie really don't give any face at all."
Yun Chou liked the way she looked so vibrant.
Married into Xie's house, she lost her child, was infertile, and her husband treated her coldly; her life gradually lost its expectations, and she simply had no desire to see her old friends.
"Lingling, just don't use the words Mrs. Xie to taunt me." Yun Chu pulled her hand, "It was my fault before, I'll change."
A sound of Ling Ling brings the two of them much closer, Du Ling sighs, "Chuchu, the Child Seeking Goddess of Mercy at the Qing An Temple is very spiritual, many women go back and get pregnant after worshipping it, let's go in."
Du Ying stood in front of Yun Chou and said, "Sister Yun, you want to learn the pomegranate knot right, it's very simple, I'll teach you later."
Yunchu smiled and thanked him.
Du Ying was good at women's red, and the pomegranate knots she wove would be praised by even the Empress when she looked at them, so she used the excuse of wanting to learn how to make pomegranate knots to write to Du Ling.
The symbol of the pomegranate knot is to have many children, and she knows that Du Ling, who is heartbroken that she is childless, will definitely bring Du Ying to the appointment.
Xie Ping followed behind them, the jealousy in her heart growing thicker and thicker.
Now that her mother was only the inner circle of a fifth-ranking official, Mrs. Ji was still so friendly with her mother, and such a friendship made her red in the eyes.
The thousands of girls she usually knew were the daughters of officials of the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades, and she was too lazy to make friends, so she didn't have a single close friend by her side.
The group walked in.
Qing'an Temple is the most incense-rich temple near the capital, and there is an endless stream of good men and women who come to kneel and worship.
After arriving at the entrance of the temple, they needed to queue up to enter, Yun Chou donated two hundred taels of silver for the incense, and the young monk took them straight in.
The incense curled up, the great Buddha was solemn, Yun Chou knelt on the futon and kowtowed sincerely.
She's not begging for a son, she's begging for the Yun family to be successful in this life, begging for her two children who died early to be reincarnated in a good family ...
Xie Ping in her heart silently prayed for everything to go smoothly, she lived so big, only do this one bold thing, I hope the Buddha can fulfill her ...
After the kneeling was over, the four stood up and Yun Chou smiled, "Ling Ling, let's have a fasting meal before we leave."
Du Ling also had a lot of things to say to Yun Chu, so naturally he was busy nodding his head, and the group of four followed the young monk to the backyard of the temple.
Qing'an Temple received many incense burners from the great families of the honored ones all year round, and the backyard was very wide, but a doorway on the east side of the long corridor was guarded by two guards.
Du Ying asked with some curiosity, "It seems to be the palace guards, which noble is here?"
Du Ling shook his head.
With her status, of course she knew who lived here, but if my little sister knew that King Anjing was punished to live in Qing'an Temple, she was afraid that her heart would be broken.
Xie Ping looked twice and secretly memorized the door.
A group of four people walked to the compartment arranged by the young monk, and just inside, Xie Ping said, "I see that there are some peonies blooming in that backyard, Second Miss Du, why don't we go and take a look?"
Du Ying is two years older than Xie Ping, is also a child, in the compartment can not sit, immediately nodded to follow Xie Ping to go to the backyard to enjoy the flowers.
"Xiao Ying is fifteen years old, right?" Yun Chou opened her mouth to inquire, "I wonder if her marriage has been finalized yet?"
Du Ling opened his mouth and said, "Two years ago, the emperor let my father bring An Jing Wang into the Ministry of Criminal Justice to practice, An Jing Wang therefore often comes in and out of the Du family, this one to two, Xiao Ying somehow fell in love with An Jing Wang ... But I heard that the Prince's serious illness has something to do with An Jing Wang, which is why it was sent down to the Qing'an Temple, and now that the emperor is still in his Now the emperor is still in the prime of life on the birth of these storms, in the future do not know what will be waiting, a while ago the De Fei test my mother, want to let Xiaoying married into the Anjing Wang House, my mother play stupid fool fooled over, this thing can not dare to let Xiaoying know, or else she will surely make a mess ..."
Yunchu sighed.
It is said that parents can't argue with their children, and it is true that no matter how much Mrs. Du opposes, Du Ying is just determined to marry.
Around June or July of this year, Consort De will request the Emperor to grant a marriage, only, before Du Ying can marry into the Anjing Royal House, the Fourth Prince has an accident in the hunting paddock in the fall.
That day the emperor was assassinated, the most suspected of the fourth prince disappeared, when months later to find the fourth prince, has been a dead body ...
Du Ying doesn't believe that the Fourth Prince would assassinate the Emperor, and even more so, she can't accept that her fiancé died just like that, and she crashes headfirst into the Fourth Prince's coffin.
Yunchu can not understand, but a man only, how to let Du Ying abandoned his parents, abandoned the entire family, young martyrdom death ...