Concubine Xiao was going to live in the Jokhang Temple for three days to sacrifice to her birth mother. Mrs. Xiao had made preparations early on. Since Mrs. Xiao was not feeling well this year, she did not go with Concubine Xiao and was accompanied by Qing Le and Zhao Xian'er instead.
Before leaving, Prime Minister You personally sent Concubine Xiao to the carriage, and looked at Concubine Xiao hesitantly, "Xiao Jiu..."
"Father, don't worry, Xiao Jiu understands everything." Concubine Xiao squeezed out a smile, and in turn comforted Prime Minister Right.
Prime Minister Right smiled gratifiedly, and waved his hands, Xiao Concubine set off in the carriage.
It took four or five hours to reach the foot of the mountain. Xiao Yu had a vague impression of Qin Yi, only knowing that she was a gentle and kind woman.
While he was meditating, a carriage stopped next to his ear.
"Xiao Jiu?"
Xiao Concubine looked back, saw the man at first glance, and smiled, "Cousin Ting."
Qin Yunting nodded, "Today is the anniversary of my aunt's death. It's fine if I'm not in the capital in the past. How can I not come now? Grandma has been unwell for the past few days. Grandpa was worried that grandma would be emotional, so he didn't let grandma come."
"No problem." Miss Xiao said, "Let's go up first."
Qin Yunting nodded and followed.
Qingle secretly glanced at Qin Yunting several times, her heart beating faster.
Zhao Xian'er was thinking in her heart to seek peace for Shen Yi and pray for the Shen family and Zhao family, but she didn't notice anything wrong.
The few people went up the mountain quickly, followed the little master to live in the meditation room, and Qin Yunting separated from the few people.
After resting for a while, several people changed into plain clothes and went to the main hall to pray and chant scriptures. Concubine Xiao knelt in front of the Buddha and prayed. Firstly, she came to pray for Mrs. Xiao's good health and longevity, and secondly, she came to pray for the life of the right minister Anshun.
Slowly opening his eyes, he kept chanting Buddhist scriptures, and the room was full of monks beating wooden fish to pray for blessings and chant scriptures.
Concubine Xiao personally lit up Qin Yi's everlasting lamps one by one, thinking of Qin Yi silently in her heart.
Qin Yunting was by the side, "My aunt will be pleased if I can find someone as sensible as Zhi Xiaojiu."
Concubine Xiao's eyes were slightly red. In her previous life, she was unfilial and mistook Fan as her mother. She never remembered the date of Qin Yi's death. Once she mentioned it to Mrs. Xiao by chance, and it happened to be known by Fan. Fan looked sad and sick For a few days, Qiangyan laughed and prepared something for her.
Fan Shi hinted to her explicitly and secretly that Concubine Xiao was afraid that Fan Shi would be unhappy, so she played her temper and insisted not to go to the Jokhang Temple, and let Xiao Ying and Xiao Ruo go instead.
It was that time, Prime Minister Right slapped Concubine Xiao severely, and ignored Concubine Xiao for more than two months. Later, Fan tried to persuade Concubine Xiao everywhere, but in the end, Concubine Xiao hated Concubine Right and refused to follow her. The right minister was close to Mrs. Xiao, but also kept away from Mrs. Xiao. On the contrary, Xiao Ying and Xiao Ruo became considerate and sensible daughters, and eventually replaced her.
At that time, Concubine Xiao was thinking about the third prince all the time, and she was completely distracted from Prime Minister Right and Mrs. Xiao. Only then did the tragedy later happen, which made her see people's hearts clearly.
When talking about the past, Miss Xiao felt ashamed, because she failed the people who really cared about her.
Today, Concubine Xiao will never let down Mrs. Xiao and the Prime Minister.
After lighting the ever-burning lamp, Xiao Concubine burned up the Diamond Sutra that had been copied long ago.
It was like this for three consecutive days.
Today, Xiao Concubine, Qing Le, and Zhao Xian'er took off their plain clothes and changed into their own clothes. Xiao Concubine was wearing a light yellow long dress, which was pretty and charming.
Before leaving, Qingle suddenly said, "I've heard that the signature of the Jokhang Temple is very effective, why don't you try it later?"
Zhao Xianer also followed suit, so she nodded, "That's fine."
Seeing the proposal of the two, Miss Xiao had no choice but to go together. As soon as the three of them left the house, they saw two familiar figures.
"Disappointment!" Qingle curled her lips, and she could see spoilers everywhere.
I saw Lin Xu walking over there with a smile on his face, "What a coincidence, I came here to pray for my cousin, and I can meet three of you."
As the saying goes, if you reach out and don't hit a smiling person, Lin Xu greets you, but the three of them can't say anything. After all, they are in a temple, so they greeted each other symbolically.
"I heard that the inscription in the temple is very effective. Sister Lin and I are going to pay our respects. Why don't we go together with the princess and Miss Zhao?"
Zhen Yan is wearing a long white dress today, she is graceful and beautiful, with an appropriate smile on her face, her gentle attitude is hard to refuse.
"Coincidentally, the rest of us are also planning to go and have a look. Let's be together in a few days." Xiao Concubine said calmly. For some reason, she always felt that Zhen Yan was a bit weird, and she couldn't tell what was wrong.
In this way, the five people went to the main hall together, first kneeling in front of the Buddha, Lin Xu shook the bamboo stick first, and silently recited a few words of the Buddha, a bamboo stick fell to the ground.
Lin Xu was overjoyed, picked up the sign on the ground and went to understand the place where it was signed. It was Master Ruoyu who solved the sign, "Master Ruoyu, please take a look."
Master Ruoyu held the signature in his hand, "I don't know what the benefactor wants to ask."
Lin Xu blushed, glanced around, and then whispered, "Ask about marriage."
"Is there anyone who is engaged?"
Lin Xu nodded, "Yes."
"Also ask the benefactor to write down the horoscopes of the two people's birthdays, so that the calculation can be more accurate."
Lin Xu wrote down the birth date of the eldest prince on a piece of paper, handed it to Master Ruoyu, and asked in a low voice, "Master, I don't know if this person and I will have a smooth future, a harmonious husband and wife, and whether we can get rid of the difficulties and overcome the difficulties in front of us." This catastrophe?"
Master Ruoyu looked at it, and then added the signature, shaking his head, "The benefactor and the young master are indeed married, but the road is bumpy and not smooth. If you can let go of your obsessions, you can turn your back on it, otherwise you will regret it forever."
As soon as Master Ruoyu finished speaking, Lin Xu's face collapsed. Before he could ask any more questions, he was holding the signature tightly in his hand, when he heard footsteps behind him, he quickly stood up, his expression a little ugly.
Zhao Xian'er handed the signature to Master Ruoyu, who took a look, "This is the signature, the family is harmonious, the husband and wife are loving, and you are lucky to meet a noble person. The donor is very lucky."
Zhao Xian'er was very happy when she heard the words, "Thank you for your guidance, Master."
What Zhao Xianer originally wanted to ask, but Master Ruoyu said it out in unison, so he had nothing to ask, and quickly backed away.
Soon it was Qingle's turn, and he took out a sign and handed it over, Master Ruoyu frowned.
Qing Le's heart tightened, "This... what's the matter?"
Master Ruoyu sighed, "The benefactor has a very strong temper. Although the benefactor is facing ups and downs, it will be good if he can persist in the ending. If there is a fate or not, it depends on what the benefactor thinks."
The papers drawn by Qingle were neither good nor bad, but Qingle was confused and only remembered Master Ruoyu's insistence, if he persisted, he would have a good ending.
Qingle seemed to have remembered something, her face flushed slightly, and the three days of contact made Qingle's heart flutter even more.
Lin Xu stood aside and listened for a long time, and he was the worst. Lin Xu clasped his palms tightly, his eyes were red with anger, and his chest heaved up and down.
With a click, Xiao Concubine's signature fell off, and she bent down to pick it up and handed it to Master Ruoyu.
"Master Lao."
Master Ruoyu took it, and the surprise flashed in his eyes, "I don't know what the benefactor is asking?"
Seeing that Master Ruoyu's expression was not right, Lin Xu quickly said, before Concubine Xiao could speak, "Of course it's a marriage, please master to figure it out."
Concubine Xiao raised her eyes and glanced at Lin Xu, Lin Xu smiled, "Sister Xiao, you and Master Zhao are a pair of golden boy and jade girl, you must be a perfect match, let's see how good Master Zhao is in the future." How many grades are promoted, you can be a wife for a few years."
That's what Lin Xu said, but his tone was full of sarcasm and contempt for Lord Zhao. It was only because of the right minister that he was promoted to today's position, not by his own strength at all.
Qing Le glared at Lin Xu fiercely. If she hadn't been in the Buddhist hall, she would not have spared Lin Xu.
Seeing that there was going to be a dispute, Xiao Concubine changed her mind, she and Zhao Zun were unmarried couples, and Xiao Concubine couldn't help being curious in her heart, whether she and Zhao Zun were destined to be husband and wife in this life.
So Concubine Xiao wrote Zhao Zun's birth date on the paper. Master Ruoyu picked it up and looked at it, with serious eyes.
Concubine Xiao raised her eyebrows, "Master, it's okay to say what you want."
Master Ruoyu pondered for a long time before he said, "Forgive the poor monk for his shallow way of doing things, so he can't see the marriage of the benefactor. He only knows that the benefactor's marriage is not shallow, but it is all in his own hands, and others have no right to interfere."
Xiao Concubine felt a little guilty when she heard that, she had a lot of marriages, she got engaged and divorced many times, plus some things in her previous life, Xiao Concubine could naturally understand Master Ruoyu's words.
"As for the benefactor, he is a very noble person, and his family is equally precious, so there is no need to ask for anything, everything is fine." Master Ruoyu added.
Qingle was at a loss, Xiao Yu nodded, "Thank you, Master."
Xiao Yu stood up, stepped aside, and said to Qingle and Zhao Xianer, "Let's go."
The two nodded.
Zhen Yan took Xiao Concubine's seat and handed over the signed letter, "Ask about marriage."
The three of them just walked to the door, but they heard Master Ruoyu suddenly say, "That's right, the benefactor and the man who is wearing the light yellow girl are a match made in heaven, a predestined relationship between husband and wife."
Concubine Xiao lowered her head, her eyes were pale yellow, and the smile on her face froze.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Qing Le turned around and reprimanded in a rage.
Zhen Yan was even more caught off guard, "Master, did you make a mistake?"
"The master is an eminent monk who has attained the Tao. Over the years, he has been interpreting the signatures in the Jokhang Temple, and he has never made a single mistake. As the master said, this may be destined in the dark."
Hearing this, Lin Xu threw his little bit of unhappiness to the winds, gloating at Xiao Concubine's misfortune.
Master Ruoyu carefully looked at it several times, and said affirmatively, "The poor monk didn't count at all, the benefactor and that young master are the destined husband and wife for the rest of their lives."
"Miss Xiao..." Zhen Yan called Xiao Concubine, Xiao Concubine glanced back at Zhen Yan, and suddenly had a feeling that all of this seemed to be in the hands of the woman in front of her. There was still a hint of guilt in the eyes, which made Xiao Yu unable to understand the truth for a while.
"I really have nothing to do with Lord Hou, don't get me wrong." Zhen Yan explained with a pale face.
Concubine Xiao smiled, "Miss Zhen's character is well known to everyone, so how could I question Miss Zhen casually because of such a trivial matter? If I can't trust Miss Zhen, I should always trust Master Zhao."
"That's fine, as long as Sister Xiao doesn't get me wrong." Zhen Yan seemed to not understand Xiao Concubine's belittling, and smiled happily.
Qingle wanted to say something more, but she was held tightly by Miss Xiao.
"Let's go, everything is God's will, you can't force it."
Xiao Concubine took a step forward and left without looking back. She and Zhao Zun were not destined to be husband and wife at all, but they were destined for each other.
And Zhen Yan was the one, and Xiao Concubine even suspected that she had occupied Zhen Yan's position, but for some reason, Xiao Concubine's heart felt unbearably sour.
After leaving the yard, Qingle said, "Xiao Jiu, don't listen to that man's nonsense, I'm not sure about it, I must have made a mistake."
Zhao Xian'er also comforted, "Yes, Xiaojiu, as long as you and Master Zhao are in love, you can be together. No one in this world can separate you."
Concubine Xiao was in a trance, and forced a smile, "I'm fine. In fact, what Master Ruoyu said is correct. Maybe it's just that I don't have a relationship with Master Zhao. I'm the right-hand minister's daughter, and it's not that I can't get married."
Concubine Xiao suddenly felt a lump in her heart, who told her that she married the third prince in her previous life, and Zhao Zun married someone else, the more she thought about it, the more unhappy she became.
Along the way, the two kept comforting and teasing Xiao Concubine, and Xiao Concubine also smiled in cooperation, but the smile was too far-fetched.
Inside the Jokhang Temple
Lin Xu was in a good mood, thinking of Concubine Xiao's face, she felt as refreshed as if she drank cool fruit juice in the dog days.
"Now let's see what Concubine Xiao is proud of. Relying on her status as the right minister, she is so tight on Master Zhao, it's really shameless!"
Zhen Yan bowed her head and remained silent when she heard the words. Just like in her previous life, she and him were a natural match, and the half that belonged to him couldn't be any other woman at all, it could only be herself.
Zhen Yan breathed a sigh of relief, Zhao Zun, her husband!
It's okay if Xiao Concubine has the self-knowledge to back down, but if she shamelessly continues to dominate, don't blame her for being rude!
Zhen Yan and Lin Xu left slowly.
"Master, it's the girl from that day!"
Qin Yunting took a step behind due to some trivial matters, and suddenly followed his line of sight, a touch of pale white came into view, with a slim and graceful figure, and an unparalleled beauty, she really was the girl she met in the northern suburbs that day.
"Go and find out which family the girl is from." Qin Yunting's mouth curled up.
"yes!"
After a while, the guard came back in a hurry, and said in a low voice, "Master, that girl is Zhen Yan, the daughter of Zhen's family, the head of Xinling County, whom the emperor personally appointed a few days ago."
Qin Yunting heard it, "So it's her, no wonder I've never seen her before."
Zhen Yan has always kept a low profile, and rarely goes out, so there are very few young masters she can get to know, but Qin Yunting has heard of Zhen Yan's name.
"Go back." Qin Yunting smiled, with an unknown emotion flashing across his eyes, he led the people away from the Jokhang Temple.
That day, Master Ruoyu's release of the lottery spread all over somehow. The news that the daughter of the right prime minister and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice Zhao Houye were not a couple, but the news that Zhao Houye and the eldest daughter of the Zhen family were a couple. It spread like wildfire, and soon spread throughout the streets and alleys.
When Zhen Yan heard this, her expression was always calm, and there was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.
After hearing this, Mrs. Zhen came directly to Zhen Yan, "Sister Yan, is this true? Master Ruoyu said so in front of you?"
"Mother." Zhen Yan stood up, waved her hand to screen away the maidservant, and pulled Mrs. Zhen with a serious face, "My daughter thinks that Master Zhao will not be a treasure in the future, and it is my daughter who is lucky enough to marry Master Zhao." Good luck, my daughter believes that Master Zhao will be good to her."
Mrs. Zhen was startled, she thought it was just a rumor, but she didn't expect Zhen Yan to admit it so readily.
"Yan'er, you are so confused, you are going to marry His Highness in the future, so you can think about Lord Zhao so much."
The reason why Mrs. Zhen kept hiding Zhen Yan was because she was waiting for the second prince.
Speaking of the second prince, Zhen Yan's expression flickered, "Mother, if my daughter can marry Lord Zhao, then I can help my cousin to a higher level. What my cousin needs is help, not my daughter."
"But… "
"Mother, there is absolutely nothing wrong with trusting your daughter's vision." Zhen Yan insisted, "My daughter will not marry anyone but him."
Mrs. Zhen had heard of the reputation of Marquis Zhao, and she didn't understand how Zhen Yan, who had always been arrogant, suddenly fell in love with Marquis Zhao.
"Marquis Zhao is now engaged to that man from the Prime Minister's Mansion. You are a majestic eldest daughter, and you can still wrong yourself to be a concubine!"
Mrs. Zhen firmly refused.
Zhen Yan swore, "Mother, how could my daughter abuse me? Don't worry, my daughter has a sense of proportion."
Zhen Yan has been very measured since she was a child, she looks gentle on the surface, but there is a stubbornness in her heart, and once she decides something, she will never change it.
Mrs. Zhen knows Zhen Yan well. In the entire Zhen family, Zhen Yan still holds a very high status. Zhen Yan is smart and talented in managing the shop. She can expand the shop several times within a few years. Make suggestions for the Zhen family.
"Mother just don't worry, I will explain it to my father and grandmother."
Seeing Zhen Yan's confident face, Mrs. Zhen couldn't hold her back, so she could only say, "Just know what you have in mind."