However, for the one-day journey, Chen Anzhi's wives and concubines rode in the same carriage. The other concubines did not have maids following them, only You Yuzhi brought Madam Jing with her.
You Yuji walked out slowly and saw Chun Xing, Cui Yu and Lin Yingying standing by the screen wall waiting for her from afar.
Madam Jing looked Chen Anzhi's three concubines up and down.
There are some things that Madam Jing has never been able to say.
In terms of emotion, she was extremely resentful of what the prince had done and felt sorry for the cold treatment that You Yujie had received.
Logically, she hoped for harmony between husband and wife. Now that You Yuji and Chen Anzhi were in such a stalemate, someone had to take the first step forward.
After hesitating for a long time, she whispered, "Madam, the prince prefers women to dress more elegantly."
The implication was that You Yuji could back down a little bit. Although she knew in her heart that You Yuji would not listen to her, she still had to give some advice.
Because she was going to the quiet place of Buddhism, You Yuji wore a light blue-grey dress today, which was simple and elegant yet dignified. The dark color made her skin look like cream and snow-white. Her hair accessories were simple, with only a hairpin with a huge sapphire on the head.
The color of her clothes was much more plain than her usual ones, but not the cold and misty white that the three concubines wore by the screen wall.
You Yuji asked, "Does my outfit look good today?"
Madam Jing was startled and immediately said, "It looks good."
"Yeah, I like it too." You Yuzhi looked over with a smile in the corners of her eyes.
It is said that women dress up to please themselves. But You Yuji thinks this is wrong, and it is a man's imagination of women.
Pleasing yourself is important.
As she spoke, she had already walked to the door. You Yuji lifted her skirt and stepped on a footstool to get on the carriage. Then Chun Xing, Cui Yu and Lin Yingying got on the carriage.
Si Que hasn't come yet.
Cuiyu pursed her lips and whispered in Chunxing's ear: "That girl is so impressive that she even asked the Crown Prince's Consort to wait for her. Tsk tsk, if you don't know her, you would think she is still a princess."
Chun Xing smiled innocently and didn't dare to respond casually.
You Yuji listened to the general idea, looked over and said softly, "She is a very easy-going person."
Cuiyu didn't dare to say anything more.
Lin Yingying handed a peace amulet to You Yuji and said with a smile: "Sister, I didn't expect my mother to survive. Thank you for letting me go home this time. Here, this is for you. I went to the temple to ask for a peace amulet for my mother, and it really worked! I went there again before I came back this time and asked for this peace amulet for your mother. I hope your mother can survive this and live a long life!"
You Yuji took it with surprise, looked at the word "longevity" on the amulet, and said with a smile: "I'll lend you my good wishes."
After a while, Si Que arrived late.
He was not wearing a veil today and was holding the copied scriptures.
Several concubines had long been curious about Si Que's appearance, and today they finally saw him, and they instantly fell silent. This silence lasted until Si Que got on the carriage and sat down next to You Yuji, and the carriage had been driving for a long time, but it had not been broken.
Lin Yingying and Cuiyu frequently exchanged glances secretly, and then she looked down sadly at her own Bai Chang who was trying to imitate her.
You Yuji sighed in her heart. Chen Anzhi took Si Que back to the palace when His Majesty was furious. Even a fool could tell how much Chen Anzhi valued Si Que. These concubines might understand something when they saw Si Que today. They would know it sooner or later.
You Yuji turned her head to look at Si Que, breaking the strange silence in the carriage. She took the Buddhist scripture from Si Que's side, unfolded it, and said, "Que Que, you are not in good health. The injury on your hand has not healed yet? You copied the Buddhist scripture again, it's really..."
The voice suddenly stopped.
You Yuji looked at the turtle and egg drawn on the unfolded paper and took a deep breath to hold back her laughter. She rolled up the "Buddhist Scripture" as if nothing had happened and finished her words seriously: "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard. I'm sorry to have made you worry." Si Que looked normal, innocent as if he had done nothing.
Cui Yu felt very strange when she heard Si Que's voice. Si Que always spoke in a low voice, with a cold and distant feeling in his clear and magnetic voice. She felt that Si Que's voice was not soft and pleasant like a woman's, and was not worthy of the face of the Nine Heavens Goddess.
The journey was long, and Cui Yu finally couldn't help looking at Si Que and asked, "Have you known the prince for a long time?"
Si Que was taking the pastry handed to him by You Yuji and eating it slowly, as if he didn't hear it.
Cui Yu was a little unhappy. No matter what Si Que was before, she was a concubine now, so how could she ignore him like this? She said again: "We will be good sisters in the future, so just tell us. Sister Que?"
Si Que slowly raised his long eyelashes, and looked at Cui Yu who was sitting opposite him with his clear eyes. He slowly raised one corner of his lips, depicting a faint smile.
If you say he was smiling, there was no warmth in his eyes.
He clearly didn't say a word, and even smiled when he looked at her. But Cuiyu felt a chill in her heart when he looked at her. She always felt that Si Que's gaze was like looking at a dead object, and she was that dead object. She stood there inexplicably, as if she was cast into a spell of immobilization, and the back of her neck could not help but feel cold.
Cuiyu felt something flash before her eyes, and when she looked carefully she found it was a copper coin thrown high into the air.
The carriage jolted at this moment, and You Yuji leaned towards Si Que. Si Que reached out to support her, but he didn't have time to catch the falling copper coin.
The copper coin fell to the ground and rolled under the bench where Cui Yu and Lin Yingying were sitting. After a loud shaking sound, it returned to silence.
Chun Xing thought about it for a moment, squatted down and reached out to pick up the copper coin.
"Front or tail?" Si Que asked.
Chun Xing didn't see it clearly, so she said casually, "Look at the front."
Si Que turned his cold gaze away from Cui Yu's face and turned his head to talk to You Yuzhi.
Chun Xing picked up the copper coin and wanted to return it to Si Que, but she saw him eating cakes slowly with his eyes downcast. She put her hand away awkwardly, and just put the copper coin on the corner of the table without saying anything.
Cuiyu felt as if she had regained consciousness, and she looked at Si Que suspiciously.
You Yuji asked Si Que how the pastries tasted. Si Que said they were delicious. He turned his head to look at You Yuji and smiled. His perfect profile looked obedient and beautiful.
Cuiyu blinked. Was it all her illusion? Thinking of the hanged ghost she saw a few nights ago, she shuddered and lowered her head. Her eyes just happened to fall on the copper plate on the corner of the table. She frowned. No matter how she looked at the copper plate, she felt uncomfortable. She looked away again.
Yunping Temple has a long history in Chen State and is the most worshipped by the people. Yunping Temple is located between the mountains, with beautiful scenery far away from the world. Therefore, it is a little far away from the prosperity of Kyoto. It is Yunping Temple that You Yuji and his party are going to today.
After the carriage had traveled for an hour, the sky darkened and snowflakes began to fall. The weather was not very good this morning, but the Taoist had calculated the day and it had to be today.
As the snow got heavier, there was a loud bang and the carriage tilted to one side, with screams coming from inside the carriage.
The carriage finally stabilized, You Yuji opened the door and asked, "Zhuo Wen, what happened?"
"The shaft is broken." Zhuo Wen squatted beside the carriage and checked it with a frown.
You Yuji looked up and saw the snow getting heavier.
It is not a good thing to encounter snow in the mountains and have the shaft of a cart break.
"I was thinking wrongly." You Yuji whispered to herself. There had been a series of strange things happening in the mansion recently. Someone was behind the scenes. She originally thought that someone had deliberately asked her to take the concubines to the temple and then made trouble for her. But she didn't expect that the other party was so cruel and wanted to kill all the concubines together.
Zhuo Wen stood up and said with difficulty: "It can't be fixed for the time being."
The snow fell heavier and heavier, landing on his shoulders.
You Yuji slowly figured it out. The last ambush failed, and the other party thought she was prepared, so this time they made such a big move, even tampering with the sedan chair of the King of Jinnan, just to make her let down her guard, so that they could strike again. In order to make her let down her guard, they even sacrificed the lives of these innocent concubines.
Si Que sat leisurely in the tilted carriage, his hands resting on the window sill, his long fingers slightly curled, tapping lightly from time to time. He looked at You Yuji's frowning brows, which instead gave rise to a bit of amusement.
"Sister, what should I do?" Lin Yingying panicked.
Cuiyu was also anxiously saying, "How could such a good carriage break down? Someone must have done something bad! Woohoo, I don't want to freeze to death in this snowy mountain!"
Chun Xing didn't say anything, but her little face was pale.
"It's okay. The rescuers will be here soon." You Yuji comforted them softly, with the gentle smile between her eyebrows still there.
—Since she was already on guard, how could she let her guard down so easily? She had already sent a message to Zhao Sheng yesterday. If she hadn't arrived at Yunping Temple by the time, Zhao Sheng would come with his army.
You Yuji asked several people to wait in the broken down car.
The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and they felt colder and colder in the car, not to mention the guards outside.
You Yuji couldn't help but frown.
Chun Xing lowered her head, rubbing her hands and breathing out repeatedly. Lin Yingying and Cui Yu were already hugging each other to keep each other warm.
Thinking of Si Que's weak body, You Yuzhi quickly took off her cloak and wrapped it around him.
"I'm not cold." Si Que refused.
As soon as he finished speaking, You Yuji got into the cloak and surrounded him. Her soft body pressed against him, tightly and tightly. Her softness was accompanied by a faint fragrance unique to her.
She was so close, soft against his arm.
Si Que lowered his eyes and hesitated.
She didn't know he was a man, so her behavior was naturally too intimate. But he couldn't just passively accept excessive intimacy because she didn't know he was a man.
"I'm not cold, sister, you can surround yourself." Si Que hid to the side.
You Yuji lowered her voice and said hastily, "Help me cover it up!"
Si Que was puzzled and looked at her in doubt.
You Yuzhi took Si Que's other hand and held a corner of the cloak, then pulled his hand close to her and went around her body to hold a corner of the cloak.
In this way, she almost nestled in his arms, with the blue cotton cloak blocking the way between them.
You Yuji raised her eyes in Si Que's arms and blinked slowly at him. There were some things she was too embarrassed to say directly, so she just whispered softly, "Although those guards are very well behaved, they are always afraid of accidents... You help my sister cover it up."
Si Que looked at her puzzledly, obviously not understanding what she wanted to do.
But he soon found out.
You Yuji lowered her eyes and untied the belt around her waist. The two front pieces of the lapels instantly opened, revealing the snow-white skin under her collarbone under the white chest wrap. The snow-white chest wrap wrapped around her ample chest layer by layer, revealing the lavender inner garment faintly.
You Yuji pulled at the bra cloth. The tight white cotton cloth gradually loosened and piled loosely on her slender waist.
Si Que quickly turned his eyes away, pursed his lips, and slightly exerted force on the hand holding the corner of the cloak.
The tilted carriage shook again, and You Yuji tilted her body and bumped into Si Que, falling on his legs. She didn't know what hard object she hit. After all, she was in the carriage, and You Yuji was very nervous. She hurriedly took off her chest wrap and hurriedly put on her clothes. She was so hurried that she didn't pay much attention to what the hard object on her chest was.
"Okay." You Yuji whispered. She didn't pay attention to Si Que's expression and sat up straight. She bent down, took off her shoes and socks, and used the long snow-white cotton cloth she had just taken off to wipe the cold water off her feet.
It turned out that when the carriage tilted to one side, the tea on the table spilled and soaked You Yuji's socks. At first she could bear it, but it got colder and colder, and now her feet were numb from the cold.
Si Que looked at her small, slender snow-white feet.
There is a small red mole on You Yuji's left ankle.
—That red mole is like a demonic Gu.