Daughter of aristocratic family

Chapter 41 Worshiping the Buddha
  Zhao Kuang was still very concerned about what his mother told him. As soon as he retired from the court the next day, he went to find Chen Xiao.

But after searching and searching, he couldn't find anyone, so he had to go back to the Yamen of the Ministry of War and asked about Chen Xiao's whereabouts.

In the evening, after returning from the Yamen, Zhao Kuang went to see Mrs. Zhao, "Mother, Chen Xiao has left Beijing and returned to the northwest."

Mrs. Zhao frowned, "He was still in Beijing yesterday."

"He left early this morning. The son of Princess Pingyang made good friends with him and personally escorted him out of the city." Zhao Kuang inquired clearly.

"Since he has left Beijing, forget it." Mrs. Zhao said helplessly.

If Zhao Shuqing can really marry Chen Xiao, the Zhao family will have even more leverage.

When Mrs. Zhao told Zhao Shuqing about this, she saw that she was sad and comforted her a few words, "You are still young and not old enough to get engaged. It would be better if he is not in Beijing."

"There are too many girls in Beijing with better family backgrounds than yours. If he wants to be in Beijing, he will be spoiled for choice."

"Don't worry, he will come back to Beijing, just wait patiently."

Chen Xiao had already left, and all his thoughts were useless. Zhao Shuqing could only say obediently: "I listen to the old lady."

"Good boy." Mrs. Zhao was very satisfied with her attitude.

In the days that followed, Zhao Shuqing continued to study with her sisters as usual, and on days off, she occasionally went out to play.

However, she never had the chance to follow Zhao Wangshu to contact Yao Shanzhi and the others, and Yao Shanzhi never came to see Zhao Wangshu again. I wonder if it was because of the incident in Chunxi Garden that Yao Shanzhi was tired of Zhao Wangshu.

In fact, she was a little happy that Zhao Wangshu was not favored by Yao Shanzhi. Why was Zhao Wangshu so valued in front of the nobles when he came from Zhuangzi?
  Zhao Shuqing would not have thought that at this moment, Zhao Wangshu and Yao Shanzhi were sitting in Wase's private room watching the sideshow, which showed that the two were still on good terms with each other.

Several little girls on the stage were performing bowl-holding performances. They held a stack of bowls on their heads and performed actions such as golden rooster independence, splits, rolling, handstands, etc.

It was quite difficult, but the bowl was on top of their heads and didn't move at all.

"Okay!" Yao Shanzhi shouted loudly.

Zhao Wangshu grabbed a handful of copper coins and threw them on the stage.

The little girls who finished their performance all saluted and said, "Thank you for the reward."

After watching the performance in Wase, it was almost noon, and Yao Shanzhi said: "Yue'er, let's go eat fish."

Zhao Wangshu had no objection, and the two of them took the maid to Hefeng Tower.

Whether it was the power of the Princess Mansion or the deliciousness of Yao Shanzhi, most of the big restaurants in Beijing reserved private rooms for the county lord.

The shopkeeper of Hefeng Tower even personally escorted them into the private room on the second floor. "My lord, the shop has a new batch of sea fish. Lord, don't you want to try it?"

"I know you have marine fish in your store. We came here specially to eat it. You ask the chef to pick out the specialty and cook four dishes for it." Yao Shanzhi said.

"Okay, Madam, please wait a moment." The shopkeeper withdrew, and Dr. Tea and his waiter came in with tea and snacks.

"I'll eat more today. I won't be able to eat meat for a long time." Yao Shanzhi said with a bitter face.

"Princess, do you want to ban your food?" Zhao Wangshu took a piece of jujube paste cake and handed it to Hong Chang. This girl likes this.

"No, I want to accompany my grandmother, the Queen Mother, to stay at Huangjue Temple." Yao Shanzhi lay on the table and said weakly.

"Didn't the Queen Mother just recover from illness?"

Last time at Chunxi Garden, the emperor urgently summoned several princes into the palace. The empress dowager was critically ill. Everyone thought that the empress dowager would not survive. Who knew that the head of the empress dowager hospital had a wonderful rejuvenation and rescued the empress dowager from the hell gate.

"She said that she met the Bodhisattva, who said that her life should not be cut off, and that he gave her nectar to drink and brought her back to life. She wants to go to the temple to thank her."

This reason is really ridiculous. Zhao Wangshu stroked his forehead and asked, "How long will we have to stay?" "We will not go back until the Dragon Boat Festival." Yao Shanzhi sighed sadly, "More than a month."

Zhao Wangshu comforted her, "I heard that the vegetarian restaurant in Huangjue Temple is pretty good."

"No matter how good it is, it's still plain." Yao Shanzhi became more and more sad as she spoke.

"Then you have to endure it for a while. Eating meat secretly is disrespectful to the Bodhisattva." Zhao Wangshu didn't care much about being disrespectful to the Bodhisattva, but he followed the Queen Mother out and didn't do anything to offend her.

"Oh!" Yao Shanzhi sighed, "It's going to kill me!"

The mayor of Yixing County, who had lost his spirit, regained his energy when he saw the fried hairtail.

Zhao Wangshu smiled, as long as the foodie has something to eat, he will have nothing to worry about.

"When I come back, I will take you to ride a horse."

"Okay!" Zhao Wangshu responded with a smile.

Zhao Wangshu originally thought that going to the temple to eat food had nothing to do with him. Who knew that as soon as the Queen Mother left with the eldest princess, Yixing County Princess, and Princess Jiahe, the daughter of Prince Liao, the Queen Mother sent her servant to the mansion to ask Mrs. Zhao Take the girls to the temple to worship Buddha.

"There's no need to pack so many things. I'm just going to stay for more than ten days." Zhao Wangshu saw Mrs. Qiao packing a big baggage and hurriedly stopped her.

"These are all useful." Lady Qiao said seriously.

Zhao Wangshu frowned, "It's already summer, so there's no need to bring thick clothes."

"The temple is built on a mountain and it's colder than in the city. Why don't we wear thick clothes?"

"Then just bring two."

At Zhao Wangshu's insistence, the luggage was streamlined a lot.

Not all the girls went to Zifu Temple. Those who didn't go were Zhao Yuzhen, who was officially engaged a few days ago, Zhao Yujia and Zhao Yufang, who came to Tiangui for the first time, and the Fang sisters who went to their uncle's house for a wedding banquet.

Zhao Shuangzhi and Zhao Shuqing followed Mrs. Zhao in a carriage. Mrs. Zhao took a carriage alone, and the other six girls sat in a carriage. The servants sat in several carriages at the back, as well as the guards who escorted them. Hao A huge crowd of people.

Regarding this arrangement, Mrs. Zhao had her say, "Shuangzhi is young and needs to be looked after. Shuqing is weak and needs to be looked after."

In fact, she doesn't need to explain, the other girls don't want to be with her. Girls sit together, they can talk and laugh, it's more relaxed and free.

On the busy streets, people rushed to the city gate and were blocked.

Zhao Jiahua lifted the car curtain and looked out, "They are from the Yongguo Duke's Mansion."

The Yongguo Palace is the natal family of the first queen. What a coincidence that the natal family of the successor met the natal family of the first wife!
  "They should also go to the temple to worship Buddha." Zhao Wangshu said.

Not only the Zhao family and the Yongguo Duke's Mansion went to the temple to worship the Buddha, but everyone in the capital who had some reputation went to the temple to worship the Buddha.

Of course, not all of them went to Zifu Temple. Some went to Fayuan Temple, and some went to Miaoying Temple. There are more than a dozen temples around the capital, so everyone has many choices.

But it happened to be such a coincidence that the Zhao family and the Yongguo Duke's Mansion went to Zifu Temple. Also going to Zifu Temple were Concubine Jing's natal Yongchang Hou Mansion and Concubine Rou's natal family.

Concubine Jing was an old friend of Qiandi, and she and the late empress were in the Prince's Mansion, competing against each other. The former empress suspected that the death of her eldest son, Lin Yuan, was related to Concubine Jing.

Concubine Rou was selected into the palace from the same batch as her successor. She was more favored than her successor. She gave birth to the Ninth Prince Lin Xun, but she failed in her bid for the throne. From then on, she regarded her successor as a thorn in his side.

Such four families, put together, are simply a large Shura field.

　That paragraph was not written clearly, so I corrected it.

　　
  　
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