Daughter of aristocratic family

Chapter 44 Personal Affair
  The quarrelsome people dispersed, and there was no need to stay to watch. Everyone continued to the tea garden near Zifu Temple.

There are rows of green tea trees in the tea garden. The person guarding the tea garden is a middle-aged monk. When he saw them, he put his hands together and saluted, "Amitabha, are the donors here to pick tea leaves?"

"Can we pick tea leaves by ourselves?" Zhao Wangshu asked in surprise.

The middle-aged monk smiled and said, "Yes, donor."

They were taught to pick tea leaves by two young monks aged seven or eight. "Dear donors, picking tea leaves requires the strength of the wrist, not fingernails, and don't use too much force, so as not to break the tea leaves."

The little novice monk said, giving an example to Zhao Wangshu and others.

Each of them took a bamboo basket and learned the skills of picking tea leaves from the little novice monk.

Everyone was happily picking tea leaves, while two young novice monks were guiding them.

After picking for about half an hour, everyone was tired, so they went to sit down and rest in the wooden pavilion.

The two young monks brought the brewed tea. Zhao Wangshu took the cup. Before he drank it, he smelled a refreshing fragrance and took a sip of the tea. "It tastes good, with a sweet aftertaste."

"Amitabha, if the donor likes this tea, you can take some away." The middle-aged monk said generously.

"Thank you, Master." Everyone said happily.

Each person took a bag of tea leaves, left the tea garden and returned to the temple.

In the temple, the girl gets up at about 10:00 every day, attends morning classes with the monks, eats her fast, and wanders around the temple.

After having a fast meal that day, Zhao Jiahua came out of the dining hall and asked, "Where are we going today?"

"I won't be with you." Zhao Shuangzhi rolled his eyes and left first.

Zhao Jiahua snorted coldly, "Who wants to be with you? It's so self-indulgent."

"Well, Sister Hua, I want to go back to my room and copy Buddhist scriptures." Zhao Shuqing said timidly. She was weak and followed him everywhere for several days, and she couldn't bear it.

Zhao Wangshu covered his mouth and yawned, "You guys go and play. I'll go back to my room to rest. I've gotten up too early these days and I'm so sleepy."

"I saw you yawning, so did I, so did I." Zhao Jiahua yawned, "I'll go back to my room and have a rest before talking."

So when I was energetic, I went out to play. When I was sleepy, I went back to my room to take a nap.

Zhao Wangshu rested for half an hour and then got up. She didn't want to copy Buddhist scriptures, so she took Hong Chang to the Zizhu Forest.

It is said that purple bamboo is planted everywhere where Guanyin Bodhisattva practices, so most temples have purple bamboo.

Bamboo has no vines or branches, is beautiful and elegant, and can be called an elegant scholar among plants.

The elegant and quiet environment and ethereal atmosphere of the bamboo forest are conducive to soothing the nerves. Being in the bamboo forest and listening to the rustling sound of the bamboo leaves in the wind will make you feel relaxed and peaceful.

But the tranquility was broken, and a sharp voice shouted: "Sister Qin."

Zhao Wangshu hesitated for a moment, then curiosity took over. He took Hong Chang and tiptoed over, hiding behind a clump of bamboo to take a look.

A man and a woman were tugging at each other. She didn't know the man, but the woman was with Mrs. Yongchang Hou. Her name was Li Qinqin.

The woman wanted to leave, but the man refused to let her go. She heard the man say eagerly: "Sister Qin, if I had known that my mother would take her with her, I would never have come. How could I be willing to embarrass you? Make you feel wronged!" "

Those who came to worship the Buddha were all female relatives, and there were many girls who had not left the palace. Who was this man’s mother? Too messy.

With tears in her eyes, Li Qinqin said with a trembling voice: "Master, I shouldn't have been so close to you. You and Miss Yu have been engaged since childhood. How can I, a cousin who lives in a mansion, dare to have such wishful thinking?"

Hearing this, Zhao Wangshu knew that the man was Xie Xun, the eldest son of Yongchang Hou Mansion.

Mrs. Yongchang Hou did have a girl named Yu with her. She was thought to be a cousin in the mansion, but she turned out to be the future eldest mistress of the mansion. "Sister Qin, don't worry, I will never wrong you. Just wait and wait for the right time, and I will ask my mother to help us."

"Young Master, you can't, you can't. No one in the capital knows that your marriage was decided by Concubine Jing herself. Concubine Jing will be angry if they know that you intend to break off the engagement."

"My aunt has always loved me and will not be angry with me." Xie Xun was confident.

"Even if Concubine Jing doesn't pursue the matter, the Yu family will not agree to break off the engagement. Miss Yu, she also likes you very much." Li Qinqin looked at Xie Xun infatuatedly, "You are so good, who wouldn't like you?"

"Sister Qin, you know I don't like her. I only like you. Sister Qin, I just want to marry you." Xie Xun said affectionately.

"Master, please forget about me and just pretend that we have never met." Li Qinqin said with tears streaming down her face.

"Sister Qin, if you believe me, I will definitely marry you with flying colors." Xie Xun hugged her and vowed.

"Your Majesty, I know your affection for me is enough. You can have a good life with Miss Yu from now on. I bless you." Li Qinqin struggled in his arms and said.

"Sister Qin, you are tearing out my heart." Xie Xun lowered his head and kissed her forcefully.

The two kissed passionately, making Zhao Wangshu extremely embarrassed, but he couldn't leave at this time, for fear that he might accidentally make a noise, startle the couple, and embarrass each other.

After the two of them finally finished kissing and left in each other's arms, Zhao Wangshu breathed a sigh of relief and was about to leave. A bamboo leaf fell from the sky. She looked up and their eyes met.

Bamboo doesn't have eyes, there are people on it.

"Swish" the person came down, "Don't scream."

"I didn't scream." Zhao Wangshu always felt that screaming when something happened was of little use.

Hong Chang stopped in front of her, "Don't mess around. This place is very close to the temple. If we shout loudly, the masters will come."

"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person." Yun Hao didn't expect that one day he would face such a situation, and he didn't have a belt or anything with him to prove his identity.

"I know, I know you." Zhao Wangshu stuck his head out from behind Hong Chang.

"Do you know me?" Yun Hao was stunned for a moment, and then said, "You are that little rabbit."

"What little rabbit, my surname is Zhao and my name is Wangshu, remember." Zhao Wangshu pouted unhappily.

"Remember." Yun Hao responded honestly.

"I won't tell others that you are here." Zhao Wangshu guessed that he was doing something secretive, presumably because he didn't want others to know.

"Thank you." Yun Hao cupped his hands.

"It's nothing, I'll leave first?" Zhao Wangshu asked.

"Okay." Yun Hao nodded slightly.

Zhao Wangshu took Hong Chang away and entered the temple. Hong Chang asked in a low voice: "Girl, who is that young master?"

"Shh, don't ask too much." Zhao Wangshu was afraid of spoiling Yun Hao's affairs, so he didn't even mention his name and pretended he had never seen him.

Not long after returning to the meditation room, Zhao Jiahua pulled Liu Shuqing over and said, "Sister Shu, we are going to the dining hall for dinner."

"Okay." Zhao Wangshu came out of the room.

Then they went to call others and found that Zhao Shuqing was not in the meditation room. When they passed by the meditation room where Mrs. Zhao lived, she happened to come out of it.

Zhao Wangshu had a bad premonition. After the fast meal, Mrs. Zhao said: "Master is busy today and will not listen to the lectures. Each of you will copy a hundred copies of the Heart Sutra."

(End of this chapter)