The Road of the Concubine's First Wife

Chapter 154

The news that Hongxiu came back that day was also bad news, saying that Qinglian didn't intend to stop, and even used sweet words to make Hongxiu leave Qiao Jiuxiu. Hongxiu was almost deceived, but in the end she simply reacted.Qiao Jiuxiu sighed lightly, if she wanted to fight with Qinglian, she was somewhat tender.But Qinglian didn't come to cause trouble for her during this time, so she could rest and recuperate, and make small clothes for the eldest sister at ease.

Today is the fifth day of June. It is said that it is the Buddha’s birthday, and it is also a rare good day. My wife said before that I would go to the temple to worship, so I naturally chose this good day. The whole house must go, and no one can be left behind. .Qiao Jiuxiu didn't want to join in the fun at first, but since his wife had already said that she couldn't be absent, she had no choice but to go with her.

Because it was a good day, when everyone arrived at the temple, they found that there were many people gathered inside and outside. This is the capital city, not their hometown, so Qiao's mansion naturally did not have the right to offer the first stick of incense.But high incense is still possible. The wife held an incense stick more than one meter high in her hand, muttering something in her mouth, and finally inserted it into the incense burner with the help of Miao Zhu.Just one stick of incense cost a full ten taels of silver, otherwise it would not be said that burning incense is burning money.

Qiao Jiuxiu looked at his wife helplessly. Now that Qiao's mansion is very short on expenses, they have to cut down on meals, but his wife is so generous that she spends ten taels of silver just for a stick of incense. Knowing that these ten taels of silver are an ordinary family's expenditure for more than half a year, it's really a waste of time to spend so little time.Of course, she could only think about these words in her heart. If she said this to her wife, she would definitely scold herself and say that she didn't respect the gods.

After burning the incense, the wife led the crowd inside. Because today is the Buddha's birthday, the whole temple was very lively. A group of monks were gathered in the hall, chanting and speaking incomprehensible scriptures.It was also the first time for Qiao Jiuxiu to see such a lively scene, and she couldn't help being a little stunned.The ladies and wives of rich families, officials and officials came here to offer incense, as well as many ordinary people.It's just that those monks are mostly powerful, and they keep accompanying the rich, while leaving aside those ordinary people dressed in plain clothes.

It is said that all living beings are equal before the Buddha. It seems that this sentence is also wrong.

Because there were too many people at the scene, it would be inconvenient for everyone to get together again, so my wife had no choice but to let everyone disperse first, and then gather in the front yard during lunch.It's not that the wife is open-minded, but she wants to talk to the Buddha alone about some things, and ask for a lottery to ask about some things in the future.Qiao's Mansion is now in full swing, and has climbed to the two high branches of Lord Runan and General Ye, but the more things like backing, the better.My wife is planning, who to rely on next.

If the status you are looking for is low, it is of course useless, but if the status is high, you are afraid that you will not look down on the things of the Qiao family.Although Yuan Xiu lived well in the palace, was taken care of by the emperor, and had something in his belly, but the harem was always favored for a while, and it's really hard to say what will happen after that.The wife let out a sigh. Although everything is going smoothly now, she still vaguely feels that she still needs to be careful.

"Miss, let's go over there." Jinxiu saw that the backyard was a little lively, and she pulled Qiao Jiuxiu forward, Qiao Jiuxiu was a little embarrassed, because the more lively the place, the more right and wrong.She can no longer cause trouble now, so it's best to run away.But he couldn't hold back Jinxiu, so he could only be dragged to the backyard by her.It turned out that someone was exorcising evil spirits. She had only seen such a scene in some books, and this was the first time that this was the live version.

"Miss, what are they doing?" Jinxiu looked strangely at four or five monks wearing yellow cassocks surrounding an old man who was around four or fifty years old, and then circled round and round, walking slowly, saying It's a word.The people around have rarely seen such a situation, and they are all pointing fingers and talking about it.

"Jinxiu, this thing is called exorcising evil spirits." Qiao Jiuxiu explained to Jinxiu, "If this person is often unlucky, if things don't go well recently, it is very likely that it is caused by a little ghost. Drive away the evil spirits. The best way is to do a ceremony, and those monks recite the Great Compassion Mantra, and it is said that the tree can calm the evil spirits, so that you will not be entangled again in the future.”

"Wow." Jinxiu widened her eyes, obviously hearing this for the first time.Qiao Jiuxiu sighed helplessly, she was originally an atheist and believed that there were no ghosts and gods in this world, but in this uncivilized era, people still respect ghosts and gods very much.She can stick to her own worldview, but there is no way to make others change.

"Miss, why don't we go and beg too. Drive away the evil spirits." Jinxiu's eyes were about to reveal all kinds of sparkling little stars. Qiao Jiuxiu looked at Jinxiu helplessly. What about the ghost?When was she haunted by evil spirits?
"Jinxiu, I haven't encountered any evil spirits, what are you doing to exorcise them?" Qiao Jiuxiu pulled Jinxiu and was about to leave. Did one of the things go well? Last time I got a board, there must be evil spirits at work. No matter, we must exorcise the evil spirits today. If the lady is worried about the cost, I will come out."

"Jinxiu, I really don't need it." Qiao Jiuxiu hurriedly persuaded, although she was very moved that Jinxiu was thinking of herself, but the money was really unnecessary.Besides, Jinxiu is not someone who has money and no place to spend it. If she really has spare money, she might as well treat herself to a meal and improve the food or something.This is much better than exorcising ghosts or something.

"Have you recruited a villain recently?" Suddenly a male voice sounded, Qiao Jiuxiu took two steps back in a panic, almost unable to stand, but when she was about to fall, someone pulled her away, and then a pair of very gorgeous peach blossom eyes teased looking at himself.

Qiao Jiuxiu quickly got herself out of his embrace, her face was blushing violently, she looked around, but Jin Xiu who was chattering just now was gone.

This damn girl, didn't she leave herself alone like this?

"Hehe, what a coincidence." Qiao Jiuxiu felt that the capital was really small, otherwise, why would she meet acquaintances every time she went out, and she kept repeating just a few acquaintances, "Chen Chu, are you coming to offer incense too? "

"Yes." Chen Chu narrowed his eyes slightly, "Your servant girl is not bad, she cares about the master and has good eyesight."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded embarrassingly. Jinxiu naturally cared about her, but she was too discerning.Seeing Chen Chu, why did he run away?This clearly has the feeling that there is no silver 300 taels here.

"I just heard that things are not going well for you recently and you were beaten. What's going on?" Although Chen Chu's words were plain, they contained deep concern.Qiao Jiuxiu was a little embarrassed. Although she and Chen Chu were very good friends, they hadn't met three or five times at all, so it was inconvenient to talk to him about some things.He could only bite his lip and shook his head, not intending to speak.

"Are you embarrassed? Or are you guarding against me?" Seeing that Qiao Jiuxiu avoided him intentionally, Chen Chu was not angry, and took a step forward, getting closer to Qiao Jiuxiu. "If you are guarding against me, you can No need, we have nothing to fight, even if I want to hurt you, I have no chance. As for being embarrassed, forget it, I am an outsider, so I can only see clearly from the sidelines."

Qiao Jiuxiu thought that Chen Chu's words were very reasonable, and she didn't know how she should reject Chen Chu, so she could only nod her head, and told Chen Chu what happened recently.After Chen Chu listened, she shook her head lightly, "I only thought that there would be bloodless battles in the inner courtyard of the deep palace, but I didn't expect that Qiao's mansion is also a bottomless lake."

"That's right, that's right." Qiao Jiuxiu nodded again and again, she even felt that even the open and secret fights in the palace were not as dangerous as Qiao's mansion.But how did Chen Chu know about the inner courtyard of the palace?He is not from the palace, "How do you know that there are open and secret fights in the palace? How did I hear my eldest sister say that there is peace there?"

Chen Chu smiled awkwardly, with a strange expression on his face, "This is not the point, do you want to hear my opinion?"

Qiao Jiuxiu felt a little strange that this topic was changed by him like this, but it was not an important matter.Since she had already told Chen Chu the ins and outs of this matter, she naturally hoped that he could give her some advice. "Just tell me, I want to hear your idea."

"First of all, you can't keep Qinglian. Your Seventh Sister is right. It's too hard to fight with her. It's better to just kill her. If you find it inconvenient, I'll find someone to help you with this matter." Make sure you’re pretty.” Chen Chu was naturally dissatisfied with Qinglian’s making things difficult for Qiao Jiuxiu, and knew that a woman like Qinglian must never be left behind, otherwise it would be a disaster, so she must be given to her. removed.Kill her, it's clean, it's over.

Qiao Jiuxiu rolled her eyes, this man really has a lot of ideas, if killing people is useful, then everything will be much easier, "I don't want to kill people."

Seeing that Qiao Jiuxiu seemed dissatisfied with his suggestion, Chen Chu quickly persuaded, "Miss Qiao, I know you have always been kind-hearted, but the kindness of a woman is absolutely unacceptable. As far as I know, according to your current ability She is not Qinglian's opponent, so rather than being played to death by her, it is better to take the initiative."

"Stop, stop." Qiao Jiuxiu made a stop gesture, and she naturally knew about these things, but she really didn't want to cause trouble, and besides, it should be fair and aboveboard if she wanted to compete with Qinglian, if she wanted to stab her in the back It's definitely not her style to kill with a knife, such an act might not be as good as Qinglian's. "Is there no other way for you? Like a little milder?"

(End of this chapter)