Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 56 The Ancient Temple
Xiao Mingrui was talking to the old lady: "The king just returned to Beijing, and today he came to Huayan Temple to pay respects to the Buddha on the Buddha Bathing Festival. I didn't expect to encounter such a thing. The old lady was a little surprised."

The old lady smiled and said: "It's all right for me, but it's just a fool who came to make trouble. But the third girl was bored by the trouble. She came here to relax today, but she didn't expect such a thing to happen. It's really bad luck."

Murong Wei pouted at the side, no, she had to come out to play, and this kind of thing happened, how could she keep her in a good mood?

"It's just a mad dog. You don't have to worry about it. This king will punish him properly."

Xiao Mingrui said reassuringly, if he dared to ruin his woman's reputation and offend his sweet wife, how could Xiao Mingrui simply let him become a Buddha through pure cultivation.

His eyes were cold, it would be better for him to go to the Western Paradise as soon as possible.

Murong Wei thought so too, anyway, this person is not the mastermind, but a thug, she vowed in her heart that when she has the ability, she must make King Qi look good!
Confucius said that only a woman and a villain are difficult to raise, and she will let him understand that offending anything can not offend a woman, especially a smart and capable woman.

"My lord is right. I was bitten by a mad dog. Wouldn't it be okay to take another bite? That would be a downfall. Grandma, we are here to worship the Buddha today, so don't let that screwdriver spoil your interest. This is a great spring, We still have to appreciate it."

The old lady couldn't help laughing, "You girl is full of crooked words, alright, my lord, I'm going to go to Huayan Temple with my family to worship the Buddha, if you want, you can go together."

Xiao Mingrui was also amused by her words, and said at this time: "Xiao Wang has exactly this intention. Please, old lady."

If he hadn't been here for more than a month and missed her so much, he wouldn't have chased her here when he knew she was going out.

It's really a pity that I didn't see her go crazy, just listening to other people's descriptions made him feel very interesting.

I've never seen her like this.

At this moment, Murong Wei realized belatedly, he didn't come to pay respects to the Buddha, maybe he knew she was here, so he came here specially to find her, right?

Thinking of the infinite sweetness in his heart, his face showed a bit of the shyness of a daughter's family, his beautiful eyes looked forward, and he glanced at Xiao Mingrui, his eyes seemed to be filled with joy, shyness and sweetness, Xiao Mingrui stopped breathing, wishing to go up and hold her tightly Embrace it in your arms to express your lovesickness.

Murong Wei got into the carriage, lifted the curtain secretly and looked at him who was riding a horse outside talking to Murong Fu. Xiao Mingrui seemed to have noticed her gaze, and looked at her deeply and enthusiastically, as if hiding countless things. enthusiasm.

Murong Wei was trembling and her heart beat quickened by his fiery gaze, and the eyes of the two intertwined in mid-air, and for a while they both trembled a little.

But it's hard to do anything in such a large crowd, so I can only suppress this thought.

Finally arrived at Huayan Temple, everyone got out of their carriages, Huayan Temple was already filled with countless faithful men and women, there were many small stalls set up in front of the mountain gate, and many people were busy shouting.

Murong Wei saw that there were snacks sold, such as candied haws, stinky tofu, gnocchi, bobo, donkey rolling, and slag sugar cake, all of which were fragrant.

For a moment, she wanted to try it out.

"Miss, those things are not clean. If you want to eat them, why don't you go back to your house and find a chef to make them, isn't it better?"

Murong Wei was a little helpless, it's interesting to eat snacks on the side of the road, but the delicate ones don't have that taste.

The old lady smiled and said: "You are actually a greedy cat, what's so delicious about those old things? As a lady of a big family, is it possible that you can eat those things like those low-class people? Besides, you, a pampered one, might be able to eat them without any problems. .”

Murong Wei was a little speechless, she thought about it and let it go, at worst, she will let someone learn how to do it in the future.

Murong Fu was by Xiao Mingrui's side, Xiao Mingrui suppressed his smile when he heard these words, this little girl still wants to eat at the roadside stall?
Why would a young lady like her want to eat that thing?

It's not that Xiao Mingrui has never eaten. When he was in the northwest, he had eaten a lot of civilian food that he had never eaten before.

Seeing that she was still very unhappy, he thought that he might as well let the chef of the palace learn it, and let her taste it when the time comes.

It is not safe to pass by the roadside, what if someone poisons them?
After entering the Huayan Temple, the male and female relatives separated. Murong Wei accompanied her grandmother to worship the gods and Buddhas one by one. Finally, she tasted the lotus beans and released the carp in the release pond.

Today's Huayan Temple is very lively, many people come for the Buddha Bathing Festival, and there is also a Dharma meeting in the temple.

The old lady was a little tired, so she went to the Houshan Jingshe to rest.

Murong Wei also had a room of her own, but she was thinking of Xiao Mingrui, so she took Xiangtao out and told people that she was strolling nearby.

"Miss, this servant thought for a moment, I didn't hear sister Lu'er say that she lost her handkerchief yesterday. It is said that my sister would check and check Miss's clothing and jewelry box every day, so she probably didn't miss it. It's likely that she didn't have it this morning. "

Murong Wei nodded, she actually thought of it too.

Since someone knew she was going out and deliberately set up this trap, naturally no one would find out.

But the only ones who can enter her room are the first maid and the second maid.

The third-class maid only had to make rules occasionally to get her permission to come in, so the suspect should be easy to find.

Xiangtao is in charge of the personnel and cleaning in the house, while Yuegu is in charge of the personnel in the yard.

Both Xiangyu and Dongfang helped them.

There was one person, Qiu Fang, who was even more suspicious.

It's just that she is still not sure who it is, and she has to rectify it when she goes back.

She is going to get married soon, and people with two hearts can't stay. She doesn't plan to take her away.

"Go back and check it out."

She hates people who betray her the most, and she cannot tolerate such people.

Qiufang betrayed her once, if there is a second time, she will not think about it.

The scenery in this spring is very beautiful, the river flowers are more red than fire at sunrise, and the river is as green as blue in spring.The mountains are lush and full of flowers.

Looking from a distance, you can see the distant mountains, the clear water flowing eastward, the solemn ancient temples, and the path leading to a secluded place under the dense ancient trees.

Murong Wei felt that she was in a much better mood, and she didn't care about the things in the yard at all.

It's a joke for some people to think that they can beat her with their small tricks.

She was watching the scene when a figure suddenly jumped out from the side of the road, which startled her.

"Wei'er." It was Xiao Mingrui, he saw that only Xiangtao was following her, and stepped forward to hold her hand.

Murong Wei blushed and glared at him: "What are you doing? It's broad daylight."

Xiao Mingrui smiled and said, "I have something to tell you."

Xiangtao now has a sense of humor, "Your maidservant, go to the side and wait."

Murong Wei gouged out the girl who was eating inside and out, and was dragged by Xiao Mingrui to hide behind the rockery.

Surrounded by trees, bushes and rockeries are very hidden here.

Xiao Mingrui saw her in a hurry and heard the voices outside, and was very dissatisfied that someone interrupted a good thing.

"Lost something?" Murong Wan'er was visiting the garden with the maid, and seeing Xiang Tao wandering around here alone, she felt suspicious, so she came to ask.

Xiangtao said with a bitter face: "Yes, the maidservant just passed by here with the young lady. I don't know why I lost the golden hairpin that the young lady gave me. I'm busy looking for it. I don't know if it was picked up by someone."

Murong Wan'er raised her eyebrows: "Then what about my third sister, where is she, you are just a servant girl and you just left your master like this?"

"How dare a slave?"

Xiangtao hurriedly said: "The servant only remembered it after returning to the Zen room with the young lady, and came out to look for it after talking to the young lady. Sigh, it must have been picked up by someone."

After all, he looked distressed.

Murong Wan'er's servant girl felt jealous when she heard this, how could her master be so generous, look at their fourth lady, not to mention the gold hairpin, the silver hairpin didn't even reward her once.

Murong Wan'er didn't suspect anything when she saw this, she also lost interest when she saw that she was fine, and turned around to leave.

Murong Wei breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that the voices outside had quieted down. Looking back, she saw Xiao Mingrui was staring at her intently, and couldn't help punching his chest with her pink fist in annoyance.

It's rare for Xiao Mingrui to see her so stupid, and he can't help feeling amused, her little strength is almost like tickling to him, so he just smiled and hugged her, "Okay, good lady, don't be angry."

"Hmph, you still said that this is a Buddhist temple, and the Buddha is looking at it."

Xiao Mingrui smiled lowly, "Buddha is not such a busy old man, he can take care of me and my wife."

"I haven't married you yet, who is your wife? You can talk sweetly."

"Why not, the imperial decree has been issued, and you still want to deny it?"

Murong Wei looked at him, and suddenly said with some emotion: "You have lost weight, but the errands are difficult? Is it hard?"

Xiao Mingrui's face also turned serious when he mentioned this, "Well, the matter of the river course is already troublesome. With the corrupt officials there, I think it will be easy, but it will not be easy."

Murong Wei frowned and said: "There is a specialization in art, so we must find someone who is good at managing the river, store more reservoirs, and plant more trees on both sides of the bank to stabilize the water and soil. The upper reaches of the Yellow River are severely deforested. The river hangs high on the bank and there are no trees. Consolidate the water and soil, and when there is heavy rain, mud and sand will rush into the Yellow River, and the riverbed of the Yellow River will become higher and higher, which will naturally cause floods."

Xiao Mingrui didn't really want to discuss government affairs with her, but he didn't expect her to say such a thing, so he couldn't help being startled, his eyes lit up: "How do you know these things?"

Murong Wei was stunned for a moment, and quickly found an excuse to cover up: "I have a "Map of the Great Qin Mountains and Seas", read some books on geography, and guessed it myself. Think about it, the roots of this tree are deep and wide, and they can hold the soil. If there are no trees on the mountain, the soil will be sucked down the mountain when it rains, the fertility of the local land will become lower and lower, and the Yellow River will flood more and more. Doesn’t it get worse every year?”

"It's not that there are no reservoirs on both sides of the Yellow River, but this matter has to be considered again, and a capable official and a non-greedy person must be found to preside over it."

Otherwise, the money is still in vain.

Moreover, it is necessary to send people to measure the water pattern data of the Yellow River, which is not as simple as it is said.

"I don't understand government affairs either, but I just can't bear to see you working so hard." Murong Wei changed the subject, thinking that she should be more careful before speaking in the future.

It doesn't mean that if you want to protect the environment, you can protect it. The population of this place has increased, but the food production is low, and many people burn forests to cultivate land.

Apart from increasing food production, there is no good way to do this.

Xiao Mingrui's heart softened, he held her catkin and sighed softly: "I really want to get married soon."

Murong Wei snorted: "Isn't it coming next month? Why are you in such a hurry."

"You leave it to me to investigate today's matter. I think this matter has nothing to do with the emperor. Unexpectedly, he still hasn't learned his lesson."

Speaking of this, Xiao Mingrui felt a burst of anger in his heart.

Murong Wei shook her head: "You check yours, I have to tidy up the people in the house, and I can't tolerate people with two hearts."

She doesn't want to be played like a monkey.

"Well, don't worry, he won't do anything to you anymore." Xiao Mingrui was angry that King Qi didn't give him face, so he shouldn't think about it either.

Isn't dealing with his woman the same as dealing with him?
Since he is like this, Xiao Mingrui doesn't intend to be polite anymore.

Seeing that the two had been talking for a while, Murong Wei was afraid that if she didn't go back, she would be suspicious, so she hurriedly said: "It's getting late, I'll go back first. Grandma can't find me later, it's time to trouble."

Of course Xiao Mingrui understands, but he just feels reluctant to part with the beautiful woman who has just met and will be separated.

Although they are in the same city, there are also many difficulties.

After all, they are not married yet, and it is not easy to see each other too much.

Why did Murong Wei want to separate from him, she just endured it.

"I don't know when we will meet again next time. I must make it up to you on the day we get married." His voice sounded ambiguous in her ears.

Murong Wei blushed and said angrily, "I'll ignore you."

After saying that, he ran out of the rockery, and he saw Xiangtao guarding outside.

Murong Wei saw Xiangtao's ambiguous eyes, and glared at her angrily: "You girl who is a seller and seeks glory, look back and see how I deal with you."

Xiang Tao yelled at her injustice: "Miss, servants are the most loyal, the world can learn from them, and the sun and the moon can show them."

Xiao Mingrui said lightly at this time: "You have done well, and you will be rewarded."

Xiangtao held Murong Wei's arm with a playful smile, and said with a smile: "Miss, my uncle said it was a reward."

"He said it belonged to him, and you are my maid, so I will punish you." Murong Wei pinched her, and then separated from Xiao Mingrui in front, and each went back without mentioning it.

Murong Wei went back to the meditation room, and was called away by the old lady after a while.

"Grandmother, have you rested?" She stepped forward to help the old lady sit down.

The old lady nodded and sent her off, her face darkened.

"Find out the things in your house by yourself, and get rid of those half-hearted maids. In case you go to Luo Wang's mansion in time, you won't be able to figure out who is the master who caused trouble for you. The mother and aunt by your side are not knowledgeable enough. I will add two maidservants for you, and choose a suitable nanny for you, and there will be someone who is experienced to watch over you, and there will be someone who can discuss things."

Murong Wei nodded: "Then I will trouble Grandma. My granddaughter will definitely pay attention when she goes back."

"Well, you are about to get married, so you know who you should bring as a dowry, right?"

"Yuegu is my nanny, and I want to take her family with me. Lu'er and Xiangtao are both capable people around me, and I also take them as dowry maids. I will see if there are any problems with the others and choose from them." .”

The old lady thought for a while and said: "You need some dowry families. The two Zhuangzi in Daxing, the Zhuangtou are good at farming, so I gave it to you together. In addition, the family of Liu Sanlai, the rouge shop in Dongcheng The son is born in the family, and he is also very smart in business, so you can take it and use it. Grandma will choose it for you again."

Murong Wei was a little moved: "How good is this? This is someone my grandmother needs, how can my granddaughter get it?"

"What does it matter? I'm old, and these things were given to your father sooner or later."

Murong Wei thought about it, since the old lady introduced him, he might have good skills, and in Aunt Zhou's shop, Aunt Yue's son is also very good at learning business, so he can use it in the future.

But the choice of this maid is very important.

"It's not that your two big maids are not good, and they are not too young. You have to recruit some younger maids to train them."

Murong Wei agreed one by one.

Lu'er and Xiangtao, she always wants to let them get married.

Since they are the maidservants of the palace and concubines, they have extraordinary knowledge, so they can marry a small official if they want.

She also doesn't want to delay other people's life.

That being the case, I have to choose a little maid to train up.

The old lady said: "If you choose those two maids of yours to be the housekeeper, then..."

Murong Wei frowned, feeling that she was in shock, and returned to the room. Although she couldn't stop other people's affairs, she couldn't accept it anyway.

Not to mention preparing a housekeeper for Xiao Mingrui.

Wouldn't it be disgusting if the girl next to him did something wrong with him and still hang around by his side every day?
"Grandmother, I don't mean that. I plan to marry the two of them into a good family." Murong Wei said quickly.

The old lady raised her eyebrows: "That's fine. If you want to choose a room, you'd better choose the family that our family took with you to have a baby. I'm both in our house, so it's easy to handle."

Murong Wei was suffocated when she heard it.

Why does it have to be a room?

If she told the old lady that Xiao Mingrui would only have her as a woman in the future, wouldn't she scold her to death?
"Yes, Grandma, I see."

Murong Wei didn't want to continue discussing this issue. In the past six months, she often trained the two big maids, and let them watch when she was handling things. When she went to the palace, there would be more things.

She wanted to be no different from a company in this inner house.

She is the president of the company, so there is no need to do everything, so naturally she has to be handed over to the manager.

She just needs to be responsible for seeing the general direction.

After staying like this for a long time, I had a vegetarian meal in the temple at noon, and then returned home by car in the afternoon.

When Murong Wei returned to the ink garden, she saw two sisters, Qiu Fang and Qiu Wen, arguing about something, they were arguing at the door, their faces were red.

When she saw Murong Wei came back, she stopped abruptly.

Murong Wei narrowed her dark eyes slightly, "What kind of virtue is it that you actually started arguing at the door?"

Qiu Fang hurriedly said: "Damn the maidservant, I just had a quarrel with my sister because of family matters, and I didn't see the young lady back."

Murong Wei said coldly: "Family matters? Tell me, if there is any difficulty, I, the master, will help if I can."

Qiu Wen stepped forward to speak, but was stopped by Qiu Fang, "Miss asked us for her favor, how can we bother Miss with trivial matters at home?"

Murong Wei's eyes flickered, and she said calmly: "In this case, let's go and receive the punishment, so that the people in this yard will not become more unruly in the future."

After saying that, he didn't seem to see Qiuwen's anxious look, as if hesitating to speak, and went straight into the courtyard.

After entering the room, Lu'er greeted her, and asked in confusion: "Miss, did you bring that peony embroidered handkerchief today? I searched everywhere but couldn't find it."

Xiangtao said on the side: "Sister, when did you find out?"

"It's just this morning. It's so strange. I saw it yesterday."

Xiang Tao took a look at Murong Wei, and then told what happened today.

"What!" Lu'er was taken aback: "Someone actually stole the handkerchief and went out to frame Miss?"

She knelt down on the ground: "It's the servant who neglected his duties and didn't take care of Miss's affairs, and let someone steal the things in the lady's room and go out. This servant deserves death!"

Xiangtao also knelt on the ground to plead guilty.

Murong Wei sighed: "You two are the big maids that I need to be around. In the past, I have pampered you and let you learn things. I just want you to help me in the future and give you a good future. , make a good family."

When she said these words, Lu'er blushed and bowed her head in shame.

She really didn't expect such a thing to happen.

It seems that Miss Zhen's yard is too peaceful, which makes her less vigilant.

It's thanks to the young lady's skillfulness that she arrested that man to become a monk today, but Luo Wang didn't believe it, and he didn't know how to ruin the young lady's reputation.

Xiangtao was also very ashamed, when they got up to serve the young lady in the morning, there were just a few people who came in.

Lu'er and she didn't find the problem, which was dereliction of duty.

She is also in charge of cleaning the room.

"Grandmother means to send a capable nanny and two maids over."

Xiangtao was startled, could it be that the old lady was dissatisfied with the two of them, and was about to be replaced?
Lu'er was ashamed and said: "This is because the servant did not perform her duties well, and she is willing to accept the punishment, and she must find out who is eating and drinking in this yard, and ask the lady to give the servant a chance. But without any hesitation.”

Xiangtao also said: "The servant girl, like Sister Lu'er, is absolutely loyal to Miss..."

Murong Wei was satisfied to see that they looked a little nervous, knowing that the few outsiders had aroused their worries, fearing that their status would be damaged.

It's just that these two girls don't have much pressure recently, and they are also a little vigilant, so that won't work.

There are a lot of things to do in the palace, if it is still like this, maybe someone will stick their hands into her room one day.

It seems that grandma said that it is still necessary to find a capable nanny.

"Okay, it's not that I don't understand your loyalty. It's just that you must be vigilant about this matter. You also know that the palace is not a clean place. If you don't cheer up and learn to do things well, and be vigilant, it will depend on whether it will happen in the future." Is it happy that someone reached out and hurt me?"

Speaking of this, her eyes were as cold as ice, and the two servant girls who hadn't been punished by her were overwhelmed for a while, and they fell on the ground trembling.

(End of this chapter)