Value peace

Chapter 44

Gu Xiyan said in shock: "Just take a look at it like this."

Duan Niang joked with a smile: "Otherwise, what does the girl want?"

It’s not that the heroine of a play is called Wang Baoxun. Her husband has been in the army for 18 years and has not been heard from. A large part of the reason is the backward information in ancient times... I used to hear people from the older generation who experienced blind marriages say that "As soon as the hijab was lifted, the bride turned out to be pockmarked" and the like.At that time, the backward information in ancient times also had a good side. Everyone had less choice, and they could live a more tolerant life after marriage. On the contrary, marriage was much more stable than modern people...

Gu Xiyan smiled and said: "We can't just listen to what Jin Xin said, let's just let it go..."

Duanniang smiled into a crooked moon: "Don't worry, girl, if everyone has this intention, we will invite someone to visit her... Besides, Jinxin is not someone else..."

Gu Xiyan smiled but said nothing.

With so many maidservants, if Jinxin is really as trustworthy as Duanniang thinks, and Mrs. Yilian is shrewd, she should be one of them on Tuogu's list.Since Jinxin is not within the scope of Tuogu, there must be something about Jinxin that dissatisfies Mrs. Lian.Through Mrs. Lian's series of arrangements for her daughter, Gu Xiyan trusted Mrs. Lian's ability very much in her heart. Since she felt that it was not good, there was naturally something bad about it.What's more, after all, Jin Xin married into a wealthy family. Although she is a concubine, many things will change in five or six years.She was not as optimistic as Duanniang thought.

Apart from your close relatives, who cares about your life and death!

Everything went smoothly on the road that day, and they arrived at Qixia Temple before lunch.

The person who received them was a Taoist nun in her thirties, with a plump figure and a round face showing kindness. She introduced herself as Minzhen.Gu Xiyan and her party were arranged by her to stay in the "Peach Blossom Spring" at the foot of the mountain, but this time the courtyard they lived in was called "Chunshuiju", a courtyard-style courtyard with front and back yards, and it was bigger than the last time Gu Xiyan came to live in Qilixiang many.

A group of female relatives entered the second gate under the leadership of Minzhen, and the guards of the Gu family lived in the inverted seat.

As soon as Gu Xiyan entered the room, she pushed open the carved window lattices inlaid with white linen, and the mild camphor smell wafted in in the warm wind, which made people feel refreshed and relieved of the fatigue of the journey.

It's been almost a year here!

Looking at the big locust tree outside the window, Gu Xiyan couldn't help but think of the crooked neck tree outside the Xiangyu Pavilion, and the sadness in her heart came out bit by bit.

She clutched her chest and leaned against the window lattice in a daze.

What's the matter with yourself like this?Forever half-embracing the pipa and still covering your face, there is no bright and upright day, and there are many shadows behind you...

What else?Are you going to yell loudly that you are a time traveler?Even Xiang Shaolong, the originator of time travel, has confidante friends all over the world, but in the end he didn't confess his past to anyone.

Is it because of this that he looks at Guan Gui differently, so he feels kind to him and helps him?
After all, both of them have secrets that can never be humane...

At the beginning, I left him in the church and ran away secretly while he was asleep, and I didn't know if the two of them would meet again...

After lunch at Chunshuiju, Gu Xiyan washed up, and Minzhen brought a Taoist nun called Minde to visit them.

Minde is about the same age as Minzhen, tall, with a face like the full moon, and compliments Gu Xiyan with a flattering smile: "I have long heard that the imperial concubine has a celestial appearance. I saw the girl today, so I know what to say." False."

Gu Xiyan asked Mo Ju to serve her tea, and said modestly: "You are too well-known, Liupu's appearance, how can you compare with the imperial concubine!"

Min De laughed and said: "Chunlan Qiuju, each is good at winning, the second girl don't have to be modest!"

After a few opening remarks, Minde turned the conversation to the main topic. She said: "Our Qixia Temple is built on the mountain. There are nine halls in total. The Lingyun Hall on the top floor is dedicated to the statue of the god who shows the sky and shoots the sun. Not only the scenery is good there, but the air It’s fresh, and you can overlook the entire scenery of Qixia Temple. I heard that the girl only stays here for one night. According to what I saw in Pingdao, it’s better to invite a sedan chair to go up the mountain today, stay overnight in Lingyun Temple, and walk down the mountain tomorrow morning to see one by one. For the other eight palaces, what do you think the girl thinks!"

Gu Xiyan is of course interested in having a place to play, but when she thinks of their purpose of coming here, she can't help but look at Duanniang.

Duanniang frowned slightly.

Mother Tian smiled and said: "You have a good moral character, but I am afraid that our sesame oil donation will be less, so just tell me. Why do you sneak our girl to your Lingyun Palace for the night? When Madam came last time, But it was freezing."

"How dare I, how dare I." Minde said with a smile, "Qixia Temple has today's high reputation, thanks to the help of you nobles. There is no way to repay the poor, and I pray for you every day. This is not thinking It's rare for a girl to come here, and her view is simple, so she had to present something good with all her heart and soul, don't get me wrong, Mammy! As for the money for the sesame oil, it's all about showing filial piety in front of the God of Heaven, where is it? There is a reason to dislike it!"

Nanny Tian joked: "Since that's the case, then our sesame oil fee will be waived this time!"

"Hey, look at what you said." Minde's smile remained unchanged, and his attitude remained the same, "Giving more, giving less, whether to give or not, is all the noble people's wishes. The girls from your mansion can come, and we all feel radiant. Nanny, don't worry about these trivial matters." After finishing speaking, she looked at Gu Xiyan eagerly: "What do you think, girl?"

Mother Tian refused to let go: "Don't look at our girl anymore. Madam told me when I came here that I donated 3000 taels of silver last time. Aunt Siwei in your reception hall said that this year's annual You have all the money for sesame oil. Don’t try to trick our family again!”

So it turns out, Gu Xiyan looked at the two of them with great interest as they talked to each other, and felt that this Minde was a bit similar to the work she had done before, and they were all dealing with customers, so that Duan Niang was anxious at the side. She didn't even receive the winks, but Nanny Tian saw it clearly.She thought of what Mrs. Gu told her when she came here, "Look carefully at me, I don't care whether they worship God for real or not, as long as they can go and come back safely", Madam Tian Momo's eyes rolled, Duanniang, if you don't agree to go to Lingyun Palace, I will go anyway, no matter what your idea is, just don't let you succeed.

She immediately said to Min De: "However, we are not that poor family." Then, she took out a small cloth bag that she had prepared earlier from her skirt and handed it to Min De: "Hurry up and thank our girl, This is our girl's private money, you took it to add incense lamps to God Xiantian, remember to pray for our girl's blessing every day."

Min De was not polite at all, immediately took the small cloth bag over, took the opportunity to weigh it, and smiled even more humbly.

Seeing this, Grandma Tian immediately stood up and told Duanniang, "Auntie Duan, I need to trouble you to clean up the girl. Let's go to Lingyun Hall to spend the night today!"

Duanniang was furious for a moment: "The girl was tired from driving all day, and she just settled down now..."

Frankly, why do you want to shirk!Nanny Tian sneered in her heart, she became more determined in her mind, and her tone was a bit threatening: "Even if Madam is here, I have to give Qixiaguan aunts some noodles. Why, what does Auntie Duan have?" Inconvenient place?"

Duanniang frowned, her face was unhappy, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly as she was about to speak, but Gu Xiyan interrupted before Duanniang said, "Is Lingyun Palace really as good as Aunt Minde said? Now that you're here, Why don't you go and have a look, it's a worthwhile trip!"

"Girl..." Duanniang called out, but stopped talking.

Mother Tian looked sideways at Duanniang with a smile, and said, "Since that's the case, then please Auntie Duan pack up the girl's clothes quickly. There is a big temperature difference in Lingyun Hall between day and night, so Auntie remember to add some clothes to protect the girl from the cold!"

Gu Xiyan said with a smile: "I know Aunt Duan gets sick in the carriage, and I have Nanny Tian to take care of me, so don't worry." After she finished speaking, she told Mo Ju, "Follow me up the mountain, and let Xinghong stay here to take care of you." Aunt Duan!"

Nanny Tian faintly felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.After thinking for a while, he said with a smile: "Miss, the Lingyun Palace is the most magnificent hall in Qixia Temple. It is rare in Xia Kingdom. It is not open to the public on weekdays. Today we have this opportunity because of the girl's honor. Duan Auntie might as well go too, so we can be companions together."

Gu Xiyan smiled and said: "Why, Nanny Tian doesn't want to go up the mountain, is there any inconvenience? If so, then please Auntie Duan bear with it and accompany me up the mountain!" Taking a look at Tian Nanny, she returned what Tian Nanny said about Duan Niang to Tian Nanny.

Nanny Tian is Mrs. Gu's companion, and she knows more or less the messy things about the Gu family.And the second girl was able to run away without a sound during the election of the concubine. Afterwards, neither Mr. Gu nor the nobleman in the palace blamed him too much... She didn't think it was just a little girl who messed around. thing.Seeing Gu Xi smiling at her sideways with cold eyes now, she was shocked, and Madam Gu's words "go in peace, come back in peace" came back to her mind.That's right, her responsibility is just to be "safe", why bother to offend the second girl and offend others? Isn't that how Sister Song Meizhi died.She immediately smiled and said, "So Auntie Duan got sick from the carriage. Look at me, I really don't know. I hope Auntie Duan won't be offended. How about I stay and take care of Auntie Duan..."

Letting you stay, what else can Duanniang do?

Gu Xiyan said in a blunt tone: "No need, Mammy's arrangement is perfect. Let's do it like this!"

An embarrassing smile appeared on Nanny Tian's face.

Plans have been disrupted, but things cannot be left halfway.

Gu Xiyan said to Duanniang while a group of people were packing up their clothes: "Tomorrow I will visit the nine halls one by one, Auntie, play by ear!"

Duanniang had no choice but to nod her head, still remembering the matter of the blind date in her heart, she repeatedly reminded Gu Xiyan: "Remember, you must dress up beautifully!"

Gu Xiyan smiled and nodded.

(End of this chapter)