Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 45
Since Lin Ruyi agreed, the trip on the morning of the eighth day of April will definitely be possible. Seeing Huo Huaiyu's excitement and Yu Tong's calmness, Huo Mingzhu remained calm.

Huo Huaiyu came to Huo Mingzhu's "Chenxiang Garden" in the early morning of the eighth day of April. Huo Mingzhu had already reached her birthday, and relatives and friends who came to watch the ceremony gave many congratulatory gifts, including hairpins.

Huo Mingzhu was doing her makeup in front of the mirror, and Huo Huaiyu flipped through her jewelry box, took out a hairpin and made gestures on her hair. When she saw one or two beautiful hairpins, she smiled and said, "Sister, I like this one. Can I take it back and wear it for a few days? I don’t wear it out, just secretly..."

Huo Mingzhu was as indifferent as an ancient well, she didn't even want to show a look of disgust, calmly as if those hairpins were belongings outside of her body, no matter who took them, she would not care about them.

"Yu'er, take it if you like it, my sister doesn't wear these hairpins on weekdays, it's strange." Huo Mingzhu laughed.

Hearing what she said, Huo Huaiyu immediately lost the mood to continue wearing hairpins, she stared at the light green clothes on Huo Mingzhu and said: "Sister doesn't like wearing hairpins, that's all, isn't it too plain to wear today? If Mr. Ruyi is here, I'm afraid I won't be able to see my sister's amazing beauty, wouldn't it be a pity to miss out on a good relationship?"

The less people have anything, the more they have to cover up. Huo Mingzhu turned her head from the mirror, looked at Huo Huaiyu's begonia red chest-length skirt, and said with a smile: "Girl Yu'er, we are going to burn incense and worship Buddha, aren't we?" Go to a private meeting for marriage, if my mother finds out, I will definitely blame me for not teaching you well, and I will take you out to mess around."

Huo Huaiyu didn't want to be controlled by Huo Mingzhu, but Huo Mingzhu was brighter and more attractive than her even in a light green dress. The more Huo Huaiyu looked at her, the more she felt uncomfortable. Although her face was beautiful, she was still like a firefly in front of Huo Mingzhu , She suddenly became a little impatient with Huo Mingzhu's lecture: "Oh, sister, you are so wordy, if you keep on talking like this, you will scare even Mr. Ruyi away!"

Huo Mingzhu smiled, she had no feeling for the furious big and small sluts, straightened her clothes, stood up obediently, and sighed: "Oh, Yu'er, you are really the magic star in my sister's life..." Her hand supported Take Huo Huaiyu's arm, and walk out together with her: "Okay, okay, okay, let's go quickly, don't make Yu'er angry."

No matter how unhappy Huo Huaiyu was, she still couldn't make excuses to get angry. Who told Huo Mingzhu to have such a good temper, she couldn't reach out to hit the smiling face if she wanted to find fault.

The two sisters walked out of the house hand in hand, just stepped out of the threshold, saw Su Ling walking in, saw them, said: "Miss, Second Miss, Miss Yu has come."

"Okay." Huo Mingzhu nodded.

Huo Huaiyu murmured softly: "That person is really strange. Her parents have gone home, but she stays here and doesn't leave. She will go wherever she is asked..."

Huo Mingzhu pretended not to hear Huo Huaiyu's complaint, and turned her head to ask, "Yu'er, what did you say?"

Huo Huaiyu hurriedly said: "No, no, I just want my cousin to be punctual."

It dawned very early in the summer, and Huo Mingzhu and Huo Huaiyu had tidied up, but it was only dim.People in Shangjing like to pray to gods and worship Buddha early, for fear of being late, as if the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas cannot smell the incense.

Therefore, after Huo Mingzhu got into the carriage with Huo Huaiyu and Yu Tong, Su Yu suddenly became anxious and reminded Huo Mingzhu: "Miss, you forgot that the Ninth Prince said..."

Hearing the words Ninth Prince, Huo Huaiyu became energetic, and asked faster than Huo Mingzhu: "What's wrong with Ninth Prince?"

Huo Mingzhu naturally understood the meaning of Sulu's words. Baili Zonglu stalked her that day and forced her to go to the Huguo Temple to worship the Medicine Master Bodhisattva today. If she refused to agree, it would be tantamount to deceiving the emperor, and if she agreed, it would be tantamount to selling herself .She thought of a compromise and took Huo Huaiyu and Yu Tong with her. This time, Baili Zonglu would not be entangled, and she could find a reason to escape.

Sulu was in a hurry because Baili Zonglu said before leaving that day that he would send someone to pick her up, but now that she was in the carriage, she had no intention of waiting at all. Another mistake?
Huo Mingzhu shook her head, signaling Sulu not to ask any more questions, and turned to Huo Huaiyu and said, "The Ninth Prince will also go to Huguo Temple today, Yu'er, don't you miss the great hero in your heart? Today, your wish will come true."

When she spoke, she was very calm, mentioning the Ninth Prince was just talking about an old person, without any respect or fear, but Huo Huaiyu didn't know whether to be happy or bitter, frowned and said: "I always think about the Ninth Prince Is it? Sister, don't talk nonsense."

Huo Mingzhu smiled and sighed, looked at Yu Tong, looked at her and shook her head helplessly, as if Yu Tong was her confidant and knew how to feel helpless towards Huo Huaiyu.

Yu Tong smiled back and said nothing.Since just now, she has been watching the expressions of Huo Mingzhu and Huo Huaiyu from the sidelines, and she has never been able to move her eyes away from Huo Mingzhu's face. Although she has not met many people in her life, she still wants to understand Huo Mingzhu's mind, wants to see See if there are other plans behind her indifferent expression.Therefore, Yu Tong is not very interested in the Ninth Prince, not as excited as Huo Huaiyu. Huo Huaiyu said that she doesn't like it or not, but she is already tightly holding the warm jade around her waist, completely leaking out of her mind .

The carriage headed towards the Huguo Temple at a leisurely pace. When the Huguo Temple was approaching, I saw many monks who were giving alms beans along the way.On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, on the Buddha's birthday, the monks boiled beans with salt water and invited passers-by to eat them, which is the so-called connection with the Buddha.But Buddhism and Taoism run parallel in Shangjing, and the status of monks in the temple is not special. There are also people who come and go to the temple to worship Buddha, but it is not crowded. Most of the people come early because of today's temple fair.

The carriage that Huo Mingzhu and others were riding in was about to stop in front of the gate of the Huguo Temple, when a horse jumped up from behind, and happened to rein in the horse not far from Huo Mingzhu, and the horse's raised hoof almost trampled on Huo Mingzhu.

"Ah!" Huo Huaiyu yelled in horror, even though he was as bold as Yu Tong, he couldn't help but take a few steps back to avoid it.Du Huo Mingzhu stood on the spot alone, looking at the man on horseback with a pair of calm and beautiful eyes, and after seeing who it was, she saluted calmly: "Minister Huo Mingzhu has seen the Ninth Prince."

After hearing Huo Mingzhu's words, Yu Tong came to his senses and hurriedly saluted. Huo Huaiyu's terrified expression had not had time to calm down, and he rushed to the front and said, "Huo Huaiyu greets the Ninth Prince, best wishes to the Ninth Prince."

Baili Zonglu didn't answer, sitting high on the horse's back, the horse was still pacing on the spot, seemed to be as manic as its owner, but restrained.Baili Zonglu stared condescendingly at Huo Mingzhu's drooping face, saying that it's not an exaggeration to say that he was out of temper. He just sent someone to the general's mansion to invite her, but was told that she had left, so he had to leave the empty sedan chair. Carrying it back again, I lost a lot of face, even if Huo Zhengde apologized in every possible way, Baili Zonglu couldn't slow down.The majestic general Wang invited a daughter from his boudoir to go to Huguo Temple with him, but he was in vain, and couldn't save face in embarrassment, how unreasonable!

(End of this chapter)