Reborn Noble Daughter and First Wife

Chapter 129 Pilgrimage to Baiyun Temple ([-])
Baiyun Temple is located on the north bank of the Zhanghe River. It is one of the royal temples. When the founding of the dynasty, Taizu had written an inscription of "pursuing all living beings" and became famous. The temple is not particularly grand or gorgeous. There is only a square wooden tower with a The height is at least 70 meters high.Because this is a royal monastery, there are relatively few idlers. Mrs. Shen chose this place to offer incense in order to be clean.

A group of people followed Mrs. Shen and was led by Zhike Monk to the hall, where Maitreya statues, Avalokitesvara and Eighteen Arhats were enshrined respectively. Gu Qinglian took a closer look. These Buddha bodies were made of white marble, with exquisite craftsmanship and beautiful shapes. Beautiful and very colorful.She was fascinated, and Fashan, the presiding officer, came to greet her in person. Mrs. Shen exchanged pleasantries with Fashan for a while, and donated a large amount of sesame oil money, and then the rest of the female relatives also donated some sesame oil money one after another.

Mrs. Shen kneeled respectfully on the futon placed in front of the hall, her eyes were tightly closed, and her hands were clasped together. I saw her lips moving slightly and muttering something silently. Gu Qinglian thought she must be praying for something sincerely at this moment, maybe it was another Peace, heirs and things like that.

Mrs. Shen kowtowed her head three times and opened her eyes. A little Shani handed her three lit incense sticks. Mrs. Shen stood up and put the incense sticks in front of the Buddha.The female relatives then offered incense and kowtowed to each other, secretly praying for their wishes, Gu Qinglian did not dare to neglect, she offered incense and worshiped the Buddha just like Mrs. Shen, a scholar.

The female relatives followed Mrs. Shen, burning incense and kowtow to the Buddha statue from left to right, and burned a lot of paper.

Because most of the people praying to God and worshiping Buddha are female relatives, so the busy people in the temple are either the old monk who has lost half of his teeth, or the little monk who has just replaced his deciduous teeth. At a glance, there are no young and middle-aged monks. Gu Qinglian sighed secretly : Look at this professional quality!

Mrs. Shen saw the Avalokitesvara of Songzi placed in a corner, and she pulled Gu Qinglian to come.Gu Qinglian was stunned, not knowing what Mrs. Shen wanted to do with her, but when she saw the Songzi Guanyin in front of her, she blushed and understood everything.

"Bye bye!" Mrs. Shen ordered.

Gu Qinglian didn't want to refute Mrs. Shen's face in front of everyone, so she bowed respectfully in front of the statue of Guanyin.

"When offering incense and worshiping the Buddha, you should have a pure heart, and you will surely gain boundless blessings. You must also be pious and pray several times, so that the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva will appear and your wishes will come true." Mrs. Shen reminded her beside her.

This mother-in-law is too reserved, she told me in secret, I just came to offer incense, just pulled it, and everyone in the room knew it.Hearing her say that now, her face was blushing, so she had to bow again and again, pretending to be very pious.

When she turned around, all the female relatives in the room, as well as those monks and little monks all looked at Gu Qinglian in unison.She felt a burst of heat on her face, and the blush gradually spread, spreading to the base of her ears.She didn't dare to look directly at everyone, and hurried to the Buddha statue on the right.

Seeing Mrs. Shen's behavior like this, Aunt Wang gave Gu Qinglian a cold look, bit her lip, and snorted coldly because it was not easy to have a seizure outside.

"Ma'am is here to offer incense, can I ask for a sign?" Fashan asked while leading Madam Shen.

"This time I just came here to restore the incense." After she finished speaking, she looked back and asked, "Are you going to ask for a lottery?"

Standing beside Gu Qinglian, Shen Congjin's eyes were eager to try, pulled Gu Qinglian up and asked, "Why don't sister-in-law accompany me to ask for a lottery, okay?"

"No need, go by yourself." Gu Qinglian shook her head and said lightly, she didn't believe this.

"Good sister-in-law, let's go together." Shen Congjin said coquettishly, shaking her arm.

Mrs. Shen spoke instead, "You can accompany her to ask for a lottery."

Seeing that Mrs. Shen has spoken, let's go, just treat it as a joke.She followed Shen Congjin to the incense case.

Shen Congjin picked up the stick on the incense case, knelt down, kowtowed three times, and shook it muttering.A lottery fell out of the lottery holder, she put down the lottery holder, and hurriedly grabbed the lottery on the ground, holding it nervously, not daring to look at it.

Seeing her shyness, this girl must be seeking marriage.Gu Qinglian secretly laughed in her heart.She also picked up the stick, shook it lightly, and one fell out, but she picked it up without looking at it.

Shen Congjin came to her and asked nervously, "What is it?"

At this time, Aunt Wang also came forward and asked for a lottery, which was Zhongshang.

"Look at it." Gu Qinglian handed it to her casually, and she took out her own sticks for comparison, which were: "Upper middle, lower lower."

Shen Congjin saw that the lottery she asked for was the top lottery, which was not bad, so she breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Gu Qinglian's, and comforted her: "It's just a lottery, sister-in-law, don't take it to heart."

Gu Qinglian calmly took the stick and signed it. She didn't believe it at first, so why would she feel uneasy.

At the gate of the hall was the place where the lottery was released, and three or five old monks were sitting there. Shen Congjin reported to Mrs. Shen, and took Gu Qinglian, accompanied by a maid, to the place where the lottery was released. Aunt Wang also went there.As soon as I got closer, I saw a young girl in brocade clothes sitting around a group of servants. She sat with her back facing her and couldn't see her face clearly. She only heard the old monk opposite her say: "...the willows are dark and the flowers are bright; the girl is currently There is a little bit of trouble, but as long as you follow the trend, you will always see the moonlight through the clouds..."

This is it again!There is no difference between ancient and modern times in solving lottery.

Shen Congjin hurriedly handed over the lottery she had asked for to an old monk. Gu Qinglian listened a little behind her. It was nothing more than that the girl was destined to be a noble husband, but there would be some ups and downs, and she had to work hard to persevere. Something like that, said that Shen Congjin blushed for a while, then turned pale for a while.

Gu Qinglian felt that she shouldn't be too different, and do as the Romans do, and since she asked for a lottery, she should get rid of it.

She saw an ugly old monk sitting not far away, because the old monk was ugly and had a bad look on his face, so no one asked him to release the lottery, so she stepped forward and handed the lottery to him.

The old monk opened his eyes slightly, his eyes were originally very small, and they seemed to be closed when viewed from a distance.After a brief glance, she was about to speak when she suddenly saw Gu Qinglian's face, her brows frowned, as if a little surprised, she threw the lottery casually, and waved her away like a fly: "This lottery is not yours. There is no need to ask for a signature anymore, it is useless."

Gu Qinglian was taken aback, wondering if she had met an expert, and was about to ask, the old monk scolded impatiently: "Go, go, talk too much, don't hurt me!"

Gu Qinglian opened her mouth and wanted to continue asking, but the old monk got up and hurriedly packed up his things and ran away, as if a wolf was chasing after him.

Gu Qinglian said angrily: "Is this something?" She wasn't angry that she begged for a lottery, but that the old monk hung her up when she asked for half-spoken words the most. I have no appetite, but I ran away without saying anything, what a shame!

She was angry when she heard Fangxin's voice behind her: "Young Mistress, Madam and the others have already left. Let's go too."

Gu Qinglian thought Mrs. Shen and the others were going back to the mansion, but Fangxin led her to a side room to have tea. Before she entered the door, she heard laughter and laughter inside. The aunt and the host chattered endlessly.She found a chair and sat down, and a young monk served a bowl of tea.Gu Qinglian drank tea and listened, just chatting about some happy things, and the host also echoed very attentively.

It seems that there are some snobs everywhere!Ancient times are no exception.

Gu Qinglian didn't want to get involved in this boring topic, and just fiddled with the bowl lid on her own.She just felt that time seemed to stand still, it passed so slowly.In fact, it was only a short time ago.A young monk walked in from the door and replied to the host: "The fasting meal is ready."

Finally, this boring tea party can end.Gu Qinglian was secretly grateful for the arrival of this little novice.

The host led the group to a side room.I saw a table of vegetarian food, boiled kale, braised mushrooms with spring bamboo shoots in oil, homemade tofu, spinach with garlic, fried fungus with green bamboo shoots, etc., all of which Gu Qinglian loved to eat. After this morning, her stomach was already hungry. Gooing and screaming, I wish I could sit down immediately and have a full meal.Reluctantly, Mrs. Shen greeted the host with gratitude before she sat down, the host withdrew, and the maids waited on them, and everyone began to eat the vegetarian meal.

Seeing Mrs. Shen picking up the chopsticks, Gu Qinglian started her eating mode - devouring voraciously.After eating a bowl full of rice, one person killed half a pot of boiled kale, and spring bamboo shoots and mushrooms braised in oil could not escape her magic mouth.Everyone's eyes were a little surprised, she couldn't control so much, it's important to be worthy of her stomach, and besides, there are too many monks, so if you don't hurry up, how can you fill your stomach.

After the meal, everyone brought the self-cooked tea from the temple and drank it slowly. Gu Qinglian only felt full and very comfortable.

I should have left now, but Aunt Wang was careful and noticed that Mrs. Shen looked tired, so she said softly: "It's not good to go bumpy in the car right now after eating, it's better to rest for a while before going on the road, my wife thinks it's good ?”

Mrs. Shen was also tired, she felt very good, she nodded, an old woman carried the blanket and pillow up, and everyone took a nap in the wing room.

Gu Qinglian ate too much just now, and she didn't feel sleepy. Thinking of the picturesque scenery outside, she thought of running away. Seeing that everyone was sleeping, Fang Xin was also sitting on the chair, so sleepy that she closed her eyes like a little girl. Like a chicken pecking at rice, Gu Qinglian gently pushed open the door.

Behind the main hall of Baiyun Temple is an open stone brick floor, which can be used for Buddhist ceremonies. There is a Qingling pool in it. There are some peach and apricot trees beside the pool. , Some flowers also fell to the ground.The courtyard is very quiet. Because it is early spring, the sun does not shine on people, but it is very warm and comfortable. Gu Qinglian walked slowly and followed the cobblestone path to the pool. a peach blossom.

"Young Mistress is so elegant!" A voice came from behind, and Gu Qinglian looked back, only to see Aunt Wang walking towards her with small steps.

"Auntie didn't take a break?" Gu Qinglian turned her head and continued to admire the peach tree, and asked casually.

When Aunt Wang saw Gu Qinglian like this, the hatred she already had for her surged up in her heart.

"My mouth is not as big as Young Mistress's. I move fast. I can't sleep with an empty stomach." He stood behind her while talking.

This is not a posture of blatantly mocking me for eating!

Whoever is hungry deserves it.Thinking of this, Gu Qinglian wasn't angry either. I'm an upright young mistress, so I don't have to argue with her as a concubine, so I said, "Oh, then just eat something later when I go back."

Aunt Wang thought that everything she said was so clear, she must be angry when she heard it.But seeing that she was not angry, but still said that, she was so thick-skinned that she became angry.With a livid face, she changed the subject: "Young Mistress, looking at today's situation, Madam doesn't seem very satisfied with your stomach?"

What does my belly have to do with you?Gu Qinglian was taken aback for a moment, she immediately understood the meaning behind Aunt Wang's words, and wanted to ridicule me for not being pregnant.Gu Qinglian turned around slowly, looked at Auntie with a smile, her eyes slowly moved down from Auntie's face, and finally stopped on her stomach.

Aunt Wang saw Gu Qinglian looking at her with her eyes, and she didn't know what she meant, so she felt a little uncomfortable.

Gu Qinglian laughed, and turned around again, she didn't want to talk to her, let alone ruin her good mood, she still enjoyed the beautiful scenery, as if Aunt Wang didn't exist.

Aunt Wang was a little embarrassed, and she threw another sentence in displeasure: "Young Mistress, I know a good doctor who specializes in treating those who have been unable to conceive for a long time. Why don't I recommend it to you?"

"I don't need to worry about my affairs!" After Gu Qinglian finished speaking, she turned her head and glanced at her aunt, then glanced at her stomach and said, "Good doctor, I'd better keep my aunt for her own use." .”

Aunt Wang didn't wake up for a while and asked, "How do you say that?"

"Isn't my aunt the same as me, why pretend not to understand?" Gu Qinglian said quietly.

Aunt Wang heard Gu Qinglian say this, although she only said it lightly, but the fire that had already burned in her heart could no longer be suppressed, she walked up to Gu Qinglian in two steps, pointed at her and said angrily: "You... You... I recommend you with good intentions, you just don't appreciate it, why do you say that?"

"I also kindly remind you, why is Auntie so angry?" Gu Qinglian still acted nonchalantly.

Aunt Wang was even more angry, and she didn't know what to say for a while, she stared at Gu Qinglian blankly with angry eyes, wishing she could swallow her alive.

Gu Qinglian was not afraid, and said flatly: "If my aunt has nothing else to do, I will go first." After saying that, she walked towards the pavilion in front of her alone.

Aunt Wang looked at Gu Qinglian's back, her eyes were fierce, and she said secretly: "You wait for me, one day I will have something good for you!"

(End of this chapter)