Ye Lanyin's gaze softened as she explained with a smile, "These talismans are intended to be given to the villagers."

Mo Qing said, "So that's how it is. It's their blessing that Madam is so kind."

Seeing that he was rambling on and on, Hua Mei put down the silver and said, "Madam, shall we go?"

"Okay." Ye Lanyin glanced at him. "Guard Mo Qing, we'll be leaving now."

"Please take care, Madam Lin." Mo Qing respectfully cupped his hands to Ye Lanyin.

But his eyes were fixed on Hua Mei's back.

"So what if I said a few more words? Are you afraid I'll eat you up?"

After saying that, he grabbed the paper bag from the table, turned around and left.

...

"Master, I saw Madam Lin also shopping at Fuzhen Pavilion."

The Regent was reviewing memorials inside the room when he heard Mo Qing's words and stopped what he was doing.

Mo Qing continued, "Madam Lin is truly kind-hearted, buying so many talismans just to give to the villagers."

"I see they're heading in the direction of Yunxi Village. The people of Yunxi Village are truly blessed to have her be so generous."

The Regent said, "That place is so far from the Marquis of Zhenbei's residence, and they went there just to deliver the talisman?"

Mo Qing shook his head. "I don't know."

Upon hearing this...

The Regent rose calmly from his seat and said coldly, "I'll be going out for a while. Keep an eye on the Crown Prince after class."

Mo Qing scratched his head, puzzled. "Yes, Master."

Ye Lanyin sat in the carriage. Perhaps because she hadn't slept well, the bumpy ride made her feel a bit tired, but she couldn't avoid going to the Shen Gu Temple.

I could only endure the discomfort in my body.

Lin Wanwan sat on Hua Mei's lap and took out a lot of snacks from her small cloth bag.

These are all paintings of plum blossoms and hearts, which I specially dried and put in a cloth bag for her to eat as snacks.

Fortunately, the people in the small kitchen were their own people; anyone else would have been overwhelmed by Lin Wanwan's antics.

"Smack smack..."

"Ugh~"

She bit into the hard little thing again and again, but after biting for a long time, she couldn't get a single bit out.

He was drooling all over himself.

Hua Mei shook her head helplessly, lovingly wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth, and ruffled her hair.

"Miss, please take it easy. Aren't you afraid someone will steal all these snacks?"

Upon hearing this, the little guy immediately grabbed the snacks on the table with his chubby little hands and stuffed them all back into his little cloth bag.

"whee…"

You shouldn't feed your pet chicken.

[Aunt Huaxin is an adult.]

[Mom is fast asleep.]

No one can eat this...

Chick: Thank you, little master, I'd rather starve to death.

Hua Mei smiled and shook her head, looking like she couldn't do anything about it.

Soon, they arrived at the Temple of the Goddess. As the bumpy ride stopped, Ye Lanyin opened her eyes.

Since the incident with the ghost bride, Qu Dapeng has reformed his ways.

Knowing that his days were numbered, he took the initiative to ask the village chief to come and guard the temple of the goddess.

It was also to atone for his sins against his deceased wife.

After all, this is where she died.

Ye Lanyin and the others got off the carriage and entered the Shen Gu Temple.

Qu Dapeng, who was dozing off at the door, was wide awake when he saw the familiar yet unfamiliar person.

"Mrs. Lin?"

"Little Aunt?"

"Why are you here?"

Ye Lanyin replied, "Brother Qu, it's been a long time."

"Isn't the Ghost Festival coming up soon? I plan to come to the Shen Gu Temple to pray and give some talismans to the villagers while I'm at it."

"Draw a plum blossom and give the talisman to Brother Qu."

Hua Mei then placed the cloth bag on the table and opened it.

“These were all just bought by my wife.”

Qu Dapeng was flattered and grateful, saying, "Madam Lin, you are so kind. I never expected that you would still remember the villagers of Yunxi Village."

Ye Lanyin shook her head. "Brother Qu, I should be thanking you. It was nothing, please accept it."

"Hey, hey, okay."

Qu Dapeng excitedly followed behind Ye Lanyin. Seeing that it was inconvenient for her to take care of the child, he even made a kneeling mat for her.

"Did Mrs. Lin come here often before?"

Looking at the tall statue in the temple, Ye Lanyin said devoutly, "If there are special occasions, I will send a maid to help."

"Brother Qu, nobody comes here, why did you come here?"

After all, she hadn't seen anyone guarding this place for a long time.

Qu Dapeng nodded, "Madam Lin, to be honest, Yunxi Village survives by managing the Shen Gu Temple. If the villagers don't come to burn incense, Yunxi Village will have no harvest. Today's Yunxi Village is not as good as it was a hundred years ago, and the village chief simply can't afford to hire anyone."

“My days are numbered, so I have come here of my own accord.”

Ye Lanyin understood, then took out a stack of silver notes from her waist and stuffed them into the donation box.

Upon seeing this, Qu Dapeng exclaimed, "Madam Lin, you don't actually need that much."

“The goddess was kind-hearted and never blamed the people.”

"It's alright." After saying that, Ye Lanyin took out the incense she had prepared, lit it, and kowtowed three times to the statue.

As she was bowing in worship, the statue suddenly flashed, and the smaller statues around it also flashed with a golden light.

Ye Lanyin raised her head and placed the incense stick in her hand.

"Wanwan..."

She looked down and saw that the child was gone.

Startled, she looked up and searched around, only to find that she had actually sat on a small Buddha statue on the ground and was feeding it a chew toy.

Eat up!

[Old man~]

Ye Lanyin was startled and quickly stepped forward, carefully picking Lin Wanwan up from beside the solemn statue, her eyes filled with unease and self-reproach.

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