Chapter 37 Even Bodhisattvas Need Incense

"The maid just now, Jin Yu, is someone close to my grandmother. They asked her to come along because they were afraid that I would instigate you to do something."

Pei Shaorong said sarcastically.

"Your grandmother is a confused person. She is so inferior to my grandmother!"

Thinking of the old lady in the Chengguo Mansion, Pei Shaorong also nodded in agreement: "That's true, there is no comparison."

"So, marrying the right wife is so important to the family and the clan!"

Xu Muhua sighed.

Pei Shaorong stretched out his hand and pinched her cheek, smiling and said: "Yes, I don't know who will be lucky enough to marry our Mu Hua in the future. Our Mu Hua will definitely be a good wife and a good mother!" Xu Muhua was shocked when she

heard this, and hurriedly waved her hands and shook her head: "No, no, no, I'm not a good wife and a good mother!"

She was not grateful!

"Why? You don't want to be a good wife and a loving mother?"

Pei Shaorong asked curiously.

Xu Muhua felt that it was time for her to instill some good and enlightened ideas in her friend.

She looked at Pei Shaorong seriously and asked, "Arong, let me ask you, what are those good wives and good mothers like?"

Pei Shaorong frowned, thought for a while and said, "Well, they serve their husbands and parents-in-law well, take care of the housework, give birth to children, raise children, handle interpersonal relationships with various families, and take concubines for their husbands and help their husbands to have children..."

After she finished speaking, Xu Muhua said, "Yes, this is a good wife and a loving mother. But if a woman has achieved this, do you think this woman is really happy? Is she really happy? She spends all her time on others, but she doesn't have any time to do something she wants to do and likes to do for herself."

"You have to watch your husband sleep with other women, have children with other women, and even treat other women's children as your own. Arong, don't you think this is very depressing?"

"Not only that, like your aunt, do you think your aunt is not good? Is she not good enough? But do you think she is happy and satisfied? I think your aunt was too virtuous, so she was bullied like this by your father and your grandmother!"

"Look at Aunt Zhao, is she a virtuous woman? She is not, but she lives a happy and comfortable life!"

"So, if being a virtuous wife and mother is at the cost of sacrificing yourself, then what's wrong with not being a virtuous wife and mother!"

Pei Shaorong was stunned, and her mind became a little dull because of what she said!

"Mu Hua, what you said... seems to make sense..."

"What do you mean? It clearly makes a lot of sense! So, Arong, a woman can be virtuous, but there are prerequisites! That is, she must first guarantee her own interests, otherwise how is it different from a saint? Don't Bodhisattvas still need incense and offerings? Can people be more selfless and noble than Bodhisattvas?"

Pei Shaorong glanced at her lightly, "You are becoming more and more unconcealable, and you even dare to make fun of Bodhisattvas."

"I was just making an analogy. I respect Bodhisattvas very much!"

"Okay, why should I discuss this with you? You are still two years away from your coming of age, it's too early for you to get married!"

"You too, you haven't reached marriageable age yet, Arong, you have to promise me that you won't find a man so early."

Pei Shaorong's face turned red with shame, and she reached out and patted her shoulder gently: "Nonsense, how can a girl say something like looking for a man? If people hear it, do you still want to have this reputation?"

"Yes, yes, I'll shut up now!"

Xu Muhua covered her mouth, leaving her starry eyes wide open.

Pei Shaorong was angry and amused when she saw her like this, and said casually: "You fell from the attic, and your temper has changed."

Xu Muhua swallowed uncontrollably, "Ah, is that so? Maybe you've died once and you've let it go?"

Pei Shaorong didn't doubt him, and said: "It's a good thing if you can really let it go. I know that you always mind that you are not the flesh and blood of the Chengguo Mansion, but for so many years, they have treated you as their own, and there is actually no difference. If you care too much, you are just making trouble for yourself!"

Xu Muhua was stunned.

Ah, could it be that the original owner has always cared about this matter? But the book didn't mention it! The book only wrote how favored she was in the Chengguo Mansion, and even Xu Jinyu was suppressed in the past, and she never showed that she cared about this matter.

Why is Arong saying this now?

Although she was confused in her heart, she still nodded obediently and said, "Well, I know, I have figured it out this time. They treat me very well, even better than some of my biological children. I shouldn't bother about whether we are my biological children or not. Living a good life is the serious matter."

Pei Shaorong tapped her forehead with a smile: "Look at what you said, mature, just like someone in their teens."

Xu Muhua laughed.

She really is only in her teens.

It was not until it was getting dark that Xu Muhua got up and left.

Back at the Duke of Cheng's Mansion, Xu's mother was numb to her daughter's itinerary, and she didn't even worry about whether she would be tortured by Concubine Zhang. She seemed to have a mysterious confidence in her.

A few days passed like this, and this morning someone came to the palace again! But this time it was a reward!

After the people left, Xu's mother couldn't help but ask curiously: "The reward from Concubine Zhang is so generous, Mu Hua, what did you do to Concubine Zhang?"

Others also looked at her curiously.

Xu Muhua used the same trick she used to deal with Concubine Li, and said seriously, "Mother, it's nothing. It's just that Concubine Zhang couldn't sleep well at night some time ago. And I happened to know a way, so I gave it to Concubine Zhang and cured her insomnia. That's why she rewarded me!"

Mother Xu frowned and opened her mouth. Xu Muhua knew what she wanted to say quickly, and quickly pulled her aside and lowered her voice, "Mother, the fewer people know about what happened in the Yikun Palace, the better. Otherwise, Concubine Zhang will lose face. , aren't you looking for trouble with us? From now on, we will just pretend that we don't know about this matter and nothing has happened!"

Xu's mother glanced at the others not far away and nodded: "Since the matter has been resolved, let's not mention it in the future."

Xu Muhua was about to breathe a sigh of relief, and immediately heard Xu's mother say: "But you must explain the whole process of this matter to me! Tomorrow, you find a chance to come to my yard and explain everything in detail!"

Xu Muhua agreed very quickly, "No problem, I will definitely come!"

Xu's mother looked at her with some suspicion.