Wang Yingxue's family rushed over, and the Dou family was discussing Wang Yingxue's marriage with the Wang family.

Dou Zhao, who felt that he had nothing to do, squatted in the Yuji Pavilion in the back garden, which overlooked the entire Xidou, and said to Tuonian, "...I'm going back. Do you remember what I said to you?"

Tuoniang asked in confusion: "Where is the fourth young lady going?"

"Don't worry about it." Dou Zhao said angrily, "My long-cherished wish has been fulfilled. Even if it is just a dream, it comforts my life. I still have my responsibilities and obligations. I am lucky to be able to make this trip. You must remember, never leave my mother, and never let her do anything stupid. Living is better than dying!"

Tuo Niang nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, Fourth Miss, I'll remember this. Keep an eye on Seventh Grandma whenever you need to, and don't let her be alone."

Dou Zhao nodded and reached out to touch Tu Niang's hair, only to find that the two of them were squatting side by side and Tu Niang was a shoulder taller than him.

She smiled awkwardly and went back to her room to sleep.

The golden crow fell, the jade rabbit rose, the stars moved, and Dou Zhao opened his eyes, but what he saw were still the heavy black lacquered furniture and Chuncao's smiling and attentive face.

"How could this happen? How could this happen?" Beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. She grabbed the quilt and covered her head. "I want to sleep, I want to sleep..."

Once you fall asleep, you can go back!

But she couldn't fall asleep. After finally falling asleep, when she opened her eyes, she was still in the same room, lying on the same warm kang.

Tuo Niang asked her, "Fourth Miss, what's wrong with you? Please get up and have dinner."

"No, no, no!" Dou Zhao looked panicked. "I want to go back. I haven't seen Wei Ge'er get married yet, and I haven't arranged Yin Jie'er's marriage yet... I have to go back, I have to go back!"

The maids all looked at each other in bewilderment. Vanilla even screamed and rushed out: "The Fourth Young Miss is possessed by a ghost! The Fourth Young Miss is possessed by a ghost!"

Both her father and mother were shocked. Even her grandfather, supported by Aunt Ding, appeared in her room with a serious expression.

"Why don't we invite Taoist Master Xu from Sanqing Temple to take a look?" Aunt Ding whispered.

But before he could finish his words, his grandfather glared at him fiercely. He was about to scold him, but he saw his daughter-in-law Zhao's eyes light up. He swallowed the words back.

Dou Shiying knew that his father hated these supernatural things the most. Seeing that his father didn't say anything, he knew that his father had acquiesced. He winked at his wife and whispered, "How about asking Taoist Master Xu from Sanqing Temple to come and take a look?"

Zhao Guqiu felt full of regret as he held his daughter, who looked a little foolish due to her dull eyes.

These days, she was only concerned with quarreling with Dou Shiying, but neglected her daughter's daily life. If anything happened to her daughter... she didn't even dare to think about it.

"There is no time to waste!" said the mother, "Why not send someone to invite Taoist Master Xu from Sanqing Temple?"

Grandfather didn't have a studio.

His father immediately sent someone to call Gao Sheng in and give him some instructions.

Mother stayed to accompany Dou Zhao.

Dou Zhao couldn't sleep, she stroked her mother's hand over and over again.

Warm, soft, delicate, elastic... these are not something you can imagine out of thin air.

There is also the sweetness of sugar in your mouth and the crumbs of crispy biscuits falling on the kang!

Could it be that she really went back to the past?

Back to childhood?

So what about her past?

What is the pain of childbirth?

Dou Zhao was very confused and didn't know what to do.

Taoist Priest Xu caught a fox spirit in the Dou family.

Abbot Tuyin of Fayuan Temple said that she was haunted by vengeful ghosts and that she needed to be buried for 49 days.

Mrs. Falinfang from the Niangniang Temple said that she was cursed by a villain and that she had to light a perpetual lamp for 9981 days to eliminate the disaster and reduce the misfortune.

Mother and Aunt Ding even secretly invited a shaman named Peng Xiangu to come to the house to perform some treatment on Dou Zhao. Only then did Dou Zhao's illness gradually get better.

Everyone in the family breathed a sigh of relief.

Her mother left her family affairs behind and stayed with her all day and all night. Fearing that she would be lonely, she arranged for four maids of similar age to play with her. She also asked a goldsmith to make jewelry for her and a tailor to make clothes for her. Dou Zhao's room was bustling with people coming and going, and it was more lively than during the Spring Festival.

It was the first time that Dou Zhao enjoyed such unbridled pampering and tears were about to fall.

Her mother held her in her arms and patted her back gently: "Shou Gu, what's wrong with you? Do you want Vanilla to play with you?"

Ever since accidents happened one after another in Dou Zhao's house, except for Tuoniang, who took care of Dou Zhao day and night without taking off her clothes because she didn't mind that Dou Zhao was possessed by evil spirits, all the other people have been replaced, including Xiangcao who was just next to her.

Dou Zhao shook his head.

Mother thought for a moment and dumped the box of pearls onto the warm kang: "Does it look good? How about making a pearl shirt for our Shougu?"

The round pearls spun on the kang, shining brightly.

Dou Zhao scooped it up and scattered it, and the pearls dripped like rain.

She had been a marquis's wife for fifteen years, but had never lived such a luxurious life.

Mother smiled.

I held her in my arms and went to Fayuan Temple to fulfill my vow.

The abbot of Fayuan Temple saw her eyes sparkling with energy and advised her mother to donate money to Fayuan Temple to print 1,000 copies of the Lotus Sutra for her recovery: "This is also to pray for the fourth young lady!"

My mother agreed without hesitation and said, "Then print 2,000 copies!"

Abbot Tuyin could not hide the joy on his face. He clasped his hands together in front of his mother and asked her to go to the meditation room nearby to choose a blessed instrument.

Mother carried Dou Zhao forward.

Dou Zhao chose an agate pendant with a white silk backing.

My mother was very happy. She was accompanied by Tuyin Fangtai to see the Wild Goose Pagoda, which had just broken ground at Fayuan Temple. She said, "If I donate all the money, can the Bodhisattva protect Shougu and ensure her a safe, peaceful, long and healthy life from now on?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Abbot Tuyin smiled so hard that his teeth were showing. "Why not? This Wild Goose Pagoda was built to pray for good people like Grandma Qi."

Abbot Tuyin invited my mother to his room to drink tea and discuss how to build the Wild Goose Pagoda.

Dou Zhao stood under the veranda, looking at the magnificent statue of Sakyamuni enshrined in the main hall with its doors wide open, and felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart.

She ran into the main hall and knelt quietly on the mat.

"Bodhisattva, if this is just a dream, I beg you, please let me never wake up from this dream!" She fell to the ground devoutly, "If this is my past life, I beg you, please let me take care of my mother until she dies!"

The Bodhisattva looks down upon all living beings with a smile, peace, tranquility, kindness, and compassion.

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When they got home, the maid Yuzhan came in and said, "The grandmother of the Wang family in Nankuo came to visit the fourth young lady!"

Dou Zhao, who was held by his mother, was stunned when he heard this.

The grandmother of the Wang family in Nanwu must be Wang Yingxue’s sister-in-law!

Speaking of which, she was no stranger to Wang Yingxue's two sisters-in-law, Gao and Pang.

Gao's father, Gao Yuanzheng, was good at calligraphy and was once a colleague of Wang Xingyi. Later, he worked in the Hanlin Academy with his father Dou Shiying and his sixth uncle Dou Shiheng. Gao's family was full of learning. Not only was she good at calligraphy, but she was also familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. During the ten years when her husband Wang Zhibing accompanied his father Wang Xingyi in exile in Xining Wei, she not only managed the imperial court and supported her mother-in-law, but also taught her eldest son Wang Nan to read and enlighten himself. Wang Nan passed the imperial examination at the age of 15, the imperial examination at the age of 19, and the imperial examination at the age of 21. When the wives of officials talked about the eldest daughter-in-law of the Wang family, they all gave her a thumbs up and called her "virtuous and virtuous."

The daughter of Pang's daughter, Yulou, was originally the daughter of a merchant in the town. She was beautiful and outstanding, and was good at needlework, housekeeping and accounting. Pang's father was reluctant to marry his daughter off casually. Seeing that Wang Zhishao was over 20 and still unmarried, he admired Wang Xingyi's noble character and envied Wang's family of scholars. He bought a dowry of 500 taels of silver and took the initiative to marry into the Wang family.

Pang Yulou used to look down on Wang Zhishao, who was handsome but dull in behavior. Later, when Wang Xingyi was reinstated, she settled down to live with Wang Zhishao and coaxed him around, making him afraid to go east and west, and his father and brothers' words all came after Pang Yulou.

In the past, it was thanks to her that Dou Zhao knew Wang Yingxue's plan and was able to ruin his brother Dou Xiao's marriage.

Counting the dates, Pang should have been married to Wang Zhishao by now.

I just don’t know if it’s the Gao family or the Pang family that’s coming this time?

Dou Zhao suddenly missed Pang Shi a little.

If it was her who came, with her greed, maybe she could put on a good show for Wang Yingxue?

Dou Zhao smiled and saw Yu Zan leading the dignified and virtuous Gao Shi in.

She suddenly felt bored.

Gao had already knelt down and bowed to Zhao Guqiu: "Seventh Madam, is the Fourth Miss feeling better?"

She looked at Dou Zhao with concern.

Dou Zhao lowered his eyes.

The mother said calmly: "Thank you, Madam Wang, for your concern. Shougu is now well." Then she told the maid to bring an embroidered cushion to Gao.

Gao thanked him, sitting upright on the embroidery cushion, and said softly, "I have been away for some time. The New Year is coming soon. There are either old or young people at home, and my brother and sister-in-law have just come into the family. There are still a lot of things waiting for me. I am thinking of going back in two days. As for Yingxue, if I still keep my original opinion, since my family does not need a dowry, your family does not need to prepare a betrothal gift. Grandma will set a date and notify us when the time comes. Although the journey is far, we, as brothers and sisters-in-law, will come to see her off no matter what. Please prepare two more tables of banquets at that time."

The words were spoken forcefully and uprightly.

Dou Zhao was stunned.

Since Gao is a virtuous person, why is she so righteous in speaking out about Wang Yingxue's matter?

My mother smiled slightly, without making any comment, and only said, "Then I won't send Grandma Wang off," and her perfunctory tone was obvious.

Gao's face changed slightly, her chest heaved, and she calmed down after a long while. She said meaningfully: "Seventh Madam, why do you have to make things difficult for others? I know my sister-in-law. She is definitely not the kind of person who doesn't know etiquette or shame. If you still have a grudge, you might as well ask Dou Wanyuan. My sister-in-law had no choice." After that, she turned around and left with a gloomy face.

When the mother saw that there was no one else in the room, she immediately returned to her true nature. She was furious: "What does she mean by this? Could it be that Wang Yingxue is in this situation because of Dou Wanyuan?"

Dou Zhao let out a "puff" and almost laughed out loud.

You understand, what do you understand?

If you understood, why didn't you agree to let Dou Ming be your daughter-in-law fifteen years later?

If Dou Ming's marriage had not suddenly come to an end, why would Wang Yingxue have set her sights on Wei Tingyu?

I wonder what Wang Yingxue said to Gao Shi that made Gao Shi feel justified in speaking up for her?

Dou Zhao thought of his younger brother Dou Xiao, who was five years younger than him and two years younger than Dou Ming.

It turns out that I don’t know this stepmother well enough!

Dou Zhao curled his lips slightly.

In the past, she could make Wang Yingxue look humiliated even though she knew nothing. Now that she knows what will happen in the future and is fully prepared, is she still afraid of her?

Thinking of this, Dou Zhao felt warmed in his heart.