In the end, Gu Xin accepted the fact that Yingying, the tofu seller, had gotten married. She was the sister-in-law she thought highly of!
Back then, she often went to town to buy tofu pudding. The little girl Yingying was fair-skinned and had a sweet smile. She was always the object of her envy. The reason was simple: at that time, she was a little dark-skinned and thin, so she naturally thought that fair-skinned and chubby girls of the same age were prettier.
Now that she's a few years older and has spent more than a year in the west, she's not as fair-skinned as she was in Kuncheng, but she doesn't care as much anymore.
When she was little, all she wanted was to be well-fed, warmly clothed, and for her parents and sisters to treat her well. Her wish came true, but now her thoughts are completely different from when she was little.
Princess Salim couldn't understand what the two sisters were saying. She looked anxious, but she still listened to their conversation before asking any questions.
Seeing how well-behaved and obedient she was, Gu Xin explained to Princess Shalin and then said with a smile, "Little Yanyan, you have a chance now. Marrying Enzi will be the closest thing to me."
Gu Nian glanced at Gu Xin speechlessly. Sure enough, even with the influence of the three transmigrators, this girl was still going to mature early. It was normal for her to like someone at twelve or thirteen, and she thought it was normal for her to get married at fourteen or fifteen.
Oh well, let her think what she wants. Anyway, she still has to wait two more years to get married.
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By the time we arrived at the Princess Temple, it was already the end of April.
The statue of Cheng Huaiyu has been almost finished in the past two months, but there are still many other things to be done.
When Gu Shouxin and his group passed through Goz, they left some craftsmen there. Even though the East-West Agreement had not yet been signed, Gu Shouxin still had the craftsmen start working.
Cheng Huaijin carried the urn containing Peng Mu's ashes, who had been mutilated and turned into a human pig, into the now-completed ancestral hall.
For some reason, Peng Mu, who was usually quiet, started shaking his head frantically and making "ah ah" sounds when he was carried in. Cheng Huaijin didn't care about that and just looked at the carved stone statue.
Gu Xin and Gu Yingxue followed behind Cheng Huaijin and also looked at the stone statue.
Whether it was her imagination or not, Gu Xin felt that the stone statue was watching them and smiling, just like when she first arrived in Kuncheng, Xiao Yu was at the city gate and smiling at her.
Gu Xin, who had been trying to stop herself from thinking about Xiao Yu, burst into tears again after more than half a year. Scenes of her time with Xiao Yu resurfaced in her mind. She was heartbroken and wanted to shout at the heavens, "Why didn't you keep Xiao Yu? Why did you have to let her leave?"
Gu Yingxue's face was already streaked with tears.
Cheng Huaijin didn't cry, but asked softly in her heart: Sister, are you willing? Are you willing to be a princess of the Great Zhou, to be worshipped and offered sacrifices by the people of both the east and west? Sister, can I forgive the Great Zhou?
A gentle breeze blew by, caressing Cheng Huaijin's cheek, as if saying, "Brother, let it go, let it go."
Cheng Huaijin raised his hand and touched his cheek, a tear rolling down his cheek.
Okay, I forgive Da Zhou. I will raise Yun Ge'er well.
The three bowed and stood aside.
Next, Gu Shouxin led the Gu family children in. The main structure of the Princess Shrine had been completed, but incense could not be offered yet, so everyone bowed.
Then, Peng Ze and Gu Hui's Peng family army filled the inside and outside of the ancestral hall, bowing to the stone statue.
Following them were princesses and princes from various parts of the west, and finally, merchants from various parts of the west, represented by Ying Shiyuding. This was the first time that people from both the east and west had worshipped at a princess's shrine in this way.
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