Chapter 188 The White Lotus Cousin in Ancient Chinese Literature (17)
The Huguo Temple was built on the hillside. Just by listening to the name, you can tell that it has an unusual origin. It was built under the supervision of the royal family. Over the dynasties, the name of the Huguo Temple is almost known to everyone.
But ordinary people can't get in at all. Only wealthy families like the Cui family or officials above the fourth rank are qualified to come and burn incense.
Su Yu, thanks to the Cui family, also came along.
The carriage went all the way to the foot of the mountain. The carriage could not go up the mountain road, so the eldest lady and other female relatives skillfully got off the carriage and changed to a sedan chair.
Cui Ling didn't need to do that. He just walked beside Bai Shan and the guards, just as a form of exercise.
One of the sedan chair bearers slipped and almost caused Cui Yue to fall, but luckily she escaped unharmed.
Cui Yue kept cursing all the way.
Standing outside the magnificent temple, Cui Yue was still muttering, "These sedan bearers are so crude and barbaric, even worse than the horses in the mansion. They almost threw me off. If I hadn't been burning incense, I would have caught them and taught them a lesson."
"Huguo Temple is really ridiculous. Why is it built halfway up the mountain? Even if it is built halfway up the mountain, why can't there be a flat road? Why must there be so many stone steps? We are not ordinary people, so who can climb them?"
Cui Yue blamed the sedan bearers, then the temple, then the stone steps. She was restless all the way.
At first, Su Yu felt sympathy for her for almost getting hurt, but later her ears were numb. She just kept cursing. It was a good thing to have a place to vent such vigorous energy.
The eldest lady tapped Cui Yue on the head lightly and said, "Shut up. If you say anything more, go back now."
Cui Yue: “…”
She looked at Cui Ling again, and not surprisingly, her brother also agreed with their mother.
They all bullied her.
When Cui Yue was upset, Su Yu spoke softly, "Don't be angry, cousin. Those sedan bearers are used to being rough and clumsy. They don't do things carefully at all. They deserve to be scolded. But anger is harmful to health. We have already fined them. Why should we let ourselves suffer because of other people's mistakes?"
Su Yu spoke beautifully. Cui Yue felt relieved after hearing it. She glanced at her and muttered, "That's true."
The eldest lady looked at Su Yu twice more.
Su Yanyun's niece is sensible, gentle, polite, tactful, pretty and nice to speak.
What a pity, my son doesn't like it.
Cui Ling looked over the moment Su Yu opened her mouth, but realizing his subconscious reaction, he withdrew his gaze as if nothing had happened.
Baishan was close by, and when he noticed it, he lowered his head and tried to hold back his laughter.
No one noticed Cui Ling's changes in movements except Bai Shan.
The eldest lady wanted to go burn incense first. Cui Yue didn't like the smell inside and said she would go for a walk outside. Cui Ling also had something to do and had to leave for a while. In the end, only Su Yu accompanied her in.
In the main hall, the two burned incense and knelt on the cushions to pray.
The eldest lady slowly opened her eyes.
"By the way, you are one year younger than Yue'er."
There was no one else in the hall, so this sentence could not have been said to the Buddha statue.
Su Yu was stunned for a moment, opened her eyes and looked at her, then quickly lowered her eyelashes: "Yes."
"Before you came to the mansion, did your family arrange a marriage for you?"
Su Yu shook her head and said sadly, "My parents wanted to keep me for two more years, but they left so suddenly that we never got engaged."
The eldest lady thought thoughtfully: "Is that so?"
Su Yu sensed something unusual in her words: "Madam?"
The eldest lady came back to her senses, and her eyes turned kindly towards Su Yu: "Poor child."
Su Yu was stunned for a moment, then tears welled up in her eyes. She lowered her head and said nothing.
The eldest lady felt a little embarrassed for making someone cry, so she could only comfort her: "It's all over. From now on, just stay in the mansion with peace of mind."
Su Yu choked up and nodded: "Thanks to the kindness of the eldest lady and aunt, Ayu is grateful."
"Good boy."
It’s a pity that the son actually doesn’t like it, and the first lady has this idea again.
After leaving the palace, the eldest lady wanted to go listen to the abbot's lecture on Buddhism, and asked Su Yu to walk around outside by herself or go find Cui Yue.
Su Yu agreed, and waited until the eldest lady left. She wiped the tears from her face and looked thoughtful.
Why do I feel that what the eldest lady said is somewhat familiar?
The system remembered: [The eldest prince asked a similar question last time.]
Su Yu remembered: [Indeed. ]
The last time the eldest prince asked her if she was married, it was because he had taken a liking to her and wanted to take her into his palace.
The eldest lady asked these questions for no apparent reason. Could it be that she has a crush on her?
The system was startled: [Host, could it be that the male protagonist did something? ]
For example, the male protagonist is broken down again and doesn’t want to marry the female protagonist. Instead, he wants to marry the host and asks the first lady to come and help him test the waters.
Su Yu shuddered: [That's impossible.]
In the original plot, the eldest lady was a staunch female leader, so how could she change her mind so quickly?
Besides, the task progress bar is still jumping between thirty-five and forty. According to Su Yu's experience, even if the male protagonist is about to collapse, it won't be at this time.
The system also finds this idea untenable.
Or maybe they were overthinking it, and the eldest lady was just asking casually without any other meaning.
This is the only reason that can explain it.
Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief and prayed again in her heart that the mission would go smoothly.
Standing there and looking around, Su Yu found a random excuse to send Zi Tong away and started walking around by herself.
The Huguo Temple is built halfway up a mountain, surrounded by picturesque scenery, fresh air, and the sound of the ancient temple bells echoing in the air. There are few people coming, so it is exceptionally quiet. It is indeed a great place to pray and enjoy the scenery.
The rich and powerful know how to enjoy themselves.
Su Yu randomly chose a direction and chatted with the system while enjoying the scenery.
【Suddenly I feel that the mission world is pretty good. 】
System reminder: [That's because you haven't encountered a bad mission world, such as the apocalyptic plane, where the zombies can scare you to death. ]
The system carefully posted a picture, showing a body covered in rotten flesh, twisted joints, and a mouth full of blood and unchewed meat scraps.
Su Yu: [……]
Get out of here, you tactless little bitch.
Coincidentally, Su Yu saw the male protagonist not long after she left.
Under a huge pine tree, Cui Ling stood opposite another man in black clothes.
From Su Yu's perspective, she could only see the side profiles of the two people.
The man in black had a handsome profile and a calm expression. I don't know what he said, but he patted Cui Ling's shoulder with a smile on his face.
Suddenly, he seemed to notice someone peeking at him, and his eyes suddenly became sharp and shot towards Su Yu.
Su Yu was so frightened that her body trembled.
The next second, a masked man in black appeared beside her and was about to chop her with a knife.
"ah--"
Su Yu dodged in panic.
But the man in black was faster and he flashed behind her the next moment. Su Yu couldn't dodge him and her eyes were filled with fear.
Cui Ling was attracted by the movement here and his eyes slightly tilted.
In an instant, his pupils shrank and his voice was like thunder.
"stop!"
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