Chapter 702 Phoenix Fate (5)
But as she thought about it, she couldn't laugh anymore. Why did Madam Su want to seek a relationship for Su Mingfeng? From what Cong Yang said, Su Mingfeng himself was deeply in love with Shen Miao, but Shen Miao would definitely not believe this. Not to mention that Su Mingfeng had only met her a few times, let alone the way Su Mingfeng looked at her on the street that day, there was nothing special about him.
Could this be Su Mingfeng's conspiracy? Shen Miao wondered, was it because Su Mingfeng wanted to find out the secret of the Tiger Head Ring that he decided to marry her? With them spending all day and night together, wasn't he afraid of not being able to uncover the truth? Or was he thinking that once she became his wife, she would reveal everything to him? But Su Mingfeng was being too unlucky. She had risked her entire life to uncover the truth. Those people at the Dali Temple should be too ashamed to face their fellow villagers due to their guilt.
Guyu walked in from outside, holding a pile of clothes in her arms, and said with a smile: "Miss, we are going to Putuo Temple tomorrow. Madam said that we should wear something plain and light-colored. This servant has brought some darker-colored clothes. Miss, you can choose to wear them tomorrow morning." As she spoke, she trimmed the wick in the oil lamp for Shen Miao and said: "Miss, you should also rest early today. You will have to get up early tomorrow. I am afraid you will have a long journey."
Shen Miao felt helpless whenever this matter was mentioned. That evening, Luo Xueyan's maid came to tell Luo Tan and Shen Miao that she would take the three of them to Putuo Temple to burn incense tomorrow. Luo Tan had never been to Putuo Temple before, so she was naturally very happy, but Shen Miao was a little uninterested.
Putuo Temple is a famous temple in Dingjing, nestled on a hillside north of the city. It's said that the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas there are very powerful, but the most powerful element is the "bond tree." Young women would exchange copper coins with the monks for red string, tie the string to a purse, and throw it up the tree. If the string, along with the purse, remained hanging on the tree without being thrown down, it meant that Yue Lao had heard the woman's prayer and would bring her a good marriage.
Shen Miao had also visited that "bond tree" in her previous life. In order to tie the knot with Fu Xiuyi, she bought hundreds of red ropes in one go and threw them up. Later, this matter was "accidentally" told by Shen Qing and Shen Yue, and it caused a lot of laughter in Dingjing City.
Therefore, Shen Miao did not like this "tree of affinity" very much.
If she hadn't heard what Madam Su and Luo Xueyan said today from Congyang, Shen Miao wouldn't have thought why. She would have simply assumed that Luo Xueyan really wanted to go burn incense as the New Year was drawing to a close. But after hearing what they said in the main hall, Shen Miao understood. Luo Xueyan didn't want to burn incense at all; she clearly wanted her to throw a red string on the "bond tree."
Shen Miao was extremely reluctant and even considered feigning illness. However, that would have been too deliberate, and Luo Tan was in high spirits, and Shen Miao was easily moved by Luo Xueyan. Thinking it was just a matter of throwing the red string, she agreed.
But I still feel a little uncomfortable in my heart.
That night, Shen Miao didn't sleep well. She had several dreams, all of which were of her standing under the tree of fate, throwing red strings upwards. Luo Xueyan had bought her a whole wooden bucket of red strings. Shen Miao's arms were sore from throwing them, but the red strings that marked her were gone. There were none on the ground, nor on the tree. Just as she was wondering, she saw a young man in a purple robe sitting in the tree, holding a handful of her red strings in his arms. He curled his lips at her with a half-smile and asked, "Who are you going to marry?"
Sword-like eyebrows, a straight nose, thin rosy lips, and a pair of peach blossom eyes that were gorgeous yet sharp as a knife blade—that was exactly Xie Jingxing's face.
Shen Miao suddenly woke up from her dream and couldn't fall asleep again.
After finally making it to dawn, Jingzhe was surprised when he came in and asked, "Miss, why didn't you sleep well last night? You have black eyes."
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