Chapter 95: Setting Her Up? The Prince Is the Second Young Lady's Embroiderer
Xie Zhi felt guilty for no reason, afraid that Xie Yaozhen would notice something, so he quickly said, "Second sister, you have never been to Chengfo Temple, right? You don't know the way. Let's go together, and I can tell you how to get there."
Xie Yao: "I don't know the way, but the coachman employed by the Bo family must know me too."
The smile on Xie Zhi's face froze.
She changed her words and said, "We are both our father's daughters. If we go our separate ways and are seen by others, they will inevitably say that you and I are not getting along."
"So in big sister's heart, we are actually sisters with deep affection." Xie Yao raised her eyebrows in surprise.
"I thought you wanted to kill me."
Xie Zhi coughed violently, his face turning pale from the cold: "Second sister, what are you talking about—"
Xie Yao narrowed her eyes and said, "I'm afraid of the cold. I won't leave until the charcoal basin and hand warmer are ready in the car. If you're in a hurry, you can go first. Don't delay your business."
She emphasized the word "business" with a hint of meaning.
"Then I'll be leaving first, second sister. We'll meet at Chengfo Temple."
Xie Zhi secretly cursed Xie Yao for being pretentious, and could only grit his teeth and hurried away with his maid.
Her father told her that Eunuch Qing would go to Chengfo Temple to meet the eldest princess today, but he did not tell her the specific time. She had to get there before Eunuch Qing and not delay her business with Marquis Anping.
After Xie Zhi left, Xie Yao's eyes grew darker.
"Ren Dong, ride a fast horse and go to Anping Marquis' Mansion first. Then, help me with another task."
She explained it again in detail.
Rendong agreed and immediately rode his green horse to the marquis's mansion.
Xie Yao pulled her lynx-skin cloak tightly around her and walked to the front of the carriage.
This was the most spacious and luxurious carriage in the Earl's Mansion, pulled by two horses side by side, with a stove inside burning with silver-frost charcoal.
Because she was canonized as a princess, going to Chengfo Temple to pray for blessings before her wedding was a major event to show the dignity of the Bo family, so this car was redecorated yesterday and looked even more luxurious than before.
Pu Wei whispered, "Master Xie never cares about the young lady, but he decorated her carriage for no reason. I'm afraid there's something wrong."
Xie Yao sat on it calmly and motioned her to join him.
"It would be strange if there were no problems. After today, I won't leave the house until I get married. Of course they have to seize this last chance."
Xie Yao not only knew that there was something wrong with the carriage, but also knew that the person who tampered with it was most likely Xie Zhi.
In his previous life, before Xie Zhi entered the palace, he went to Chengfo Temple to pray for the emperor and also invited a noble lady from a prominent family to go with him.
I heard that the carriage broke down when it reached halfway up Qifeng Mountain.
The noble lady from aristocratic family was unwilling to walk and was being petty while waiting for the new carriage to come down the mountain. This made Xie Zhi's piety, bowing every three steps and kowtowing every five steps, even more striking, and moved Eunuch Qingcai.
If she guessed correctly, Xie Zhi had invited her to join him just now with this in mind.
As for Xie Mingan, her father was cautious and didn't want to dirty his hands, so he treated Xie Zhi as a knife.
"Is that lady still getting on the bus?" Pu Wei asked.
"When an enemy comes, we will fight him; when a flood comes, we will block it with earth." Xie Yao's cold and elegant face smiled brightly, "This is their chance, and it's also my chance."
The carriage was heading towards Qifeng Mountain. Xie Yao closed her eyes and rested in the carriage, feeling that she had forgotten something.
After walking for a few miles, the sound of horse hooves came from outside.
Xie Yao drew aside the curtains and saw Bai Zhu approaching on horseback, with a layer of snow on his shoulders.
"Princess, the prince said yesterday that he would come to the Earl's Mansion today to finish embroidering the crane for you. He is already in Wanxiang Courtyard."
Bai Zhu said in a deep voice, his face stern.
This morning, the prince appeared calm on the surface, but in fact, he changed his clothes four times in the room.
God knows how good the prince's mood was before he came to the Earl's Mansion. After he arrived, he learned that the future princess had gone to Chengfo Temple, and his face became so heavy.
However, for some reason, the prince asked him to catch up, but did not order the future princess to come back, but only asked him to tell the future princess that the prince had come to the Earl's Mansion.
Xie Yao was stunned. It turned out that she had forgotten about this.
However, seeing that Bai Zhu did not force her to go back, she smiled easily.
"It would be a waste of time to go back now. Since the prince has already arrived at the Earl's Mansion, let him embroider slowly." Xie Yao said in a casual tone.
Bai Mi opened her mouth but didn't say anything.
He is not his brother, so there is not much to say.
"etc."
Just as he was about to leave, Xie Yao called him back.
"Warrior Bai, please tell His Majesty that if you have time after embroidering the crane, please embroider a daylily-shaped sachet for me. I want to give it to my mother."
"I'm going to the Chengfo Temple to pray for him and the Xiao family. I can't delay any longer, so I'll leave first."
Bai Zhu wanted to say something but stopped himself. Finally, he clasped his fists and said nothing.
He wanted to say that he was not convinced by anyone but the courage of the future princess.
The prince, on a whim, embroidered a sachet for her. Not only did she refuse to join him, she actually wanted him to embroider another one!
The prince is not her embroiderer, so why would he embroider another daylily sachet just because she asked him to?
Bai Zhu quickly returned to Wanxiangyuan.
On such a cold day, the prince was sitting in a wheelchair in the yard, with a gold-inlaid hand warmer with a longevity pattern in his arms. He lowered his eyes and slowly embroidered the sachet in his hand.
Bai Su stood beside him, holding an umbrella for him, and the white snow fluttered in the air.
Hearing the noise, the prince stopped what he was doing and raised his head expressionlessly.
But he didn't see the person he wanted to see behind Bai Zhu.
Bai Zhu hurriedly asked, "Why hasn't Second Miss Xie come back?"
Bai Zhu said, "The carriage is about to leave the capital, and the princess doesn't want to waste time."
He hesitated for a moment: "Since the princess is not here, should the prince return home? Imperial Physician Zhou will be here today."
Xiao Yizi lowered his eyes and said nothing, looking at the sachet on the table, which only had two stitches left to be finished. On it, a pair of cranes stood proudly in the sky, flapping their wings as if ready to fly.
His fingertips turned slightly white.
"What did Second Miss Xie say again?" Bai Wei asked again.
Bai Zhu looked hesitant.
The prince raised his eyelids, his peach blossom eyes deep and cold: "Speak."
"The princess asked you to embroider slowly, and said that if you have time, you can embroider a daylily-shaped sachet for her. She wants to give it to Madam Bo. She also said that she wants to pray for you and the Xiao family, so she can't delay and won't come back."
The prince sat upright at the stone table. After listening to his words, he suddenly took out new needle and thread from the embroidery basket.
Xiao Yizi lowered her head and began to embroider the daylilies, stitch by stitch.
Bai Zhu was stunned and even rubbed his eyes, with surprise on his icy face.
The words he said when he came back echoed in his mind:
——The prince is not the princess’s embroiderer.
After a while, Xu Susu asked the servants to bring hot tea and snacks to Prince Jingbei, and invited the prince to go to the hall to embroider.
On the other side, Xie Yao's carriage arrived at the foot of Qifeng Mountain.
This mountain was originally an unnamed mountain, and Chengfo Temple was just a small temple.
It is rumored that many years ago, Queen Shen once led a battalion of 8,000 strong women to station on this mountain, and joined the late emperor in attacking the capital and contributing to the great cause.
After the late emperor ascended the throne, he canonized Shen as empress, and the mountain was renamed Qifeng Mountain.
The Chengfo Temple on the top of the mountain was expanded. In the early years, a separate hall was set up to house the portrait of Queen Shen and commemorate the eight thousand loyal women of the Jianfu Camp.
Later, the Shen family was implicated in treason, so Chengfo Temple no longer dared to offer sacrifices to them.
After returning to her country last year, the eldest princess settled down in Chengfo Temple in the name of praying for Queen Shen and the State of Yan.
She seldom returned to the capital, and she only occasionally went back to stay for a day or two in the Weiyang Villa bestowed upon her by the emperor.
It was snowing heavily. Xie Yao stopped the car at the foot of the mountain, held a hand warmer, and waited in the warm and spacious carriage.
Soon, the carriage of Anping Marquis Mansion appeared in the distance.
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