Chapter 111 Meeting Prince Wang Again
The Buddha Bathing Ceremony was held at Qingning Temple on the top of the mountain. At this moment, the mountain road was crowded with pedestrians.
The nobles rode in sedan chairs, and if the ladies didn't want to walk, there were bamboo chairs carried by people from nearby villagers.
As long as you pay the money, there is always an easy way.
Fortunately, the steps leading up the mountain are serpentine and not steep, and the road is wide enough.
When Wang saw the bamboo chairs, she asked her mother-in-law if she wanted to sit on them. Old Madam Xiao smiled and shook her head.
Xiao Jinshan smiled and said to Xu Shuyao, "Originally, I wanted to take a bamboo chair up the mountain, but now even grandma is walking, I..."
Halfway through her words, she turned around and saw someone from the Qingyuan Marquis' Mansion approaching from behind, and the third cousin's voice gradually lowered.
"Sister Xu!" Yan Ge'er's childish voice rang in everyone's ears.
Wang was shocked, and even the people from Qingyuan Marquis' Mansion looked at Xu Shuyao nervously.
I believe this young lady must have heard about the previous proposal.
What will she do?
Xu Shuyao looked up and saw that it was the child she had rescued that day.
"Brother Yan! You are here today too?" Her voice was kind and filled with genuine joy, and she seemed not to notice the strange looks from both sides.
When Zhou thought of the hexagram that Fan had calculated, she also looked nervous.
In such a crowded place, she would never call her grandson back, so she was sweating at this moment.
Fortunately, the child was still holding food in his hand and did not pounce on the young lady.
The two of them talked and walked up the mountain together, but everyone had different thoughts.
Of course Xu Shuyao saw Wang Wendong behind Zhou. The man still looked dignified and steady, but there was obvious guilt in his eyes when he looked at her, and even a hint of obsession.
She quickly passed by the other person, then lowered her head and walked on her own mountain path.
There is no one who doesn't want to be liked by others.
Xu Shuyao was very grateful for his courage at that moment, but she didn't want to know why it didn't work out later.
For her, there is no such thing as a widower. On the contrary, she likes Yan Ge'er very much.
Even Wang Wendong himself is a steady and polite person.
It's just that there seem to be too many situations around him.
On the day of Shangsi Festival, the two of them exchanged a few words before the conversation stopped. She thought something urgent had happened.
But later, nothing came out of the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion.
Xu Shuyao shook her head and put all this behind her for the moment.
Wang Wendong took a quick look and then looked away.
After I decided to propose marriage, the young lady's charming appearance often appeared in my dreams.
After not seeing her for many days, she seems even more beautiful.
She wore a plain white jacket with a floral pattern, paired with a skirt of the same color with a lotus pattern. She had a fresh and elegant jade-colored flower pinned in her hair, and the corners of her lips curved slightly when she smiled.
The whole person looks like a camellia covered with dew in the morning, so fresh and beautiful that it is unspeakable.
I heard that she recently mentioned a fourth-rank commander, and the two parties are about to get engaged.
Wang Wendong suppressed the surging emotions in his heart and turned to hold Yan Ge'er's hand.
Xiao Jinwen and Xiao Jinrong had just been paying attention to the expression of this eldest cousin of the Wang family, and naturally saw the disappointment in his eyes clearly.
But... my cousin is still the same cousin, calm and beautiful as always.
Xiao Jinwen's expression suddenly became relaxed, as if he had let go of a big thing in his heart.
It turned out that it was not just him. The eldest son of the marquis's mansion was just like himself and did not leave any special impression in the heart of cousin Xu.
Xiao Jinwen still remembers the first time he met Xu Shuyao.
It was Xu Shuheng's first time going to the Shen clan school. His father had previously instructed him to take good care of the child.
Xiao Jinwen heard about the other party's identity and had long known that a brother and sister whose parents had both passed away had come to the mansion.
He didn't take to heart what the maids said about how beautiful the young lady was.
I just found it interesting that the two siblings followed their cousin Wang's boat to Beijing.
That morning, the light was dim and the weather was unusually sunny, but the young lady's embarrassment was even more obvious.
The look on his face, which seemed to want him to help look after his younger brother but couldn't say it out loud, made Xiao Jinwen feel some sympathy.
Later, it was those simple-looking pastries. As a young master of the Duke's Mansion, he was tired of all the delicacies and he had just had breakfast, so how could he be interested in a few pastries?
But at that time, he and his fifth brother were very considerate and accepted the pastries from Cousin Xu.
Xiao Jinwen still remembers the woman he saw when he looked back while sitting in the carriage. She stood there with a longing look on her face, which made his heart soften uncontrollably.
Later, he often received cakes from the other party. Although they looked inconspicuous, they were unexpectedly delicious.
In the clan school, he would unconsciously pay more attention to Xu Shuheng's affairs.
Because he knew how important the young lady was to her, and she would be worried and sad if something happened to her.
But... she has always been tactful and has never tried to get close to the young masters in the mansion.
To this day, the young lady still lives a sober life.
Xiao Jinwen sighed in his heart.
After meeting this group of people from the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion, Xiao Jinshan stopped pestering Xu Shuyao to chat.
But after a while, she was together with her fiancé.
Xu Shuyao smiled, but it was not appropriate for her to go past the elders, so she looked here and stood there.
After she sat on the rocks by the roadside several times, she finally reached the top of the mountain.
Perhaps it was the arrival of the prince, grandson of the emperor, and the imperial concubine, as the Qingning Temple was now filled with soldiers.
Xu Shuyao guessed that the imperial guards should have been dispatched as well.
The people were led to the designated area to make room for the nobles in the palace.
The abbot had already led the monks in a procession to the place where the prince's statue was enshrined. Then he chanted the Buddha's name to welcome the statue to the main hall and placed it in a plate of fragrant soup. All those present, led by the eldest prince, sang Buddhist verses and bowed three times.
As the fragrant water slowly poured down from the top of the Buddha statue, Xu Shuyao heard the abbot of the temple chanting: "I now bathe all Tathagatas in the sea of pure wisdom and virtue. May all sentient beings of the five turbidities be freed from dust and dirt, and may they all attain the pure Dharma body of the Tathagata..."
The sound was long and rhythmic, and at the same time, he scooped up the fragrant soup with gentle and respectful movements.
For a moment, the whole hall could smell the rich aroma of camphor.
After the abbot poured the soup, it was the turn of the eldest prince and the emperor's grandson, and then it was the turn of Concubine Cao and a group of princes' wives and concubines in the palace.
Mrs. Xiao was also invited by the abbot to participate in the soup-filling ceremony.
The rest of the people continued to kneel below and chant Buddhist hymns until the end of the ceremony.
After the Buddha Bathing Ceremony, the old lady let everyone in the mansion move freely, either to participate in the Dharma Assembly in the small square, or to kneel down and pray in the major halls.
You can even find someone to talk to or go to the back mountain to hide in the shade, as long as you remember to come back on time.
Xu Shuyao is not interested in Dharma assemblies or praying to gods or Buddhas.
She wanted to follow the old lady, but the old lady didn't give her the chance. "Why are you, a young lady, following an old woman like me? Just go out and play with the maid. The temple is guarded by your cousin's people. If anything happens, just tell them Mo'er's name and they will definitely help you."
That's true...
Xu Shuyao was amused by the old lady. Although she didn't want to have much contact with Xiao Mo, she didn't mind using her name, otherwise it would be stupid.
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