Chapter 184 Meeting an acquaintance
It is the annual Buddha's Birthday again, and this is the third time that Chen Shuyao has celebrated the Buddha's Birthday.
The itinerary for Buddha Bathing Festival is the same every year, visiting Qingning Temple to worship Buddha.
She saved her brother in the temple during Buddha's Birthday last year, and she is still grateful for it, but now she is praying for a smooth journey and a safe trip.
Chen Shuyao, Old Madam Xiao, and Xiao Jintong were in the same carriage.
Xiao Jintong is now fifteen years old. Not long ago, she told me that the marriage of Wu Mingyi, the illegitimate son of the Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple, is scheduled for the winter of next year.
Perhaps because of Xiao Jinyi, the old lady recently brought the fourth girl from the mansion to her side.
Xiao Jintong still seems to be a man of few words, but she is no longer afraid of ordinary communication.
Although I was still shy when talking to them in the car, I no longer avoided looking them in the eye.
Chen Shuyao couldn't help but sigh for her aunt in her heart.
If this continues, I'm afraid the other party will have even less presence in the mansion.
Fortunately, the old lady was a really nice person. Apart from not allowing her to teach the children, she did not treat her badly in any other way.
Chen Shuyao first talked to the fourth sister, but began to doze off while talking.
Madam Xiao asked Xiao Jintong to take the largest cushion in the carriage and put it behind her. When Shen Shuyao woke up, she found that she had been lying on her side in the carriage without knowing when, with an old man and a child sitting quietly opposite her.
Seeing her looking over, the old man raised his eyebrows and asked, "Awake?"
Chen Shuyao wiped the faint dampness from the corner of her mouth and sat up awkwardly: "Ahem... I changed places yesterday and didn't wake up well."
Xiao Jintong smiled sweetly: "We'll be there soon."
It can be considered as changing the subject.
Madam Xiao had a kind face and smiled as she said, "It will be fine after you sleep for a while."
Chen Shuyao couldn't help coughing again. She pretended to lift the curtain and look outside, and saw carriages driving towards the parking place. After that, maids helped the ladies inside out.
Chen Shuyao saw the carriage of the Qingyuan Marquis' Mansion parked there. Xiao Jinshan was talking to the Marquis's wife at the time. When she saw her behind the curtain, she did not run over immediately, but smiled and blinked.
Her belly was still flat, so she probably wasn't pregnant.
At this moment, Chen, who was traveling with them, couldn't wait to get off the carriage. Perhaps she saw that the old lady here had not gotten off the carriage yet, so she stood there and waited.
Chen Shuyao hurriedly walked down first and reached out to support Madam Xiao.
On the other side, the Duke's wife and Chen had also come over. Not only them, but Zhou and Xiao Jinshan also came.
"Madam Hou! Third sister!" Chen Shuyao said with a smile.
Seeing her, Zhou shook her hand affectionately and said with a smile, "Good girl! Did you call her the wrong name?"
"Aunt!" Shen Shuyao said a little embarrassedly.
Zhou pointed to the woman who came with them and introduced her, "This is the young lady from the Fan family."
Her words were very familiar, as if she was introducing this Miss Fan as her own.
Fan family?
Chen Shuyao suddenly remembered that Wang Wendong's previous wife's family also had the surname Fan. Could this young lady Fan be the younger sister of the elder Fan?
Young Lady Fan came over to greet them with openness. When she saw Chen Shuyao, she seemed to pause for a moment before calling out, "Madam, the Crown Prince!"
Shen Shuyao smiled and returned the greeting.
Xiao Jinshan walked up to Chen and called her mother. When Chen saw how well-behaved her daughter had become after getting married, her eyes became a little moist.
She quickly used her sleeves to block it and forced the wetness back.
A group of people walked up the mountain talking and laughing.
The people from the Chengguo Mansion arrived relatively late. When they reached the mountain, they heard that the new emperor Zhu Hongyuan had also arrived and was holding a Buddha bathing ceremony with the abbot of the temple.
Looking at the imperial guards standing ready on all sides and the crowds that kept pushing in, Old Madam Xiao frowned and said, "Just go to the main hall inside to worship. We don't have to squeeze in to participate in any ceremony."
Wang also thought it was a good idea, not to mention that there was a pregnant woman among their group!
During this period, Xiao Mo's guards came to find Dongqing once and asked him to ask the Crown Prince's wife to wear the curtain.
Chen Shuyao looked at the ladies around her, and found that many of them were not wearing veils. She was a little confused as to why the man was so obsessed with this matter, but she still did as he said.
The people from Qingyuan Marquis Mansion went to the small square separately from them.
Xiao Jinshan loves being lively, so naturally she happily followed her husband's family.
Chen turned around and looked at her daughter's joyful face without a trace of reluctance. She suddenly felt that her tears had been shed in vain.
It is a good thing after all if my daughter can integrate into the family she marries into.
When they entered the hall, there were indeed not so many people. Led by Old Madam Xiao, everyone in the mansion bowed devoutly.
After Chen Shuyao paid homage to the Three Buddhas in the main hall, she came out and met Lu Xuanling again. Now she can be said to be her future sister-in-law.
The marriage between Lu Xuanling and Shen Shaoyu has been decided, and the wedding date will be in the twelfth month of the following year.
Chen Shuyao called her excitedly, and finally the two women talked in the corridor. Lu Zhixun, Lu Xuanling's brother, waited patiently beside them.
In Lu Zhixun's sight, although the woman was wearing a veil, a corner of it was occasionally blown open by the wind, revealing a color as delicate as that of a lotus.
Lu Zhixun thought of what his sister had said after she first met the Crown Prince's wife: "I met a very interesting woman today. Brother, you would definitely like her if you saw her. You really can't imagine how wonderful it is. She is actually a member of the Shen family."
But before my sister could introduce him to someone else, he was promised to Prince Xiao.
Chen Shuyao finally realized that there was someone standing next to her, so she talked for a while and then let Lu Xuanling leave.
After they left, Xiao Jinwen and his wife went to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva. Chen Shuyao couldn't go with them, so she stood in the pavilion in the corridor waiting for the old lady to come out.
"Mrs. Shen!" Ma Jingtang had been standing nearby for a while. She hadn't gotten close to them when the Lu siblings were around.
That day at the Duke's Mansion, she heard Chen Shuyao invite Lu Xuanling to the Shen Mansion before she went over to talk to him. However, the two men changed the conversation as soon as they saw her, as if they were afraid of being stuck with her.
Recently, when he heard the news that the Shen family and the Lu family were engaged, Ma Jingtang suddenly realized why he was excluded.
She now thought of Yun Ling, whom she had just met, and a smile slowly appeared on her face.
When Chen Shuyao heard someone calling her, she looked up and saw Ma Jingtang, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
She still remembered the woman chatting with her in the Plum Garden of the Duke's Mansion about the wind and sand outside the Great Wall and the joy of riding horses. However, the two of them did not have any in-depth communication when they met several times later.
The capital city is a secular circle, and they are all trapped in it, including Chen Shuyao.
Originally, she was excluded because of her humble background, but now she is accepted and even flattered because of her identity as the prince's wife. In fact, she is just her.
Ma Jingtang in front of him seemed reserved, and his smile was a little unnatural.
Chen Shuyao had experienced those embarrassing moments before, so she patiently said, "What do you want to say? If not, why not sit with me?"
Ma Jingtang walked over with a smile. After they chatted casually for a while, she asked, "Does the Madam know Yun Ling?"
When Chen Shuyao heard this, he immediately remembered the friend Xiao Mo had mentioned who had saved him at the border.
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