"Madam, this is a good thing. They are from the same courtyard. Since they have promised to spend their lives together and have a child, why don't you help them?" Gu Yunru said seriously, "I saw how I fell into the water from the Heaven's Eye. It was not what the servants said, that I jumped into the lake. It was my third sister who pushed me!"
Gu Yunru was trying to persuade Madam Gu at first, but suddenly changed the subject in the second half of the conversation. She pointed at Gu Junyue with a stern face and said in a cold voice, "Third sister also said that His Majesty had granted marriage to Second sister, but that Prince Zhao was disabled and had a cruel temper. Madam couldn't bear to part with Second sister, so she asked me to replace her!"
This - Mrs. Gu was completely shocked.
Gu Yunru had only been in the Gu Mansion for three days when she fell into the lake right after returning and lay on the couch for two days. She had specifically given instructions to everyone in her yard, and the matter of the arranged marriage would never be leaked!
Could it be that there really was some ghost? "Mother, don't listen to her nonsense. I didn't push her. I just pulled her in a hurry—" Gu Junyue was also stunned by Gu Yunru's move before. Now that she saw the fire was about to burn herself, she couldn't help but panic.
"Shut up! How dare you do such a thing!" Madam Gu was so angry that she pointed at Gu Junyue and said, "How dare you argue with your elder sister? Do you have any manners? Come, take the third young lady to kneel in the ancestral hall! You can't eat today!"
"Mother!" Gu Junyue wanted to argue and said that she was the one who spread the matter about King Zhao and it was not seen by some divine eye, but the two Sisi did not give her a chance and directly took her away.
However, Gu Yunru didn't believe that Madam Gu was really so ruthless and impartial. She must have sent Gu Junyue away because she had more powerful means to deal with him.
"Yunru, what you said just now is right. Our Gu family has indeed been engaged with His Royal Highness Prince Zhao, but this marriage is not for your second sister. His Majesty's imperial decree clearly states that the marriage is granted to the eldest daughter of the Gu family. You are the eldest daughter of our Gu family, and you cannot escape this marriage." Madam Gu gathered her thoughts and said seriously.
Originally, she wanted to coax this wild girl raised in the manor and let her get married, but she didn't expect that after Jun Yue's disturbance, she actually opened her third eye! Since she already knew, she didn't hide it anymore. No matter what third eye she opened, even if she flew to the sky, she was the eldest daughter of the Gu family, and it was inevitable that she would marry King Zhao! Madam Gu thought that Gu Yunru would make a fuss about breaking off the engagement, and she would find a reason to punish her, but who would have thought that Gu Yunru would do something unexpected again.
"Since it is His Majesty who has granted the marriage, how dare Yunru refuse such a great honor? But my mother passed away early, and I have to trouble you, Madam, to take care of the wedding and prepare the dowry for me. I am really tiring you, Madam." Gu Yunru said respectfully and gently.
Madam Gu: “…”
Although Gu Yunru had been kept in the manor, she had sent people to investigate her. The servants reported that she was timid, dull, and a little stupid. How could she be as smart and clever as she was before her? Could it be that she had really opened her third eye and changed?
She gritted her teeth secretly, and came up with an idea in her mind. She pretended to say, "It's the best if you can think this way. Tomorrow, I will go to the Great Compassion Temple to burn incense. You can come with me."
Who cares about the eyes of heaven or earth? It's just a matter of ghosts. Once she enters the Buddhist temple and lets the abbot chant sutras to exorcise the evil spirits, won't she reveal her true colors?
Gu Yunru understood what she meant when she heard her say this, but time travel was caused by magnetic fields and cracks in time and space, which was something that an ancient person like Madam Gu could not understand.
She laughed secretly, but pretended to be unhappy, and whispered: "Madam, please forgive me. It's not that Yunru is unwilling to accompany you to burn incense. It's just that Yunru has never left her nanny since she was a child. Suddenly returning home and being separated from her nanny, she really has no appetite and can't sleep at night. How can she have the heart to climb the mountain and burn incense?"
She was taken back to the Gu Mansion with only a little maid named Qingxing. When the news of her falling into the water spread, her original wet nurse was extremely worried and bribed many stewards before a letter was handed to her.
Since she had taken over someone else's body, it was her duty to take good care of the original body's wet nurse.
Mrs. Gu was now anxious to exorcise the evil spirit for her, and did not care about these trivial matters. She immediately agreed, "It was mother who neglected it. I will send someone to the farm to pick up your nanny and bring her back home. You should eat well."
"Thank you, ma'am." Gu Yunru got the benefit and didn't mind being nice to her, so she lowered her head and said in a submissive manner.
Mrs. Gu was indeed extremely anxious, but the next morning, Gu Yunru saw her original wet nurse.
Just as she was about to settle the nurse down, the people in the main courtyard couldn't wait any longer and hurriedly sent a messenger to pass on the message: "Miss, the carriage is ready, and the lady is waiting for you. The journey to Dabei Temple is not short, so go early and come back early, otherwise it will be dark."
"Miss, since the Madam has called you, you should go and get busy first, so as not to be caught doing something wrong." The wet nurse's eyes were slightly red, and she lowered her voice to advise.
"Okay, wet nurse." Gu Yunru was very good at observing people's words and expressions. The wet nurse's feelings were sincere and could not be faked. It seemed that this deal was worth it.
She followed Weiwei to the gate of Gu's mansion. Madam Gu glanced at her coldly and ordered the coachman to set off.
When they arrived at Dabei Temple, Madam Gu did not beat around the bush and led Gu Yunru directly to the abbot. She said, "Abbot, my daughter fell into the water two days ago and had a close call with death. After waking up, she was a little confused and insisted that she had opened her third eye. Abbot, you are highly respected and virtuous. Please recite some sutras for this child to drive away the evil spirit from her body."
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After hearing this, the abbot stopped beating the wooden fish, looked at Gu Yunru calmly, and said in a low and gentle voice: "Did the female donor really have such a wonderful experience?"
While he was asking the questions, Gu Yunru was also looking at him. The abbot had a kind face, compassionate and calm eyes, a dignified and rigorous posture, and was extremely pious and respectful to the Buddha. It can be seen that the abbot was truly devoted to Buddhism, and not a person who sought fame and reputation.
"Indeed." Gu Yunru had an idea in mind, nodded, and responded naturally.
The abbot took out a mirror engraved with Buddhist scriptures from his bosom and handed it to Gu Yunru, saying slowly: "Since the female donor has opened the third eye, can you tell me what you see?"
Gu Yunru glanced at the small mirror. What was reflected in the mirror was naturally her current face. Her eyebrows were like double leaves, her eyes were like scissors, she had cherry lips, a small nose, and her skin was as white as cream. She was quite a beauty.