Chapter 26: The Same Trick Xian

Yin came out of the room and stood with him. She looked up at Su He who was approaching. She was graceful and charming. He couldn't help but marvel at her appearance: "If I were a man, I would admire such a rich lady. A beautiful lady in a golden house is perfect."

Lu Huaihe's face was restrained and distant, but a bitter feeling surged in his heart.

Who said it wasn't?

Only a beautiful lady in a golden house could match her graceful figure.

"Lord Lu."

Su He handed the soaked umbrella to Pei Xia, lowered his head and

took out a paper umbrella from his arms and handed it to him, "Thank you."

The man lowered his eyebrows slightly, ignored her, and his eyes were full of clouds.

"I gave it to you."

His tone seemed to sound a little unhappy.

Su He looked at the paper umbrella with cloud pattern lace. It would cost more than ten or twenty taels a piece in the capital. He just gave it to her like this?

But she didn't ask any more questions. She frowned and thanked him, and asked Pei Xia to put the umbrella away.

Seeing that she didn't cherish it so much and casually gave it to a maid to keep, Lu Huaihe couldn't help but frown and walked away.

"This is..."

Su He was stunned and really puzzled. Wasn't it quite gentle in the rain just now?

She glanced at Xian Yin.

"Don't worry about him, come in and have some tea."

"Okay."

The time in the temple seemed to pass very slowly. After drinking a few pots of hot tea, it was still early.

Su He said goodbye to Zhaoyang and Liu, and took Pei Xia to her own guest hall, Zhuju.

In the evening, the rain was getting heavier, and the cool breeze almost extinguished the candles.

Just then, the monk came to deliver dinner. He stood at the door and kept a distance and said respectfully: "It is raining heavily tonight, and you can enjoy your dinner in the guest hall. If there is any inadequacy in the hospitality, please forgive me." "

Sorry for the trouble."

Pei Xia brought in the dinner. Although the light dishes did not have a greasy taste, they were bright in color and quite appetizing. Su He was hungry, so she ate slowly.

"There is no sign of the rain stopping. We probably have to postpone our trip down the mountain." Pei Xia said.

Su He was not too surprised. Liu asked her to come to Shangqing Temple together, and she would not go back so easily. I was just a little curious. How could I have such a coincidence to meet Princess Zhaoyang and Lord Lu?

"I saw that the princess and the old lady were talking for so long, and it seemed that they might have reconciled their differences."

Su He paused and thought of the letter again.

It was impossible to reconcile their differences. Liu could pretend to be deaf and dumb and pretend that nothing had happened, but the princess could not.

"Miss, are you going to pray for the lady tonight?"

Su He listened to the sound of rain in the yard and thought that it was still early, so she said, "Let's go to the temple later."

It was not uncommon for a daughter-in-law to pray for her deceased mother-in-law. She didn't know what Liu was up to, so she could only do her part first.

The guest room next door had a sign of Yage, where Liu Qiuqiu lived. When the nun brought dinner, she asked Mingchun to invite Su He to come over for dinner, but Su He refused.

Liu Qiuqiu lazily leaned on the bed. Seeing the bland vegetarian dishes, she had no appetite, so she drank a few mouthfuls of millet porridge to fill her stomach.

"Is this place far from the foot of the mountain?"

Mingchun said, "It's a full twenty miles. Now the rain is heavier, and it's more difficult to go down the mountain."

"Okay, I get it."

Liu Qiuqiu's appetite has been particularly good recently, and she also wanted to ask Mingchun to go down the mountain to buy some meat. Although it is a Buddhist place and meat is not eaten, she is pregnant, and I believe the Buddha can understand. Now it seems that she can't eat it.

At 1:00 p.m., she heard the sound of a door closing in the bamboo house next door, and thought that Su He had gone out.

Liu Qiuqiu asked Mingchun to secretly follow them and found that they went to the Buddhist temple.

"She really wants to pray? People are dead, what's the point of praying so much?"

Mingchun felt that this was not right. It was because the eldest lady suffered in her life that she had to pray more so that she could be born into a good family in her next life.

But Liu Qiuqiu was a vindictive person. If Mingchun said something in rebuttal, she would definitely be criticized by her. It is better to keep quiet than to make trouble.

Because it had rained, the moss on the path was a little slippery, and Su He walked very slowly. After arriving at the Buddhist temple, the little monk at the door led the two in.

Warm smoke flowed from the incense burner with a gilded animal head, entwined in the air, and finally dissipated.

As soon as Su He entered the hall, she saw the Buddha statue sitting on the niche. She did not dare to neglect it, and knelt on the cushion and worshiped devoutly.

Thinking of Zhang's voice and appearance in her mind, she hoped from the bottom of her heart that she could be born into a good family in her next life.

Maybe with God's mercy, she could be reborn like her.

Su He felt grateful for her rebirth, and her faith in gods and Buddhas became stronger. She put her palms on the ground, rested her forehead on the back of her hands, and did not straighten up for a long time.

Outside the Buddhist hall, Nanny Qin came to check on her. Seeing Su He praying seriously, she immediately went back to report to Liu.

"Su He has always been obedient. If she hadn't taken away her dowry in the divorce and hadn't become an enemy of the Lu family, I wouldn't have thought of dealing with her."

Mrs. Liu sat on a yellow wooden armchair, supporting her head with her hand and closing her eyes.

Nanny Qin massaged her forehead and complained casually: "Young Madam is really something! A married woman, is it possible that she still wants to marry up? How many women in the world don't want to experience the pain of childbirth? She got a pair of children for nothing and she doesn't know what's good for her?"

"She just relied on some dirty money. Even if she has money, so what? It's nominally her Su He's dowry, but isn't it piled up in our house?" Liu sighed, with a hint of pride on her lips: "Even if the eldest princess left the house so strongly, didn't she still fall into my hands with half of the fake dowry?"

Thinking back to the situation back then, Liu was quite proud.

If she hadn't been smart and asked someone to pretend to be a thief and rob half of the eldest princess's dowry, she would really be penniless!

But this method has been used once, if it is used again, the princess may become suspicious. Liu then thought of a way to bring Su He to Shangqing Temple, which is far away from the capital, and who knows what will happen?

If Su He gets into trouble or her reputation is ruined, the fault will not be in Lu's house, and there will be a reason to be harsh on her dowry.

The previous time, she was not there, so she failed.

But this time, with Liu in charge, she has a good chance of success. Even the princess suffered at her hands, not to mention a little Su He?

Nanny Qin also said, "It's still early to leave the mountain, why not stay in the temple for two more days and make arrangements..."

"Today I have inquired about the princess's opinion, and they will also stay in the temple for a few more days. The night is long and dreams are many, so make arrangements as soon as possible."

With them here, they can also serve as witnesses, so there is no need for Liu to explain to the world.

"I know."

In the Buddhist hall.

It was not until Pei Xia pushed the door open that Su He suddenly realized that it was already midnight.

"Miss, go back and have a rest first, we'll come back tomorrow."

Su He felt her knees go numb and numb, and after a while she stood up slowly. She asked, "Is there any unusual movement in Zhuju?"