Early the next morning, before dawn, Xu Xiaoxiao got up: "Mother, mother, get up quickly, I want to wash my face."
"Mother, mother, I want the new practice clothes my mother made, the same one as my senior brother's."
"Mother, mother, hurry up, hurry up, it's too late, you're going to be late."
Looking at the still dark sky outside, Xia Qingfeng was speechless. In the summer, the sun comes up early, but it's dark outside. It's probably not even four o'clock yet.
Xia He, who was busy at the side, saw that the usually calm little lady was also happy because she was chattering and lively today. This is what a little baby should be like.
Taking Xu Xiaoxiao to the back mountain, Xia Qingfeng saw Ling Xiaoyu already waiting there, next to Monk Yuanyin who also looked hopeless.
Have these two people made an appointment? Don't even sleep?
After breakfast, Xia Qingfeng came to the Dharma Hall and sat in the front row among the lay people according to Master Kongzhi's arrangement. At this time, many pilgrims had come to the temple.
Master Kongzhi often travels abroad and does not have much time to stay in Chongfu Temple. It is even rarer to give lectures and lectures.
The Dharma Hall was already full of people kneeling, and even the courtyard outside was filled with pilgrims kneeling in an orderly manner. There were many nobles here.
Everyone noticed the woman in white sitting in the front row. Her skin was like fat, her brows were like light smoke, she was elegant and indescribably elegant. She was kneeling on a futon, with a tall and straight posture, and was talking in a low voice with the old lady of Wutinghou Mansion. .
"Whose young lady is this? She is so magnanimous and has a good relationship with a first-grade marquise. She must be a high-ranking lady." But after thinking about it carefully, I have never heard of such a person in the capital.
The ladies were discussing in low voices, when a young lady came in, about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a long white dress with exquisite orchid patterns embroidered on it, a gold and jade walking wave slanted on her head, and her ears hanging down. Two thumb-sized pearl earrings make the whole person look dignified and luxurious. This person is none other than Xu Jinyao, the fifth young lady of the Xiping Hou Mansion, the concubine of the third prince who has just been admitted to the house.
She can come today because the third prince's concubine is pregnant and it is inconvenient to go out. And Master Kongzhi said that in this rare opportunity, someone must come to the Third Prince's Mansion to show up and add some incense money. So, Xu Jinyao, who has been favored recently, came.
She has never left the house since entering the Third Prince's Mansion. Today was a rare opportunity, so she dressed up specially. I originally thought that I would be the focus of the audience, but who knew that after I came in, everyone just glanced at me and then whispered about something.
When I got closer and listened carefully, I realized that everyone was talking about the woman in white in front of me. She looked up and saw that those eyebrows looked so familiar. Isn't this...the sister-in-law who had been missing for half a year? But his demeanor was different from before. His every move showed confidence and calmness, and there was a faint air of bookishness in his eyes. People will be attracted to her unconsciously.
At this time, Xu Jinyao's eyes were filled with jealousy. How could such an abandoned woman have the nerve to come back? She must expose her identity so that those ladies will look down on her and drive her out of here.
Just as she was about to step forward, she saw an old monk coming from behind. The hall immediately became quiet, and everyone clasped their hands together: "Amitabha!" It turned out that this was Master Kongzhi, and Xu Jinyao had no choice but to salute. But when she raised her head, she saw Master Kong Zhi walking straight up to her sister-in-law and taking the initiative to talk to her. The sister-in-law also had a smile in her eyes and answered naturally. How is this going?
Others in the hall were also surprised. This was Master Kongzhi! It is very rare for an eminent monk to listen to his sermons, but this master took the initiative to talk to the woman. This woman must have great merits, so there was a hint of awe in her eyes.
Xu Jinyao was also surprised. What has this sister-in-law experienced in the six months since she left the house? Before she could figure it out, what did she see again?
His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun walked in with a little girl dressed exactly like the sister-in-law. They also walked directly towards the sister-in-law, and everyone knelt down to say hello, including themselves, but everyone over there was exempted from the courtesy, including their sister-in-law.
The girl was holding the emperor's grandson with one hand and her sister-in-law with the other hand, very intimately. Is this my sister-in-law’s daughter? How close you are to the emperor's grandson!
The amount of information was too much. No, she had to report it to the third prince, and also tell her eldest brother that this bitch had managed to get involved with so many big shots. She wanted her eldest brother to take her back to the house, lock her in the backyard, and make her return to her original cowardly self.
Xu Jinyao didn't know how she survived the rest of the time. Her eyes kept falling on Xia Qingfeng. From the beginning to the end, she was kneeling upright on the futon with a dignified manner, but her legs were already numb. Yes, she moved secretly several times. How did she do it?
Finally at noon, Xu Jinyao left in a hurry as her lunch was of no use.
Xia Qingfeng returned to the Zen room and immediately fell on the couch regardless of his appearance. Pretending to be too hard this morning, Xia He quickly came over to rub her legs. Martial arts practitioners know the acupuncture points of the human body. With just a few simple strokes, Xia Qingfeng felt much better.
Soon, the news of her being in Chongming Temple will spread. She should wait here for people from the Xipinghou Mansion to pick her up.
And Xu Jinyao is very conscientious as the microphone. After returning home, she immediately went to the study to find the third prince. As soon as she reached the door of the study, she was stopped by the guard: "The master is busy, please stay here!"
"I have something urgent to report to the prince. Please go in and let me know."
"Master ordered that no one can come in and disturb."
Xu Jinyao was about to speak when she heard a blushing voice coming from the study. What else don’t you know about this? The third prince's name was Ling Haoxuan. He was an extremely carefree man. There were many women in the backyard. Some were brought in from outside, and some were maids he favored at random on a whim, and some were later taken as wives or concubines.
Xu Jinyao was anxious and angry, but she didn't dare to disturb him, so she could only retreat to a farther place and wait quietly.
Because Xu Jinyao was in a hurry to get back home, she didn't even have lunch. It was such a hot summer day and she was dizzy waiting for it.
After a long time, the door of the study room opened, and a maid came in to bring water. After a while, Ling Haoxuan came out with his arms around a shy maid.
At this time, the guard came forward to report, and Ling Haoxuan let go of the maid and asked Xu Jinyao to enter the study together.
There was still an ambiguous atmosphere in the study, which made Xu Jinyao feel sick. But on the surface, he didn't dare to show anything, and he had to pretend to be gentle.
She told Ling Haoxuan everything she saw at Chongming Temple today.
"Are you sure you read it correctly? Is it really your sister-in-law?" Ling Haoxuan asked with a frown.
"It's absolutely true, that woman also has a child with her, which is my eldest brother's child."
"Okay, I understand." Then he asked the guards to call Xu Jingchen over.
