Mrs. Ye looked at He Xiang with a dark face.
"Hexiang, go back and tell Aunt Lou that she must keep a close eye on Sixth Girl and never let her go to the main hall of White Horse Temple to kneel down and copy scriptures again."
"If it doesn't work, let her copy in the dormitory."
"Yes, slave, please leave the city now."
"Okay, hurry up and go before the city gate is locked."
Mrs. Ye naturally saw that He Xiang's face was pale, but she didn't care at all whether a maid was sick, as long as her affairs were done well.
Faced with the coldness of the old woman, He Xiang had long been accustomed to it. After coming out of the Hou Mansion, she did not leave the city at all. Instead, she returned to Guanning Hutong, preparing to let Ye Rui take her back to Baima Temple the next day.
The two took this opportunity to discuss the issue of their children's stay.
Mrs. Gan watched He Xiang leave, and suddenly a plan came to her mind.
Ye Yanran has not had the chance to meet the fourth prince during this period, so she wants to create opportunities for the two of them.
"Sixth girl causing these troubles has really damaged the old lady's reputation. It's better for Yanran to go to the White Horse Temple in person."
"It's just that the old lady is thinking about Liu Yatou and specially asked Yanran to visit her. She wants her to come back to Beijing. It was Liu Yatou who insisted on praying for the old lady at White Horse Temple, so the old lady couldn't agree."
Mrs. Ye, who had a bad expression, immediately smiled when she heard what Mrs. Gan said.
"That's great. Let all the ladies in the capital see that I didn't treat Liu Yatou harshly. All of this was done of her own free will."
The two talked for a few more words, and Mrs. Gan secretly said that the cash provided by Zhongfu was insufficient and she was afraid that she would not be able to make up for the shortfall this year. She hoped that the old lady could get some money.
In the end, the old lady was really annoyed by Mrs. Gan, so she agreed to take out 50,000 taels of silver.
"Mother Sun, you and Jingwei go to get the silver together. Take 30,000 taels of silver in cash and another 20,000 taels in silver notes."
"Yes, old slave, let's do it now."
Grandma Sun took the key to the warehouse from Mrs. Ye and went down.
Although Mrs. Gan on the side said that she only asked for 50,000 taels of silver, it was better than nothing.
This is the first time in this year that Mrs. Ye has used the warehouse key in her hand.
It was quite a sight to see boxes of cash being carried out of the warehouse.
When Zhou Cong in the front yard heard the news, he immediately called Lian Qiao and Lv Zhu to inquire about the warehouse in the backyard.
Let’s talk about Ye Jintang.
Returning to the dormitory from the main hall, as soon as she entered the room, she took off her knee pads and rubbed her knees, which were still a little numb. It was not easy to act in a meaty scene. After just a while, she couldn't bear it.
"Girl, you don't really want to fast, do you?"
"How is it possible? The old lady is just trying to torture me. The fact that my parents were buried in the ancestral graves probably hit her a bit hard. Now she can only vent her anger on me."
"The old lady is too vicious. It's outrageous enough to kneel down and copy scriptures, but she actually does such a thing as fasting and not eating?"
"There is also the so-called bathing and changing. There are so many clothes in winter, and it is very troublesome to put them on and take them off."
"This is White Horse Temple. We live in a dormitory. There are no earth dragons in the house. Even if there is a charcoal basin, it will be cold."
"If you have to bathe and change clothes every day before copying scriptures, the girl will probably fall ill in less than two days."
Liuli had seen many ways to bully people, but this was the first time she encountered such a vicious one.
"So, I never thought of listening to it from the beginning. We can take a break tomorrow after we perform a bitter meat show. I guess Wuwei should rent a storage warehouse at the foot of the mountain."
"After packing up Grandma Lou tomorrow, I will go down the mountain."
"Okay, I will secretly bring steamed buns back to the girl early tomorrow morning."
"Instead of bringing a lot of snacks, we can also fill our stomachs with snacks. Don't worry, I will never let myself suffer."
"Oh, I almost forgot. I need a pill to take care of Grandma Lou tomorrow. Please bring me a bitter Angelica pill."
"What does a girl want pills for?"
"You'll find out tomorrow."
The next day, Ye Jintang and Liuli ate in the back room before coming out.
"Sixth girl, the old slave has prepared breakfast for the girl. Please use it early. After bathing and changing clothes, I will copy the scriptures for the old lady."
"The bathtub in the house is broken, so I won't take a bath today."
Ye Jintang took a look at the bowl of porridge that Aunt Lou brought over. The bowl was full of soup, with only a few rice grains. It seemed that she really wanted to count the rice grains for her to eat.
"Mother Lou, please take the porridge away. I'm afraid you will stain the porridge when you count the rice grains."
As Ye Jintang said this, he didn't care about Grandma Lou's ugly face and strode towards the main hall.
How dare Grandma Lou let her go to the main hall? Just as she was about to step forward to stop her, Ye Jintang suddenly stopped, turned to look at Grandma Lou and said, "Grandma Lou, don't forget your identity."
"Even if you are embarrassed in front of my grandmother, you are still a slave, and even if my grandmother doesn't like it, I am still the legitimate daughter of the sixth family of the Ye family."
"That's what Miss Six said."
Grandma Lou gritted her molar teeth and responded, but she did not dare to step forward and stop Ye Jintang.
There were already monks and pilgrims doing morning prayers in the main hall. When Ye Jintang came in, they continued chanting without any pause.
But the pilgrims who came early to offer incense were not as calm as they were.
"Hey, that's the legendary Sixth Girl. She looks young."
"Yes, her body is so slender and her skin is as white as jade. It looks like she has never suffered anything at home before."
"Oh, such a good girl has to kneel down in the main hall and copy scriptures in the cold weather. How can her body and bones withstand it?"
"Who says it's not true? Let alone kneeling to copy scriptures. Even if you sit in such a cold weather and can't hold a brush, how can you copy scriptures?"
Standing outside the main hall, the ladies and girls watching were all talking in low voices.
Ye Jintang, who was kneeling in the main hall, listened carefully to their conversation and vaguely heard that the story of her kneeling to copy scriptures and pray for Mrs. Ye had spread in the capital.
Let the incident continue to ferment for one day, and then she can call it a day. Let Mrs. Ye slowly clean up the rest of the stalls.
Standing outside the main hall, Grandma Lou was extremely anxious. Why hasn't Hexiang come back yet? What should we do about this matter? If we continue to make the sixth girl kneel down, this matter may not be able to end.
Grandma Lou was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but she was just anxious.
The sun was rising higher and higher, and there were more and more pilgrims outside the hall. Grandma Lou was pushed outside by the crowd, and Ye Jintang could not be seen.
Seeing so many people, Grandma Lou frowned, and she suddenly remembered that today is the fifteenth day, and it is the last fifteenth day of the year. Naturally, there will be many people coming to offer incense and pray for blessings.
She vaguely felt that things were developing out of control and in a bad direction.
The culprit of all this is Ye Jintang.
Grandma Lou finally understood that Ye Jintang was not as weak and harmless as she appeared.
