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Chapter 68: Perfunctory
Day after day nightmares made Su
Qingping unable to sleep a restful sleep, making her face haggard, dull
complexion, depressed spirit.
In the end, she could not stand
it anymore, so she thought of such a method and asked Su Shi, the head of the
family, to check and see who was actually harming her behind her back?
Su Qingping's eyes flashed with a
touch of gloom, her good life has not yet begun, how can it stop here!
After Su Shi returned to the
Dongci, she dismissed the others and spoke with Wang Mama: "Do you think
someone is doing this to Ping'er on purpose?" Nangong Xin was haunted by
Hua Pozi who pretended to be a ghost. This Ping'er dreamed of ghosts in
her Rong'anTang night after night, who is haunting here! And who can
make a move in her Rong'anTang? This hand also extends too far, right?
"This slave servant does not
dare to jump to conclusions." Wang Mama said hesitantly, but in her
heart she had already made up her mind and said politely, "I heard that
recently Cousin Miss Su's appetite is also not very good ......"
Su Shi twirled the Buddha beads
in her hand, to say that recently Su Qingping had offended someone, it was only
Zhao Shi. But if it was really Zhao Shi, should I punish her or not!
Can't let Lin Shi take charge of the family, right?
Thinking of this, a flash of
disgust passed through Su Shi's eyes.
After a long moment, she said
indifferently, "Wang Mama, go and check, and then tell the Cousin
Miss the results." After a pause, she murmured, "This matter
of gods and ghosts, I'm afraid it's a bit mysterious. It seems we should go to
offer incense and worship Buddha."
Wang Mama answered,
understanding in her heart that Su Shi did not want her to investigate in
detail. So she only made a show of it and went to report to Su Qingping
personally.
When Su Qingping got the news, it
was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue and her heart fell straight to the
bottom.She honestly did not expect that even though Su had stepped in, she
still could not find any trace. She couldn't help but feel a little shaken in
her heart. But soon, she was firmly convinced again that she was being
conspired against.
Although Su Qingping implied this
to herself, she was afraid to close her eyes at night. But at last, her eyelids
involuntarily began to fight and drift off to sleep.
This night, she was able to get a
good night's sleep steadily.
The next day after getting up, Su
Qingping more and more feels that what she expected is not wrong, someone must
be calculating her, and now saw her live in the Bisa closet, so they dare not
strike again.
Zhao Shi! Su Qingping secretly
swore in her heart that she would never let her go!
After she finished washing and
rinsing under the care of Liu Rong, she went to pay her respects to Su Shi. As
soon as she saw her, Su Shi said, "Ping'er, did you have a good rest last
night? You should have a good rest, why do you have to be so polite?"
Su Qingping thought to herself:
Su Shi is the only one she can rely on in the Nangong Mansion, so of course she
must hold on to her thighs. On the surface, she put on a warm and respectful
face and said: "Auntie, Ping'er had finally slept peacefully last night.
Thank you for your concern!"
Nangong Yue arrived here a little
earlier than Su Qingping. Looking at Su Qingping's appearance, her heart is
still not too relieved. Four days ago, when she was studying at the Jingjing
Residence, she quietly gave Su Qingping a medicine. The medicine is called
"Nightmare Three Nights", as the name suggests, it was three nights
of nightmares. The reason is that no matter how much attention Su Qingping paid
to her diet and other matters before, she did not find the cause of her
illness.
At this time, all the other
ladies arrived one after another.
When Su Shi saw that all the ladies
had arrived, she said to the crowd: "Recently, there have been a series of
accidents in the house which are not very peaceful. So perhaps they have bumped
into something." She said, she pointedly glanced at Zhao Shi, and continued,"I
have looked at the date and have decided to go to the White Dragon Temple in
three days to worship the Buddha. The eldest daughter-in-law, the second
daughter-in-law, Ping'er, and the young girls are all follow along ......"
Su Shi thought in her heart that she had already given Zhao Shi a face and did
not say so explicitly, hoping that Zhao Shi would be informed and sensible and
would not stretch her hand so far!
Zhao Shi was very aggrieved by Su
Shi's gaze. She thought she had only aggravated Su Qingping a little in the
meal. This continuous Nightmare and evil ghost is clearly Su Qingping's own
heart ghost! Now it's all on her! This Su Qingping is really a troublemaker!
When the girls heard that they
could go out, they couldn't help but jump for joy. Since they moved from the
old mansion to the royal capital, they had not been out of the house properly.
Only Nangong Lin's face changed slightly, her mother Huang Shi was being
punished to meditate behind closed doors, which meant that her mother could not
go to the worship Buddha ceremony this time.
Zhao Shi continued: "This
Bailong Temple is the largest temple in the kingdom other than the royal
HuangJue Temple. When the time comes, there will certainly be many powerful and
noble families who come to pay homage to Buddha. The girls should be careful
about their manners."
Su Shi's eyes sternly swept
everyone in the room at a glance, suddenly looking at serious instructions:
"Once arrived at the Bailong Temple, do not run around. If you lose
etiquette and bump into the noble person, disgrace the Nangong House, then do
not blame my family law disposal!
The girls promised, but as to how
much of Su Shi's words they listened to, only their own hearts understood.
After a few more words of advice
Su Shi let the crowd disperses. Nangong Lin hesitantly looked towards Su Shi,
but she wanted to say something but stopped.
After leaving Su Shi's courtyard,
the girls were relieved as if they had been liberated, and on their way to the
boudoir school, they chatted and discussed the Bailong Temple.
Nangong Yue has a faint smile on
her face, only occasionally echoing a few sentences. She didn't have any
special feeling about going to the Bailong Temple. In her previous life, she
had been to the Bailong Temple for many times, and had long strolled inside and
outside the Bailong Temple several times, there was really nothing to see.
Three days later, it was the day
to go to the Bailong Temple to offer incense and rituals to Buddha. Zhao Shi
specially went to Teacher Fang to give the girls a day off.
After Nangong Yue had her
breakfast, she took Yimei to meet Lin Shi at the Qianyun Courtyard. Although
Nangong Xin also wanted to go out to play, but he had just been very sick, Lin
naturally forbade it.
After saying goodbye to Nangong
Xin, both mother and daughter went to Rong'an Hall together. As soon as they
entered the courtyard, they saw Dong'er guarding the porch. As soon as she saw
Lin's mother and daughter, she greeted them and said with a sense of meaning,
"Second Furen and Miss third are also here so early."
Also? Nangong Yue raised her
eyebrows thoughtfully; Dong'er naturally did not say this to herself for
nothing. Who is it?
Nangong Yue and Lin Shi stopped
at the corridor, followed by a familiar voice from inside the main hall:
"Grandmother, granddaughter begs!"
It was Nangong Lin!
"Grandmother, take my mother
with you too! Today all the ladies of the house went to the Bailong Temple to
offer incense and salute Buddha, only my mother didn't go. How can she hold her
head up in front of the servants in the future?"
Obviously, Nangong Lin was
pleading for her mother Huang Shi's mercy.
Nangong Yue sighed mockingly in her
heart, the fourth sister was afraid that made the wrong move. Grandmother is
never a soft-hearted person. By doing this it is possible that the fourth
sister affected herself.
Although Lin Shi was disgusted
with Huang Shi, she was touched by Nangong Lin's filial piety and felt some
emotions in her heart. She didn't intend to listen any further and said softly
to Dong'er: "Dong'er, Yue Jie’er and I will go for a walk in the
garden and come back later."
Mother and daughter left without a
second thought, and the development in the main hall was as Nangong Yue had
expected.
