Chapter 26 Prayers
Zhuer said that Sister Ruilan was waiting for me in the flower hall at the moment. As soon as I changed my clothes, I hurried to the flower hall with Yuebai.
It is said to be a flower hall, but it only contains some beautiful peonies that are often found in the palace gates, which means prosperity and wealth. The flower hall is only used for drinking tea and meeting friends on weekdays. I brought two clusters of gardenias from Prince Jing's Mansion a few days ago.
It was also placed here by Liang Bo.
The two clusters of gardenias are now a little wilted, but this does not affect their rich fragrance. As soon as you approach the flower hall, you can smell the fragrance of gardenias from a distance.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Sister Ruilan sitting at the round table enjoying gardenias, and Xiaoer beside her was also bent over and smelling the flowers greedily.
"Sister Ruilan." I shouted.
When Sister Ruilan saw me coming, she quickly stood up and walked towards me, with a slight smile on her face, and said, "I heard from my father in the mansion that the emperor had issued a wedding edict to the general's mansion, so I hurried over to congratulate you."
With that said, Xiao'er presented a brocade box, which was engraved with the auspicious pattern of dragon and phoenix.
Sister Ruilan and I have a good relationship, and I have never been polite to her. Seeing that this brocade box looked good, I quickly took it over and asked, "What is this?"
Sister Ruilan smiled and deliberately said, "Open it and take a look."
I looked at her, hesitated for a while and then opened the box. There was a Zan gold and jade bracelet on the golden brocade inside. The jade bracelet was very shiny. At first glance, it was a priceless jade.
I quickly pushed the brocade box back into her hands and said, "No, this is too expensive, I can't have it."
Sister Ruilan smiled, took my hand and put this Zan gold jade bracelet on me, and said: "You have only been married once, so this is the only time I will give you such an expensive jade bracelet. You see, it looks so good."
What a pretty wrist you have."
I raised my hand and looked at it carefully. The gold and jade bracelet on my white and flawless wrist became more and more dazzling. After looking at it for a long time, I liked it very much. After hesitating for a while, I accepted it.
"When my sister returns home later, I will also give you a pair of hairpins. Although they are not as valuable as this Zan gold and jade bracelet, they are still extremely rare." I said.
"Silly girl, I'm not getting married, why did you give me a hairpin?"
"Hmm...otherwise, does sister like these two clusters of gardenias? If you like, you can take them when you leave." I looked at the two clusters of gardenias on the table, then held them up like a treasure to hand to Sister Ruilan.
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Sister Ruilan smiled and took the gardenia, put it back on the table, and said: "I just heard from Zhu'er that this is the gardenia given to you by Prince Jing. You usually treasure it very much. This kind of gardenia is so popular that it captures people's hearts."
I won’t do anything.”
Seeing my anxious look, Xiaoer covered her mouth and smiled and said, "Miss Liang, stop working so hard. Our lady has other things to do here this time."
After hearing this, I looked at Sister Ruilan with a puzzled look.
Sister Ruilan smiled mysteriously, raised her hand to straighten my messy bun, and said lovingly: "When a girl from the Chinese dynasty gets married, her mother must take her to the temple to pray for blessings."
As soon as I heard this, my heart felt like a huge stone, and my expression began to feel a little unnatural. My mother passed away early, and my father was away at war all year round. My brother only took care of me in the past few years. He is not much older than me.
There are many things that he himself hasn't figured out yet.
Sister Ruilan smiled and said: "Originally, my mother wanted to do this for Aunt Liang, but she finally felt it was not good. I grew up with you, and I am like a mother, so I will go with you.
Go to Yunxiao Temple to pray."
Although I was depressed, I couldn't ignore Sister Ruilan's hard work, so I nodded and asked, "Then when will we set off?"
"Tomorrow. Tomorrow I will come to the General's Mansion to look for you. Then we will set off together."
I nodded, thinking that I would tell my father and brother later that Yunxiao Temple was outside Shangjing City, so we would not be able to come back within a day, and we had to ask my brother to send someone to go with us.
I suddenly thought of something, pulled Sister Ruilan to sit down, and asked softly in her ear: "Sister, what do you think of Wei Shen?"
I remembered the day Sister Ruilan was in a trance after seeing Wei Shen in the Lotus Pavilion of the Qishan Palace, and I became interested: "I asked him to take you back to your hometown that day. Did anything happen on the way?"
I looked at her with a silly smile on my face.
Sister Ruilan's cheeks were red. She pushed me away and stood up. Her eyes were looking around unnaturally. She said coquettishly: "What could have happened? Nothing happened."
I laughed out loud, knowing that Sister Ruilan would never tell me, but her abnormal expression and behavior aroused my interest.
I turned around and asked Xiaoer: "Xiaoer~"
Xiao'er is really a rare clever girl. When I said this, she understood clearly. She said: "That day... um... Miss..."
"Stop talking!" Unexpectedly, Sister Ruilan, who is usually dignified and quiet, actually covered Xiao'er's mouth with her hand, "It seems that I have really spoiled you in the past!"
Xiaoer stood back aggrievedly and said: "Miss Xiaoer is wrong, I won't dare to do it again."
When Sister Ruilan saw that she had admitted her mistake, she softened her heart, softened her tone, and said, "We can't do this next time."
Xiaoer nodded.
I was really scared just now. It was the first time I saw Sister Ruilan angry because of this matter, so I stepped forward and took her hand, shook it gently, and said in a slightly coquettish tone: "Sister...are you angry?"
Sister Ruilan didn't want to pay attention to me, but seeing the aggrieved look on my face, she laughed out loud and said, "You and Xiao'er always like to make fun of me."
"Then sister, please tell me quickly, Qingqing really wants to know."
"Don't tell me. If you want to know, ask someone else. I won't tell you." Sister Ruilan turned her face away, but I could clearly see a slight smile on her blushing face.
Seeing that Sister Ruilan refused to tell me, I stopped asking her and thought about going to Wei Shen to ask Wei Shen later.
After leaving Sister Ruilan to sit for a while, she went back on the pretext that something happened at home.
Chapter completed!