This question from Nanguang Yan is a bit confusing. He just came up, how would he know?
Thought for a while, he said, "Let's go in first to worship Buddha Master. After adding oil money, we will ask the master in the temple to give us a courtyard."
Yu Yao thought for a moment and found it reasonable. After all, how can one come to a temple and not worship the Buddha first, but instead go to sleep?
She looked at the red brick temple in front of her, a faint smell of incense filled the air. The temple was quiet and solemn, with the sound of bells echoing in her ears, as if there were low recitation of Buddhist sutras and beating of wooden fish.
The group, led by the small monk, arrived at the main hall in the center.
At this moment, the main hall doors stood wide open, and a group of dozens of attendants were waiting on both sides of the doors.
In the main hall, there was an altar dedicated to a gold-coated statue about three meters high. On the empty space in front of the statue, there were three meditation benches.
At this moment, a middle-aged woman with a charismatic and attractive appearance was kneeling on the meditation bench. She was dressed in silk and satin, adorned with jade hairpins, exuding great elegance.
Yu Yao knew that the beautiful woman was the Princess, whom she had met at the previous flower-viewing banquet.
Princess Jin saw the long-princess, slightly stunned, and then walked forward to pay respects, "Your servant greets the long princess."
She is a princess consort, but the long princess is the eldest daughter of the late emperor and a member of the imperial family, whose status naturally exceeds hers.
Nangong Yan also stepped forward to pay respects, "Yan, meet my aunt."
"I have met the long princess," Yu Yao also bowed respectfully.
Long princess is the mother of Zhaomin marquis, and she calls her aunt in her heart. She thought for a moment and decided to call long princess directly, which would not make any mistake.
The Long Princess stood up, smiling and feigning to support a few people, "We are all family. Why be so formal?"
She looked at Yu Yao's face and made a circle, her eyes deep and intense.
Min has been shouting that this woman is the one who hurt her. But she secretly had people check, and did not find any signs that this woman had done anything.
After the imperial physician's diagnosis, it was also said that Min did not have poisoning, but was purely due to eating incompatible foods.
Otherwise, she would never have let Yu Yao go.
Although there is no relationship with Yu Yao, due to Min's words, the Long Princess also inevitably dislikes her.
Yu Yao naturally noticed the Long Princess's dislike towards her, but she did not mind.
The Long Princess turned her gaze away from Yu Yao and looked at the Prince Jin, raising an eyebrow and smiling: "Sixth brother, why don't you even show a reaction when you see me? Are you angry with me?"
Prince Jin knew it was a joke, naturally would not be angry, glanced at her, and said: "No offense, just smelling your carriage so much that I don't want to talk."
That's a sharp-tongued remark; everyone present couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Even the Princess Consort of the Crown Prince and the Princess Consort of the Third Prince were unable to help but twitch their lips.
This is a remark that only Prince Jin would dare to make.
The Long Princess's face turned darkened a few shades. If anyone else had said this to her, she would definitely be angry, but she had always known what kind of person Prince Jin was.
In her eyes, everyone except the Princess Consort of the Crown Prince is worthless, and she is sharp-tongued. Even Shihuangdi (Qiming Emperor) has been put in his place several times by him.
She glared at Prince Jin and snorted coldly: "Then that's fine. I'll have my servants pull the carriage to your Jinfang when we leave, just to plug your stinky mouth."
"Not as smelly as your carriage. Don't bring it to my palace, or else you'll make it stink."
Prince Jin's expression is filled with disgust.
Seeing the dialogue between the sister and brother, everyone present couldn't help but laugh.
Then, unexpectedly, Prince Jin asked the Long Princess, "By the way, what is it in your carriage? Why did you bring it to the Wan'an Temple?"
The Long Princess looked at Prince Jin, her expression wasn't good, and she sighed lowly, "It's Min. She suddenly contracted a serious illness and had an abnormal body odor. Even the doctors couldn't help, so I had no choice but to bring her here to see Master Hui Cong."
Prince Jin and the Princess Consort of the Crown Prince exchanged glances. They were aware of this matter, but they did not expect that the serious illness would be body odor.
While body odor is not harmful to health, for a maiden, it is a devastating blow.
That's why they had to come to Wan'an Temple.
Prince Jin and the Princess Consort of the Crown Prince exchanged glances, their pupils sliding with sympathy. A girl like this has contracted such an illness, how can one not be sympathetic?
If the body odor is not cured, she might be unable to find a husband in the future.
The Princess Consort of the Crown Prince addressed a few words of comfort to the Long Princess and then knelt down on the meditation bench.
She bowed with devout reverence, muttering continuously.
Yu Yao overheard a word here and there. It was nothing more than prayers for the prosperity and safety of the Jin palace, for health and good fortune, and for her to bear a strong, healthy son.
Then she took the incense stick from the little monk by her side and placed it in the incense burner.
The Long Princess heard the Princess Consort of the Crown Prince's wish, and was stunned for a moment. Her gaze fell on Yu Yao's abdomen.
Pregnant so soon? What a blessing.
She did not say anything, and soon left with her attendants.
After the Princess Consort of the Crown Prince bowed, Nangong Yan and Prince Jin followed.
Finally, it was Yu Yao's turn. She knelt on the meditation bench, watching the wisps of smoke rising from the incense burner.
She silently prayed in her heart: I have no particular requests, but if I have to say something, may blessings be upon my mission, and may I not encounter any unreasonable people, those with abnormal personalities, or overly difficult-to-handle romantic leads.
It would be best if I could meet those little teacups, the obedient ones, and the pure-hearted ones.
Because her requests were numerous, she knelt for a while longer.
Nangong Yan looked at her several times, wondering what she was asking for, and why she had been kneeling for so long.
Zhou's servant girls entered to light incense. She didn't know Prince Jin, the Princess Consort of the Crown Prince, or Nangong Yan, but she could tell they were distinguished.
She politely nodded to the few people and then knelt beside Yu Yao.
Zhou prayed a few times, then began to murmur quietly: "May the Buddha bless my son Luoshu with prosperous official career, gain the guidance of wise people, be in good health, and avoid all misfortunes and hardships."
I have a small wish as a believer. May the Buddha punish my disobedient daughter-in-law.
Zhou's voice was small, but it was still heard by Yu Yao, who had an excellent sense of hearing.
Upon hearing the words "my son Luoshu," she knew who the person kneeling beside her was.
And then, she heard Zhou's last sentence about wanting to punish her disobedient daughter-in-law.
Yu Yao nearly lost her composure, her expression almost slipping.
Zhou is unable to compete with Yu Wan, so she specifically runs to the temple to ask the Buddha for help?
Princess Jin was standing right beside her, naturally having heard it. She looked at Zhou with an odd expression, thinking: What a unfortunate girl to marry into such a family that she has come to seek Buddha's help.
Yu Yao took the incense stick passed by the young monk and inserted it into the incense burner, then got up from the meditation cushion.
Then it was time for the fortune-telling. She randomly shook it and a fortune-telling stick fell out.
She picked it up and saw that it was a lower-lower fortune-telling stick. The fortune-telling showed that she would face a deadly threat, and even if she survived, she would be humiliated by others in the end, which was extremely inauspicious.
Although it is extremely inauspicious, this stick also contains the meaning of seeing the light after a dark period.
In short, in the end, nothing happened.
Nangong Yan's attention was always on her. When she saw the fortune-telling stick and the words on it, her face turned serious, then relaxed gradually.
This means she understands the meaning of the fortune-telling.
The fortune-telling sticks in this temple are even difficult for him to understand, but his wife can actually read them?
This discovery shocked Nangong Yan immensely.
Then he said, "Yu'er, what is your fortune-telling stick? Would you like me to have a monk here look at it for you?"
"No need," Yu Yao shook her head slightly and put the stick back into the cylindrical container.
She didn't mention the content of the fortune-telling stick, not wanting to worry herself even more.
Although the fortune-telling stick indicates that there will be a turn for the better, it also means that she will encounter danger.
The group looked at each other, although they were curious about Yu Yao's fortune-telling stick, they didn't want to keep asking her when she showed no signs of wanting to talk about it.
The Princess Consort of the Crown Prince added some sesame oil money to the meritorious incense, a silver note worth one thousand liang.
The monk beside them noticed this and immediately smiled broadly, thinking: These distinguished individuals are so generous.
Later, he eagerly approached and chatted with them, and arranged for them to stay in a guest room.
