The baby is all there, the princess is still in the routine

The Tianning Temple in the outskirts of the capital is full of incense.Now that the Lantern Festival is just over, before the first month comes out, many believers come to offer incense and pray for a prosperous new year.

On the steps at the foot of the mountain, there is a big wooden signboard with four large characters written: The temple is closed today.

Tianning Temple is one of the largest temples in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there has never been a situation where the temple was not open during the first month.Monk Miaozhu gathered dozens of people who were unwilling to leave, and asked Miaozhu to give an explanation.

Facing the aggrieved believers, Miao Zhu's face was colder than the winter, and he said impatiently: "Amitabha. Today, the temple does have distinguished guests. For the safety of the distinguished guests, the temple will be closed for a day. All benefactors, please go back, and the temple will definitely open tomorrow."

When everyone heard this, they were naturally dissatisfied.

"It just snowed heavily two days ago, and the snow hasn't melted yet. After walking more than ten miles to come here, it's not just suffering."

"Grand officials often come to offer incense, and I have never heard of anyone with such a big posture?"

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The jingling of carriage bells rang from far to near, and the echo was amplified in the mountains, breaking the noise.

More than 30 guards with swords and horses escorted a carriage with a splendid colorful curtain and a golden jade roof with jewels.The carriage is very spacious and grand, pulled by five horses, and when the sun shines, the golden light makes people dizzy.

Everyone recovered from their surprise and began to discuss in low voices.The emperor drives six horses, and the princes drive five.Which prince is this going out, such a big show!

The guards drove the onlookers to one side, leaving enough space.The coachman took out the horse stool, lifted the curtain, and a girl dressed as a maid jumped out of the carriage first, bowing her waist and putting her arms together.

A pair of jade hands rested on the arms of the servant girl, the girl covered her face with a light veil, and the pearls and emeralds shone on the passers-by.

A little slush was stained on the horse stool, and she frowned slightly.The coachman knelt down and bowed immediately, and the girl stepped on her back and got out of the carriage.

The temple wished to greet him with a smile: "Amitabha, the county lord, the monk is polite."

Xu Pinting was used to this kind of courteous smile, and nodded slightly arrogantly.She waved her hand, and a small sedan chair inlaid with gold was carried by eight Kongwu powerful bearers and landed at her feet.

Obviously, Xu Pinting wanted to go up the mountain in a sedan chair.

The smile on Miao Zhu's face disappeared immediately, and he stammered: "My lord, the Great Zhou respects the Dharma. There are rules in Zhou Rituals. All people stop their sedan chairs and dismount in front of the temple, and climb the steps on foot. Even the royal family and nobles are no exception. Please walk... "

The snow on the bluestone steps has been cleared away by the sweeping monks, leaving a layer of dampness on the surface of the steps.

Xu Pinting frowned in disgust: "The county magistrate wants to sit in a sedan chair."

Behind the crowd, a young man in ordinary clothes and a soft headband raised his voice, "Isn't the county magistrate a human being? Can the magistrate not be able to walk?"

Xu Pinting frowned in displeasure, and said arrogantly: "How can this county lord be treated like a pariah like you! I am the daughter of Princess Dazhou, and the emperor is my uncle. Don't say that today the county lord doesn't want to be with you!" These untouchables worship Buddha together, even if the county lord kills you and others, no one dares to say 'no'. Guards, give this unrecognizable untouchable a [-] board to see who dares to insult the county lord."

Everyone was already annoyed at not being able to enter the incense, and they didn't provoke anyone, and now they were scolded head-on and face-to-face, with each mouthful of 'untouchables', who could not be angry?

The guards wanted to go through the crowd to find the man, but they were crowded and pulled, and the scene was chaotic and embarrassing.

No one noticed that behind Xu Pinting's carved BMW, there was a simple and plain carriage.

Ning Changle and the maid Jiu'an got off the carriage and stood in the corner, watching the excitement for a while with great interest.Seeing that a fight was about to start, Ning Changle looked around and found a sugar water stand, thought for a while, and whispered a few words to Jiu'an.

There are often small vendors at the foot of the temple mountain, selling some snacks to pilgrims.The temple is closed today, and the vendors have no business to do, and almost all go to other places to support their stalls.

The owner of the sugar water stall has gray hair. When he was pushing the sugar water cart here in the dark, he accidentally slipped on the snow and fell dizzy and backache.After finally coming here and occupying a good position, we encountered the closed temple again.The old man didn't have the strength to change to a new place, so he set up a stall and tried his luck.

There were only two or three people buying hot sugar water, and there were fights again.The old man was feeling unlucky when he saw a little girl with a baby face but a very cold face walking towards him, took out three taels of silver, and wrapped all the sugar water.The old man smiled happily, this time he met a nobleman.

Ning Changle walked unhurriedly in front of Xu Pinting, blocking her sight, and said loudly, "Stop!"

The guards and believers looked at him one after another.

Ning Changle smiled and said: "I'm really sorry for everyone today. The weather is cold, I invite everyone to have a bowl of hot sugar water to warm up."

Hearing the words, the young man in Futou didn't know whether it was intentional or not, and said furiously: "This handsome young man speaks human words. Are you the eldest son of the princess family? Discipline your younger sister well."

Xu Pinting couldn't hear anyone saying that she was Xu Changle's younger sister.Her mother was the eldest princess of the dynasty, and her father was the prime minister.Xu Changle, the son of a rural businessman who died eight lifetimes, is not worthy to be her brother at all.

Xu Pinting pushed the person to a stagger viciously, and the eyes above the veil gave Ning Changle a look full of disgust.

She said unconvinced: "How many copper coins is a bowl of sugar water worth? I will give you 100 taels of silver each, and you are not allowed to drink sugar water! Those who take the silver can no longer appear in Tianning Temple."

Caifu, the close maid, reminded in a low voice: "Will it be too much?"

Xu Pinting snorted coldly, a mere 100 taels of silver is nothing.

And such good things?

All the people present were very happy, and even the young man with a lot of cheap talk quickly bowed his head and happily waited in line to receive the money.The companion next to him seemed ashamed and tugged at the young man's sleeve.Without further ado, the young man pushed his companion into the team, and he must get an extra share.

Seeing this, Xu Pinting said coldly: "It's really cheap."

Her voice was very loud, she deliberately said it to everyone, and forcefully slapped everyone in the face.Many people lowered their heads to hide their faces of shame and indignation, it was 100 taels of silver.

Xu Pinting glanced at Ning Changle triumphantly, then got into the sedan chair and was carried up the mountain by eight porters.Miao Zhu slipped his Adam's apple, but finally dared not say more, and followed the sedan chair on foot.In the face of power, the outsider wearing a blue monk's robe merged with the attendants.

Ning Changle hooked the corners of his lips.Sure enough, his half-sister always overshadows her in everything.

He looked at Jing Jing's money-receiving team, and murmured, "Mountain people have the easiest way to make a living, and they earn a living with mountains and trees. If you enter the market with a negative salary, you will get a hundred dollars, and you will return to your wife and children to steam the millet."

Ordinary people get up early and work late, and their daily income is less than a hundred dollars.The price of silver in the Great Zhou Dynasty is consistent at one tael, and always at a thousand taels. 100 taels of silver is equivalent to one person's work for nearly three years.The hardships of life, the honorable county head will not know at all.

The maid, Jiu'an, handed over a bowl of hot sugar water, and asked without expression, "Master, what are you muttering about?"

"It's nothing." Ning Changle blew on the hot air and sipped the sugar water.

After drinking the sugar water, he handed the bowl back to Jiu An: "An'an, wait for me in the carriage after drinking the sugar water, you don't need to follow me to the temple."

Jiu An frowned, and said worriedly: "I will accompany the young master."

Ning Changle reminded: "Forgot last time?"

Last summer, Xu Pinting also had such a sudden idea, regardless of the young master's refusal, she forced the young master to go to the temple to offer incense.As a result, when they finished offering incense and came out, the carriage had long since disappeared.The young master walked more than ten miles with her before returning to the city gate.The summer was unbearably hot, and the young master suffered from severe heat stroke, which lasted for several days.

Jiu'an's mood swings are very rare, but whenever it comes to his master, he is easy to get on top of.She bit her lip and said, "Master, I will find a way to kill the county magistrate, so that no one will notice."

Ning Changle patted Jiu'an's head, smiled lightly and said, "Young master doesn't need your little girl's film for this kind of thing. If it's cold, there is a soft mattress in the cabinet."

After Jiu An finished drinking the hot sugar water, his cold stomach finally felt warm.She draped the warm soft mattress over her body, curled up inside like a little hamster.While drowsy, Jiu An suddenly remembered that before leaving, the master specially warmed the mattress with charcoal fire.She was puzzled, so it was for herself.

The always cold eyes were bent, the master knew that she came to Kuishui to take care of her.

When Ning Changle arrived at the main hall, there was a thin layer of sweat on his body, and he was out of breath.The mountain temple is not high, with five or six hundred steps.However, Ning Changle suffered from a serious illness nine years ago. Since then, his body has been weak and he can't bear it.

This serious illness is also thanks to Xu Pinting.Xu Pinting looked down on Ning Changle since she was a child, and made trouble everywhere.

Ning Changle's status in the Xu family is embarrassing. His mother is the only daughter of the richest man in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and his father Xu Enyi is the son-in-law.When Ning Changle was five years old, Xu Enyi was the champion of high school and served in the court.Xiao Changle came to the capital with her mother, which was a good thing for the family to reunite, but she didn't want Xu Enyi to have an affair with the eldest princess.The mother committed suicide because of this, and more than [-] members of the Ning family were buried in the flames overnight, leaving herself alone.Ning Changle was forced to change his name to Xu Changle.

Seven months after the princess married into the Xu family, Xu Pinting was born.Two years later, his younger brother Xu Zongshi was born.The two siblings were loved by their parents and grew up like pearls and treasures.Ning Changle looked at him coldly, never thinking that he was from the Xu family, and his surname was always Ning.

In the first few years, he had a tough temper and was in a very difficult situation. The princess beat him and his servants bullied him.

A few years older, Ning Changle learned to observe words and demeanor, put away the cold and hard shell, pretended to be soft and pitiful, and only after slowly winning Xu Enyi's love did he have a little stable life.

In the cold winter when Ning Changle was 15 years old, Xu Pinting threw a ruby ​​jade hairpin into the pond in front of everyone, claiming that Ning Changle had thrown it, and forced him to go into the water to get it.

At that time, he was alone and helpless, and no one could speak for him.

Ning Changle jumped into the icy cold pool, contracted the wind and cold, and stayed in bed for more than a year, saving his life.His good father, who was full of benevolence and morality, only punished Xu Pinting to kneel in the ancestral hall for half the night.

Ning Changle sneered as Xu Pinting knelt down devoutly, his eyes swept over the golden Buddha statue.Jin is tall and solemn, and the Buddha half closed his eyes, overlooking the world with infinite compassion.

Buddhists believe that everyone has Buddha nature, put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately.Ning Changle didn't believe it because of this, he only believed in killing people and paying blood for blood.He decided to make the Xu family also taste the taste of family ruin.

Even if you fall into hell forever, you don't hesitate.

Xu Pinting ordered the servant girl Caifu to donate 5000 taels of sesame oil money. Miaozhu immediately smiled and invited them to rest in the dormitory and eat vegetarian food.

A group of people walked through the long corridor, Xu Pinting asked meaningfully: "Brother, don't you wonder why I invited you to come to offer incense?"

"The county lord naturally has the idea of ​​the county lord." Ning Changle's eyes were calm.Although Xu Pinting didn't know what tricks Xu Pinting had thought of to torment others, she was not afraid at all.

"Elder brother is twenty-four this year. The twins of ordinary people get married early. I'm afraid the children are five or six years old. My elder brother is so old, but he doesn't have a good marriage. As a younger sister, of course I want to find a good marriage for my elder brother."

Ning Changle's face turned cold.

There are three genders in the world: man, woman and twins.Although Shuang'er can conceive and give birth, except for a red mole on the earlobe, he is no different from a man in appearance, and can also marry a woman, and the woman will conceive offspring.According to the customs of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the status of the twins is equal to that of a man, and they can also inherit the family business.Few twins choose to marry a man as their wife.

What Xu Pinting said was nothing more than humiliating Ning Changle.

The princess wanted to promise him to others several times, or she was a prodigal who lingered on fireworks, or a beast who killed his wife, but Ning Changle designed to avoid him.

Ning Changle touched the jade ring on the middle finger of his right hand, with a half-smile: "Don't bother the magistrate."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned the corner and saw a person standing in the courtyard.Yushu faces the wind and looks handsome.

Ning Changle was stunned for a moment.Luo Wenjin, why are you here?

"Tianwan——" Luo Wenjin saw her sweetheart, and unconsciously took two steps back, with a strange expression on her face.

Xu Pinting took two quick steps, grabbed Luo Wenjin's arm, and said coquettishly, "Brother Wenjin, you came to find me."

Luo Wenjin didn't shake off Xu Pinting's hand, her eyes dodged and she didn't dare to look at him.

Ning Changle recalled the poem Luo Wenjin sang when he put on the jade ring for him half a year ago: "Twisting the ring makes you miss each other, and seeing the ring reminds you of each other again. May you keep playing forever, and the cycle has no end."

He said that he would definitely persuade the Duke to marry him as his wife.

Ning Changle closed her eyes, her long, curly eyelashes half covered her dark pupils, suppressing the smoldering under her eyes.

The memories of the past four years are like a layer of gray dust, which is a bit choking.

Ning Changle walked slowly, stepping on Luo Wenjin's heart with every step he took.

Luo Wenjin's face gradually turned pale, and she looked flustered: "It's getting late, my father's fate is hard to deal with, I really can't help it."

He came here after Xu Pinting's message, but he never thought that Ning Changle would be there.Luo Wenjin didn't expect how to explain it to Ning Changle.

Xu Pinting looked at Ning Changle provocatively.

Why should Shuang'er, who is bleeding common people's humble blood, compete with herself?

It doesn't matter how much Luo Wenjin likes him, isn't he bowing down under the pressure of the royal family?What Xu Changle wanted, she wanted to rob him.

Ning Changle didn't show any anger on his face, and still had a soft and gentle appearance, and asked with a chuckle, "When did the relationship between Rong Guogong and the prime minister get so good?"

The reason why he was willing to accept Luo Wenjin at the beginning was that Rong Guogong and the prime minister had different political views, and there was a big political difference.

"One moment and another. Just today, Dad and Rong Guogong went to meet the Holy One and married me and brother Wenjin."

Xu Pinting flaunted Luo Wenjin's arm: "If my elder brother really likes Brother Wenjin, my younger sister also has the kindness of an adult beauty. How about my elder brother marrying Wenjin as a concubine?"

Luo Wenjin looked at Ning Changle quite moved.

He has always liked Ning Changle.Xu Pinting is domineering and domineering, always superior to others.And Ning Changle has a gentle and gentle personality, and has never lost his temper with him.If he enters the door, even if Changle is a concubine, he will treat him like a regular wife and will never treat him badly.

Seeing the shameless joy in Luo Wenjin's eyes, Ning Changle was so sick that he wanted to vomit.As expected of his good sister, she really knows how to disgust him.

Ning Changle's thin lips parted lightly: "Are you worthy?"