Chapter 16: Make things difficult for her

The West Garden of Yongning Hou is planted with green spotted bamboos. The breeze passes by, and the thin leaves are rustling. A bluestone path is built in the middle of the bamboo sea, and it winds into it. At the end, there is a small courtyard called "Zhuhuai Pavilion".

The blue brick, ink tiles and white walls of the Huai Pavilion are like a small residence in the south of the Yangtze River. It is pure and elegant, and is incompatible with the Yongning Marquis Mansion.

Xue Mei took the maid Cai Yuan, holding Maoer in her arms, and knocked on the door entering Huai Pavilion.

The maid who opened the door was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with beautiful eyebrows and sweet smiles. She saluted Xue Mei and invited her in.

Xue Mei came last time and knew that this maid was a mute. Her mother was the eldest lady of the Marquis’s Mansion and should preside over the gifts and educate her children, but she hid in this place to worship Buddha.

In order to be purified, even the maid she ordered was mute.

No wonder the original owner had to fight for everything himself, because his father didn't like her, his mother was unreliable, and his brother was disabled.

Not easy.

After entering Huai Pavilion, there is a century-old peach tree in the courtyard with twisted branches leaning against each other. At this time, the bright red falls, and only small green fruits adorn the branches.

Xue Mei entered the main hall.

There were only two maids and two rough women who entered Huai Pavilion. In addition to the mute, there was another maid who could speak, but was taciturn.

"Miss, Madam, there is still a moment, please sit down." The maid who could speak was simple and then stepped out after saying that.

Xue Mei held the cat in her arms and gently brushed it across its soft back.

It has been twenty days since her cat's back has grown fine soft fluff. It turns out that it is pure white and has a pair of mandarin duck eyes, which is Xue Mei's favorite breed.

She gently stroking the cat, waiting for her so-called mother.

The timing method in ancient China was different from later generations. The "moment" mentioned by the maid was not fifteen minutes, but half an hour.

Half an hour is one moment, four moments are one hour, that is, two hours.

For example, the common "three noon" in film and television works is exactly twelve o'clock noon.

Xue Mei sat like this, and after a moment, her mother came out of the Buddhist temple.

Before she walked out the door, Xue Mei heard a very clear sandalwood, which was a common fragrance for those who worship Buddha.

Before people arrive, smell the fragrance first.

Immediately, the bead curtain inside lifted up, and a crisp and pleasant sound sounded. The eldest wife Pan, also known as Xue Mei, the original owner's mother, finally came out.

She is over 40 years old, her skin is pale without seeing the light, with uneven fine lines at the corners of her eyes, and her eyes are cold when looking at people.

"You're here." The eldest lady said calmly without any warmth. "Are you all good lately?"

Xue Mei: "Everything is good."

"Can you study hard?"

"Read it."

"The needle girl has never fallen behind, right?"

"yes."

"Beside your grandmother, please be filial every day and do not abandon it; listen to your wet nurse, take your servants to be kind, and do not lose the peace of the eldest lady of the Marquis's house..."

Xue Mei listened quietly, feeling that her biological mother seemed to be completing a task.

I see my daughter once a month and recite this passage.

Xue Mei shouldn't have done anything bad, after all, everyone has their own difficulties. But when she saw that this mother was so cold, she couldn't help but want to do something bad.

She interrupted the eldest lady: "I have been reading the Lotus Sutra and the Shurangama Sutra recently, and I don't understand it. Can my mother resolve the doubts?"

The eldest lady was stunned.

"You, what are your questions?" asked the eldest lady.

Xue Mei: "My mother thinks it is better for my daughter to read the Lotus Sutra or the Shurangama Sutra?"

The eldest lady was slightly stunned.

"The Shurangama Sutra is too complicated, and my daughter can't understand it; the Lotus Sutra says that everyone can become a Buddha, regardless of poverty, no matter how noble or low a person. Having read the latter, the former is self-evident?" Xue Mei asked again.

The eldest lady made up her expression and said, "This is natural. You should read the Lotus Sutra first. However, you don't have to read the scriptures at a young age. You just need to do more good deeds on weekdays."

Xue Meidao is.

The eldest lady was afraid that she would ask again, so she said she wanted to recite scriptures and asked Xue Mei to go back.

After leaving the Enhuai Pavilion, Xue Mei stood in front of the green bamboo forest, contemplating a little.

"Miss, what's wrong?" the maid Caiyuan asked her.

Xue Mei shook her head.

She didn't express her doubts.

This mother doesn't look like a believer.

Believers are very pious.

When the eldest lady heard Xue Mei say she wanted to read the Bible, she actually advised her not to read it. This was not the behavior of believers. Believers are generally very happy that someone is willing to join her faith, which means that their daughter recognizes and pursues her trust.

Everyone needs recognition.

The eldest lady advised Xue Mei not to read it, but she was worried that Xue Mei would really ask her the scriptures, but she couldn't answer.

The "Lingyun Sutra" mentioned by Xue Mei was only found in the middle of the Tang Dynasty. According to Xue Mei's judgment, this era was definitely earlier than the Tang Dynasty, so there was no "Lingyun Sutra" in the world.

The Lotus Sutra is six or seven hundred years earlier than the Shurangama Sutra, and it should have it.

"This mother is so rough about Buddhism. I'm afraid she only knows the name of the Lotus Sutra, and she hasn't even read it?" Xue Mei couldn't help but complain.

So, the eldest lady hid in Huai Pavilion not to worship Buddha. Why did she?

Are you discouraged because of your son’s disability?

If you are discouraged, shouldn’t you worship Buddha well and seek a spiritual sustenance? Why is worshiping Buddha just an excuse and you haven’t even read the minimum scriptures?

Xue Mei is a little confused.

She was silent while walking back.

The maid Cai Yuan thought she was concerned about her wife's cold attitude, so she advised her: "Miss, don't be sad. The wife has always been like this for eight years. Even if there is no wife, have you survived these eight years?"

The original owner is only seventeen years old this year.

In other words, since she was nine years old, the mansion who should protect her and take care of her most, abandoned her; and the elder brother she should rely on became disabled.

The father and grandmother favored the second lady from the beginning; however, without her mother and elder brother, the original owner went to seek another emotional sustenance.

Unfortunately, she didn't find it and turned herself into a jumping clown.

Xue Mei felt sad for her.

This time, when I went to see the eldest lady last time, Xue Mei felt an indescribable sadness. This was not her feelings, but the original owner.

"Oh, poor child." Xue Mei sighed.

She passed away at a young age, and the military doctor Xue Mei replaced her, and she never enjoyed her happiness until she died. She longed for love for her whole life, but no one loved her.

The only thing that gave her warmth was King Rui Xiao Jingcheng, whom she met by chance. Because she couldn't climb up, that little warmth became her self-comfort in the lonely night, and did not make her think about it.

Xue Mei thought that the original owner might not want to know why her mother was like this.

In her heart, my mother died with her elder brother eight years ago, right?

Xue Mei calmed down and stopped thinking about it.

The eldest lady is a human or a ghost, and it has nothing to do with her. Anyway, she didn't want to stay in this family for the rest of her life.

Her goal was to get a princess in Kyoto in this feudal society, then move out of the Marquis' Mansion, turn off the engagement with the Wen family, and be free.
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