If not abolished

Chapter 336 Looking at each other

The He family also arrived in Shuntian. He Yunyue also set off again immediately after returning from Zhongdu. She had been on the road for the past three or four months and was exhausted from the long journey. She rested at home for three days without going out.

"Miss, you can't stay in your room and sleep today." At noon, the maid pushed the door open and a gust of cold wind blew in.

He Yunyue felt cold in a daze, so she wrapped the quilt tighter and shouted with her eyes closed: "Close the door quickly, I'm freezing."

The maid came to the bedside without saying a word and lifted the quilt a little. "Miss, you really need to wake up today. Get up. Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar month. Madam asked you to accompany her to worship Buddha. Someone has just been sent to ask if you are awake." The maid pulled her up with force. "Why don't you go back to sleep after you come back?"

After all this trouble, He Yunyue couldn't sleep anymore, so she had to get up slowly. She was in a daze when she put on her clothes and needed help from others.

"Why does mother have to worship Buddha right after arriving? We just arrived in the new capital, so there should be a lot of things to do at home. How come mother has finished her work so quickly?" He Yunyue opened her hands and let the maid help her put on her coat, then sat down and asked.

"Madam arranged everything in the mansion yesterday. This is not our first time moving, so we are already familiar with the route. Besides, His Majesty has been talking about moving the capital for many years. Although the ministers say that they are reluctant to leave Yingtian where they have lived for a long time, most families have already arranged mansions in the new capital. Otherwise, there would be no rush to move at the last minute." The maid replied as she tidied her clothes.

"You are right. One or two of them have made plans long ago and they keep saying some high-sounding words in front of Your Majesty every day." He Yunyue shook her head.

"Miss, please eat first, otherwise you don't know when it will be late. It's really cold in Beijing. It's really a torture to go out in such a cold day." The maid immediately brought hot porridge over.

He Yunyue walked over and started drinking. After she finished eating, she put on a thick coat and went out. She first went to the main courtyard to greet Mrs. He.

"Sister, you finally got up early today. I heard that you slept for several days in a row. Are you full now?" The eldest brother of the He family teased when he heard her coming.

"Brother, please stop laughing at me." He Yunyue was spoken about in public. Although only her mother was present, she felt a little embarrassed.

"Okay, okay, everyone is here, let's go, it will be late." Mrs. He didn't say anything, but urged the brother and sister to leave.

He Yunyue thought that her elder brother came to greet their mother, but when she saw that her elder brother was walking with them, she asked in confusion, "Are you going with us today?"

"Well, my mother said that today was the first time to worship Buddha in Beijing, and asked me to go with her. I happened to have nothing to do today, so I went with her."

"Oh, worshiping Buddha is so boring. I used to envy you for not having to go. Finally, my eldest brother is going this time. I feel a lot more balanced in my heart." She is the only girl in the family. General He often goes out to fight. Mrs. He goes there two or three times a month. He Yunyue rarely has the opportunity to refuse. She hasn't been there for a long time these few months and feels a lot more relaxed. She didn't expect that she would come again so soon after arriving in the capital.

But today I have someone to accompany me, so at least it’s not so boring.

Mrs. He and He Yunyue rode in one carriage, and the eldest brother of the He family rode in another. The weather was too cold and it was not convenient to ride horses.

After half an hour, their carriage arrived at the City God Temple. There were many temples of all sizes in the capital, but most of them had not been renovated yet. The City God Temple was renovated by His Majesty after he was going to move the capital. Today was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and many people were rushing to burn incense.

"Why are there so many people? Is there some distinguished person inside?" He Yunyue knew that there would be many people on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month, but when she looked at the line of carriages at the door and saw that there seemed to be guards as well, she felt something was not right.

"Miss, you just arrived. There are indeed distinguished guests coming today. I heard that Princess Yong'an and several princesses are inside to burn incense." A person came over and said to her.

"Really? I didn't expect the princesses to come today."

"Mrs. He, you are here too?" Suddenly, Mrs. Cao got off the carriage, saw them, and came over to greet them.

"Mrs. Cao, I didn't know you were here too. If I had known there would be so many people here today, I would have come two days later." The two people greeted her warmly.

The He siblings stood aside, as did the children from the Cao family. The younger generations looked at each other, and there was a hint of helplessness in each of their eyes.

"Who said it wasn't? I heard a few days ago that the princess would be here today, but I didn't expect there would be a princess consort as well. There is only Princess Zhao in the capital, and the others are princesses of counties. They should be from the Han family, and the rest are not in the capital. Everyone came here at once after hearing the news." The two ladies walked in hand in hand with the crowd, and Madam Cao explained to her.

"You are well-informed. I have been busy with the affairs of the mansion these two days and I don't know anything."

"I just arrived here and everyone is busy. I just finished my work too, so I didn't go to ask specifically. I just went to the street to buy things a couple of days ago, and then I heard about it. I don't know much." Mrs. Cao said modestly.

Because there were so many people, it took them a long time to reach the hall. When they came in, they didn't see any princess or princess.

Mrs. He drew a fortune stick and went out to interpret it. The He brothers and sisters were waiting in the distance.

"It's over now, that's not bad," said He Zan.

"Brother, you haven't been here for a long time and you must have forgotten the procedures. This is just the beginning. You still have to go inside to recite Buddhist scriptures silently, and you have to kneel down in these halls in turn. You should have vegetarian lunch here today. I don't know if the vegetarian food here tastes good?" The only thing that could make He Yunyue happy during this worship of Buddha was probably that the vegetarian food was delicious.

"It's true that I haven't been here for a long time and forgot." After hearing this, He Zan immediately felt that he was wrong and should not have agreed to come.

As soon as He Yunyue saw her brother's expression, she knew he regretted it.

Hahahaha, she knew it.

Sure enough, after a while, Madam He came out after asking for the divination and took them to worship the temple one by one.

Just when He Yunyue thought she was about to recite the Buddhist scriptures silently five hundred times, Mrs. He suddenly told her to go for a walk by herself and then took her eldest brother away.

"Wait a minute, my mother actually let me go out and play by myself today. Something's wrong. This is very wrong. And they also took my eldest brother away. No, I have to go and see what they are going to do." He Yunyue suddenly became curious.

"Young lady, you are too curious. Since Madam doesn't allow you to come with her, why don't you just go and play? I saw Miss Li coming here too. Miss Li asked about you several times even though you were away for such a long time." The maid reminded.

"Oh, I'll go find her later. My mother doesn't let me follow her, so we can just follow her secretly." He Yunyue said nonchalantly, and followed quietly.

"Young lady, you are really..." The maid had no choice but to follow her.

The two of them hid and followed them secretly.

Mrs. He brought He Zan to the bamboo forest behind. He Zan was puzzled along the way, but he didn't dare to ask and just followed closely.

Suddenly he saw another lady, followed by a young lady. All of a sudden, he understood why his mother didn't let his sister follow her.

When He Yunyue saw this scene, she understood it instantly. No wonder he brought his eldest brother here today and didn't let her go with him. It turned out that he came to find a girl for his eldest brother.

But she was a little far away and couldn't see the girl clearly.

"If we get closer, we won't be able to see what the girl looks like." He Yunyue said to the maid.

"Miss, let's go quickly. If the madam finds out, you will be scolded when you go back." The maid said anxiously as she saw He Yunyue getting closer and closer and there was almost nothing to cover her in front of her.

"Let's go around to the back. Don't worry, we won't be discovered." He Yunyue vowed.

The maid thought, you always say this. But he had no choice but to follow.

Relying on her rich experience, He Yunyue went around to the back and found a position where she could see people. However, she was too far away to hear clearly what they were saying. However, even if she didn't need to listen, He Yunyue roughly knew what they were saying. After all, her mother had arranged such things for her.