She is a person who likes to enjoy herself. If she is going to travel far away, she will naturally do whatever is comfortable for her. Anyway, Mrs. Chen lacks everything except money.
With the money in place, the people below will naturally do their best to carry out the tasks she ordered.
The incense, brocade cushions, pillows, and tea cups in the carriage are all new. The snacks placed on the small table have just been bought from Guifangzhai, and they are even steaming.
"Mrs. Shizi is really attentive. Look, this mat is thick and soft, and the incense smells good." Aunt Zhu said to the old lady with a smile.
The old lady glanced at Nanny Zhu with a smile, and then said, "I think it's not that she is careful, but that you are thoughtful."
This incense is her favorite benzoin. However, this benzoin has the effect of promoting qi, activating blood and relieving pain. Although she likes it, she cannot smell it often, so she often lights landscape incense in her house.
If there hadn't been any advice from Aunt Zhu, why would Ms. Chen deliberately light this benzoin in her carriage?
Sure enough, after hearing what the old lady said, Nanny Zhu lowered her eyes and smiled, and said, "I know that nothing can be hidden from the eyes of the old lady. However, I have to ask Madam Shizi carefully. Otherwise, I will not dare to ask."
You speak in front of the Crown Prince’s wife without permission.”
The old lady smiled and snorted, then leaned on the pillow and closed her eyes to rest.
Aunt Zhu smiled and raised her hand to lift the blanket covering the old lady's knees.
Chao'an Temple is located on the mountainside of Yunhua Mountain in the east of the capital. It covers an area of 100 acres and has always been popular with incense. At the beginning of the Wei Dynasty, Chao'an Temple was regarded as a national temple. Therefore, on every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, people go to Chao'an Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha.
It’s too expensive to count.
The old lady was old. Although the carriage was covered with thick brocade cushions, she still felt the bones in her back were sore after sitting for a long time.
Thinking that today was the first day of the Lunar New Year, the old lady frowned and said nothing, she just endured it secretly in her heart.
But at this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped.
The old lady opened her eyes and looked at Nanny Zhu with some confusion, "Have you arrived at Chao'an Temple?"
It doesn’t seem to be so fast in previous years!
"Slave, go take a look." As she spoke, Grandma Zhu opened the curtain and was about to get out of the car when a chubby little maid ran over. It was Xianyue, the eldest maid beside Xie Wu.
"Old madam, the eldest lady has sent a slave to inform the old madam that someone's carriage in front seems to have a broken axle. I think it will take a while before we can leave."
After hearing this, the old lady frowned again, feeling a little unhappy.
What's going on on this New Year's Day when people burn incense and worship Buddha and block the mountainside?
"Do you know whose carriage it is?" Seeing that the old lady didn't look depressed, Nanny Zhu hurriedly said to Xianyue.
Xianyue shook her head and said, "Second Young Master has already brought people over to have a look."
Aunt Zhu nodded, "Okay, I understand. You can go back and resurrect with your eldest daughter."
"Then slave, please leave." Xianyue obediently greeted Aunt Zhu, then turned around and ran back quickly.
"Why did this happen to someone who was celebrating the Chinese New Year? If I had known earlier, I should have gone out earlier." The old lady complained with her eyebrows furrowed.
Aunt Zhu smiled and poured a cup of tea for the old lady. She said, "Maybe this is Bodhisattva testing our sincerity. Otherwise, if we didn't block it in the morning and blocked it in the evening, why did we have to wait until we went up the mountain to block it?"
The old lady took a sip of tea, and her throat felt much better. After hearing what Grandma Zhu said, she couldn't help but laugh and said, "Tell me how your mouth is so long? This is a ridiculous theory.
It’s a set.”
"That's not what you taught me well, Madam." Aunt Zhu didn't hesitate and took over what the Madam said with a smile.
The old lady shook her head helplessly, but her eyebrows had relaxed a lot.
"I think I won't be able to leave for a while, so why don't I give you a shoulder massage for the old lady?" Aunt Zhu added with a smile.
The old lady glanced at Nanny Zhu, and after a while, she closed her eyes and sighed helplessly.
Xie Wu was also making tea in the carriage at the same time, waiting for news from Xie Xu.
Fortunately, Xie Xu didn't keep her waiting for too long, and he jumped back after a while.
"Sister, this is the carriage of the Minister of Etiquette. Brother Xiao is helping to direct people to help repair the carriage."
"Shang Shu of the Ministry of Rites? Brother Xiao?" Xie Wu narrowed her eyes slightly.
The Six Ministers of the Wei Dynasty, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was in charge of the inspection, evaluation, promotion and appointment of officials below the fourth rank, and held the power of promotion, demotion and appointment of officials. They were often called "Heavenly Officials". But if we really talk about it, the official with great authority
However, the status of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites is still not as high as that of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. There is no other reason, just because the Minister of the Ministry of Rites is in charge of the national etiquette, imperial examinations, and foreign exchanges with the vassal. Let’s ignore the etiquette and law. Let’s just talk about the imperial examinations. The imperial examinations were held every three years in the Wei Dynasty.
, the Minister of Rites came forward to serve as the examiner of the examination, which means that all the candidates who took the examination were his students, and most of these students would enter the court as officials. If things go on like this, one can imagine the influence of the Minister of Rites in the court.
Influence! Moreover, the Minister of Rites has always been the first person to enter the cabinet, and is often called the 'preserver prime minister'. Therefore, the Minister of Rites cannot compare to the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel in terms of power, nor can he compare to the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu in terms of oil and water. But
Regarding the status and respect in the court, it is beyond the reach of several other ministers.
Li Yannian, who was the Minister of Rites at the time, had always had a good reputation among scholars. If Xu Mao, who was the Minister of the Ministry of Households at that time, had not only supported the dragon but also had a daughter who became a queen, the position of chief minister would not have been enough.
It must fall on his head.
However, although he was ranked second in rank, Li Yannian had been conscientious in his work over the years and had never deliberately opposed Xu Shoufu in court.
It was precisely because of this that he was able to be praised by Emperor Zhengxuan in front of the courtiers for being humble and observing etiquette, setting an example for all officials.
In her previous life, Xie Wu had a very good impression of this Minister of Rites. At least, he was the only one who stood up to speak for his grandfather at that time. Even Lu Zhan said that Li Yannian was one of the few people in the great Wei Dynasty who could hold on to his throne.
A person with a pure heart when he was an official.
"Yes, sister, Princess Xiao is also here. She is accompanying the princess to talk to Mrs. Shangshu of the Ministry of Etiquette." Xie Xu continued with a smile.
Xie Wu frowned.
There is something wrong with the carriage of the Minister of Rites, and the Zhennan Palace helps to repair it?
It really is……
What a coincidence.
"Ah Wu." As if in agreement with Xie Xu's words, Princess Xiao's voice soon sounded outside the carriage.
"Sister Xiao." Xie Xu turned around and called Xiao Muqing with a smile.
Xiao Muqing frowned subconsciously, but because he looked a bit like Xie Wu, he suppressed the discomfort in his heart and nodded stiffly at him, "Yes."
"Princess." Xie Wu smiled and opened the curtain. She was about to help Mi Yue's carriage, but Xiao Muqing reached out to stop her.
"Is there room for anyone in your carriage?" Xiao Muqing frowned and spoke.
Xie Wu raised her eyebrows slightly, and saw that Yang and Xie Yuan had already helped the maid out of the carriage. There was also movement in the carriage of the old lady in front, and there was even more movement in the back.
It seems that these people must have received the news and knew that the people blocking the front were Princess Zhennan and the old lady of the Minister of Rites, so they all went out one after another to say hello.
Princess Xiao always had the most trouble dealing with this kind of scene, so when she heard Xiao Mubei say that Xie Wu was also in the Xie family's carriage, she immediately found an excuse and ran to her to hide.
"As long as the princess feels too crowded, that's fine." Xie Wu smiled, then turned sideways to make way for her.
Xiao Muqing raised her beautiful eyebrows, raised her feet, bent down and got into the carriage without any help from the maid.
When the curtain was lowered, Princess Xiao let out a long sigh of relief.
"My lord, my wife has met the princess." Mrs. Chen was surprised when she saw Xiao Muqing who suddenly came in.
Princess Xiao obviously didn't expect there was anyone else in the carriage, and she was a little dazed for a moment.
Xie Wu couldn't help but curl her lips and smile, and said, "Princess, this is my mother."
"Hello, Auntie." Princess Xiao twitched her lips stiffly and looked at Mrs. Chen from head to toe.
As expected, she is Ah Wu's biological mother, and her face is also very good-looking, but it is still a little worse than Ah Wu's.
"Hey." Mrs. Chen responded, then lowered her head. For a moment, she didn't even know where to put her hands and feet.
"Mom, grandma is going to say hello to Princess Zhennan and Mrs. Li later. Do you want to accompany grandma?" Xie Wu looked at Chen with a smile.
"Should I go too?" Upon hearing Xie Wu's words, Chen's nervous palms began to sweat.
"What are you afraid of, mother? Grandma is here for everything." Xie Wu smiled lightly, stretched out her hand to hold Chen's cold fingertips, and then took the hand stove from the table and put it into Chen's hand, "As long as you
Just keep smiling around grandma."
"Ah Wu..." Mrs. Chen was still hesitating.
"Mom, think about father and A Xu. They need you to stand up." Xie Wu looked at Chen softly and said.
Mentioning Xie Zheng and Xie Xu, Chen's heart suddenly surged with infinite courage, and her eyes became firm. She gritted her teeth, looked at Xie Wu solemnly and said, "Wu, mother knows, mother will not give it to you."
Dad, I will embarrass you and A Xu."
After Mrs. Chen got off the carriage, Xiao Muqing moved to the side table and poured herself tea while saying to Xie Wu, "You two are really interesting. It's like my mother and daughter have been swapped."
Xie Wu pursed her lips and smiled. She arched her eyebrows and said, "The princess doesn't seem like someone who would accompany the princess to burn incense and worship Buddha."
When mentioning this, Xiao Muqing curled up the corner of his mouth slightly and sighed, "I don't want to come, but I can't help it. Who can make me unable to defeat my mother."
"By the way, what's going on with the carriage of the Minister of Rites?" Xie Wu asked with a smile.
"Oh, the axle of his carriage is loose. Fortunately, the mountain road is gentle, otherwise we don't know what would have happened." Xiao Muqing said while drinking tea.
"Why did the perfectly good axle break? Didn't they check it when they went out?" Xie Wu said with a smile as she opened the food box and took out the snacks inside.
"Guifangzhai's snacks! Wow! When you go out to worship Buddha, you still ask people to buy snacks from Guifangzhai!" Xiao Muqing said while stuffing snacks into his mouth.
Xie Wu smiled and raised her hand to refill Princess Xiao's cup of tea.
Xiao Muqing swallowed the snack in his throat, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and then continued, "Xiao Mubei just went to take a look and said that the inside of his car axle was eaten by termites, so from now on
You can’t tell from the outside.”
"Termites? But isn't the outside of the axle always painted with a layer of varnish? Didn't the craftsmen check it when they made the axle?" Xie Wu looked at Xiao Muqing and said.
"Who knows!" Xiao Muqing pouted, then continued to twist some snacks and eat.
Xie Wu smiled and did not ask any further questions.
Right now, Mrs. Li is probably the one in the worst mood.
Originally, a broken axle was an extremely ominous thing, but it happened that on the first day of the new year, on the way to offer incense and worship Buddha, there were still a bunch of people watching the fun. If she knew that the broken axle was deliberately caused by someone,
…
I'm afraid she has the desire to kill.
However, Xie Wu had no intention of joining in the fun.
The matter has nothing to do with her and is left alone. Mrs. Li and her family have nothing to do anyway. Moreover, she doesn’t know what the person behind the scenes is thinking. It is really unwise to intervene rashly.
Moreover, she vaguely felt that this matter had something to do with Lu Zhan.
Lu Zhan.
When she thought of him, Xie Wu felt depressed for no reason.