Hello Chang’an

Chapter 59: Fascinating and Tiring

"Ah, Miss Chang?" The woman's voice contained a hint of surprise and a smile.

Chang Suining looked around and saw that it was Duan, the wife of Duke Zheng.

"Mrs. Duan." Chang Sui Ning lamented in his heart and greeted her.

Duan smiled and said, "What a coincidence. I didn't expect Mrs. Chang to come here to observe the phenomenon."

"I have met the Duke's wife." Yao Xia also stepped forward to salute, and couldn't help but ask: "Didn't Sister Wei come here?"

"How can she have such thought and effort? She can't compare with you." After Duan answered, she looked at Chang Sui Ning casually, and her tone was equally casual: "But my incompetent son is here. Understand."

The mother-in-law beside Mrs. Duan felt quite complicated after hearing this. Madam's "off the cuff" was just as abrupt as when someone said that the weather was really nice today, Madam covered her mouth and replied with a look of surprise: No. Well, do you know that my son who has not yet been engaged is also here?

Just... people obviously didn't ask about this!

Thanks to the fact that she had been with Madam for many years and developed a thick skin, she was not so embarrassed at this moment.

Fortunately, Mrs. Chang reacted as usual, just nodded and said: "Wei Shilang is an important official of the imperial court, and he should accompany the saints."

The emperor prayed for blessings for seven days, but he could not forget all the affairs of the government. Just like going to a mountain villa to escape the heat in the summer, no unscrupulous emperor would really just go there to escape the summer heat. Otherwise, after months of summer heat, the weather would be cold. It's time for the throne of the country to die.

To put it bluntly, it is just a temporary change of place to handle government affairs.

Mrs. Zheng Guogong smiled and sighed: "I didn't see a shadow of him all day long."

He didn't say anything more, he just took the hands of Chang Sui Ning and Yao Xia: "Let's go over there and have a look..."

Although the idol was attractive, it lost much interest after looking at it for a long time. Most of the people present were officials and ladies who had seen the world. After a while, seeing that the sky was getting dark, they dispersed in twos and threes chatting and laughing. .

Mrs. Duan invited Chang Suining and Yao Xia to her place to have some vegetarian meals together and then copy some scriptures, saying they just wanted to keep her company.

She was so kind that Chang Suining tried to decline politely but failed, so she could only go along - of course, subconsciously, it was half-hearted. If she really didn't want to go, she wouldn't be able to hold it against her with a knife.

If she had nothing to do, she would still be willing to stay with Mr. Duan and listen to his talk.

Chang Sui Ning and Yao Xia accompanied Mrs. Zheng Guogong to finish the simple vegetarian meal, and the maid had already prepared paper and pen.

…

On the other side, Yao Ran was also accompanying Mr. Pei in copying scriptures.

At this time, Pei's dowry woman came in and bowed.

"I heard that Mr. Da Lang has returned from watching the elephants. The old lady told me to take a rest early and don't worry about copying too late."

Mrs. Pei never raised her eyes, she sat upright in front of the small table and wrote: "I'm already here, why should I worry about hurting my nerves."

"Second sister is back too?" Yao Ran asked subconsciously.

Pei turned his head slightly and looked at her displeased.

Yao Ran realized that she had made a mistake. Her mother had always disliked her being too close to her second sister... so she quickly lowered her head and continued copying.

The dowry woman didn't know what she was thinking of, but she answered her words politely, and looked at Pei: "The second lady has not returned yet. It is said that she and the Chang family were invited by Mrs. Zheng Guogong to go with her. Copy the scriptures.”

Pei's pen strokes, the ink smeared, and the entire paper was ruined.

She sneered and simply dropped the pen: "That's all Duan's shallow vision is."

It was obvious that Ran'er of her family was the most outstanding in terms of family background, temperament, talent and learning, but Duan Shi deliberately pretended to be stupid in front of her and did not say anything. Instead, he took notice of that little **** and even that idiot Yao Xia. !

Since childhood, she has maintained her identity as the eldest daughter of the Pei family, not to mention outsiders, so that among all the Pei sisters, she also considers herself to be superior. Pei, who grew up being supported by others, thinks of all the unfavorable circumstances she has encountered since marrying into the Yao family. And every time she returned to her mother's house, the girls from the concubine clan who were better married than her would secretly cast strange glances...

But now, even a Duan family dared to shame her, and she chose to look at that little bitch. Mrs. Pei closed her eyes, and the fire in her heart couldn't help but burn brighter and hotter.

Yao Ran wanted to persuade her, but she didn't know where to start, and she couldn't help but blame herself - if she could win the favor of Mrs. Zheng Guogong, her mother wouldn't be so angry, right?

But there are some contradictions... Growing up, if she did not do well, her mother would be disappointed, punished and ridiculed. But if she did well, her mother would only sneer and say, "It was like this earlier, why would she be punished?", and even get angry. Sometimes he would even say, "If you were a son of a bitch, how could I force you to do this?"

Thinking of this, Yao Ran continued to copy scriptures quietly.

No matter what she does, she is the culprit in the mother's heart that makes the biological mother unable to have children, the source of all evils - and this "criminal karma" is even worse than hers. Father.

After the woman finished answering, she did not do anything else or step aside, but still stood where she was.

Mrs. Pei opened her eyes and looked at her mother-in-law, who said nothing for a moment.

Mrs. Pei glanced at her daughter: "It's getting late, go back and rest, don't delay the blessing ceremony tomorrow."

"My daughter is not tired yet." Even so, Yao Ran still subconsciously stopped writing, but after a moment of hesitation, he finally said: "My mother has been looking bad recently, and my daughter is worried. She wants to take a rest first to serve her mother."

Mrs. Pei frowned slightly: "There are servants here. If I need you to take care of me, don't let me waste my time."

Yao Ran tightened her hands on her knees. The fear she had accumulated over the years made her dare not say anything more. She could only say "yes", get up, give a blessing, and leave the place.

After the door was closed, Ms. Pei looked at the woman.

Yao Ran deliberately walked slowly, paying careful attention to the movement in the room behind him, but could not hear anything.

She could only speed up her steps and return to the Zen room adjacent to Pei's house. She listened silently and carefully through a wall. But it was strangely quiet next door, as if there was no sound at all.

Yao Ran felt slightly relieved, but he could not relax his clenched fingers.

…

On Mrs. Zheng Guogong's side, Chang Suining and Yao Xia have each finished copying a scripture.

When he was about to copy the second article, Chang Suining suddenly thought of something—

After she became A Li, whether she wrote her previous letter to Zhou Ding or to Yao Xia, she deliberately imitated A Li's previous handwriting. Although it cannot be said that it is very similar, it is at least eighty percent.

Due to some experiences that are different from ordinary people, she is very good at changing and imitating other people's handwriting.

For example, the Buddhist scripture she just finished copying was also written in Ah Li's handwriting - this will be her most used handwriting in the future.

But since the "rework", only once did she use her real handwriting...

In Hezhou, in Zhoujia Village, when she first woke up, she couldn't tell what night it was or who she was. Her mind was in chaos. Many of her actions were driven by instinct, and her actions had nothing to do with caution. , it’s just a random operation—

When she asked the couple to confess their crimes, she wrote the confession sheets in her own handwriting.

And she gave the confession to Wei Shuyi.

This matter is not big or small, but it can be small or big -

In particular, Wei Shuyi is a very shrewd person, and always has the intention of exploring when dealing with her. He is afraid of anything but the worst, and may need to give a reasonable explanation as soon as possible to avoid possible troubles in the future.

"Would you like to take a break?" Seeing that she had not started writing again, Mrs. Zheng Guogong asked with a smile.

Yao Xia on the side was about to nod when he heard Chang Suining say: "Thank you madam, I'm not tired yet."

Seeing that she continued to lower her head and copy scriptures, Yao Xia almost sighed - Sister Chang's sister was born so beautiful, how could she still work so hard? How could such a charming and tiring sister exist in the world?

It's so addictive - in both senses of the word.

On one level, Yao Xia had no choice but to continue copying scriptures.

When Chang Suining finished copying the article in his hand, he put down the pen, put the two pictures side by side, and pushed them in front of Duan: "Can you help me, madam, to see which of the two pictures has better characters and is more beautiful?" Is it suitable for copying scriptures?”

Duan didn't understand the meaning at first, but when he took two pictures to look at the calligraphy, especially the second one, he was stunned: "This calligraphy..."

After a while, she took her eyes away from the words and looked at the girl beside her in surprise: "Mrs. Chang can actually write two kinds of handwriting? I just don't know who the second kind of handwriting is...who did she learn from?"

The girl answered simply: "I learned it by copying the handwriting of Princess Chongyue when I was young."

As expected, it belongs to His Highness...

Duan asked softly: "How come you want to learn the calligraphy of Her Royal Highness the Princess? Her Highness's calligraphy is not easy to learn..."

"When I was naughty when I was young, I accidentally found a collection of poems by the eldest princess in the library at home. The handwriting on it was so powerful and powerful. I was very happy to see it, so I started to make suggestions and studied for a while. After being reminded, I realized that it was written by Her Royal Highness the eldest princess. The thing was left behind by the late prince by chance," Chang Sui Ning said as calmly as possible.

"That's how it is..." Mrs. Duan smiled: "You are very talented, learn well, and you are very similar."

Chang Suining: "It's not as good as the eldest princess."

Being humble, but not being humble at all—this state is quite strange.

"No, it's already very good." Mrs. Duan looked at the words again and said: "You were right just now. Her Royal Highness the Princess's words are very powerful and powerful. I was fortunate enough to be selected as the companion reader for Her Royal Highness the Princess. She I am most familiar with the words... It is rare for you to be eighty-nine similar."

Chang Sui Ning was silent for a moment - was there still eight points? She originally wanted to get seven points.

As for when she was in Hezhou, she was unable to write when she first woke up, and she was only about 70-80% "like", so she could get away with it.

"I heard that you were rescued by His Royal Highness, the late Crown Prince?" Now that the topic had arisen, Mrs. Duan asked one more question.

Chang Suining nodded.

"His Royal Highness, the former Crown Prince, and Princess Chongyue are twin siblings." Duan looked at the girl in front of her and said with emotion: "So, you and Your Highness, the eldest princess, are somewhat destined."

Chang Suining nodded again.

It's hard to disagree.

"This calligraphy is also very beautiful, gentle yet smart, and very good." Duan looked at another calligraphy, praised it, and said with a smile: "In my opinion, they are all Excellent, it depends on which one you like more and which one is more comfortable to write... When praying for blessings and copying scriptures, just do it sincerely, the Buddha will respond to it. "

Chang Suining pondered for a moment and nodded seriously: "Thank you, madam, for enlightening me. I understand."

These words made Mrs. Duan laugh in surprise - she could also enlighten others! Does she actually have such potential?

At this moment, the two of them suddenly heard a "bang" sound, which made the table in front of them shake slightly.

Chang Suining and Duan turned their heads to look together.

A chapter of more than 3,000 words, just to make up for yesterday’s interruption~

Note: The eldest princess Chongyue and the first prince are twin siblings. As for why one is the "eldest princess" and the other is the "prince", they seem to be a generation apart. This is because everyone is accustomed to calling them two. The last identity before death, that is to say, the identity of the first prince when he died was the prince, and the identity of the eldest princess Chongyue when she died was the eldest princess. (It will be explained later in the article, but recently I read the comments and some Bao'er seem to have misunderstood, so I would like to note in advance that the identity of the two as siblings has been clearly stated many times in the previous article.)

Good night~

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