After rebirth, I made the princes cry

Before Li married Wang Jie, she often came to the mansion of King Linyi. They were close friends, and Wang Lan's wife liked her very much. She was also straightforward and got along especially well with Yingshu. She was no stranger to Xianyueju, although Yingshu had already entered the palace when she got married. Li would accompany her third aunt to Xianyueju whenever she had time, and gradually became familiar with Jiafu.

The shoes she is wearing now were made by Jiafu herself.

Li held Yingshu with one hand and Jiafu with the other, and first told Yingshu an interesting story about Jiafu.

"Grandma loves Sister Fu very much now, but she still has a grudge against Dalang. Sometimes when she's in a bad mood, she likes to nag. I've come to my senses now and don't argue with Grandma anymore. But one time, because of Second Aunt's instigation, I got so angry that I couldn't help but argue with Second Aunt. Sister Fu got so anxious that she directly put a bowl of goat milk on her skirt."

"Ah?" Yingshu looked at Jiafu.

Jiafu's face immediately turned red.

"Sister Fu has never been a clumsy person. Grandmother was stunned at the time. Second aunt also bullied Sister Fu a few times. I am too lazy to repeat those vulgar words. Sister Fu actually responded, saying that she was timid. She heard the spring thunder at night and didn't sleep well. She was a little dazed. Just now, I heard Second aunt suddenly raised her voice, which frightened her hands. Fortunately, the goat milk was spilled on her skirt, so she begged grandmother for forgiveness. Second aunt was so angry that she raised her voice and yelled a few times, which scared grandmother. So, she scolded Second aunt and asked me to quickly ask the maid to get a clean skirt and take care of Sister Fu to change it.

I really believed Sister Fu at that time, and when I accompanied her back to the Crescent Moon Residence, I wanted to comfort her, but she was like, "Fifth sister, you are so smart that you would never have guessed what Sister Fu said to me."

"What did you say?" Yingshu was very supportive.

"She said that she slept very well that night. The so-called spring thunder was her snoring, which woke Qingying up and made her sleep in the outer room. When she woke up, she found that a maid was missing from the inner bedroom and thought something had happened. When she asked, she found out that Qingying actually snored while she was asleep. She felt embarrassed at first, but then she thought that Qingying would not laugh at her. It should be that Fifth Sister also snores and does not regard it as a problem, so the maids thought it was okay to tease her. In short, Sister Fu was very happy at that time and said that she and Fifth Sister really got along well and both had the habit of snoring."

Yingshu was so angry that she shouted, "Qing'an, come here quickly. I am wrongly accused. Why do I hear thunderstorms when I sleep?"

Jiafu immediately panicked and whispered, "Sister Shu, it's my fault, not Qing's. I didn't snore, and Qing's certainly didn't tease me."

This time the person who was stunned was Li.

Yingshu smiled and said, "Sister Fu wanted to help sister-in-law out, but she didn't want her to worry about her. She really thought she was timid. She originally planned to make a joke and let it go, but she didn't expect sister-in-law to bring it up again in front of me."

"Hey! Fifth sister is very cunning. I didn't expect Sister Fu to be so cunning too. It turns out that I am the only one who is honest, so I really believed it. I actually don't think Fifth sister would snore. It's not like we haven't slept on the same bed before. But I think Fifth sister never treats your maids like the Four Vajra and the Four Reserve Vajra as masters and servants. Qing maid would never lie to Sister Fu. Qing maid was just joking, but Sister Fu misunderstood."

Jiafu is the one who is honest and sincere, Yingshu thought, but her mind suddenly moved.

"Auntie, please continue the story you just told. What magical power did Master Tanlan of Guangde Temple have that made you believe in him so much?"

Yingshu noticed that Jiafu's expression suddenly became serious.

Li was unaware of this and actually told the story: "Thirty years ago, Master Tanlan was not yet the abbot of Guangde Temple. He was practicing in Qingliang Temple in Luoyang City. However, thirty years ago, the master was already very famous. My mother was not originally a Buddhist or Taoist. Not long after she and my father got married, my grandfather was ordered to fight against the rebels. My father was held hostage in Luoyang Palace. My mother was very worried. She even worshipped Buddhism and Taoism. Only Master Tanlan did not say anything ambiguous. He determined that my father would be safe. Sure enough, my mother has become a believer of the master since then. The master's divination is really accurate. When my mother was pregnant with me, she had nightmares all the time. My mother was very worried. It was Master Tanlan who told her the divination and said it was a good sign. As it turned out, mother and daughter were safe!"

Yingshu felt a little confused.

Master Tanlan was a monk. Do monks also tell fortunes and predict good or bad luck?

Yingshu raised doubts, and Li explained in detail: "Master Tanlan did not enter Buddhism since he was young. His father and grandfather all worshipped Taoism. It is said that the master was gifted, diligent and studious. When he was thirteen years old, he followed his father and grandfather to visit famous scenic spots such as Zhongnan Mountain and Huotong Mountain. He also won the favor of Shangqing Zhenren. The hexagram technique of fortune-telling was indeed taught by Shangqing Zhenren himself.

It was only later that Master Tanlan became enlightened after listening to the lectures of the great monk Daoding, and he entered Buddhism. Master Tanlan still put the promotion of Buddhism first, but he could not bear to see his followers trapped in danger, so when his followers begged him, he would draw lots and give them advice and guidance.

At this point, Li realized why Yingshu suddenly asked about Guangde Temple. "My husband was sent to China last time, and my grandmother didn't allow me to travel far. I couldn't go to Guangde Temple to pray for blessings, so I had to ask my mother. My mother asked my brother to go to Guangde Temple on my behalf and pray to the Buddha to protect my husband. My fifth sister will also be traveling far this time. It just so happens that my grandfather is celebrating his birthday this year, and my husband and I are going to Dantu. It is convenient to go to Xixialing from Dantu..."

Yingshu just wanted to dispel her sister-in-law's "superstition" about Guangde Temple. At least in May next year, she could not go to the foot of the mountain where Guangde Temple was located. She didn't expect that this question would backfire. She was anxious, but unexpectedly, Jiafu was more anxious than her.

"Sister-in-law, please don't go to Guangde Temple!"

Jiafu spoke first.

She could no longer remember the exact year and month when her eldest sister-in-law met with disaster, but she remembered that it was an accident that happened on the way to Guangde Temple. She had originally planned to find a way to dissuade her if she heard that her sister-in-law was planning to go to Guangde Temple. She had actually thought of how to dissuade her.

"I, I...occasionally I have some strange dreams." Suddenly having to act according to the plan, Jiafu was still a little hasty, but she was just that confident.

"What does this mean?" Li didn't understand what Jiafu meant.

"Sister-in-law, you must believe me." Jiafu said, "When I was young, I dreamed that I would be chosen by the great lord and become the adopted daughter of the master's family. I was also favored by the three female monarchs. At that time, I thought it was a daydream, but now what I dreamed of has really happened. Two days ago, I dreamed that it would suddenly rain heavily on the Dragon Boat Festival, and the water in the Tingqu of Tingyuan would rise, flooding several steps of the stone steps leading to Xinhuan Pavilion."

In her previous life, during the Dragon Boat Festival this year, she went to Ting Garden to pick aromatic herbs and was trapped in Xinhuan Pavilion by heavy rain. She watched the water in the Ting Canal rise and was extremely worried. Because Xinhuan Pavilion had only one entrance and exit, the water in the Ting Canal rose rapidly and even flooded the steps, and naturally submerged the stone piers that could be used for escape. She thought she was doomed and remembered that year and day clearly. Fortunately, the water in the small canal did not flood into Xinhuan Pavilion.

Many things have changed, but the weather will not change, rainy or sunny. Jiafu still remembers how frightened she was, and she didn't dare tell anyone about it, because she knew that although she was nominally the adopted daughter of Wang family in Linyi and had escaped the hardship of being a slave, she was not a real lady from a noble family. She thought she would be in danger, but it was actually unfounded worry. The rain stopped, the water in the canal receded, and the stone pier reappeared in the evening. She returned to her residence safely. She was frightened and fell ill, but it was her own fault.

Later, Li Shaojun came to visit her. The maid who was in charge of taking care of these adopted daughters at that time was afraid of being condemned by Li Shaojun, so she said that she was playful and ran away for the whole day and no one knew where she was. She did not return to the courtyard until dark. No one knew whether she ran to some secluded courtyard and encountered evil spirits, which caused her to fall ill.

She then told Li Shaojun the whole story.

Later, Li Shaojun went to Tingyuan again. It was the eldest son who gave the order to build an arch bridge in front of Xinhuan Pavilion. Although the arch bridge seemed a bit abrupt, there was no need to worry about the water in Tingqu rising rapidly. People who took shelter in Xinhuan Pavilion would be trapped in the dangerous situation.

Jiafu was eager to make her sister-in-law believe her words: "This year's Dragon Boat Festival, the sky was clear in the morning, but it suddenly rained heavily, and the rain did not stop until the afternoon."

Yingshu was reminded by Jiafu and also remembered the heavy rain on the Dragon Boat Festival.

But she certainly didn't believe that this was Jiafu's dream.

"Okay, okay, of course I believe what Sister Fu says, but why doesn't Sister Fu let me go to Guangde Temple?" Since Li believed that eminent monks like Master Tanlan could predict the fortune and misfortune of their believers, she did not doubt Jiafu's strange talk about occasional dreams foreshadowing reality.

Jiafu took a deep breath and said, "I have had this dream many times since I was a child. I have never been to Dantu, let alone Xixialing. In the dream, there was a Xiangui Bridge, and not far away there was a stone pavilion..."

"But Jiuxiang Pavilion?" Li asked back.

"I don't know what the Stone Pavilion is called, but a little bit ahead of the Stone Pavilion, the post road is steeper and narrower, with a cliff on one side and a deep ravine on the other. Suddenly, mud and rocks collapsed from the cliff and buried... the group of people directly. In the dream, many believers in Guangde Temple were discussing that this natural disaster caused casualties to the family of an unknown family, and a total of seven or eight people including the master and servants were killed or injured."

Li was stunned.

It is indeed impossible for Jiafu to go to Dantu, let alone Xixialing and Guangde Temple, but she knows Xiangui Bridge and Jiuxiang Pavilion... There is no plaque hanging in Jiuxiang Pavilion, but the believers who often go to Guangde Temple and the residents nearby know the name of the stone pavilion.

Yingshu came back to her senses.

She had never been to Xixialing or Guangde Temple, but she had read a travelogue, which recorded the Xiangui Bridge. She also knew that the Jiuxiang Pavilion was later renamed Wangduyi because of a disaster from heaven. The monks of Guangde Temple should have mourned the believers who died in the disaster, that is, her eldest sister-in-law, and hoped that her eldest sister-in-law's soul could reach paradise. Jiafu knew about the stone pavilion, but she could not say that the stone pavilion was now named Wangduyi. Jiafu was a reborn person.

Jiafu was reluctant to directly say that her eldest sister-in-law was the one who died in the disaster because she had a gentle heart.

No one wants to hear about the terrible disasters happening to them. No one really wants to know that they will die early. The unpredictable fate will become a sword hanging over their heads from then on, and the cold and sharp aura of the sword tip will always press against their life gate.

"Sister-in-law, don't go to Guangde Temple." Yingshu said, "I'm just curious, not worried about this mission. Last time, I heard King Zhenyuan say that he knew Guangde Temple in Xixialing. I have never been there. I thought of your grandfather in Dantu, so I asked, Sister-in-law, when I went home during the Lantern Festival, I heard Sister Fu say that I dreamed that Dianjun and I passed through a place called Shimen Tunnel. I didn't know where it was. I just heard recently that it was on Baoxia Road. This is not a fulfillment of Sister Fu's dream."

Yingshu and Jiafu's eyes met.

Jiafu didn't know about the Shimen Tunnel at all, let alone the Baoxiade Road.

Li was also confused: "What is Baoxiadao?"

"It is the most convenient post road from Hanzhong to Chang'an. If there is no Shimen Tunnel, this post road is extremely dangerous and not suitable for carriages and horses. With Shimen Tunnel, Baoxiade can be called convenient."

Li nodded: "I remember, I won't go to Guangde Temple. Sister Fu has such a special ability..."

"Sister-in-law, this matter cannot be made public." Yingshu said, "Sister Fu's dreams cannot all come true. Some dreams will come true, and some may not. Sister Fu is worried that if one of them comes true, sister-in-law will be in danger. For such things, it is better to believe it than not. But if it is made public, Sister Fu will not be able to rest in peace."

Li was still a little hesitant: "I am not the same as before. I can't go to Dantu for no reason. I will definitely not go to Guangde Temple. I just hope that sister Fu's dream about Jiuxiang Pavilion comes true. No matter which family the victims are, there are so many lives. I can't just stand by and watch."

Jiafu was stunned. She really didn't remember when the incident happened, let alone the exact date. She only remembered that Li Shaojun died in such an accident...

Yingshu said, "Auntie, we can't stop the believers from going to Guangde Temple. Sister-in-law will believe this, and I will believe it, but no one else will believe it."

Yingshu knew that the incident did not cause any other casualties. It was only her eldest sister-in-law who happened to be there. If her eldest sister-in-law had not gone to Guangde Temple that day, the servants would certainly not move. Natural disasters are inevitable. As long as there are no casualties, it is not a natural disaster.

Rockfall accidents are common and are unavoidable by human power. If there are no casualties, it is just an accident and cannot be called a disaster.

"Alas, I really hope that Sister Fu's dream will not come true." Li said, "I really don't know which female family will suffer such a disaster. And indeed, Guangde Temple is very popular and it is impossible to stop so many believers."

Ying Shu suddenly had an idea: "Sister-in-law, you know that I respect my elder brother the most, right?"

"How could I not know? Fifth sister is someone who dares to run wild even in Prajna Residence, but every time she goes to Chilou, she always behaves in a proper manner."

"Before, I made a bet with Shirakawa-kun. I won, and asked Shirakawa-kun to tell fortunes for my elder brother." Yingshu spoke without thinking.

Anyway, my sister-in-law can't go to Shirakawa-kun to verify it.

"What do you say, Shirakawa-kun?"

"A very auspicious omen." Ying Shu smiled and said, "Mr. Baichuan said that my elder brother is blessed with great fortune. The only risk is that too much is as bad as too little. Therefore, my elder brother should not pray for blessings anymore. It is best to let nature take its course."

Li was very happy.

It's just puzzling. Her husband has obviously returned home safely, but her fifth sister seems to be worried that she is still uneasy?