After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife always wanted to leave her father behind and keep her

Baoguo Temple is a national temple, so it is not located outside the city, but on a low mountain in the capital. At the foot of the mountain there are many manors of officials and officials, and Yuqiao Villa is one of them.

After praying at the National Temple, Emperor Kangxi stayed at the Cheng family for a short time. Therefore, he gave the land within five miles around to the Cheng family and built it into the current Yuqiao Villa. There is also an imperial plaque outside the gate.

Cheng Zhongwen gave this place as a dowry to Cheng Songan, which shows how much he loved his daughter.

Cheng Songan looked at the four big characters "Think Twice Before Acting" on the plaque, and suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as well as a deep sense of destiny. These four characters seemed to be advising her to think twice before acting.

Lu Qingshan jumped off the carriage and naturally reached out his hand to hug Cheng Songan, but Cheng Songan declined, wrapped her cloak and veil tightly, and slowly got out of the carriage by herself. Haitang and Qiangwei also got out of the carriage behind, and they stood aside with the simply packed packages.

"I have something else to do. I'll come to see you another day." Lu Qingshan bowed, got back on the carriage, and sped away.

Cheng Songan brought Haitang and Qiangwei inside. The place was kept relatively clean, and the flowers and trees were trimmed regularly. They walked along the avenue, and when they were almost at the main courtyard, they saw a mirror-like white stone standing in front of them. It was clean and had no inscriptions.

The two maids knew that their daughter had been wronged today and were unhappy. They tried to make her laugh and said, "Look, daughter, there is not even a word on this stone. The master must have left it there to test your talent."

"Yes, although the girl loved to play when she was young, she loved reading. Come up with some good words quickly and ask Li Wenbin to find someone to carve them tomorrow."

Cheng Songan ran out without having lunch. He was not in the mood and had no thoughts. He said lazily, "This stone is set up for no reason. It is white and clean. It looks like the stone tablet at the entrance of the tomb that Wang Chongyang dug for himself. Let's engrave it with 'Tomb of the Living Dead'."

Haitang and Qiangwei looked at each other and knew that she was still upset, so they said, "Miss, you are tired today. Why don't you go to the house and rest first? There is no rush for this stone carving."

Cheng Songan said unhappily, "It's settled. I'll have someone carve it for me tomorrow. Our courtyard will be called Xiao Zhongnan."

Although the two girls had not read much, they knew that there was a Tomb of the Living Dead behind Mount Zhongnan. Giving their daughter this name clearly showed that they were disheartened and wanted to follow Wang Chongyang's example and live in seclusion from the world.

Haitang followed her words and said, "Okay, I'll have someone carve it tomorrow. But if the master and his wife come, they will definitely not be happy to see it. The dead and the graves sound unlucky."

Cheng Songan snorted, wrinkled his nose and said, "Mediocre, mediocrity! Only in the tomb can you get the true way. Haven't you heard that the living dead are the living dead, and there is no talk of results or causes. I am free in the tomb as I wish, and I can be free and free from the six dusts!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a very light laugh, like a man's.

Cheng Songan looked around in surprise and asked, "Who?"

Qiangwei looked over suspiciously: "Who is the girl talking to?"

Cheng Songan frowned and asked, "Didn't you hear someone laughing? Who is cleaning here and dares to laugh at me?"

Haitang chuckled, "There aren't many people here. The people who clean the courtyard only come once every ten days. Now that we are here, we boys can't enter the inner courtyard anymore. The maids will bring us here in a few days."

Cheng Songan frowned, perhaps he had heard wrong, so he let go of their hand and followed them all the way to the main courtyard "Mountain Residence". Although the grass and trees in the yard were neatly trimmed and clean, the house had not been lived in for a long time and was full of dust. They should have sent someone to clean it before moving in, but they came in a hurry today and it was really too late.

When I opened the door, the wind blew up the dust, choking me and making me cough.

Haitang covered Cheng Songan's mouth and nose and said, "Miss, go sit on the stone table outside the courtyard for a while and have some snacks first. Come back after we clean up."

Cheng Songan obediently took the snacks she brought from the mansion and walked out of the yard. After just a few steps, he saw a box on the stone table from afar.

She felt a little strange. When she passed by just now, there was no such thing. How come there was a box suddenly? She thought to herself that the servants here were too unruly. They acted without rules and didn't even know how to report.

Cheng Songan walked over and saw clearly that it was a food box for takeout from Hongyanlou. She touched it and found it was still steaming hot. It was obviously delivered right out of the pot. She opened it curiously and found a bowl of red oil pig's trotters on the top layer. She opened the second layer and found some exquisite snacks.

Lu Qingshan left in a hurry just now, was it just to buy her some food? I didn't expect him to be so considerate. In his previous life, Xue Tingyun and Cheng Wanxin didn't choose him, who was caring, but instead fell in love with Cui Yuanqing, that bastard. It was really unfair.

After a whole morning of trouble, including losing his temper twice and breaking two things in a row, Cheng Songan was already starving. He was so hungry that he was flustered and could hardly stand. He immediately put the snacks aside and unceremoniously took out the red oil pig's trotter and started to eat it.

She hadn't tasted the food from Yizhou for a long time, so the food tasted very delicious. After a short while, she finished the whole bowl, but she still didn't feel full. She ate a few more snacks before she felt a little stronger.

After eating, she touched her bulging belly with satisfaction and pinched her arm. It was strange that she didn't gain much weight even though she had a good appetite now.

"Girl, now that you're done packing, come into the house."

Haitang and Qiangwei came out, each holding something they had just changed. They both felt strange when they saw her eating a hot meal at the table.

Cheng Songan said in a good mood: "I have a good brother now. You guys can pack up now. I will take a nap. In the evening, call everyone in the village to the yard. I have something to tell them."

Qiangwei smiled and said, "I slept for several times today, how come you are still awake? If you have anything to say, Haitang and I will go and talk. Anyway, there are no outsiders in the manor, so you should at least walk around."

Cheng Songan was too lazy to move, and only said: "Tell the people guarding outside that I will not see anyone in the Cui Mansion except the old lady, especially men, and stop them from coming in."

Haitang and Qiangwei knew she was talking about Cui Yuanqing, nodded, and went downstairs to get busy.

Cheng Songan returned to the mountain residence, which was much larger than the room in Cui's mansion. Although the furnishings were simple, it looked very comfortable. She walked to the inner room with satisfaction. As soon as she opened the curtain, she saw a person sitting upright on the bed. She was so scared that she stepped back suddenly and almost fell down.

There was no sight of Cui Yuanqing getting up, he suddenly came to her side and held her up.

Cheng Songan turned around and tried to run out, shouting, "Hai..."

Before she could finish her words, Cui Yuanqing gently covered her mouth with his left hand, and with his right hand, he had already lifted her to the bed and said in a calm voice, "Don't shout."