Although she had a good night's sleep, Shi Anan was still confused when Fu Xin dug her out of bed.

No. Is it daybreak now?

She turned her head to look outside, it was pitch black, then turned back and stared at Fu Xin with lifeless eyes: "We are leaving at the beginning of the day, why are you calling me so early?"

"Miss, it's already the end of the morning hour, it's very late." Fu Xin replied seriously.

Shi Anan showed an expression like an old man on the subway looking at his phone, and continued woodenly: "There is still at least one hour from the end of Mao time to the beginning of Si time. Why should I get up so early? You can call me in half an hour."

After saying this, An An planned to go back to sleep. Her warm bed was reluctant to leave her.

Fu Xin quickly stopped Shi An'an's movements and said angrily, "Miss, you have to go out today. If you don't get up and dress up early, the young lady will call you a country bumpkin again!"

"One hour is already very tight, you still need to have breakfast, and we can't let Madam wait, we have to go to the door and wait a quarter of an hour in advance!"

Because of Fu Xin's actions, Shi Anan's attempt to lie back down was restricted. After all this trouble, she finally woke up completely, but she still expressed her incomprehension.

"We are going to pray for blessings, not to see each other like last time. Why do we need to dress up so beautifully? And don't you know my clothes? Even if I take out the most expensive one and put it on, I will still look like a country bumpkin in my elder sister's eyes."

Fu Xin was at a loss for words after hearing what Shi Anan said. It seemed that what the young lady said made some sense.

Oh no, she couldn't let the young lady lead her astray: "But young lady, the people who come in and out of Ciguang Temple are all powerful and wealthy people. If I don't dress decently, it will be embarrassing."

As a female warrior who is good friends with her male colleagues and often deals with soil and steel bars, Shi Anan really cannot understand the thoughts of a little girl like Fuxin. For her, shouldn't she dress as simply as possible when praying? Why should she care about other people's opinions?

After a while, Fu Xin demonstrated to her with her actions what was meant by deliberate simplicity. She first took out a moon-white dress with exquisite workmanship, then combed her hair into a simple yet fairy-like bun, and finally put on a thin layer of makeup.

Shi Anan, who is usually very beautiful without makeup, suddenly looked like a glowing fairy. It turns out that people in ancient times also had the sophisticated nude makeup style.

After a busy period, it was soon time to set off. Shi Anan took Fuxin and walked towards the gate first. They lived in a remote area, so they had to walk a longer distance than others.

When they arrived at the gate, the servants had already pulled several carriages to the door waiting for the master to arrive.

In addition to her and Shi Wanqing, the Shi family also has an older brother, the eldest son Shi Chengzhi, who is now eighteen years old.

From his name we can tell how high expectations Shi Zhengde had for him. However, he was also very hardworking. He had passed the county examination and became a scholar. Although his ranking was a bit low, he had passed the exam after all.

Although Aunt Bai entered the family earlier than Aunt Meiren, she had a miscarriage in her early years which injured her health. So she had to wait two years after Shi Anan was born before she had another son, Shi Chengze, the only young master of the Shi family.

After all, he was a son that was not easily obtained, and Aunt Bai doted on him very much, so he became a troublemaker and got into a lot of trouble. But Aunt Bai was rich, so for her, anything that could be solved with money was not a big deal.

Shi Zhengde also wanted to correct his youngest son at the beginning, but this youngest son was used to acting like a spoiled child and foolishly. Besides Aunt Bai, even the old lady spoiled him.

Whenever he wanted to scold his son more, the two women would not allow it, so gradually Shi Zhengde gave up the desire to discipline his younger son.

After all, the family business will be inherited by the legitimate son. It's enough for the legitimate son to work hard. The illegitimate son will be protected by his mother and will not suffer.

Fang was naturally happy to see such a scene. After all, if the illegitimate son was too competitive, it would affect her son's status. Now it seems that she doesn't have to worry about it.

After marrying Aunt Liu, Shi Zhengde took two maids as concubines. However, these two maids never gave birth, so they were never given formal status.

However, I heard recently that a maid seemed to be showing signs of pregnancy. We will have to wait until she gives birth before giving her an official title. However, the end of the world is coming soon, and I don’t know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate that the maid is pregnant now.

However, these things have nothing to do with Shi Anan. Whether to protect this maid is up to the scumbag father.

It didn't take long before the other masters of the Shi family came out one after another. This was the first time Shi Anan had seen the Shi family after coming here for so many days.

The first to arrive was the eldest brother Shi Chengzhi. When he saw Shi Anan, he just glanced at her and turned to get into his carriage.

This arrogant attitude made Shi Anan swallow her greeting before she could even say it. Yes, another person who looked down on the original owner.

The next person to come out was the devil Shi Chengze. When he saw Shi Anan, he called her "third sister". However, the two of them were not very close and could not even talk to each other. Shi Chengze's maid was afraid that he would be frozen outside for too long, so she urged him to get on another carriage.

The two male members of the same generation in the Shi family have already met each other, and as for the remaining second sister, one can tell without even meeting her that she has no sisterly feelings towards her at all.

When the original owner was in the Shi family, no one cared about her except the beautiful concubine. Oh, there was also Fu Xin who cared about her.

After a while, the second sister came out with Fang. Shi Anan saw her look at her, then turned around and said something to Fang, then took Fang's arm and walked towards the front carriage.

It's easy to imagine that Shi Wanqing saw Shi Anan in this carriage and felt that she lowered her status, so she didn't want to ride in the same carriage with her.

Shi Wanqing felt more comfortable when she didn't sit. How comfortable it was to occupy a carriage by herself!

The carriage started to move slowly. Ciguang Temple was located outside the capital. Although it was not far away, it would still take about half an hour to get there. After arriving at Ciguang Temple, we prayed first, and then had a vegetarian meal before returning.

Because she got up too early in the morning, An An gradually fell asleep on the swaying carriage. It was not until Fu Xin called her that she realized they had arrived at Ci Guang Temple.

Ciguang Temple is indeed the most beloved temple among dignitaries in this dynasty. The steps are filled with horse-drawn carriages from wealthy families, and those coming and going are all ladies and young ladies in exquisite clothes.

Even so, Ciguang Temple was not the purpose of Shi Anan's trip this time. When she was thinking about what excuse to use to escape, Fang directly brought this opportunity to her.

In order to show sincerity, those who want to enter the gate of Ciguang Temple have to climb the ninety-nine steps at the entrance, and they must climb by themselves and cannot have someone carry them in a sedan chair.

These ninety-nine steps are certainly not a big deal for men, but for some ladies who have been pampered in the backyards of deep houses all year round and have to rely on cars or sedan chairs to go out, it is a physical job.

Fang was afraid that Shi Anan, who had just recovered from her illness, would fall down halfway through climbing. Not only would she be afraid that others would think that she was mistreating a concubine's daughter, she was also afraid that the monks at Ciguang Temple would think that they were not sincere enough and would not let them in to pray.

So Fang said to Shi Anan, "Now that you have recovered from your illness, don't follow us up. We will come down at 3 p.m. after we pray and eat vegetarian food. You just wait here. The old lady doesn't have to worry. It's enough for her to know that you are praying for her."

If the original owner were here, he would definitely be sad for a long time because of these words.

Fang's words seemed to be considering her in every aspect, but in fact, they showed that she was a superfluous person. The translation of those words was: You are too weak and it would be a burden if you follow us. We will go upstairs to eat vegetarian food, and you can wait hungry downstairs. The old lady doesn't have to worry, and she doesn't care whether you pray for her or not.

But Shi Anan was more than happy to have such a situation, as it saved her from having to come up with excuses not to go up. Mrs. Fang was such a good person!

But she couldn't show too much excitement, what if Fang changed her mind? Shi Anan pretended to be sad and replied, "Okay, mother."

Fang didn't doubt it, turned around and led the others up the stairs.

Fu Xin couldn't help but speak up for Shi An'an and said, "Madam, how could you do this? Miss, you got up so early today to come to Ciguang Temple. How could you agree to go up if she didn't allow you to?"

"Hush, keep your voice down, I agreed on purpose. Come on, let's go shopping!" Shi Anan's sad expression disappeared in an instant.

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