Return to the Qing Dynasty(29)

The Empress Temple is located on a hill in the east of the city. How small is this hill? It is no more than three to five miles in radius and one to two hundred meters high. Because of the strange shape of the mountain, when viewed from below, the top part of the mountain looks like a statue of Guanyin.

.And this temple happened to be located on the abdomen of the Goddess of Mercy. This coincidence attracted more and more people to come here to ask for children. When there are more people, there is always a chance that one of them will become pregnant. Therefore, the reputation of the Temple of the Goddess of Mercy is just

spread like wildfire.

Because it is close to the capital, this reputation has spread to the ears of dignitaries. The Fourth Master also heard about such a place when he was gossiping with the ministers.

As the New Year approaches, even if the weather is cold, there is an endless stream of people coming to burn incense and pray for children. The town at the foot of the mountain has also become lively because of the Empress Temple.

When Fourth Master came out this time, he not only brought Lin Yutong with him, but also Hongshi and his wife and Hongli Hongzhou.

Hongshi never thought that Huang Ama brought him out for this reason, "Son, don't be in a hurry!"

Dong E supported Lin Yutong and reached out to pinch Hong Shi's waist. What a man! Don't be anxious! Of course you are not anxious if you have a son, but what about me? You have to let me have a son too. You are heartless.

Is this time spent growing vegetables with you in vain?

Hongshi bared his teeth and dared not speak.

Lin Yutong laughed, patted Dong E's hand that was caressing her arm, and said with a deliberately tigerish face: "Don't pinch him! That's my son. If you don't love me, I will. How can you bully someone else's son in front of his parents?"

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Dong E's face instantly turned red, and Hongshi turned to glare at her, feeling embarrassed and thrown out.

"Mom, look at him!" Dong E has become familiar with Lin Yutong during this time, and feels that this mother-in-law is actually quite easy to get along with. She never talks much about matters between husband and wife. She also never interferes in matters in her son's yard.

The couple occasionally quarreled, and she favored her daughter-in-law more often than her son. Because of the good relationship with her mother-in-law, her mother-in-law's attitude towards her was much better. The two concubines in the yard

I don’t dare to act like a monster anymore. Although there are many benefits to being with the queen, my liking to get along with the queen is definitely not because of these benefits. I just simply feel comfortable and like to be with her. If all the mothers-in-law in the world were like her

It seems that the life of the daughter-in-law here is much better.

Lin Yutong laughed and said to the fourth master, "You don't care about your son and glare at your wife. This is what you can do."

The fourth master raised his foot and kicked Hongshi gently, "Teach your son in front of others and teach your daughter-in-law behind your back. Don't do this outside in the future."

Hongshi didn't dare to hide after being hit. Nuonuo responded, but turned around and looked at Lin Yutong resentfully, as if to say, "Look! It's all your fault."

Mr. Dong E smiled, his eyes a little more charming.

Hongli and Hongzhou followed and joked with Hongshi, but Hongshi scolded them with a straight face. The fourth master didn't care and just strolled forward with his hands behind his back.

I even struck up a conversation with someone on the road, saying, ‘Brother, you look tough.’ ‘Brother, are you here with your younger siblings?’ I could chat with anyone, and by the way, I would talk about this year’s harvest and the situation at home.

When people saw the Fourth Master with three young men, they immediately complimented the Fourth Master and said, "Blessed are you to have more children! You already have three sons, and you are still begging for one."

The fourth master went back to his house and said, "Four! Four sons! There is also a nursing child at home."

The people who can come here must be from families with few heirs. When I heard that these four sons came to ask for a son, I was really envious and jealous.

Someone said: "You have four sons and you are not satisfied? Brother! You must have enough to be happy."

The fourth master started talking to someone, "Four is still a lot? My father has twenty-four sons."

Just a fraction of what father and his children deserve.

In this comparison, it is a little less.

"Then you are a big family." Those who heard it agreed with envy. This person has many clans and is not bullied.

A woman came over and asked Lin Yutong the secret of having children, "My sister has four sons, are you still alive?"

Lin Yutong laughed and pointed at Dong E's family, "I came with my wife."

This is only reasonable!

Hongli was a little frightened, and he couldn't tell the truth from the fake for a moment. Did Huang Ama want to beg for a son for the queen, or was he trying to beg for a son for his third brother's family?

No matter what the possibility is, it is not good news for him. Coming here specifically for the third brother to have a legitimate son proves that Huang Ama likes the third brother. If he came specifically for the queen, then things may be even worse.

Already.

Lin Yutong was afraid that Hong Zhou would run away blindly, so she turned to look at Gu Hong Zhou, but she happened to see Hong Li looking thoughtful. Looking at Hong Zhou again, he didn't know whose naughty child he was playing with, and the two of them were playing together.

A tree branch, making gestures in the air.

At this time, she somewhat understood what Fourth Master meant.

The fourth master took himself to ask for a son. This was a signal. What signal? It meant that so far, he was not very satisfied with several princes, including Hongli.

This is not only for the princes to see, but also for the ministers of the court.

Tell the princes that none of you are ideal candidates. Stop jumping around now. It will be useless if you keep jumping around. Tell the ministers in the court what to do and they will be too busy taking sides. Don't even think about the prince...

Urgent, isn’t this what he just asked for?

Before, she really thought he was bored and wanted to take her out to have some fun.

Turns out this was just a simple political signal.

With this thought in mind, she looked towards the fourth master, who turned to smile at her, stretched out his hand to pull her, and told Hongshi, "It's a rare occasion for you to come out, so take your wife to play."

Hong Zhou said hurriedly: "Dad! I'll take people there..." There are red plum blossoms blooming in the mountain col over there, which is a good place to enjoy flowers.

The fourth master had not yet spoken, so Hongli hurriedly said: "Don't worry, dad, my son will take his fifth brother to the temple to look for you soon."

The fourth master then glanced at Su Peisheng and said, "Arrange someone to follow." Then he let the two of them go.

Just as Hongshi was about to say he would accompany his parents, Dong E pulled his belt and said to Lin Yutong, "I'll be looking for my mother soon."

Lin Yutong smiled and was held by the fourth master and left.

After the two of them had gone far away, Dong E complained to Hong Shi, "I really have no eyes for you."

Hongshi turned his face, "What's wrong?" He was confused.

Mr. Dong E snorted softly and said in a low voice: "You don't want to stay with me. Don't you think my father-in-law doesn't want to stay with my mother-in-law?"

Hongshi blushed and scolded in a low voice: "Nonsense!" After saying this, he couldn't help but warn, "Don't say this to others again."

You still need to teach me this?

After the couple finished talking, Hongcai quickly looked at Hongzhou, but saw that the two brothers had already run away. He hesitated, "How about we go there too?"

The expression on Mr. Dong E's face was a bit bad. The two brothers-in-law passed by. Why did he follow them? Are their brothers going out, or are they accompanying him?

However, Hongshi pulled Dong E away and said, "I am the elder brother. If something happens to the two younger ones, how can we tell the emperor..." He looked around warily, then lowered his voice, "...

Explain?"

This one is incomprehensible.

I don't know how many secret guards followed these princes. There were two underage elder brothers outside, and Su Peisheng had one and a half eyes to keep an eye on them. As soon as the third elder brother over there left, he relaxed and was busy until he was in front of the fourth master.

I went to express my gratitude to the third elder brother. This kind of brotherly brother is what the fourth master likes to see the most.

He laughed and whispered, not forgetting to tease Hongshi, "... our third elder brother is such a sincere person, but he has lost the heart of San Fujin. With the fourth elder brother and fifth elder brother here, the couple want to say

Wouldn't it be inconvenient to just whisper a little?"

He said he was happy, but after he finished saying no more words from his master, he looked up.

Huh? There seems to be something wrong with the master's expression.

He was a little uneasy and asked tentatively: "Master... what's wrong?"

What's wrong?

You can only see others but not yourself!

The Fourth Master looked at him sideways, "Yes! You are right! There are outsiders here, and it is a bit inconvenient for the couple to have a private conversation."

He used the words "outsider" and "couple" very strongly, making it difficult for anyone who heard him to understand.

Then Lin Yutong looked at Su Peisheng and smiled.

Su Peisheng blinked, looking at this and that... Oh! Your Majesty and Queen, aren't they just a couple?

Feelings are like being an eyesore.

Like Shadow, he has been with his master for half his life. He really has no awareness of being an 'outsider'. Now he is classified as an outsider...

Master, do you know that you will lose your slave if you do this?

That's not what you said when you borrowed money from your slave.

All right!

Regardless of whether he wanted to or not, he still lagged a few steps behind and fell behind his master to wait on him.

Lin Yutong said to Fourth Master: "Why do you keep teasing him?"

The Fourth Master just laughed and was about to speak when he saw a familiar figure coming out of the fork in the road, "Lao Ba..."

"Huh?" Lin Yutong followed the Fourth Master's gaze and saw that it was really the Eighth Master and Ba Fujin, "What are these two couples doing?"

What can you do in this world?

Of course I’m asking for a child!

Lin Yutong did not expect that after telling Master Ba that he would discipline Ba Fujin that day, he would get such a result.

Looking for a child with the eight blessings?

If you have a son, Bafu Jin will not do it anymore?

If you don’t do it, you won’t be blessed.

Sometimes Lin Yutong feels that Ba Fujin's situation is similar to that of a woman who is reluctant to divorce her husband after he cheated on her husband. Let it go, but she can't let it go, and she doesn't have the courage. Don't let it go, it makes her feel very uncomfortable when she thinks about it.

It's so screwed up.
To be continued...