After Giving Way To My Husband’s Sweetheart

Chapter 16 Cousin, come back with me

The Sima family temple is located in the village on the outskirts of the city. When we arrived at the place, we were greeted by servants and stewards. The wife led a group of people into the family temple and was led to the front hall first.

The front hall of this temple is a temple, the main hall is dedicated to Bodhisattvas and Arhats, and some monks are supported, and the back hall is the Sima family ancestral temple.

Sima Rui escorted Mrs. Tai and Love to the front hall, and then said goodbye: "Grandma and cousin will go in first to offer incense. I will go to the backyard to play chess with Master Xiyun."

Seeing that her grandson was about to run away, Mrs. Tai smiled and teased him: "You are not young anymore. Since you are here today, why don't you ask the Bodhisattva for a marriage."

Sima Rui smiled slightly, a clear look on his handsome face: "Fate is determined by fate, how can it be achieved by asking for it?"

Mrs. Tai smiled and said: "Since you don't want to go in, I won't force you. Then Afu and I will go and offer incense to the Bodhisattva first."

Sima Rui nodded towards the madam, said goodbye to Love beside him, and then turned around and left.

After Mrs. Tai took Love to put incense on the Bodhisattva, she glanced at Love's thoughtful look and said warmly: "Your aunt is living in the backyard now. If you want to see her, just go over."

Love thanked the madam, and the madam ordered someone to call the novice monk to take Love to find the second lady. She followed the monk to the Zen hall to listen to the scriptures.

The backyard was far away, and Love followed the novice along the circuitous route and spent a lot of time before arriving at her aunt's residence. This is a quiet little courtyard, with two entrances and two exits. The courtyard is shaded by green pines and has hanging vines. It looks elegant and neat.

The maid next to Luo was sweeping the yard. She raised her eyes and saw that it was Love. She quickly welcomed her into the yard with greetings and hurriedly called to the main house: "Second Madam, Second Madam, look at it. Who is coming?"

Hearing the sound, Luo pushed the door open and saw that it was Love. She was stunned for a moment. When she came to her senses, the aunt and nephew could not help but hug each other and choked.

The maids helped the aunt and nephew into the house. Luo touched Luo Fu's face and said lovingly: "Afu has lost a lot of weight. How is the eldest son treating you? How is your situation in Sima Mansion?"

Auntie's current situation is difficult enough, and Love doesn't want to make her sad any more, so she just smiles and says everything is fine.

Luo Shi then smiled and replied, "If you are well, my aunt will have less to worry about."

Love replied: "Auntie, you should take good care of yourself. I am young, so you don't have to worry about me."

Luo Shi clapped her niece's hand and sighed: "Although the eldest son is a bit unruly, he has always been in love with you. If our family survives, you should marry him and become his wife. It's a pity that now you can only I feel sorry for you to be the side room."

As he said that, Luo looked at her niece who was as beautiful as a flower and had a bookish demeanor, and said with a wry smile: "My daughter of the Luo family is so talented and beautiful, but it's a pity that fate has played a trick on her."

On the contrary, Love comforted her aunt and said, "Whether it's my wife or my side wife, as long as I don't change my temper, I won't have to worry about my life."

Hearing this, Luo Shi smiled happily and said, "Afu is worthy of being the daughter of my Luo family. She is a person of integrity."

It is not easy for an aunt and nephew to meet each other. Love did not want to get too entangled in her affairs, so she directly discussed with her aunt: "What are your plans for cousin Chu Ge to enter the palace?"

Although Luo Shi was not in the mansion, she had naturally heard about such a big matter.

Hearing Love mention this, Luo couldn't help but shed tears and said: "I originally thought that because of my status as a sinner's daughter, this child's marriage would be affected, but I never expected that the Sima family would send her to the palace. Now The matter has been decided. Don’t say that I have been demoted to the concubine and can no longer take charge. Even in the past, since the Sima family made this plan, I couldn’t save my child.” Don’t say that Sima Chuge, the daughter of the second wife, is the legitimate son. The eldest daughter Sima Chuyu was ruthlessly sent to the palace back then.

As he spoke, Luo felt sad and said sadly: "The women of the Sima family have always been unable to control their own lives. There is nothing we can do about it."

Love tested her tears for her aunt and whispered: "I would like to have something thoughtful to say to my aunt."

Hearing this, Luo Shi left the servants in the house. When only her aunt and nephew were left in the house, Luo Shi asked, "Afu, do you have any way to save Ge'er?"

Love replied: "Entering the palace is a dead end. Rather than doing this, it is better to let my cousin fly away."

When Luo heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then calmed down and said: "Although this move is dangerous, it is the only one."

For the sake of her daughter's future, Luo Shi immediately made up her mind and replied: "It's just that Ge'er is a weak woman, and our Luo family has fallen. Where can she go?"

Luofu replied: "My cousin is in love with Mr. Zhou from the Yongping Marquis House. Why don't we let them go together? As long as they leave the capital, there is a vast sea and sky outside, and there is no need to worry about there being no place for them."

Luo Shi took Love's hand and nodded: "My aunt knows that you have been an ideator since you were a child. It's a pity that my aunt is trapped here and can't help herself, so my aunt entrusted Ge'er to you."

The aunt and nephew reached an agreement, and Love said goodbye to her aunt and went back to find the wife.

Halfway through her walk, a spring thunder sounded and it started to rain.

Love hid under a big tree, hoping that the rain would stop before traveling. Unexpectedly, the spring rain became heavier and heavier. She came out alone without her entourage. Seeing that the trip was impossible due to thunderstorms, Love was looking at the sky. I was worried, but I never thought that Sima Rui came over holding an umbrella.

Sima Rui met Love. He kept a close distance from her and said, "When my grandma saw it was raining, she ordered me to come over and look for my cousin. I thought my cousin was still with my second aunt. I never thought you would be trapped." Here it is.”

As he spoke, he took out a dry cloak from his arms, handed it to Love and said, "It's rainy and windy, cousin, please put this on to keep out the cold."

Love said "thank you", took the cloak and put it on. Sima Rui handed her an umbrella and said, "I'm afraid the rain won't stop for a while. Cousin, please follow me back."

Love nodded in agreement, holding an umbrella and walking back with Sima Rui.

This villa is very large, and it takes a long way to go back to the front yard. It is windy and rainy, making the road difficult to travel. Sima Rui walked on the windward side, trying hard to shield Love from the wind and rain, and he protected her all the way very carefully. She returned to the front yard.

"The mountain road is difficult to travel on a rainy day. We may have to spend the night here. When I came, I had ordered them to prepare a clean Zen room for my grandmother and cousin." After speaking, Sima Rui pointed to a room in front and said, "Then The room belongs to my cousin, you go in, I will go to the backyard to find some servants to take care of you in a while, cousin just stay here peacefully."

Love bowed and thanked Sima Rui, then held an umbrella and headed towards the meditation room.

Sima Rui did not leave immediately. He stood there and watched Love enter the Zen room, then turned and left.

 (End of this chapter)