"Old lady, the seventh girl is here." The maid spread the story inwardly.

Song Ruoxi walked in and found that except for Song Ruojie and Song Ruohu, all the women in the family were here. The ones who were with Mrs. Song were chatting and laughing were a middle-aged woman who looked like Mrs. Song, and a pretty girl wearing a pink brocade dress.

On the chair were two teenagers of seventeen or eighteen years old and a young woman in a rose-red dress. Because they were close relatives, the defense between men and women was not so strict, so there was no need to meet each other across the screen.

"Seven Girls, you are a girl from every family. You run out all day long, like what are you talking about? Are there any rules?" Old Mrs. Song asked coldly with a smile on her face.

"Mother, it was Miss Zhou who asked Qi Yatou to go to the painting workshop to see paintings, so she had to go out for social events." Ji Yun was afraid that Song Ruoxi would say the wrong thing, so she asked Old Mrs. Song to seize the handle and take the lead.

"Which Zhou family?" asked Old Mrs. Song.

"Zhou Taibao's granddaughter." Ji Yun bowed.

The emperor did not make a crown prince. The crown prince Taibao was just a false position, but Lord Zhou was a first-rank official after all.

The fat on Old Mrs. Song's face shook.

"Third brother and sister, the seventh girl is your biological daughter. It is appropriate to keep it with you, but love is not too sweet. As the saying goes, spoiling your son is like killing your son. If you don't understand the rules, you will suffer in the future." The second aunt's wife seemed to be kind to advise.

"Don't worry, second sister, I will never spoil the seventh girl, brother and sister. Not everyone is as blessed as second sister's wife." Ji Yun praised and demoted her secretly.

When the second aunt was a girl, she was spoiled and unscrupulous by the old lady Song and was domineering. For a small matter, she whipped the three gangsters with a whip. The three Song Yi brothers still had scars on their bodies. I don’t know how this matter was spread. When she was in the hairpin, no one came to discuss her relatives and eventually married a foreign land.

"The third brother and sister-in-law are worthy of being the girl from the censor's family, and they are smart and clever." Staying away from her parents' family, she has been a daughter-in-law for many years, and her mother-in-law has worn off her arrogant edges and corners. Her second aunt's bad temper has been much more restrained.

"Xie Er's compliment." Ji Yun's eyes turned slightly, "Xi'er won't give your second aunt a gift."

"Xi'er has seen her second aunt, and her second aunt is very blessed." Song Ruoxi bowed.

The second aunt narrowed her eyes and smiled and said, "The seventh girl doesn't have to be too polite. She hasn't seen her for many years and has grown into a big girl."

Next month's 27th is the 69th birthday of Mr. Song. According to the rules of 90 or 10, the Song Mansion will be handled this time, and the second aunt will take advantage of this excuse to return to her parents' home. However, it is only the fourth day of the third month, and there are more than 40 days left before the 27th. She came back too early, which makes people suspect that she had other purposes to go back to her parents' home.

The second aunt's wife is forty-six years old this year. Her husband's surname is Pan and her name is Qingshu. She was a juren at the age of 21. She has been admitted to the spring examination of the tribute court in Beijing every three years and has been out of the grandson every time. She has wasted more than 20 years. Now she is nearly fifty years old. She knows that she has no hope and puts her hope on her eldest son.

The second aunt's wife had two sons and one daughter, and the eldest son Pan Shiwei, who was twenty-five years old this year. He was about to take the autumn examination and did not come early. The young woman who came with the second aunt's wife was his legitimate wife Wu.

The second son, Pan Shihuang, is born in the legitimate state and is 18 years old this year. Since Song Ruoxi entered the door, he has stared at her with a confused look. He thought that his sixth cousin was a stunning beauty, but he didn't expect that his seventh cousin was the stunning beauty. If he could marry her as his wife, what else could his husband ask for?

The legitimate daughter Pan Miaoling is the precious daughter born to her second aunt's wife at the age of 33. She stared at the jade carved golden tassel hairpin on Song Ruoxi's hairpin with jealousy.

The eldest daughter Pan Miaoyu is born in a vassal state. She is 25 years old this year. She is married and has not come with her.

The third son, Pan Shixu, was born in a concubine and was sixteen years old this year.

Song Ruoxi and the four of them met each other and sat down next to them, listening to the chatting between Old Lady Song, Second Aunt and Xiao Jiang. Ouyang, Ji Yun and Wen held the teacup with a smile, without saying a word, and became a listener.

Song Ruoxi was bored when she heard it. She had the habit of taking a nap in the afternoon, so she felt a little sleepy. She pulled her silk squid and covered her mouth and yawned.

"Cousin Seven, what are you going out to play? It's so rude to show your fatigue in front of the elders." Pan Miaoling said in a lesson.

Before Song Ruoxi could speak, Pan Shiwei said pitifully: "Even if we men go out, we feel it's hard, let alone the beautiful girl like a flower, all of us here are close relatives. If we only love our cousin, how can we blame us?"

When Pan Miaoling saw Pan Shiwei's arm turning out, she glared at him so angry.

Song Ruoxi didn't like Pan Shiwei's gaze when he looked at her, and was not grateful for his words and helped him, and turned his head away in disgust.

The second aunt's wife knew the nature of the second son. Although she didn't like Song Sui and Ji Yun, Song Sui was different from the past and was already a fourth-rank official. If her son could marry his legitimate daughter, Song Sui would have to support her son, which would save a lot of trouble. She smiled and said, "Mom, if we talk about these gossips, the children would be bored, so it would be better to let them go to the garden to play."

Old Mrs. Song naturally would not oppose her daughter and agreed happily.

Ji Yun's eyes turned a little cold, and she stood up and said, "Mother, my daughter-in-law is going to the kitchen to see if the wedding banquet for her second sister is ready."

"Mom, are you the third brother and sister in the housekeeper now?" asked the second aunt pretending to be surprised.

"Your father asked the elders to take charge of the second family, the third family and the fourth family to take charge of the kitchen this month." Old Mrs. Song glanced at Xiao Jiang. This useless thing, without any means, let the rights be eaten up little by little.

"Sister-in-law, go and do it!" Mrs. Second Aunt looked at Ji Yun and laughed. There is still time, so there is no hurry to be there today.

After leaving the door, Ji Yun said, "Three girls and five girls, please accompany your cousin to the garden to play. Seven girls, don't make trouble with me. Go back to your room to change your clothes, and don't be rude for a while."

Song Ruoxi's sisters agreed in unison and went back to the room to change their clothes. Ji Yun waited for them to walk away before turning around and going to the kitchen.

At the hour of You, Old Master Song and the four brothers of the Song family came back, and they treated each other again. All the ten girls from the Song family were there, and the six young masters were either in the Imperial College or in the school, and they were not at home.

After a few gossips, the maid came over and said that the banquet had been set up and invited the masters to take their seats. Song Ruoxi failed to eat the blessings and longevity prepared by the silkworm mother for her, and gave the maids in the yard a bargain.

After the reception banquet, Pan Shihuang and Pan Shixu lived in the guest room in the outer courtyard. The old lady left Pan Miaoling to live with her, and the second wife and Wu lived in the east corner room of Songheyuan. The next day, the second aunt's wife and his daughter accompanied Old Lady Song to Taohua Temple to invite a Guanyin back.

March 6th is the day when the school starts in the clan's boudoir school. The girl who has been married wants to embroider the dowry, and the girl who has been married has to discuss the bride, so she doesn't have to go. Although Song Ruoxi is still a few months away from the bride, she can't go.

In the next few days, Song Ruoxi had no way to avoid Pan Shiwei except when she went to pay her respects to Mrs. Song. She hid in the yard and did not go out at any other time. No matter how Wu and Pan Miaoling came to invite each other, they refused to go with each other and said that they would embroider and practice calligraphy. Every time Wu and Pan Miaoling touched the topic on Pan Shiwei, she would pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Not only Song Ruoxi was guarding against Pan Shiwei, but Ji Yun was also guarding against him. He specially sent four tyrants to guard the gate of Zhuyin Courtyard, and even refused to let him enter the courtyard, and did not give him any opportunity to take advantage of it.

Pan Shiwei was anxious when he looked at the beauty every day but could not get close to the beauty. On that day, he looked out of Zhuyin Courtyard, hoping that Wu and Pan Miaoling could trick Song Ruoxi out.

"Cousin Wei, what are you doing here?" A delicate voice rang behind him.

Pan Shiwei looked back and saw a light in his eyes, "Sixth cousin, what a coincidence."

"I'm here to pick flowers and put them in bottles. What's Cousin Wei doing here?" Song Ruoyan asked with a smile.

"I...I'm taking a walk here."

"Then I won't bother my cousin." Song Ruoyan walked over from Pan Shiwei in a graceful manner.

A faint fragrance drifted by, Pan Shiwei took a deep breath and was fascinated, "Sixth cousin, I will accompany you to pick flowers, okay?"

"Okay!" Song Ruoyan looked back and smiled charmingly, seductive.

Pan Shiwei forgot about Song Ruoxi and followed Song Ruoyan to pick flowers.

The two had a great time talking.

On the other hand, Wu and Pan Miaoling returned in disgrace again.

Song Ruoxi collapsed on the couch and shouted frantically: "Ah! No, I can't stand it anymore. I'll go to Taohua Temple to hide for a day of quietness tomorrow."

Xiang Xiu chuckled and said, "I thought the girl could endure it for three days at most, but I didn't expect that the girl would endure it for seven days."

"I'm cultivating my patience." Song Ruoxi said hatefully.

Everything cannot be satisfactory, but having patience is limited. Song Ruoxi reported to Ji Yun and went to Taohua Temple to hide from the quiet the next day.

At the gate of the city, I met Ye Shuhua's carriage. On the official road, two carriages were heading side by side, rolled up the curtains, and Ye Shuhua asked through the window: "Your junior brother is going to Taohua Temple?"

"Senior brother, is that too?" Song Ruoxi asked with a smile.

"It's hard to recite scriptures in peace and quiet, and go to the temple to seek peace and quiet." Ye Shuhua clasped his hands together, and there was anxiety between his eyebrows.

Song Ruoxi's eyes fluttered and she asked with a smile: "Who is the senior brother entangled again?"

Ye Shuhua sighed, "When you go to the temple, the little monk will explain in detail with your junior brother."

"Okay, senior brother, please go first." After leaving the city gate, the two cars will run side by side, which will affect the carriage coming from the opposite side. Song Ruoxi is polite and authentic.

"The horse's hooves will be ashes, my junior brother will go first." Ye Shuhua is a gentleman.

"It's better to obey your orders than respect." Song Ruoxi smiled and ordered the maid to put down the curtains, and the carriage took the lead, and Ye Shuhua's carriage followed closely behind.

The peach blossoms have withered and small fruits have emerged. Song Ruoxi swallowed and said, "Senior Brother, the peaches are ripe, I want to give me a few baskets."

Jingyu Zhengyan said, "Junior brother, don't be greedy for your appetite to avoid being burdened."

"Senior brother, peaches are vegetarian, not meaty." Song Ruoxi Road.

"The desire for the mouth and stomach has nothing to do with meat and vegetables." Jingyu said.

"What my senior brother said is reasonable." Song Ruoxi was too lazy to argue with her.

The new tea is just boiling, Jingyu takes a pot and makes tea, "Two junior brothers, please drink tea."

"Thank you, senior brother." Song Ruoxi and Ye Shuhua clasped their hands together and thanked them.

"Senior Brother Ye, can you explain your troubles and trivial matters in detail?" Song Ruoxi held a teacup.

"My mother asked the Empress Dowager to choose a wife's house for the young monk. The young monk refused several times but failed. The Empress Dowager had selected ten female donors yesterday and ordered the young monk to choose one of them as his wife. The young monk converted to Buddhism and did not want to fall into the love of the world. However, the wishes of his parents and the orders of the empress dowager made the young monk worry." Ye Shuhua was frowning.

Jingyu chanted the Buddha's name and asked, "Where does the annoyance come from? Where does the suffering come from?"

"Love love is annoyance, grudges are bitterness." Ye Shuhua replied.

"Love but do not know etiquette, love but do not know shame; love is deep, love is deep, resentment is deep, and karma is deep. If you bear my life, I will repay your debts. For this cause and condition, after hundreds of thousands of kalpas, it will always be in life and death. If you love my heart, I pity your color, because this cause and condition, after hundreds of thousands of kalpas, it will always be in tangled." Jingyu said.

"Parents have great benefits for their children, and they will raise them at any time. The four elements will be achieved. The little monk has not repaid his parents for their nurturing grace. He asked the little monk to marry a wife. It is the wish of his parents. It is against his parents' wish and is unfilial."

"To abandon the common people and become a monk means to abandon the 'small filial piety' and to practice 'great filial piety'." Jingyu said.

Song Ruoxi sneered and said, "There are four kinds of kindness in the world, which is very difficult to repay. One mother, two father, three Tathagata and four masters, who offer to these four kinds of people, will receive infinite blessings. Before offering to the parents, which one is the small filial piety and which one is the great filial piety?"

Jing Yu said terriblely, this is indeed recorded in the scriptures.

Ye Shuhua thought about something.

"The Sutra of Shansheng also writes: 'As a son, one should respect and obey his parents with five things. Offering can make everything possible; if you do something, you should first let your parents go; what your parents do is respectful and obedient; what your parents do is not dare to violate them; if your parents do it correctly, they dare not violate them; if your parents do it properly, they will continue to do the right things they do. Small filial piety cannot be fulfilled, so how can you talk about great filial piety?" Song Ruoxi smiled in his eyes. Who can argue with her?

Ye Shuhua nodded slightly and said, "Junior brother is smart, please help the monk think of a way to achieve both ways?"

Song Ruoxi sneered and said, "It is rare to have both laws in the world. I will live up to the Tathagata and never let you down!"

Ye Shuhua remained silent.

Jingyu lowered his eyelids slightly, pulled the rosary in his hand, and chanted the scriptures in his mouth.

Song Ruoxi drank the tea in the cup and said, "Senior brother, marriage will not hinder your practice. The Sumoti Sutra once recorded that the beautiful woman in the Buddhist disciple of the Mahara City, Sumoti, came to ask the Buddha when he met the son of the elder Mancai who believed in the heretics. He said that if the woman in Sumoti married her family, she would be 'a generous and unscrupulous people'. The woman in Sumoti got married according to the Buddhist order. Later, it really inspired everyone and many people in the Mahara City to convert to the Three Jewels and were praised by the Buddha."

Jingyu frowned and a hint of confusion appeared in his eyes.

Ye Shuhua pondered for a moment and said, "In Volume 75 of the "Avatamsaka Sutra", the wonderful virtue girl in Volume 75 of "Avatamsaka Sutra", seeks to be her wife, and has great merit. Although she loves to offer her Buddhist sons, she will not fall into the three evil paths for two hundred and fifty kalpas."

"The "Sutra of Miscellaneous Days" also says that 'A woman cannot obtain the Tao', and it also says that there are four causes and conditions for a Bodhisattva to marry a woman: one is 'family fate and blessing', which means that a husband and wife have already formed a relationship in the previous life; the other is 'finished sin', which means that a past debt is paid in the form of marriage; the third is 'common men and women should be born in a coexistence', which means that a wise man and a wise man can become a relationship that helps the Tao. For example, a Buddha marrying a woman and a marriage that conforms to the cause and condition of practicing the secret dual path will help the Tao." Song Ruoxi doesn't like listening to people chanting scriptures, but when he is bored, he likes to read stories in Buddhist scriptures.

Ye Shuhua's eyes were clear, she smiled with her eyebrows, and said, "Thank you junior brother to give me some advice, the monk knows what to do."

"It is my honor to be able to resolve my senior brother's doubts." Song Ruoxi said with a smile.
Chapter completed!