Li Lijun was unmoved when she heard his elder brother Li Jianrang's retelling grandfather's words.

Before the Great Perfect Qi Refining, she didn't want to go back to Chang'an. If possible, she even wanted to move back to the royal palace after building the foundation. However, she would not be able to live at home for a long time. Sooner or later, she would have to move out under the name of practicing Taoism, otherwise her actions would be too restricted and she would not be free.

Of course, she could not tell the truth to Li Jianrang, so she could only change the reason: "What should I do when I go back? Princess Pei is a good thing to get pregnant, but now it is the most important thing for her to give birth to a child safely. There is no need to rush to call me back and play a scene of a mother and a filial daughter in front of outsiders. Since I am not her biological child, I will live in the same mansion with her and make reservations every day and night. Can she really feel at ease? Although I can't do anything to her and her children, I don't want to see that there are too many people who give birth safely. If someone takes the risk of taking the blame and then puts the blame on me afterwards, then I'm too unfair? I would rather stay away and wait until she gives birth safely before considering going back."

Li Jianrang was silent. Those who said that he didn't want to see Princess Pei give birth safely must be inseparable from his grandmother, Mrs. Yang, and his sister Li Chujun and sister Li Yanjun would have the same idea. As for the fourth brother Li Wenliang, he was still a child. Li Jianrang didn't even dare to make a promise for the servants around him, because most of the people around him had close relationships with the Yang family, such as Cang, who was the dowry maid brought from the Yang family to the Sui Palace by his biological mother, Da Yang, and his parents and relatives were still serving in the Yang family.

The King of Sui was very clear about these things. Therefore, he only asked the eldest grandson to persuade his younger granddaughter Li Lijun to move back to the prince's mansion, but did not mention the eldest granddaughter Li Chujun, the illegitimate Li Yanjun and Li Wenliang, and still asked them to stay in the village in Zhongnan Mountain, so as not to take risks and hurt Princess Pei and the children in her belly.

However, the King of Sui believed that Li Lijun would not do such things. Chen had only one daughter, she had no brothers, and she was not particularly close to any brother. She had only a little more contact with her elder brother Li Jianrang. She had no reason to be hostile to the child born by her stepmother, and happened to return to the Sui Palace to act as a filial daughter, proving to the outside world that the Sui Palace was still harmonious.

Li Lijun did not plan to be a tool person. She looked afraid of being blamed, and Li Jianrang couldn't persuade him anymore. Because he couldn't tell whether his confidants would be detrimental to his stepmother, Princess Pei, and then blame his younger sister. As slaves from the Yang family, they could not let the children born to the Yang family daughter and Yang Shiliu Niang take the blame. The other concubines in the backyard were too low-status and had no chance to contact the mistress on weekdays, and they didn't even have the qualification to take the blame.

Li Jianrang lowered his head and sighed: "Then...forget it, in a few days, Uncle San will marry again. At that time, you can go back and stay for a few days."

Li Lijun still has sufficient reasons: "I always have to keep my mother's filial piety for twenty-seven months to attend such festive occasions. I am afraid that the grandma and the third uncle can't wait, so why should I let the elders accommodate me? I will prepare generous gifts and congratulate the third uncle and the third uncle on their marriage."

Li Jianrang was speechless again. Princess Dou had already set an auspicious day with Duke Lin's mansion. That day, it was nearly a month before Li Lijun was filial. Even if he persuaded her younger sister to return to the palace, she would not be able to attend the wedding banquet. She could only stay in her yard and listen to the rituals and music outside. Even after the wedding, Li Lijun would avoid it. So what is the point of her returning to the palace of the Sui Palace?

After all, Li Jianrang never advised Li Lijun anymore. He just accompanied her in a carriage to the newly built Houtu Temple, helped her get out of the carriage and went to the temple to visit.

He had read the drawings of the new temple for a long time. Now that he saw the real thing, he found that it was no different from the drawings. It was built faster and better than he thought. He was very satisfied.

He saw the newly erected stone tablet in the temple and saw the densely packed small Han Li characters, which turned out to be a long article with four parallels and eight li. He was very surprised: "Little sister, you once said in your letter that you would write a text to explain the origin of the goddess worshipped in this temple and the reason for the reconstruction of the temple. Is this what you wrote?"

Li Lijun nodded: "I wrote it, but it was not well written. Brother laughed."

Li Jian asked her to open her mouth, but she didn't know what to say for a moment. He often read parallel prose and wrote it himself. He knew very well how difficult it is to write this style. Unexpectedly, my younger sister could write such a piece at a young age! Even if it was not very literary, she was outstanding enough as a woman!

Is this possible? When Princess Chen was alive, he never found that her younger sister was talented and had extraordinary literary talent, so she just thought she was still a greedy and playful child. After Princess Chen passed away, her younger sister moved to the countryside to mourn. She only heard that she was fascinated by the Taoist practice, but she didn't worship any famous teachers? The wet nurses and nannies around her could teach such talented women?!

But if this is not true, the younger sister found someone to write an article and signed her own name - she could have found someone with better literary talent to write for her. What's more, the younger sister did not promote her talent at all, and this new temple is not a place where the most popular place is, so it is completely unnecessary?

Li Jianrang only felt that he knew too little about his younger sister. Did he care too much about her in the past? He thought that his brother was very competent, but in fact he felt good about himself.

Looking at the confused look on Li Jian's face, Li Lijun pulled the corner of her mouth. She was not a real little girl. She lived for 200 years, but had been in various schools for seventy or eighty years. Although she really had no effort in literature, if she had not high requirements, a parallel prose could still be squeezed out. Her purpose was to write down the name of Houtu, the clergy and origin of Empress Houtu. Those gorgeous words were made up for numbers and were simply used to charm others' eyes. As long as the purpose was achieved, even if others said that her literary talent was mediocre, she would not care.

She smiled at Li Jianrang: "Brother, why are you stunned? The auspicious time has come. Let's quickly sing incense for Empress Houtu, and pray to Empress to bless you and me, everything goes well and the family is healthy."

Li Jian woke up and quickly responded. He took the incense handed over by his younger sister, and knelt down and bowed.

After raising incense and praying for blessings, Li Jianbing immediately remembered a question: "This Queen Houtu... is the God of Land? Why hasn't Brother Wei heard of her name before?"

Li Lijun said angrily: "Brother Ah, worshiping Buddha and chanting scriptures with Ah Weng all day long. When did he pay attention to the gods that have been produced in Taoism? Besides, from ancient times to the present, there have been more immortals and gods from all walks of life. There are few Houtu Niangniang Temple in Guanzhong. Brother Ah, what's so strange about it? Now you know, come and worship more in the future. Houtu Niangniang is effective. If you know that Brother Ah, you will definitely protect you."

Li Jian asked Xiaoxiao and responded, but he didn't take it too seriously. He had no obvious preference for both Buddhist and Taoist families, but he just followed his grandfather to worship Buddha more, but he also went to various Dao Palaces to burn incense. He may not come to this new temple often, but after he agreed to his younger sister, he would send people to send money and grain on time to maintain the operation of the new temple.

He remembered that his younger sister had mentioned before that he had found a lonely old man to make temple blessings for the new temple, and made a yard for temporary escorts, so he wanted to visit. Li Lijun asked Lu Siyun to lead the way for his elder brother, and said, "The land around the new temple has also been opened up, and I am going to be stocked for nearby farmers. Brother, you might as well go around."

After seeing off Li Jianrang, who was very interested, Li Lijun used her eyes to signal Erhong and Qiuxiang to close the door, then lifted up the carpet in front of the altar to reveal the secret door below.

She wants to complete the last process for this Houtu Temple.

(End of this chapter)


Chapter completed!