Chapter 596 - 238 Years in the Mountains (Part 1)_2
Yueyao no longer spoke.
Yueyao had not finished tidying up when an Attendant Student came over, "Miss, Mr. Yu Shan invites you to come over." Mr. Yu Shan lived next door to Yueyao and, had Yueyao not grown up and needed to be more reserved, Mr. Yu Shan would have had Yueyao live in his courtyard.
After Yueyao went, she did not return to her own courtyard until very late. Yueyao remembered the scolding she had received from Mr. Yu Shan and could not help but laugh. Recently, the affairs of Ma’s Mansion had indeed distracted her; now, she needed to calm her mind.
At the chrysanthemum appreciation event hosted by Mingzhu, who was highly respected, all the young ladies who received an invitation came. All the famous girls of the Capital City were invited—over twenty in total, including Mu Qinglian, whom Mingzhu least favored.
Princess Wanhe, smiling, asked Mingzhu, "Where is Sister Yueyao, whom you often mention?" Since Mingzhu had changed her temperament, she had gotten along well with Princess Wanhe. Having spent much time together, Princess Wanhe naturally heard the name Yueyao often. Assuming Yueyao would attend the banquet hosted by Mingzhu, Princess Wanhe had expected her to be present.
Mingzhu, annoyed, replied, "She went to Zhaohua Temple."
Princess Wanhe was somewhat surprised, "Going to Zhaohua Temple to offer incense could be delayed by a couple of days!" Could it be that going to Zhaohua Temple was more important than attending this banquet?
Upon hearing this, Mingzhu couldn’t help laughing, "You don’t know her, this peculiar person. I get sleepy just seeing scriptural texts. But she adores them deeply, finding them more exciting than I find delicacies. She’s staying at Zhaohua Temple permanently this time and probably won’t return until the end of the year."
Princess Wanhe was even more surprised, "She likes Buddhist scriptures too?"
Mingzhu nodded, shared all of Yueyao’s foolish antics, and then sighed, "Do you think she’s a freak?"