Chapter 955: A Match Made in Heaven, Kidnapped (4)
Going on a temple pilgrimage to fulfill a vow shouldn’t be so ostentatious, yet Fan Meijiao seemed afraid that others wouldn’t know she was about to marry into the Mu Family, as if she wanted to bring all the servants in the mansion with her.
The temple where the Zhao Family ancestors and descendants went to fulfill their vows was Bao Hua Temple, located fifty miles east of Jing City. Bao Hua Temple was the largest within Jing City, where all the ladies and young misses liked to go and pray. If they ran into each other there, there was inevitably some private comparison.
Fan Meijiao, worried about being looked down upon, got up before dawn to get ready. At this moment, she sat in the extravagant carriage at the rear, dressed in splendid clothing and adorned with jewelry. She kept instructing the coachman to go slower to avoid messing up the hair ornaments on her head.
Little did she know that the Buddhist temple was a place of serenity, where people compared the character and inner qualities of the ladies or young maidens, not these worldly possessions. Fan Meijiao’s actions were bound not to fulfill her desires. Of course, she also wasn’t lucky enough to smoothly make her way to Bao Hua Temple.
The carriage quickly left Jing City and once outside, the roads were not as smooth as within the city. Even moving slowly didn’t prevent the bumps, and Fan Meijiao, who was delicate by nature, couldn’t endure this and kept commanding the coachman to slow down.
With no other choice, the coachman had to slow down even more, to the point where they were hardly faster than walking.
Madame Zhao at the front, however, was worried about missing the auspicious time and didn’t wait for her dawdling granddaughter. After sending a maid to inform Fan Meijiao, she urged her coachman to hurry along.
In this way, the two carriages gradually increased their distance, and before long, Madame Zhao’s carriage was out of sight.