Chapter 693: Chapter 623, Throwing the Divination Blocks_2 Chapter 693: Chapter 623, Throwing the Divination Blocks_2 Yan Wenkai immediately laughed, “It’s okay, I’ll talk to Mother, I guarantee she will agree.”

The group continued toward the Old Madam’s courtyard, with Yan Wenkai intentionally lagging behind a few steps with Wentao: “How come I wasn’t aware that we were going out?”

Wentao whispered, “We just received the news today.”

Yan Wenkai nodded and asked no further.

With Wenkai and Wentao taking the lead, Madam Li felt reassured and agreed to let Daohua and the others go to Taifeng Temple to offer incense tomorrow.

…

On the first day of August, early in the morning when it was still dark, Wentao and Wenkai set out with the four Daohua.

In the carriage, because they had risen so early, Daohua and the three Yan Yihuan were all somewhat drowsy.

Daohua: “I’ll lean on something and nap for a while, you all do as you like.”

Upon seeing this, Yan Yile also leaned on Yan Yihuan’s shoulder and fell asleep.

Yan Yihuan and Yan Yishuang exchanged a glance, then also closed their eyes to rest.

After dawn, they arrived at Feng Mountain.

Daohua and the others were woken up by Yan Wenkai.

After getting off the carriage, Daohua looked around and didn’t see Xiao Yeyang, feeling slightly puzzled in her heart.

She thought he would definitely come. Perhaps, the idea of offering incense here was his.

“Big sister, what are you looking at?”

Yan Yile, seeing Daohua looking around, couldn’t help but ask.

Daohua shook her head: “Nothing much, just looking at the scenery here; it seems quite nice.”

Wentao glanced at Daohua and sighed inwardly, Daohua was after all still concerned about Yeyang.

Thinking of Yeyang’s status, Wentao worried somewhat. Although Yeyang had sought favor from the Emperor, the Emperor’s mind was unpredictable, and with the Empress Dowager and Prince Ping An involved, he was really not at ease.

Yet, he saw the feelings Yeyang held for Daohua.

Having experienced the pain of losing a loved one, he couldn’t bear to have Yeyang and Daohua go through it as well.

They needed to keep earning merits, to uplift the stature of the Yan Family.

“Third brother, let’s go!”

Seeing Wentao standing still, Wenkai hurriedly called out to him.

Subsequently, the siblings started climbing toward the summit of Feng Mountain.

…

Daohua had always had good physical strength, and after starting to practice with the whip every day, her body became even more agile and nimble. Climbing more than a thousand steps was no cause for her to even catch her breath.

But the three Yan Yihuan sisters couldn’t keep up.

Watching the three sisters sitting breathlessly on the stone steps, Wenkai and Wentao both had somewhat of a headache.

Daohua laughed: “You all climb slowly; I’ll go up and wait for you.” Saying this, she continued climbing with Wang Manman and Bi Shi.

Wenkai and Wentao, knowing that Xiao Yeyang was waiting on the mountain, felt at ease.

Watching Daohua’s figure receding in the distance, Yan Yile said enviously, “Big sister has such good health.”

Wenkai: “If you would practice with the whip early every morning like our eldest sister, you too could be this healthy.”

Yan Yihuan shook her head repeatedly: “I can’t dance with a whip.”

Wenkai: “It doesn’t have to be the whip, just by getting up and moving your arms and legs, your health would be better than it is now.”

After climbing for more than half an hour, Taishan Temple appeared in Daohua’s sight.

Upon reaching the last step, Daohua couldn’t help but put her hands on her hips and took a long breath.

“Who is this girl, not at all like a lady of a prominent family?”

Watching Xiao Yeyang strolling over with a folding fan, Daohua glared at him playfully: “I just knew it.”

Yeyang, smiling, came over, and upon noticing the sweat on Daohua’s flushed cheeks, he quickly pulled out a handkerchief to wipe it off for her, saying, “You just knew what?” while also fanning her with his other hand.

Daohua snorted, pushed his hand away, and took the fan from his hand to start fanning herself.

Yeyang, with a smile in his eyes, watched Daohua: “You knew that I would be here, right?”

Daohua gave him a look: “It must be your rotten idea, coming to climb the mountain in such hot weather, you really know how to pick.”

Yeyang laughed: “Let’s consider it exercise.”

Once Daohua had rested enough, Yeyang took her hand and headed toward the temple.

Seeing no one else around, Daohua couldn’t help but ask, “Why is there no one here?”

Yeyang: “The temple is not receiving visitors this morning.”

Daohua looked at him: “You didn’t have to do this.”

Yeyang: “It’s no trouble. Not many people come to offer incense in such hot weather anyway. What I did amounts to a large donation to the temple.”

Hearing this, Daohua no longer spoke.

Soon, they arrived at the main hall.

The Monk brought two meditation cushions to place before the Buddha, then quietly withdrew.

Daohua and Xiao Yeyang approached and both kneeled on the cushions.

Kneeling down, Daohua put her hands together and made a wish to Buddha. After her wish, she saw that Yeyang also had his eyes closed making a wish, and she couldn’t help but look over.

After a while, Yeyang opened his eyes.

Daohua quickly asked, “What did you wish for?”

Yeyang looked at her with a smile, “And what did you wish for?”

Daohua turned her head away: “Now that we’ve made our wishes, let’s go out.”

Yeyang hurriedly grabbed Daohua, who was about to stand up: “We haven’t cast the divining blocks yet.”

At that moment, the Monk who had stepped out earlier came back in and handed a pair of divining blocks to Yeyang.

Yeyang looked at Daohua: “Do you want to go first or shall I?”

Daohua: “… You go first.”

Yeyang smiled, took the divining blocks in his hands, prayed to Buddha ‘May the Buddha bless me and Daohua to become a couple,’ finished his silent prayer, and threw the divining blocks onto the ground.

The Monk glanced at the divination result: “One yin and one yang on the divining blocks, very auspicious. Whatever the benefactor has prayed for, it will certainly come true.”

Hearing this, Yeyang’s smile widened, and he picked up the divining blocks to hand them to Daohua: “Your turn.”

Daohua, holding the divining blocks, suddenly felt a bit nervous, glanced at Yeyang, gripped the divining blocks, and prayed to Buddha ‘May the Buddha bless Yeyang and my third and fourth brothers to carry out their tasks smoothly and safely.’
After speaking, she too threw the divining blocks onto the ground.

The Monk’s voice rang out again: “One yin and one yang on the divining blocks, very auspicious. Whatever the benefactor has prayed for, it will certainly come true.”

Upon hearing this, both Daohua and Yeyang’s faces showed satisfied smiles.