In the eighth year of the Empress Changqing, the four seas were leveled, it was the Lantern Festival, the government and the opposition celebrated together, the empress set up a banquet in the Qinzheng Palace, and watched the singing and dancing to ascend to the level, the fireworks bloomed, the monarchs and ministers had fun, and the laughter continued.

The empress was on the upper seat, the emperor and the queen mother were side by side, and the prince and the queen daughter happily played with several brothers. One person stood up, "Your Majesty, at present, the country and the people are safe, thanks to Your Majesty Meiji." In the capital, there is a monk who has attained Taoism, and his legal name is Xuanzang......"

"Ahem, ahem!" The empress, who had always been moody, heard that the name was choked by wine, and everyone looked at the empress, and the empress gently wiped the corners of her mouth, "You continue." ”

Just now, the man was sure that the empress was not joking, so he answered: "Master Xuanzang, proficient in Buddhism, quite famous in the capital, the minister was invited by Master Xuanzang, I want to see Your Majesty and have a request, the minister can't bear to refuse, so I ask Your Majesty to decide." ”

The empress smiled slightly, "Since you are a high-ranking monk, then let's see it, pass it on." ”

The legendary Tang Sanzang, I don't know what it will look like, I turned my hand and looked at the imprint of the flower of the Yellow Spring in the palm of my hand, is this really a mythical world. It's just that there is no Tang Taizong, and she is replaced by the empress of Changqing.

A glance swept over Li Shimin, the empress sat upright, and soon a monk walked slowly, the empress didn't care, but as the person got closer and closer, the person who marveled at his appearance did not know the ordinary, but when they saw that face, many people changed color, and then they all looked at the empress in the upper seat. The smile on the corner of the empress's mouth had disappeared, and she stared intently at the visitor.

"The poor monk Xuanzang has seen Your Majesty!" Handsome face is rare in the world, even a monk's robe does not reduce its elegance.

"Xuanzang, Xuanzang!" the empress murmured, Xuanzang heard the soft voice, couldn't help but look up at the empress, the empress smiled, the grace appeared, the empress's eyes touched him, and someone had already called His Majesty.

The empress turned a deaf ear, "Has anyone ever told you that you are very much like a person?"

"Yuan'er!" This time it was the queen mother who called lightly, but the empress didn't seem to hear it, Xuanzang didn't expect Chu Zhao to ask such a question, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. After a long time, he said: "The red face and dry bones are just a pair of skins." ”

The empress chuckled, "You are like my husband, Luo Cheng, the Duke of Yueguo." ”

As soon as the words fell, the banquet that had been singing and dancing was already a dead silence, Xuanzang was also surprised, the empress had slowly stood up and walked in front of Xuanzang, for some reason, Xuanzang could feel that his heart had been calm for many years, and became restless as the empress approached.

"I've heard people tell a story like this. It happens to be from a Buddhist scripture. Before the Buddha Ananda became a monk, he met a young girl on the road, and since then he has been in love with him, and the Buddha asked him: How much do you like that girl. Ananda replied, "I would like to be incarnated as a stone bridge, and be blown by the wind for five hundred years, the sun for five hundred years, and the rain for five hundred years, but I beg her to walk over the bridge." The empress walked around Xuanzang and told the story.

Xuanzang said: "Yes, this is indeed from the Buddhist scriptures. ”

"The monks pay attention to the four emptiness, as the saying goes, color is emptiness, emptiness is color, why should such a love story be written in the Buddhist scriptures, is to write that Ananda can give up this so that he can be so happy that he can be blown by the wind for 500 years, the sun for 500 years, and the rain for 500 years, but begging her to walk on the bridge and become a Buddha on the ground, or do you think that the monks actually have love and desire?" The empress's voice rose again and fell on everyone's ears.

"Those who have become Buddhas, give up the seven emotions and six desires, all the sufferings and joys in the world are all experiences, and after passing them, they can become Buddhas. Xuanzang replied, and the empress looked at him, "Then do you think I should become a monk?"

"Your Majesty!" someone called, and the empress raised her hand, "It's just a sentence, what are you anxious about." ”

Xuanzang looked at the empress and was asked, and the empress said: "What are you asking for to see today? Is it in the hope that I can believe in the Buddha, believe that the Buddha can save thousands of people, save all things, and promote Buddhism in the world?"

The purpose hasn't been said yet, the empress has already guessed, Xuanzang looked at the empress, and was speechless for a while.

"I'm thinking, how will you convince me?" The empress's gaze, which seemed to be able to see through everything, fell on Xuanzang's body, and Xuanzang was shocked into a cold sweat.

"The little monk Buddhism is not refined, so he came here today, hoping that His Majesty will allow Xuanzang to go to Tianzhu to obtain the Mahayana Bible. Xuanzang was finally able to explain his intentions.

The empress smiled, laughing extremely heartily, "If I don't agree, do you plan to cross Tianzhu privately?"

Xuanzang looked at the empress in shock, he did have this plan, but this kind of mind only turned back in his heart, and he never told outsiders where the empress came from.

"I ask you, do you think the world is okay today?" The empress changed the topic again, Xuanzang didn't know why the empress asked like this, but she still answered honestly: "Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, he has cultivated land and encouraged business, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and have no worries about food and clothing. Your Majesty is really a wise man. ”

"Then do you think it's good or bad that there are more monks?" The empress asked again, Xuanzang was asked again, and the empress said: "Shinong industry and commerce, each performing its own duties, if everyone in the world is a monk, no one is farming, no one is mulberry planting, no one is enforcing the law, no one is stationed at the border gates, what will become of this world?"

Xuanzang was speechless, and the empress smiled lightly, "Before you want to see me, have you thought about what I look like?"

Full of bewitching voices, Xuanzang lost his manners for a while, and raised his head to look at the extremely young empress. It is said that the reason why the empress can become the emperor is that she grabbed the position of the first prince today's King An, and at the beginning of her accession to the throne, she opened the killing world, causing the entire capital to bleed.

When he didn't see the empress, Xuanzang thought that he should persuade the empress to be kind and love the people with kindness, and when he saw the empress, he felt that the empress, who was said to be murderous, was not the real empress.

"What, is it difficult to answer my questions?" the empress raised her eyebrows and asked, Xuanzang silently recited a Buddhist saying, "The little monk once heard the discussion in the market, saying that at the beginning of His Majesty's ascension to the throne, he killed countless people, so that the entire capital was full of rumors, and the grass and trees were all soldiers. Not to mention, when the Tang Dynasty pacified the world, the people who died in the hands of His Majesty. ”

"Presumptuous!" someone shouted, and the empress raised her hand, "So, before seeing me, your idea was to persuade Zheng Xiangshan, put down the butcher's knife, and become a Buddha on the spot." ”

Xuanzang responded, and the empress smiled, "Do you know that my hands can kill all the people with my hands, and I can save the people with my hands." ”

Eyebrows jumped, Xuanzang looked at the empress's hands, it was a pair of very beautiful hands, with distinct bones, and even looked thin, maybe it should be said that the empress was very thin, but under the wide dragon robe, she couldn't see it clearly.

"Speaking of which, you want me to be good, and I want to ask you again, what is goodness, what kind of goodness, is true goodness, and what kind of goodness is hypocrisy? If you are, do you know why you can be here?" The empress pointed to Xuanzang and asked, Xuanzang's face was dazed, and the empress said: "Since the death of the Duke of Yueguo, I gave birth to a son and a daughter, and there is no second man by my side. Everyone says that I have a deep affection for Yue Guogong, so you have a face that looks like Yue Guogong, even if you don't want to, you will definitely be sent to me. ”

Speaking so bluntly, Xuanzang looked up at the empress in shock, and the empress looked at him condescendingly, "So, do you know what you will have for yourself?"

"Or, I took you as a stand-in for the Duke of Yue, but if your identity as a monk comes out, wouldn't it be criticized by the world, and I, the emperor, surpassed the original prince brother, as well as the brother of King Qin, who had outstanding military achievements, and also took the woman's body as the emperor, and asked for you, but at the expense of the world. ”

"And then there's taking your life. The empress's eyes showed a fierce light, and Xuanzang couldn't help but take a step back. Then he said firmly: "Your Majesty will not." ”

One sentence caused the murderous aura on the empress to dissipate, and she smiled, "Why?"

"Your Majesty is not a person who kills indiscriminately, and since Your Majesty has understood that someone has done it deliberately, how can he fall into the calculations of the thief. Xuanzang spoke sincerely, and the empress looked at him and was silent for a long time.

There was a dead silence again, or the Empress Dowager Dou called Yuan'er, and the empress came back to her senses, "I, I don't like to be calculated, you are a chess piece, and I naturally won't blame you." However, those who dare to calculate and plan against me have ill intentions, and I will not spare them. ”

"Your Majesty!" The meaning of the empress's words, how could Xuanzang not understand, "Please also ask Your Majesty to be merciful, and this matter will not be investigated." ”

The empress smiled coldly, "You plead, do you think I am unkind or unjust to pursue this matter?"

The tone was not good, but Xuanzang still straightened up and said: "Your Majesty, a calculating person, if you are told by Your Majesty on the spot, you must be afraid, you know that Your Majesty will not be easily bewitched by others, and you will never dare to have dissenting intentions in the future, Your Majesty will give him a chance." ”

This goes back to the question I just asked you, what is good, what is true goodness, and what is false goodness. Do you know that if this person's plan succeeds, the Tang Dynasty will start a rebellion again, and how many people will die as a result? This person has ill intentions and wants to achieve his selfish desires at the expense of all the people in the world. So, in your opinion, this man's life is more precious than that of all the peoples?"

"The little monk has no such intention, never such intention. Xuanzang hurriedly defended, and the empress smiled coldly, "With the death of one person, and the world, let everyone in the world understand that the conspirator and the calculator, unless he can guarantee to hide from the world, this is the end." Wouldn't that make it easier for people to remember the lesson, you say?"

Xuanzang used to think that he could argue, but the empress said one sentence after another, telling Xuanzang that all his ideas could only follow the empress.

"Master, when you leave your home, there is nothing wrong with you wanting to cross people to be good, and there is nothing wrong with you being merciful to the common people. There are no wicked people in your eyes, but all the people in the world are the same in my eyes, if I am allowed to choose, if I kill ten people to save a hundred people, I will not hesitate to do it, and I can say that I never kill a person in vain, and those who die in my hands deserve to die. ”

Hearing the empress's words, everyone was in awe, just because since the empress became the emperor, the rewards and punishments were clear, and she really did not kill anyone in vain.

"Do you think you need to cross like this?" asked Xuanzang with a smile, Xuanzang raised his head and looked at this empress who was completely different from the legend, and shook his head, "Your Majesty has a good heart, there is no need to cross, and there is no way to cross." ”

The empress said: "Tianzhu, does the mage still want to go?"

Xuanzang's eyes lit up, "This is the little monk's lifelong wish, and I ask Your Majesty to fulfill it." ”

"Everyone has their own ambitions, I never control what others want to do, if you want to go to Tianzhu, all you want is a customs document from me, so why not give it to you. "The empress is very open-minded, and this speech means to release Xuanzang.

Xuanzang's face is the same as that of Yue Guogong Luo, but Luo Cheng looks indifferent, and Xuanzang is a little less noble and more compassionate because he has been a monk since he was a child.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xuanzang was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him, and the empress chuckled, "Tomorrow, I will ask someone to give you the documents for customs clearance, but I don't know, when you come back from Tianzhu, what will be brought to Datang?"

Tang Sanzang went to the west to worship the Buddha and seek scriptures, after nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties, maybe there will be Monkey King, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and Little White Dragon. I don't think about it, here's not the mythical world.

Bow your head and smile, "Zhuqing, drink together, don't get drunk and don't return." ”

Raise a glass and drink with the ministers, and cheered, "Your Majesty drink together, don't get drunk and don't return, don't get drunk and don't return!"

With a cheer that overshadowed a loud cry, beautiful fireworks bloomed in the air again, Xuanzang looked at the empress, and involuntarily asked: "Why isn't Your Majesty moved by the appearance of the little monk who looks like the Duke of Yue?"

"Because I know very well that you are not my Yue Guogong, even if you have this similar face, you are still not, since you are not, I will never admit that I am wrong. The empress drank a glass of wine and replied firmly and affirmatively.

Xuanzang's heartbeat was so fast that he missed a beat, how fortunate this Yue Guogong was, even if he had been dead for many years, he still made the empress remember it in his heart, no matter how similar a person was, the empress recognized it at a glance.

If it weren't engraved in his bones, how could he recognize it in an instant, and even figure out the mystery.

Xuanzang felt that the harvest of this trip was very great, the empress with extraordinary wisdom, the empress with ambitions for the world, and the empress with affection and unrepentance, all of them were different from what he once thought.

Datang, this empress is really fortunate to be the Tang Dynasty. It is also a blessing for several generations that the Duke of Yue Guo can marry His Majesty.

"Zhongqing and I guard the Tang Dynasty together, the peace of the country and the people of the Tang Dynasty, and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty are all the credit of the Zhuqing, I see it in my eyes and remember it in my heart, I hope that in the new year, the monarchs and ministers will work together, so that the Tang Dynasty will take another step forward, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and no one dares to bully. While Xuanzang was pondering, the empress invited wine again.

"Drink with Your Majesty," was excited by the empress's words, and the civil and military ministers, and even the wives of the official family, raised their glasses one after another, "The monarch and the ministers are of one heart, so that the Tang Wanda will go further, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment, no one dares to bully, no one dares to bully." ”

People-oriented, world-oriented, this is the empress of the Tang Dynasty, the empress of Changqing of the Tang Dynasty. Xuanzang went to Tianzhu here, the mountain is high and the road is far away, but no matter how difficult the road ahead is, he will always remember that the empress who is high above cares about all the people in the world, and the court of the Tang Dynasty is united and in the same boat, all of which are unremitting efforts for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

And he, as a member of Datang, also wants to do his best for Datang and add a stroke to the colorful paintings......