Chapter 1: He Was Young (1)
There is such a place, independent of the Tang Palace's prosperous fireworks and fog outside the colorful clouds, Su Ri only hears the sound of Sanskrit like a tide, the sound of wooden fish, it seems that everything in the prosperous era is not disturbed by it.
It is like a born wise man, who is content with indifference and willing to dance lonely alone in the red dust of this world. In this town, the sun and the town are surrounded by auspicious clouds accompanied by smoke, dust and mist, so that the believers can be happy from suffering and finally come to their senses.
This place is called Ganye Temple......
The thin sleeves of the phoenix tail decorated with lace on the golden silk dress waved in the air, holding a withered residual leaf in his hand, and the pavilion girl who was in a good year and was waiting to be released knew that it was autumn.
The girl's surname is "Li", and her name is "Ling Yue". This rather auspicious name is taken from "Lingyue Jiachen", which means auspicious and good day.
She was born in such a prosperous and prosperous era where a hundred flowers bloom and everyone returns to their hearts, and she also grew up in such a splendid "chaotic" world where red makeup reigns and is charming and intoxicating. She is the most noble princess in this graceful and prosperous empire, and the only princess, Princess Taiping.
The word "Taiping" is the title of her princess, and it is also the name of the Tao that she brought over when she entered the Tao at a young age.
It was when she was very young that one of the concubines of the former Emperor Taizong who became a forerunner (female Taoist) went; There is a Taoist saying that if a person in the family has a younger generation to enter the Tao, then it can bring blessings to the deceased relatives and make them live a better life in the underworld. Therefore, in order to show filial piety, her father gave up her, who had always been the pearl of his palm, and set up a peace temple in the palace.
At that time, Taiping didn't have much thought, and all the things in the world were complicated, but they were simple and clear to her; For in her clear eyes were nothing but green grass, pink flowers, and blue sky...... For her, there is no such thing as a profound memory.
I only remember that at that time, Gaozong Li Zhi was still there, and his mother Empress Wu and his father were called "two saints".
I also forget when the prince of Tubo asked Gaozong Li Zhi to marry Princess Taiping.
For this only daughter, Gaozong and Empress Wu have always loved her! How can she be willing to go to Tibet to marry? After tossing and turning, the Empress Wu came up with a plan, since Taiping had entered the Tao at a young age, she simply took the opportunity to settle her in the Ganye Temple, saying that she was going to pray for the ancestors, listen to the Tao and practice Buddhism. In fact, it was just to avoid the proposal of the Tibetan prince.
When the prince saw that the princess had left the palace and entered the Ganye Temple, he had no choice but to give up.
However, since Taiping was settled, he has never had a chance to return to the imperial palace, or the Empress Wu also has the heart to let this happy and active daughter feel Zen Buddhism here. This settlement has been like this for many years......
Taiping knew in his heart that his father and mother cherished him, the only surviving daughter who only got in his old age. Whether at home or as a monk, what they always hope is that this precious daughter can spend her life in peace!
The life in the Ganye Temple is not boring, the four seasons go round and round, during which the fun is constantly changing the tricks, even more rich and interesting than the Tang Palace, Taiping is also happy to live this "mountain high emperor far away" of the idle clouds and wild cranes, unrestrained leisurely life.
Not only that, she also has two playmates here, one is her brother Li Dan's son, San Lang Li Longji; One is an orphan who was adopted in the temple when he was young, and his name is Junchen.
Taiping has a total of four brothers, the eldest brother Li Hong has died of illness, the second brother Li Xian was punished for the crime of rebellion, and died on the way to exile, the third brother Li Xian succeeded to the throne after Gaozong Daxing, but was deposed as the king of Luling and degraded Fangzhou because of the anger of the Empress Dowager Wu, the fourth brother Li Dan is now the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but he was imprisoned by the Empress Dowager Wu in the deep palace to overhead power.
This Li Longji is Li Dan's third son, long before Li Dan was not imprisoned and was overpowered, this quiet and wise prince foresaw the situation of fire and water that he would be in the future, so he had to make preparations in advance, so Li Longji was changed by his father in the name of "self-cultivation and study of Buddhism", and asked the Empress Wu to place him in Ganye Temple. Li Dan is like this, in fact, to keep this son, who has always been valued by him, away from the whirlpool of bitter sea of political power in the deep palace, so as not to cause trouble. After that, San Lang also stayed in this Ganye Temple for a long time!
Although Taiping and Longji are aunts and nephews, in fact, she is only two years older than him.
When she was young, she liked to live in this Ganye Temple intermittently for a while, and she had a lot of fun with Lai Junchen and Li Longji, who had entered the temple one step ahead of her; Later, in order to avoid the marriage of Tibet, he often lived in the temple, and he got along day and night, and the friendship was very good.
In this way, if the relationship between these three people is said to be childhood sweethearts, there is nothing wrong with the three little guesses! The friendship between each other that has been accumulated since childhood, and gradually grew stronger from bit by bit, is really deep.