Chapter 136: Sensoji Temple's Signature
"It's been a nice day."
Wei Yue sat in the courtyard wearing a Republican-style robe, with a cup of tea in her hand, looking like the old and young masters in Sijiu City back then. He sat here drinking tea and looking up at the flowing clouds, looking at the white birds flying from the side of the Imperial Palace, and from the angle of the birds flying, he could even see the cornices of the Imperial Palace.
"Gen Gongzi, I wonder when you will leave for Sensoji Temple? I'd also like to inform people to prepare the relevant etiquette in advance. A middle-aged man in a tuxedo walked in and said to Wei Yue with a seemingly humble bow.
"Wait until I'm done with this cup of tea." Wei Yue said this, but put the teacup aside casually, obviously not planning to drink it again. The person who came was an official of the Imperial Household Agency, a retainer of His Majesty the Emperor, and all the Japanese nobles, including Genji, were reluctant to deal with the people of the Imperial Household Agency, and the people in the cabinet were very cute in comparison.
The Imperial Household Agency is a mysterious government agency that assists the Imperial Family, handling all matters of the Japanese Imperial Family, no matter how big or small. It even controls the channels through which members of the Japanese imperial family communicate with the outside world, clinging to the official version of the history of the Japanese imperial family, and even the prime minister must obtain permission from the Imperial Household Agency to enter the palace to meet the emperor.
They controlled every word and deed of all members of the imperial family, and the majesty of the royal family seemed to them meaningless, and they only cared about the survival of the monarchy, just as the scholars of the Ming Dynasty believed that the emperor had better not care about anything but having children.
Wei Yue's move obviously also made the official of the Imperial Household Agency notice, he frowned dissatisfiedly, and said coldly, "Princess Yoshiko will come to Sensoji Temple at half past one this afternoon, and I hope to see the welcome of Prince Gen at that time." With that, he bowed again and left the courtyard.
"What a ghost." Wei Yue sighed slightly.
"Who's to say it isn't?" Gen Yoshizong walked in from outside the courtyard, he had been outside just now, but he didn't come when he saw the people from the Imperial Household Agency, he really didn't want to meet those people with a tendon, "The people in the Imperial Household Agency are a group of ghosts." They were the biggest failure of the Meiji Restoration, and there was no one! Listen to your grandfather, a hundred years ago, they were so arrogant that they didn't even look at the cabinet and the military department. So angry that His Excellency Hirobumi Ito almost cut his stomach in front of His Majesty the Emperor. ”
"They won't be arrogant for long." Seeing his father come in, Wei Yue stood up and gave up the rattan chair, "I heard that Crown Prince Naruhito is already very dissatisfied with them, so I guess there will be some inspiring reforms after His Highness succeeds to the throne." Nominally, they are nothing more than retainers of the royal family, and the cabinet will not help them. Or rather, the Cabinet hates them even more. ”
"They even dared to stop the prime minister from meeting the emperor, and they simply didn't know whether they were alive or dead." Gen Yizong sat down on the rattan chair, "Say, what are they doing with you?" The cherry blossom season has passed, so they won't invite you nobles into the palace to see the withered cherry blossoms, right? ”
"If that's the case, it would be nice to just find an excuse to get away with." Wei Yue smiled bitterly helplessly, "But this matter ...... I can't avoid it. ”
"Oh." Yuan Yizong seemed to understand what he was happy about, "Is it Princess Jiazi's business?" If you're to say, that's nothing. If you really don't like it, just endure it and pass. ”
"Bear with me? How long? A day or two, or a lifetime? ”
"For a lifetime, of course." Yuan Yizong said a little scoundrelly.
Wei Yue was choked and speechless.
"In short, you can do this matter yourself!" Yuan Yizong got up and left, and said as he walked, "Don't think you can run away, I will send a retainer to keep an eye on you, and I will keep your passport for you, and I will return it to you when the matter is settled." At that time, you can go wherever you like, even if you go to the Sahara Desert, I don't care! Let Yoshiko take care of it! ”
This shameless "old thief" ...... Wei Yue pouted.
"Oh, yes." Yuan Yizong suddenly turned around, "What kind of clothes are you wearing today?" Hurry up and change it out. Don't give those 'ghosts' in the Imperial Household Agency an excuse to trouble our source family, it is also a very solemn thing for ordinary people to go on a blind date, let alone a family like us? Remember, don't be rude! ”
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Sensoji Temple, located in Taito-ku, Tokyo, is the oldest temple in Tokyo. Legend has it that in the 36th year of Emperor Suiko, two fishermen fished in this area of the Miyado River. Picked up a 5.5 cm high statue of the Golden Goddess of Mercy, so the nearby people raised funds to build a temple to worship this Buddha statue, this is Sensoji Temple, also called Asakusa Thunder Gate Kannon Temple.
Historically, Sensoji Temple was ill-fated and was repeatedly destroyed by military disasters and fires. It was not until the early Edo period that Tokugawa Ieyasu rebuilt Sensoji Temple, turning it into a large group of temples. In addition to the inner hall of Sensoji Temple, there are many famous buildings such as the five-storied pagoda in Sensoji Temple, as well as historical sites and viewing spots. Every year around New Year's Day, pilgrims come to Sensoji Temple to worship, and there are many people coming and going.
It's the off-season at Sensoji Temple, and tourists from all over the world who come to Japan to enjoy cherry blossoms are returning home one after another, so there aren't many pilgrims at Sensoji Temple right now. Only some local citizens of Tokyo come here to pray for blessings.
As the noble son of the Yuan family, Wei Yue is decent and noble, and this time he came here to "blind date" with His Royal Highness Prince Jiazi, so the treatment he got was naturally different from ordinary people, and as soon as he got off the car with his right foot, there was a monk in white standing in front of him with a smile, ready to lead the way for the distinguished guests.
"This is 'Thunder Gate', and the official name is 'Wind Thunder God Gate'." The white-robed monk pointed to the huge lantern hanging in front of the gate, on which the word "Kaminarimon" was prominently written on a black background and white edges, "The Kaminarimon Gate was built by order of Emperor Suzaku in 942 A.D. to pray for peace in the world and a good harvest of grains, and it is the symbol of Sensoji Temple. The god on the left side of the gate is like the god of wind, and the god on the right is like the god of thunder. Kaminarimon was destroyed during World War II, but the current Kaminarimon was rebuilt by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in 1960. ”
The white-clothed monk explained the history of the 'Kaminarimon' endlessly, and Wei Yue also seemed to listen very carefully, as if he really didn't know. In fact, he heard these things every time he came here as an official official, and he didn't know that he had heard them hundreds of times since he was a child, but he still had to endure listening to them, because this is a tradition, and it is also the face of Japanese aristocrats.
When I crossed the Kaminarimon Gate, the pilgrims around me bowed their heads in fear, and they were very religious. Behind Kaminarimon is a 300-meter-long approach that leads from Kaminarimon to the Treasure Gate and the main hall, and is one of the oldest shopping streets in Japan.
According to the white-clothed monk next to him, the beginning of this street was actually after Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Edo shogunate, and due to the increase in the population of Edo, there were many visitors to Sensoji Temple, and Sensoji Temple was given the privilege of running shops in the temple or on the pilgrimage road, thus forming this "Nakamiyo".
When Wei Yue passed by the place where she asked for a signature, she paused slightly, and then asked for a signature, and the signature read:
Hotaru Sawagami
The white bird sweeps the clouds, and the clouds and feathers are the same color.
With a woman in her heart, she is like a soul.
"What does that mean?" Wei Yue handed the sign to the monks beside him, this kind of godly chatter is still more professional for them.
The white-clothed monk took it and looked at it, and said with a smile, "This is a signature, but it depends on what you ask, and the explanation will be different depending on the question." ”
"I ...... Ask about marriage. ”
"Then congratulations to Yuan Gongzi. The meaning of this sign is that 'the white bird and the cloud meet in the floating air, and the color is the same, and they match perfectly.' I miss people in my heart, and when I see the fireflies on the sky, I suspect that it is a sleepwalking soul that comes out of my body'. You and your future wife will be in harmony. ”
So beautiful?
Wei Yue looked sideways, and suspected that this bald monk had come with a mission, so he deliberately went to a good place to release the sign. However, this sign was indeed drawn by himself, and the meaning of the signature seems to be correct......
Why don't you smoke another one!
Wei Yue smoked another one, and unconsciously read out loud:
Born as a spider,
Netting is required.
"What does that mean?" Wei Yue asked.
The monk smiled incomprehensibly, "Forming a net is a bond." ”
Wei Yue was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "Has Your Highness arrived?" Take me to her. (To be continued.) )