Chapter 33: The Holy Maiden of the East Palace

Zhu Wuchuan entered the meditation room, knelt on the ground and bowed, without making a sound. After waiting for a while, Zhu Daorong sat on the Sumeru seat, his eyes seemed to be open and closed, and said: "Xu You is the Great Vibhasha, do you have any dissatisfaction in your heart?" ”

Although the disciple was not dissatisfied, he was a little puzzled. Xu You is not close to Buddhism, and I see this person's path outside the Buddhist path......"

"Confucianism?"

"It's not Confucian!" Zhu Wuxian said calmly: "Xu You wants to integrate Confucianism, but he is just taking advantage of the situation. Sect Master Mingjian, I am by no means jealous and jealous, but Xu You is the Great Vibhasha, I'm afraid it is not the blessing of Shamen! ”

Zhu Daorong was noncommittal, and after a while, he said: "After the appointment ceremony tomorrow, you and Wuchen and the other dozens of senior brothers will leave Jinling with the two uncles of Faya and Fatai, and go to the Jingzhou temple to settle down temporarily. ”

Zhu Wuxian was shocked, with the ability of Zhu Dao Rong, he still had to arrange a back road, but the situation in the Jingshi was out of control, and said: "Sect Master!" ”

Zhu Daorong said softly: "Everything is under control, you don't have to worry about it." It's just that I've been restless lately, and I seem to be aware of it, but it's foggy, and it's hard to know it all. For the sake of the long run, and for the sake of the Shaman, it is better for you to go out and avoid it! ”

"Yes!" Zhu Wuxian wept and said, "Disciples are useless, they can't share their worries for the sect master!" ”

"Get up! Many things involve secrets in the palace, and it is not that you can participate in them, so how can it be useful or useless? Zhu Daorong's voice seemed to be tired, with his cultivation, even if he was old, he would never be like this, and it was estimated that it was because of state affairs, and said: "You will travel far tomorrow, you should know a thing or two about these things." The lord originally planned to depose the crown prince in the East Palace in front of hundreds of officials after tomorrow's ceremony, and then set up another prince at the right time. But last night, the prince and the king of Hengyang both entered the palace, naked and barebacked, kneeling with thorns, expressing their pain and expressing their mistakes, and the sincerity of his words caused the lord to burst into tears, and moved the calf to lick his feelings, and even stroked his back and said, 'What is the shame of no father, what is the fear of no mother?', so he no longer mentioned the matter of abolishing the prince. ”

Zhu Wuxian was dumbfounded, and said: "Lord, Lord, he ...... Lord"

Abolish the crown prince, what such a big deal, can it be such a child's play? An Zidao was welcomed into Jinling to inherit the unification after the abolition of the young emperor by the four auxiliary ministers, and within three years, he killed the four auxiliary ministers through careful layout and pro-government, persuaded learning, rejuvenated agriculture, recruited talents, and the people were related, and the officials were unrelenting, and they were known as extremely prosperous. Fifteen years two Northern Expedition, Yuzhou, Luoyang, martial arts, although the third Northern Expedition suffered a setback, the four counties of Yuzhou gained and lost, but was also forced by the Wei army to approach the melon, threatening the Yangtze River, resulting in the depression of the six states in Jiangbei, but no one dared to underestimate the lord of Zhongxing.

However, in the matter of the prince, An Zidao has always wavered, and Zhu Wuxian has a sense of powerlessness, saying: "The lord has not made the decision of the Northern Expedition in the past few years, and it is helpless to be too arrogant and indulgent to the prince. ”

In fact, An Zidao did not change the order overnight, but had a conflict with Zhu Daorong and others on the selection of another prince, so he hesitated. An Zidao is interested in Jianping Wang Anxiu's birthday, Shangshu Ling Yu Hao recommended his son-in-law, Nanyang Wang An Xiuxuan, and Zhu Daorong likes Guangling Wang An Xiuhong the most, the three of them have their own words, and they have never reached a unified opinion, so the timing of the prince's entry into the palace to ask for guilt is just right, An Zidao remembered the relationship between father and son for many years, and was worried that the replacement candidate was not well balanced, so he forgave him in the end.

Zhu Daorong's uneasiness comes from this.

He and the prince are on a fire and water, if the prince ascends the throne, Jiangdong Buddhism will usher in a catastrophe that has not been encountered in a thousand years, and it is necessary to think carefully about how to move next in order to push the prince off the throne of the prince. As for arranging for outstanding disciples such as Zhu Wuqian to move to Jingzhou, it was to leave a back hand, just in case.

On the contrary, in order to appease the black-clothed prime minister, An Zidao ordered the princes, princesses, horses, hundred officials, celebrities of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism in Beijing and envoys from various countries in Jinling to gather in Benwu Temple, and then give the monks of the world the monks' clothes, degrees and ceremonial guards, and allocate funds from the inner treasury to place ten thousand Buddha banquets outside Benwu Temple, which can be used by others and are extremely honorable.

In addition, the emperor had a separate monk department, which was not subordinate to any central authority and was directly responsible to the emperor. The chief official of the monk department is the monk master, that is, Zhu Daorong, and there are two deputy positions under it for the monks, and a number of officials, distributed in various states, counties, and counties, with a clear command and a clear structure, think about the nearly one million monks in Jiangdong, what a huge force this is?

The ceremony lasted for three full hours, An Zidao participated in the whole process, full of energy, sonorous and powerful, more normal than those young nobles, where is there a trace of sickness?

Xu You was also able to participate in this rare Shamen feast because of his identity as the Great Vibhasha, and sat side by side with the princes and ministers on the high platform, in stark contrast to An Zidao, panting, pale, and languishing, as if he would slip and faint at any time. However, most of the children of the current family are drunk and dreaming of death, indulging in pleasure, and their bodies are not even weak and can't help the wind, plus they like to apply powder, they look almost weak like Xu You, but they are not too conspicuous.

Xu You was cautious in his words and deeds, and obediently hid in the corner, but he could feel that there were two eyes falling on him, one was Danyang Princess An Yuxiu, with her eyes and veins, and the other was a little raw.

"That's Wei Tianzhi, the prince's concubine!"

Xu saw Xu You looking at it, and a person next to him kindly introduced it. Xu You turned his head, looked at his eyebrows and eyes, showed talent, and said with a smile: "Haven't asked for advice yet?" ”

"Under Wang Yan!"

It turned out to be the princess of Shi'an's concubine, Xu You had heard of this person. An's started from the end of Wei, to put it mildly, that is, the family background can't keep up with the change of identity, so the princess is more rude and jealous, arrogant and unreasonable. Wang Yan was reluctant to marry when he married, forced by his parents, reluctantly returned Princess Shi'an, after getting married, there were many disharmony, once the princess was angry, and actually stripped Wang Yan naked and tied it to the tree in the yard. Later, when it came to the emperor, An Zidao also felt that it was a loss, and reprimanded Princess Shi'an, and gave a reward to the Wang family and promoted to an official, so that the family affairs were settled.

However, it was a smooth settlement for the emperor, but it was a tragic beginning for Wang Yan, I don't know which one of the goods with a mouth on the dung gave him the title of "Snow Horse", this matter can no longer be passed, and it is rumored to be the spokesperson for the fear of his wife among the people, and his reputation is discredited and pitiful.

"I've seen the king's horse!"

Hearing the word "horse", Wang Yan's handsome face twitched, smiled embarrassedly and politely, and said in a low voice: "Wei Zhilangjun should be careful, that Wei Tianzhi looked at Sven, but in fact, he was vicious, not long ago, in order to occupy a piece of fertile land, he forced the head of the family to die, and also put his daughter like a flower and jade into a private house for adultery. ”

The so-called shallow and deep, Xu You admitted that he had no friendship with Wang Yan, and it was a little strange to suddenly say bad things about the prince's confidant, so he casually coped with two sentences, and sat quietly on the grounds of physical discomfort. Wang Yan seems to have unfinished intentions, which shows that Xu You is not interested, so he has to keep his mouth shut.

After the ceremony, An Zidao drove back to the palace first, and the prince then smiled with Zhu Dao before leaving. If you want to say that the crown prince An Xiuming is seven feet four inches tall, with big eyes and square mouth, beautiful beard and eyebrows, and especially loves bow horses, if it is not for his perverse temperament and bad conduct, he does not have to worry all day long, lest he be deposed by the emperor.

Xu You and Zhu Daorong said goodbye, just left the Benwu Temple, met Wei Tianzhi, he stood by the roadside, saying that he invited Xu You to the palace by the order of the prince. Where could Xu You refuse? Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Qingming not far away, Zhu Daorong had never left the temple in the past three days, Qingming couldn't find a chance to come in, and he bowed his head slightly, and went to the East Palace with Wei Tianzhi.

I saw the prince in the Chengguang Hall of the East Palace, he had already changed into civilian clothes, his hair was scattered, he was holding the beautiful palace maid left and right, he was drinking and having fun with everyone, his hands were in the tulle skirt from time to time, and he behaved frivolously, and he did not hide it in front of Xu You.

Wei Tianzhi looked at the chaotic scene in the hall, his face showed a gloomy color, and he deliberately walked to the middle of the main hall, and said loudly: "Prince, Xu You is here!" ”

His voice echoed in the hall, and everyone was stunned, and they fell silent in an instant. The prince glanced lazily over and said with a smile: "You are Xu You?" What's the nickname? Evening light? ”

Xu You bowed and saluted, "Qiantang Xu You, I've seen the prince!" ”

"I'll take a look at it closely!"

Xu You stepped forward and lowered his head.

The prince laughed and said, "Raise your head, why do you twist like a little lady?" ”

Xu You obediently looked up.

"Hey, this looks very beautiful...... the prince touched his beard, his eyes narrowed, and said, "Would you like to come to my East Palace to wash the horses?" ”

Entering the office is a seven-rank official, which is not humiliating, but the prince's expression obviously does not only want Xu You to assist him in literary affairs, but also wants Xu You to assist him in literary affairs, and his own close ministers understand, and immediately someone came out to sing and said: "Xu You, you are cold, it is rare for the prince to appreciate, and you are promoted to wash the horse in the East Palace, why don't you thank you quickly?" ”

Wei Tianzhi gestured: "This is the right guard of the crown prince to lead Zhan Zhongshu!" Zhan Wei's words are reasonable, Xu Langjun is still not grateful? ”

Thank you, big head!

Xu You covered his mouth and coughed violently, tearing his heart and lungs, he couldn't bear to smell it, he finally stopped coughing, and said pleadingly: "The prince loves him, the villain should not have resigned, but since the assassination, his body is not as good as a day, seeing that the medicine stone is hopeless, if he serves the East Palace, I don't know when he will enter the Yellow Spring, I am afraid that it will be ......unlucky for the prince."

Before the words fell, the prince was already full of disgust, and said: "Since you are sick, go back to recuperate!" Don't mention the matter of washing the horse anymore, I went to touch the little hand of the palace maid with great interest, and seemed to forget the existence of Xu You.

Wei Tianzhi walked over and whispered twice in his ear, the prince suddenly looked at Xu You again, and asked, "Have you seen the Lord in the Taiji Hall at night?" ”

"Yes!"

"During this time, you are still the first person to see the outside of the Lord's palace." The prince pondered for a while and said, "In your opinion, is the lord's dragon body safe?" ”

Xu You thought about it seriously and said: "It's only been half an hour since the Lord summoned the villain, listening to the words with a strong confidence, seeing that his face is ruddy as usual, his eyes are bright, and he is full of energy, he should be fine!" ”

"Fine?" The prince leaned forward, his eyes were drunk, and said: "Some time ago, it was rumored in the capital that the lord was ill and had not looked at the court for many days, is it all a rumor?" ”

Xu You was so frightened that he bowed his head and said: "The villain doesn't dare to say anything, everyone must have seen the monk master ceremony today, the lord is walking in a dragon and a tiger, why can't he afford to be sick?" ”

The prince was silent and waved his hand, and Wei Tianzhi led Xu You to retreat. Out of the Chengguang Palace, when walking to the palace gate, I suddenly saw a woman, dressed in a fine brocade dress with gold flowers, with a red and yellow striped belt hanging from the waist, graceful and charming, especially when walking, as if with a fragrant wind, the twisting of the waist and hips and the opening and closing of the legs are full of magic, with Xu You's mind, I almost couldn't help but take a few more looks.

He deliberately showed the appearance of discoloring the soul, and asked secretly with a smile: "Dare to ask the envoy, who is this girl?" ”

Wei Tian's heart was sarcastic, people who were about to die, and they were still thinking about women, but this woman was stunning, and no one in the world could resist it, so it was no wonder that Xu You couldn't hold it back.

"That's the East Palace Maiden's Dao, the mana is profound, the prince is respected as a saint, remember, you must not blaspheme!" Wei Tianzhi's mind was not on the woman, and when he arrived outside the palace gate, he said: "The tragedy of Yixing back then was a mistake, and the prince was also uneasy. Therefore, it is the goodwill of the East Palace to summon Xu Langjun to come and wash the horse, and Langjun must know it. ”

Xu You was grateful, and said: "You can live in Qiantang in peace, and be evaluated by Dazhongzheng, and then return to the Shi clan, if it is not for the prince's approval, how can there be such a great opportunity?" In the past, the Xu family is to blame, I understand the good intentions of the envoy, and after returning home, I pray for the prince day and night......"

"You don't have to pray for blessings!" Wei Tianzhi leaned over and said in a low voice: "You have also seen that the prince is addicted to wine and has no great ambitions, if the lord summons him again, please say a few good words for the prince!" ”

Xu Younuo said: "Certainly, definitely!" ”

The ox cart that had been prepared had already been prepared pulled Xu You straight to Changganli, and when he arrived at the door, he waited early on the winter solstice and helped him into the house. Fang Sinian threw himself into his arms, hugged him tightly, and almost cried, and said, "I thought I wouldn't see Xiaolang anymore......"

Fang Sinian has now grown his body, and with the increasing improvement of Bodhi Gong, his appearance is becoming more and more holy, which makes people dare not touch it. Xu You hugged her and chuckled, "Aren't I coming back?" Don't look down on your Xiaolang, except for a few people in Jinling City, I'm afraid it's not easy for others to stay! ”

Let go of his hands, look at the winter solstice, the winter solstice comprehended, and said: "On the night when the emperor summoned Xiaolang, there was a eunuch who fornicated with the East Palace and told him the details. On the second day, Donggong Ti rode out of all directions and rushed out of the city, where his whereabouts were unknown. On the third day, the subordinates of the East Palace gathered together and conspired all day long, and at night, the prince and the king of Hengyang tied themselves into Taicheng and pleaded guilty to the emperor. On the fourth day, we found traces of Bai Changjue......"

"Bai Changjue?" Xu You's eyes froze, and he said, "Where is he hiding?" ”

After Xu You left, the prince suddenly woke up from a drunken haze, his eyes were as cold as snow, where was there a little **, he reprimanded the palace maid, removed the wine case, summoned everyone into the secret room, and waited for Wei Tianzhi to come back, and scolded angrily: "What Xu You said is true, my father suddenly appeared that night, and even our eyeliner in the palace was taken aback." Look at today, the bullshit ceremony for three whole hours, even I can barely hold on, but my father has never shown fatigue, where is this seriously ill? ”

Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't dare to speak, only Wei Tianzhi persuaded him: "Maybe the Holy Goddess technique is wrong......

"Wei Tianzhi, if you dare to slander the prince behind your back, be careful of your tongue!"

Shi Shiran, the woman Xu You met just now, walked in, her eyes were charming, and she was glamorous, and the house was suddenly full of spring!