On summer nights, the warm breeze blows through Luoshui, the water surface ripples, a bright moon is reflected in the water, and the willow trees on both sides of the river float their hair.

Princess Qianjin returned to Shanglinfang Mansion, and the maid served warm spiced drinks and snacks.

Princess Qianjin took a sip of the five-spiced drink, ate a bite of Anxi pressed cake, and summoned Feng Xiaobao, who said to him diligently: "My waiter, you are about to soar!" ”

Feng Xiaobao was surprised: "I don't know what the happy event is?" I guess it must be the princess who helped make it happen! ”

The princess took Xiaobao's hand and said, "You guessed right!" I recommend you to the richer lord today, I praise you for your good service attitude, you will be considerate, and the new master has agreed to try you! ”

Feng Xiaobao rolled his eyes and said, "The lord who is richer than the princess, who will it be?" Let's guess! Well, guess it's not the prince, it's Your Majesty, right, the princess? ”

The princess let out a silver bell-like laugh and said, "Hehehehe, let Xiaobao guess it, Xiaobao is really smart!" So how do you thank Princess Ben? ”

Feng Xiaobao replied: "The forehead has two sleeves and a breeze, coming and going alone, only one body of muscles, nothing else, the princess will do whatever he wants, until the princess is satisfied!" ”

The princess thought for a moment and said, "I have the money!" Name, I have it too! The only thing I lack now is a sense of security, which does not depend on the number of bodyguards, but on the mood of His Majesty! So, Xiaobao, do you know how to do it? ”

Feng Xiaobao was silent and shook his head. Princess Qianjin said: "Xiaobaowow, after you meet the new master, first do your best to please her, make her happy, make her happy, and then you will be able to gain a firm foothold in the palace!" ”

Feng Xiaobao nodded and listened carefully. Princess Qianjin continued: "After you gain a firm foothold in the palace, you will naturally not worry about glory and wealth, and then just say a few good words for this princess when the new master is happy!" As long as she is in a good mood, Princess Ben will have no worries! ”

Feng Xiaobao said: "I understand, the new master is the Supreme Majesty!" Your Majesty's mission is to make His Majesty happy and speak well for the princess! You must obey the call of duty and live up to your mission! ”

Princess Qianjin clasped Feng Xiaobao's hand and said, "This princess believes that you will be able to live up to your mission!" ”

The next day, the weather was fine. Feng Xiaobao carried out a cleaning activity, cleaned his whole body, and changed into a brand-new blue diamond-patterned round-necked Luo robe and a black saro head.

Rinse your mouth repeatedly with a bamboo toothbrush and salt water to clean your teeth and mouth. Then apply grease and powder, dress up, and look new all over the body, and a handsome and chic cream boy is presented in front of people.

In the evening, the princess prepared the Zhai car and the Anche, and boarded the wide Zhai car by herself, there was a mezzanine behind the Zhai car, so that Feng Xiaobao was in the mezzanine, and let the personal maid sit in the Anche, and then set off for the palace.

When he came to the north gate, the general of the prison guard saw that it was the princess of Qianjin who often entered and exited the palace, so he let her Zhai car go over, carefully checked the car, and found no problems.

In the Yaoguang Palace, the Empress Wu was bathing and changing clothes, and the palace maids lit lamps and incense, and tidied up the couch.

There were two shoulders outside the hall, and after the shoulders landed, Princess Qianjin led Feng Xiaobao into the Yaoguang Palace, sat on the flower mat and waited patiently.

After a while, Empress Wu came out in a noble dress, looking dignified and noble, without a trace of old age. Princess Qianjin led Feng Xiaobao to bow down together.

Empress Wu motioned to flatten her body and looked at Feng Xiaobao, seeing that he was tall and handsome, with a hint of wildness, he was a muscular man, very different from the gentle sons and gentlemen he usually saw, and he was very satisfied.

Empress Wu happily said to Princess Qianjin: "This kid is good, how did you know him?" What is his origin? The princess told Feng Xiaobao's origin.

Feng Xiaobao knelt down and saluted again, and said respectfully: "Minister Feng Xiaobao respectfully invites Your Majesty to be a saint!" It is the supreme honor of the minister to serve His Majesty the Supreme! ”

Empress Wu said happily: "The kid's mouth is quite sweet. He's so good at talking, isn't he a princess? The princess replied: "Xiaobao is born to speak, his mouth is sweet, and the concubine pointed out the etiquette in the palace a little, who knew that he would be able to learn it!" ”

Empress Wu said: "The princess is bothered, then I will take him in, and you will be indispensable in the future!" The princess thanked her and left.

Empress Wu said to Feng Xiaobao: "I have dealt with state affairs for a day today, I am very tired, tired, and want to rest early!" Go to the side room and sleep! ”

Kong Neishou guided Feng Xiaobao to sleep in the side room next to him, where the bedding and supplies were ready. Feng Xiaobao washed up under the waiter of the envoy, and then fell asleep.

Empress Wu lay down in the Qibao tent and prepared to sleep, thinking about how to place Feng Xiaobao, thinking of her experience of entering the Ganye Temple back then, and gradually became eyebrows.

The next day, Empress Wu talked to Feng Xiaobao and learned that he was from Juxian County, Shaanxi, and said to him: "Do you know what the Eight Monsters of Shaanxi are?" ”

Feng Xiaobao said with a smile: "The minister knows that there are eight monsters in Shaanxi, one is that the bench does not sit and squat; the second is half of the house; the third is that the girl is not open to the public; Fourth, Papa wears it on his head; Fifth, noodles are like trouser belts; Sixth, the pot helmet is like a pot lid; Seventh, a dish of oily and spicy seeds; Eighth, Qin Yan didn't sing and roared. ”

Empress Wu clapped her hands and laughed, and said: "The local folk customs and customs, the words are not rough!" He also said, "Little treasure wow, although there are many palaces and pavilions in this palace, you can't live here and serve me!" ”

Feng Xiaobao exclaimed: "Why? Empress Wu put away her smile and said: "According to the rules of the ancestors, if you want to live in the palace, you must first go to the palace!" A big man who hasn't been castrated can't run to the palace to live! Xiaobao wow, do you dare to go to the palace? ”

Feng Xiaobao was frightened, and said again and again: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister doesn't dare!" "Hahahaha!" Empress Wu laughed again, and said: "There is a Jingai Temple in the Jianchun Gate of Luoyang East City, the upper seat is Hui Yan Dade, I will arrange for him to shave for you, you will live in Jingai Temple after you become a monk, not far from me, the service is very convenient!" ”

Feng Xiaobao suddenly became relaxed and said, "The ministers are all subject to His Majesty's arrangement!" ”

At noon the next day, Hui Yan Dade held a shaving ceremony for Feng Xiaobao in Jingai Temple.

The cigarette smoke in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall is swirling, the Buddha horn is sounded in the hall, the great virtue of the ridge line is chanting while beating the wooden fish with a wooden hammer, and the great virtue of the static rail leads the newcomers to chant around the Buddha.

Hui Yan Dade wore a brocade robe, holding a silver flower double-wheeled tin rod, and prayed and chanted while walking. Subsequently, Hui Yandade took the scissors from the disciple's hand to cut off Feng Xiaobao's hair, and then took the razor to shave off the short hair.

Hui Yan Dade recited the verses and taught, gave Feng Xiaobao the name Huaiyi, and taught Huaiyi the ten precepts of the novice nuns.

After the completion of the shaving ordination ceremony, the monk Huaiyi came to the palace Hui Ri Nei dojo to chant the Buddha, the martial queen came to watch, saw his bald head, recalled the appearance of the Ganye Temple, porphy laughed.

Monk Huaiyi touched his head and continued to pretend to recite the scriptures. Empress Wu walked up to him and said, "Master Huaiyi, don't be sad, your hair is a thread of troubles and worries, and it is easier to practice in the palace with peace of mind after shaving it off!" ”

Monk Huaiyi clasped his hands together and said: "There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south, and the poor monk remembers the teachings of the sage!" ”

Empress Wu smiled again: "Master Huaiyi, recently Dawan in the Western Regions has paid tribute to a few horses, let's go and have a look!" Huaiyi said, "Okay! The two took the Zhai car to the Xiyuan Dragon Medium Stable.

Before coming to the stable, Empress Wu asked Huaiyi to lead a tall jujube red horse. Huaiyi walked closer, the horse's hind hooves moved, Huaiyi was startled, and the martial queen giggled.

Huaiyi said: "The minister's family is poor and can't afford to raise a horse, so the minister has never ridden a horse!" Empress Wu said sympathetically: "Oh? Is it? That's pathetic! I'll show you how! ”

Empress Wu came over to pull the jujube red horse, stepped on the horse pedal with her left foot, and turned over the horse with force, and the horse immediately clicked and ran. ran around and handed it to Huaiyi.

Huaiyi also learned to step on the horse, turned over on the horse, and the horse also clicked and ran. He leaned forward and leaned back on his horse, and screamed in fear at the sight that he was about to fall.

Empress Wu laughed and shouted, "Stir up your buttocks, don't be next to the horse!" Stir up your ass and don't put it next to the horse! ”

Huaiyi woke up like a dream, immediately raised his buttocks, leaned over, held the reins of the horse, and galloped with the rhythm of the horse! Huaiyi has been envious of generals on horses since he was a child, so he learned to ride horses very seriously, and he soon learned.

Huaiyi returned to the monk's house of Jingai Temple to rest, and Huiyan cleaned up the best monk's room for him to sleep in. Prism, Sense, Perception, Jingjing, Xuanzheng and other great virtues are all his masters, but they all know that Huaiyi is not small, so they all serve him carefully, let him wear a seven-robed robe, and carry a nine-ring tin staff.

Zhu Dade and Huaiyi recited the Buddha and meditated in the palace Huiri dojo together, guided Huaiyi to study the Buddhist scriptures, and explained the "Fang Guang ** Sutra Preface" written by Empress Wu himself.

Huaiyi's cultural level is not high, and the Empress Wu wants him to learn and communicate with the great monks, so that he can quickly improve his ideological consciousness and integrate into the palace cultural circle.

The clever Huaiyi naturally understood the meaning of the Empress Wu, and desperately learned from the great monks for advice, and indeed learned something. But his interest is not in cultural and ideological composition, but in free-roaming.

Under the arrangement of the Empress Wu, Huaiyi and Zhu Dade went in and out of the Jingai Temple together, talked about empty words, held Buddhist ceremonies and uncovered conferences, beat Dafa drums, and blew Dafa conch, the scene was very spectacular.

Under the education and guidance of the eminent monks, Huaiyi quickly improved his ideological realm and shortened the cultural gap between him and the celebrities.

A group of female intellectuals such as the female officials of the harem, Shangguan Wan'er, Mrs. Li, Jiang Shangyi, Lu Shanggong and the female Shi Qiushui heard that the Empress Wu had quietly raised a male pet, and they were very interested, and they also quietly looked for an opportunity to see Monk Huaiyi to see how the Empress Wu's pet was?

One day, Huaiyi was sitting in the Huiri dojo and reciting the scriptures, Mrs. Li and the female Shi Qiushui walked to the neighborhood to peek, and heard Huaiyi reciting the "Heart Sutra", and when he read "The Buddhas of the Three Worlds, according to Prajnaparamita, have the three bodhisattvas of Anuttara Samadhi", there was a word I didn't know, and I choked.

The female Shi Qiushui lowered her voice behind her and said, "Glutinous, glutinous rice." Huaiyi said angrily: "Don't interrupt! Chu Yide came over and asked, "Huaiyi, what problem did you encounter?" ”

Huaiyi pointed to the word "耨" and said, "How to pronounce this word?" Chu Yide said: "Read glutinous, glutinous rice." Huaiyi turned his head to look behind him embarrassedly.

After the first virtue left, the female Shi Qiushui approached and asked, "Master Huaiyi, what did you mean by that sentence just now?" Huaiyi replied: "I don't understand, anyway, I want to be a monk for a day and hit the bell for a day!" ”

Qiushui grinned and said, "Let me tell you, it means: Those Buddhas of the past, present, and future, relying on the great wisdom that reached the other side, have attained the great fruit of supreme enlightenment. ”

Huaiyi was at a loss after hearing this. Seeing that someone was coming, the female Shi Qiushui hurriedly left, returned to the female official's residence, and talked to Shangguan Wan'er, Mrs. Li, Jiang Shangyi, Lu Shanggong and others about Huaiyi Monk, and couldn't stop laughing.

Empress Wu was a little unhappy when she heard that the female officials of the harem were talking about Monk Huaiyi in private and taking her male pet as a teasing object, and ordered: "Internal officials are not allowed to see Huaiyi, and Huaiyi is not allowed to see internal officials, and violators will be severely punished according to palace rules!" ”

Empress Wu thought to herself: The kid broke into the palace, and it did bring me some new problems that had never been seen before. In the entire harem, one woman enjoys the privilege of male favor, and other women are not envious, jealous and hateful. Are you jealous and laugh at my male pet? Hmph, I'm going to make you can't climb high, haha!

Princess Taiping and the concubine Xue Shao entered the palace to visit the Empress Wu, and met the monk Huaiyi in the palace, Huaiyi respectfully saluted the princess Taiping, but did not salute the concubine Xue Shao.

Princess Taiping mentioned this to Empress Wu, and Empress Wu said: "He is my male favorite, and his status is equivalent to that of the male emperor's virtuous concubine, so it should be a horse worshipping him, not a horse!" ”

Princess Taiping was very unhappy and said, "Ah Niang, he is just a slave, if you kill him, you can find another one, why bother to lift him up to the sky?" ”

Empress Wu said solemnly: "No, I can't like the new and hate the old, nor can I be like a male emperor, I can only praise one!" Everything must have a degree, Huaiyi serves me, I am very satisfied, and I decided to improve his social status! Let him hold his head up outside. ”

Princess Taiping asked, "Then what is A-Niang going to do?" ”

Empress Wu said: "I have decided to change his surname to Xue, let Xue Shao recognize him as his uncle, and write him into the Xue family tree!" ”

Princess Taiping exclaimed: "How can A-Niang be like this! Let a slave climb up by his daughter's man! ”

Empress Wu said calmly: "This is the best solution, he has no meritorious service, and I cannot award him an official position." The male pet can't have the name of the harem like the virtuous concubine, so he can only let his daughter suffer a little grievance! ”

Although Princess Taiping was a little unhappy, as A-Niang's little padded jacket, she had to endure it.

Xue Huaiyi was very moved when he learned of this, and said to Empress Wu: "The minister was originally a grass man at the lowest level of society, and it was His Majesty who pulled the minister from the ground to the sky and clouds at once, so that the minister could enjoy the glory and wealth that he never dreamed of. The minister is willing to tie the grass and go to the soup to repay His Majesty's great kindness! ”

Empress Dowager Wu laughed and said: "As long as you obediently listen to my words in the future, I will make you happier and happier!" ”

Monk Xue Huaiyi has since entered and exited the palace and rode the left dragon medium idle stable, and the inner attendants followed left and right. The inner servant in the harem is a senior eunuch who serves the concubine, and when the dignitaries see this posture, they naturally understand the intention, the status of the monk is not lower than that of the virtuous concubine!

Xue Shao, the commander of the horses, met Xue Huaiyi on the way to the court, respectfully dismounted and shouted "Uncle Xue is good", and bowed in parallel, in fact, he was about the same age as Xue Shao.

When the other courtiers saw Xue Shao saluting, they also saluted Xue Huaiyi one after another. In the court, the majestic prime minister Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi brothers met Xue Huaiyi, and they all rushed to lead the horse for him, prostrate and salute, not called "Master Huaiyi", but respectfully called him "Master Xue".

After such a light arrangement, Xue Huaiyi suddenly entered the celebrity clan from a medicine seller, and his social status was above that of the prime minister.

From serving others to being served, this contrast is very strong. Xue Huaiyi's cultural literacy and moral cultivation were not high in the first place, and he was suddenly held to the clouds like the moon by the stars, so he was naturally a little fluttery and began to get carried away.