Today's occasion was solemn, Du Mingxin wore the princess's coat, her hair was pulled up high, and she was wearing a crown of nine Zhai phoenixes on her head. On both ears, she wore a gourd-like pendant made of nanzhu the size of lotus seed rice, which made her bright eyes more and more bright, and she looked forward to it.

Before leaving, she took out a string of Canaan wooden Buddha beads from her makeup and put them on, wanting to use the rituals in the palace to recite two volumes of scriptures for Chen Xi.

Canaanite wooden beads are common, but this string is unusual. There are a total of eighteen Buddha beads, each of which is engraved with a picture, implying a Buddhist story. Each engraving is infused with molten gold, and after the gold water has solidified, it has been carefully polished by craftsmen to give it the exquisite appearance it has today.

This Buddha bead bracelet is a tribute sent by the envoys of Wu Yue Kingdom when they came to Beijing to see the court, Chen Yuantai felt very exquisite after seeing it, and gave it to Chen Xi: "...... When you first entered Buddhism, you are still vulgar, and you have followed me to fight and kill all these years. I'm afraid that you will be angry, the Buddha blames, and there are some Buddha things in your home and body, and it is good to be able to suppress the evil qi. ”

Because Chen Xi often wore the sandalwood Buddha statue given to him by the abbot of Shaolin Temple in his early years, he gave this Canaan wooden Buddha bead bracelet to Du Mingxin.

"How did this bracelet end up in your hands?" Deng Wenjiao entered the Baohua Palace, and her eyes stopped on Du Mingxin from time to time, hoping to find out what was wrong and humiliate her in public.

Deng Wenjiao's call attracted the attention of everyone in the hall to Du Mingxin. The queen squinted at the bracelet on her wrist for a moment, and a breath of turbid air blocked her chest.

It turned out that when this bracelet was first sent to the palace, the queen liked it very much. Although she does not believe in Buddhism, she often fishes for three days and recited the peace sutra to the prince on two days of drying nets. Later, when she asked Chen Yuantai for this bracelet, she was told that she had already rewarded someone, and the queen couldn't help but sulk in Kunning Palace again.

Deng Wenjiao is familiar with her aunt's mind, and when she is not married, she likes to grasp the tip and be strong. Now that the mother is in the world, her son has been crowned the crown prince, and she regards face as a big thing. What she wants is in Du Mingxin's hands, can Du Mingxin still be able to please today?

Deng Wenjiao was waiting for the queen to attack, but the queen only pouted, turned her head and ordered someone to notify the monks waiting outside the hall to start doing things.

The ladies in the hall are arranged in the order of respect and inferiority, and everyone has a futon in front of them, and when the sound of Buddhist music starts outside, they all kneel down and bow down together, and begin to pray sincerely to the solemn Shakyamuni.

Du Mingxin felt as if he had returned to his youth, pretending to be a young man, mingling among the pilgrims, just to find Chen Xi and say a few words to him.

It's a pity that Chen Xi's position in Shaolin Temple is neither a monk who knows the guest, nor does he care about the incense and candles in the treasure hall, so it is really not easy to see him.

Du Mingxin took off the Buddha beads on his wrist, twisted one and put a Buddha name, and all he thought about was Chen Xi's peace and smoothness.

Half an hour later, the prayers in the temple ended. When the palace people came over to help Du Mingxin, she realized that her legs were numb.

The palace people helped her to the side hall, and at the same time offered a cup of tea and a plate of vegetarian pastries. Du Mingxin took a sip of hot tea, and then he felt relieved.

But as soon as she put down the teacup, the queen smiled and said: "A few days ago, I proposed to the emperor that I should do things in the palace to pray for the front-line soldiers, and the emperor praised that this move was very good, and specially instructed me to invite the princess of Jin and the Duchess of Dingguo to the palace to pray together." ”

Speaking of this, the queen paused, and the smile on her face became even bigger: "On this expedition, King Jin is the commander, and Dingguo Gong is the deputy marshal, and the two of them must be more worried." However, the Duchess of Dingguo is old, why don't you ask the princess of Jin to go to the main hall to recite ten volumes of scriptures, so as to show your sincerity to the Buddha? ”

Du Mingxin glanced at Deng Wenjiao, and when he saw her with a smug smile on her face, he understood. A bracelet, the queen will punish herself for kneeling and reciting Buddhist scriptures. She used herself as a gun for Deng Wenjiao like this, and she complained every day because Chen Yuantai treated her coldly, she was so stupid that she didn't know it.

Today's prayer is the "Jizo King Bodhisattva Honto Sutra", which is about 20,000 words. It takes about an hour to recite it without stopping. Ten volumes......

Du Mingxin secretly laughed, he just obeyed the order. It's just that I don't know what the emperor will do when he knows that the queen deliberately treats the lord's family and daughters?

"It's still the queen's mother who thinks about it thoroughly," Du Mingxin said with a smile, "The concubine is stupid, she didn't think of it in advance!" ”

The queen said with a smile: "Then you can go, finish reading earlier, and you can go back to the palace to rest earlier." ”

Because her husband and three sons are all from the military, the Duchess of Dingguo has been chanting sutras and worshipping Buddha all year round, so she knows very well that Du Mingxin's ten volumes of scriptures are afraid that he will read them all night until tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. In addition, this is the palace, even if Du Mingxin is the princess, there are countless rules on his head, asking for tea, water, and changing clothes, where is it cheap in his own home?

Although she didn't say much, she knew very well in her heart that the queen was deliberately embarrassing Du Mingxin. If you want to persuade clearly, the queen put forward a very high-sounding reason, and only a question of "you don't want to pray for the blessings of the front-line soldiers" can make herself speechless.

She thought for a while, and then said with a smile: "My lord is going to follow King Jin this time, so it's better for me to do my best in front of the Buddha with Princess Jin." ”

Duchess Dingguo thought that after all, her age was here, and after reciting for a while, she pretended to be unwell, and Yang and Du Mingxin took care of themselves.

But before the queen could speak, Deng Wenjiao smiled sickly and said: "Madam, you are an old person, not younger and stronger than Princess Jin, and it is nothing to recite a few Buddhist scriptures." If it weren't for my illness, I would have prayed with Princess Jin. ”

"Yes," said the queen, laughing, "don't join in the fun." To put it mildly, Princess Jin is higher than you, with her here, what are you worried about? ”

The Duchess of Dingguo was about to say more, but Du Mingxin stood up and said with a smile: "Madame is afraid that I am too young to take on such a heavy responsibility?" After saying that, she winked playfully at the Duchess of Dingguo, signaling her not to worry.

Du Mingxin got up and saluted the queen, then turned around and followed the palace people into the main hall.

Also present were Princess Ning and Princess Anping, although Princess Ning wanted to help Du Mingxin, but she herself was not treated by Chen Ting, where did she have the confidence to call out the queen?

Princess Anping has always been cold, although she looks down on Deng Wenjiao, but she doesn't mean to look down on Du Mingxin. At the moment, she just wants to get done early and go back to the house to tease the blue-eyed Persian cat that Lin Langxin gave her.