The empress was taken aback: "Little Laizi? He? Is he still a living Buddha? Master, you're not kidding. ”

The old monk waved his hand: "No, the poor monk's sentence is true. ”

The empress still didn't believe it, but thought that this was Yuankong's words to make her happy: "Master, forget Xiao Laizi, I can't know him better, this character is timid and greedy, picks the door and is greedy for money, there are several women around him, how can it be a living Buddha." Besides, how can there be a living Buddha who covets women. ”

The old monk smiled: "Is it Your Majesty?" The poor monk once heard that the timid and greedy Lord Shizhong had sacrificed his life to save His Majesty, and the Lord Shizhong, who was greedy for money, sent nearly two million taels of silver to His Majesty before and after the rebellion of Zhao Sui, the king of Guangling. As for Hongyan, hehe, it should be the relationship between this Lord Shizhong and the peach blossom, even so, the poor monk has never heard of the Lord Shizhong having an affair with any woman, Your Majesty, is that the case? ”

Listening to the old monk's words, the corners of the empress's mouth twitched unconsciously: "He saved me because he owed me, he sent me supplies, that was because I lent it to him, as for the women around him, I don't comment much, the eldest husband has three wives and four concubines, in Suiyang, this is a common fact." ”

Yuan Kong sighed: "So, Your Majesty, why did you mention the woman next to Lord Shizhong just now?" ”

In a word, the empress blushed as blood.

Seeing the empress's shy face, Yuan Kong smiled, stroked his beard and said: "Your Majesty said that Lord Shizhong saved you because he owes you, and I don't know what Lord Shizhong owes you, so I won't comment." As for borrowing your majesty's silver taels and returning them back, this is also a matter of course..."

Without waiting for the monk to finish speaking, the empress hurriedly nodded: "That's it." ”

Seeing that the empress was so eager to clear up the relationship, the old monk smiled: "But Your Majesty, what I want to say is that at least in the heart of the king's servants, he is still selfless to you, if he is really a living Buddha, then he is just a living Buddha of Your Majesty." ”

The empress was directly stunned: "I, a living Buddha alone..."

"Oh, it's too much, it's too much, Your Majesty, you should be a poor monk who eats too much wine tonight, talk nonsense, it's not too early, and the poor monk should leave."

As he spoke, he got up and said goodbye to the empress, turned around and walked out of the imperial study, called out to the apprentice waiting at the door, and left directly, leaving the empress alone in the imperial study to mumble to herself.

After the old monk left, Narcissus came in, glanced at the obviously distracted empress, and asked suspiciously: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Ah, no, no."

Hearing the sound, the empress reacted from her confusion, and she was smart, looking at Narcissus, and gasping for breath.

Narcissus was still curious.

"Well, Narcissus, I want you something." The empress hesitated for a moment and spoke.

Narcissus clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Please show your majesty." ”

The empress said: "You say, how is Xiao Laizi?" ”

Needless to say, Narcissus and Wang Xiaolai are the most difficult to deal with, usually the two of them pinch when they meet, when they hear the empress ask, they don't say a word, and a bad word is detained on Wang Xiaolai's head.

Ugly things like what is despicable and shameless, does not understand etiquette, gibberish, villain hypocrites and so on are said.

The empress nodded as she listened, as if she was planning to suppress the throbbing in her heart through the mouth of the narcissus.

Later, Narcissus also ran out of words, so he looked up and said, "That's all for now." ”

Seeing this, the empress smiled directly, and said to the narcissus: "It turns out that I don't know that Xiao Laizi really has so many problems." ”

Narcissus snorted: "He still has a lot of problems that the minister didn't find." ”

The empress stood up on her knees, put her hands behind her back, and said with a smile on her face: "Narcissus, if you really told you that Zen Master Yuankong just said that Xiao Laizi is a living Buddha in the world, what would you think?" ”

Narcissus didn't think about it: "Your Majesty, you're not kidding, are you?" ”

But the empress just smiled and looked at Narcissus, which made Narcissus sigh in her heart: "Master Yuankong really said that? ”

The Empress nodded.

Narcissus was directly stunned, slapped his head, and said in his heart that I must have hallucinated, how can Wang Xiaolai's inferior conduct be worthy of the word living Buddha?

Wang Xiaolai, who returned to the Foxconn store to discuss with Li Shuangyu about preparing silver grain and then giving it to the empress, sneezed out, which startled Li Shuangyu.

The empress walked out of the imperial study, leaving Narcissus alone in the back, she came to the outside of the imperial study, stood by the jade railing, forgot to glance at the bright moon in the sky, and smiled.

"Little Laizi, are you really my living Buddha?"

In the empress's heart, such a sentence came out, entangled in the empress's heart, and could not be dispersed for a long time.

···

At the palace gate between the inner court and the outer court of the palace, Zhao Liwen, who was dressed in a big red python robe, was waiting here, and now it was just February, and it was still a little cold at night, so Zhao Liwen put his hands into his cuffs, leaned on the palace wall, and closed his eyes to recuperate.

When the Yulin Army who was passing by for the night patrol saw it, they didn't dare to come forward to disturb it, so they went around and passed.

Father-in-law Le, who came with Zhao Liwen, looked at the weather and said, "Zhao Mink Temple, it's not early, don't you go back to rest?" ”

Hearing the voice, Zhao Liwen raised his eyelids slightly, glanced at Grandpa Le, and sighed: "No, Master Yuankong will pass by here in a while, and I will send him off." ”

Grandpa Le sighed, and there was no follow-up.

Zhao Liwen was also sleepy at this time, so he rubbed his nose, called Grandpa Le to his side, and asked: "Grandpa Le, if I remember correctly, after you were transferred to His Majesty's side, the two of us haven't talked much, right?" It's rare to be free tonight, so why not say a few words? ”

Although it is almost a quasi-mink temple now, when facing Zhao Liwen, Father-in-law Le still puts his attitude to a very low position.

In front of him, Zhao Mink Temple, who has served the Son of Heaven for three generations, is far from being able to compete with the weight in the heart of today's son.

Although over the years, Zhao Liwen has gradually faded out of everyone's sight because of his age, but Gonggong Le knows that in the entire imperial city, there is only Zhao Liwen alone, who can meet the empress at any time, anywhere, unconditionally.

This is something that even the empress's closest personal secret guard commander, Narcissus, can't do.

is as close as the Eight Sages King, and you have to go through the ceremony to meet the empress.

At the moment, Father-in-law Le put his attitude very low, in front of Zhao Liwen, a real palace manager, he was like the little yellow door when he first entered the palace.

"I don't know what Zhao Mink Temple has to teach." Le Gonggong arched his hand.

Zhao Liwen smiled and waved his hand to signal that Father-in-law Le didn't have to be rigid and sat down to talk.

While speaking, Zhao Liwen himself first sat on the steps at the entrance of the palace.

Father-in-law Le didn't dare to climb the relationship, so he honestly squatted in front of Zhao Liwen.

Seeing that Father-in-law Le was like this, Zhao Liwen just shook his head and didn't say anything.

"You've been serving Your Majesty for some days, how are you, do you feel tired or anything?" Zhao Liwen asked.

Father-in-law Le lowered his attitude and whispered: "I'm tired of worrying about the Mink Temple, the small ones can still deal with it, and I don't feel tired." ”

Zhao Liwen smiled: "You, do you think I will talk to you?" ”

"No, no, no, Mink Temple cares about it, this is an honor in the next, how dare you have other ideas." Grandpa Le hurriedly explained.

Zhao Liwen shook his head with a smile: "Don't be nervous, I really just want to chat with you about my heart, I have served the Son of Heaven for three generations, and no one knows better than me what it means to be a companion to a king like a tiger, as a close minister of His Majesty, every move is related to His Majesty's face." Therefore, there are some things that I have to tell you in advance, lest you are not sure, and if you step on the wrong foot, it will be too late when Your Majesty is angry. ”

As soon as he heard this, Father-in-law Le knelt down and grabbed his head to the ground: "Please give advice to Mink Temple." ”

"Let's get up and talk first."

Hearing this, Le Gonggong got up, but he was still hunched.

Seeing this, Zhao Liwen just laughed, and didn't say anything on it, but went straight to the point: "First of all, you have to understand your identity and your responsibilities. ”

Father-in-law Le looked at Zhao Liwen with a serious face.

"For example, if you are promoted in the future, become a mink temple, be in charge of the affairs of the twelve rooms of the palace, and have thousands of yellow doors under your command, what should you do at that time?" Zhao Liwen asked.