Chapter 264: Buddhists

Ever since Li Yuan knew that Concubine Yin De had a Jade Guanyin, he was upset all day long. He was originally an open-minded person, and he could afford to let go of big and small things, but this matter involved his favorite concubine, and Li Yuan couldn't let it go.

Men can treat money like dung, but their women don't allow anyone to touch it.

This matter was held back in Li Yuan's heart for two days, he couldn't hold it anymore, and he was determined to find out about the matter of Jade Guanyin.

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There was no inner court on this day, Li Yuan reviewed the recital for a while, and said to Zifu, who was serving on the side, "Accompany me to the Daji Palace."

Going to the palace where the concubines lived during the day was something that had never happened to Li Yuan in the past.

Zifu bowed to Li Yuan with crossed hands and bowed, and asked, "Lord, you can ask the slave maid to go to the Daji Hall to inform you first."

Li Yuan stood up and was about to walk out, saying as he walked, "No need. I just want to go over and play with His Highness Yuan Heng for a while, just with you."

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Although Li Yuan only let Zifu follow, Zifu still glanced at the two palace maids who served him personally and asked them to follow together.

Li Yuan walked slowly in front, as if there was no urgency, out of the gate of the Wanchun Palace, and walked a short distance east into the Lizheng Gate.

Continue to the east, the north of the road is the Lizheng Palace, the south of the road is the inner cang, and then the east is the Daji Palace.

Wanchun Hall is very close to Daji Palace, and there is only one Lizheng Hall in the middle, which is less than a hundred steps away.

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When she was about to arrive at the gate of the Daji Palace, Zifu took a few steps forward and came to the door before Li Yuan.

The envoy who was on duty at the door was standing in the door and was napping, and Zifu stepped forward and whispered, "The Lord has come up."

The eunuch was so frightened that he opened his eyes and saw Li Yuan coming over, and knelt on the ground with a plop, and said in shock, "The slave should die, I don't know Your Majesty has arrived." Do you want the minions to go in and say hello?"

Li Yuan ignored him either, and Zifu nodded lightly at the envoy.

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The envoy quickly got up from the ground and shouted in a loud voice, "The Holy One has arrived."

Then, hurried forward to lead the way.

The gate of the Daji Palace was forty or fifty steps away from the palace gate, Li Yuan walked forward unhurriedly, and the palace maids in the courtyard all knelt on the ground when they saw Li Yuan coming.

Concubine Yin De in the Daji Hall may have heard the envoy's message, or she may have been reminded by the palace maid guarding the door, so she hurriedly came out of the Daji Palace, and stepped down the steps to meet Li Yuan.

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Li Yuan saw Concubine Yin De coming up, and slowly stopped, Concubine Yin Defei walked to Li Yuan and followed, crossed her hands and bowed her knees, and said, "The concubine didn't know that the Lord was coming, and she didn't come to the gate to greet her, so I hope the Lord will forgive her sins."

Li Yuan smiled and said, "I was dizzy when I watched the performance, so I wanted to come out and relax, come and see Heng'er, what is Concubine Ai doing in the palace?"

Concubine Yin De saluted Li Yuan again, and replied in a sweet voice, "The concubine didn't know that the lord was coming today, and she was idle and had nothing to do, copying Buddhist scriptures in the hall."

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It shouldn't be Concubine Yin De's turn to sleep on this day, and the time was morning, Li Yuan suddenly arrived without prior notice, which caught Concubine Yin Defei off guard.

In the face of Li Yuan, an uninvited guest, although Concubine Yin Defei was a little flustered, she coped with it easily, she was dignified, smiled sweetly, and showed a bit of charm in her every move.

After Concubine Yin Deluo bowed to Li Yuan, she retreated to the side, gave way to the road, and invited Li Yuan to the hall to speak.

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Li Yuan walked to the steps of the Great Ji Hall in front, and Concubine Yin De and Li Yuan followed behind him.

When he arrived in the hall, Li Yuan sat down on the couch in the east room, only to see a pen and paper on the case, and half of the "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" had been copied on the paper.

Li Yuan nodded and praised, "Concubine Ai's handwriting is good, I see that you copied the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra, and the one you respect must be Guanyin Bodhisattva."

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Concubine Yin De sat down opposite Li Yuan, listened to Li Yuan's praise, and said with a smile, "How can the concubine's words withstand the praise of the lord, and they are written indiscriminately, and they are not in the book, they are just neat."

Then he said, "The lord's guess is right, the concubine is indeed paying homage to Guanyin Bodhisattva."

Li Yuan looked inside the hall and seemed to be a little puzzled, "Why didn't I see the Guanyin Bodhisattva that my concubine respected?"

Concubine Yin Defei smiled and said, "Most of the bodhisattvas of ordinary people are offered in the middle hall, and the Buddhist hall of the concubines is located in the east corner of the main hall."

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Li Yuan's purpose of coming this time was to take a look at the Jade Guanyin, so he asked Concubine Yin De, "Can I pay homage to the Bodhisattva that Concubine Ai respects?"

Hearing that Li Yuan wanted to see Guanyin Bodhisattva, Concubine Yin Defei seemed to be a little embarrassed, she knew that Li Yuan did not believe in gods and Buddhas, and believed in Taoism, and Concubine Yin Defei was a devout Buddhist, she was afraid that Li Yuan would be disrespectful to the Bodhisattva, so her face showed embarrassment.

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Concubine Yin Dezhong was calculating, if Li Yuan was not allowed to see it, he would definitely be unhappy in his heart; If you let him see it, I am afraid that he will be disrespectful. So he accompanied him carefully and said to Li Yuan, "It's not that the concubines don't want Your Majesty to pay homage to Guanyin Bodhisattva, but there are many taboos in the Buddhist hall, and I am afraid that the Lord will feel constrained when he goes in."

Li Yuan asked, "What are the taboos in the Buddha Hall?"

Concubine Yin De said respectfully, "Before seeing the Bodhisattva, you must clean your hands and mouth, and when you see the Bodhisattva, you can't say anything, you must pay homage."

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Li Yuan seemed to be a little resistant to the statement of worship, and asked, "Do you want to worship even me?"

This time Concubine Yin Defei asked, in her mind, the Bodhisattva is much more sacred than anyone in the world, and it is natural for anyone to visit the Bodhisattva when they see it.

But she didn't dare to say that Li Yuan also had to pay homage, and if she said it wrong, she was afraid that it would anger Long Yan.

Concubine Yin De thought for a moment in her heart and came up with a compromise strategy, "Your Majesty is the supreme in the world, it is okay not to worship, you can meditate in front of the Buddha and put your hands together to show respect."

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Because Li Yuan wanted to take a look at the Jade Guanyin, he had no choice but to rely on Yin Guifei, stood up and said, "Just as Concubine Ai said, I will stop quietly and put my hands together to show respect, so as not to blaspheme the gods."

Concubine Yin Defei had no choice but to stand up, and led the way to the door of the East Shojian Room, where there were copper basins, copper plates and clear water outside the door, and Concubine Yin looked at Li Yuan after cleaning her mouth and hands, as if she was asking for his opinion.

Li Yuan also cleaned his mouth and hands according to Concubine Yin's practice, and then entered the Dongshaojian Buddhist Hall.

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After entering the Buddha hall, Concubine Yin Defei did not speak again, nor did she pay attention to Li Yuan, but began to incense, worship, and pray to the Buddha according to the procedure.

As soon as Li Yuan entered the Buddha hall, he saw the jade Guanyin offered on the Buddha shrine, which was the one that Li Yuanji had given him.

Li Yuan didn't speak, he stood quietly according to Concubine Yin Defei's explanation, folded his hands, and watched Concubine Yin Defei do the entire Buddha ritual without a sound.

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About half an hour later, Concubine Yin Defei finished paying homage, got up, and retreated to Li Yuan's side.

At this time, Concubine Yin De's face was calm and her expression was solemn, as if she had really received guidance and spiritual power from Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Li Yuan put down his hands, his heart seemed to be much quieter, he turned around and walked out of the Buddhist hall, and Concubine Yin followed silently.

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The two returned to the window and sat down on the couch, Li Yuan's mind had not been freed from the solemn atmosphere of the Buddhist hall for a long time, and he was not even in the mood to laugh with Concubine Yin De.

He asked Concubine Yin De to call her son Li Yuanheng, Li Yuan teased Li Yuanheng for a while, and then left the Daji Palace.

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Back in Wanchun Palace, Li Yuan sat beside the case, picked up the folds on the case and looked at it, but his mind still stayed in the Buddha hall of the Daji Hall.

He was thinking about Concubine Yin's every move in the Buddhist hall, and what he didn't expect was that the cold Guanyin statue had such a breathtaking ability.

What Li Yuan couldn't understand was whether the people who adhered to the Dharma were lost in the teachings of the Dharma, or those who did not believe in the Dharma were lost in the rolling red dust.

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After Li Yuan was bothered for a while by whether he should believe in Buddhism or not, his thoughts finally returned to reality.

At this time, he remembered the true purpose of his visit to the Great Ji Palace.

By going to the Daji Hall to check it out in person, Li Yuan had already determined that it was Li Jiancheng who gave the Jade Guanyin to Concubine Yin De.

As for why did Li Jiancheng send Jade Guanyin to Concubine Yin De? What is the relationship between Li Jiancheng and Yin Defei? Li Yuan didn't know.

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What is the relationship between Li Jiancheng and Concubine Yin De, Li Yuan can't find out, and he doesn't bother to check it.

Even if he finds out, what can he do? Can Li Jiancheng and Yin Defei be dealt with publicly?

Not only could Li Yuan not be able to investigate any further, but he also had to pretend that nothing had happened, and he couldn't let Li Jiancheng and Concubine Yin Defei know that Li Yuan had investigated the matter of Jade Guanyin.

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From the fact that Li Jiancheng sent Jade Guanyin to Concubine Yin De, Li Yuan has been sure that Li Jiancheng has abnormal dealings with his concubines, which has touched the bottom line in Li Yuan's heart that should not be touched.

Looking back on the past few months, the harem concubines have repeatedly belittled Li Shimin in front of them and praised Li Jiancheng.

With this speculation, Li Yuan decided to do what he should do quietly.

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At the end of August, Li Yuan issued an edict: Liu Yancheng, a bandit in northern Xinjiang, colluded with the Turks to cause rebellion, and ordered the crown prince Li Jiancheng to go to Juzhou to pacify northern Xinjiang.

In this way, there was an abnormal phenomenon, the crown prince was guarding the frontier, while Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, were guarding in Beijing.

Since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, this has once again broken the rule that the princes of all dynasties should be in Beijing to supervise the country.

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After Li Jiancheng left Beijing, the slander of Li Shimin in the harem gradually disappeared.

Li Yuan's love for Concubine Yin Defei and Zhang Jieyu is also getting worse day by day.

In the later period of Wude, Yuwen Lingxin had a higher status among Li Yuan's harem concubines.

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Li Yuan has become increasingly disappointed in Li Jiancheng, but for some reason, he has not changed Li Shimin as the crown prince.

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