As the emperor of the Great Wei State, Yuan Hong is undoubtedly a person who is full of strong self-confidence in his heart, and even has some conceit.

Otherwise, Yuan Hong would not have begun to plan how to use troops against the Southern Tang Dynasty shortly after he ascended the throne.

Even though the court was full of opposition at the time, the conceited Yuan Hong finally tried his best to oppose Tang.

In particular, although there were no substantial victories in several imperial expeditions, the impression of the Northern Wei Dynasty's good fighting was deeply rooted in the hearts of the world, especially for the Southern Tang Dynasty.

And above the court, Yuan Hong is also full of strong self-confidence, whether it is in the face of the ministers, or in the face of the prince who has already gathered a group of officials in the court, Yuan Hong undoubtedly has strong self-confidence and even conceit.

Even many times, Yuan Hong will encourage the crown prince Yuan Sui to be able to disagree with himself when he participates in court affairs, and even to oppose some things he promotes.

The reason why Yuan Hong dared to let the prince go so far is not only because of his strong self-confidence in his heart, but also because he believes that the prince will never rebel, and he prefers to see a prince who likes to control everything and be strong, rather than like Yuan Ke, which makes him feel a little weak.

Therefore, no matter how hard Yuan Ke with a gentle personality tries, in Yuan Hong's opinion, he does not have the qualifications to become a qualified emperor, because in the face of the opposition and opinions of the ministers, Yuan Hong always believes that inner strength and self-confidence, and even conceit is the best way to coerce the ministers, and Yuan Sui has these, but Yuan Ke can't see it at all.

What's even more interesting is that Yuan Hong was respectful and obedient to Yuan Sui in front of him, and when he couldn't see it, his strength and harshness in front of a group of officials and other children of the royal family, as well as his connivance with some officials in the East Palace, including the protection of the crown princess's family, etc., actually made Yuan Hong feel very satisfied.

In Yuan Hong's view, an emperor should have such a strong psychology, should have the opinion of not afraid of courtiers and officials, and dare to override public opinion when necessary.

So every time he sees the prince, Yuan Hong will show a heartfelt smile of relief, and the tall prince will greet him respectfully, and when facing some of Yuan Hong's examinations, he is also remarkable, calm and not lacking in bravery.

Therefore, it stands to reason that because the crown prince is more loved by the current emperor Yuanhong, and the queen is his biological mother, and the current queen mother is a clansman, the entire palace should not have a scene where the noble concubine can still occupy a place.

But the reality is often so complicated, it's so cut, it's so untidy and messy.

The queen mother, the queen, and the crown prince Yuan Sui, who is valued by Yuan Hong, so that in the palace, the noble concubine should have lived a trembling and admiring life.

But the noble concubine has achieved the point of being able to sit on an equal footing with the queen in the palace, which has to be said to be a great spectacle of the harem, and the failure of the queen mother, the queen and even the crown prince.

The reason for this is that in addition to Gao Zhaorong's empathetic and cold and hot personality won her the favor of the emperor, it is because the vowel of Princess Changle, the youngest princess of the Great Wei Kingdom, was born by Gao Zhaorong.

As the elder brother of Princess Changle, Yuan Ke could not pose any threat and containment to Prince Yuansui, but Princess Changle relied on the doting from Yuan Hong and the unreasonable love of the Queen Mother, so that Gao Zhaorong's mother and son were also restrained by the queen of today's motherhood.

Yuan Hong, who walked out of the Qinzheng Palace and was about to go to Longfu Palace, met the crown prince Yuan Sui, who had just entered the palace.

Walking on the palace road where autumn is getting stronger, after agreeing with the prince's recent actions, Yuan Hong looked at the Longfu Palace not far ahead, with his hands behind his back, full of spirit, and said lightly: "Why did you make Changle cry some time ago?" ”

"Father......." Prince Yuansui hurriedly bowed his head to explain.

"Just give what you want. Although you are the crown prince, you are also Changle's brother, how can there be a brother who doesn't cherish his sister? Changle is only seven years old now, what does she know? How can you treat the other brothers with the same harshness? The brushes and inkstones of the Yanchun Pavilion, including some calligraphy and paintings, were all destroyed by Changle. A good inkstone, now she broke the corner, don't I feel distressed? But Changle is a child after all, can I still care about her like her? Yuan Hong said with his back hand.

"Yes, what my father taught me is that my sons must remember it." Yuan Sui didn't explain any more.

Yuan Hong is very satisfied with Yuan Sui's point, that is, no matter what he says, he will hardly refute it, which in Yuan Hong's opinion, is also what a qualified emperor should have, even if it is in the left ear and out of the right ear.

Looking at Yuan Sui, who had a teachable expression, Yuan Hong didn't say more, and then changed the topic and asked, "Have you gone where your mother is?" ”

"Not yet, Erchen wants to see his father and queen, and then go to see his mother and the queen mother." Yuan Sui said respectfully.

Yuan Hong nodded with satisfaction: "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, your mother must still be busy on the side of Jingxin Lake, you might as well go over and have a look after a while...... Forget it, let's go to see the Queen Mother with me first, at this hour, your mother is afraid that she is worshipping the Buddha again. ”

Yuan Sui was about to nod his head in agreement, but then he was suddenly stunned and said, "The queen mother postponed the time of worshipping the Buddha ...... today." ”

"Postponed?" Yuan Hong frowned slightly, and asked without waiting for Yuan Sui to finish speaking, "Why?" ”

"In the past few days, there have been some gossips in Danfeng City, saying that some monks forcibly turned their fate, even in and out of the Qinglou and the casino, and even some monks would wait for some single passing women to tease and ...... in some remote alleys at night." Yuan Sui said without thinking.

"Is there such a thing?" Yuan Hong didn't react at this time, and couldn't help but stop and frown and ask.

Yuan Sui nodded, and then explained: "In addition to these, there are still rumors that some monks have robbed the house, and even robbed the people's daughters. The queen mother also sent people to Yaoguang Temple and Yongning Temple to inquire, but the abbots of the two temples said that there was no such thing. Therefore, Erchen guessed that he was afraid that someone deliberately spread rumors in Danfeng City to slander Yongning Temple and Yaoguang Temple. ”

When Yuan Sui said to the end, Yuan Hong's heart finally moved, as if he had thought of something, but in the end he just nodded quietly, and then asked, "Then did you go to the Criminal Department to ask?" ”

"Erchen has been there, and the criminal department said that someone did come to report to the official, but most of them have no evidence to prove that they are real monks." Yuan Sui looked at Yuan Hong's face becoming more gloomy, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Actually, my father doesn't have to worry, in fact, there are some rumors of malicious slander against monks every year for this kind of thing, but this year's momentum is just a little bigger." Erchen believes that whether it is the monks of Yongning Temple or Yaoguang Temple, they will never do such an evil deed of six impurities, anger and resentment. ”

"Then tell your queen mother, it's just some rumors, there's no need to check it out with great fanfare. It's just some trivial matters, and as for letting a prince go to the Criminal Department in person to ask questions, it's a bit of a fuss, isn't my court politics as trivial as this? Yuan Hong's tone looked a little displeased.

Yuan Sui nodded and said, "What my father taught me is that my son will definitely tell his mother truthfully, and he will no longer focus on these little things." ”

Yuan Hong nodded with satisfaction, seeing that Longfu Palace was in front of him, he waved his hand casually to let the crown prince Yuan Sui retreat.

On the short way to Longfu Palace with Wang Xianghe, Yuan Hong walked very slowly, and when he was about to enter Longfu Palace, Yuan Hong suddenly stopped and asked, "When the little profiteer brought wine, did you mention anything else?" ”

Wang Xianghe shook his head: "According to Commander Xue's words, nothing has been mentioned. ”

Yuan Hong nodded thoughtfully, glanced at Wang Xianghe again, and asked a little uncertainly: "Then do you think the rumors about monks that the prince said just now have anything to do with Xu Changting?" ”

"This ......." Wang Xianghe was a little twisted, because he couldn't judge whether those rumors were related to Xu Changting.

Because, if it is irrelevant, then it can only prove that Xu Changting really didn't do anything during this time, is this guy not paying attention to the terms of the deal with the emperor at all? Do you want to bully the king!

But if it matters, this method is too clumsy, is it possible that with Xu Changting's ingenuity, he can only come up with such a way to deal with Buddhism?

At this time, Yongning Temple, the great monk Hui Si just said to Xu Changting, a few days ago, the palace sent people over, let them discipline the monks in the temple, these days suddenly, there is something about the monks violating the rules and precepts, but Danfeng City can be said to be more and more prosperous.

"Such a small matter is worth asking the queen personally? Master, you're not trying to scare me, are you? After eating fast with Monk Huisi, Xu Changting was sitting at the Yongning Temple in the early years, and he would often sit there in a daze and ask questions.

"Master, how could he have lied to you? So do you understand why Master Master just mentioned Gao Bodhisattva and Zhang Hewlett-Packard to you? Hui Si stood under the boulder, so that if he looked at it from a distance, it was as if Xu Changting was sitting on Hui Si's shoulder at this time.

"Master is trying to say...... Is this what the Queen Mother means? I still want to warn that once I touch the interests of Buddhism, then the above will not give me a chance at all, and will directly ...... Clicked me? Xu Changting sat on the boulder and lowered his head and asked.

"To be honest, you are not the first person to shake the incense of Buddhism and suppress Buddhism to rule the world. There have been people who have the same ambitions as you, but ...... In the end, if you can't even make a small wave, you will be strangled by someone with a thunderous force. In the Tenno Lake at the foot of the mountain, I don't know...... How many corpses HP threw into with his own hands back then. Hui Si Baisu lowered his eyebrows and said deeply, and then recited Amitabha.

"But there's no turning back." Xu Changting suddenly felt that the pool of Buddhism was simply bottomless, far from being as simple as he thought, far from being as simple as he thought, and occupying the initiative with mental calculation and unintentionality.

"Deliberately release those rumors that slander the monks' six impurities and violate the rules and precepts, Weiyang, you are tantamount to startling the snake. This is a tentative strategy...... It's a good idea. Hui Si looked up and looked at Xu Changting, who was holding his chin and his eyes were empty, and said.