Chapter 204
Just slowly bowed his head forward and made a pious appearance. Zhou Yunyi has never believed in ghosts and gods.
It was impossible to believe that there was anything that needed to be narrated to the ancestors, so he just silently thought in his heart that when he went back today, the Empress Dowager Song knew that they were going to throw it in this Qinglong Temple, would she whine and flee?
She has seen the temperament of the Empress Dowager Song, although she is a little cautious, but most of the time she maintains a state of confusion.
Zhou Yunyi sometimes felt that he must be because of good luck, otherwise it would not have gone so smoothly, standing out from the harem of the first emperor, and even becoming the Empress Dowager Le.
Maybe it was because he had always been relatively pure and didn't want to fight for anything, so he kept his name, otherwise, a casual concubine at that time would probably be able to clean him up.
After Zhou Yunyi finished the incense, he was helped up by the red rice on the side, and the red rice took the incense from Zhou Yunyi's hand, and inserted it into the incense burner in front of him, these incense burners have been inserted into a lot of incense, and now there are many that have not been burned, after worshipping, their next step should be to visit the Qinglong Temple, the area of the Qinglong Temple is very large, they came this time just to visit some places dedicated to the Buddha in front of them, as for the backyard, which is the place where the monks practice on weekdays, it is inconvenient to go again.
At the end of the session, the monks want to rent the royal family, which is an extremely lively session, with a lot of small monks in front, who first spread the red carpet on the ground, and lit a lot of well-being and incense to set off the atmosphere.
The rest was accompanied by a group of enlightened old monks, humming the scriptures in their mouths. Zhou Yunyi has never understood, and he can't hear what they are reading clearly, but they are reading very seriously.
After the ceremony of chanting scriptures and praying for blessings, Xiao Chengze said a news that shocked everyone.
"Great Xia suffered this catastrophe, and the officials in the court and the central government were renewed, and the support of the people was deeply moved."
"In fact, the Queen Mother is willing to come to Qinglong Temple to pray for the blessing of the country, and I, as a son, am even more willing to support it."
The queen mother has obviously been blindfolded, and no one told him before he came again, so he should stay in the Qinglong Temple to pray for the country, but he also knew in his heart that since. Xiao Chengze has already said this, it is impossible to take back this sentence, so it is destined that he must stay in the Qinglong Temple to pray for blessings in this life, his expression is very indifferent, and he seems to have a trace of relief in his heart.
Zhou Yunyi looked too thick, and also felt that he was actually a poor person, after all, this life was not for himself, but for his own family, until now, I am afraid that he will never be able to unload the burden on his body to live.
After Xiao Chengze finished speaking, all the people knelt on the ground, shouting long live, chanting Chitose, they seemed to really think that the Queen Mother took the initiative to stay in the Bronze Temple to pray for the country, how could the noble Queen Mother not let them admire?
In order to make the Queen Mother live more comfortably, he even gave up an upper room in the Qinglong Temple, which can be said to be the best location in the Qinglong Temple, and it has also been redecorated to make the Queen Mother better adapt.
didn't say anything about all this, but secretly handed out a message at lunch, hoping to meet Xiao Chengze at the end.
Zhou Yunyi and Xiao Chengze were eating together, so naturally they heard the news, he looked at Xiao Chengze sitting in place, and seemed to be a little hesitant, so he asked tentatively. "Don't you want to meet the Queen Mother?"
"I want to, but I'm afraid that I will really be soft-hearted after I go, after all, he brought me up for so many years, and my biological mother and I only got along until I was ten years old, and he died of illness, and the Queen Mother has been with me for the rest of the ten years."
Zhou Yunyi also let out a long sigh, this is a very embarrassing decision, it is impossible to say that it is not tempting at all, how can there be such a ruthless person? After more than ten years of getting along, now it is said that it will be left behind, but now it seems that it is the most correct choice to leave him.
Xiao Chengze is the emperor after all, and he needs to be a ruthless person. Only ruthlessness can get rid of many shackles, and the emperor's policy cannot be checked and balanced by others.
"You eat first, I'll go and I'll come back." Xiao Chengze said softly in unison.
"Okay." Zhou Yunyi nodded.
"You don't have to wait for me any longer, wait for the queen mother to finish eating, and then withdraw the things directly." Xiao Chengze said to the little eunuchs who were waiting next to him before going out that he would definitely not be able to come back for a while, he knew the character of the Queen Mother, she loved to cry and cry the most, and she also loved to stick to others to talk, I am afraid that it will not stop for a few hours.
Sure enough, as Xiao Chengze expected, when he walked into the room in the first second, he had already heard the Queen Mother's cry, the Queen Mother took a handkerchief and wiped her tears beside her, and several palace maids next to her knelt on the ground, as if they were afraid of provoking the Queen Mother to be angry, after all, there must be nothing good for the Queen Mother to cry, and now when she sees the emperor coming, she is even more frightened and dare not speak, and several people slam their heads on the ground.
"Don't cry anymore, Queen Mother." Xiao Chengze stepped forward and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief.
"I'm really sad, so sad, I only know that you will definitely find a way to deal with me, but I didn't expect you to be so ruthless, and throw me directly to Qinglong Temple. When the Queen Mother said this, there was a little bit of complaining, his complaint was true, out of a mother's complaint against her son, otherwise, he would not dare to say so, you must know that his current name is almost in the hands of Xiao Chengze.
"Queen Mother, you can rest assured. All the things in Qinglong Temple will be sent to you according to the amount you used in the palace before, and you can play in it. There will be no one to treat you in retirement, and you don't need to live in fear, isn't that good? Xiao Chengze said.
"You conscienceless, heartless thing, do you think I can't bear to get rich with those gold, silver and jewels in the palace?"
"The most reluctant thing for me is actually you." Empress Dowager Song took Xiao Chengze's two hands, her eyes full of tears.
"I admit that I have wanted to use you many times over the years to make the whole family occupy the top position in the court, but I have always regarded you as my own son, if I didn't treat you as a family, I wouldn't have been so good to you for decades." Empress Dowager Song is like a child who has made a mistake, constantly admitting her mistakes, as if she wants to beg for forgiveness.
"I was a little confused at that time, I always felt that since you are my son, the two of us are so close, so it is not a matter of passing to promote your grandfather's family."
"I know you have no malicious intentions, but after so many years, you should also know that life in the palace is not easy, and now that the entire court chapter is going to be renewed, it is the best thing for you to stay away from him." Xiao Chengze was ruthless, and he would never be moved by the tears of the Queen Mother, just like he had already warned himself before he went out, no matter what the Queen Mother said to him, his matter of praying for the country in Qinglong Temple had already been decided, and it was absolutely impossible to change it.
After sending him off, he also knew about this matter here, and it was estimated that there was no room for reversal, so now he wanted to have a good talk with Xiao Chengze.
It is rare for the emperor to stay in the palace and be able to come out and walk around, even if the ranking of the royal family is enshrined in the Qinglong Temple, it is estimated that it is already great to be able to come back once in a year or two, which means that there is not much time for him to see Xiao Chengze for the rest of his life, so he wants to say everything he wants to say.
"Of course I know that life in the palace is not easy, in fact, I never thought of marrying your father back then, I was already on good terms with a scholar at that time, and I was waiting for the scholar to come to my house to propose marriage in high school, but who knew that it was just two months before the earth-shaking changes occurred."
"I was forced to become a show girl, entered the palace again, and was made a concubine, in fact, I was thinking at the time, I have no beauty, and I don't have any talent, why would the emperor like me, and then I figured out that it was because of my family's power."
"After I became a show girl, I began to become muddy, idle, your father didn't like me very much, rarely came to my bedroom, I was dull, I didn't want to associate with other concubines, I was left alone, often sitting in the palace in a daze, at most I went to the imperial garden for a walk, your appearance made my life full of vitality again, and also made my ethereal future have a point that can be supported."
When Xiao Chengze came to him, he was only about 11 years old, as if it was like a light, instantly illuminating his life, he felt that this must be God's favor to him, otherwise he was ready to be lonely for a lifetime, how could he suddenly pick up such a cheap son?
In those years, the Empress Dowager Song basically spent all her thoughts on Xiao Chengze's appreciation, taking care of his gathering life every day, and for his new talents, etc., in fact, these activities do not need him to do, after all, there are so many people in the palace, just send the people around you to do whatever you want.
But the Empress Dowager Song enjoyed the pleasure of being a mother very much, and he thought that since he finally got the opportunity to be a mother, he should do everything himself, so that the child can feel his thoughtfulness and enhance the friendship between the two people.
With his unremitting efforts, Xiao Chengze finally opened his heart to him.