Chapter Twenty-Six: The Return Journey
"Fu'an, look at this moon as round as the sun, for a moment. I don't know what to say! There was an emotion in the emperor's eyes that he didn't dare to see.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry. This matter has not yet been revealed, and besides, your princes are all adults. If you are filial to you one by one, you will definitely not do anything rebellious. ”
The Emperor snorted coldly, "Adult! Only adult tigers will want to fight for territory, and adult tigers will become the king of beasts! ”
Fu'an couldn't wait to slap himself in the mouth again, why did he say so many wrong things today. The emperor is also unusual, and frequently calms his emotions, "You don't need to panic, you are the only one who can talk to me like this now." ”
Fu'an immediately smiled a face out of the folds. "Your Majesty, you are laughing, and the old prince, as well as the Duke of Qingguo and the ministers of the court, they are all looking towards the emperor."
"They? That's it, now the next person, Xia Yi, can talk to me about my heart. It's just that I've been sitting in this position for a long time, and he's getting more and more timid, and sometimes I'm bored talking to him. ”
"If you want to talk about the inner courtyard of the palace, you are the only one who has the most heart," the emperor pointed to him.
At this time, he put on a villainous appearance and said, "That's natural, the little one has grown up with the emperor since he was a child, and with a look at you, I know what to do." ”
"You, who are accustomed to being a fox and a fake tiger, are also the leader of the eunuchs, and you are not stable at all."
"Isn't this in front of you, if there are outsiders present, see if I can show the momentum of this eunuch leader!" Fu'an said witty words, and finally made the emperor laugh, "You, you, the older you get, the more refined you become." ”
The two of them strolled in the moonlight and looked at the leafy garden.
"I remember that it was originally planted with roses."
"Yes, Your Majesty, you have a good memory. But the large cluster of roses, I don't know if it was the gardener's cause or some other reason, withered at the same time. Now the people in the florist's house are stepping up to plant another batch of roses for replacement. ”
"In order to prevent abruptness, they specially planted the moon season and placed it here, looking at it from afar. I couldn't see the difference. ”
"Your Majesty, you have good eyesight! You can see the slightest difference. ”
"You, don't be a sycophant."
"The roses are so beautiful, they are as beautiful as fire. Rose is vibrant. The Emperor said to himself.
Fu'an was wondering in his heart that these words were obviously not next to each other, but the emperor could get them out of his mouth, which showed that his mind was already confused. He walked forward quickly and said softly, "It's getting late, the emperor, why don't we go back to the palace and go to bed, which lady will you go to today?" ”
"Not going anywhere? Let's set up the imperial study, I still want to do more things for this dynasty while I have time. ”
"Yes."
At dawn on the second day, Xia Qingqing walked into the courtyard, only to see the third sister-in-law and the fourth sister-in-law already sitting there, drinking tea leisurely, "The air in this mountain is really good, the breeze is blowing, and I feel that the whole person is a lot refreshed," "This is nature," Lin Yuan'er said, "This is an important place for Buddhism." Every grass and tree has the light of the Buddha, and if you stay here for a long time, you will naturally be nurtured with Buddha nature. ”
"You little slob. Luckily, I woke up earlier than yesterday. ”
"Sister-in-law, I'm already very face-saving, if it's in my own small yard. As long as the sun hadn't risen in the right sky, I would never have gotten up. Xia Qingqing was slightly sleepy.
"A little slacker! Let's go, let's take a walk in the woods together. The third sister-in-law was talking, causing Xia Qingqing to wail.
"I still have to take a walk, Xiaoqing Xiaolu is going to get me breakfast. It's better to wait until I'm done eating and then go for a walk with my two sisters-in-law. She figured out a way to escape.
"Let's go! They didn't cook so quickly, so we'll come back as we go. The fourth sister-in-law pushed her forward behind her.
Xia Qingqing was reluctantly pulled out by the two sisters-in-law, and the path in the backyard was covered with dew in the early morning, "Go slowly, sisters-in-law, it's easy to slip." ”
"Okay, got it, take care of your own feet."
"Sister-in-law, look, look, this fish doesn't look like the one I saw yesterday? It's exactly the same, I dare say it's not a deity, at least it's a relative! ”
"You, the fish have grown into a mold."
"How do you judge them? Is it tasty or not? ”
"Of course, I have the skill." Xia Qingqing continued proudly, "Looking at the posture of the fish bones swimming in the water, I can judge whether this fish is delicious or not? Is it fresh or not delicious? Look at the flexible natural meat, it is more elastic and tender, and if you are lazy and don't like to move, the meat will definitely be fatter. ”
"You!" The third sister-in-law glanced at her helplessly.
"Anyway, yesterday my grandfather took you to see Master Puhua, did he say anything?" The fourth sister-in-law cared about her.
"This, last night, the master of general illusion didn't say anything," Xia Qingqing's eyes rolled, it was originally an ethereal thing, so don't say it, it will make people more troublesome.
The fourth sister-in-law was puzzled, "How could it be?" Grandfather had a good relationship with Master Puhua, and besides, he said that he was a fortune teller for you, so how could he not say anything? ”
Xia Qingqing couldn't hide it, so she had to tell the truth, "Actually, it's not that I didn't say anything, after I counted two hexagrams, Master Puhua asked me to go back first, and as for what he said to my grandfather later, I don't know anything." ”
"I originally wanted to ask my grandfather, but I knew that as soon as I left the room in the morning, I was arrested by two sisters-in-law to visit the back mountain."
"Okay, you little girl, you rake it upside down, right? Originally, the two of us cared about you, so we waited for you in the courtyard early, but I didn't expect that it was the two of us who delayed your business. ”
Xia Qingqing hurriedly waved her hand and explained, "No, no, I said it wrong, thank you for your concern, but the specific situation, I really don't know or have to ask my grandfather," she put on a look of not knowing what to do, so that the two of them had no choice.
"It just so happens that the two of us haven't eaten either, so you can also let Xiaolu take the meal to my grandfather's room together!" The fourth sister-in-law turned her head and said.
"That's fine," Xia Qingqing agreed.
Before the voice arrived, "Grandfather, the three of us have come to you for breakfast!" ”
It just so happened that the fourth brother Xia Jinghong was also in front of his grandfather's door, and he directly stretched out his hand to stop the three of her. He said, "Be quiet, grandfather didn't go to bed until dawn, and yesterday he had a night of discussion with Master Puhua, so let's not disturb him for now." ”
"Is that so?" Xia Qingqing was puzzled, and shook her head helplessly, how bad is her life, making it difficult for these two old people to be like this? "Fourth brother, why are you here?"
"I originally wanted to come to my grandfather for breakfast, but this little monk stopped me,"
"Husband, let's go to one place, then it's just the four of us to eat!" Lin Yuan'er said.
A few people went back to the courtyard where they were just now, and instructed the little monk to put the food on the table, "Good guy, this big circle of tossing, the result is still eating here, it is better to invite your grandfather directly just now," Xia Qingqing said helplessly.
"No one knew this was the case!" The fourth sister-in-law responded.
"Why did grandfather talk to Master Puhua for so long yesterday? What are the fourth brothers talking about? ”
The fourth young master, Xia Jinghong, smiled bitterly, "You don't know about it, how can I know?" ”
"Aren't you still there when I leave?" Xia Qingqing frowned.
"No, you just left, the master asked me to go too," Xia Jinghong, spread his hands, "So only my grandfather and the two of them know the content of the hexagram, and at dawn, my grandfather sent someone to say that if we have stayed enough today, we can go back to our home first, and he will stay in this temple for a few more days to talk to Master Puhua." ”
"That's it! Then I'm going to go back after seeing my grandfather in the afternoon, what about the third sister-in-law, do you want to go back with me? ”
"Why do you only ask your third sister-in-law and not me?" The fourth sister-in-law said, Xia Qingqing quipped, "With my fourth brother here, sister-in-law, can you go back?" Where do I have the final say? ”
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"Okay, you little man dare to arrange me, right? Lin Yuan'er blushed and glanced at the fourth young master, "You don't talk about her as an elder brother." ”
Xia Jinghong raised his hand to surrender, "This is a war between you, I don't dare to participate."
As he spoke, he picked up the porridge handed over by Xiao Shami and drank it all, then reached out and took a vegetarian bun, and said, "Since my grandfather doesn't have time to see me, then I'll go back to practice swordsmanship, and the three of you can eat slowly!" "It's like I'm doing nothing, but I'm actually running faster than anyone else.
Xia Jinghong's figure was almost out of sight, and Xia Qingqing muttered that he was running really fast.
The third sister-in-law said in a round game, "In that case, then I will go back with you in the afternoon!" ”
"What's the point of staying here? I don't know much about the way of Buddhism, so why don't I follow you along and let the three of them continue to talk about Buddhism and kendo! The fourth sister-in-law also agreed.
"That'll do fine." After eating, Xia Qingqing went back to the room to take a nap.
"Miss, Miss, it's time to get up."
"Ah, I'm so sleepy, I don't think about it! I still woke up too early in the morning. ”
"Miss, the old prince has just sent someone to spread the word, saying that he heard that you are leaving in the afternoon, and specially asked you to say goodbye to Master Puhua before leaving."
Xia Qingqing's eyes were closed, her two hands stretched out straight, Xiaoqing Xiaolu chuckled and grabbed one of her hands, and pulled her up from the bed with all her might. "I'm really sleepy!"
"Miss, wake up again, I will fetch water and makeup for you with Xiaoqing and Xiaolu."
"Okay," Xia Qingqing closed her eyes, let Xiaoqing lightly apply the water-soaked towel to her face, and after the two teas passed, she finally dressed neatly and planned to go out.
"Grandfather, I'm here."
"Qingqing, are you bored in the temple?"
"Grandfather, you know, I'm the least like to stay in this kind of pure place, I'm a person in the red dust, I still have to crawl around in the world, and the White Jade Hall has just opened, so there are a lot of things I need to deal with."