Emperor Tianqi asked softly. After all, it involved royal private matters, so it would be bad to make a loud noise.
Li Changgeng nodded lightly:
"After all, I entered the spiritual path, and a few months ago entered the immortal path. The immortal kingdom on earth is not allowed to exist."
"Besides, as a cultivator, you must understand the true principles of the great truth. If you continue to hold on to those things and have a worldly atmosphere, how can you get closer to the floor?"
Looking at Li Changgeng's unusually determined expression, Emperor Tianqi sighed and nodded. It's different when he enters the immortal path. Worldly things are no longer in his ears and eyes, but what he pursues is something of a higher level.
Everyone talked to each other, as if they had endless words to say. Even Xiang Xiu was surrounded by several people talking, all of whom were talented people he met last time he came to China.
Now that he has become an official in the court, he has reached his current position in just three or two years, which is amazing to say the least.
Feng Dong, the Minister of Rites, came to see the sky, hurriedly walked to Emperor Tianqi and said softly:
"Your Majesty, it's time to enter the city. It would be bad if we were delayed."
The etiquette is strictly observed. This breath and the next breath are completely different from the greeting and sending, and the string is always in my heart.
Emperor Tianqi looked at the sky and nodded, patted Li Changgeng on the shoulder, walked to Chai Tiannuo and whispered softly. Chai Tiannuo nodded, and whispered with Bian Sheng:
"We'll talk about it when we get home tonight."
Then he and Emperor Tianqi entered Luoyang hand in hand. This was the most appropriate etiquette. It did not violate the rules but still showed intimacy. After all, you left here. If you come back with airs, it will only make people disgusted.
As soon as you step into the inner city, flower petals are falling like rain. However, there are no flowers in this month, but they are all dyed paper flowers, but they are colorful and look quite festive.
"Your Majesty, when did Luoyang City have such a scene?"
Chaitino asked curiously while waving to the people spreading flowers.
Emperor Tianqi said with a smile:
"This is the method that the Ministry of Rites came up with when the tribes from the Sea of Stars merged into Dahua a few years ago. It seems grand but does not cost much. It has become a routine since then."
Chai Tiannuo suddenly nodded. The story of the tiger occupying the fortress was known all over the world. Every year, many people passed through the fortress to reach the distant place where the stars fell.
I heard that there are countless meteorites there, and the style is completely different from China and its surrounding areas. If you have the chance, you should really go and see it.
After entering the imperial city, there was just a light meal at noon, and the real feast in the evening.
After eating, Chai Tiannuo rushed to the Imperial Academy with Li Changgeng and Xiang Xiu, and hurriedly met with Chen Zhixing, the current chief minister, Wei Xuancheng, dean of the Academy of Arts, and Changzhou Buyi, the director of Wuxueshan. Without further details, they rushed to the state funeral cemetery together.
Drink a large amount of wine before worshiping.
Although he is now a saint recognized by the world, Chai Tiannuo still maintains his status as a disciple and performs three kowtows.
While the tombstone was being poured, watered and cleaned, Chai Tiannuo grinned as he looked at the line of words engraved on the tombstone:
"Why are these two sentences engraved on the monument?"
Xiang Xiu whispered to the side:
"Don't be surprised by the favor or disgrace, just watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court."
"There is no intention to leave or go, just follow the rolling clouds in the sky."
Li Changgeng is also grinning. This song "Sitting and Watching Clouds and Flowers Light" is one of Master's famous works. A landscape with poems has sold hundreds of thousands of taels...
The poem is a good poem, but it is really inappropriate to engrave it here. Shouldn't all tombstones be inscribed with great achievements?
Chen Zhixing, the former dean of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of the Imperial Academy and now the chief minister, sighed:
"Zixi's poems are all over the world, but Master Dajijiu only likes these two lines. He gave the order a long time ago that the tombstone should not be rigidly engraved, but only the surname of the date of birth."
"As for the blank space, just engrave this song on it. It's good to just sit and watch the clouds and flowers light up."
"At first, the Ministry of Rites disagreed and thought it was not in line with etiquette. Finally, the eunuch Zhengzhizhi said, "The saint is detached, and his poems are also detached, so why is it not in line with etiquette?"
"Because of this, I finally followed the boss's wish."
Chai Tiannuo nodded silently, saying that he would live a free and easy life at the Grand Ceremony. It is his honor to choose this poem as an inscription!
After worshiping and drinking wine, the group followed the officials of the Ministry of Rites back to the imperial city. Only then did the real reception feast begin.
The real number of people was huge, and all the officials from Luoyang City, big and small, came, including Taoists from Qintianjian, teachers from Guozijian, and generals from surrounding garrisons.
As a saint in the world, Chai Tiannuo was supposed to have the highest-level royal banquet, but Luoyang was his second home. When a wanderer returns, how can his family be completely different?
This was the idea of Emperor Tianqi. Feng Donglai, who was about to express his sorrow, was very worried. It can be seen that Mr. Zhulin's face was full of joy, and his heart dropped.
Chai Tiannuo was really happy. He had never expected to see so many familiar faces at the reception. Most of them were the officers and soldiers who served as guards at the time, as well as classmates and students from the Imperial Academy's Civil and Military Academy.
My originally lonely heart suddenly became brighter. Even though the elders have gone back, the old place is still full. This feeling is very good!
During the dinner, there was a lot of wine. Chai Tiannuo was afraid that he would drink hundreds of kilograms, but he was still not drunk at all. During this period, he asked Bian Sheng:
"How did you take over the position of general? Where did his old man go?"
"And where did Zhao Xuanting and Zhao Shangshu go? How did Zi Jin take his place again?"
Bian Sheng clinked glasses with him, drank a glass of wine, wiped his mouth and said:
"The old lady passed away ten years ago. After attending to the funeral, the general resigned from office and traveled around the world with one man, one horse and one sword. Finally, he got the news that he crossed the sea of stars and went there too."
"I am ninety years old. As a warrior, it is more comfortable to die on the roadside than to die in bed."
Chaitino nodded slightly, it was indeed true. For the general, it is much better to let go of the old and start a new journey, than to live in one place and wait for death to come.
And now that the world is undergoing drastic changes, the general may not have the opportunity to transform from mortal to immortal.
"Zhao Shangshu died three years ago."
Shen Tuzijin clinked glasses with Chai Tiannuo, took a full drink, and told them about the whereabouts of the older generation.
"There have been a lot of things in these years. The old minister died of exhaustion due to overwork and overwork."
"The same goes for Mr. Wu, the Minister of Rites. He returned to Luoyang after participating in the Tianji Debate a few years ago and left within three months. However, it was a bit embarrassing to go."
"Why are you so embarrassed?"
The figure of the plump and smiling Wu Shangshu floated through Chai Tiannuo's mind, and Shen Tuzijin grinned:
"The old man took a concubine at the age of eighty, but the wedding ceremony was not stimulated by the flowers and candles and he died. It is true that there is a legend in Luoyang for many years."
"...This way of dying is very in keeping with the boss's temperament!"
Chai Tiannuo grinned, thinking about the time when Wu Shangshu went south and took his concubine with him, he felt that this day was not strange at all.
However, it is more romantic to die under the peonies and become a ghost, which is better than dying of old age!
"Master Fang, the old minister of the Ministry of Personnel, resigned in his sixtieth year. He hung an autumn moon on his waist and went to the northwest. I heard that he entered Luxian two years ago and is regarded as the best among civil servants!"
"Now the last news is that we are going through the Huju Fortress to the Starfall Land to see the scenery outside the territory."
At this point, Shentu Zijin couldn't help but scratch his head. When he thought about it, it seemed that many of his old friends had gone to another world after resigning from their posts and going into seclusion.