Xianyue sighed and said: "I hope not, but in the past ten years, the emperor has become more and more obsessed with Buddhism and Taoism. He has repeatedly expanded the palace and consumed more and more silver. This palace is really worried."
"No, the emperor has always been wise. Even if he is obsessed with the way to immortality right now, it is only temporary. When he figures it out later, he will naturally no longer listen to the sweet words of Yun Zhongzi and the others."
Qi Kuan frowned and said, "I have seen these two slaves before, and they don't look like cunning people. Why do they just refuse to tell the emperor that there is no way to live forever in this world, and let the emperor indulge in this?
Even if they gain the emperor's favor now, they don't want to think about the consequences when the lie is exposed in the future. Not only themselves, but also their disciples will be implicated."
Xianyue handed the picture album to Jinping and put it away, and said in a cold voice: "Everyone has selfish motives. As head teachers and abbots, they will definitely try their best to promote their respective factions, and there is nothing more powerful than the emperor's favor.
A good idea?"
Qi Kuan echoed: "This is true. Ten years ago, although Wanshou Temple and Ziyun Temple had a certain reputation, they were far from being comparable to what they are now. Now they can be said to be the leaders in Buddhism and Taoism."
Jin Ping asked doubtfully: "Why do so many people want to live forever? Is immortality really that good?"
Qi Kuan shook his head and said: "Everyone hopes to live forever, but when you see people around you getting old and dying one by one, but you are immortal and alone in the world, and even death has become a luxury wish, I'm afraid you won't
You will feel that immortality is a good thing."
Hearing this, Jin Ping muttered: "If that's the case, why does the Emperor insist on pursuing the art of immortality?"
Xianyue said in a deep voice: "Onlookers are clear, but the authorities are confused. It is not easy to see through the fog to see the essence clearly. I just hope that the emperor will not be too obsessed with the road to immortality."
Bystanders are clear, but the authorities are confused... Is Hongli really lost on the road to immortality and unable to extricate himself?
Of course not. He has always been very clear that the path to immortality is too elusive and elusive. Even if he is the emperor, it is difficult to touch it. Besides, even if he does get a glimpse of the path to immortality, so what, the people he cares about and who care about him are gone.
In such an eternal life, there is nothing but loneliness, even if one holds the supreme power, so what.
However, he still wanted to expand Ziyun Temple and Wanshou Temple, and still wanted to show kindness to Yun Zhongzi, because only the two of them had the means to complete Yong Cang's destiny so that he could be safe and prosperous!
But he can say these things to Yun Zhongzi, he can say it to Hong Zhou, he can even say it to Xiao Wu, but he can't say it to Xianyue, he can only let her misunderstand him!
Hongli strode in the wind and snow without saying a word. He walked very fast, and Xiaowu followed closely behind him, holding an umbrella. Hongli didn't stop until he entered the Yangxin Hall.
Xiao Wu took a few breaths, which were a little short due to walking too fast. After handing the umbrella to Huang Ying and putting it away, he personally went to the imperial tea room to make tea and brought it to Hongli. He said carefully: "Your Majesty, please use the tea!
"
Hongli didn't even look at him, but said coldly: "Leave it alone."
After Xiao Wu put down the tea cup as he was told, he whispered: "The Emperor is still angry about what happened just now? In fact, the Queen is also admonishing the Emperor because she cares about the people. Sooner or later, the Queen will understand the Emperor's painstaking efforts."
Seeing that Hongli was silent, Huang Ying said flatteringly: "Your Majesty, why don't you tell the Queen about the twelfth elder brother. In this way..." Before he could finish his words, the tea he had just brewed was smashed at his feet.
In front of him, scalding hot tea splashed onto his shoes and clothes. What followed were Hongli's extremely cold words, "If you dare to say one more word in front of the Queen, I will kill you immediately!"
Huang Ying didn't know about Yong Cang, but when Yong Cang got smallpox, Hong Zhou was entrusted by Yun Zhongzi to go to the palace to see Hong Li to intercede for those innocent people. Hong Li didn't have time to ask Huang Ying to step down and was
He knew about this.
Seeing Hongli's anger, Huang Ying hurriedly knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "I understand, I don't dare to say anything!"
Hong Li snorted coldly, stood up again and walked out. Before Xiao Wu and the others could follow him, he shouted: "Whoever dares to follow me will be punished with fifty canes!"
Xiaowu stopped helplessly. After Hongli left and disappeared, Huang Ying let out a long sigh, stood up from the ground, and whispered: "The emperor is really strange. He is unhappy at the same time and refuses to tell the truth. Then
Aren’t you deliberately causing trouble for yourself?”
Xiao Wu knocked him on the head and said: "You, please stop saying a word. Fortunately, the emperor just warned you, otherwise you would not be able to stand here properly at this moment."
Huang Ying rubbed the sore spot and said with grievance: "I'm telling the truth. If the emperor doesn't explain clearly, the queen will never understand the emperor's intentions. Repeatedly, the misunderstanding of the emperor will only become more and more serious.
deep."
"The Emperor's heart is like a mirror. How could he not know what you said? But the Emperor loves the Queen very much, and he never wants the Queen to be frightened. So... you must not talk too much, you know? Otherwise, you must not talk too much."
If you get into trouble, not even our family can protect you!"
"The apprentice knows that he will not embarrass the master. As for just now, the apprentice also said it with good intentions, but he didn't know that the emperor would become so angry all of a sudden." Thinking of Hongli's behavior just now, he still felt lingering fear.
Xiao Wu said sincerely: "In short, as slaves, if we want to live peacefully in this palace, the most important thing to remember is..." Before he could continue, Huang Ying said: "Do more, do less."
Are you right? Master, you have said it many times, and I will remember it even when I am asleep."
"You're such a bastard, you know how to talk a lot." Xiao Wuxu kicked him and said with a smile, "Why don't you hurry up and do some work?!"
Huang Ying responded and was about to go down when he remembered something and said: "Master, why do you think the emperor must expand Ziyun Temple and Wanshou Temple? Logically speaking, these two places are already big enough. With those monks and Taoists, even if they are not
It’s more than enough for expansion.”
"What do you know? Master Kongjing said that the more people pray for the twelfth elder brother, the greater the hope of completing the destiny. That's why the emperor issued an order to expand the area so that the two of them can recruit disciples. You
Look, once the expansion is completed, they will recruit more disciples, at least twice as many as they have now."
Hearing the word "twice", Huang Ying's eyes almost popped out. She counted on her fingers for a while and said: "The total number of disciples in Wanshou Temple and Ziyun Temple is no less than three hundred. If we collect two more
Times, isn't it almost a thousand times? Is this...is this possible? "