Mingda and Changyu have only been to their princess mansion once so far. The rest is either for the palace staff to check the progress, or to check the progress through the drawings given by the Ministry of Works, and communicate with the Ministry of Works about the construction through the drawings.
Mingda likes water, but she is weak and cannot get too close to water, so she only changed the direction of some of the waterways in the house, but left others unchanged.
But Changyu wanted to change a lot. If Mingda hadn't tried his best to suppress it, and her father was really poor, she would have been impeached if she made too many demands on the treasury. She also wanted to build a few more rockeries with Taihu stones in the house. She wanted to build a rockery.
It is best to build a pavilion on top of the group. There is a passage between the rockery and the rockery, which can be directly made into a maze.
She had drawn all the drawings herself, and was praised by the elders from the Ministry of Industry who were good at construction. Unfortunately, such a perfect garden design would not be seen in the near future.
But she can share it with Manbao Mingda.
But Mingda and Manbao didn't quite buy it.
Mingda said: "It's too luxurious. Even if the treasury and my father don't pay for it, the cost is huge. I don't know how much hard labor it will take to transport these Taihu stones to the capital."
Chang Yu: "It's not like I won't give you money. I'll buy it when I make money after I get married."
Man Bao was very curious, "Why does it have to be Taihu stone? Can't there be many big stones in the suburbs of Beijing?"
Chang Yu glanced at her with disdain and said: "Stones and stones are also different, just like people. People have their beauty and ugliness, and stones are naturally the same."
Man Bao retorted: "That must be because you lack a pair of eyes to discover beauty."
She said: "Our mountains in Shu include beautiful hills and towering mountains. You can't say that beauty is inferior to towering, nor can you say that towering is inferior to beauty. Don't they all have their own merits?"
At that time, she sat cross-legged on the wooden couch and pointed to the country: "If I were you, I would look for stones in the capital and Yongzhou, transport them and build them into whatever shape I want. If you don't like them, just chisel some. It will cost you the same."
Not much, Taihu stone is not only expensive, but also requires hard labor over there to cut it out and then transport it all the way to the capital. The shipping cost is more expensive than the Taihu stone itself, so why bother?"
Mingda couldn't help but laugh at her, "If everyone in the world thinks like you, there will be no beauty of brocade, nor scarcity of gold and jade."
Changyu rarely saw Mingda standing on his side, and immediately said proudly: "Look, look, the one who didn't notice the beautiful eyes is not me, but you."
However, Mingda did not approve of her buying a large amount of Taihu stones, so he said: "But Manbao's suggestion can be given a try. Maybe my sister will also start a school?"
She said: "Didn't people start to reward the Taihu Stone only after the Jin Dynasty?"
Changyu said: "The stone itself must be beautiful. The Taihu stones are exquisite and clear, with various shapes, some are strange in shape, some are bright in color, some are beautiful in pattern, some are of good quality, some are graceful and elegant; some are simple, dignified and deep, and are otherworldly.
, If other stones want to compete with it, they have to be good-looking. Otherwise, I can't point to a deer and call it a thousand-mile horse. How can the world compare with me?"
Man Bao clapped his hands and praised: "Well said!"
Then he said: "Isn't this simple? The mountains in Beijing and Yongzhou have a quality that Taihu stone never has."
Mingda and Changyu were curious and asked: "What?"
Man Bao said with a serious face: "Hard!"
She said: "If you use Taihu stones to hit the stones in the capital and Yongzhou, the ones that will break must be Taihu stones."
Mingda and Changyu were both silent. Changyu was so angry that he scratched her, while Mingda couldn't help laughing.
It was just a joke at the time, but Chang Yu actually asked people to look for good stones in the mountains outside the capital, thinking of setting up a rockery in her princess mansion to see what happened.
She pointed at the area she selected and said: "Put the rockery here. When the water is brought here, the garden will have mountains and water. Then open a side door here. Mingda, you can also open one in this direction."
Side door, then our two families can communicate with each other without having to go through the front door."
Mingda felt a little moved.
The Queen smiled with them and said: "If you can't make up your mind, then go and take a look. You may have other opinions after seeing it live."
Mingda and Changyu's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they turned to look at the emperor.
The emperor naturally had no objection and nodded in agreement.
So Mingda and Changyu left the palace together in the afternoon. Manbao was allowed to leave the palace by the emperor because it was almost time to go to the Yamen.
Man Bao had no choice but to take a bus to the Hanlin Academy. When he asked someone to bring a message to Bai Shan, he said that he would not go home together.
Hanlin, who was caught delivering the message, returned to the Hanlin Academy and stood in front of Bai Shan's desk to look at him.
Bai Shan was writing furiously, and when he saw the shadow on his desk lingering for a long time, he couldn't help but raise his head.
Hanlin then said with a straight face: "Master Caizhou accompanied Princess Chaijia to the gate of Hanlin Academy. He has something to say to Bai Hanlin."
Bai Shan immediately sat up straight and said to Fang Fang, "Master Zhou said that he is not free today, so he will not go home with you."
Bai Shan frowned slightly, but still cupped his hands and thanked her.
Hanlin nodded solemnly. After turning around, he couldn't help but bend his eyes. He held back a smile and walked away calmly before a smile appeared on his face.
Obviously there is one carriage for each princess, but the three of them must sit together in the same carriage.
Chang Yu also kicked the palace maid who was accompanying him out of the carriage, and then the two of them took Man Bao and whispered, "What is it like to get married? Should I ask my aunts? They always say that they won't tell us until we are about to get married.
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Chang Yu whispered to her, "I read in a book that the bridal chamber is very painful."
Manbao asked her, "What other messy storybooks did you read?"
Changyu moved and moved a little further away from her, "It's not a mess..."
Mingda's face turned red and he whispered: "Auntie gave me a set of Happy Buddha."
Her eyes were very confused, "It's said to be the Buddha from the Western Regions. I have always known that the Buddhism in our Dajin is different from the Buddhas in the Western Regions, but I didn't expect it to be so different. Don't the Buddhas in our Dajin all abide by the rules and precepts?"
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Manbao's spirit perked up. She knew this and immediately said: "Buddhism in the Jin Dynasty is not all the same. There are Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism. Mahayana Buddhism follows the path of Bodhisattva, to save all living beings, abstain from killing and releasing lives, and be compassionate.
Originally, it was believed that all living beings in the country are equal in nature and intelligence, and even all living beings can be reborn in the land of bliss; Theravada Buddhism is based on self-improvement and liberation as its purpose, and the self is respected. However, it is rare to see the preaching of Hinayana Buddhism in the Central Plains of Jin Dynasty.
But in the southern and northern territories, Hinayana Buddhism is still dominant."
Man Baodao said: "There are also many tribes on the grassland who believe in Buddhism, among which Hinayana Buddhism is the main one, and there are also branches of the two major Buddhisms, which are more different."
Changyu was stunned, and Mingda was also stunned, and then asked: "Are you still studying Buddhism?"
Man Bao shook his head honestly, "That's not true. This is what Master Zhi Ren and Master Jie Ai said."
She sighed: "We have been traveling together with Master Zhiren for more than two months. We really have nothing else to say but the way of Buddhism."
It was a really painful time, Man Bao said. She selectively forgot that she went to talk to Master Zhiren in the first place.
"We also met Master Zhiren and the masters from the Western Regions discussing Buddhism several times in the Gaochangguo Temple in Xizhou. Although I didn't understand most of them, the verbal exchanges were no less powerful than Yufeng in the court hall. They were very powerful.
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Chang Yu pondered, "What were we going to say?"
Mingda: "Bridal chamber."
"Oh, yes, the bridal chamber, let's continue talking about the bridal chamber."