Xiao Chengyi looked up at the bright moon in the night sky and said: "I don't know where love comes from. It goes deeper and deeper. The living can die, and the dead can live.
If you still don’t understand, it’s easier to just not see her for a day, think about her like crazy, eat without knowing the taste, and have trouble sleeping at night. If there is a girl who makes you so obsessed with her, then you are in love with her.”
Xuan Du froze on the spot, thinking about what Xiao Chengyi said, and heard him ask again: "What if you know what love is?
Should you continue to become a monk and cultivate your practice and become a Buddha, or should you stay in the mortal world and feel the seven emotions and six desires and become a mortal?"
Xuandu didn't know and couldn't answer him, so he just stayed silent.
Xiao Chengyi shook his head: "Well, asking is in vain. You haven't seen your own heart clearly yet, so naturally you can't answer this question. It's not too late to tell me when you see your own heart clearly. Okay, you
Go back and rest."
Xuandu stopped staying and turned around to leave.
There were many sleepless people that night.
The next day.
Yuan Shuolin hurried to the hospital in the dim light of the morning. Xiao Chengyi was drinking tea and waiting for him in the main hall. Seeing him return, he stood up and was about to salute but was stopped by Yuan Shuolin.
"Master Xiao, look what I found in Yang Mansion?"
Yuan Shuolin handed Xiao Chengyi his results last night, which was a thick pile of ledgers.
Xiao Chengyi turned over a few pages and saw that the account book contained detailed accounts of transactions with the prince. Every money sent by the prince was recorded where it was spent.
He closed the account book, invited Yuan Shuolin to take a seat, poured him a cup of tea and asked, "Do you think these things can bring down the prince?"
Yuan Shuolin was stunned for a moment, and looked at Xiao Chengyi with some confusion: "A few days ago, I found out from Tongshun Gambling House that the accounts of the Han family forming a party for personal gain have been submitted to the emperor. Now there is evidence that Magistrate Yang is raising soldiers for the prince.
Isn’t that enough to bring down the prince?”
Xiao Chengyi said in a calm voice: "The evidence of guilt is sufficient, but it still needs some heat."
Yuan Shuo Lin was confused and asked, "What do you mean, Mr. Xiao?"
Xiao Chengyi picked up the tea cup in front of him, took a sip and then asked: "If the prince falls, the Han family behind him will also fall with him. By then, the Yan family will be the only one who can compete with him. Do you think this is something your majesty would like to see?"
Of?
You handed over the account books of Tongshun Gambling House to His Majesty, so you can see that the Han family was implicated because of this? Your Majesty has doted on the Crown Prince over the years, but he also values His Royal Highness King Jing very much. Why?"
Yuan Shuolin's face darkened, and he frowned and said, "It's for checks and balances."
Xiao Chengyi nodded: "Since the prince knows that your majesty is trying to balance, do you think your majesty will depose the prince and let the Han family collapse like this? Unless..."
Yuan Shuo's eyes flashed, and he lowered his voice and said, "Unless the Yan family also falls with them, then my father will feel at ease."
Xiao Chengyi was noncommittal and asked: "Does His Highness really want the position of Crown Prince that much?"
Yuan Shuolin made no secret of his ambition: "Who doesn't want to be the supreme king in the world?" After a pause, he looked at Xiao Chengyi and asked: "Master Xiao, haven't you ever thought about it?"
Xiao Chengyi smiled, but did not answer his question: "How about I make a bet with the prince to see if the prince can take over the East Palace after the prince is deposed?
If I can, I will do my best to help the prince become a wise king. If not, the prince will give up on this idea and ask himself to return to his fiefdom and become a free king."