Chapter 843 843 Pray for blessings, kneel three times and kowtow nine times up the mountain
filial piety?
What is filial piety?
When my father is seriously ill, is it called filial piety to take care of him at his bedside? Or is it called filial piety to eat fast for him, pray to Buddha, and pray for the Buddha's blessings?
For Ji Yunkai, it must be the former that is called filial piety, but for most people, the latter is called great filial piety.
As the daughter who was accused of being unfilial by the Ji family, she now does what the world considers to be filial piety.
After coming down from Youyin Temple, Ji Yunkai did not enter the city, but went to the largest royal temple outside the city.
Today happens to be the first day of the Lunar New Year. As the most popular temple in Tianqi, there is a lot of traffic and people coming and going outside the temple. Not to mention ordinary people, even dignitaries are also busy.
At this time, Ji Yunkai took the carriage of Yanbei Palace and arrived at the foot of the royal temple.
As soon as the carriage of the Prince of Yanbei's Palace appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of many people. Some official ladies and ladies, when they heard that it was the carriage of the Prince of Yanbei's Palace, even stopped and stuck their heads out to watch the excitement.
There were also some girls who couldn't stick their heads out of the carriage, so they muttered in the carriage: "The carriage of Prince Yanbei's palace? I heard that their princess has disappeared. Couldn't it be Prince Yanbei who is riding here? Isn't it that Prince Yanbei doesn't ride in a carriage?"
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"The carriage of Prince Yanbei's palace? Who is this? Are you here to offer incense when you appear here at this time?"
"I never heard that people in Yanbei Palace believe in Buddhism, so why do they suddenly come to offer incense?"
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Ji Yunkai got off the carriage under such circumstances. He was barefoot, wearing plain clothes, no makeup, and his long hair was tied up with a hairband of the same color, hanging obediently behind her, following her steps.
Sway gently.
Ji Yun lost a lot of weight, her facial features became more prominent, her eyes were bigger, and her plain white and elegant clothes were a little too big and empty on her body...
This kind of Ji Yunkai lost his usual flamboyance and dazzled, and his whole person became calm, like an innocent girl who has not been stained by the world, clean and simple, and like a monk who has seen through the world of mortals, his eyes are indifferent.
Perhaps it was due to weight loss. Ji Yun's open lips were bloodless, and her face was no longer as red and tender as before. Some ladies had seen her at the New Year's Eve banquet, looking dazzling and stunning, and suddenly they saw her so clear.
She looked so thin that she was startled: "Why did King Yan Bei become so thin?"
"This... looks like a serious illness." People who knew Ji Yunkai were shocked by her current appearance and started talking about her.
But only in the world of dignitaries, ordinary people did not know Ji Yunkai, and since they were here to offer incense, they had no time to talk about the nobles' affairs. After taking one look, they walked aside silently and continued to drive up the mountain.
After Ji Yun got off the carriage, he looked straight ahead calmly and did not make any move due to the comments of others.
After walking three steps forward, Ji Yunkai knelt down, kowtowed, then got up and continued walking forward...
Ji Yunkai kowtowed every three steps. He did so piously and sincerely, without a trace of perfunctory. He would kneel down every three steps he took.
"What are you doing?" Upon seeing this, many noble ladies immediately got off the carriage and came forward to ask.
When a servant of Prince Yanbei's palace heard someone asking, he replied: "Our princess is praying for me and hopes that I can recover soon."
"You don't have to pray like this." Someone whispered.
The servants of Prince Yanbei's Mansion were not angry either, and only said: "Abbot Huiqing said that only those who are sincere can be successful."
"Abbot Huiqing?" This unfamiliar title made Xunwen's wife puzzled for a while. In their memory, there was no abbot named Huiqing in the capital. When they asked, the people from Yanbei Palace did not answer.
She just followed Ji Yunkai silently, protecting her silently.
Ordinary people who had not planned to join in the fun could not help but become curious when they saw someone kneeling three times and kowtowing up the mountain: "Whose girl is this? No one has been so pious for many years."
Kneeling three times and kowtowing is easier said than done. From the foot of the mountain to the temple, there are thousands of steps. People without great perseverance cannot do it.
"It's Princess Yanbei. She said she came to pray for her father and ask the Buddha to bless her father." Those who had just heard it started talking to the people around them.
"Princess Yanbei? Didn't you say that Princess Yanbei was unfilial? She didn't even visit her biological father when he was sick. Why is he kneeling and kowtowing outside the temple now? Are you just pretending?"
"Who knows... I heard that Princess Yanbei left the city a few days ago. Who knows what she did."
"No matter, let's go burn our incense. Who knows about the affairs of such dignitaries?"
"Let's go... hurry up the mountain. If we go late, we won't be able to invite the peace charm that the abbot has given us."
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There are people who like to join in the fun, and there are naturally those who don't, but there are only a few people in the latter group. Most of them still gather around Ji Yunkai, pointing at her, some people say she is filial, and some people say she is acting nice.
People also say that because the discussion was so loud, people both on the mountain and down the mountain knew about it.
"Do you know? Princess Yanbei was at the bottom of the mountain. She knelt three times and kowtowed before going up the mountain to ask the Buddha to bless her father."
"Quick, quick, go and see... Princess Yanbei knelt three times and kowtowed, begging Buddha to bless her father."
The believers who had not knelt three times and kowtowed on the mountain to petition for many years immediately aroused heated discussions among the people and attracted more onlookers. Ji Yunkai ignored these and just knelt down, kowtowed, and then silently
Walking forward, every move is filled with serenity and calmness.
The people around her were gradually affected. They stopped speaking and just followed her silently...
The mountain road is steep and there are small rocks everywhere. Not only kneel down three times and kowtow, but even when walking up it, those official ladies have to breathe heavily. Ji Yunkai took three steps and knelt down with his bare legs, and soon his feet, forehead
My knees and knees were bleeding.
"Didn't some people say that the Prince of Yanbei is pretending? If someone can pretend to be this far, I admit it." Some ladies saw that Ji Yunkai was silent all the way and just knelt down silently, and their hearts suddenly softened.
Those older ladies were even more distressed when they saw Ji Yunkai, a little girl, with blood on her face: "Princess Yanbei is such a beautiful person, but she doesn't care about her appearance. She lets a stone smash her forehead. If you want to talk about her,
It’s just pretending...are you pretending to show me?"
"Such a pretty girl has her head knocked open. If she keeps doing this, she will definitely have scars in the future. She is just pretending, and the price is too high."
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Good-looking people are given preferential treatment. When I see a beautiful woman who doesn't care about her appearance and kneels three times and kowtows to go up the mountain, even if I had any doubts at first, I will give them up now.
Most of the people who come to offer incense are women. We are all women, and we all know the importance of appearance. No matter how hard they try, they will not make fun of their appearance, not to mention that Princess Yanbei is so beautiful.
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Beauty is a woman's weapon, and destroying her beauty means destroying her greatest weapon. Princess Yanbei didn't care about her appearance, and she knelt down all the way. They didn't believe her if she was not sincere... (To be continued)