Chapter 336 It Turns Out to Be Father

Toffee Xin drank her tea leisurely.

Appreciate the expression of the Sixth Princess.

"It seems the princess has figured it out."

The Sixth Princess said helplessly and self-deprecatingly: "My Queen Mother, it is really cruel to be born in the royal family."

She felt that the Chu State was finished.

The emperor of a country cannot protect his own children and subjects, and sells them to the enemy country for profit.

What hope is there for a country like this?

Who would still be loyal to such a country?

Can a prince trained in this way really be a qualified monarch?

The Sixth Princess was dying of laughter.

Concubine Xin did not answer the Sixth Princess's words.

She asked the Sixth Princess: "You are traveling with many of the Emperor's people. Did he tell her how he was going to deal with me?"

The Sixth Princess shook her head.

The emperor only allowed her to test the waters.

As for the rest, the emperor will make the decision himself.

but……

There were indeed quite a few people from Daxia mixed in with the Chu people's accompanying team. This was a gift from the emperor to the Sixth Princess...

If Concubine Xin's answer today was not the answer the emperor wanted, then the emperor would probably not be so merciful.

The Sixth Princess could see that the Emperor hated the Chu people the most. Although he pretended to be very good, the Sixth Princess was not a fool and she could feel it.

The Sixth Princess felt uneasy when she asked Da Xia for help this time.

The next day, the Sixth Princess left.

A few days later, Concubine Xin received a letter from King Ming.

Concubine Xin looked at the thin piece of letter paper and knew it was definitely a handwritten letter from Prince Ming.

But the emperor's seal was stamped at the end.

Concubine Xin put away the letter and said with a smile: "Zhang Delu, get ready, we are going to the capital."

The eunuch named Zhang Delu nodded.

Retreated silently.

…

Recently, there are indeed more people in Beijing.

There are indeed fewer people on Flower Street.

All the dandies in the capital were kept at home studying and reading.

Some people even went to Baohua Temple for peace and quiet.

The temple is quiet.

The Eighth Prince went to see Concubine Yu and told her everything that happened in the capital.

Concubine Yu clasped her hands together.

"It's really dangerous."

"Mother, this is really scary."

The Eighth Prince was still frightened: "But I also experienced a different life. Master said that only by experiencing various things can we have an epiphany."

Concubine Yu looked at him and said, "You are old enough and have your own plans."

The eighth prince said again: "Mother, I want to go down the mountain to take a look."

Concubine Yu was very worried.

Jingchen was raised too naive by her.

But the Eighth Prince said: "My brother also agreed. He wanted me to enter the mortal world and experience some worldly things. He said that this would be the only way for me to find the path that suits me."

The eighth prince felt that what the emperor said made a lot of sense.

He was at peace in the mountains, but he could not have an epiphany.

I also feel bored.

I always feel empty inside.

The Eighth Prince could not understand why the pilgrims came here to pray for a child, and why they only prayed for a boy.

Some people pray for life, death, wealth, and marriage.

Master said, this is desire.

But the emperor said, everyone has desires.

"Even if he is your master, can he really abandon all distracting thoughts?"

The Eighth Prince disagreed with the Emperor's point of view. He retorted: "My master has no desires or requests."

The emperor laughed.

“Doesn’t he want to become a Buddha?”

The Eighth Prince was stunned.

The emperor asked again: "Have you ever been to the outer city?"

The eighth prince was just passing by.

The emperor sneered, "Jingchen, there are still many people in the outer city who don't have enough to eat or warm clothes. They have no money to see a doctor or go to school, and they live in dire straits. But your master and your fellow brothers in Baohua Temple don't have to work hard or struggle for a living. They have food, drink, clothes and sleep. They only need to put their hands together and say Amitabha and someone will bring them food and drink. But they still keep saying that they have no desires or requests?"

Too pretentious.

It’s not that the emperor looked down on Buddhism.

He just looked down on the monks in Baohua Temple.

He felt that the Eighth Prince would be wasting his life if he continued to stay in Baohua Temple.

If Concubine Yu's plan is followed, there would be nothing wrong with being rich and safe.

But there's nothing wrong with it, is it really good?

Also, is this really what Xiao Jingchen likes?

The emperor encouraged his brother to come out.

"First enter the secular world, then see through the world, okay?"

The Eighth Prince thought it made a lot of sense.

Moreover, becoming a monk was certainly not his long-cherished wish.

After listening to his words, Concubine Yu closed her eyes.

She thought of the emperor, the young man who looked like an ordinary man in casual clothes.

After a while, she smiled.

"You are old enough, and your mother shouldn't choose your life for you."

The eighth prince also became really happy.

"Thank you, mother."

The eighth prince went down the mountain.

He wore ordinary clothes and went to the outer city that the emperor had mentioned.

Maybe it’s because it’s summer, this place is not only a little broken, but also looks terrible.

The eighth prince walked further inside. The outer city was just a shiny donkey dung egg on the surface, but it was dilapidated inside. Some people didn’t even have a house and were just lying on the street. They were dark, dirty, skinny, and had numb eyes.

The eighth prince met for the first time.

He was shocked by the numb and empty look in his eyes.

He grew up in the palace and later went to Baohua Temple.

Baohua Temple is a royal temple.

Those who go there are all rich and powerful people. Their wishes are either to have children or to live a hundred years. If that is not possible, they just want to be loved by their husbands and have filial children.

The real lower class people can’t even get enough food to eat, so who would travel across mountains and rivers to go to the temple to worship Buddha?

Not only does it waste your energy, but you also have to eat an extra bowl of rice. Who has the time for that?

The further the Eighth Prince walked inside, the more frightened he became.

At the entrance of the alley, he also saw a man. He didn't know how he broke his leg. Pus and maggots were all over his leg. It was emitting a foul odor. He was breathing out more than he was breathing in. It looked like he was not going to survive.

The eighth prince exhaled, looked at the sky outside, and wanted to say "Amitabha", but he couldn't open his mouth.

Hearing that the eighth prince had come down the mountain, King Ming invited him to go out for a walk together.

The Eighth Prince was so shocked by the miserable situation of the people outside the city that he was dragged by King Ming to the largest inn in the capital.

Many candidates from other places live here.

Ming Wang said that one should observe while painting.

The Eighth Prince asked, "What are you painting?"

“Draw these people.”

The eighth prince thought it was great, so he said, "Second brother, maybe you can paint the various aspects of life."

He felt that the people in the outer city were worth painting.

Ming Wang nodded: "I will consider it."

The emperor finally received the letter from Concubine Xin.

He was thinking about something silently.

Concubine Xin of Ming Wang might also be involved in the affairs of the Chu State spies, which dealt a heavy blow to the emperor.

The emperor couldn't understand why he was so mean to these people?

Why did they betray him?

For example, Prince Ruyang and the eldest prince are fine, but everyone wants to sit on the throne.

But.

But……

It’s different when it involves the State of Chu.

The State of Chu was a foreign country.

Collusion with foreign countries is something the emperor absolutely cannot tolerate.

Prince Duan is an example.

He turned a deaf ear and allowed those spies to kill his father.

This is completely different in nature and the emperor was very angry.

Very, very angry.