The days of playing with his grandchildren make Feng Yanzhi full of energy every day.
Xiaowu would get up early every day to go to the Zen room to copy scriptures and chant Buddhist scriptures with Feng Yanzhi.
"Brother, your mother has taught you well. You are so young, but your handwriting is not only neat but also beautiful."
Feng Yanzhi praised sincerely, but felt uncomfortable inside. Xiaowu wrote in seal style, which was the font created by Feng Yulin.
When he didn't know the identity of the Oriental Seal, he really treated the seal as a treasure and used it to practice.
Later, when he learned the identity of the Oriental seal, he abandoned the seal body.
Later, when he planned to marry Shangguan Ruian and became emperor, he wanted to issue an imperial decree to ban the use of seals by all the people in Beiyi.
But he has no real reason to be a master.
Shangguan Ruian is still watching beside him. Once this imperial decree is issued, Shangguan Ruian will definitely become suspicious.
After Shangguan Ruian died, he couldn't find a suitable reason to disable it.
"Thank you for the praise, Grandfather. However, I still need to work harder. I am not as good as Great Uncle. I want to learn all the seal styles and surpass Great Uncle."
Feng Yanzhi was instantly comforted. "You mean to learn all the seal styles and then create your own font?"
"Hmm..." He didn't think about creating his own font. He just wanted to surpass his father and his great uncle. After all, he was the younger generation and he wanted to surpass his father and his great uncle.
The emperor's suggestion was indeed a good one. "...Yes, emperor, the font that my grandson creates will definitely be the most beautiful font in the future."
Feng Yanzhi was very pleased. He was indeed his chosen grandson. "Grandfather Emperor has high hopes for you. You will surely be able to create a calligraphy that is even more beautiful than the seal script."
"Yes," Xiaowu nodded. "Grandson will try his best... Grandfather, let's go to the vegetable garden. Today, Queen Mother is going to cook us some of her specialties."
Feng Yanzhi had never done or knew how to do rough work like picking vegetables, washing vegetables, and changing diapers for Xiaoqi and Xiaoba.
But this time, Feng Yanzhi took the initiative to do it for the first time, and was particularly happy.
Li Haiying was stunned. If this face was not that of the retired emperor and there was no disguise, he would have thought that the retired emperor had been replaced by someone.
The only explanation is that it was the little crown prince, and the emperor particularly liked the little crown prince, so the master would condescend to do these rough jobs.
Three days passed in a flash. Feng Yanzhi was reluctant to let Xiao Lingyu and her four children return to Beijing so soon, so he asked them to stay for a few more days.
Seven days later, Xiao Lingyu returned to the capital with her four children.
The next morning, Feng Yanzhi washed, dressed, and went into the meditation room.
Seeing that there was no one in the Zen room, he sat cross-legged on the cushion and closed his eyes to meditate.
A quarter of an hour later, Feng Yanzhi called Li Haiying in.
"Aying, go see if the little prince is delayed by something and hasn't come yet?"
Li Haiying looked up at Feng Yanzhi in surprise and whispered, "Grand Emperor, the young crown prince returned to the capital with the Empress and the others after lunch yesterday."
Hearing this, Feng Yanzhi realized that the little prince had really left Huangjue Temple.
Xiaowu accompanied him in copying scriptures and chanting Buddha's name in the Zen room every day. He felt a little uncomfortable when Xiaowu left.
"Okay, step back."
Li Haiying recalled that the emperor had been with the crown prince and his siblings these past few days, and they were obviously in much better spirits, and the Huangjue Temple was also bustling.
Once the Empress, her mother and her two children left, the Emperor was left alone.
It would be better to return to the palace. The retired emperor can enjoy playing with his grandchildren every day, but Empress Fu'an...
After Feng Yanzhi came out of the meditation room and finished his meal, Li Haiying still boldly said to the emperor, "You have been devoutly copying scriptures and chanting Buddha's name for Empress Fu'an in Huangjue Temple for several years now. You are sincere enough and your resentment should have subsided. You can consider returning to the palace to spend your remaining years in peace and enjoy the company of your grandchildren."
Feng Yanzhi wanted to return to the palace, but when he thought about the time he dreamed of Shangguan Ruian in Huangjue Temple, his mother passed away a few days after becoming critically ill.
Although he asked the abbot to perform a ritual and he no longer dreamed of Shangguan Ruian, he did not want to take the risk.
If Shangguan Ruian comes into the dream again, he may really be as critically ill as his mother.
And in recent years, his health has obviously deteriorated. "When I miss my children, they come to accompany me. I am very satisfied with this kind of life..."
Feng Yanzhi, Xiao Lingyu and Xiao Wu fell in love with playing with flowers and plants.
When he was in the mood, he would give Li Haiying, Chen Qiao and others some private lessons.
The days passed leisurely and quietly, and three months passed by unknowingly.
It was a sunny day with a cool breeze, and Feng Yanzhi thought of the hot pot that Xiao Lingyu had mentioned.
"Aying, today is a perfect day for hot pot. Have someone set up the pot, prepare the seasonings, and come with me to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables."
Li Haiying asked, "Do you want to prepare some meat dishes?"
Feng Yanzhi was a little hesitant, since this was Huangjue Temple after all, but he also wanted to eat meat.
"Isn't there a tea stall outside Huangjue Temple? Let's set up the pot over there and have some meat outside the temple."
Li Haiying was delighted. "Okay, I will immediately arrange for Chen Qiao to take people to set up a pot outside the temple."
After Li Haiying finished the arrangements, he followed Feng Yanzhi to the vegetable garden, but before that they went to the orchard. The master and servant picked some seasonal fruits to make a fruit platter.
After picking the fruits, the master and servant went to the vegetable garden and passed by the bamboo forest to dig up two large bamboo shoots. After picking the vegetables they wanted to eat, they went outside the temple to eat hot pot.
"Gurgle, gurgle..." Little Zhaoren smelled the aroma of rice wafting from afar, and his stomach growled.
She actually smelled the aroma of meat in Huangjue Temple!
Little Zhaoren quickly asked his maid to pick him up and looked around the Huangjue Temple, "Shishu, quickly carry me to the tea stall, there is meat there..."
Feng Yanzhi sat in the main seat and asked Li Haiying and Chen Qiao to sit down and eat with him.
Feng Yanzhi took out a piece of mutton from the pot, dipped it in the chili sauce that Xiao Lingyu had brought earlier, and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
"Yes, it tastes great. My eldest daughter-in-law is really capable. Yi and the children are in for a treat."
Li Haiying stuffed two slices of pork belly into his mouth, his mouth full of oil. "Master, this pork belly is also delicious with spicy sauce."
Feng Yanzhi looked at Li Haiying, whose mouth was red from the spicy food but he was still stuffing food into his mouth, and said, "These peppers and tomatoes really benefit the people."
"Yes, Master, chili with meat is so delicious."
"Boss, give us a pot according to their table, and a few more plates of meat."
Xiao Zhaoren walked into the tea stall with great momentum, gave a casual instruction to the stall owner, and then walked straight to the empty table, his eyes unconsciously looking towards Feng Yanzhi's table.
The tea stall owner looked embarrassed and said, "Young lady, I only have tea and snacks here."
"What?" The servant frowned. "Boss, don't try to fool us, master and servant. We came here to find the smell. We are not blind. You have everything here. Hurry up and serve the food. My young lady can't wait."
The tea stall owner saw that little Zhaoren was dressed gorgeously. Most of the people who came to Huangjue Temple to pray were dignitaries in the capital. Now that the emperor was there, he was not worried about himself. He was worried that the young lady would offend the emperor and get into big trouble.
"My dear young master, these dishes, fruits, meat, and milk... these are all brought by this master. Please lend me this tea stall to set up your pot and eat. If you are hungry, please go to Huangjue Temple for a vegetarian meal."
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