Chapter 73 What does an immortal look like?
"Noble Concubine?"
Chu Yingrui frowned.
"Why is she here?"
I asked her to copy Buddhist scriptures just to let the imperial concubine live in peace for a while... I thought that reciting the Buddhist scriptures a hundred times would at least last until the New Year.
Is it so fast this time?
It seems that the noble concubine is becoming more and more skilled.
Chu Yingrui had no doubt that the noble concubine would ask someone else to help copy it for her.
"Okay, let her in."
…
"Your Majesty~~~"
The Imperial Concubine walked in delicately with a voice ending in three tildes.
Chu Yingrui:……ヽ(ー_ー)ノ
"Oh, Concubine, you are here."
"Your Majesty~~~"
The royal concubine raised her hands in front of Chu Yingrui.
"Your Majesty, look, my hands are all red."
Chu Yingrui: ... "Really... My beloved concubine has worked so hard."
"Why are you copying so quickly? Just copy slowly."
The royal concubine was delighted.
Wuwuwu... He really did that. I was crying my ass off... His Majesty was so distressed that he even asked her to copy slower.
"Your Majesty, don't I want to see you soon? That's why I've been copying scriptures all night long these days, just to see Your Majesty soon."
Chu Yingrui: ... "It was very fast this time, don't be so fast next time, okay?"
The Imperial Concubine: ...
Woo woo woo, I'm really moved to tears.
Here, Chu Yingrui had already picked up the Buddhist scripture copied by the imperial concubine, and then... subconsciously drew a few circles on it with a pen.
This is a habit developed from submitting these memorials.
"You haven't written these words very well yet. Go back and practice writing them a hundred times, or a thousand times."
"And here... there are typos. Re-copy this paragraph a hundred times..."
Lady Noble Concubine: ...o(╥﹏╥)o
"Your Majesty, ouch... My hand hurts so much~~~"
Although I know that this is all out of His Majesty's love for her, but... this love is really too heavy.
The imperial concubine didn't want it this time.
You must redirect your attention immediately.
Chu Yingrui looked at the pair of hands that were blocking the Buddhist scriptures tightly, and finally put down the red brush and rubbed the hands.
Um?
Why does it feel wrong?
And why are your fingers a little red?
The Imperial Concubine: ...
This batch of rouge is really bad, it actually fades!
"Your Majesty, I heard that you have been unwell recently. I am so sad."
"Your Majesty, you are my heaven. Your safety is not only the most important thing to me, but also the most important thing in the world."
"It just so happens that my elder brother has found a Taoist master outside. It is said that he is very good at keeping in good health. Why don't we ask him to come in and take a look?"
Chu Yingrui wiped his hands with a handkerchief and didn't pay much attention to the concubine's red and white wrists.
In fact, he was just feeling a little uncomfortable these days because he was angry and busy with government affairs. It was not a big deal.
but……
After all, it was the concubine's sincere intention.
Chu Yingrui nodded.
"Then send her to the palace to see him."
then……
Marquis Cheng'an came in with an old Taoist priest who looked like an immortal.
Chu Yingrui: ...From the time the heir arrived to the time he entered the palace, it took less than an hour. I guess he had been waiting outside the palace for a long time?
"His Majesty."
The old Taoist priest with an immortal look flicked his dust whisk, which was really intimidating.
Especially when Marquis Cheng'an said in an excited voice that the old Taoist priest had lived for more than two hundred years...even Chu Yingrui was a little moved.
Who doesn’t want to live another 500 years?
Not to mention being an emperor.
"Really?"
“Really, really!”
Marquis Cheng'an nodded repeatedly. He recommended this old Taoist priest to His Majesty because he was sure that he had real abilities.
This old Taoist priest traveled to the capital some time ago and helped people cure diseases in a Taoist temple outside the city. His medicine really worked.
The most important thing is that there are all kinds of miracles... such as being able to jump onto a tree more than ten meters high with a light leap, being able to call the wind and rain, and being able to walk on water while holding a hill...
Moreover, there was an old man in the capital who bowed down to the old Taoist priest when he saw him... He said that he had been seriously ill when he was a child and it was the old Taoist priest who cured him.
The old Taoist priest's appearance at that time was exactly the same as it is now.
The old man is already over 70 years old. He was saved by the old Taoist priest when he was a child... Doesn't this prove how long-lived the old Taoist priest is? !
In recent days, many powerful and wealthy businessmen in the capital have flocked to the suburbs, just to see the place.
Marquis Cheng'an also took great pains to invite this old Taoist priest.
Introduce this old immortal to His Majesty... Then His Majesty will surely remember the kindness of their family.
The imperial concubine offended His Majesty some time ago. Presenting this old immortal to His Majesty will make him remember the imperial concubine's kindness again.
Marquis Cheng'an and Concubine Gui looked at each other and saw pride in each other's eyes.
They are... so smart!
"Is the Taoist really good at keeping in good health?"
The old Taoist smiled slightly, his sleeves fluttering in the wind.
"I am only good at some breathing techniques. I travel the world in the name of my mentor. I travel the world to save people from suffering and repay the kindness of the heaven and earth..."
Chu Yingrui was quite excited at first when listening to the old Taoist priest's words, but gradually... the excitement in his heart faded.
Listening to what the old Taoist said... he was just like Jiang Taigong in the mythical story, going down the mountain to seek a wise leader for help.
In the end, one can even achieve enlightenment and become an immortal.
If it were before, Chu Yingrui would have been very excited if he knew about this...
But now I feel something is wrong.
Hasn’t God sent down a little fairy named Jiang Yueyao?
Why send another person down?
Repeated!
Chu Yingrui was still very sure of Jiang Yueyao's fairy identity. After all... she was the one who cured the princess and the queen of their illnesses, and she also had various predictions in advance, so it couldn't be false.
Since Jiang Yueyao is not fake, then the person in front of me...
"Is the Taoist master actually an immortal?"
The old Taoist nodded reservedly.
Chu Yingrui: "What does it look like if you are not an immortal?"
The old Taoist shook his whisk to clear away the dust.
"An immortal knows astronomy and geography, and the past and the future are all in his mind."
Chu Yingrui nodded. It seemed that immortals really had the ability to predict the future…but the little fairy Jiang Yueyao probably didn’t have enough magic power. Although she could predict the future, she always forgot things.
Old Taoist priest: "The immortals are capable of flying into the sky and hiding in the ground. They are blessed with the beauty of nature..."
Chu Yingrui: ... "Can you elaborate?"
Old Taoist priest: "If you want to become an immortal, you must be blessed by heaven and earth, be outstanding in the world, be protected by heaven, and have a bright virtue..."
Chu Yingrui: ... "Are you sure?"
The old Taoist priest was stunned... He did not expect this answer from Chu Yingrui.
Isn't this the conventional image of an immortal?
Chu Yingrui's face froze.
"May I ask, Taoist priest, can immortals curse? Can immortals stop thinking? Can immortals be greedy and afraid of death? Can immortals be greedy and lustful? Can immortals..."
Chu Yingrui: ...
You don’t know until you count, and you’ll be surprised when you do.
Jiang Yueyao actually has so many shortcomings!