Shock! Such a shameful thing happened in the holy land of Buddhism!

After the court session, the old emperor called Ji Sui to the Wuying Hall.

"Did you kill many landlords who refused to release their slaves during the disaster relief this time?"

Ji Sui nodded silently when he heard the old emperor ask this.

"Have you found her?"

Ji Sui shook his head.

"...You have paid too much for that child in these years. Almost 70% of your energy has been spent on looking for her. You have never had another child with Qinghe. Why? For so many years..." The old emperor said softly: "Zai Nian, your Ji family must also pass on the incense."

- Zai Nian is Ji Sui's name.

Ji Sui just said firmly: "Your Majesty, this is my first child. She was lost in the war. I must find her!"

The old emperor said: "I know, I don't know how many nobles and gentry you have offended for this child in these years."

Recalling Ji Sui's actions in these years, the old emperor must say that it was crazy.

Just because a "woman in troubled times wants to survive, the most likely possibility is to sell herself as a maid or be sold to a brothel", Ji Sui worked hard to accumulate merits, and when the time was right, he pushed for the implementation of a law:

any slave who wanted to escape from slavery, as long as she claimed to be from a good family, regardless of whether it was true or not, would be released.

Even considering that some women were imprisoned or threatened and could not appeal, he would go to the homes of those powerful nobles from time to time.

Due to Ji Sui's status, those powerful nobles who dared not offend him could only accept it with a pinch of their noses. In order to reduce their own losses, at least the servants in his family were free men in an employment relationship. At most, they would use official slaves who were not released.

But there were also people like dukes and marquises, who had extraordinary status and position, and still made it clear that my family wanted to sign a contract to sell the women.

For this reason, he had a tense relationship with the powerful. The nobles also had complaints about him.

In these years, he closed many brothels. For every brothel girl, he did his best to find new jobs for them to support themselves, for fear that if he didn't do a good job, one of them would be his daughter, and he would regret it for the rest of his life.

The old emperor tried to hold it in, but couldn't hold it in any longer: "You also know Xu Yanmiao's supernatural powers. You were out there doing disaster relief before, and now you've finally come back. You can go to him and ask him about it. Maybe you can..."

Ji Sui paused for a while, then slowly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

"But..." Ji Sui closed his eyes, trying to suppress the irritable and gloomy mood he had been in since he heard about his daughter from Xu Yanmiao: "But, I dare not."

For more than 30 years, he was afraid that his daughter had died in the war. He was afraid of hearing from Xu Yanmiao that his daughter had died a long time ago.

And...

Ji Sui's eyelashes trembled, and he emphasized again, begging the emperor: "Your Majesty, I beg Your Majesty to be compassionate and not mention my daughter in front of Xu Yanmiao."

- He would ask himself, but not now.

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Ji Sui still planned to pick up his good nephew. In addition to the feelings they had developed over the years, there was another most important reason. His nephew and his daughter were born on the same day in different years. Thinking of his poor daughter, he became more tolerant and compassionate towards this nephew.

So, half a month after the failure of the composition, Ji Sui entered the palace again.

To highlight the key points, he chose a time when Xu Yanmiao was not around.

This time it went smoothly. He invited the old emperor to the Yulong Temple in Luoyang County. It was the first time he went to this temple to worship Buddha. The empress had morning sickness at night and gave birth to the current prince six months later.

Moreover, he also prepared a person in the temple...

"Xu Yanmiao?" The old emperor gently put down the incense smoke and said in surprise: "You are not married, why do you come here to pray for a child?"

Ji Sui's body shook.

No! Not this!!!

Xu Yanmiao turned around in surprise: "Your Majesty..."

The old emperor covered his mouth and whispered: "A private visit in disguise."

- He no longer expected Xu Yanmiao to shut up obediently when he looked at her. It's safer to do it manually.

Xu Yanmiao blinked hard.

The old emperor let go of his hand and wiped his palm with his sleeve in disgust.

Xu Yanmiao continued with a normal expression: "After all, I still have friends. Lian Hang came here to ask the Buddha to give him a fat boy, so I followed him! Lian Hang said that the vegetarian food in this Buddhist temple is delicious!"

Xu Yanmiao pointed, and the old emperor and Ji Sui subconsciously looked over and saw the abbot of Yulong Temple helping a lady who was burning incense. Then, the abbot chanted something, took out a wet willow branch from the vase beside him, and gently sprinkled clean water on the lady's head. And behind the abbot, following closely, was the clerk of the Ministry of War.

The old emperor's pupils trembled: "This?!"

Although the lady was middle-aged and still had a charming look, she and the clerk of the Ministry of War were obviously not of the same generation! She looked almost forty years old!

Xu Yanmiao was stunned for a few seconds, and immediately said: "No, no! This is not it!"

The old emperor's eyes regained their spirits.

Fortunately, fortunately, he almost thought that his minister had an Oedipus complex. He really couldn't accept the difference between twenty and forty years old!

——The old man who was sixty-three years old and married a sixteen-year-old girl thought so.

Then, he saw that after the lady was cleansed, she turned around and glanced at the clerk of the Ministry of War with her eyebrows and eyes, her red lips curled up, and she was full of charm.

The old emperor looked at Xu Yanmiao silently: "Really?"

For the sake of his good friend's image in the old emperor's eyes, Xu Yanmiao said loudly: "Of course not!"

The lady heard the commotion here, her eyes turned and looked over, and when she saw the old emperor, her eyes lit up, and she walked over gracefully, her eyes looking straight at the emperor's strong body.

The old emperor: "..."

After he finally got rid of the people, he turned around and almost laughed out of anger.

Xu Yanmiao and Ji Sui, one lowered his head as if counting the floor tiles, and the other turned his back as if admiring the murals, but no one came to save the situation!

When he saw him, Xu Yanmiao, the little bastard, was still dazed and thought in his heart: [Is it over so soon? ]

What end! Do you want to see what happens between the emperor and his beautiful wife?

After a while, the military official was also showered, and then he came over and bowed instead of paying respect: "Hello, sir."

——Sir, in addition to being a title for people in high positions, it is also a title for old people and elders, and it is not abrupt to use it here.

Xu Yanmiao took a look and found that the host had already led the lady out of the hall, probably to do other steps. He was particularly curious: "Is it enough to just sprinkle water like this? Will it work?"

"I heard that many wives of high-ranking officials come here to burn incense." The clerk of the Ministry of War smiled and said, "It will work if you believe it."

Xu Yanmiao felt that he understood again: "Oh! Yes..."

The clerk of the Ministry of War covered Xu Yanmiao's mouth.

He is still in someone else's Buddhist temple! He doesn't want to be beaten out with a stick!

Xu Yanmiao felt particularly wronged.

[Really, why are you so excited! Can I be so low in EQ that I can destroy someone's job in someone else's temple! ]

The corners of the mouths of the three clerks of the Ministry of War twitched, and they didn't want to talk.

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The old emperor heard from Xu Yanmiao that the vegetarian food in this Buddhist temple was very famous, so he became interested and wanted to go to eat with Xu Yanmiao.

It is an honor for many people to eat with the emperor.

The old emperor smiled.

Xu Yanmiao must...

【...Eh? No, eating with the old emperor requires etiquette, and you have to observe his words and chat with him. What if you accidentally snatch the emperor's food... Damn it, who would want to eat with the leader! 】

【I dare not eat or drink. I have to eat until my stomach disease flares up. 】

【But refusing is disobeying the order... Can I say I have a stomachache...】

The old emperor's smile froze.

The clerk of the Ministry of War almost coughed subconsciously to remind Xu Yanmiao.

At least pretend... Oh, he did pretend.

Seeing Xu Yanmiao's face full of genuine surprise, and about to open his mouth to agree, the old emperor felt a toothache, and felt that he was particularly... forcing a good woman into prostitution.

"By the way, Xu Yanmiao." The old emperor smiled stiffly: "I am visiting incognito today, so of course everything will be simple. You can eat yours, eat whatever you like, eat whatever you want!"

He is not that stingy! Humph!

And Xu Yanmiao was really surprised this time.

"Thank you, sir!"

The clerk of the Ministry of War turned his face away painfully.

This really didn't sound like a polite remark.

Ji Sui next to him didn't want to care about these things anymore. He was now full of...

the person I was looking for before, is he still in the back mountain? He shouldn't have left directly, right?

Xu Yanmiao's voice came happily: "Eh? Lord Ji, aren't you going to eat?"

Ji Sui pulled the corner of his mouth with a fake smile: "Eat."

Eat, eat, eat, all you know is eating! Eat you to death!

You want me to walk away from the emperor? Dream on!

*

The vegetarian food in this Buddhist temple is really delicious.

Xu Yanmiao buried his head and ate.

"Mmm! This vegetarian noodles are delicious!"

"This! Eat this Pipa tofu! It can make the original taste of Pipa tofu without adding any minced meat! So good! So good!"

"This three-fresh stir-fried vegetarian dish is also delicious!"

The monks around looked at Xu Yanmiao with incomparable love.

They were particularly happy and satisfied that someone liked the vegetarian food in their temple so much. Moreover, this child really ate with great relish! They all wanted to eat two more bowls just by looking at him!

Xu Yanmiao raised his head and looked at Ji Sui: "Hey! Lord Ji, why don't you use your chopsticks? Why do you keep holding that teacup?"

The old emperor almost couldn't hold back his laughter, and lowered his head to take a sip of the tea in the temple.

The clerk of the Ministry of War covered his face and pretended not to see anything.

There is a term... called serving tea to see off guests. But Xu Yanmiao probably didn't realize it at all. Ji

Sui took a deep breath: "I'll let the tea cool down before drinking it."

"Oh! Is this a new way to drink tea? This is the first time I've heard of it!"

Ji Sui curled his lips: "Yes."

[As expected of a big shot! Drinking tea is so advanced! ]

Ji Sui closed his eyes and drank the warm tea in anger.

No. I'm seeing off the guests!

Now he can only sincerely hope that the man in the back mountain has not left yet.

*

Behind the Yulong Temple.

A gentleman is tasting tea.

He sits in front of an exquisite small table, with a small silver box at hand. The tender green tea leaves in the box sparkle in the sun.

He picks up a handful of tea leaves with the tweezers, and the tea leaves fall into the teapot. The breeze blows the fragrance of the tea leaves.

When the water temperature reaches the appropriate temperature, he slowly tilts the pot, and the tea soup flows gently from the spout into the Yixing purple clay teacup engraved with floral patterns. His movements are smooth and calm, like the beautiful rhythm of a guqin.

The tea soup is clear and bright, exuding a light and elegant fragrance. The gentleman who makes tea takes a sip, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, savoring the fragrance of the tea.

The slightly lowered eyes revealed tranquility and elegance, and the demeanor was like a painting, which made people feel as if they were in a paradise when looking at it from afar.

The gentleman was thinking...

"Mr. Ji, didn't you say that His Majesty would be here soon? I have already drunk three pots of tea, and I can't hold it anymore and have to go to the toilet!"

When he was about to urinate, the emperor finally came, dressed as a farmer in coarse linen clothes. The gentleman pretended not to recognize that this was the current emperor and invited him to come over for tea.

Ji Sui winked repeatedly.

Wrong, wrong! Who would invite farmers to come over for tea right away! You should talk to him first, act as if you are enjoying the conversation, and then invite him...

Behind the table, the gentleman anxiously clamped his legs together, pretending not to notice Ji Gong's look, and enthusiastically invited the "farmer": "Old man! Meeting is fate, let's have a drink!"

The old emperor looked at him meaningfully and said: "Okay."

However, soon they really had a good conversation.

It turns out that this gentleman is the one who wrote "Nu Yi", and he is very knowledgeable about the three obediences and four virtues that restrict women. The old emperor is a straight male cancer. The two of them hit it off immediately...

[Birds of a feather flock together! ] Xu Yanmiao nodded seriously.

The old emperor, Ji Sui and the military officials pretended not to hear anything.

*

While they were talking heatedly, Xu Yanmiao put his chin in his hand and started gossiping out of boredom.

[Oh, the monks of Yulong Temple accidentally mixed a pot of tea with additives into the vegetarian banquet, and now they are investigating in the temple who drank it. ]

Xu Yanmiao laughed: [Added additives? What ingredients? Could it be croton? Who is it? That's so unlucky. Fortunately, I don't like tea and didn't touch it at all! ]

Huh? !

Someone ate croton seeds by mistake? !

With just seven simple words, the old emperor's attention was instantly drawn away. As for what the gentleman said, he no longer cared about it.

Who is so unlucky to eat croton seeds by mistake in such a place!

If this had not been discovered, and he had diarrhea in public, well, those who came here to burn incense are all respectable people. I'm afraid they would have to move their families away from Luoyang County within a radius of 500 miles, right?

In just such a moment, the old emperor almost couldn't control the gloating on his face.

The gentleman didn't find anything wrong, and continued with a reserved smile: "Women are born imperfect."

The old emperor didn't respond.

Gentleman: "..." Gentleman raised his voice slightly: "So, a woman should regard her husband as her heaven!"

Old Emperor: "...Yeah, that's right."

When the gossip is not about them, people's enthusiasm for gossip is always particularly high, and the old emperor was very anxious.

Xu Yanmiao, why are you silent? Who is so unlucky? Just tell me!

Gentleman gritted his teeth and raised his voice again: "After the husband dies, a woman should regard her son as her heaven."

Old Emperor: "..."

The old emperor reluctantly came back to his senses for a moment: "Yeah, that's right."

The next moment his body was ready to move, and he was about to move towards Xu Yanmiao.

The left eye read "Xu Yanmiao, can you do it? Why are you so slow?", and the right eye read "Hurry up and tell me who it is, I really want to see the scene".

Gentleman finally realized that something was wrong, and couldn't help but look at Ji Gong who invited him over, and winked desperately.

Ji Gong! Your Majesty, what’s the matter with you! You were talking so well, why did you lose focus!

Lord Ji?

Lord Ji? Lord Ji, why are you so green!

The gentleman is almost cramping his eyes. Ji Sui, who is in the late stage of obsessive-compulsive disorder, is distracted and worried about what kind of dirty scene he might run into... No matter how hard the gentleman tries, he just winks at a blind man.

—— Lord Ji!!!

This virtuous lady is about to collapse.

What on earth happened? !

What are you distracted about? What are you thinking about? At least tell me! You are so confused... I can’t hold my pee anymore!

Xu Yanmiao searched over and over in the vast sea of ​​gossip.

[Damn it, who ate croton seeds by mistake? Why can’t I find it! 】

Xu Yanmiao was trembling with anxiety, and the other three people who could hear his inner voice could not help but become anxious. They wanted to find it for him.

——It was really torturous to be able to eat only half of the melon.

【Wait a minute?】

Xu Yanmiao was stunned.

【No wonder I couldn’t find it, it’s not croton...】

Xu Yanmiao’s enthusiasm rose even more.