Looking at the dishes on the table, Xianzong had never seen such clean dishes in his life. His daughter even drank the stewed vegetables. This scene made Xianzong unable to look directly. "Follow me out of the palace," Xianzong stood up and called Yu Xiaoxiao.
"Oh," Yu Xiaoxiao responded to her tyrant father and reached out to take another steamed bun.
"Take her back to Gu's house to eat. I'll give you all these steamed buns," Emperor Xianzong shouted, and decided in his heart that since Gu Chen would leave tomorrow, he would have to find this old man and go to the palace to ask him whether the Gu family always gave his daughter enough to eat. It was obvious that his daughter was not like this when she was in the imperial palace!
Seeing that Emperor Xianzong was in a hurry to leave the palace, Xiao Wei had to remind him: "Your Majesty, are you leaving the palace like this?" Has there ever been an emperor in history who walked out of the palace in a dragon robe and strolled on the street?
Xianzong looked down at the clothes he was wearing. He was so focused on Mo Wen that he forgot about changing his clothes.
Xianzong hurried to the palace to change clothes. Yu Xiaoxiao sat and continued to eat steamed buns. Xiao Wei stood beside Yu Xiaoxiao and wondered, why would the emperor suddenly want to take the princess out of the palace incognito? Could something have happened again?
The carriage carrying Gu Xinglang and Master Chengguan stopped in front of the gate of Huguo Temple.
After getting off the carriage, Master Chengguan said to Gu Xinglang, who was still sitting in the carriage, "I will go see the abbot first, and the prince consort will wait in the main hall."
Gu Xinglang nodded to Master Chengguan.
Gu Xingnuo's guards watched from afar as Master Chengguan entered the Huguo Temple first. Not long after, his young master also entered the gate of the temple with his men. The guard turned his horse's head, whipped the horse and went to find Young Master Gu to report the news.
Gu Xinglang sat in the main hall of the Huguo Temple, which housed a Tathagata and eight arhats. The longer he waited, the more restless he became. For some reason, Young Master Gu felt that the compassionate Mo Wen was more terrifying than the thousands of troops in front of Wangxiang Pass. Trapped in the chaos of the army, Gu Xinglang had never been timid, but at this moment he was panicked.
Mo Wen was sitting cross-legged in the Buddhist hall when he heard Master Chengguan say that Gu Xinglang had come to see him off on the orders of the Xianzong. Mo Wen looked up at Master Chengguan and asked, "Gu Xinglang?"
"Yes," Imperial Master Chengguan said calmly, "The emperor said that the abbot would not allow him to come, and he thought that the emperor was still a child and could not do anything important, so he had to send the prince consort to come."
Mo Wen laughed and said, "My son-in-law is halfway here. Is Princess Linglong here too?"
Imperial Master Chengguan also smiled and said, "The princess has a bad temper. His Majesty is afraid that she will cause trouble again, so he did not order her to come. The princess and the young master had many conflicts before, and His Majesty also ordered the prince consort to apologize to the young master in person on his and the princess' behalf."
Mo Wen tapped the armrest of the couch with his fingers. The sound was very slight, but it struck Master Chengguan's heart.
After a long while, Mo Wen turned his gaze away from Master Chengguan's face and sighed, "You have been away from the temple for many years. Go back and take a look when you have a chance. Some of the fellow disciples who practiced Buddhism with you back then have left, but most of them are still here. Chengguan, it's time for you to go back and meet them."
Master Chengguan bowed to Mo Wen and whispered, "Chengguan understands. As long as a Buddhist has Buddha in his heart, he can practice Buddhism anywhere."
"You don't want to go back?" Mo Wen asked Chengguan.
"I dare not," Imperial Master Chengguan said these two words calmly, and then asked Mo Wen, "Master, the consort is still waiting in the hall, what do you think?"
"Let him come over," Mo asked.
Imperial Master Chengguan stood still and asked, "What about the Junior Master?"
"Fenglin was injured," Mo Wen said, "How much hatred could there be between him and Princess Linglong? There's no need to apologize."
Imperial Master Chengguan said, "Master, His Majesty is already worried about the princess. If Junior Master does not come forward, I am afraid that this matter will make His Majesty uneasy day and night."
Don’t ask about Chengguan. All the eminent monks coming out of Yongsheng Temple will give people a sense of calmness and ease, and Chengguan is no exception.
Master Chengguan said, "This should be regarded as the intention of the host to help His Majesty."
Mo Wen smiled and nodded, then said to the outside of the Buddhist hall: "Go and get Feng Lin."
The two monks answered yes and went to the meditation room where Master Fenglin lived.
A moment later, a monk who served as an attendant of Mo Wen walked into the main hall of the Huguo Temple, bowed to Gu Xinglang, put his hands together and chanted a Buddhist name, and said, "Prince consort, the abbot wants you to go see him."
Gu Xinglang nodded and secretly clenched his hands into fists.
At the same time, Yu Xiaoxiao followed her tyrant father out of the gate of the imperial palace.
Gu Xingnuo was standing on the street and heard the guards tell him, "Young Master, you went to the Huguo Temple with the Imperial Preceptor. I saw you enter the temple with my own eyes."
Gu Xingnuo was stunned. Chengguan took his brother to Huguo Temple?
The guard saw that Gu Xingnuo looked strange, so he reached out to help him up and asked anxiously, "Master, what happened to you?"
Gu Xingnuo slowly shook his head at the guard and said, "You guys keep an eye on the grain store. I'll go to Huguo Temple to take a look."
Before the guard could say anything, Gu Xingnuo had already climbed onto the horse, squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, shouted "Gee", and rode away in the direction of the Huguo Temple.
When the guards saw Gu Xingnuo running away on horseback, they were all furious. How could Young Master Gu, who was suffering from internal injuries, ride a horse? Could he get better?
"You guys go chase the young master," a guard said to his colleagues, "I'll watch over the grain store."
Several guards hurriedly mounted their horses and ran after Gu Xingnuo.
Young Master Fenglin was lying on the bed at this time. Hearing the monk say that Gu Xinglang was ordered to come to apologize to him in person on behalf of Yu Xiaoxiao, Young Master Fenglin sneered. He still remembered how this man followed Emperor Xianzong and acted crazy and stupid in front of him. Was he acting crazy and stupid again?
The monk who was serving Master Fenglin waved his hand to let the monk who came to report the news leave, and whispered to Master Fenglin: "Master, this is the abbot's intention, you'd better go."
Young Master Fenglin had anti-swelling medicine applied on his face. His red and swollen face was covered with dark brown ointment, which made it difficult for people to see Young Master Fenglin's former elegance. "Why should I listen to such hypocritical words?" Young Master Fenglin whispered.
"If the young master doesn't go, then where will the abbot go?" the monk asked Young Master Fenglin.
Master Fenglin glanced at the monk standing in front of his bed and couldn't help asking, "Why did my master suddenly leave?"
The monk shook his head. Who dared not to listen to the abbot's decision? Who dared to ask why?
"Wuhuan left, so he has to leave too?" Young Master Fenglin asked again.
The monk brought a brand new monk's robe to Master Fenglin and whispered, "Master, please don't keep the master waiting for too long."
After Master Fenglin changed his clothes and packed up, he was carried out of the meditation room by two monks. An autumn wind blew in his face, causing pain on Master Fenglin's injured face. Master Fenglin covered his face with his hands, feeling hatred in his heart, but not daring to show it.
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