Chapter 3404: Good boy, you kidnapped the princess!
The Da Ci'en Temple was originally built to commemorate Emperor Gao and Empress Renxiao. The name of the Chong'en Pagoda comes from the Sutra of the Difficulty of Repaying the Kindness of Parents, which naturally has a profound meaning.
No one except Zhu Feng has ever entered the Chong'en Tower.
Nan Yan could understand to some extent that besides Emperor Gao and Empress Renxiao who raised him, Zhu Feng must have been commemorating another relative whom he could not reveal publicly.
This time he still had to go in alone, just like when he was in the Imperial Tomb Temple before, he stayed alone in front of the wordless monument on the mountain.
There are some things that he has to face alone.
So Nan Yan said, "Your Majesty, please go ahead. Xinping and I will wait over there."
Zhu Feng nodded, took the tray from Xiao Shunzi's hand, turned around and walked into Chong'en Tower.
The door on the first floor of Chong'en Pagoda slowly closed, making a low and long roar. Listening from afar, it sounded like someone was crying. Nan Yan held Xinping's hand and stood in front of the incense burner under the stone steps. For a moment, her mood was a little confused.
At this time, Monk Shikong walked up behind her and said softly, "Your Majesty, why don't you go sit in the side hall first? There's no shelter here, and the sun is very strong. It would be bad if the sun gets hotter for you and the little prince."
Nan Yan finally came to her senses and looked down at Xin Ping, whose face was red from being sunburned.
She took Xinping to the side hall on the other side.
It's unknown which Bodhisattva was previously enshrined here, but because the Emperor and his concubine needed a place to rest, they had moved the Bodhisattva out, and the entire hall, both inside and out, was cordoned off with yellow cloth. There were no extra furnishings inside, just a table and a few chairs. On the table were simple tea and fruits, all chilled in well water, perfect for quenching thirst.
Nan Yan's body felt a little hot from the sun, so she walked in and sat down, then picked up the cup and took two sips.
But Xinping couldn't sit still as long as she did.
Even after entering the side hall, she stood at the door and looked out. Because the Emperor was not there, it was not appropriate for Monk Shikong to come in and stay in the same room with the imperial concubine, so he just served outside. Xinping stood at the door and saw the little monk Mingxin standing behind him at a glance. She tilted her head and thought for a while, then walked out of the side hall, but did not immediately go to Mingxin. Instead, she walked to the back of the side hall and waved to Mingxin.
"Hey, come here."
Mingxin looked up and saw that Shikong was still instructing other monks to do things and was not paying attention to him, so he secretly ran over.
The two children walked to a large tree in the middle of an open space behind the side hall and sat down.
Mingxin smiled and said, "Your Highness, I haven't seen you for a long time."
Xinping tilted his head and looked at him for a long time, then said, "I seem to know you, but I can't quite remember. What's your name?"
Mingxin smiled and said, "My name is Mingxin."
After saying that, he told him roughly what happened that year. Xinping was only a little over one year old at that time. Although Mingxin also lived with them in the palace for a period of time, he was still very young after all. Children hardly remember anything. He only had a vague impression that he seemed to have been taken around by a little monk who looked like a meat ball. After Mingxin said that, he remembered.
She laughed and said, "You said you were going to put me in a basket and carry me on your back? How could you possibly carry me?"
Mingxin immediately said, "You were still young at that time."
Xinping said: "You are not that old either."
Mingxin said: "I was already grown up. At that time, I could still practice boxing and perform on the street to make money. I bought a steamed bun for you to eat."
Xinping smacked his lips, and had some impression of it.
She had lived a life of luxury in the palace and had never eaten steamed buns. But after hearing Mingxin say this, she seemed to really have a taste of steamed buns in her mouth.
She said, "Isn't it white and soft?"
Mingxin immediately said, "Yes, it's very fragrant and sweet."
When he said that, Xinping's saliva was about to flow out.
Although she usually eats a lot of delicious food, for some reason, when she heard about something white, soft, fragrant and sweet, she felt a little greedy. So she said, "I want to try it."
Mingxin opened her eyes wide: "You want to eat steamed buns? Aren't you the princess?"
Xinping asked, "What's wrong with the princess? Can't the princess eat steamed buns?"
Mingxin said: "But, the master and the others specially prepared very exquisite vegetarian dishes for the emperor, the queen, and you."
Xinping said: "I don't want to eat any vegetarian food, I just want to eat steamed buns!"
As he spoke, he grabbed Mingxin's sleeve and pulled him up unreasonably, saying, "Hurry up, go get me some steamed buns, I want to eat steamed buns!"
Mingxin had never been treated like this by a girl before, and couldn't help blushing. He carefully pulled her hand back, clasped his hands together, and chanted "Amitabha" several times before softly saying, "Well, then I'll go to the kitchen and help you. I wonder if there's any left today. If it's cold, it's going to be hard to deal with. Cold steamed buns won't taste good."
Xinping said, "Then I'll go with you."
"All right."
So the two children walked around the side hall and along the wall all the way to the kitchen.
It was obvious that Mingxin had done this many times to steal food from the kitchen. He led Xinping along a small path. So many guards and monks couldn't keep an eye on them, and they quickly slipped into the kitchen.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked in, I bumped into a huge bamboo steamer.
The monk holding the steamer was a stout and tall monk with a greasy face. He didn't move at all when the two children bumped into him. He just lowered his head and said, "Mingxin, are you stealing food again? Who is this..."
Ming Xin touched his bumped nose and quickly made a shushing gesture to him: "Brother Buji, please stop yelling. She, she is the princess."
"What?!"
The big monk was shocked and said, "Good boy, you kidnapped the princess again!"
Mingxin's face turned red after what he said. Xinping didn't quite understand what they were talking about, so she just blinked and looked at the two of them.
Mingxin said, "Brother Buji, please don't talk nonsense. How dare I? I just brought her here. Her Royal Highness the Princess said she wanted to eat steamed buns."
"Steamed bun?"
The monk Buji put the huge steamer back on the stove and said, "Didn't I prepare vegetarian food for you?"
Xin Ping said, "I don't want it. I just want to eat steamed buns."
Monk Buji scratched his head and said, "That's all we can do. Your Highness, our steamed buns have all been sent to the back."
"later?"
Xinping looked at him with wide eyes: "Where is that behind?"
Monk Buji said, "It's behind the temple. The steamed buns are sent to the hungry people."
Xinping tilted his head and looked at him: "What are starving people?"
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