Chapter 108 Buddha, please protect your little fox (20)
The incense at Putuo Temple is as popular as ever, and the narrow path leading up the mountain is crowded with people.
Princess Chaoyang came to see Jingchen more and more frequently.
In the past, the little fox would block the bamboo door and prevent her from coming in.
Now that the little fox has left, Chaoyang no longer has any worries.
She pushed open the door of the Zen room, her eyes swept across the bamboo painting on the wall, and then she sneered in disdain.
"Jingchen's room is too shabby, but without that annoying fox, the air is much fresher."
Princess Chaoyang sighed comfortably, picked up a scripture on the desk, and sat on the bed to read it.
The scriptures were filled with complicated words, and Princess Chaoyang couldn't understand any of them.
She curled her lips and threw the scripture aside.
"Such a boring thing, I don't know why Jingchen likes it so much."
Her personal nanny carefully took the scripture, placed it on the table, and reminded
"Princess, this is where the Buddhist disciple Jingchen rests. Please don't mess it up."
Chaoyang snorted coldly, his brows full of contempt and arrogance
"It is his blessing that this princess can come to his meditation room."
Aunt Liu was used to Chaoyang's strange temper and coaxed him with kind words.
"Yes, yes, yes."
Chaoyang tilted his head and glanced at her, a barely perceptible hint of disdain flashing across his delicate and beautiful eyes.
Aunt Liu was the cousin of her mother, Concubine Liu, and had raised her since she was a child.
Every time she saw her old and ugly face, she remembered that she had drunk her milk and couldn't help retching.
Especially during the time at Putuo Temple, she kept obstructing his plans, which was extremely annoying.
But because of his mother, Chaoyang could only reluctantly give some face to Madam Liu.
As the two were talking, the sound of a door opening was heard behind them.
Chaoyang turned around in surprise and saw the person's eyes shining.
"Jingchen?"
A hint of coldness flashed across Jingchen's brows, and he spoke in a low voice.
"Who allowed you in?"
The smile on Chaoyang's face froze. Jingchen slapped her in the face, and the princess's temper flared up again.
"I am the most favored princess in Daliang. Not to mention a small meditation room, even Putuo Temple is under the jurisdiction of my father. Do I need your permission?!"
"Princess..."
Aunt Liu tugged at her sleeve and reminded her in a low voice.
Chaoyang turned away and ignored her completely.
Jingchen did not answer Chaoyang's words. He walked slowly forward, put the scriptures on the desk in his arms, and was about to leave.
"stop!"
Chaoyang opened his arms to block him, with a questioning tone in his voice
“Where are you going!”
Jingchen didn't even give her a glance and walked away sideways.
"Stop right there!"
Chaoyang chased after him.
Jingchen looked at the person standing in front of him, with a calm and indifferent face, without any expression. He said calmly:
"Is there anything else, Princess?"
How could Chaoyang come to see him for anything else? He just wanted to see him.
She thought about it, found a topic and asked
"Where's that fox you raised?"
There was finally some movement on Jingchen's calm face, and in his narrow and deep eyes, ripples appeared as if a stone had been thrown into a spring.
Seeing Jingchen didn't answer, Chaoyang said to himself
"I heard from that bald monk that she went down the mountain?"
The bald monk Chaoyang mentioned should be Wuan.
Jingchen still remained silent.
Chaoyang curled his lips in boredom. "What a pity! I wanted to use its skin to make a cloak. A bright red plush cloak would be very beautiful just thinking about it."
Jingchen's pupils suddenly shrank, and the fingertips hanging by his side couldn't stop trembling.
A golden Buddhist bead floated on the lotus seat, and a tiny crack appeared on the surface of the bead.
Chaoyang tilted his head to look at him, his eyes bright
"Jingchen, can I come to see you wearing a red cloak next time?"
Click.
There was a sound of the Buddhist beads shattering completely, and something emerged from the depths of Jingchen's heart.
The suppressed emotions can no longer be controlled.
Jingchen pinched his palm tightly and said coldly
"roll."
Princess Chaoyang's pupils widened, she couldn't believe that this word actually came out of Jingchen's mouth.
"What did you say?!"
"roll!"
Nanny Liu was startled and quickly grabbed Chaoyang who was about to get angry.
"Princess! Let's go!"
She had done hard work, so her strength was naturally no match for the delicate princess Chaoyang.
"You scolded me? How dare you scold me? Jingchen! Just wait for me! I won't let you go!"
"We won't let Putuo Temple go!"
Chaoyang's irrational, shrill voice gradually faded away.
Jingchen's straight back suddenly slumped, his fingertips trembled, and his breathing became disordered and heavy.
What did he just do...
*
At the same time, mountain torrents or plague broke out simultaneously in the four directions of east, west, south and north of Daliang's territory.
The State of Li launched a surprise attack, the border was breached, and three cities were lost.
Daliang Court
A memorial was thrown in the face of the leading minister.
"Ugh! What the hell is going on? Not only are there so many disasters happening at the same time, but why haven't they defended the border yet?"
There was complete silence under the dragon throne.
"Speak! You are all mute!"
The ministers looked at each other and lowered their heads even lower.
Suddenly, a trembling voice came from the corner.
"Your Majesty... Your Highness."
The emperor looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was Concubine Liu's brother, Grand Tutor Liu.
He forced himself to suppress the anger on his face and asked
"Master Liu, what do you have to say?"
Master Liu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said cautiously
"I have something to say... Just now, the Eighth Princess's wet nurse, Madam Liu, brought news that the Eighth Princess is at Putuo Temple, angering the Buddhist disciples. Therefore, there's plague everywhere, and the city has fallen..."
At the end of his speech, Grand Tutor Liu even fell to his knees with a thud.
The reason why the eighth princess was favored was because her biological mother was Concubine Liu, her own sister.
However, for His Majesty, a beloved concubine is rare, but it can never compare to his own kingdom and hegemony.
If the emperor becomes disgusted with the eighth princess and neglects Concubine Liu, the entire Liu family will be finished.
Therefore, he ordered Madam Liu to keep an eye on Chaoyang's movements at all times, for fear that she would do something wrong.
I didn’t expect that this time I would cause such a big mess!
"How dare she! How dare she! Who allowed her to go to Putuo Temple?"
The emperor was furious and slammed the throne, his chest heaving violently.
"She even angered the Buddha. She's quite capable! Come, tie up the Eighth Princess! Make a sincere apology to the Buddha! Upon returning to the court, she'll be punished with thirty lashes of the cane!"
Thirty lashes of the cane would mean either death or cripple the spoiled Eighth Princess.
All the ministers were silent, and no one dared to plead for mercy.
*
At the foot of Mount Putuo, the market is bustling with people.
In front of the wonton shop, sat a girl with a graceful figure and charming looks.
[Host! Stop eating! When are you going to capture the Buddha?]
Shen Yuan ate the wontons with big mouthfuls and said
"Why are you in such a hurry? The critical moment hasn't arrived yet. I wonder if Buddhist disciple Jingchen misses me, hehe."
She tilted her head, her eyebrows curved, and raised the bowl to take a sip of wonton soup.
Wangzai asked softly
So when is the critical moment?
I could hear the chatter between the wonton shop owner and the customers.
"So Princess Chaoyang is in trouble, isn't she?"
"If you ask me, she deserves it. She's been so arrogant and domineering for so long, it's time to suffer a little."
"Hush, keep your voice down. I also heard that General Ye Shang's daughter, Ye Ranqing, went to Putuo Temple to pray early this morning."
"Ah, the Ye family is really miserable. The Li Kingdom is coming with such force this time. I wonder if General Ye Shang can return safely."
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