The old monk chanted a Buddhist name again, then took the lot and looked at it. After reading it, he nodded, sighed and shook his head. The old lady and little Song were both frightened by what they saw.
The old lady managed to hold on and asked carefully, "Master, is there going to be trouble in my grandson's marriage?"
"Madam, don't worry," the old monk said with a compassionate look, "Madam, your grandson's marriage is destined by heaven, but it is different from that of ordinary people. If you force them to separate, there will be many twists and turns, misfortunes in life, and you will end up alone."
The old lady and little Song cried out at the same time and collapsed to the ground. The old lady quickly got up again and said, "Master, are you seeing things? How could my grandson be destined to die alone?"
"Yes, didn't the master say that my son's marriage is predestined? How could my mother and I forcibly separate them?" Little Song asked quickly.
"I have only eight words to give to the two kind people. I hope you will take good care of them: male body and female fate, no children in life. If you don't force your fate to change, this donor will be rich and noble, and will be remembered for generations to come and be respected by future generations.
"The old monk chanted the Buddha's name again, then stood up and left, leaving the space for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were still in shock.
Little Song came back to her senses the fastest and hurried to support the old lady: "Mother, what do you think the master means? What does it mean to be a man with a female fate and have no children in life? How can Yuan Jing be childless?"
The old lady patted Little Song on the shoulder and said, "Didn't the master say that my grandson will be rich and powerful in the future, and will also be remembered for generations to come and be respected by future generations. This is the best destiny."
"But..." Xiao Song still felt something was wrong.
The old lady was much calmer: "The master said that if we let nature take its course, Yuan Jing will be rich and powerful. If we forcefully break up the marriage, he will be unhappy and lonely for the rest of his life."
"What should we do then?" Mrs. Song was still confused.
The old lady muttered those eight words: male body female fate, no children in life, especially male body female fate. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to the old lady's mind as if struck by lightning. Male body female fate, could it be referring to which man her grandson will marry? Oh, why is her precious grandson's life so miserable? The old lady thought of her grandson's good looks, could it be that this is why he has such a fate?
"Help me walk around the back hill, and we can sort things out together."
"I'll listen to my mother." Compared to the old lady, Mrs. Song was less opinionated and helped the old lady go to the back mountain.
After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law left, two more people came out from behind. One of them was Master Huineng who interpreted the divination for them, and the other was the current regent Mu Cheng'an, who also came to the White Horse Temple.
Master Huineng chanted the Buddha's name and said, "Now the prince can achieve his wish."
Mu Chengan glanced at him and said, "I can fulfill their wish, but I don't want to put him in a dilemma. I believe that with the master's prediction, they will make the best choice."
"Then I congratulate the prince on getting what he wished for. The prince's choice was beyond my expectation. I thought that the prince would... I think the prince's body has already been well recovered, so it is not impossible for him to have a biological little prince." Master Huineng also knows medicine. He had taken Mu Cheng'an's pulse at the beginning, but it was beyond his ability. This time when he came back, he did not expect that Mu Cheng'an's body was in such good condition. He wanted to meet the doctor who treated Mu Cheng'an and see what medicine he used.
Mu Chengan sneered: "This world would be boring without him. Perhaps I came to this world just to accompany him on this journey. Master only needs to know about this, there is no need to tell others." He was referring to his physical condition.
"I am not a talkative person. I am just curious. Can Your Majesty tell me who has been taking care of your body?"
Mu Chengan laughed: "It's the one you predicted."
Master Huineng was seldom surprised, but he was surprised this time. He thought it was some old doctor with superb medical skills, but he didn't expect it was the young third place winner in the imperial examination. Seeing that his expression softened when Prince Zhenbei mentioned this, he knew that Prince Zhenbei was really deeply in love with this third place winner.
Mu Chengan's smile faded: "I will leave first, Master, please do as you please."
Mu Cheng'an walked away confidently, and Master Huineng, who was left behind, felt like he was "used and discarded". He did have some ability to read fate, and it turned out that Mu Cheng'an, the King of Zhenbei, had a big obstacle in his way, and his life was in danger and he would die young. If he met a destined noble person, he would be able to turn disaster into blessing. However, he could not tell where this noble person was. He did not expect that when he returned to the capital, this noble person had already been to the King of Zhenbei, and the King of Zhenbei's fate had indeed changed.
He even vaguely saw some luck in the King of Zhenbei that he could rule the world. With the power the King of Zhenbei now possessed, changing dynasties would not be too difficult. However, as the King of Zhenbei said, his fate was now tightly entangled with that of another person, and forcibly separating them would only result in the death of both of them.
When I watched Prince Zhenbei before, I never thought that he would be a man who was so deeply in love. It was really a matter of time and fate.
Yuan Jing didn't know that Mu Cheng'an had also come to the White Horse Temple, and did not meet him. As he had said at the beginning, he stayed in the temple for one night and ate the vegetarian food in the temple.
He didn't know how Mu Cheng'an arranged it, but when he and Tao Yuanze went back to see his family, he saw that the old lady and Xiao Song often looked at him with complicated eyes, but they tried hard not to show it in front of him.
Yuan Jing felt guilty towards his three elders. After this incident, he would be filial to them in the future and not let them worry about him anymore.
At night, after seeing his mother, Tao Dayong returned to his room and asked Xiao Song: "What happened between you and mother?"
Even though he was a rough man, he noticed something was wrong with his mother and his wife: "Didn't you go to interpret the fortune during the day? Could it be that the fortune you interpreted was not a good one? You can only believe in this thing, don't take it seriously."
"What are you talking about? That was the fortune told by Master Huineng." Little Song punched the man on the chest. She would not allow him to talk nonsense in this holy place of Buddhism.
"Did you see Master Huineng? I heard that few people can see him today. This is a good thing." Tao Dayong said happily, "What did the master say? Our Yuan Jing must be fine. He has been a blessed child since he was young."
Little Song sighed, "Yes, Yuan Jing is a blessed person. The master also said that Yuan Jing will be rich and famous in the future, the kind that will be recorded in history books. How can you say he is not blessed?"
"Then why are you and mom worried?" Tao Dayong was also happy when he heard it. Is there any fate better than this? Of course not.
"What do you know?" Xiao Song punched the man again, "What would you think if Yuan Jing brought you a male daughter-in-law in the future?"
Tao Dayong was confused. What did that mean? A son-in-law? Are you kidding? His son will bring him a son-in-law? "What a joke."
"Bah! I'm telling you something serious," Little Song no longer held back and told Master Huineng's fortune-telling. "Master Huineng said that our son is a man with a female destiny, and will never have children. What do you mean? A man with a female destiny means he will get married, and if a man and another man, then of course he will never have children."
Xiao Song now made her words clear. This was the conclusion she and her mother-in-law came to after discussing for an entire afternoon, but they were unable to stop it. If they forcibly broke up the marriage, not only would Yuan Jing's good destiny be ruined, but he would also end up living alone. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law felt heartbroken at the thought of this result.
This means that demolition is worse than not demolishing it, so what should we choose? It is better not to choose.
Let her be a son-in-law, it's better to have someone accompany you till old age than to live alone. At worst, wait until Yuan Ze gets married and has more children, then adopt one for Yuan Jing, so that he will have someone to take care of him.
Tao Dayong was completely confused now. Seeing him like this, Xiao Song felt better. She left him there in a daze and climbed into bed to sleep.
Tao Dayong finally digested this and came back to his senses. He turned around and saw that the woman didn't care that he was sleeping alone. She ran over to the bed and woke him up: "You are really going to have a son-in-law now? What are you going to say to your mother?"
"Tao Dayong, are you annoying? It's already so late. Go to bed. We can talk about it tomorrow morning." He turned over and continued to sleep.
The next morning, Yuan Jing and Yuan Ze all saw that Tao Dayong had dark circles under his eyes. The old lady was in better spirits, and Xiao Song was in high spirits. Yuan Jing guessed that it was because of him, but Yuan Ze didn't know. He asked curiously, "Dad, what did you do last night?"
Tao Dayong slapped his youngest son in annoyance, then looked at his eldest son, who was as complicated as the old lady and Xiao Song yesterday, and didn't know how to cover it up. Yuan Jing had to pretend he didn't know and touched his face: "Dad, what's wrong? Didn't I wash my face clean?"
The old lady reached out and patted her son: "Dayong, what are you doing? Hurry up and eat breakfast and go back to the city." He was not allowed to scare her dear grandson.
Tao Dayong could only say humbly: "It's nothing, Dad has something to do, let's have breakfast."
As a result, Tao Yuanze looked at his father with a strange look. Tao Dayong had a lot to say but had to hold it in, and he was almost hurting himself.
When they were going down the mountain, seeing the two brothers Yuan Jing and Yuan Ze walking hand in hand in front, the old lady and Xiao Song sighed as they watched, and turned to Tao Dayong and said, "Don't interfere in this matter. Our Yuan Jing just needs to live his own life. If he doesn't have children in the future, let Yuan Ze give birth to another one for him."
The old lady has thought it through. Her grandson's happiness is much more important than getting married, having children and living a normal life. She can't bear to see her grandson live out his life alone. So she wants him to get married in the future. No, bah, what kind of man should he marry? As an old lady, she has to keep an eye out for her grandson.
Tao Dayong was still a little confused. He was obviously a son, so how could he have a male body and a female destiny? Could it be that the old monk was talking nonsense? Didn't he see how popular his son was in the capital? He could get any wife he wanted, but why was it that his destiny prevented him from having a grandson?
But because he was afraid that his mother and his wife were too aggressive, he had no choice but to bow his head. However, when it came to loving his son, he was not much less than the old lady and his wife. The old lady's words "It's better to be safe than sorry" shut him up.
Yes, if what the old monk said came true and he insisted that his son get married and have children, wouldn’t that make his son suffer for the rest of his life?
After returning home, Tao Dayong was conflicted for several days. Finally, he went to the farm and was depressed for several days. When he returned home, he returned to his old self and acted as if nothing had happened. At this time, the old lady had already spread the word through Master Huineng's fortune-telling that her eldest grandson would not be able to marry early.
Many families who wanted to marry into the Tao family were disappointed when they heard the news. No matter how you look at it, Tao Yuanjing is a good son-in-law, so why couldn't they marry him earlier? But no one jumped out to doubt the origin of this news, because no one dared to use Master Huineng to lie, not to mention that it involved Tao Yuanjing, a new noble.
After this was said, the Tao family became much quieter, which made the old lady and little Song feel relieved. They were originally from farming families and did not know how to deal with the ladies of wealthy families. Yuan Jing invited a nanny released from the palace to help them, and put one by each person so that they would not be impolite when entertaining guests at home or visiting guests outside.
The house was quiet, and the old lady and Mrs. Song called Yuan Jing to them.
Little Song seemed to be hesitant to speak, not knowing how to start the conversation. Should she say, "Son, I won't care if you bring a man home in the future"
Bah, she couldn't say it. Which mother would take the initiative to tell her son to bring a man home to be her daughter-in-law?
So little Song looked at the old lady for help, saying that the old lady was the one who had to handle this matter.
The old lady glared at little Song, thinking that she was useless and couldn't even handle the smallest thing, and she, an old woman, had to step in to do it.
Yuan Jing saw the quarrel between them, so he took the initiative to speak: "Grandma, mother, do you want to tell me about Master Huineng's fortune-telling? What did Master Huineng say?"
He still doesn't know how Master Huineng convinced his family, but it can be seen that his family has let it go.
The old lady held her grandson's hand and almost wiped her tears. Why was her grandson's life so miserable? She patted the back of her grandson's hand and said, "Grandma won't hide it from you, Yuan Jing. Master Huineng gave eight words: male body and female fate, life without children. Jingbao, don't be afraid. When your brother gets married, ask him to have more children. Jingbao, take the one you like and raise him. Grandma and your mother will decide on this matter."
Yuan Jing was touched and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He wiped away tears of sympathy for Tao Yuanze. At the same time, he was speechless about the eight words of this batch of fate. What does it mean to have a male body and a female fate? Did Mu Chengan ask Master Huineng to say this? Can't he say it another way? For example, he can only marry a male wife.
"Grandma, Mom, I'm sorry for making you worry. I'm not afraid at all because you and Mom love me."
"Hey, grandma loves you, your father and mother love you too. If they dare not love you, grandma will take you, Jingbao, and separate you from them."
It was Song's turn to be at a loss for words. When had she and Dayong ever said that they didn't love Yuan Jing? Although she loved her youngest son very much, at the critical moment, she still put her eldest son first.
"Jingbao, no matter who you fall in love with in the future, just bring him back to show grandma and your parents. As long as Jingbao is happy, don't worry about what outsiders think. We live our lives behind closed doors. It has nothing to do with them. If things really don't work out, we can still go back to Taojia Village."
Yuan Jing nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, grandma and mother, your Jingbao will not wrong himself."
"That's right. Grandma's good grandchildren are always blessed."
The eldest grandson is the old lady's greatest pride in her life. After coming to the capital, she heard that many children are too playful. Some are in their teens and twenties and have not yet settled down. What's worse is that some of them even cause trouble and require their elders to clean up the mess after them, not to mention those who betray their fathers and even bring down the entire family. In comparison, their Yuan Jing is really outstanding. He is worth more than ten of others.
Compared with the younger Song, the old lady places her eldest grandson in the most important position. The fact that this family can be supported is all thanks to the eldest grandson. At this age, who else can be as blessed as her?
After the old lady and little Song fell asleep, Yuan Jing did not go back to the study to read, but took a walk in the garden. He was so lucky to always meet such a good family. No wonder his original body felt so resentful when he saw the fate of his family after his death. He hoped that he could take good care of these family members on behalf of his original body and make them proud of him.
Yuan Jing was not only completing the task for his original body, he also sincerely wanted to honor these lovely elders.
Just thinking of those eight words, Yuan Jing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. What the hell is Mu Chengan doing? Is he trying to cut off his retreat completely? He is so worried.
Thinking of this person, Yuan Jing couldn't help but grit his teeth. What is a female fate? You are a female fate!
The more he thought about it, the more indignant he became. So that night, Yuan Jing did something that made Wu Yi and all the secret guards of Zhenbei Palace drop their eyebrows. He climbed over the wall of his own courtyard and climbed the wall of Zhenbei Palace, while Wu Yi watched him helplessly, with only one expression on his face from beginning to end, that of dumbfounded.
Who could have thought that a scholar who had won the imperial examination in the imperial examination would climb the wall of the Zhenbei Palace in the middle of the night? If he told others about it, they would think he was lying, and the truth would be taken as a lie.
When Yuan Jing climbed up the wall of Zhenbei Palace, many heads popped out from the darkness. It was only after seeing the signal sent by Wu Yi that they did not take action immediately.
Yuan Jing was already on top of the wall. Of course, when he saw these figures hiding in the dark, he was not afraid of being exposed. He waved his hands at them and said, "Where is the prince? I will go find him myself."
So, these secret guards really pointed him in a direction. Yuan Jing easily jumped off the wall and waved to them again: "Thank you."
The secret guards watched Yuan Jing go away stupidly, and when they turned around and saw Wu Yi trying to go in, they all rushed over and caught him: "Tell me, what are you doing here?"
Wu Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Didn't you all see it? Young Master Tao came to visit the palace at night."
"No, we want to ask why Master Tao didn't take the right path and climbed the wall in the middle of the night?"
"Maybe," Wu Yi groaned for a moment and said, "Maybe it's a kind of interest between the prince and Master Tao."
Fun? Fun is a joke.
Of course, there were people secretly protecting the Prince of Zhenbei, but this time, the secret guards passed messages to each other, so Yuan Jing was able to pass smoothly until he reached outside Mu Ancheng's study without being stopped. Even the guards in the open were stopped by the secret guards. This was the first time that such a scene and treatment had occurred in the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion.
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