Ever since meeting Chengyang and Lanling, Li Hong's butt has been hurting for three days. Every night before going to bed, he has to ask the palace maid to apply some painkillers for him. These past few nights he could only sleep on his stomach. If he turned over a little, his butt would touch the couch and he would wake up in pain.
Lanling's attack was much more ruthless than Chengyang's, which made Li Hong feel afraid of Lanling from the bottom of his heart. He no longer dared to act naughty in front of Lanling.
Prince Pu's Mansion is located in Yankangfang, occupying a quarter of the area. The mansion with ten courtyards makes Li Hong feel as if he must go through the procedure of visiting the park before leaving the mansion every time he goes out.
He was forced to leave the house today. A few days ago, he was agreed by Lanling at Princess Chengyang's mansion to go to the newly built "Ci'en Temple" to burn incense and worship Buddha to get rid of the bad luck on him.
"Prince Dai, what should we do with these?" Xia Zhi asked as he looked at the two exquisite towers that Li Hong had casually thrown in the room.
“Put them away and don’t damage them. You must keep them well after returning to the palace.” Although these two exquisite towers are just garbage in his eyes, they represent Chengyang and Lanling’s heartfelt love for their junior.
This kind of thought made Li Hong feel warm in his heart. He originally thought that there was no such thing as family affection in the palace. Unexpectedly, Chengyang and Lanling could be so generous and give him such precious things to them without hesitation for his sake.
After packing everything up, Xia Zhi and Xiao Xue accompanied Li Hong to the gate of the mansion. Jing Zhe, Hua Meng, Lie Bao and Mang Zhong were already waiting there.
The seven people did not wear the expensive and gorgeous clothes they wore in the palace. Instead, at Li Hong's instruction, they all changed into plain blue robes, looking like ordinary children of a wealthy family going out with their servants.
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Although Xia Zhi and Xiao Xue were also wearing light blue dresses, the coarse cloth could not hide their slender and developing figures. In addition, both of them were palace maids carefully selected by Wu Mei, so their faces and looks were naturally top-notch. Their graceful and graceful appearance made people reluctant to take their eyes off them.
The carriage was prepared by Li Yifu yesterday. There was no other way, as he was not allowed to leave the palace yet, so there was no special carriage for him. However, Li Hong did not care about this. An ordinary carriage would be fine, as long as it could accommodate him and two palace maids.
Mangzhong and Jingzhe drove the carriage on both sides, while Liebao and Hua Meng followed behind the carriage. The seven of them started to rush towards Ci'en Temple on the bustling and crowded streets of Chang'an.
Although his butt had been aching slightly these past few days, it did not stop Li Hong from touring Chang'an City. In the past few days, Li Hong took them to almost tour the entire city of Chang'an and tasted all the food. Li Hong finally soared in Chang'an City like a free bird.
Ci'en Temple was built in Kaimingfang, which was not far from his Prince Pu's Mansion. Li Hong intended to walk there, but Xia Zhi and Xiao Xue disagreed. They basically walked when they visited Chang'an City these days, but it was the four palace maids who were tired. Not only were their legs tired, but their arms were even more tired than their legs.
Because what the King of Dai meant by walking was that they took turns carrying him and walking, and after a day, the four palace maids' arms were more sore than their legs. Moreover, the King of Dai now had a new habit, which was not to let the four Cheetahs carry him, but only let the four Xiazhi palace maids carry him.
The group of seven arrived at Kaimingfang, parked the carriage, and walked on the bustling streets without attracting much attention. Nowadays, most of the common people in Chang'an City are wealthier than those in other places, and the children of well-off families usually bring servants with them when they go out.
Although not as good as Li Hong who took six people out at once, it was still very common in Chang'an to take two or three people out. In addition, there were many officials in Chang'an, so the scene of being surrounded by people when going out was not surprising to the people of Chang'an.
The entrance of the newly built Ci'en Temple is paved with bluestone slabs. The bluestone slabs have watermarks on them, which shows that they have been washed with water early in the morning. People, both devout men and women, are coming in and out of the entrance with pious looks on their faces.
Li Hong looked around for a few times, but didn't see Lanling's carriage coming. His fingers unconsciously tangled with Xiaoxue's hair and murmured, "She's so unpunctual. She warned me not to be late, but in the end she was late. Let Aunt Lanling treat us to lunch at noon."
"Little thing, your butt is itchy again after not seeing you for a few days. You want to be spanked again, right?"
Lanling's voice came from behind, which scared Li Hong. He turned around hurriedly and saw that Lanling only brought two maids, and there was no one behind him.
"You...you just brought these two people out? Aren't you afraid that something might go wrong?" Li Hong let go of Xiaoxue's hair that was wrapped around his fingers, and Xiaoxue put him on the ground, saluted and asked Lan Ling.
Lanling was also dressed in a plain dress. Apart from a bright golden hairpin in her hair, she did not wear any other jewelry. She looked like a blooming lily, pure and elegant.
"Although Chang'an City is a mixed bag with all kinds of people, and with the foreign merchants it seems a bit chaotic, it is still quite peaceful. You don't have to worry about my aunt's safety. You are bringing so many people with you, and you still can't protect my aunt."
Lanling was only two years older than Chengyang, and was only about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old at the moment. As he spoke, he held Li Hong's hand and began to walk into Ci'en Temple.
Xiazhi and Xiaoxue followed closely behind, and the four cheetahs scattered in all directions, separating them from the other pilgrims. As for the two maids brought by Lanling, Lanling had sent them away to play.
Li Hong looked up at the buildings in Ci'en Temple. No matter whether it was the scripture room, the Buddhist hall or the tribute hall, all the buildings here reflected the economic prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. The paintings and sculptures on the wall edges and corridors were magnificent, with some carvings of Arhats, Guanyin and other Buddhist symbols.
Apparently this place has just been opened not long ago, and there is not much incense ash in the huge incense burner. Each Buddhist temple has a dedicated monk to take care of it.
The further you go back, the quieter the area becomes. The Yong'an Canal is on the side of Ci'en Temple, and Ci'en Temple also takes advantage of the terrain to divert the water of the Yong'an Canal into a corner of the Buddhist temple and build a small pond for releasing animals.
Lanling walked forward and Li Hong had no choice but to follow her. It didn't look like she was here for the first time and she seemed to be familiar with the architectural layout here.
"I am honored to meet you, Mr. Li." A middle-aged monk walked out from the woods nearby and stood there with a smile on his face.
"Lanling greets Master Weiying. This is Lanling's nephew, Honger, come and greet Master Weiying." Lanling said after putting his hands together to return the greeting.
"Li Hong greets Master Weiying." Li Hong also clasped his hands together and bowed his head to Weiying.
"Yesterday, my disciple informed me that donor Li would come today, so I will wait here today. Donor Li, please come and talk to me." Wei Ying stretched out his hand to lead Lan Ling to the back of Ci'en Temple. It was obvious that this place was only open to pilgrims of status. Not many ordinary people were seen coming here along the way.
Li Hong looked at Wei Ying's kind smile, and he could always think of Li Yifu's smiling face with a knife hidden in his heart. Moreover, after entering here, he always felt that something was wrong. Liebao and Jingzhe also looked a little alert, and their eyes scanned the surroundings from time to time.
"Lanling came here today, and would like to ask the master to do a good deed for Lanling's nephew, and hopes to listen to the master's teachings." Lanling grabbed Li Hong's hand, and she felt that the little guy wanted to run away.
"Oh, Mr. Li, you are too kind. The King of Dai is so wise at such a young age. I am afraid I cannot help him." Wei Ying sat down on the cushion and said slowly.
As soon as Li Hong sat down on the cushion, Lan Ling lifted him up and made him sit in a squatting position, kneeling with his feet together and his buttocks sitting on his heels. Lan Ling manipulated his hands to fold them on his lower abdomen.
"Do you know that he is the King of Dai?" Lanling asked after fiddling with Li Hong.
Wei Ying smiled, and as if in slow motion, he slowly lit three incense sticks and put them into the incense burner before continuing, "Although this is the first time that the King of Dai has left the palace, his cleverness and wit have spread throughout the streets and alleys of Chang'an City. It's hard not to know the King of Dai, not to mention..."
Wei Ying stopped and smiled at Li Hong without saying anything. After a while, he said to Lan Ling, "It is already known to everyone that the Dai King smashed the Duobao Linglong Pagoda presented to Your Majesty by the envoy of Guizi Kingdom in the palace a few days ago."
Lan Ling nodded heavily, turned to Li Hong and said, "Hong'er, go out and play for a while, and come back here to pick up your aunt in an incense stick of time."
Li Hong looked up at Lanling, then nodded obediently, clasped his hands together, bowed to Weiying, and walked out.
Li Hong left Jingzhe and Mangzhong at the door waiting for Lanling, and he took Xiazhi, Xiaoxue, Hua Meng and Liebao with him to continue walking around.
"King Dai, why do I always feel that there is an air of mystery here?" The cheetah seemed like a real cheetah, sniffing something in the air.
"Don't you think this Weiying looks a lot like Li Yifu? This temple was renovated with funds from the Guizi people. I felt that this guy was gritting his teeth when he mentioned that I smashed the Linglong Pagoda. Although what he said was gentle enough, it was still a little worse than Li Yifu's smiling but dagger."
"What is that?" After passing through a forest, a house made of green bricks and green tiles looked like a monk's residence, but the yellow paper on the window had been pierced in several pieces. A figure was visible inside, but he was not a bald monk who had just been ordained.
"House, what's so strange about that?" Xiaoxue said in surprise to Xiazhi.
"It's not the house, look behind the house, what are those shiny things?" Xia Zhi said, pointing his finger behind the house.
Li Hong is relatively short, and because of the angle, when Xia Zhi asked the question for the first time, he saw those things that were shining brightly in the sunlight. He stared at them in confusion, and the more he looked, the more they looked like the broken glass he had seen in his previous life.
So a few people walked forward and saw that the pile of glittering things was actually broken glass, and judging from the texture, it was the same broken glass as the Linglong Tower.
"Ah? How many Linglong Towers must be broken into pieces to accumulate so many fragments?" Xiaoxue looked at the pile of fragments with heartache. Obviously, breaking ten or eight fragments would not be enough to gather so many fragments.
Li Hong glanced at her with dissatisfaction: "You mean I didn't fall enough."
After that, Li Hong ignored her and squatted down to pick up a piece of broken glass and looked at it carefully. Seeing Xiaoxue squatting down and trying to pick up the pieces with her hands, he hurriedly stopped her and said, "Be careful, this thing is very sharp, be careful not to cut yourself..."
"Ah..." Xiaoxue quickly withdrew her hand, and saw bright red blood flowing out from the tip of her index finger.
"I warned you, but you didn't listen. It's okay, just rinse it with clean water, but it will leave scars." Li Hong threatened.
After that, Li Hong continued to hold a piece of the fragment and studied it carefully. While studying it, he muttered to himself: "These fragments don't look like they were broken, but rather like defective products ready to be recycled. Could it be that the Ci'en Temple was able to make the exquisite tower?"
At this moment, Cheetah suddenly ran over, picked up Li Hong who was still thinking, and whispered: "Prince Dai, let's leave here quickly, it's very strange here."
"Ah? What happened?" Li Hong, who was startled by being picked up by the cheetah unexpectedly, asked with the fragments still in his fingers.
"I just peeked in from the back window out of curiosity. This house is full of people from our Great Tang Dynasty, and they are all wearing shackles and shackles. These people are imprisoned." Liebao held him, and Xia Zhi and others followed behind and quickly walked towards the Buddhist temple where Lanling was.
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