Chapter 253 Empress: What are you two doing?
"Your Majesty, Donor Yunyang is inside."
Time moves forward.
Before Zhao Duan was attracted by the singing, the empress walked outside the meditation room and saw the young nun stop, put her hands together, and gestured towards the meditation room with her delicate eyebrows:
"I'll be waiting outside the door."
Having said that, he retreated to the garden in the distance.
Xu Zhenguan nodded with satisfaction, took light steps, and raised his hand to press on the door.
With a "creak", the candlelight in the room spread out along the threshold.
The furnishings in the Zen room are extremely simple and can be seen at a glance.
On the mat-covered floor, a figure was lying on its side.
On the low table next to it, the oil lamp was as small as a bean.
A torn scroll of scriptures was thrown aside casually, and pieces of paper covered with words were scattered on the ground.
Xu Zhenguan bent down to pick up a piece of paper, and saw the word "Xu" written in huge black characters on it.
"who?"
The eldest princess woke up from her half-sleep state. She sat up alertly and turned her head back.
She was no longer wearing her signature red dress, but a plain nun's robe.
Only her thick hair was still in a messy bun, and her originally round and rosy face was obviously much thinner.
"It's you!"
Princess Yunyang, who had almost been forgotten, was startled at first, then her brows turned cold:
"How could your Majesty, who is so busy with all sorts of affairs in the Great Yu Dynasty, have time to come here?"
Xu Zhenguan held the white paper with the word "Xu" written on it and sighed softly.
She loosened her fingers, letting the paper fall, and stared at her aunt sadly, saying:
"Prince Jing has sent spies to the capital again. Tonight, Zhao Duan used a trick to kill all those spies and also caught the ministers who defected to Prince Jing's uncle."
Princess Yunyang, with a sneer on her face, was stunned. Suddenly, she cursed with a gloating look:
"No man in the Xu family is a good person!"
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Prajna Bodhisattva? !
In a secluded courtyard.
The moonlight illuminated the nun beside the pond and the uninvited guest standing by the bushes not far away.
Although he had never seen a portrait of Prajna Bodhisattva, Zhao Duan instinctively guessed the other party's identity.
Just by eye contact, he clearly felt a faint pressure that was beyond resisting.
That is definitely not something that the Divine Chapter Realm can give him.
It was an even more powerful aura than the one he had personally felt when Monk Bian Ji lost his composure in the restaurant that day.
But then, another thought followed:
"She's fifty-two?!"
Zhao Duan remembered the information given by Zhenbao.
But the female Bodhisattva in front of me doesn’t look old at all.
Well...her whole person exudes a sense of youthful absurdity.
In other words, judging from her appearance, she looks no different in age from the empress.
But her eyes and the unique temperament of a "mature woman" that can only be refined by time add a mature charm to her.
Appearance is twenty-eight, eyes are fifty-two...
Does the great monk have a secret to maintain his youthful appearance?
Zhao Duan hesitated. People like Ma Yan, Xue Shence, and others had decent cultivation, but they didn't look young... If you say that sorcerers are special...but doesn't Old Wang from the Tianshi Mansion also look like an old man...
Well, speaking of which, the monk Bianji is indeed young... but he is not that old either...
All the strange thoughts only appeared for a moment before he suppressed them.
Zhao Duan took a deep breath and said tentatively:
"Prajna Bodhisattva?"
The female Bodhisattva by the pond smiled more compassionately, her eyes filled with smiles, and she nodded gently.
It’s true... Zhao Duan was amazed, thinking that this was quite different from what he had imagined.
"Junior Zhao Duan, I'm honored to meet the Bodhisattva."
He gathered his scattered thoughts and bowed solemnly:
"Bodhisattva knows me?"
Facing a monk of this level, he did not act like an official, but simply referred to himself as a "junior."
He did not explain how he appeared here... He believed that the other party must be able to sense the arrival of the empress, or at least the other nuns they met along the way would report it.
At the same time, he noticed that the other party used a declarative tone when saying his name.
Prajna Bodhisattva, who had recently bathed in the pond and was now half dry, looked at him and said with interest:
"I heard that some time ago, Bian Ji met with you and his Buddhist mind was shaken. After returning, he hurried to see Xuan Yin and finally regained his composure."
...Oh no, I'm afraid someone will hold a grudge against me... But, has my faith in Buddhism been shaken?
Alarmed the Xuanyin Abbot of the Heavenly Realm?
Do you have to be so exaggerated...
Zhao Duan opened his mouth and recalled the last time he met Bian Ji.
He really didn't expect that there would be so many things to happen later.
He subconsciously thought that the female Bodhisattva in front of him had brought up this matter on purpose to cause trouble for him...
This sounds like a big deal since it involves the cultivation path of a fellow disciple.
"laugh."
Prajna Bodhisattva seemed to see through his concerns, or perhaps he found the nervous and anxious young man particularly interesting, and chuckled.
He shook his head and said slowly:
"Don't worry too much. Although Bian Ji and I are from the same school, we are not on the same path. I will not vent his anger on you. As for the Xuanyin, it has nothing to do with me."
Hmm...it sounds like something is wrong...Could it be that the senior leaders of the Shenlong Temple are not of the same mind?
Well, many ministers in the court are political enemies of each other... It's not surprising that there is struggle within the Shenlong Temple...
Zhao Duan's thoughts turned, a look of gratitude appeared on his face, and he smiled and said:
"Thank you, Bodhisattva, for your advice. I really didn't know that Master Bianji was so upset. I can only apologize in person when we meet again in the future."
Prajna Bodhisattva looked at him with increasing amusement and shook his head.
"I didn't mean to give you any advice, but you are indeed as thoughtful as the rumors say.
What's even more rare is that to be able to shake Bian Ji, one must have extraordinary wisdom. Are you willing to help me practice?"
kindness……? !
The first part of the sentence was fine, but when it came to the second part, Zhao Duan's expression was blank, and his brain briefly stopped working:
"The Bodhisattva wants me to become a nun?"
The words came out almost subconsciously.
After saying that, Zhao Duan grinned, feeling that it was a bit outrageous.
As for the four words "help me practice", he automatically translated them as an invitation to join Buddhism.
It's obvious that as a mere mortal, how can I help a great master in the world in the slightest?
"I am also short of a male disciple." Prajna Bodhisattva smiled like Mona Lisa.
Zhao Duan smiled awkwardly and put forward a shield:
"Buddha, please don't joke. I am an official of Dayu. If Your Majesty hears this, I will have a hard time explaining myself."
The white-robed female Bodhisattva seemed not to have heard clearly, she put down the comb in her hand and waved:
"Come closer, I will take a look at your wisdom."
Zhao Duan frowned, thinking that even the title of empress was useless?
The next second, he was stunned, and saw a glimmer of wisdom flashing in the slightly weird eyes of the Bodhisattva by the lake.
Their eyes met.
Zhao Duan felt as if struck by lightning, and the qi in his body surged like a tide.
The Qi flowing through the meridians of the whole body seemed to be grasped by an invisible hand and pulled hard!
"boom!"
Zhao Duan felt that all the blood in his body rushed to his head, his eyes were bloodshot, and his soul seemed to be leaving his body.
The next second, the soul that was about to leave the body suddenly fell and returned to the body, and the energy rushed through the body like a flood.
But there was no pain, instead a faint sense of relief arose...
It's as if my cultivation level has been forcibly raised a level...
Unbelievable!
"Buddha……"
Zhao Duan was about to ask when he was shocked to find that he had lost control of his body.
I watched helplessly as he stretched out his legs and walked straight towards the white-robed Bodhisattva waving at me by the pond.
Something is wrong!
Zhao Duan suddenly felt anxious and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
He could sense that as the two sides got closer, the "half-step god" entrenched deep in his dantian showed signs of awakening.
And at this critical moment...
An indescribable, invisible force field quietly covered the entire Jizhao Temple.
The pond filled with withered lotus leaves began to ripple for no apparent reason, and then began to roll and boil with a sound like a tide.
Prajna Bodhisattva sighed helplessly.
A gust of night wind easily severed the mysterious connection between the female Bodhisattva and Zhao Duan.
Zhao Duan instantly regained control of his body.
At the same time, he saw a bright yellow dragon robe slowly falling in front of him.
"Your Majesty! You're out?" Zhao Duan almost cried with joy.
Xu Zhenguan said "hmm" softly and protected his men behind him.
He looked at the coolly dressed Prajna Bodhisattva by the pond with an expressionless face.
He frowned, "I need an explanation."
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